Chapter 7: ENCOUNTER WITH MY EVIL CRUSH!

Sarah’s POV:

I kept looking at him in shock while trying to process what I just saw. The first crush of my life was there in front of me and I couldn't help but adore him once again while he tightened his grip on my elbow and kept glaring at me. 

"Yo - You...?" I managed to speak up. 

"What the hell is wrong with you?" He asked bitterly and I groaned in pain as he tightened the grip more. 

"You - you are hurting me..." I cried out while trying to remove his hand off mine. 

"And you keep bumping into me..." He replied bitterly and jerked my hand away, releasing it while I began to rub my elbow with tears in my eyes. 

"Listen to me, you little piece of shit..." He started and walked towards me while I moved backwards. Pointing his finger at me, he continued, "Do not show me your face ever again or else you'll see what I can do..." He said bitterly and walked away from there without letting me say or ask anything. I turned to look at him walking outside the house while still rubbing my elbow and when I took a look at it, I realized that it was all red. 

"Sick man..." I cried out and walked into the house to see how palatial and mesmerizing the interior was. I couldn't help but look around that beautiful house and adore it. 

"Wow..." I whispered and my jaw dropped down as I looked at the huge central hallway which had a beautiful multi-tiered chandelier. The hallway was spacious and served as the entrance to the other rooms and small halls. The house was painted in wood brown and pearl white color from the inside which elegantly complimented the dark brown high gloss vinyl flooring. The flooring went towards the right corner of the hall where it changed into a glass water floor upon which there was a grand cantilever wooden staircase which seemed to be floating in the air without support. The stair stringer was attached to one of the treads and towards the right corner of each stair tread, where wall recessed lights were installed which lights up the stairs splendidly. As my eyes moved towards the left side of the hall, I saw a small cozy sitting area which comprised of three long couches, placed in U shape and a small bar in front of it. I couldn’t stop myself from looking at everything again and again and appreciate how well the designers created this. Towards the left side of the hall there were other rooms and small halls and as I tried to look what they were, I realized that one of them was a dining hall and the other was a large living room. 

"Oh my god..." I whispered.

After looking around the house, I recalled the thing happened outside the house. I wondered what he was doing there outside the house and if he wanted to meet someone or if my stepbrother knew him. I never thought he would be that mean and bitter. He looked intense but sweet and gentle. I couldn't believe him behaving like that with me. I felt like my heart was aching as he was the first crush of my life. When I first saw him, I imagined a lot of things for my future. I imagined him loving me, caring for me, protecting me and being my man. I even imagined myself marrying him and all that shattered in a moment as he gripped my elbow and glared into my eyes. I gulped and wiped a tear from my eye while taking a deep breath. I wanted to talk to someone about it. I wanted to see my mom when I saw a man walking down the stairs in a white shirt and black pant. 

"Um, excuse me...?" I started as he was walking towards the dining hall. He stopped and turned around to look at me after which he walked towards me immediately.  

"Yes, miss?" He asked me politely and I assumed that he was a servant. 

"Um, ah where is Rowen and my mom?" I asked him directly and as he looked at me surprisingly, I realized that he might be thinking about why I was referring to his boss by his first name. 

"Um, miss... I suppose you are Miss Sarah?" He asked me. 

"Yes I am..." I replied. 

"My name is Liam. Actually ma'am Sophia was looking for you but Sir assured her that you will get home safely. So they went into their room. Do you want me to get your message to them?" He asked me politely.

"Ah no... It's okay... I'll talk to them tomorrow. Can you tell me where my room is?" I asked him. 

"Yeah sure. I just came from your room after checking everything. It has been cleaned and set. Let me show you your room" He said and began to walk away while I immediately followed him behind. As we climbed up the stairs, I asked Liam, "Where is your sir's room, by the way?"

“There is a corridor in the left corner… The last room in the corridor belongs to him” Liam replied and I nodded while looking through the corridor and wondering about why mom didn’t wait for me to reach home.

“You can come in…” Liam said while opening the door to a room and I nodded and walked inside. The room was extraordinarily beautiful, bigger than the room I was living before all my life. I looked around it in an awe while Liam took a leave from there. The room was ash white and aqua blue in color with its modern ash white furniture and aqua blue sheer drapes. The queen sized bed was on the right side of the room with two small table with lamps, on its either sides while the dresser and the wardrobe was on the left side of the room with the bathroom next to it. As I walked in further and shut the door behind me, I saw a beautiful glass coffee table with two small arm chairs. It was placed adjacent to the window which looked pleasing. I turned around and once again looked at the room’s interior and furniture, when I noticed a small study table on the right side of the door. I couldn’t help but smile widely and walk towards it excitedly. The room was splendid.

I took a sigh of relief as I threw myself on the bed which was extremely soft and comfortable. I assumed I would sleep well on that bed but the thoughts of my evil crush was not going to let me sleep and I knew that too. While trying to get him out of my thoughts, I shut my eyes tightly and didn’t realize when I went to sleep.

The next morning, I woke up to someone knocking on the door and calling out my name. I opened my eyes widely and realized that it was mom.

“Sarah, you awake?…” Mom called out again.

“Yeah, coming…” I said and jumped out of the bed to open the door.

“Honey, were you sleeping?” Mom asked me as she entered the room and looked at my messed up hair and puffy eyes.

“Yeah… Actually I was sleeping…” I said and walked back to the bed while she followed me behind.

“I am sorry, honey, for waking you up…” She said and sat next to me.

“It’s okay… I had to wake up any way… I have to meet El and Gene. I didn’t get to talk to them after the wedding…” I said, rubbing my forehead.

“Okay… So did you sleep well?” She asked, placing her hand on mine.

“Yeah I did… It’s quite comfortable” I said to her while nodding.

“Great… Well I wanted to apologize to you about last night…” She said, gently pressing my hand and caressing it.

“Why?” I asked although I knew.

“I went into my room and didn’t wait for you… Actually I waited but Rowen asked me to get some rest as I was feeling a little dizzy… And he assured me that you’ll come home safe” She replied.

I took a deep breath and bent my face down before adding further, “It’s okay, mom… I understand…”

As she smiled at me, I decided to talk to her about my encounter with my evil crush and started, “Um, mom I want to talk to you about something…”

“Yeah, what is it?” She asked me and I paused for a moment before telling her the whole story.

I took a deep breath, framing up my sentence and started, “You see… Last…”

“Ma’am Sophia…” The servant knocked on the door and said.

“Yes?” Mom asked him.

“Sir is calling you downstairs for breakfast along with Miss Sarah…” The servant said.

“Oh Rowen is calling us…” She said restlessly and then added nervously, “Can we talk about this later, honey?”

I looked at her and gulped before adding, “Yeah sure, we can…”

“Great… You dress up and come down for breakfast, okay?” She said while standing up from the bed and I nodded.

As she walked out of my room, I kept looking at her wondering how important Rowen and his orders were for her. Taking a deep breath, I stood up from the bed to go to the bathroom.

After getting dressed up, I got out of my room and took the stairs while checking my messages on the phone. As I climbed further down while typing a message to Melissa, suddenly I took two steps at a time and was about to fall off forward when I bumped into someone and as I looked up, I wished I was dead…