Keeping My Pride

CHARLOTTE'S POV:-

The shock was still not over. I was staring at the closed doors of the mansion I thought I belonged to. I had no idea what really happened. I was still not sure if the reports were even true. A few minutes later, his mother threw my packet bags out of the mansion. I was staring at the divorce papers that were lying on the ground in front of me.

With tears in my eyes, I stood up on my feet. It was unbelievable for me to accept the fact that he divorced me just like that. He didn't argue with me. He didn't let me explain. He didn't even try to listen to my part of the story. He just kicked me out as if that's what he had always wanted, to get rid of me.

With the pride I had left inside of me, I stood up and grabbed the paper he had signed for me. Looking at it, I couldn't think of anything. My brain was numb and my heart was weeping. I set my pride aside and walked toward the door. I couldn't stop crying. I wanted him to listen to me one last time before I would sign the papers myself.

I started banging the doors with all the strength I had. At that moment, I felt like I hardly had any strength left inside of me. It never happened to me before. I really never felt this way about a man before either. Maybe that was the reason why my heart just wanted to die.

"You can't do this to me, Ben. After all those promises, I deserve a chance to explain myself. You can't sign the damn papers without listening to my side of the story." I was banging the doors with both of my hands. But I heard nothing from inside. I banged the doors until my palms had turned red and my knuckles started to hurt.

I spent about an hour banging the doors. But I didn't hear anyone. No one came out. I never thought Ben would ever be so heartless. "If that's what you really want, I will give it to you. Because I love you so much. But I will never forgive you, Ben." I screamed at the door on the top of my lungs. 

I walked toward the luggage that was lying on the ground. I picked my things up and stuffed the divorce paper in one of the bags. With the money I had, I took a subway to my father's Villa. I kept pinching my thighs every now and then so I wouldn't end up crying in front of a bunch of strangers. 

Although it hardly took me fifteen minutes to get to the station where my father's Villa was. Yet it felt like an eternity to get there. I finally got out. Some stranger helped me with my luggage since I was unable to take it back up. It was generous of him.

As I got to the Villa, I found my brother standing in front of the Villa. I left my bags at the entrance and ran toward him. I wanted to hug him and tell him everything that had happened to me. But I was left in shock as he raised his hand toward me. "Hold right there! Don't you dare come anywhere near me." My brother growled at me angrily and I felt a bit of a pain in my chest.

The uneasy feeling was rising inside my chest but I brushed it off. "What is going on? I came here because Benjamin has divorced me." I informed my brother in a low tone. Tears started flowing freely from my eyes. I was in pain. The pain of betrayal was too much for me to handle.

"And do you really think I didn't know that? I am also informed of what you did." My brother growled at me and I heard a hint of disgust in his voice for me. 

"Do you really think I would do something like that?" I asked him in a low tone while staring into his eyes. 

He turned his face away. "I don't care if you have or haven't. My problem is you. You shouldn't have come here." My brother yelled at me and my heart dropped.

"Why? It's my father's home as well. I have nowhere else to go. I am still studying." I tried to argue with him but I had a feeling that my brother had already made up his mind.

"You can't prove anything anymore. You gave everything up a long time ago and now, you have nothing. I don't care wherever you go but I can't let you in and have Benjamin Leblanc on my head." My brother growled at me angrily. The pain in my chest became unbearable as I heard my brother ordering me to leave. 

He pushed his hand into his pocket and pulled a few dollars bills out. He threw it on the ground, as if I was a beggar. "Take this money and leave. You are nothing to me. My sister died along with my parents, I'll assume that from now on. Go wherever you want to, but never come back here." My brother growled at me disrespectfully. 

He turned around, grabbed Rene's hand and dragged her inside the villa. I was staring at the dollar bills lying on the ground along with a piece of paper. I walked toward the spot, not to get the money but to see what that small page might be. I unfolded the page and realized it was the list of cheap motels where I could stay. And a list of cheap places I could work with.

I looked up and found my brother staring at me through the window. I tore the piece of paper while staring him in the eye. "You just showed what kind of a low life your mother has raised. Isn't that why she left my father?" I yelled at him angrily.

Between the money and my pride, I chose my pride and walked away with my luggage. I had nowhere else to go. There was one place in the world that I knew would never betray me. I went to the train station because I didn't have enough money to travel by plane. I was sitting in the station, waiting for my train. I was lost in my thoughts. 

I didn't see the danger that was walking toward me. All of a sudden, a bunch of guys were standing in front of me. They grabbed my luggage and ran off. "No! Come back!" I yelled at them. The luggage had my purse and my passport was in my purse.

I started running after them. I realized later, I had made another grave mistake. They brought me to a place that was deserted. No one was around. They stopped and gathered around me. "Look at her! She looks fine, doesn't she?" One of them spoke while slapping my ass. I growled angrily. I turned around and kneed him in his balls. 

"Just because I am alone, doesn't mean I am defenceless." And that was yet another mistake that I made. I was in pain and I couldn't think straight. That's what made me make so many mistakes. Until I realized it, they had already grabbed me and pinned me to the ground. I tried the scream but one of them placed a hand on my mouth. 

I couldn't breathe and they were all on top of them. They tore my dress and started stripping their clothes too. I closed my eyes, thinking there couldn't be anything worse than that. But I was wrong. They were ready to abuse me. In that moment, all I could think of was about this unknown tiny life that was growing inside of me.

I was worried about the baby. The baby that ruined everything that I worked so hard to build in years. A life that ruined everything that I had built between Ben and I. That same life was concerning me. I was not worried about myself, but about the baby.

I was crying, their disgusting hands and mouths were all over my body. I never let anyone touch me. All I could think about at that moment was Benjamin. 

If that stubborn man had just listened to my side of the story, I wouldn't be in that situation. I opened my eyes and tried to look for anyone I could see around and call to help me. But there was nothing around but a bunch of beasts hovering over me.

I bit the palm on the man who was covering my mouth. As soon as he pulled his hand off of my mouth, I yelled at the top of my lungs. I still had faith in my god and I knew he would help me out of that situation. But to my terror, one of them parted my legs and positioned himself between my legs. I was trying to move away from him but it was impossible since I had about nine grown ass men p

inning me against the ground while one of them was about to abuse me.