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
Ethan’s P.O.V “What is going on?” I whispered to myself. “No it is not a web novel, I have read the book, and a classmate of mine has it.” “Then can you send a copy to me, it would make it even easier to search for it.” It would be better if I asked Valentina to send me a picture of the book, but I have been calling her for a while and she is refusing to answer my calls. “Hello?” The man called out again when he didn’t receive any response from me, and my father raised a questioning eyebrow at me. “That is rather difficult,” I answered. “But I will try my best to see if I can get it by tomorrow.” I got up from the chair and exited the office, ignoring whatever protests my father had, I strutted back to my room, and threw on some clothes. I was disturbed greatly, I know my father had a lot of connections, and he could find anything in under fifteen minutes, no matter how local and hidden it was, as long as it was in existence, he could find it. That was why I was confident in him
Valentina’s P.O.V“Valentina!” Nathan burst through the door of my room, and I sat up in my bed, a small smile touched my lips as soon as I confirmed it was him.“Welcome back,” I answered pulling the pillow from behind my back and hugging it tightly, the bed sank at the edge where Nathan was sitting, and he reached forward to pull some strands of my hair away from my face.“How are you feeling?” He asked curiously and I smiled back in return only for his eyes to narrow suspiciously at me. “Aren’t you smiling too much? Are you alright?”“Oh! Yes, I am fine.” I answered almost immediately and his frowned deepened, his thumb brushed the tip of my nose and underneath my eyes.“You look like you cried.” He noticed and I felt my heart skipped a beat. “Is it father? Did he come here to say something to you?”I am just noticing this but Nathan’s intuition seems spot on, and I shifted away from him and shook my head.“You are wrong, your father didn’t come up here.” I denied it immediately. “
Ethan’s P.O.V“Does the name Guillotine ring a bell?” The declaration was followed by a small cackle, and I felt goosebumps peel across my neck. “You don’t have much time to tell me what you want.”I felt my heart stop in my chest as I gripped the phone even tighter than before, what in God’s name was going on? I was looking for this man and now he was calling me.“What do you want?” I asked for starters, my heart thumping in my chest, the voice of the man on the phone with me now sounded like a man in his mid-sixties, yet it was still the scariest voice I had ever heard. “How did you get my phone number?”“You can only ask me ten questions are you sure you want to waste those slots asking unreasonable things?” He asked me teasingly, and my breathing became labored. I don’t think he is lying, there are only a few people who would know Guillotine, the author of Valentine’s Day and that could be Valentina, Travis, and I.“If you had found me would you be asking me those same questions?”
Valentina’s P.O.VI turned off the lights in my room and shut the door, another new day to attend school, I hadn’t gone there in three weeks due to my health conditions. Even though I was excited to be there, there was something that kept me from going.That was Ethan.Just thinking about him made my hands tremble against the keyhole, I never gave him an answer, not to mention how I abruptly disconnected him the other day.Just like he had promised me, he never once called me since that day, he didn’t even text me to know how I was, and he just stopped trying altogether.I know I should be happy, he had finally given up, but I don’t know why I am now so sad.He sounded genuine over the phone, but I was still confused, I had every reason to distrust Ethan, but I don’t know why I feel he could be telling the truth.If he was telling the truth, why would Travis lie about his friend?“Good morning, Nathan.” I waved to my little brother as soon as I reached the dining table, Ron was in the
Lucille’s P.O.VJust as I was planning to push Valentina to the ground again, she turned on her heels and ran away. Travis was right, this was the best time to disgrace her if I wanted to, and the perfect time to make her hate Ethan, hereby destroying their relationship for good. At first, I didn’t believe it when Travis told me about her real father, and I also thought it was strange that she had never brought any of her parents to any events, even when it was necessary; she was always giving one excuse after the other. I had to do an intensive search to confirm Travis's speculations, I was going not only against Valentina but also Ethan, I wouldn’t like to be the laughing stock instead and all that was possible with my father’s connection. As soon as I was able to confirm it, I posted the proof on the school platform, just to make sure the bitch doesn’t lie, and just as I thought she fucking tried to deny it. The other students weren’t fazed because they already knew the truth
Ethan’s P.O.VI went to the washroom for a minute because it was uncomfortable for me to just keep ignoring Valentina’s innocent stares, Valentina seemed to be hesitant about something, and I could bet she wanted to talk to me.I smirked back at my reflection in the mirror, could it be that she missed me? I would be glad if she stopped me before the ends of today, I was also itching to talk to her, but I didn’t want to break the promise I made to her.But it was a completely different story if she was the one who wanted to talk to me instead, I cleared my throat. I got out of the washroom, there were some students discussing in the hallway as I headed back to the cafeteria.“It’s a total mess.” One of them whispered. “I started to feel sorry for her, Lucille shouldn’t have to go so far.”“I tell you, you don’t want to be on Senior Lucille’s bad side.” The other replied immediately.Lucille? Is this anything related to Valentina? I hastened my steps towards the Cafeteria and when I got
Valentina’s P.O.V“What the hell are you all doing?” I heard a very familiar voice, it boomed with authority making everyone stop what they were doing, I winced in pain, I dropped to the ground my face was filled with confusion but I knew I had to press down against the side of my belly, that is if I didn’t want to die yet. “Have you all lost your minds?”I glanced at Ethan and I quickly wiped the blood away from my nose, he started walking towards us, both of his hands were balled into a fist and his jaw was clenched… he seemed to be angry because he was glaring at us, a painful moan escaped my lips and I glanced at the palm of my hand, it was filled with blood.“Why are there a bunch of unreasonable adults doing this to a child?” He reached the bottom of the stairs and yelled again, “Where is the fucking security? Kick these psychopaths out of here at once!”“Unreasonable?” The older woman who held on to my collar previously, the one who called the name of her daughter, Lilian. I gr
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