Ethan’s P.O.V “Have you seen Valentina?” I asked another random student that passed me, the bunch of them shook their heads immediately, so where on earth could she be? “Where is she if no one has seen her?” “Maybe she had gone home,” “The surveillance group hasn’t seen her, which means she is still on the school property.” I snapped back at Travis, as we went to the back of the school.I was grateful for his presence at least, even if I was being a bitch to him at the moment, I was still grateful for him. I don’t know what I would have done if I was the only one out here looking for Valentina, I would be going crazy right now. I was about to ask him for something else when we suddenly heard screams coming from the front of the school. “What is that?” He asked me and my head snapped in the direction of the noise, Travis and I glanced at each other before we decided to run towards the main building of the school. A lot of other students were gathering in front and they were gazing
Valentina’s P.O.V It hurts so much, the pain in my clogged throat hurts so much, and what hurts even more was Ethan’s rambling, he must see me as some kind of fool who wouldn’t realize he was doing everything to hurt me. “What are you talking about?” He asked, this time he marched towards me and I tilted myself to the other end of the rail making him stop in his tracks. “I will never do something like that, to you or to anyone else.” “You think I will believe you?” He clenched his fists in his hands, why do I feel he was also struggling with something?“You have to believe me, is that the kind of person you think I am Valentina?” How dare he sound offended when I am the one who is hurt, after he used me he is trying to play victim. “Then at least come down from there so I can prove myself to you.”“I don’t want to.” I had made up my mind, right from the time I climbed up here, I wasn’t going to come down from here. “You should leave me alone, Ethan.” His eyebrow tightened at me and
Ethan’s P.O.V Blood, the scent of blood filled my nose as I stared back at Valentina’s lifeless body, I felt a gut-wrenching pain just inside my chest. If only I had a bit faster, I could have caught her when she jumped. No, I shook my head as I stepped away from the railing, I underestimated her, I never thought she could jump. She didn’t seem like someone… No, she did, I was just too lenient about it, she had the same look my mother had the day she died. “Ethan!” I could hear someone calling my name in the distance, but I didn’t know who it was. “Ethan snaps out of it; we have to leave here now!” “Travis…” I whispered as he gripped my arms, and forced me out of the rooftop, he was sprinting forward probably rushing to where Valentina was but he should know that it was already too late for her. Anyone who fell from the rooftop was going to die, the building was far too high for her to survive, I know Travis knows this much but he also wanted to try. He must feel as bad as I do,
Ethan’s P.O.VFor some reason, the neatly arranged things on my bedroom shelf seemed annoying and so I pushed them all out of there, but I was still nowhere near satisfied.“Master Ethan…” Adam rushed into my room, probably because of the sounds of deodorants and other things falling over each other. “…What are you doing?”“Get out,” I growled in between clenched teeth, he froze for a while and then he left me alone like I had ordered. “Fuck everything!”I yelled as I got back into destroying the things that I owned, I hated everything I hated everyone and most of all I hated myself.I wanted Valentina, I wanted her to be with me… I wanted nothing more than that but also knowing that the wish was impossible displeased me greatly.If only I knew this would happen, I would never allow her to set her foot out of this house, I would keep her in bed here and make sure she is fed… she never really asked me for anything, I think I bothered her with my presence. “Fuck this!” I yelled as I d
Ethan’s P.O.VI have never had a book so entertaining, never have I ever had a book that made me cry, not once but four fucking times. As I expected, the female lead of the book is so fucking weak, but she has her reasons and she is in a tight spot so I guess it was understandable.The male lead of the book is such a jerk, he is a goddamn bastard and he doesn’t deserve the female lead, he doesn’t even deserve happiness.A stuck-up jerk like him kind of reminds me of myself, I also treated Valentina badly, I also made her cry countless times, and I was just like him.I snickered, I had no right to be sad or angry for Valentina, I had wished she disappeared countless times, and now that she is finally gone… I feel guilty. I am nothing more than a hypocrite, just like Julian on Valentine’s Day.My phone vibrated and I glanced at it sitting on my bedside table, it had been sitting there for several days and I hadn’t even touched it once in those days. I groaned as I reached for it, I knew
Ethan P.O.V “That was why we expelled Valentina, because we thought enough was enough, so think carefully boy before you start pointing fingers at me.” The word resounded in my ears as I lay down in bed, frustration feeling me up. I wanted to cry but my tear glands seemed to be dry, I rolled myself in the duvet the guilt eating me up. I heard a few knocks on the door but I didn’t answer, the door opened even though I didn’t permit them to come in. “Can I come in?” It was Adam’s voice I heard, I turned in the direction and I curled up in a sitting position, a mind-splitting headache struck me square in the head and I winced in pain. “You’re already in, you idiot,” I muttered as I sat up resting my back against the headboard of the bed, I frowned at him when I noticed the small tray in his hands, he was trying to feed me again. “What do you want?” “You need to eat.” He said as he approached my bed and sat down on it, even though I didn’t invite him to sit. “You haven’t eaten anyth
Ethan’s P.O.V Adam forced me to eat, or should I say he used his tears to blackmail me, I guess I should be nicer to him, I wiped the water dripping from my hair with the towel around my shoulder. I glanced at my reflection in the mirror and I sighed. “Everyone wants me to forget you, Valentina,” I reported to my reflection in the mirror before heading out, I already told Adam to make preparations to go to Valentina’s house, it was only right that I return her things to her family. As much as I would like to keep her memories with me, I believe they would need them more, I would just ask that they let me have her storybook, I think I like the book a little too much, and if I may want to remember her with this very book. “I don’t think I can forget you, Val,” I said to myself as I lifted the book to the tip of my nose, her scent even though faintly, it is still there. “I don’t want to ever forget you.” I heard those light knocks on the door and I already knew who it was. “Come in,
Ethan’s P.O.V “The stupid bitch was nothing but trouble, her very existence terrified her mother, do you know how my wife felt all those years because she had to raise the daughter of her assailant?” “What?” I felt the words slip out of my parted lips, by stupid bitch does he mean Valentina. “What do you mean?” “I’ve never been more relieved that spawn of the devil will never show her face here again.” He said with a huge smile of satisfaction. “I have been worried since I told her to leave, I feared she might make a ruckus but thankfully this is how she leaves.” What does he mean by that? My eyes widened when I realized the relationship between Valentina and her family was more terrible than I thought. To the point that her step father would cheerfully celebrate her demise, it was annoying. “Do you have any idea what you are saying to me?” I asked suddenly feeling the anger pumped inside me, I was ready to throw hands but I knew that I wasn’t supposed to hit anyone older than I
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