“I want to break up with you.” Those are the first words I heard from my boyfriend of a year after not seeing each other for two weeks. The love of my life.
“ What!? Are you serious? Why would you say something like that Nicolas?” I cried. But he just looked at me with angry eyes.“ Don't touch me with your disgusting hands.” He jerked away from me. “I don't want to see your face ever again.”******Three Hours earlier.I had been waiting for my boyfriend Nicolas King to come pick me up from my house for our weekly date. We have been dating for a year now and we have been inseparable since we started dating. I met Nicolas when he came to my half-sister's birthday party. He was my sister’s best friend and they are still best friends.I walked down the stairs carefully so I didn't make any noise. My father Peter Williams and my stepmother Rachel Williams are sitting in the living room talking about something.If they found out I was going out with Nicolas there would be hell to pay. I carefully tried to sneak out from behind them when a shriek stopped me dead in my tracks.“Where do you think you are going, you ugly bitch?” My half-sister Natalie yelled from the top of the stairs. I froze in my tracks. A fine sheen of sweat started to form on my forehead. My Dad and Stepmom turned to look at Natalie then their attention was focused on me.My insides trembled when my stepmother looked at me with so much anger that if she could spit fire from her eyes then I would turn to ashes. Natalie thundered down the stairs and walked towards me.“Where are you going?” Asked my so-called father. He didn’t like me very much because he had to take care of me because of my grandfather who threatened to take away the company if he didn’t accept me. So he took me in forcefully.“Nicolas is picking me up for dinner,” I mumbled, scared of their reaction. Rachel turned red with anger and briskly walked towards me and slapped me hard across the face. I gasped in pain and held my cheek.“Didn't I tell you to end things with him? Why are you still whoring and seducing yourself out of him?” She sneered. I looked at my father like always asking him silently for support but he just ignored me and looked at his phone.“You stole my daughter's future. She is supposed to be the queen of the King's empire, not filth like you”“We love each other, how can you can’t tell me to leave him? He considered Natalie as just a friend and never anything else.” I said bravely, trying to make them understand. But all it got was another slap and Natalie pulling my hair.“I’m telling you now Nicolas is mine, bitch. And you are going to break up with him right now or else I will have that old hag killed.” Natalie threatened.I gasped, they always do this. She pulled out her phone and showed me a picture that stopped my heartbeat for a second.It was a picture where a person in black was holding a gun over the only person whom I called family.Two years ago I got to know about my grandmother who is my mother’s mother. She was living in the old age shelter in the next city and I covered all of the expenses.I tried to hide this from these cruel people but they found out about it when they had me followed. And since then if I disobeyed them they threatened to kill her and make me do things in their favour.“Please don’t, why are you doing this? What did I ever do to you?” I pleaded.“You stole and seduced my man. Nicolas is mine, break up with him today or there will be consequences, do you understand?”```````````````````````````````````` She tightened her hold on my hair and pulled it hard. Tears spring into my eyes at the pain in my head and from all the torture I had to endure in their hands.I nodded as I sobbed. She released me and pushed me so hard that I fell to the ground and hurt my elbow hard. They walked away from there. After a few minutes of gathering myself, I slowly stood up and made my way towards the bathroom near the kitchen. As soon as I reached the bathroom I threw up what little food I had today.I looked at myself in the mirror. My face looked like a raccoon, mascara spread as tears trailed down my cheek. My hair looked like a mess from all the pulling. My eyes look sunken with all the spark missing in them. I tried to fix my makeup and hair as much as I could.While I was fixing my hair, I heard voices from outside. I quickly finished fixing myself and walked out of the bathroom. There stood Nicolas King in all his glory.He stood tall in a navy blue suit. My heart fluttered looking at his beautiful smile. He has a royal aura around him. He was talking to my dad, stepmom and Natalie.Natalie was standing next to Nicolas with her hands wrapped around his waist. He was smiling at her lovingly while ruffling her hair. I narrowed my eyes on them. I don’t like how close they are. I know they were best friends even before I dated Nicolas but after knowing Natalie’s intentions I don’t want them so close.When they heard my footsteps they all turned to me. Nicolas’s smile quickly vanished as he looked at my face. I haven’t seen him for two weeks.We didn’t have a proper conversation with each other and I want to know the reason for that. I tried calling him and texting him but he was very brusque with me. But I don’t think that’s possible right now.