A Deal With The Devil のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 251 - チャプター 260

Damien“It’s fine, Doctor. I’m his mother. Can I talk to my son alone for a few minutes? I can handle this.” Mom sat beside me and stroked my head lovingly. “He needs medical intervention, ma’am. Acute and prolonged PTSD can be fatal if left untreated.” “Five minutes is all I ask for. I’ll call for help if things get out of hand. Please?” I watched her in a dazed state. Did she know about my condition? Did she know what had caused it? I tried hard to breathe, to keep myself from losing my mind. I would have to face her now. There was no escape this time. “Fine, five minutes is all you have with the patient before we step in.” They left my room, leaving me alone with Mom. She turned towards me, her eyes brimming with love. “I love you, Damien. You know that. I can’t see you this way, sweetheart. For the last fifteen years, you’ve been avoiding me, Dominic, and your home. I tried to give you time and space. But things have gone too far this time. I can’t afford to lose you, son.”

Damien“Why? Shouldn’t you have asked me at least? I wasn’t thinking of going back to Rochester with Ryan.” I felt upset with Alex. He should have consulted me before taking admission into Rochester University again for me. I was planning on introducing Ryan to my family and moving in with them. I would have joined the family business and pursued an MBA at the same time. But now, all my plans were destroyed. My hopes were dashed. “Not with Ryan. You’ll go to Rochester alone to get yourself educated. Ryan can stay with us in the meantime. It’s sorted, Damien. Don’t be an ass.” The signal changed, and he drove on. “What’s sorted? I’m not leaving Ryan here and going away to Rochester.” He grunted with annoyance. “I’ve paid the full amount, man. There’s no way I’ll let you drop out. You will go, and that’s final.” We fought like cats and dogs all the way to his house. I didn’t want to, but Alex left me with no choice. He was the most stubborn guy on Earth! But why he was hell-bent on

Elena“Sleeping in class, Lena?” Damien’s presence beside me caused goosebumps to erupt on my skin. Why did he use that nickname if he hated me so much?My heart thumped wildly as I raised my head slowly to look at him. It wasn’t a prank or a hallucination. Damien Sylvester was really here right beside me. What was he doing here? Did Alex give me away? Mad fury coursed through my body. I remembered every word he had hurled at me that night. “Fu*k off. It’s none of your business.”His unwavering gaze held me captive. “It is my business. I’ll always be concerned about my classmate.”I trembled, furious at his fake show of concern. “There are twenty-five others. Why don’t you check on them? I don’t need your fake concern.”Liz sat like a statue, embarrassed to witness our verbal battle.“I’m heading to the cafeteria. All yours.” She rose and grinned at Damien, vacating her chair for him.“Thanks!” Damien gave her a mock salute and occupied the chair she vacated.“Treat me, dude!” She wav

Elena Weeks passed, but there was no change in the situation. Damien pursued me. Cayden tried his luck with me. I knew it was all in jest, but Damien didn’t know that. They fought like cats and dogs in the classroom, on campus, at Crimson Mug, and everywhere they went. Sometimes Tobias got involved in their fights. I turned a blind eye to the three of them. Amidst the chaos, Liz turned out to be my worst enemy alive. We lived together, but sometimes she allowed Damien in, and I wished I had an apartment of my own. Damien disturbed me, coaxing me for a chance while Liz usually slipped out to give us privacy. Didn’t she realize it yet? I didn’t want Damien in my life. I preferred to take this one day at a time, sticking to my decision and working my ass off. Keeping myself busy helped a lot. I looked for a studio apartment for myself nearby. If this went on, I would go crazy. Soon, I found just the place I needed. It was a one-bedroom apartment within a five-minute walk from the cam

DamienA Year LaterI watched Elena and Liz walk towards Cayden after class. They were going out to lunch at the Crimson Mug. It was their everyday ritual. I walked away towards the main gates, feeling defeated and hopeless. I had stopped bothering her since that fateful night when she left after reading Ryan a bedtime story. Alex was right. I should reach out to her soul. But she blocked all my efforts to reach out to her. She wanted nothing to do with me. I left her alone, giving her the space she wanted. If she were mine, she would understand my love for her and return to me one day. But a year passed. Yet my situation was the same as before. She was friendly with everyone except me. Her growing proximity to Cayden infuriated me. They spent time every day, while she ignored me as if I didn’t exist. I gazed longingly at Elena, sitting beside Cayden near a window seat at the Crimson Mug. She chuckled at some joke he had cracked. Not once did she look at me, standing like a lovesic