Your Not Hurting Me This Time Novels & Stories

My legs feel like they might give out, but I force them forward. Behind me, I hear him say. “I didn’t mean to hurt you.” I don’t look back. “You didn’t mean to do a lot of things,” I mutter, just loud enough for him to hear. “But you did.” --------

I burst out laughing and threw myself forward onto her because that was what I always did when she made me laugh, just launched myself at her like she was the safest place in the world. Because she was. But this time she winced. It was small. A tightening around her eyes, a breath that caught halfway through, and anyone else might have missed it but I did not miss things when it came to her. I had stopped missing things months ago. The smile fell off my face immediately. “I am sorry.” I scrambled backward. “I am sorry, where did I hurt you? I did not mean to hit you so hard and—” “Amber.” She cut through the panic with a gentle smile that sat on her face like it belonged there even though I

My grip loosened immediately. I wasn't trying to hurt her. I never would. I looked away. Toward the street. Toward the car. Anywhere except her. Because looking at her made this harder. "Ava." For once, my voice wasn't cold. Just tired. She waited. I swallowed. Then I finally said the thing I had been trying not to. "I'll only hurt you." Silence. "I am not good for you." Ava stared at me. I forced myself to continue.

It was evil. “Oh, why are you smiling like that?” I tried to normalize things by asking it. “Because” he sighed and smiled. “Well, you never know when someone’s gonna hurt you, do you?” “What do you mean?” I didn’t understand anything. “What if I hurt you?” “You won’t” I was confident. “I will”

"Just don't hurt him." "You have my word. It won't be me who hurts your mate." I nodded and reached out, touching my hand to his. And my world faded to white.

"I'm here." “The first time I saw you, I realized you were injured, but not in your leg, but in your heart… I knew you weren't happy, I thought I could help you become happier… But I was wrong... After he came, I knew I was wrong... When you looked at him, you smiled so beautifully, so beautiful! I know you and he left, I'm still waiting for you, waiting for one day when you get hurt again and then come back. I didn't expect you to actually, but I realized that you were even more injured this time... Did he throw you away?”

“I didn’t—” “Shut up.” He turned around so suddenly, I smacked face first into his chest. Pushing me against the wall, he growled, “I am tired of seeing you hurting yourself.” I froze at the subdued emotions behind those words. “This is the last time because I’ll teach you a lesson you won't ever forget. I told you no one hurts you but me, not even you.” I wanted to tell him that I didn’t hurt myself intentionally, not this time. But the look in his eyes stopped me. And at that moment, Mario’s words came back to me. I asked, “What are you going to do?”

Because while they want to protect me, I couldn’t live with myself if I lost them because of me. This is the end of Book one Can’t you hear me now. Please share this story with your friends. I’m working on a second book with new point of views. Things are going to get crazy.

He raised his voice as if he was being frustrated already. “You broke the door, you lunged at me!” I yelled. “I did...it was...” He heaved a sigh. “I’m sorry. I did not mean to frighten you, and I did not lunge at you. You should have opened the door when I asked you to.” “You were going to hurt me.” “No, Aria. Can you understand that I can’t hurt you? Hurting you is like hurting myself. I can’t harm you.” He tried to sound convincing.

“What things, sweetheart?” I take a deep breath, but it comes out shaky and weak. I clench my eyes shut, and a stray tear escapes. “I’m sorry, I don’t think I can do this.” “You don’t have to if you aren’t ready, Ella.” He cuddles me closer, and I hiccup in thanks. “We’re going to get to the bottom of this. But for now, I’m here and you’re safe. I’m not going to let anything hurt you ever again.”