Valentina’s P.O.V “I need you to leave this place.” Ron’s soft voice resounded in my ears, I stared down at my shoes in disappointment, I had always been prepared for a day like this but I never expected to feel so sad. “Nobody is happy with your presence.” “I know that much,” I whispered back, his face tightened up immediately at my response, he clenched his fist and I winced prepared for the hit that never came. “I’m not threatening you, Valentina.” Is it me or does his voice seem to be lower than usual? “I’m begging you.” My eyes widened in surprise, this was the very first time I’d seen Ron like this, especially to me, and I stumbled back when he suddenly grabbed my hands. Pressing on them softly, I hissed in pain and he loosened his grip when he noticed I was hurt but he didn’t let me go. “Please Valentina, your mother is very sick and your presence deteriorates her health even more, I can’t bear to see her in such pain any longer that’s why I beg you, please leave.” My hear
Valentina’s P.O.V I heard we would be going on a school trip during the weekends, our class would be traveling on one of Mr. Lord's expensive super Yachts for sightseeing and I also heard we would be stopping at Kiwi Resort and Island. It sounds like so much fun and I would love to go but all students are required to pay a fee, the fee is something I can’t afford, so I won’t be going. I picked my books in my bag and rested my head on my desk, I have a brain-splitting headache, probably got it from crying too much last night. “I heard Valentina won’t be going on the trip.” I heard Lucille’s voice, I rolled my eyes, and I wasn’t in the mood today. “I guess that’s what happens when you come from such a laughable background.” I heard laughs from everyone, but it didn’t matter to me anymore, I will be submitting the letter on Monday and I will be leaving here. The thought of withdrawing from the school gives me so much peace, it was almost as if a boulder was lifted off my shoulders.
Ethan’s P.O.V Father is such a clever person, since his wedding is coming up during the weekends and I had threatened not to go just because I wanted to disgrace him, he decided to bring up a school trip. That would be the perfect excuse for my absence at his wedding, well, I wasn’t opposed to it. I would rather be anywhere but here during that wedding.Since I’m Ethan Lords, I didn’t need to pay, but I know Valentina would be unable to afford the fee, that was why I paid for her as well. I wanted her to come with me, even though I knew I would be unable to go close to her, but the trip might help her relax or so I thought.I like her so much, and it took me until recently to figure it out, but I’m the worst possible person for her, that’s why I’m going to keep my distance until I figure out what I’m going to do about myself.“What are you thinking about?” Travis asked me and I turned to look at him from his bed, he was on his computer, playing some games. Since we were going on th
Valentina’s P.O.V Just as soon as I successfully avoided Ethan I bumped into Travis on my way back in, a small scream escaped my parted lips as I was about to crash into the flooring, he grabbed my arms and steadied me. Ever since that day, I hadn’t met Travis alone like this, and since we were the only ones here, I think this is the best time to apologize to him. “Travis…” I called but he had already begun to walk away from me, nevertheless, I went after him. “Travis, please wait.” “Is there anything you would like to say to me?” He sounded a bit distant, it was not the usual Travis. “If there isn’t anything then I will take my leave.” I held his arm tightly in my hands, stopping him again, I had already decided to apologize to him. “Just two minutes, please give me two minutes of your time,” I begged and he reluctantly stood to give me an audience. I heaved a sigh of relief, I have to be done with this. “First I want to thank you for allowing me to attend the school trip.” H
Ethan’s P.O.V “Get up, sleepy head.” I kicked the bed, and Travis rolled from it falling to the floor, he was all covered in the duvet and he glared at me as soon as he opened his eyes tiredly. “It is morning, how long do you plan to be curled up in bed?” He got up from the floor, peeling himself out of the duvet, and returned it to the bed, he glared at me and I wasn’t so sure why he gave me that look. “Ethan, don’t you think we have to talk?” He snapped at me, he had been grumpy since last night and it was just now I realized that he was mad at me. “What are we talking about?” I asked curiously as I stepped towards the closet and I singled out my bathrobe, I don’t remember doing anything that hurt him. “You’re going to tell me why you have been mad, right?” “Tell me, you were the one who paid Valentina’s fee, right?” My heart quickened at his accusations, just now when I thought about it, I remembered Travis likes Valentina too. “And I’m right, you were the one who bought that b
Ethan’s P.O.V“Valentina,” I didn’t believe the shaky voice that called her name to be my own, I felt my heart sink when she didn’t respond, I hesitated for a minute, but when I finally touched her; her body was frozen.No, this can’t be happening, I withdrew my hands and stared down at her… was she dead? I was afraid to confirm her dead, but I needed to know as well, I picked her wrist in my hands as I tried to find a pulse, my heart thumping furiously against my ribcage, she didn’t have a pulse. “No… this can't be.” I heaved a frustrated sigh.I tapped her cheeks continuously but there was no response from her, she was locked in the locker with little to no oxygen, she was already suffocated, Luckily, I found a pulse in the vein around her neck but it was barely there.This is an opportunity, as long as she was still alive, she will be fine, I took off my coat and wrapped it around her…if I could get her to a hospital, she would be fine. I wasn’t sure of anything, but I wanted to
Ethan’s P.O.VThe word “assaulted” resounded in my ears, I couldn’t believe it, I couldn’t believe there would be such a coward who would do something so low. I was unsure of how to feel, I didn’t even want to imagine how Valentina would feel if she when she wakes up.But her health at the moment takes priority, that’s why she had to wake up and tell me the name of the bastard that touched her. She is very pale, she looks thin too, I don’t even want to imagine what she must have gone through the previous evening. I placed my hand on her forehead, she had some warmth in it again I was grateful for that at least, I feared the worst when I found her.If only I knew this would happen, I would have never paid for her trip fee as well, I just wanted her to have some fun as well, I didn’t know some sick bastard was waiting for the opportunity.She stirred in the bed, her eyelids twitching painfully.“Valentina,” I called her in a whisper getting up from the edge of the bed. “Are you alrig
Valentina’s P.O.VI felt burns in my throat and my head hurt so much, it felt as if I had been sleeping for quite a while, it was as though I had fallen into eternal rest.There was someone in the room, and that person was touching me, warm hands cupping my face with a lot of affection… who could this person be?I wanted to wake up but I was so tired, my eyes were too weak to open on their own, but I wanted to see.My eyes opened slowly and I winced in pain at the blinding lights that came from the room, I closed them tightly and only opened them again when they adjusted to the light in the room.I was met by a very familiar pair of green eyes that terrified me, I jumped backward only for my head to hit the headboard on the bed.“Ahh!” A painful moan escaped my lips, the last person I was expecting to see was Ethan Lords towering over me, looking at me with concern in his eyes.“Valentina!” He shouted in desperation, he grabbed my arms, dragged me closer to him, he inspected my head w
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