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"Yeah, I know," I said with no hint of excitement in my tone. "It can't be better than yours," I rather scoffed, rolling my eyes. His chest rumbled in a laughed. I must admit, that noise was such a melody to my ears. Knock it off, Arie.

"Home is where you live happily with your loved ones and you're lucky to have that. Me on the contrary," he shook his head in slight disappointment. "My family is scattered all across the globe. Traveling all the time. Can't remember the last time we all sat together and had a decent meal."

He looked to the ground as if in deep ponder. "You said you wanted to talk about something," I pulled him out of his thoughts.

"Yea," he looked to the ground once again. "I know I've apologized for my brother before and I a..."

"Stop right there," I warned him from going any further. "I don't need another meaningless apology from you on the behalf of your disgusting brother. And if that's all you wanted to say then leave. Now!" I ordered.

"Please hear me out, love."

"I don't want to hear anything you have to say," I snapped. "You promised to not hurt me and look what your own brother did. You said that he would apologize, but that's nothing close to what he actually did. Instead he tried to take advantage of me. If that's an apology to you then I don't need a fucking apology." I could feel the tears stinging in the corner of my eyes. I couldn't cry. I couldn't be weak in front of him. Not right now.

"I know what I promised, love, and I'm so sorry I couldn't live up to it. It hurts me more than you know."

"It shouldn't hurt you. You weren't in my position. You weren't the one who was going to get raped again. You don't know how it feel, how scary it is. You weren't the one who had to go through it, so why the fuck does it hurt you?" I yelled. My heart thundered in my chest. The waves of the agonized throb rippled throughout my body.

"It was my fault. I shouldn't have left you alone and went with the woman. If I had been by your side, that would have never happened."

"Well guess what, it did happen and it was your brother."

"You don't know how sorry I am."

"Like I said, I do not want to know. You may get your sorry ass out of here," I sneered in anger.

"I said listen!" His growl echoed through the entire house making me flinch at his sudden change of tone and forcing tears to topple over my lids. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have yelled."

"It's fine," I whispered through my tears whilst looking at the floor. "It's okay." His feet began sauntering towards me. I took a few steps back until I was against the door. "Please don't hurt me," I begged desperately, unable to control the shudder in my brittle voice.

"Love, I promised I won't. I will never hurt you." He lifted my head up with his hand making me look at his beautifully sculpted face and into his dangerously blue eyes.

Oh God, those eyes. I couldn't do this. He was approximately two inches away from me and the closeness intimidated me. Forbidden thoughts of madness were crossing my mind and I had to stop it at once.

"You scare me," I mumbled, pulling myself out of my thoughts. "You intimidate me to death and I can't take it."

"You're not the only one." His minty breath lingered around me while a huge smirk formed on his face.

Another tear managed to escape my eye. He brought his hands up and wiped away my tears slowly with his thumbs. "You're a strong girl, Ms. Arie Noelle," he smiled down at me. "And a beautiful one too. These tears don't suit you."

With a soft kiss on my cheek, he moved me away from the door and opened it. "I'll see you soon, love." He left, leaving me with all these thoughts. What the hell was that? I watched him walk down the block to his Bugatti. What the fuck? A freaking Bugatti now.

I closed the door and leaned up against it. I could still feel his kiss, my cheek tingling from the aftermath and the mere thought of it sent a chill down my spine. I've been kissed before, but it wasn't this electrifying. And it was just a peck on the cheek. Oh God. This meant absolute nothing. It should mean nothing.

'See you soon'? What did he mean by that? I didn't want to see him. Well, I'd be lying if I said that but, I couldn't see him. He seemed...dangerous. No, he didn't seem, he is dangerous.

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