Scars in my heart

I knew preston overheard my conversation with my dad, it was already bad enough that I married him but us having sex would definitely break Preston's heart, ”Preston, Don’t you think we need to talk?” My dad was right, I can’t forget that I belonged to someone else now

“I don’t think so.”

“Did you hear what I said to my dad?”

“Don’t you want me too?” he scowled, looking at me. “You pushed me away anytime I try making love to you, you always give excuses, although I never mind it, I was ready to help you overcome whatever it was that was disturbing you, I was also ready to marry you, Melanie.” I was already in tears.

“Preston, I’m sorry.”

“You would have told me you wanted to get married before going intimate, I was ready, but instead you…” he couldn’t continue and just walked out.

"Preston,” I called, running after him. “Wait, please,” he stopped and turned to look at me.

“Can you remember what we promised each other?” he asked. “We’ll get married and make 4 babies. Your body and soul belongs to me. What happened to that? You’ve voluntarily gave what’s mine to the guy you claim to hate the most. Not just your name carry his, but also body now have a touch of him as well .” He was right, we had actually promised each other that, but due to my dad…

“I’m sorry, if we can’t be lovers, at least we can be good friends,” I said, trailing towards him.

“I don’t care if you’re married or whatever, I only want to be your lover, Melanie.”

“That I can’t be, friends would do,” she refused.

“Melanie, you chose him over me?”

“He’s my hus—”

“Enough… I get it,” he walked out and this time I didn’t stop him, he needed some time to think it through. No matter how much i hated Jethro. Cheating or having extramarital affairs was something I would never do.

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JETHRO POV

I've been in the office and operating on my laptop, shutting my mind from everything else. I knew Brandon was staring at me but I didn't mind it. Brandon had been sitting there almost an hour now but he hadn’t said anything to me yet.

“Boss,” Brandon called again for the number eight time but yet nothing. “Boss.”

“Hmm,” I lifted my head up. “Are you done?”

“Yeah” That’s the reason why,” i don't listen to anything when I'm working.

“I’ve been sitting here for almost an hour now,” he complained

“How was the deal between you and Mr. Wilburn?” I asked. He was both my PA and good friend.

“It went well, the deal has been finalized” he paused “ but Mr. Williams isn’t ready to accept our terms and conditions,” he reported.

“He’s acting stubborn, you don’t have to worry about that,” I smirked.

“Don’t tell me you’re planning to kidnap his daughters”. Brandon knew me so well, I kidnap and sometimes threatens to kill if the job is not done the way I wanted it to, especially when my deal is kept pending.

“Maybe,” that was all I could say.

“Boss, you’re not alone anymore, you’ve got a beautiful wife at home,” he reminded, hearing him bring Melanie into the conversation, I turned to look at him.

“What are you implying?”

“What if they—”

“They wouldn’t dare lay a finger on her, orelse they are ready to spill blood, I’m ready to kill their whole family if they touch a strand of her hair,” my voice was cold, my face burning in anger as I thought of them touching My Melanie. She was my red line

“You love her, then why act that way towards her?” That was all he could say.

“For her own safety.”

“She hates you.”

“I don’t care, if she hates me, the fact that she’ll be safe is all that matters to me right now.”

“And Rod—”

“Off with the topic about my wife.”

“Yes,” he nodded. “Get the investigators to plot out information about Mr. Williams,” he ordered.

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MELANIE’s POV

Standing by the balcony, receiving some fresh air with my hands folded under my breast, the memory of my conversation with Preston kept ringing in my ears. He was right, we did made a promise to each other.

FLASHBACK (F.B.)

It was on Valentine’s Day, we held hands, walking along the streets of Las Vegas. We had taken some days off and had travelled two days before Valentine's Day. The countdown for the fireworks began, and different couples were present. 3… 2… 1… the whole place became lightened up by the fireworks.

“Happy Valentine’s Day, my love,” I said, looking up at him, smile on my lips.

“Happy Valentine’s Day, my love,” he said, and bent to kiss me. They kissed for more than 30 mins, who would care, other couples were probably doing the same thing.

When we disengaged from the kiss, we hugged each other. “Thanks for never letting go of my hands,” I muttered, he cupped my face, and I looked into his eyes.

“I promise you today, Melanie, that I’ll never let you go until my last breath,” he promised.

“I’ll also promise that I’ll grow old in your arms, we’ll have four kids, my body and soul all yours from this day,” I promised, and he kissed my forehead and pulled me back into a hug. “I love you, Preston,” I said.

“I love you too, Melanie.”

FLASH BACK ENDS

Tears rolled down my eyes at the thought. “The promise we made… I did, I broke it,” I thought.

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JETHRO’s POV

I've been on a busy call since I came back from the office.After coming home, I entered my study and have been here for hour after ending the call, I went to our room, there I saw Melanie looking out the balcony with her hands folded under her breast. Then I remembered what Brandon had told me but instead I shrugged it off. I can't let that affect him. She might hate me, all she wants, I don’t mind.

Only the sight of her turns me on, her voice, her scent, and her curves — everything she has could make a man go crazy. I'm actually lucky that all that belongs to him. I can touch it, kiss it, and do whatever I want.

I walked to her and held her by the waist, kissing her back, wanting to take her at that instance, but she recoiled — I wasn’t surprised at her reaction.

Turning to face me, she gave me a deadly glance and was about walking away when I held her back. “Where do you think you’re going?” My tone was cold, she tried ignoring me, struggling out of my grip. I chuckled, and she stopped.

“I hate you,” she looked up at me as tears rolled down.

I looked at her for sometime, she’s been crying.

“Have you been crying?” my voice was cold yet laden with care. I couldn’t bear seeing her this way, but I had to protect myself, I shouldn’t lose composure.

“Why? You love it, right? I know you’re not cloud nine just seeing my tears,” she wiped the tears with the back of her hand. “You destroyed my life.” I didn’t know what to say, I was speechless, I just stood staring at the lady in front of him.

MELANIE’s POV

I looked at him, he’s so heartless. There was no expression on his face, he had a blank expression on his face and he looked down at me. I knew there would be consequences for her actions, but i didn’t care.

“You’re the reason my life was destroyed, you’re a heartless person, Jethro. I hate you with my life. You should know what I’m talking about, or maybe you don’t?” I gave him a questioning look.

“I’ve got something important to do,” he said, but i held his hand.

“Are you ashamed?” I laughed out loud with tears in my eyes. “Of course you aren’t… I can’t forget the night of my performance, the more I remember, the more I hate you, stopping what I love to do the most, what brings me happiness was all your fault,” I said, poking his chest. “There’s a scar in my heart that can never be erased,” I poked my chest with my index finger. “That’s how much I hate you.”

“Don’t try to stop me again, else you’ll regret it,” he said, turning to leave, but stopped at my sudden words.

“I regret the day I met you, married you, your mother should regret the day she gave you birth,” she said, and he continued, “You ruined my entire life, Jethro, everything,” I cried, stooping.