Chapter 4

It's Sunday. Finally, I'm going on a date with my boyfriend. I do my morning routine hurriedly. I hope everything goes well. I take a shower, and after that I start finding something to wear for my date in my closet. What should I wear? I don't know where we are going. I should take help from Emily.

“Emily.”

“Yes,” she says in her sleepy voice.

“Can you help me? I don't know what I should wear for my date?” I say.

“I think you should wear lingerie,” she suggests.

“Yeah,” I nod, and then furrow my brows. “Wait! What!” I ask as if I hear something wrong.

She starts laughing at me. “Yeah. Go and wear lingerie. It will be easier for him to fuck you then,” she says, peeking from her blanket.

I blink my eyes in disbelief and my cheeks flush in embarrassment. “Shut up. We are not going to do that,” I say, glancing away briefly.

“Oh c'mon. Everyone knows what happens between couples. Don't be a fool. Everyone does that.”

She steps towards me. I bite my lower lip in stress. “Everyone does!” I ask in surprise, glancing at her.

She hums in response.

Shit! How will I match my gaze with him then? Well, yeah these things happen between couples. It's not a big deal. I should not be shy. But I never did that. It will be painful. Save me Jesus!

“Go and wear lingerie,” she says again, in a playful teasing tone.

I glare at her. “Shut up Emily. He promised me that he'll wait,” I exclaim.

“Or will he not?” I murmur, my voice barely audible as I sit down on my bed hopelessly. Emily sits beside me as she continues, “Maybe he will not. It has been more than six months of your relationship. He must be wanting to have sex with you now. What if he throws you on the bed and….”

My eyes pop out from its socket. “Shut up Emily. Don't scare me,” I shout at her.

How can she say something like that? Seriously! I still don't trust Aiden completely. How can we have sex? I don't want to. Will he really throw me on the bed and fuck me? By force? Nooooooo….!!!

“Look at your face. You are just a kid,” she giggles. My teeth ground together in frustration. “Shut up,” I growl.

All of a sudden my phone starts ringing. I run to take my phone as my life depends on it, and pick up the call smiling widely when I see Aiden's FaceTime.

“Hello!” I say happily.

“Belle!” he says in a low voice. I knit my brows. He's looking upset. Why?

“What happened? Are you okay?” I ask.

“I bumped into an accident,” he states. My mouth drops open wide. “What! How? When? Where are you now?” I say in one go, and soon tears well up into my eyes.

“I am in the hospital. I have a fracture in my leg. Don't worry. Everything is fine. Doctor said there's nothing to worry about. I just need a complete bed rest for a few weeks,” he explains and flips his camera to his foot.

I stare at his foot hopelessly. Plaster casts wrap all the way around the foot.

“I'm truly sorry. It was our date but…” he says.

“It's okay. It's not your fault. Take care of yourself,” I say, interrupting him.

My chest tightens, choking with emotions. Slowly, tears brim into my eyes. I'm not upset because my date has been ruined. I'm upset because I can't see him in trouble. It would be so painful for him.

“I'm sorry,” he says again. I wipe my tears. “It's okay…Aiden. We will go some other day,” I say, trying to reassure him.

He hums in response and nods his head.

“Take medicine and rest. Okay. I'll come there to meet you soon,” I declare.

“Belle….I love you,” he says, his own eyes glimmering with tears.

“I love you too.”

I shut my eyes. I don't have energy to hide my emotions anymore. I should hang up the call. I don't want him to see me crying. He's already in pain.

“I will talk to you later. Bye.”

I hang up the call. Emily puts her hand on my shoulder. I glance at her, and embrace her in a hug as tears start shedding from my eyes. She starts patting my back.

“Don't worry Belle. He'll be fine soon.”

“Aiden needs me. I should go and meet him.”

She nods, saying, “You're right. Do you want me to go with you?”

“I'll manage.”

“Okay,” she utters.

I take my bag and my phone, and walk outside of the room. Without wasting much time, I take a cab and reach the hospital to see Aiden.

I'm at the hospital now. As I enter, I ask the receptionist about Aiden.

