Celeste's POV.
I can't believe I allowed him to have his way with me again.
It took me more time than expected to regulate my breathing and calm my heartbeat.
I finally got out of the Janitor's room and tried to find the nearest exit without being noticed, but Freya was too quick to find me.
"Celeste! Over here! Look up!", She waved her hands from a distance and I had no chicken but to wait for her.
"I've been looking around for you. What happened? I just saw you come out of the Janitor's room that your step brother came out from..."
Stepbrother...
That was probably the Moon Goddess spraying a salt of guilt on me by remembering who exactly I just that ungodly escapade with.
"... And why's your hair all scattered and strayed?"
At first, I felt amused by the fact that she asked many questions bluntly, but right now, I hate it.
"Can we just go home, please? I'll tell my driver to drop you off at your place before taking me home."
"Okay fine, but someone's here to see us off."
I looked up at the familiar green eyes, and I felt my insides churn weirdly. This was the last person I wanted to see tonight.
"Your step brother must be quite protective of you. If he had a woman, he probably would've been too busy to interrupt us", he teased and chuckled nervously while Freya laughed hard at his joke.
I knew that he was making a harmless joke, but I couldn't stop myself from sending him stern look to shut the fuck up and never insult Cassian again.
"I need to go home. Can we talk as we go?", I asked as I began heading for the exit.
"Why are you leaving so early? There's still a lot of fun for us to have-"
"I'm tired. I need to get some sleep.” I simply said. It was either that or I tell him someone finger fucked strength out of me.
"Hey. You didn't tell me what your name is. My name is Gabriel, by the way,” he stretched his arm out when we got outside.
I immediately felt that hot stare from someone. I looked around, and I saw Cassian some cars away from me, resting on his convertible with three girls spawning all over him like he was their god. They were ready to suck his dick in public if he asked them to.
They laughed at everything he said, but I felt his glare as he watched to see if I would cross him again after warning me.
I wasn't supposed to care about whomever he messed with because whatever happened between us was a mistake that would never grow into something substantial.
So why the hell did I have the urge to strangle all three women that were with him?
I couldn't do that obviously, but there was someone I could strangle with spite.
I turned to Gabriel who had his hand stretched out for minutes in awkward silence.
"My name is Celeste."
"Celeste,” he repeated. "That's a beautiful name."
"You have beautiful eyes too."
This was the first time I saw a man blush.
"Thank you. Okay so I don't want to keep you waiting, but can I get your number so we can set a date to see later-"
"Sure!" I took his phone from his pocket and put my number in by myself.
I felt shock from the eyes of Freya, Gabriel and the jealous man with his women.
I felt the glare from him intensify, and that's what I wanted.
"Okay. I'll chat you up later then,” he blushed.
"Pinky promise?" I stuck out my pinky finger.
"Pinky promise,” he laughed as he joined his with mine.
"Okay I need to leave now-"
"Can I get a hug?" He blurted with his arm nervously opening.
I immediately went into his embrace and hugged him tight, making him feel my boobs and my pussy which was still vibrating from Cassian's touch.
By the time I broke the hug, he had dreamy eyes and had a wet stain on his pants.
I blew him a kiss before getting inside with Freya and instructing the driver to speed off.
"What was that?!" Freya began questioning immediately as we moved on.
"What?"
"Don't feign innocence. You were into him! You messed that guy's mind up!" She laughed.
I couldn't help but smirk, but not for the same reasons. There were someone else whose mind I fucked up, and I relished it.
"I wanted to ask... Do you know if your stepbrother has a girl in his life?"
My brows creased in confusion. Where was that coming from?
"Why do ask?"
"I have a crush on Cassian."
My eyes widened in shock. "What?!"
"Why are you so surprised? Your stepbrothers are the hottest guys in the whole pack. Could you please find a way to link him up to me-"
"No!!"
She was so startled, and so was I. I shouldn't have acted so possessive over him.
"Why? It's not like you're going to date him or something", she pouted.
I couldn't help but groan. Now that she said that, I couldn't help but imagine Cassian and I together.
"Please, Celeste?", She pleaded incessantly. "Pretty please?"
"I'll think about it, Freya. I'm too tired to give a direct answer", I sighed and dismissed it before she'd say another thing.
She blabbered on about other things telling me the good and the bad guys in school. She was telling me the teachers not to mess with when we reached the gate to her small family house.
She waved me as the driver took me home, and I let out an exhale. Today was a lot, and I needed to rest.
I got into the shower and came out to see a text from Gabriel telling me about how tonight was the best night of his life.
I was too tired to reply to him, so I wore a dress and shut my eyes to get some sleep when I heard my door open.
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CELESTE The sudden washing feeling of very cold water struck my body that'd been unconscious for the longest time. my body wasn't expecting the sudden pour of water. It succeeded in waking me up in the worst way, leaving me to gape and pant heavily, my body and clothes very wet.I shook off dripping water from my head as hard as I could, but I felt very weak and nauseated. I blinked plenty of times, fighting to get myself to full consciousness. "Where the hell am I?", I muttered under my breath, confused...Panting, I frantically looked around, searching for something... Someone... Anyone. There wasn't a single sound or noise made apart from the echoes of my heavy pants. The room was dark as well.I didn't have the slightest idea where I was. I didn't know how I got here either. my mouth felt dry and bitter. Although my nose felt all too heavy for some reason, I could easily smell the musty, putrid, disgusting that twisted intestines and made me wish I was still unconscious. Hell,
Celeste's POVIt didn't matter how many times I cleaned my tears. They kept rolling down my eyes.I'd never felt this kind of heartache in my life before now.My mum was the only person alive who I was related to by blood. That woman carried me for ten months and had so much pain pushing out into the world.And all that pain, just to side a random stranger who came into her life barely two months ago.My father told how there were so many times when she could've had a miscarriage. How I wished I died before I came into this cruel world."Your father is dead and of no use..."I felt another tear fall from my eye. I was too weak to wipe it off this time.I thought about all the sacrifices my father made just to make my mother happy. How he took on strenuous jobs that weakened his body, just to make sure I ate my favorite meals and she bought her favorite clothes.He wasn't perfect, but knew. He wasn't raised by a parent. He had to survive on his own all his life and did everything to ma
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