Chris POVI sat silently on the dining chair staring at my food on the table, I stabbed at it violently with a fork and deep down I wished that I could kill Joanna and dump her body in the sea, but it will not change the fact that she hurt me so bitterly hiding such information from me. My sad sigh drew Axen's attention..." You've sighed like fifty times already while sitting here. Still not talking about it?"" Yeah... Let's eat." "I'm done with mine... So, tell me why are you not eating your food? I prepared your favourite, try it. I'm sure you'll like it." She said, but my mind had wandered far with bitterness.She became more bothered and dropped her cutlery to face me, " Till now, you've chosen not to tell me what's going on with you that has left you so helpless." She said.Still, as stubborn as I tend to be, I refused to reply to her questions making her more curious... Axen became pissed off and yelled at me." Chris! " I turned to look at her blinking my eyes blankly." Wha
Joanna's POVWith my fingers locked between my best friend's fingers, we took a walk to the hospital reception... Initially, I pleaded with her to join me on the rooftop but she refused and took me to the reception hall to keep an eye on me.I wanted a calm space to relax and think about something different and more interesting than my life... It's been quite a hurdle for twenty-seven years, so I want to take a break.While we were having a conversation, tears were flowing freely down Yolanda's cheeks, at first, I attempted to stop her from creating such a show and causing embarrassment in the reception hall as people would overthink it. She was drawing curiosity from patients and the health workers... I'm popular, so people were interested in knowing why I was in the hospital."Cut the crap, short paragraph," I said, my face flushed in embarrassment. " Joanna!"I swerved in the direction of the voice when I heard someone call my name, puzzled and curious to see who it was that knew
Chris POVSeconds weaved into minutes, minutes into hours, hours into days, days into weeks... Of these continual changes, Joanna was still in a coma.The doctors and nurses in charge had confirmed her vitals and made sure everything was okay with her that day before we proceeded with the ritual.Now, we dare not tell the doctors about what we did, even when the test results detected nothing unusual in her they could only pronounce her to be in a coma.Yolanda will look me in the eye and say nasty things about me, occasionally she would accuse me of deceiving her best friend. What she failed to see was the genuine love I have for her friend.My best friend, Axen did not come around to visit Joanna after the ritual and she even travelled out of the country a day after. I started to doubt her good intentions in trying to help me out with the ritual of impunity and giving it her all to save my girlfriend which Joanna would never have attempted to do if it was Axen that had been in that p
Axen's POVAfter the call with Chris, I squeezed my eyelids shut, fuming with anger as my thoughts kept reverberating the words of Chris." How is that even possible?" I asked myself, the portrait of one of my favourite scholars hung on the wall stared back at me in an amusing manner.I took it down from where it was and stormed out of the living room to the balcony. "She was not supposed to wake up... I'm sure I did it right. How did that annoying bitch survive it?" I kept on asking.Prancing about, my whole being was restless... Since the call from Chris. " I need to go see for myself." But that would mean returning from LA to Greece.I arrived in Greece late the next day, my driver was at the airport waiting for me. "Take me to the hospital.""Is it not too late?""I'm fine with it.""Okay."I know that Chris would be displeased to see me late at night, yet he will be delighted that I cared to come around and visit Joanna immediately after I arrived in Greece.I walked into the ho
Joanna's POVWhen my eyes opened, Chris and Axen were gone. Yolanda was still sleeping peacefully like a baby as if nothing else mattered in the world to her.I glanced through the window and saw a little girl walking down the street alone, out of the blue I felt a strong urge to devour her... My stomach grumbled loudly.It was hunger again... Unbelievable!I just finished three bowls of rice before resuming my sleep and now I'm here having some weird feeling to eat up a girl. Back on the hospital bed, the urge kept flooding in and I was unable to resist the temptation to steal her away. I felt a surge of powerful energy wraps me up... I opened the windows wide, ready to fly down and pounce on my prey." Joanna!" Yolanda bawled, " What do you think you are doing? Have you lost your mind?" She pulled me down.I was so pissed off as she came in to interrupt my mission... Maybe I should eat her up." What is your problem?" I asked her." I should be the rightful person asking this quest
Joanna's POV"I know who you are..." She whispered to my ear, and I looked back at her trying not to show how startled I was. I straightened up after recovering from the shock of her raising a knife at me. Axen sheathed the knife she held in her pocket with her upper lips curved in a smile of triumph."Poor thing, whimpering for dear life... I won't kill you at once, I'll torture you to death for stealing what belongs to me." She said"I didn't steal anything from you, Axen," I replied walking back to my bed to recover from the shock. "You should have known your place, you beast!" She shrieked. "I didn't chase after Chris, he came running to me and pleading for a chance which means you were never in his line of options," I replied bluntly." This is my final warning to you, bitch." Axen warned pointing her fingers at me.I raised my middle finger at her making her face redder in fury, "I should be the rightful person warning you to know your place else, you'll regret your actions."
Chris POVOne of the reasons I never wished to get attached to an opposite gender was because I know how vulnerable I can be and so far in my relationship with Joanna, I've been through a lot of ups and downs trying to figure out a solution for one problem or another.Don't get the wrong idea, I'm not complaining about her being a nuisance or whatever your mind is telling you. The truth is every time I think of how fragile Joanna is, it makes me stand on my toes.Exactly why I was restless when I could not find Joanna in her room. Not until she returned twenty minutes after I arrived only to tell me sad news which involved her best friend. "Pardon me for making you wait that long, Mr Chris." The doctor in charge of Joanna said as he walked in interrupting my thoughts."I did not wait for too long, Doctor Charles. I heard you were in the operating room... How did the surgery go?" I asked. "It was successful as it should be. Thanks for asking, let's get back to the reason you're here.
Joanna's POV How did I get entangled with this smoking hot male seated here? I asked myself. He looks so stunning with his shirt off, Chris only had his boxers on him. How could he choose to seduce me this way? I swallowed my saliva, walking closer to where he sat like I was spellbound."Why do you look petrified like you've just seen a ghost?" Chris asked.Damn... That sexy baritone voice makes me fall harder each time. My stomach tightened, my heart racing sending signals to every nerve in my body. Somehow, I wanted to throw up."What's wrong with me?" I mumbled still dragging my feet to the seat.I felt hot suddenly, my face flushed a couple of times. Somehow, I wanted to grab that body and do things for him. Whatever I'm feeling right now is strange because I've never felt this way around him."What is wrong with you, pumpkin cherry?" He asked gazing at me.My heart skipped thrice in a second, "What did you just call me?" I asked him."Don't you like it?" He asked and gave me a wi