86 Chapter 86 - Torture

"I'm here. See.. I'm here. Just a few steps and we will be in your room. Hmm?" Jennifer said trying to wake Adrian up. He stood up while stumbling here and there still not leaving her hand and took led her out of the room. When they both came outside, they saw Crystal. "I don't know if its just me or she actually seemed pretty shocked." Jennifer thought to herself as they both made their way to Adrian's room.

Jennifer just smiled at her and went to Adrian's room. Adrian was going to pull her to his bed when she spoke, " Adrian… Ummm. Let me first treat your wounds." She said and stepped forward to reach for the first aid box but he held her hand, "Don't." he said. "Please.. if not treated they can cause a major infection." Jennifer said as he left her hand signaling her to get the first aid kit.

Jennifer got the box and started cleaning the blood and applying antiseptic solution. Slowly and carefully. As she treated his wounds, Jennifer felt her eyes tear up. The tears were suppressed for too long. He was hurt and so was she. As she treated each wound, she felt more and more hurt collecting in her chest. Adrian's face was filled with so many marks. Jennifer couldn't help but cry more. She made sure her sobs weren't loud enough to travel across the room. Crystal will not win today.

Suddenly Adrian picked her up and placed her on his lap. He secured her waist with one of her hands and wiped her tears with another. "I'm sorry… I'm sorry.." he said while crying too. What magic does this girl actually do? Within the span of two years that he had known her, she was able to do wonders that no one else was even capable of imagining. She could make him cry. Make him feel love. Control his anger. Actually turn him into a better person inside out.

Jennifer kissed his wounds whenever Adrian hissed due to pain. She knew it took his mind off the pain. As she was treating an injury on his forehead, she noticed his lower lip was bleeding. She took the antiseptic and cleaned it. Then put a cotton pad over the wound as she moved his hands he lifted her chin up with his other hand and said, "Aren't you forgetting something… I even have a wound on my lips."

Jennifer just chuckled. "So? What do you want me to do?" she asked while going slightly near him. "This." He said and instantly smashed his lips on hers. Jennifer dropped the cotton pad on the ground due to shock. Wasn't he acting distant? Wasn't he rude and said he was dating Debbie? Was he cheating on her? All these thoughts that were roaming in some random corner of her mind got squished out under the delicious taste of his lips. Jennifer never knew she was craving it so much until now.

She wrapped her arms around his neck to deepen the kiss. That's when he hissed due to pain and they pulled away from the kiss. "Why did you pull away?" Adrian asked. "I was beginning to enjoy it." He smirked with a cut lip. Even his broken smirk was breathtaking. Can he be less hot? Every other man on this earth would be rendered single if he continued to do this. "But your injury?" Jennifer spoke barely. Suddenly Adrian pulled her closer and connected their lips again. "I know." He mumbled.

Jennifer knew the entire sentence at once. I know it hurts but you're addictive enough to ease it. What a pervert? God knows where he finds such flirty lines. After a moment of pure bliss, Adrian and Jennifer both returned to the reality. "Did you hurt me?" Jennifer asked while cupping his cheeks. Adrian understood what she meant. These unfinished lines were a very unique feature of their relationship. They completed each other in their minds and surprisingly enough, it was correct 99 percent of the time.

Adrian nodded and hugged her as he rested his head on her shoulder. "Stay away from me!!" Jennifer mimicked him. He just chuckled and hugged her tighter. "C'mon… you have more wounds to be treated.." she said as she positioned herself in front of him again. "Aishh… this girl… how many times have you treated my wounds yet?" he asked while acting like he was really cool. "I hope this is the last time." Jennifer said while she picked up another cotton pad.

Adrian felt a little sad because he was sure this wasn't the last time at all. The next wounds were going to be worse. And the next? Even worse. And this will go on until he broke the doll in front of him. Consequently, breaking with her. Two broken souls in search of each other, wrapped by suffocating solitude in excruciating pain. Wow!!! What the irony?!?!?

"Aren't you tired of treating my wounds?" he tried changing the topic to a less painful one. "as long as they come from you, I'm never tired." Jennifer again brought him back to square one. We love each other. Accept that fact.

No!!! I can't. Just stop it now!!!

Never….

"Since you are not tired…" Adrian said as he began unbuttoning his shirt and removed it entirely as Jennifer was left in shock. She saw reddish purplish marks all over his torso as if someone had hit him. Badly enough. She grazed her fingers over his wounds before tearing up again. How was he even able to move with this amount of injury to his body. Guess, mafia makes you this. Mafia!! Omg, I didn't think of it at all. He might be acting weird because of the mafia. Adrian seemed so much like a normal boy that it was easy to forget that he ran the most deadliest mafia in the city.

When Adrian noticed Jennifer's moist eyes, he pulled her closer. They were almost cuddling now. "Are you acting cold because of the mafia?" Jennifer spit her worry as she noticed Adrian's face grow darker and he put some space between them. She raised her eyebrows demanding an explanation for this behavior. He didn't say anything at all. So Jennifer changed her question. "Are you dating Debbie?" she asked. