Jacques held the little box that was made in a fine black walnut wood with beautiful carvings with both of her hands. She's been holding the box for more than an hour and still her tears didn't stop.She didn't think the clinic would provide free caskets for miscarried babies. She greatly appreciated this help. And also, the box was very well-made and looked really expensive. She is not someone creative, but she can appreciate art. Seeing how cute and exquisite the carvings on the box are, she inferred that the artist who carved it must have a very loving and kind heart.It reminded her of her father's funeral. With her step-mother refusing to arrange for the funeral, she had made arrangements with a funeral home with the basic pack and she couldn't even arrange the payment for the basic pack. She ran around trying to get a loan, but no one was willing to loan a large sum to an eighteen year old girl who hadn't even finished her high school yet,But someone paid for her father's funer
Jacques's heart started to pound as she passed Payton High School. And as they passed through the little pub where she did her first stupid thing, her heart skipped a beat.Even after ten years, why is everything the same?That alleyway was where TJ almost trapped her that day when she left her part-time job... That tree is where she hit her head as she ran away from TJ... That pavement in front of that house was uneven and she sprained her ankle as she fell from her bike as TJ chased her. Her way back home where his gang members would harass her... and there are so many such places in Peyton.After her graduation, she never came back to this place and seeing where everything went wrong made her chest tightened.Her senior year here was the most terrifying year of her life. She did one stupid thing at the beginning of the year, which led to her breaking her friendship with Emma. And then came all her troubles.It's not like she liked Emma so much and shared a friendship with her. Emma
Jacques didn't know where she borrowed her courage from, but she had actually slapped his hand away, stopping him from touching the planter – the planter where she buried her baby he killed.She wasn't even thinking. She didn't want his murderous hand touching her baby and out of instinct, she actually hit him.A couple seconds passed and only then her brain registered what she did. Her palm stung by the force she had used on him and through her peripheral vision she could see him staring at his hand, stunned.I'm finished! He's going to kill me now!She has seen him fighting five guys at the same time and he bashed the skull of one guy without even batting an eye. She is nothing compared to those guys and it would only take one hit to kill her.But what if he breaks the planter out of anger?It was then she felt immeasurable fear and she wished she didn't anger him. She instinctively held the planter to protect it and her hands started to tremble.Jeremy was stunned when she hit him.
Lying on the floor, Jacques saw the beast, majestic as it is with its pointed ears, jumping down from the bed. Its collar made a slight clinking noise as it got down. It walked closer to her as if it didn't want to leave her alone. It was only then she noticed that its eyes were icy-blue.Her heart calmed down a bit, but as someone who has never been around dogs much, she still was not relaxed. She once had a rescue cat, but it was already old and it died within a couple of years after she adopted it.Still lying on her back, she extended her hand, and the dog stared back at her. She was scared to touch the dog and she decided to pull back her hand when the dog took a step forward and held her hand with its mouth.Jacques's heart pounded as she felt the sharp teeth of the dog pressing on her hand, but the dog didn't hold it any more tightly. She calmed down seeing the icy-blue eyes of the dog met hers.He looked really cute with the markings around his eyes and his fluffy tail was up
Jacques felt her heart beating in her throat as she heard the two dogs growling at each other and just by TJ's voice, they went away as if they weren't aggressive a moment ago.His voice... she heard him commanding the dogs to go downstairs and the dogs left..!If so, why were the dogs in here in the first place? How did they open the door and enter?She heard his footsteps entering the room and she saw him standing in front of her. Maybe because of the stress, she felt a sharp pain in her stomach. Her entire body felt cold and she almost fainted.And then was his grating voice that seemed to hide a sneer as he explained that his dogs don't bite. It was as if he wanted to make fun of her for the fear of his dogs."Is everything fun and games to you, huh?"She looked at him. She was on her knees, while he was standing tall like a pine tree and it pricked her heart."Why?" her throat closed seeing him looking down at her. "How much more do you want me to suffer for your heart to get pac
"Let go! You aren't even holding it right!"Jacques felt her wrist getting gripped hard and she couldn't hold on to the scissors anymore. With a clink, the scissors fell on the floor and she tried to struggle out of his grip. But she ended up tripping on his legs.Jeremy held the back of her head with one hand to keep it from getting hit on the floor, and his other hand pushed against the floor to stop him from crashing into her petite body as both of them fell on the floor due to her struggle.Her face was just inches from his face and her eyes that were red with anger and tears looked straight at his. This is the first time he's gotten this close to her while he looked straight at his eyes, and it made his heartbeat go berserk.His chest was pressed on hers and he could feel her heart pounding against his. And he had a feeling it was not for the same reason as his.He wanted to explain to her that he truly doesn't hate her and in fact, it is the opposite."I don't despise you," he s
Jacques couldn't understand what was happening. One moment she was holding the scissors to kill him and the next moment she was pinned down by him on the floor. He said he didn't despise her and she figured he was searching for a stronger word than 'despise'.He got mad when she mentioned Gerard and then she opened a conversation to negotiate for her freedom and after that, he became weirder.What's with that...smile? Is that even a smile? Or is it something sinister? Is he trying to scare me? Oh, Jacques! You must have had balls of steel to suggest an exchange when he threatened to damage your baby's grave just moments ago... And there is a cut in his chest that is bleeding because you stabbed him with frigging scissors.There was silence for more than a minute and Jacques's brain went overdrive thinking of the possibilities. Her excitement gradually turned to anxiety.And what's with the position we are lying? Why isn't he getting up?As she was trying to read his face that was cove
Jacques got so confused and paranoid and she kept on having nightmares during her sleep. Sometimes she felt like she was not exactly existing and was living someone else's life. She questioned whether everything happening to her, is actually happening or not.But then, she'd sit on the balcony beside the planter and the pain in her heart would remind her of everything that transpired in her life.That little plant will pull her back to reality each time she is about to lose herself.Thankfully, after that breakfast, she didn't see any of them for the next few days. But with no one disturbing her, she found herself losing time without knowing.Most of the time, she just lied on the floor and stared at the ceiling forgetting the time. Sometimes she wondered if TJ would accept the offer for her company. Other times, she just stared blankly.At times, she sensed little flutters in her stomach as if she was pregnant and then there would be heaviness hitting her heart, making her cry uncont