“Oh you are here, Nicolas came here after a long time so I invited him to have dinner with us,” Rachel said with a coy smile.“No, we are going to—” Nicolas interrupted me.“That's a good idea, I would love to have a home-cooked meal after being on a business trip for two weeks.” He smiled, still having his arm around Natalie. He was on a business trip. Why didn’t I know that?What is he doing? We haven't seen each other for so long and he isn't even coming to hug me. He was still standing with Natalie in his arms and he wanted to spend time with them.I frowned looking at him but he was already looking at me with an impassive expression.“Wonderful! It will be so exciting. I'll tell the cooks to start preparing for dinner. Until then you guys catch up in the living room.” Rachel exclaimed as she walked past me to the kitchen with a knowing smirk.Nicolas and Natalie walked away to the living room leaving me standing there alone with my father. I gulped and turned to him to see him looking at me with an unreadable expression.“Just do as they tell you. They won’t stop until they get what they want.” My father said, running his hand down his face.“Why do you hate me so much?” I asked the same question for the millionth time. But he just shook his head and walked away from there without answering me. Tears flowed from my eyes as I walked to the living room and saw Nico and Natalie looking cosy with each other.“Nico,” I called my voice quivering. They stopped talking and turned to me. “Can we talk, we haven’t seen or talked to each other properly for two weeks.” I smiled hoping he would come to me so we could talk about what was wrong with him and why he was behaving like this.“Are you blind or are you just dumb, can’t you see we are talking here.” He snapped with an annoyed expression. I gasped, shocked as he never talked to me like that ever.“Nicolas, what is going on? Please tell me.” I begged.“God, how can you be so dumb? Just leave, he doesn't want to talk to you.” Natalie gripped with a sly look on her face. Nicolas stiffened beside her but he didn’t defend me and that hurt the most. I looked at him one last time and walked away out of the living room.I locked myself in my room and cried my heart out. Nicolas never behaved like this with me. He was always so loving and affectionate with me but seeing him behave so rudely with me broke my heart.It was after two hours that there was a knock on my door. I wiped my tears and slowly walked up to the door and opened it to see Natalie standing with a plate of food and an evil smirk on her face. “I was already to break you guys up but it looks like I don't have to do anything. Nicolas looks like he hates you and is done with your bullshit.” She sneered. As I continued looking at her not understanding what was happening.“You know what just happened down there, Nicolas asked not to call you for dinner because he couldn’t digest the food with you sitting there.” She laughed maniacally.“Why do you have to be so cruel? I never said or did anything to you.” I questioned with a raised voice feeling frustrated with all the things that had been going on.“You being born is the biggest mistake you ever made. You shouldn’t have come into our life and most importantly you took something that was mine since I knew what love was. You took Nicolas from me and I will never forgive you for that.
He wrapped his hand around my throat and pushed me against the wall. “I didn't end us, you did. You couldn't keep your legs closed. If all you wanted was someone to fuck I would have done that. You were going to Jackson to fuck right. Let me do that. Why go somewhere else? I'm right here.” He pushed me into the bed roughly and climbed on top of me. He started kissing my neck aggressively as I tried to push him while he held my hands above my head.“Nico, no. Stop, why are you doing this? Let me go.” I screamed as tears streamed down my face. “Did you ask him to let you go while he was fucking you?” He growled. I shook my head. As his hand started to wander over my body.“No no no please stop. Stop.” I sobbed trying to push him off me. He froze above me, then pushed himself off me while cursing.“Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!” He ran a hand down his face. While I pulled myself in a foetal position. This was the first time I saw Nico’s anger and it truly scared me. He was always so sweet and kind
It has been a week. A week of hell. A week of humiliation. After the day at the office, I tried calling Nicolas many times but he has not answered a single call or text. I went to his house three times and I was escorted out of the house three times by the same staff that would greet me warmly when I used to come over in the past.My situation at my house is not any different. Natalie and Rachel have gone brusque as they learn that Ava has returned. The day I came back from the office after finding out Ava returned, the whole house was trashed.Natalie was hysterical and Rachel was not able to stop her. But as soon as she saw me all her anger was directed at me.“This is all because of you. If you hadn't come in my way I would have been with Nicolas and that bitch Ava would have never returned.” She shrieked as she came at me. I tried to back away but Rachel was standing right behind me. “Where do you think you are going?” Rachel asked as she gripped my hair in a painful hold.“Nata
As if feeling my gaze on him Nicolas turned towards me. He looked at me with a cold expression. I continued staring at him until he reached my father. He completely ignored me. The King family and the Brown family followed them. My father greeted both Ava and Nicolas and their family while I stood watching them like an outsider.“How are you, Ava? You’ve been gone for long and now you are back.” Rachel talked to Ava with a fake sweet smile.“I’m good Mrs Williams, it's good to be back,” Ava replied. “By the way, where is your other daughter Mr Williams?”“Oh, she is right here. Come here Aria.” My father acknowledged my presence for the first time.I stood rooted in my place not knowing what to do. My walked towards me and pushed me gently towards the group. Seeing Nicolas after two whole weeks brought a new kind of pain.“Don't do something to embarrass me or William's family.” My father hissed in my ear. As I was standing next to them all of them looked at me with condescending lo
I didn't want to stay here anymore. I wanted to leave but I couldn’t do that. If I leave there will be consequences. So I stood in the same corner looking at Nicolas who was busy laughing with Ava. I felt a presence next to me, and when I saw it was an unknown person I frowned. “Hello Aria, how are you?”“Do I know you?” I questioned the stranger“No, you don’t but I know you.” He smiled, forwarding his hand for me to shake. I was hesitant but reluctantly shook his hand. I felt a fierce gaze on me and when I turned Nicolas was glaring daggers at me. I gulped but immediately withdrew my hand from the man’s hand. “I’m Eric Johnson by the way.” I looked at the man who was looking at me with the same smile. I forced a smile and nodded my head. “How do you know me?” I wondered who and what this stranger wanted with me.“Oh, I completely forgot.” He smacked his head as if he couldn't believe he had forgotten something so important. “I am Mr Anthony Lorenzo’s assistant.” My eyes widened a
It was a week after the anniversary and I am currently in my office bathroom trying to control my breathing as I have just puked my guts out for the fourth time since morning.“Are you okay in there Aria?” Bella, my friend asked in concern. I washed my face and slowly made my way out of the bathroom. Bella approached and placed a hand on my forehead. “Aria, you’ve been like this since the past week. You are going to the hospital today and I don't know what excuses you make, you are going, that's it.” “I think it’s time I need to go to the hospital. Tomorrow I have a meeting with Mr. Lorenzo and I can’t go on like this.” I said as we started walking towards our cubicles. “Thank god! Let's go now Since we don’t have any work.” I nodded and we both collected our things after informing our manager we left for the hospital.In the hospital Bella and I wait patiently in the waiting area for my turn. “Aria Williams.” I stood up and walked inside the examination room.Inside, a pretty doct
I gulped as the doctor gave me all the instructions for what to do and what not to do. I was barely listening because I was panicking at the prospect of carrying not one but two kids inside me. “Aria you need to be careful. Follow a proper diet and make sure you are taking your prenatals properly, okay?” “Okay, doctor I will,” I said. After that Bella and I walked out of her office. Bella was talking nonstop about what to do next. But I was barely paying any attention as I was panicking over how I was going to do this alone and that too in my father’s house. As we reached the entrance of the hospital we were greeted by the last people I wanted to see right now. I stopped dead in my tracks when I noticed Nicolas and Ava standing outside the hospital talking about something. But they stopped talking as soon as they saw me. “Look if it isn't a cheating whore.” Ava sneered looking at me. I glared at her. “Ava you don’t know shit so I would suggest you stay the fuck away from me.” I sn
“Let me go, you are hurting me.” I whimpered when guards dragged me into an old-looking building. “What are you doing? Where are you taking me?” I tried to pull away but the guard who I never saw with Nicolas slapped me hard.“You bitch. Just shut your trap. I don't want any noise coming from you or else I will be very hard on you.” he sneered. I cowered away from him.He dragged me into a room where already two men were sitting. “Boss, you are here. Who is this?” the shorter one amongst the two asked licking his lips as he levered at me.“Boys she is our special guest, she was sent here by our boss and we have to take extra care of her, okay?” he said with a cruel smile.“Yes boss.” the men replied in unison and burst out laughing. “We were paid so much money to just teach you a lesson. You know that.” The guard who brought me here sniffed my hair. “Did Nicolas tell me to bring me here?” I asked, praying that Nicolas wasn’t behind this. He can not be this cruel.“Of course who else