Chapter 18: You’ve got some nerve!

Bryan and Ayden came to the hospital to take them. While Ayden was with the doctor asking him about the discharge papers, Bryan walked towards Freya’s room.

Freya was awake and was sitting on her bed. He looked for his princess and the sight mesmerised him. Grace was sleeping with Eve on the other bed while her one little hand rested on Eve’s face.

He took his phone out and clicked their picture. He wanted to hold her but she was still asleep. Freya stared at him with disgust while he was looking at Grace with a smile on his face.

“Don’t smile. You look disgusting.” Freya said.

“Please Freya, Can you ever think of anything other than fighting?” Bryan asked her, with a low tone.

“No, I can’t. Now I’ve two reasons to resent.” She shouted.

Suddenly, Ayden entered the room and there was silence now. Ignoring everyone, he looked at his wife who was sleeping peacefully with their niece.

The thought of having a family with her surged in his mind. He smiled at the thought of it.

Then, walking towards her, he shook her in order to wake her up. She woke up with a jerk and then looked for Grace. She was sleeping beside her.

“Wake up. We’re going home.” He ordered.

Eve got up and sat on the bed while rubbing her eyes. She didn’t get a good sleep because of Grace. After feeding her, Freya gave her every time as if she would get infected from her. Eve was fed up with her but remained silent for Grace. She was crying the whole night and didn’t sleep until she held her in arms.

After a long time, she slept and she put her down on the bed and slept with her. Her back felt numb.

“Why is Grace sleeping with her? What were you doing, Freya?” Ayden asked.

“I…I wasn’t feeling well at night. So, Eve put Grace to sleep.” Freya replied, in hesitation.

“You go and wash your face. We are leaving the hospital.” He instructed Eve. Eve walked towards the bathroom and washed her face but it didn’t wash away the lack of sleep which was clearly visible on her face.

Coming out of the bathroom, she directly went to take the bag from the nightstand and took a small blanket from it.

Then, she changed the diaper and Grace’s clothes. After that, she wrapped the little girl in the blanket. Everyone in the room looked at her with surprise. She was perfect.

“Thanks Eve for your help.” Bryan said with a warm smile to which Eve replied with a smile.

“You are so good at this. I’m surprised.” Freya said, referring to how she took care of Grace a while ago.

“You’ll be good too. After all, you are her mother.” Eve replied with a genuine smile. Freya didn’t reply and walked out of the room.

Bryan took Grace from her and all of them walked outside the hospital. All of them were seated in the car. While Bryan and Ayden sat in the front, Eve and Freya on the back side. Ayden was driving this time.

It reminded her of the day when they came to pick her up four months back. She looked outside throughout the drive.

They reached home and mom welcomed the youngest member of the family. The house was decorated with balloons and flowers. Grace was awake by now and she started crying.

Freya was in no mood to hold her as she never did and Bryan didn’t know what to do in order to stop her crying. Eve took her from Bryan while Bryan mouthed ‘thank you’.

“Gracieee…. we are home! Grandma has made so many preparations to welcome you.” Caressing her back, she was talking to her and to everyone’s surprise, she stopped crying.

“She is hungry, Freya.” And then putting Grace in her arms, she went to the kitchen. Everyone ate the food in silence. Mom held Grace after Freya fed her so that Freya could eat then.

Eve went upstairs after some time to sleep. She was tired from yesterday morning. She directly walked towards the bed and laid down. Her back was hurting from the night and now laying down, she felt better.

She was about to fall asleep when the door opened with a loud bang. With this, Ayden entered the room. She didn’t get up from the bed.

“Get up, Eve.” He ordered.

Sleep was just seconds away from her eyes. In such a state of drowsiness, she didn’t even listen to what he said and just uttered, “Yes” in half sleep.

Ayden came closer to her and picked her up from the arm, making her sit on the bed. She was still half asleep when he shook her violently and she woke up.

“Bring me a glass of water.” He said while Eve kept on looking at her with confused eyes. He woke her up for a glass of water. She was so angry and wanted to kill him then and there only.

“Can you ask Laura to bring it to you?”

“Go and bring it yourself.” He ordered again.

She got up from the bed, feeling even more frustrated than before. Now, she was his maid also. Can’t he be sensible for some time?

Fetching him the glass of water, she thought of just adding some poison in it. She handed him the glass, but he didn’t pick it. Thinking that now he might ask her to even help him drink it, she grew angry.

“Drink it.” He instructed. She, not wanting any argument, gulped the water and then returned back to the bed.

“Did I tell you to go to bed?” He asked, his tone very rude.

“Do I need your permission for that too?”

She questioned him, getting annoyed by him. Ayden looked at her with a face void of any expression.

“You’ve got some nerve, girl.” Saying this, he creeped closer to her while she moved her face away from me.

“Open your clothes.”

He ordered yet again. Eve just looked at her with an annoyed face. She wanted the man in front of her to disappear. She tried the last bit of her patience.

“Please, I’m tired. Let me sleep for some time. We’ll do it after that.” She tried negotiating with him.

“I haven’t asked your opinion. Take off your clothes, now.”

And she took off her clothes while he stood up and closed the door. Conquering her with different positions and postures, he continued his torture for quite some time.

After it was finished, he got up and quickly put his pants on. All of a sudden, she felt cold air stroking her body. She was still lying on the bed looking at the ceiling with empty eyes.

Tears formed in her eyes and she wanted to be free from all the pain but knew that all her efforts would be futile. Ayden stared at her body with admiration.

Eve got up and wore her clothes back. She wanted to sleep for some time and then looked at him.

“Can I sleep now?” She asked sarcastically.

“What?” Ayden asked, not understanding what she meant. He got what he wanted, so now he was satisfied.

“Don’t I need your permission to do something?”

“You can sleep, baby.” He said with a laugh while the thought of killing him there rose in Eve’s mind.

What has she turned into? She wanted someone to die. Thinking about which made her sad. Her innocence was long gone. And now she was turning into a monster like him.