Nathan’s P.O.V“Alright, thank you,” I answered the phone as I watched one of the nurses help Valentina climb down the last sets of stairs, I slipped my phone into my pocket as I rushed towards them, I had already gotten our stuff into the taxi. “Valentina, are you sure about this?” out of concern I asked when I noticed just how painful it is for her to walk. “Yes.” She answered firmly, using a blunt smile to cover up the pain she was probably feeling, the doctor had said there was no big deal with her discharge, however, they would advise she stayed for a few more days in the hospital so that she could receive adequate attention.“This is just too sudden.” I tried to convince her and she shook her head again as we head towards the taxi. “You still can’t walk properly.” I said pointedly.“I can manage.” She repeated with a faint smile, for one I was very happy she decided to call me after two weeks and she apologized for being too harsh on me. She then suddenly, requested I co
Valentina's P.O.V I sat down on my bed, the words Ron and Norah spoke resounding in my ears. I didn't know how to feel, no matter what I felt I knew I didn't have any right to feel that way. Even though Nathan is being considerate of me and he had tried to console me before he left. There was a slight pain in my chest, dull but sharp at the same time. She touched her lips, she could still feel the warmth of Ethan's lips against hers. For that brief moment, when he kissed her, she didn't feel so alone anymore. She found herself trusting him but it was thanks to Travis that she was able to come back to her senses. She didn't know why Travis would choose to tell her that truth about his best friend. "You should stop talking too much to Ethan." Travis had advised with a small frown on his face. "Even though he might seem nice and kind to you now, you should know this more than anyone what kind of person Ethan is." I wondered why Travis would say something like that ab
Valentina’s P.O.V“You don’t know what he wants.” I answered him confidently, I hated the way Nathan defended him as if he knew him so well when they had only met once. If anyone should know Ethan, it is Travis, they basically grew up together, and Travis would never lie about it to me.“What does he want?” He asked me challengingly and I froze because I had already promised Travis not to tell anyone about it, I know Ethan could lose his trust for him if he finds out that Travis was the one who told me. “Tell me, Valentina, what do you think Ethan wants from you?”“Leave me alone.” I gave up first, strolled back to my bed and plopped on it angrily, I didn’t want to argue again, I am never meeting with Ethan and that is final.“I can’t leave you alone, Valentina.” He was insistent and he was starting to annoy me, this is the first time Nathan was arguing with me like this, I know it was because he was worried for me but this time around it didn’t feel right since all we are doing is ar
Nathan’s P.O.VI clenched my fists as I stepped down the stairs, I am not just going to discard what Valentina said, and I will speak to Ethan and see if he had the intentions to begin with… I may never forgive him if he ever had the thoughts of hurting my sister.Breakfast is ready, Dad made it and now that I think about it, Valentina wouldn’t come down here, she was still not fully better and secondly, she might become hungry.“Good morning, Dad.” I greeted them as I entered the kitchen, he was making toast, and Norah was at the dining table, drinking her coffee and giggling on her phone. “Is breakfast ready?”“Oh, Nathan,” Dad smiled as he acknowledged my presence only after he heard me speak. “I just made some for your mother and Norah, yours is ready and…”He trailed off suspiciously and my eyes followed the movement of the plates, and I noticed there was an extra.“I thought Valentina could have a small bite as well.” My eyes widened on their own accord, and my heart raised, I d
Ethan’s P.O.V“He said you made a bet with your other friends, and your only goal is to get Valentina into your bed,” He said pointedly, and a small frown crossed my face but that didn’t stop him from proceeding. “You only want to win your bet and to do that you need to get her to trust you.” I had never been more confused than I was right now, why would Travis or anyone of my friends say something like this to her about me? I could never stoop so low.Not denying the fact that I also desired Valentina sexually, there have been a lot of things I wanted to do with her, but I would never discuss it with my friends. “Are you sure Travis was the one who told her this?” I asked curiously because there was no way the Travis I knew would ever make something like this up about me.“Not me, but Valentina told me Travis had come to see her in the hospital.” He rephrased. “Are you sure you didn’t misheard her?” my heart sank as I watched Nathan shake his head confidently; I ran my hands int
Ethan's P.O.V“Alright, you should probably know why I am coming to see you,” I answered finally catching up to his banter. “Meet me outside, we don’t want your mother dragged into this.”“Sure.”I disconnected him immediately and I clenched the phone tighter in my hands, Travis that bastard.What exactly does he want?"Is there any problem?" Adam asked me curiously, as he regarded me from the rear mirror of the car, I simply waved at him, indicating for him to not worry about it. I could tell he still had some few things to ask me about but then he decided to just forgo his questions.Travis was sitting outside the porch as we approached his house, he noticed my car and he stood up and waved slightly. If I am not mistaken, this bastard seemed excited.“I will talk with Travis for a while.” I told Adam softly as I reached for the door handle and climbed out, even though I was angry I was trying my best to be as natural as possible.I respected Travis’ parents a lot and I would hate to
