Ethan’s P.O.V “Where have you been?” I heard my father’s voice as soon as I stepped into the living room, I turned back slightly and proceeded to ignore him. I didn’t know he had been back from his business trip, Junis didn’t inform me about his arrival, and it would seemed his return was some sort of impromptu. “I’ve been waiting for you.”“Why?” I scoffed taking off my bags and throwing them at the next available maid, she knew what to do with it. “Don’t tell me you missed me a lot during your trip, I thought that whore went with you, you don’t usually care about anything once she is with you.” “How long do you think you can keep doing this?” He suddenly snapped at me, it was a bit surprising, but it wasn’t scary because I never once feared nor respected my father. “How long are you going to drag my name in the mud?” “I wonder what you heard this time but it gives me so much pleasure it has you at the edge.” I chuckled making him even angrier. “Adam give me the car keys.” Adam’
Valentina’s P.O.VWhat are the hell were they doing here? Table fourteen is the biggest table our restaurant has, and it can contain sixteen people at once, it wasn’t the size of the table that was my problem, but the people that were sitting at it.“Isn’t this Valentina?” Scott asked with a small laugh, there was a huge streak of amusement on his face. “Oh my God, she looks so different in the apron?”“We got insulted by a beggar who waits tables?” Jasmine asked in surprise and they all started laughing, my heart “That’s tragic indeed.”This isn’t school. I told myself repeatedly, that I wouldn’t allow them to bully me, I was not going to be so pathetic even at my work.I bent down slightly, ignoring the banter and I picked up my jotter that had previously fallen and forced a small smile at them.“What would you like to order?” I asked them getting ready to take their order, from the corner of my eyes I saw Gabrielle take out his phone and start taking pictures.“Ethan needs to see t
Valentina’s P.O.VI love the scent of Melissa’s shampoo, it was an orange flavor shampoo, and it tickled my nose, I smiled to myself massaging the lather of the shampoo into my scalp, I loved how it felt against my hair, and the tip of my fingers. How long has it been since I had washed my hair? I can’t remember the last time I had a warm bath too, the heater in my bathroom never worked and I couldn’t dare to ask Ron to fix it.“How long have you been in the bath?” Melissa asked as she stepped into the bathroom with a towel hanging loosely around her chest, I had completely forgotten about the time, the water was so warm I could die here. “You’re washing your hair? Let me help you.”She stepped forward took off the towel and joined me in the bath, it was big enough to fit us.“Look her frizzy your hair is,” She complained as she rinsed the shampoo away from my hair, with the shower head. “You should take better care of your hair and yourself too.”Her fingers ran across the length of
Travis’s P.O.VThe Math teacher kept on rambling, the lecture had been ongoing for about thirty minutes now, yet Valentina’s seat was empty, I couldn’t help but wonder where she was. She isn’t the type to be absent during classes, something has to be wrong.“Why do you keep looking at the empty desk?” Scott’s irritating voice came in a small tease, and only then did Ethan’s head reel in my direction.His eyes shot toward Valentina’s desk and he scoffed slightly, I didn’t know what prompted the reaction but it felt like something happened between them.Ethan has been acting all weird today, he hasn’t spoken a word to anyone, I thought he fought with his father since he slept in my house last night. He refused to talk about it, but it seemed like he woke up on the wrong side of the bed, he was all cold and grumpy. “Valentina isn’t in class,” Scott said jokingly but this time I was unable to control myself, I rolled my eyes and focused the rest of my strength on ignoring him.I wonder
Ethan’s P.O.VAfter Travis’ dramatic exit from the class, he didn’t come back, he probably went in search of his crush, and I couldn’t blame him. I caught a glimpse of Valentina checking out the bag as I approached the classroom, but I couldn’t understand the look that was on her face.Did she like the bag or not? She didn’t look satisfied with the gift and I wondered why, for a start, it looked better than the tattered bag she used but I wasn’t in the mood to deal with her or anything that was why I ignored her, but I hoped she would at least throw that trash bag away.It was just sad to look at.Just when I wondered where he could be, Travis entered the classroom, the bag I bought for Valentina was in his hands, and there was a glare on his face. Just as I thought he had been with Valentina, but what is the bag doing with him?He threw it in my face and I glared at him, feeling irritated by his sudden action.“Why did you give this to Valentina?” He asked in a low growl, the class w
Ethan’s P.O.VHer eyes widened at my command, and she hesitated, with a small smirk on my face I leaned forward to pull her hands and she fell unto the steel chair.“Why are you being quiet?” I asked curiously, but she still remained silent. “You don’t want to do it?”“Why are you being like this?” She asked me innocently, unlike before she wasn’t making any attempt to free herself. “Why are you doing this to me? If it’s because of what happened with your father, I already apologized to him, and if you want I can apologize to you.”“Did I mention it anywhere that I needed an apology?” I asked yanking her forward toward myself, and her face distorted a bit, probably from pain and I wasn’t even holding her so tightly. “Feed me the rest of this ice cream.”“B-But you are not sick, you have your two hands and I’m sure you can help yourself.” She was being defiant, it’s rare to get her like this but it was amusing to watch. “It would seem you want to go back in the water.” I concluded dro
Valentina’s P.O.VHe kissed me and left me, since he didn’t do more than kissing the first time I thought it was okay, but what if he demands for something more than kissing me someday?What am I going to do if Ethan decides to touch me and do those things to me? Since he never even bothers to ask for permission.I know all too well, how weak and powerless I am against him, I will be completely at his mercy, should I also report this to his father?I’m scared…I reached for my lips again, it didn’t feel repulsive, even though I hated that bastard, the kiss wasn’t too bad, to the point that I craved the warmth of his body.Is it wrong to feel those things? All these things that I feel inside, I don’t know what they mean, I’m curious about them but I’m too scared to know.Should I talk to Ethan instead?He should know the reason why he keeps on kissing me, I know they do things like that with people you like but I’m not his girlfriend, I can’t even think of dating someone like him in a
Ethan’s P.O.V“Good day, Master Ethan.” Junis said as he collected my bag from me, I nodded at him in acknowledgement; he is such a diligent old man. “How about supper? Mary has gotten the table ready.”“I’m not hungry,” I answered waving him off as I approached my room, I got inside plumped down on my bed, and forced my face into the pillow.It is difficult, this is challenging.“Why can’t I stop thinking about her?” I asked myself but I didn’t have the answer to my question. “Maybe something is wrong with me.”“Master Ethan.” Junis was knocking on the door, and I rolled my eyes, the old man is very persistent. “I brought your dinner.”“What part of I’m not hungry do you not understand?” I yelled back, and the other side of the room went silent for a while before the knocking came back. “Oh Goodness!”I hopped off the bed and opened it, but instead of Junis, it was my father, I wanted to slam the door in his face but he was standing at the doorway preventing me from doing it.“Let’s
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