Chapter 16 Misunderstanding. Message. Mourning.
16\. Misunderstanding. Message. Mourning.
"I feel so stupid, you are not to be blamed though since it was my fault too. I should not have let you take my advantage." I wept. On top of my voice, breaking all the chords of patience, I wept as the noise of my breaking heart reverberated in my ears.
If not love then he could show me some respect. He is not only playing with me but also with another woman. And it is not new, he has done this before too. I was just too blind in loving him to perceive it.
I can't tolerate this anymore though. How long will I stay at his mansion like this? For the world I'm his housekeeper but I know what others actually think about me. I don't want to be called as his slt, bearing his illegitimate child.
I was crying profusely holding the edge of the bed whereas he kept staring at me without even blinking his eyes. Then after a moment of self-conflict he kneeled down and cupped my face. He struggled to speak but words won't come out of his mouth. I was touched by his restlessness but I just can't let my emotions control myself because he needed to realise how wrong he was.
"Look at me, Aura. Look into my eyes." He urged me to look into his eyes but I refused.
He was disappointed at my refusal and he still persisted, not giving up on me easily. After a few failed attempts he pulled me by my waist onto his lap and caressed it firmly as he coerced me to glance into his blazing embers.
"What is your problem, Aura?" He grunted, making me snicker for he had the audacity to grunt at this period when we were on the verge of drawing apart.
"I know it's high time, Aura, that I decide what I want to do with my life. Our lives. And after whatever happened between us you ought to be answered but I never thought it would happen somewhat like this. I know there are thousands of questions running through your mind and believe me I want to answer them all but I couldn't find a perfect chance and now this." His fingers slid around my neck and lifted my face up and he joined our foreheads.
I agree this was unanticipated but I was hurt. He was dating another woman while here I thought he was exclusively mine.
"I want to tell you many things too but," He stopped as he pulled my face forcibly towards him. He was pissed off since I was trying to separate from him. "Look at me, Aura, your ignorance is the last thing I want to seek from you."
That sentence and I finally stopped struggling and discarded the veil of my eyelids and stared into his eyes. He sighed, wiping off my tears.
My heart beats were racing. I can feel them thumping in my ears. Damien inched closer, his gaze glued to my lips. He was about to latch our lips and before it was accomplished— I pushed him away. Pushed him with such force that he fell back against the bed and his hands on his sides.
Furiously I got up and whimpered. I pulled my hair and let out a loud shriek.
"You were bloody dating two women at the same time. Oh wait, you were not even dating me. You were just playing with me. How could you do it, Damien? How can you play with our emotions?" I screamed.
"I had known that you would abandon me after seeking what you needed from me but this... This was not expected from you! I knew that I was one of those women who could provide you pleasure but cannot own you. I was a housekeeper in your mansion but a human at the same time. Why didn't you think that it would hurt me. Why didn't you think before playing with me like a toy?" I moved away as my body noticeably felt weak. My mind was fading away.
I expected an outburst of excuses on his part. I thought he would make stories to explain himself. All that he simply did was stare at me. Stare at me in disbelief while his eyes welled up.
His silence was bothering me. I wanted to get an answer. False or lie. Anything. Just that I wanted to say something otherwise this weighing pain in my rib seemingly intensified.
When he didn't make a move or utter a word, I parted my lips, "Damien Hunter, you know what... You deserve to stay alone. Just alone. I am glad I saw this side of yours... Now I can happily move out of your life without any regret because you do not deserve someone's true love."
Having that said, I wiped my cheeks and initiated my walk toward the door. Not even I took two steps ahead when his cell phone buzzed. Don't know what got into me and I inched my gaze to his phone that had fallen on the bed after hitting his face.
It was her only, his other girlfriend— Emily Martin.
He hissed out a flat sound that threatened repercussion, but after an abbreviated, tension-filled moment, he picked his phone. The way he did it I had a feeling that he would curse Emily for destroying his sweet act he was playing with me.
He only hit the green phone icon and placed it near his ear. I was assuming him to scream at her but no, all he did was remain there like a statue. Then after a brief moment, he turned around.
My body froze when my gaze fell on his face. It was pallid. His ember eyes were scorching red like real flaming embers with unshed tears and a killer look that said, 'Don't mess with me if you don't wish to die!'
While I was scrutinizing his features, "Wait a sec," He spoke in a dark gravelly tone and put the phone on speaker. "Yes, so what were you saying?"
He raised the phone in the air, inclined towards me, so I could listen to what Emily was saying. And what I heard.... Made sudden dread and coldness take over my features as my muscles stiffened.
"Okay, so I was saying I am extremely sorry for that message, Damien. It was, uh, actually for my boyfriend, Danny... But it got sent to you mistakenly since your name was right above his." She paused, took a small embarrassing laugh, and continued.
What? I gasped.
Tbc…