Valentina’s P.O.VI wonder why I had such a scary dream, it didn’t feel like just an ordinary dream, it felt so real. I can still taste the fear in my mouth and my body trembled accordingly.Ethan was scary…The way his hands grabbed me, and the musky scent of sweat, as his body swallowed mine, I shut my eyes tightly, as I forgot how to breathe again. This dream was enough reason for me to never meet with him again, I never want to see him again.B...But he was so nice to me at the hospital, he didn’t seem like someone who would rape me.Just as I was trying to be considerate I remembered what Travis had told me, that was his goal to begin with, so there was no way I could say for sure, if Ethan could or could not do something like that.But I didn’t want to find out, since I didn’t even trust him.With a small sigh, I reached for my book, Valentine’s Day from the bed side table, and opened the covered page, I was started again from the beginning, and I feel this should mark the forti
Ethan’s P.O.V I got out of bed, my feet touching the cold marble floor, it was probably the hangover from last night but I have a brain-splitting headache.I couldn’t even sleep properly, as guilt laid off my head, I groaned internally pushing myself from the bed. I turned on the faucet and hot water rushed out of the shower, heating my now frigid body, the memories of me assaulting Valentina fresh in my mind.How could I even do something like that? It was impossible because I don’t remember doing something like that. I spent all night in the hotel room and I remember drinking so much and going to sleep early, I even woke up earlier than Travis.A short gasp escaped my lips when I realized that it was probably because of the alcohol, I don’t have this memory because of the alcohol.It was impossible, that wasn’t the first time I had gotten drunk, and I would never hurt Valentina in that type of way. I… would never… I clasped the towel in my hair, trying to get it dry as fast as pos
Writer's P.O.V "How is the book ending?" Maurice my assistant asked me, "I thought you were working on it the previous night." "Oh yes, but I didn't like the ending." I answered her and her eyes fell towards the laptop screen, she was too strict with me, even though I didn't sleep all night while writing this ending she might still criticize me for being a shitty writer. "I like this." A small smile reached her lips. "I never liked the fact that Valentina would die at the ending, you would never reach best seller with that mentality." I was never trying to be best seller anyways, but since she approves of this ending, I know that the book is done. I will miss talking to Ethan, and also my number one fan, Valentina, even as she died she called my book, beautiful and a masterpiece. It was different from the way the toxic web readers did. But how did the book end again..."You're going to get late for your interview." Melissa yelled at Valentina, just because Valentina was trying t
Third Person's P.O.V"Travis, what are you doing here?" Valentina asked curiously before she could push the door close, he stopped it with the tip of his foot and pushed her away instead. She fell to the ground, she knew she wasn't supposed to let him come inside. "Travis." Her eyes widened when she noticed he was holding a knife again, and that was when she remember a memory that escaped her mind, that day in the crowd, she saw the person who stabbed her, and that person smiled at her. It was Travis. "What do you want?" she asked fearfully as she thought about he could be looking for, was he trying to kill her again? Or could he be looking for Ethan instead. "I see you have gotten quite close with Ethan." His eyes scanned through her angrily, and they narrowed. "You are even wearing his clothes, what is this, are you guys married now?" "What do you want?" she insisted on knowing that first. "Are you telling me you don't know? I know you remember everything, don't you try to act
Valentina's P.O.V Today is the day that Ethan said I was supposed to die, I have been in Ethan's house for the last three days and he had been nothing but kind and sweet to me. I didn't even notice just how lovely Ethan was until recently. I have been getting some very strange memories, this was probably the memories of the Valentina in the previous timeline, the Valentina that died. I thought Ethan was the one who assaulted me, but he was actually the one who helped me. I just understood just how much I had misunderstood Ethan's intentions. I didn't tell him about the strange memories that I am getting, I remember so much about us now, and even the first time he kissed me in his house. "Valentina are you okay?" Ethan asked me curiously, I was spacing out while we were cooking, he nudged me softly. "I didn't know you could cook." I mentioned as i washed the vegetables under the running water. "You cook so good." "I once told you I used to cook for my mother while she was still
