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If only I hadn’t overstayed my stay at my parent’s place, I wouldn’t have been stuck in this situation. I wouldn’t have been lying naked next to the man who wanted to ruin me, holding on to his torso as if he were my lover.“Do you know how it feels when you’re not next to me, Christie?” whispered Noah into my ear. “It felt as if I lost something vital. I was not able to function effectively. There was just a huge cavity left in my chest which kept on growing with every passing day.”Though I was not in the position to confess to the same pain that I had undergone upon being thrown out of his life, I wanted to tell him that I felt just as incomplete without him. I also had that widening gap in my chest that made it hard to forget him and move on with my life.Noah mistook my silence for my indifference. He, thus, asked me, “Why won’t you even say anything? When did you stop loving me, Christie?”“The day you got married to my sister,” I lied, hoping it would push him away from me. “The
Just when Noah was about to leave the room, he looked back at me and said, “Let’s take a bath together.”“I have already fulfilled my side of the bargain,” I refused, reminding him that I allowed him to touch me only for the sake of taking him back to my older sister.As adamant as ever, he paid no regard to my desire to be left alone. Instead, he picked me up in his arms and then carried me to the bathroom. I was still naked, which was why I was deeply discomforted at being carried like a baby. I, therefore, said, “Why must you always force me into doing things that rattle me up? Do you enjoy watching me get uncomfortable?”“Why do you look at me as if you’re enjoying it if it’s that hard for you?” said Noah, looking into my eyes.“You just don’t know how to read people,” I argued before demanding to be put down. It was hard to deny that I didn't enjoy the physical aspect of the relationship, but I did it anyway for Anne's sake.Instead of doing what was asked of him like a gentleman,
When I had successfully satisfied that devil of a man, he allowed me to return to Seth, who had been patiently waiting for me in the parking lot. I was surprised to find out that he hadn’t left the car even when I had been gone for an hour.I settled in the front passenger seat to meet the anxiety that rested in his eyes, and then told him, “Noah had agreed to visit my sister in the evening.”“Can I now consider that we’re done with Noah?” asked Seth, wondering if we could now go back to our apartment and live in peace.As much as I wanted to tell him that we no longer had to deal with that manipulating man, I couldn’t. We still couldn’t afford to separate ourselves from him, as he had the upper hand over me. If I were to cease all contact with him, he would leave Anne again, which would lead her to look for me again.“I am not sure about that,” I answered with visible regret on my face, feeling the crushing weight of the guilt that was deeply instilled within me. “I am afraid Noah wou
There was something wrong with everyone in my family. They all seemed to be lying to me while pretending to be nice. Since I had already convinced Noah to visit them and take Anne away, I did not understand their motive in showering me with unnecessary kindness, something that I had always been deprived of as a child.“You’ve always been ignorant of my emotional needs,” I said, unafraid to highlight the sudden change in my parents’ behaviour. “You’ve always prioritized my older sister over me.”“Anne is a sensitive child. She needs more care,” argued my mother, reluctant to acknowledge her biased attitude towards me.“Does it mean you’ll neglect your younger child because of the same?” I asked, unhappy with my mother’s inability to see her error.Seth, who could see that I was getting upset about the entire confrontation, grabbed my hand and took me away from them to my room. Once we were alone, he told me that I would never get the answers I deserved.“They will never accept the fact
Now that Seth was gone, I was on my own for everything. I, therefore, decided not to step outside until I was called into Anne’s room. The expression on her face had significantly changed from before.“Come, sit beside me,” proposed Anne, with a gentle smile. Since she had tried to kill me in the past, I couldn’t trust her.“I’m fine standing,” I answered, trying to maintain my distance from her.“You sure know how to hold up your walls, Christie,” remarked my sister, unhappy to see me staying away from her.“I have had people confuse my kindness for weakness, which is why I have to be careful about being too close to anybody,” I said, trying to provide her with my reasons for staying away from her.Without minding a single word that left my mouth, Anne quickly changed the subject of our discussion, asking, “Was it hard getting Noah to listen?”“It is always hard dealing with him,” I answered, taking a seat on the chair away from her. “He doesn’t easily trust people.”“How did you do i
The evening did roll around with all its expected anxieties. We were all settled in the main hall with our eyes peeled for the man who was supposed to visit us. While I doubted Noah would go back on his word and ditch us, it wasn’t impossible. After all, he had said that he wouldn’t accept Anne until he was assured she was carrying his child.“What should I do if he doesn’t show up, Momma?” questioned an anxious Anne, who could no longer sit patiently at her spot. “How will I raise my child without a father?”“No such thing will happen, dear,” assured my mother, rushing to her older daughter’s side to comfort her. “He loves you and the child dearly. He will come for the both of you.”“That’s right,” agreed my father. “He understands the importance of an heir for his family business, which is why it is highly unlikely that he wouldn’t want you and your child.”I stayed seated on the couch and only stood up when I finally saw the familiar figure walking into the hall. Before I could get
Now that everything was sorted, I decided to go away, which was why I didn’t have dinner with my family. I didn’t dare to sit with them and discuss the future of my ex-boyfriend with my older sister.‘Since Seth is tending to his grandmother, I should go back to him as soon as possible,’ I thought to myself, taking hold of my handbag.As soon as I turned to leave my room, I spotted my sister standing in the doorway. I could tell that she wanted to talk about something that would make me the most uncomfortable, the method I used to bring Noah back into my life.I, therefore, told her that I wasn’t feeling well and wanted to be left alone. She had the habit of getting whatever she wanted, so she couldn’t leave me alone. She placed the back of her hand over my head and asked me if I had a fever.“It’s not that. I am just too tired,” I said, removing her hand. “I am going home.”“Home? Isn’t this your home, Christie?” questioned Anne, unprepared to see me leave. “How will our parents feel
I entered my apartment to meet an atmosphere bereft of comfort, for it had been pierced by the festering ache since the day I had come there to seek refuge from my ex-boyfriend, who had chosen my sister over me.Such an unexpected rejection had weighed heavy upon my shoulders, like something one could feel as a burden one was carrying but could not shake off. I closed the door behind me and the soft click of the lock, in the midst of that silence, reverberated like a reminder of my isolation.Every step that I took, and each breath I made, felt like a chore—as if my heart was dragging me down, refusing to let her move on. What had been happy, treasured memories of my time with Noah now tortured me, existing only to remind me of what I had lost and what my sister had gained.It was as though the pain was a living, breathing thing, heavy in the air and weighing me down, making it hard to think, hard to breathe, hard to be. It was overwhelming to me, but there was no other way out of the