The dishes were cleared away. I snuggled back and finally picked up the remote to put on Netflix. I wanted to stay mad at Elio for forcing me to take my medication but I was melting away very quickly. It was drizzling out, making the setting even more amazing for me. So many movies popped out, the door opening with Elio walking in. He slipped into the bed and nearly had me giggle as he adjusted my heating pad. He removed the one at the back and turned it off before holding my body so possessively.My body was pulled into him with such ease. It took everything in me not to moan. I loved that he did not ask, he just did what he wanted with me. He adjusted the heating pad again. My pain was long forgotten, him my painkiller as I drowned in absolute bliss.I could not function for the longest time, just settling into his chest which was the most amazing thing ever in the world. His chest was hard and warm, feeling so safe, so comfortable and so adored if I dared to even say. What was this
I woke up to a sizzling meal warming up the whole room. The smell just had me groaning where I lay. I was buried under thick blankets, the smell having my belly do a shimmy. The smile pulled out on it’s own, not able to hold it. Just a second awake and I was already smiling all my teeth out. I ate my favorite dish prepared by Elio from scratch. He was not only ruining me for other men, he was also ruining my taste buds. The dance could not be helped as I scooped the food over and over again. My eyes were locked on him, his phone in hand. I watched him frown then he began typing back and forth with someone. I watched the way his fingers glazed through the screen, his thumb folding with each pause. His eyes narrowed for a second, my curiosity hitting the roof. It was a curiosity of him. I wanted to learn all that irked him, all that had him react. What was he like when angry? What was he like when happy? An image of a grin he wore a few hours back played in my head. Something told me
ELIO My hands were shaking. Glass tears covered my eyes as I writhed in anger. I felt as if the anger would burn me then engulf the whole world. I stared at the streets passing, stared ahead then at my hands because I did not know where to look. I did not know what to feel because a million parts of me were shredding apart. I could not breathe, my hand moving up to my throat. I wanted to squeeze it in. I lowered my hand back, bending over the seat with the car seeming to shake itself. I wanted to scream so loud. Just to let the anger out but I decided to hold it in. Each breath taken blew to the fire that was already deadly. Someone would pay. Someone had to pay. I stared straight into the review mirror, my driver stepping on the gas. I was in no condition to drive, my car left in Lethu’s driveway. The darkness settled and took root around but I could barely even see. All I craved was blood. All I craved were screams and death. My heart had never drummed so hard. My skin was hot w
LETHU He was gone. Elio was gone and with each day that passed, the pain consumed me whole. When a week passed, I knew he was never coming back. I rubbed on my chest as I had been doing through the days. A certain pain sat there, never healing. It was like an open wound that couldn’t stitch itself together. I was angry, hurt and numb all at once. My eyes scanned through the three hundred and twelve page document before me. I had been reading it for four hours and I was still on the first page. The words were just staring back at me, my eyes roaming through, not even caring that I was supposed to submit the whole proposal a few hours ago. Nothing mattered. Everything was just not significant anymore. My supervisor had been lenient on me in the two weeks I came back to work but I could see that it was slowly running out. My hand ran through my hair. My body pushed up and I just literally sat back in my chair. Eixel turned to stare at me in utter distress. Her eyes were embedded
My palms were sweating as I walked down the steps with a drumming heart. This was a bad idea, I already knew, yet there was this spark in me, a spark I had not felt since Elio walked out. The excitement was just too much for me to give up my bad plan. I locked the house, turned and made my way to the car. My nerves ate at me. I felt as if my guard and driver would not allow me to go out looking like that but as soon as I approached, my guard stepped out, opening my door for me. I would never get used to it. Because of my adventure, I forgot all about the feud fight between us three. “Thank you.” I said back to my guard, smiling. Even getting in the car was a hassle. My boobs were spilling out, also afraid my ass was showing. All in all, I was abusing the dress. I was expecting it to rip at any point. Even those thoughts had my blood rush with such urgency I would soon sweat. “Where to ma’am?” The driver asked when we were all settled. My eyes shot out wide. I had been busy plannin
Irya squeezed my hand with my head snapping to her. She gave me a reassuring smile. “Don’t worry.” She said whilst I was smiling back, clenching her warm hand harder. It suddenly was a bit better, watching the lights fly by until the cab stopped. Prisha’s friend paid, us getting out. My eyes moved up, seeing another club indeed yet the line there was not much. We moved and joined it, phone held in hand. I was supposed to be calling a ride home but my curiosity got the best of me. I wanted to see what was inside and Irya was so nervous. She was clinging to my hand. It was obvious her sister was dragging her by the nose and I would not leave her alone with the vulture. We shuffled over until it was our time to get in. The club was nothing like the one we came from. It was not as packed. A large stage stood at the center with couches all around. A few waiters moved passing drinks. The club was not for partying surely. My eyes moved to Irya. She stared back at me with the same look. We
ELIO The phone rang in my hand, tipping it down in the early hours of the morning. I could not help but stare at my torn skin, the wound having clotted. This time I had taken it too far, I admitted to myself. A whole month raining nothing but hell. I shook my head, feeling more like a monster than a human. All that was left to shed my skin from my body so I could be the beast I truly was deep inside. I was ashamed. If Lethu could see the man I was, she would see why I left. I stopped myself just as I was about to count the days without her. Everything was dark. All I felt was anger, hate, and pain. “Speak,” I spoke into the phone, bloody eyes on the driver who was speeding through the dark empty road to my house. The panic could be heard even before Lethu’s guard spoke up. I sat up in my seat, already knowing something was terribly wrong. “Sir…” I did not have time for such stupidity. I cut the call fast, moving to check surveillance in the house and yes, Lethu was not in her be
The phone was still clutched in my hand. I sat quietly as I thought over how I would tear Rendal from the inside out. I would make sure his heart bled first before I shred his skin from his screaming self. I slowly ran my eyes down to the phone in hand as it rang for the forth time. This was it. There was a thin line and I did not want him to cross it. I did not want to push him to the point where my Lethu would suffer. My face was stone cold, my heart a black stallion with skin pale. I was not ready for this. I was not sure I wanted to hear her screams. I was not sure I wanted to see her being struck over and over. I knew they would not take it easy on me and it killed me. My heart clenched painfully at all I had put Lethu through. Surely, I was a curse to her. Taking interest in her was the worst decision I had ever made in my life because I had also opened her up to a world of danger. I swiped the screen and put the call on loudspeaker. “Do you think we are playing?! She will pa