"See, it wasn’t that hard." I jumped in shock at the voice from behind me. Jace smiled my way innocently. How can he act innocently after being a part of the humiliation of innocent girls? "Yeah," I replied, tugging strands of hair behind my ear. Just because he took good care of a grandma, he was acting like a hero. "You are still upset about what happened to Olivia? Look, just because he never speaks his heart out," he pointed a finger towards Mr. Mayor, as he referred to him. I partially turned my body to have a glimpse of him, "doesn’t make him wrong." He completed. Seriously, this dude was defending his evil acts. "Is that supposed to make me forget about that horrible incident?" I raised a brow, swirling to watch him, my back facing Mr. Mayor. "No, but what he can do to you must force you to think twice before going after him." He was correct; shielding the devil while speaking the truth was beyond my comprehension. "And it is not only Olivia; many girls came before her, to
The moment he did that, my body reacted. I didn’t want him."Mr. Mayor." His name slipped out of my mouth unintentionally. I swirled around and saw him glaring at me in anger. After all, he should be the last one to be upset. I got pinched, and my anger was justified."Miss Phoenix, would you like to join me in the front yard?" He, who looked like he had made a plan to humiliate me, spoke confidently. Quickly getting up and mending his coat, he jogged out of the room. There was something in his voice every time he said my name that made my skin feel like it had goosebumps. I’ve never admired my name so much before. No, I wasn’t falling for him at all, but those were just facts. Besides how sexy his voice was, he still demanded I go outside like I had a choice."Yes, Mr. Mayor," I said as I sauntered alongside him, making sure we were a safe distance apart."Tell me, Miss Phoenix, how can I repair your pathetic little mind?" The sexiness in his voice arose, but his words tormented my s
I held my breath and waited for him to approach me so that I could plan a defense. But he didn’t reach me at all. He ran past me towards the owner of the house. So, it wasn’t his house, and he didn’t bring me here to punish me. Then what exactly were his plans? "You wanna walk away from your mother?" He clutched his collar and shook him as a beast would do. The guy looked terrified. He couldn’t even speak on his behalf. "That woman, she gave you life. She brought you up and made you what you are today.’’ He growled at him, making him shiver under his rage. I held the curtain behind me in fear and stayed silent, breathing silently as if my breaths would gain his attention. The man looked like he was having a good day until we showed up. "Now that you can wander around and earn for yourself, do you think you can chuck her out of your life like she never existed?’’ His voice had a pain in it, a pain he had felt as well. I was silently watching as he dug at his nails while grabbing his
He silently drove me to my place. None of us spoke a word. I had been running excuses through my head for what I had done to his coat. The moment I saw my house in view, I prepared myself for rushing inside and not even listening to him call for me.“Okay bye,’’ I quickly slammed the car door shut and ran inside my house, not even looking back. I don’t know if he has called my name or asked me about his coat again, or even if he has started driving. I laid my back on the door as I locked it from the inside. The car engine never started again, and that was a sign that he was not leaving. My body was startled when I heard a knock on the door. Luckily, everyone was asleep that night. I didn’t plan on opening the door at first, but the thought of him ringing the bell scared me. Pretending not to hear him was not an option anymore.“Mr. Mayor, do you need anything?’’ I faked a sweet smile. I’m a master of fake expressions sometimes.“My coat,’’ He tiredly stared me in the eye and murmured
I held my breath in and calmed myself down. It was our fault that he was able to fool so many girls.“I knew he was wrong. How the hell did I fall for his tricks after what he did to other girls? It is my fault,” I muttered as I cleaned my tears and put on a brave face. She was trying so hard to make him undress but it wasn’t like he was stopping her.At the time I was thinking about burning my bed. I lifted my face and saw Mayor's eyes open. I gasped when I noticed how he stared me in the eye.I let out a breath and took a few steps back. He didn’t respond to her again. We were staring at each other like we had a history together and I found him cheating on me. I lowered my eyes, giving a clear hint of disapproval and sorrow over his actions. That’s when I heard him say,''That's enough,'' I heard him ordering Zoe, tossing her side by slightly pushing her face with his hand. He got up from the bed and cleared his throat. Zoe looked disappointed because she hadn’t even started yet and
I didn’t text back that person after I realized his only purpose was to piss me off. It is never a good idea to play with a stranger.Following that night, I decided to speak with Zoe and inform her of the dangerous game she is playing."Where the heck are you taking me?" Zoe grunted, trying to free her wrist from my grasp as I made her follow me on the road. I stopped and glared at her angrily."I know you are not 15," I mumbled, but in such a whisper that only she could hear me at that moment."Great! You finally realized that?" She rolled her eyes, looking back at me tiredly."But that doesn’t change the fact that you can still get in trouble," I responded to her arrogant response. She only shook her head and sighed, probably deciding to go back home."I need you to meet someone," I said, tapping my foot on the ground and keeping my eyes on her. That annoying brat was afraid of walking with her sister while she wandered around carelessly with the beast like Xavier Charming. ‘’I do
Mayor Xavier Charming’s POV:I did realize I messed up a few times with Phoenix. I don’t understand what happened to my mind whenever I came too close to her.‘You did nothing wrong,’ the inner child spoke up.‘I pushed her out of the car when I wanted to --,’ I said, closing my eyes and grunting, feeling regret as I stared at the dirty coat on the floor.‘I have upset her so much that she did this to get her anger out on me,’ I groaned in rage. I was pretty self-destructive. Every time I felt like that might be my day to finally find happiness, I stepped back. There was only one reason I didn’t want Phoenix to be a part of my messy life.‘She doesn’t care about you, trust me. Nobody is going to care until you scare them.’ The little voice in my head distracted me again.‘’Remember what mom has taught you?’’ the other version of me spoke in my mind as I gazed at Zoe. Her continued attempts to touch me were distracting. I didn’t even know when she came to the room, but the look on her
I didn't turn in because I didn't want to. The person walked right in front of me with a cheeky smile on his lips."Please leave the nice lady alone." Jace gently let me get my hands off the door. He eyed the driver, asking him to give Felicity the groceries he had brought. I was perplexed as to why Mr. Mayor was still assisting this girl when he had clearly forbidden us all from contacting her.“Oh, more stuff.” We all looked up when an old, grumpy man thrust Felicity aside to get a hold of the bags. His voraciousness was manifest in his eyes. It looked like he hadn’t showered in months, and the pathetic, perverted look on his face could burn anyone from the inside out. At that very moment, I felt like Felicity could have done nothing to the extent that he punished her this way. He was a beast, doesn’t matter if someone made him this way; he deserved no sympathy.“My humble appreciation over this act of kindness of Mayor.” The wicked man faked a genuine smile and secretly held Felici