CHAPTER SIXTY FOUR
DON'T KILL HER
“I didn’t want to scare you away so I didn’t let you know about my feelings for you. I took it slow with you.
EPILOGUE !The Christmas ball was soon beginning and Iâd be expected to be beside my father as we were the hosts. The ball room was the former basement which had been renovated into a ball room. It was first my motherâs hideout but now it was a ball room. I didnât want the memory of Hannah to dampen my mood today.I stand at my balcony with the glass of champagne Iâd grabbed downstairs before coming up, watching other people from above. Maybe I wasnât really watching them, I was more of looking for someone, Kayla.Itâs been hours already and she wasnât coming. Iâd gone in to the theatre room several times to check on her.Okay fine, I meant to spy on her, but her blinds were down and I couldnât see inside her room. This year, I had a reason to buy her a gown. The previous years I just had to watch Jonathan buy her gowns as gifts but this year I told him to not buy her gowns and that Iâd give her a gown for the ball. A knock comes at my door and I go to open it. Itâs Martha. âYoun
Chapter Hundred and oneHunterâS POV.I throw my phone against the wall in my fit of anger. I felt powerless. I was Hunter King. I wasnât supposed to feel powerless but I did.I called Kayla and asked her if we could talk about everything that happened but she just said she needed some space to process everything by herself.By herself.Which meant I had to stay away. She doesnât know this but, I needed her to breathe to survive. I almost went berserk when I was told she wasnât pregnant. I refused to believe it and when the doctor tried to convince me, I had lost control and punched him in the face. Security had to come and throw me out.I told her to use the child as an excuse to be with me but now she could leave me at any moment. We werenât tied together anymore.It hurt.I couldnât lose her and our child. Losing one already drove me berserk. If she left me this time, I donât even know if I can survive.My house bell dings and I run downstairs like a giddy teenage guy. Fuck, but i
Chapter HundredHow long has it been since I got out of my room and lived? How long has it been since I came back from my coma and shunned everyone out and locked myself up, depressed and crying for the child I never had?I donât know. Janel, Xander and Asher came to see me at the hospital but apparently they have a grudge with Hunter so they havenât been to the house since then. Aunt grounded me when she heard about the false pregnancy and gave me the whole responsible sex talk. After that, I was taken to the hospital and placed on birth control.Hunter must be having it worse than me. He found out about his mom and the child. For Hunter to resort to violence when adults were around and ruin his golden boy image, he must be taking the news harder than I was. I should go and see him and stop telling him I needed space to process everything. Whatâs there to process again? We were both not okay and needed each other. Everything is finally over. No more secrets. Nothing. The least I can
Chapter Nintey NineI hope you can forgive my rush decisions. Iâm sorry I made you worry. I know you cared for me. Please forgive me.Itâs black and nothing and Iâ drowning. Several gunshots are fired. But I donât feel a thing. Am I dead already? Is that why I donât feel a thing?Crap, I wish I had another chance. I donât want to die without making him pay first. I donât want my child to die with me. I canât regret coming here. I had no choice while my father was watching. I had no choice but to follow his orders. I didnât know his emotions will take over that he would choose to kill me so quickly. I was waiting for the perfect opportunity to launch a surprise attack but I didnât get it. Youâre right, Hunter. I am weak.Nothing I feel nothing.I hear nothing.What is nothing again?........Nothing is a black unawareness of everything. âKayla, Kayla wake up.â I hear someoneâs voice. Itâs familiar. Itâs distant. Itâs inviting me back to something. Back to someone. Back to what
