Chapter 17 Not a single word!

Freya was told to be at the hospital for at least the night. Bryan told this to everyone so that they could leave. Mom and dad didn’t want to but he insisted as mom wasn’t well and needed rest.

“Eve, you stay with me please.” Freya said. She didn’t want to be with Bryan which was clear from this.

“I’ll stay with you, Freya. Let her go and rest. She has been here since the morning.” Bryan said.

Eve was also confused with the sudden outburst of love from Freya. She hated her and now she wanted her every time.

All of a sudden, Freya started crying. She was being very mysterious today.

“I wanted her to be with me here. But I know she hates me too. She is good with Grace.” She completed, still crying.

“It isn’t true. I don’t hate you, Freya. Okay, I’ll stay here with you. It’s just for one night only.” Eve replied to her and then looked at Bryan for her last statement.

After it was decided mom, dad and Bryan walked out of the room while Ayden remained there. He grabbed Eve’s hand and took her to another room which was empty.

“Do you think that now that I’m so gentle towards you, you can make decisions on your own?” He roared.

Eve didn’t know what exactly happened to him. She was already confused with Freya’s behaviour and now Ayden’s too.

She looked at him with confused eyes while he touched her lower lip with his thumb and then without wasting a second, kissed her hard. He bit her lower lip even though she wasn’t resisting him. She knew he did that whenever he was angry with her but didn’t realize the reason behind it.

His hands moved shamelessly on her body, trying to remove her clothes. This shocked her.

“Stop, please. We are in a hospital, Ayden.” Eve said, sensing his lustful thoughts.

“Shut up.” And his hands moved towards her jeans as he was about to open it.

“Please Ayden, stop!!” She said in panic.

Pushing her to the adjacent wall with her back facing him, he seized her arms tightly.

“It hurts…” She winced in pain.

“I want to hear no words…not a single word.” Still clasping her forcibly, his one hand moved towards her waist. Tears formed in her eyes. He was about to open her jeans when his phone rang.

He Ignored it but it rang again. So he took a look. Frustrated as he was, he took the call, still holding Eve like that. She was in pain but he didn’t care.

Bryan called him and told him about an emergency at work. First, he asked him to handle it on his own but his presence was required. So, he agreed.

“Okay fine. Coming in 5 minutes.”

Eve thanked Bryan mentally for calling him. She was still in that uncomfortable position. Finally, Ayden released her. Everywhere he touched felt like burning.

“Don’t think you’re saved or something. I’ll f**king see you.” He said while making her face him. She had tears in her eyes.

He was quite good to her from the past months. Apart from all that, he never abused her physically like this.

“Don’t you dare do anything like this again! Or I’ll show you what you could never expect me to be.” He seethed, while coming close to her.

Giving her one last look, he walked out of the room. Eve took a long breath and stared at the door continuously.

Then, adjusting her clothes she came out of the room and went to Freya. She was feeding Grace when she entered the room. Eve sat down on the sofa near her.

After feeding the little baby, Freya stared at Eve who came forward to take Grace. Eve picked her up and caressed her back gently.

“Did he do that?” Freya asked, pointing towards her arms. There was blood on her lip and her arms had bruise marks on them.

Neither did she want to hide the fact nor did she have the strength to tell her. So she remained silent.

“Come on, you can tell me.” She insisted.

“Yes, he did it.” Eve replied coolly.

Grace also slept in her arms. So she shifted her to the cradle beside her mom.

“Does he do that to you often?” She sounded very intrigued. Eve knew it was a trick of hers but telling her won’t cause her any problem.

“Yes. He does it whenever he wants to.”

“Why don’t you stop him? Are you scared of him?”

“Do you think anyone can stop him?” Eve replied with a sad smile and then continued, “Yes, I’m…scared of him.”

Eve was sure that she was planning something against her. If it was just for Ayden, she didn’t even want to fight. If left to her, she would happily give her what she wanted.

“You should sleep. You must be tired.” Eve said looking at Freya who was in deep thoughts.

“She started crying again. Stop crying, shut up!!” She screamed at Grace who just got up.

“Don’t yell at her. You are scaring her. She is a baby, Freya.” Eve said, sounding as calm as possible.

“She is a monster who took everything from me. She doesn’t even deserve to live! But look at her, shameless monster as she is!” She roared at Grace, shocking Eve. She had such bad thoughts about her own child.

“Freya, just stop it. Every baby cries for some reason or the other. You don’t have to be so harsh.” She shouted at her and then left the room with Grace in her arms.

She cradled Grace in her arms and caressed her back in order to make her sleep. Then, she kissed her head softly.

“Sleep, Gracie. When you’ll wake up, it will be a new day for you, for me…. filled with lots of hope. And we will shine.”

She said as if telling her that maybe the next day, her sufferings would end.