"I hate you! I hate you so much! I hate your name, your voice, your face, everything! I HATE YOU!" I scream in agony as I slide the pointed sharp tip slowly down that is pressed against his skin while he just stares at me with amusement. Blood oozes from the spot where I have just carved a line with the pocket knife. But it does nothing to make him budge. He just keeps his face straight and eyes as emotionless as ever. The only thing that I can find in them right now, is amusement. Then in a split second, I am the one in his place, with my back pressed against the wall. The knife in my hand is taken out and rests in his hand leisurely as he smiles down at me, maliciously. And I gulp audibly. Yes, I am scared! How can I not be? There he stands looking like the devil that he is. And me? I can't even be compared with him, with my mere five feet four infront of his six feet two. "I see, you have grown feisty, my cute little butternut!" He says in his usual deep, intimidating tone making
"Don't worry too much, Lizzy! It is not like it will ever happen." He says sighing while eyeing her to shut up already. But she looks determined, not ready to back up now."No, you are not understanding, Ben! How could you tell me not to worry? Ofcourse, I will be worried. He is my son, and I would not let him get hurt in all this drama of yours." "He is my son too, if you are forgetting, Elizabeth! I love him just as much as you do! But as I told before, the thing you are worried about, is not going to happen." He says firmly now standing up from the bed. "How do you know that, huh?" She asks him to which he scoffs."Did you not see how he reacted when I told him about this arranged engagement? He was vexed! I trust my son, Lizzy. And I know that his studies are above all for him. He does not have time for all this love drama, unlike how you think." He replies confidently."Hah! You are saying that because you don't even know love is! You say you trust your son? And you think I don
Darin's POV My eyes open to the bright light in my room. Damn, I forgot to switch off the lights last night. Slowly opening my eyes, I adjust to the light and look at the time to find it is eight in the morning already. Good thing that today is sunday! But I still need to wake up though. Ara is here after all. With that thought, I get up. Going into the bathroom, I take a quick shower, put on a grey tee with off-white bermuda shorts. Lastly, wearing my usual deodorant, I get out of my room. Now standing infront of her room, I contemplate on if I should knock or not. But before I could do a thing, the door opens and reveals Arabella standing infront of me wearing a mint green sundress with white spots. She looks cute, as always. Clearing my throat, I smile at her, hoping she did not notice me checking her out. "Hey, good morning!""Good morning!" She replies but does not look at me. What is wrong? "Ara? Are you hungry?" She looks up at me finally and that is when I notice the sligh
Looking at the frantic way Benjamin and Elizabeth running up the stairs behind him, I can't help but shake my head. Ridiculous! Who does he think he is? Behaving as if he owns them in their own house. But apart from that, one think that is stuck in my mind is that he recognized me. I know he did by the way his eyes rake my body and facial features. And that evil smirk told me everything that I needed to know. And that is, he looked straight through my disguise. Now, I am afraid about what he will tell them.Oh, no! I can't let that happen. We still have to find the man who wants Arabella. Looking over at Darin, I notice that he sits on his chair, sulking silently. "Hey, I need to go to the washroom. Mind if I go upstairs to the room where I stayed overnight?" I ask him."No, not at all. Go ahead." He replies with a small smile. And I return the gesture before going upstairs. On reaching the first floor, I start looking for them. Where could they be? After searching all the rooms her
Darin's POV I don't know for how long we stay there, standing in the middle of the road, with her in my arms crying her heart out. But when her sobs come down, I pull away just slightly and cup her now flushed face urging her to look at me. And she does, reluctantly. "Ara? Will you please tell me, what happened?" I ask as softly as possible. But she just shakes her head from side to side and again hides her beautiful face in my chest. God knows, how much I am loving this! But this can wait for some time as I have to get her to talk to me about the reason why she was running and crying."Okay, if you don't want to talk about it now, how about we go to my penthouse? I will make you my best vanilla latte. I know you love it." Running my palm up and down the small of her back, I tell her. And she looks up into my eyes through her bloodshot ones and gives me her beautiful smile. "I will love it." Then again hides her face in my chest. This is becoming my favorite thing that she does, so
"It is about...Devin." I say and his eyes get filled with rage. Pure rage. His jaw is clenched as he grips the counter more tightly. I have a feeling that he could feel too that Devin is not a good man, even if he does not have any idea about what business he is involved in, or even his father for that matter. He has asked me if it was about Devin before but I could not bring myself to tell him about that Devil. Nor could I now! But I will tell him enough so that he will know that that man is himself devil incarnate. "What about him, Ara? What did he do?" He asks me, in a very soft tone, contrary to his emotions right now. "He...he tried to touch me. Inappropriately." I say trying my best not to break down again as I remember all that he has done to me before. Two years ago.I look up at Darin to see him looking back at me intently, but the look on his face is distant, letting me know that he is not really looking at me but is deep in his own thoughts. I stare at him and when he doe
They both look at each other and then look at me like I have lost some screws of my brain. "This is absurd! You can't just run away like that! And why can't we tell your father about this?" Asks Mr. Rossi, agitated. "Yes, we can tell them but just not now. I..I need to go somewhere, underground." "No, no, no! If you do that, he would probably go behind Ara, for real this time." Mrs. Rossi cries out. And I feel bad for her. She loves her like her own her daughter. After all she has brought her up like one. "Please calm down, mom. This would never happen because Ara is with papa right now and he does not know where we live. Papa was transferred two years ago due to his work purpose and we left after I broke up with Devin. And I never told him about my current address after that." Because finally I was going away from him and his shit. "Don't worry, and I will not go anywhere. I will stay just here in the state but I will be underground. So, he will not be able to find, ever. And, o
"Uh...you can take the room upstairs, beside mine. Here, give me your bag. I will help you." He says extending his hand to take my bag. But I guess, Bambi has some other plans with him since he opens his mouth and snaps at me the minute he comes near. "Ahh! What...what is he doing?" Darin stutters out, scared. And I almost chuckle at that. "Aey, Bambi! No, he is our friend. Don't need to snap at him." I say as I adjust him in my arms by facing towards me. "Darin, it is okay! I will manage with it. And, sorry about Bambi's behavior. You know, the reptile thing. They are actually good with humans but just don't get along with everyone, especially strangers." I explain and all he does is nod at me while still training his beautiful yet cautious emerald greens on Bambi who is now cool but is also staring at Darin with his head tilted slightly. Curious!"Umm..okay, whatever you say! But please, keep him away from me because I don't think that he likes me that much. And I still want to liv