Chapter Ninety EightA screen lights up and a video begins to play. Itâs a recording of my father and a lady talking. He seems to be hiding the camera from the lady, so I donât get to see her face.âDo you regret what we did?â the lady asks my father. Her voice is disturbingly familiar.âI donât know. Do you?â My father replies.âOf course not, that bitch had it coming after she betrayed me. She pretended to be my friend and used me. I took her out of the trash and gave her a life. How does she repay me? By trying to take Jonathan away from me. She knew he was mine from the beginning but she steal dug her filthy claws into him. She deserved a more miserable death.ââI agree, although Rosa interfered and took the girl so sheâs still alive.ââFucking Rosa. I took them both out of their wretched lives and this is how they repay me. I was wondering when you were going to tell me you were incompetent and that you let Kayla live.ââI didnât know you had it in you to murder a child, Hannah.â
Chapter Nintey SevenMEETING MY FATHERI grab my hair on my head and refused to cry, instead I gnash my teeth with anger. I was not a victim. I was no longer the girl he kept locked down in the basement as he hit her mother upstairs. I could now defend my loved ones. I wonât let them be like mom. I wonât let him hurt anyone any longer.I couldnât protect mom from him then, but now I can protect Hunter and Aunt from him.This time round, I wonât let harm come to anyone I can protect. And if all I have to do to prevent that is to face that devil, then so be it.Car lights catch the corner of my eyes, the gate opens to let him in. At first, I think its Hunter, but then I notice itâs not his car. Itâs not my father too because he wouldnât dare come in. Heâd be dead by now not driving towards the workerâs quarters. Itâs my opening to get out without being caught. I recognize the driver. He was part of the workers in the garden this morning. He drives into the mansion and towards the wor
Chapter Ninety six .Rosa OR Hunter?I gather a few clothes into my bag. Since Iâm only going to the mansion for just two weeks, I donât need a lot of stuff. I can just come back here when I need anything. My phone dings on the bed and I go over and pick it up. Hunter returned it to me yesterday when we got home. It had been with him all this while. I slide the screen to unlock the phone. There are missed calls from Janel and Xander from when I run away. I really have to see them and explain.I open the latest message from a contact saved as âmy boyfriendâ, yep thatâs Hunter indeed. Of course he would temper with my phone. God, he has kept it with him for so long that it doesnât even feel like mine any longer.âWhen is your pretty ass coming over?ââShut up, lewd pervertâ âOr do I have to come and get you myself? If I do, weâd be doing a lot more than that, my slut.ââI told you not to call me that.â He is back to his old arrogant self after being extra sweet yesterday. I guess Hunte
Chapter Ninety fiveA STARRY NIGHTAunt, please donât let me have my way. Please insist or say something to convince me. Please..... Thereâs a moment of silence before she sighs. It looks like she is going to agree with me. NoMaybe I should just pretend to throw a tantrum like Iâm begrudgingly accepting it and then go upstairs to do my happy dance.âKayla, I know youâre refusing to go because of Hunter but Iâll talk to him. This is very important and leaving you here on your own is out of the question.âAs it should be. I do a happy dance in my head but fake a groan and sigh dejectedly.âIâll go. Iâll go. Iâm not afraid of himâOf course you arenâtâHe wonât bother you. The mansion is big enough so you donât have to even see him once during your stay. I know you guys were together and itâs difficult to accept this but please endure for the mean time.ââItâs fineâ I say. Iâm beginning to feel a little guilty for lying.âOkay then.â she says.Iâm watching a movie on my laptop, curled u
Chapter Ninety fourBRINGING BACK MEMORIES?I wake up in the morning half expecting him to be gone somehow, realizing Iâm not worth it but the thought vanishes immediately I feel strong arms curl around my midsection, pulling me further into him.It seems too good to be true. Maybe this is all a dream. It wouldnât be surprising since itâs not the first time I had this type of dreams before.His arms tighten around my midsection further and drags me into him. My mind is in a spiral. Iâm refusing to fully analyze the situation. Iâm afraid that itâs a dream and Iâm trying to stay in dreamland a few more minutes at least before reality kicks in. At the same time, Iâm hoping itâs real and thereâs no need to be in dreamland to feel this sensation. Thatâs when I feel something hard against my ass. It twitches against my naked back.Itâs definitely not a dream then. It feels too real to be. Too good to be a cruel joke my mind would play on me. I open my eyes and sure enough, itâs Hunterâs str