Travis P.O.V“I never knew you were this kind of person.” My mother said and her eyes widened in horror as she threw a slap at me. I clenched the part of my cheeks that she hit. “Mom, I had told you not to go into my room, without my permission.” I was at the store today, because I noticed that my tapes were running out, so I went to get a new one. Mother claimed she was cleaning my room and she found my collections, pictures and videos. “You invaded my privacy.” “How dare you…” Father joined in, ah, I forgot to add that after looking through my stuff she also invited my father to see things too. “Who are those girls in the pictures and did you do that to them?” “Yes and what if I did?” I asked them curiously. “What are you going to do, are you going to hand over your precious son to the police?” I was daring them, my mother broke down in tears, and the tapes contained images of badly beaten women that I had sexually assaulted. I used the recordings as a blackmail I never needed t
Ethan's P.O.V I woke up with Valentina in my arms, her eyes were shut tightly, as she slept peacefully, a smile reached my face, and finally this is everything I wanted. Valentina and I like this, every day. She stirred slightly, and soon enough her eyes flew open, they blinked slightly as she stared back at me. At first two of us, just stared back at each other in silence, and then a small blush creeps on her face, and she tried to disengage from me. "Wait..." I whispered as i pulled her back to my chest, "Where are you going in such a hurry?" "Ethan..." She whispered, i loved it whenever she calls my name like this, she was very embarrassed at the moment, and I wrapped my arms around her. "We can sleep some more." I advised. "N-No..." She muttered again. "I-I need to go home, I need to go to school." "Valentina," I turned her towards me, and she hid her eyes away from my gaze, i held her chin softly and tilted her face slightly until her eyes met mine. "We can't go anywhere u
Third Person’s P.O.V (Somewhere not so near)“I am telling you this will be a success.” Guillotine said as he closed his laptop shut and he turned towards Maurice his assistant and content editor. “We should be grateful that the reviews are coming back positively tonight.” Maurice answered with a small sigh. “To be honest with you, you are such a terrible writer.” “Oh, no Maurice, don’t do this to me.” He chuckled as he reeled himself in his chair. “Writing is the only thing I know how to do.” “Your writing has been messed up lately, I was becoming concerned for you, I was about to tell the publishers you would need some rest.” Maurice added and Guillotine noticed the sarcasm in the note as well. “But since the newest chapter had been released, the readers and subscription had increased.” “Oh…” He cracked his neck tiredly, he couldn’t care less if there are people reading the book, but one thing interested him tonight. “And the characters likability?” “Um, everyone wants Ethan t
Valentina’s P.O.VThe doctor said I could go home today, I was getting discharged, and I decided that I was going to quit school and leave home. Once I stepped out of this door now, I would be free, I would try my best to hang on to my life before I disappear completely.I stepped out of the bathroom, and that bastard, Ethan was still in the room, he was sitting on the bed, and speaking to the nurse who came to clean the room. Was it me or his hair had grown a bit longer than usual, well, I shrugged, I didn’t care.Just before I was able to slip out of the room, his voice stopped me.“Valentina,” He got up from the bed and strolled towards me, I turned back and glared at him. “Where are you going?"“I’m going home,” I answered confidently, just being close to him irked me so badly, I knew I had no right to get mad at him for not keeping my secret, but I hated the fact that he was just so carefree about it. “Thank you for the support.”I forced out between clenched teeth but Ethan didn
Ethan’s P.O.V“Valentina,” Nathan shouted again, this time even higher than before, it seemed that he was struggling with the security personnel, I withdrew from the bed, and strolled towards the door, I opened it and it was just as I presumed, he was struggling with the security personnel in front of the door. “Let me in, my sister is inside the room, Valentina!”“What is going on here?” I asked curiously as I stepped outside, only then did the security men let go of Nathan, Nathan’s brown eyes shot in my direction, and there was no sign of recognition. He didn’t recognize me, seems like Guillotine took my request into consideration. “Who is this?”I asked feigning ignorance as well, his eyes widened and a hint of recognition hit him.“You are Ethan Lords, right?” He seemed to remember me, but not more than that. “Please tell them to allow me to speak to my sister, I heard she was involved in an accident in the school.”“Of course, come inside,” I answered and the security men nodded
Ethan’s P.O.V“I said no, you can’t go home.” I rephrased as I tried to aid her understanding even better. “No matter what you do, you can’t go home unless I allow it.” I finally realized it, I can’t be soft with her, if I do, she would continue to be stubborn, I leaned in her face and she scooted backwards glaring at me. “You will stay here and leave when I allow you to.”“You can’t do that.” She snapped and I smirked. “You don’t even have any right to do this, after what you did to me, do you think I am going to listen to you?”I nodded, before pulling back, tiredly, since I was still anemic I strolled back to the couch and sat down crossing my legs again. Valentina was just too stubborn, once she had set her mind to it, she would it, she didn’t care about reasoning, what she is focused on more is her hatred for me, and there was no talking her out of it.That’s why I have decided for myself. “You have no reason to listen to me,” I shrugged my shoulders, “I will not stop you, but