“Is there any patient named Aiden Allen?”

She searches about Aiden's report on her computer.

“Yes, He's on the second floor. Room no. 27.”

I grin and nod.

“Thank you so much.”

I step towards the elevator, to reach the second floor as soon as possible. I hope Aiden is fine. I am not going to leave him today.

As soon as I enter the elevator, I press the button to reach the second. Now that I enter the room where Aiden is, I see a nurse is injecting an injection in his arm. He widens his eyes and flashes a wide grin seeing me there.

“Belle! You are here. For me.”

I take fast steps towards him, gritting my teeth. Wrath consumes my whole body, and then I slap his cheek hard. Taken aback by my action, his mouth drops open. Nurse looks at me in amazement.

“I told you not to drive fast. Why don't you listen to me? WHY?” I shout and tears start shedding from my eyes. He glances at the nurse and flashes a grin. “Actually, she's my girlfriend. She's worried about me,” he explains.

The nurse nods and walks outside leaving us alone as I sit beside Aiden.

“I am not worried about you. I hate you. You never listen to me. Did I not tell you to drive your bike at average speed?” I scream aloud, fuming with rage.

He purses his lips.

“Actually….. Forgive me please. I'll not do that again.”

I am staring at him in a steady gaze. I grit my teeth and squint my eyes. He always says the same thing that he'll not do this ever again. However, he ends up doing the very same thing again. I'm tired of his demeanor now.

“If you don't alter your bad habits, I'll leave you, Aiden. I've warned you before and I'm warning you again.”

He lowers his gaze down like a kid and nods his head.

“Did you eat something?”

He glances up into my eyes slowly and nods his head in a quick response.

“Why are you silent now?”

“You are scaring me,” he begins to say, defending himself. “I know some of my habits are bad but I don't do things willingly. I know you are hurt but…..”

My gaze goes over his lips and I literally don't know what he's saying now. My attention is just over my boyfriend's soft pink lips. How would they taste? He doesn't know how frightening that second was when he told me about his accident. I hate him. Why is he so careless? I don't want to lose you again, Aiden. I just can't.

Now that I can't hold the urge to taste my boyfriend's lips, I cup his face and lean on him, shutting my eyes close.

“What is happening here?”

Before I can kiss him, we hear a man's voice. I curse in my mind and turn my face to see. It's a young man in his early twenties, wearing a tuxedo, and his face is similar to Aiden. Is he Aiden's brother?

“Why are you here?” Aiden shouts.

I pull away, lifting my body and standing up from the bed.

“I got a call from the police. You don't leave a single opportunity to mortify me and dad. You don't have any respect but we do. At least don't deframe our prestige.”

I glance at Aiden, who has clenched his fists as he shouts, “Get out.”

“Stop showing me attitude Aiden. Who's this girl? A new way to entertain yourself!”

Aiden's jaw tightens. I swallow hard, gawking at the vision in front of my eyes.

That man stares at me as he utters, “Get out from here. I don't want any outsider to hear our conversation.”

I nod and take a step forward to go, but Aiden grasps my wrist tightly. I turn my face back to him. He shakes his head.

“She won't go anywhere. She's my girlfriend, not any outsider.”

I let out a sigh, Aiden's words reassuring me. And slowly, I glance up at his brother who's staring at Aiden in fury. I think the relationship between them is not good.

“Get out now. I don't want you to show any fake care,” Aiden shouts at him. His brother clenches fists tightly and glares at me now.

“Stay away from him. I am warning you,” his brother says and walks outside, leaving us alone. I turn my face to Aiden as the only thing that matters for me is—if he's okay or not.

“Are you okay?” I put my hand on his shoulder. He glances up into my eyes and embraces my waist in a tight hug.

“Don't leave me Belle. Please just don't,” he mutters.

“I won't, I promise.”

I tangle my fingers in his hair, caressing his hair. I don't know what has written in our fortune. I know one thing that Aiden loves me and I love him too. That's enough for me. That's enough for us. I won't let anyone ravage our beautiful relationship. No-one means no-one.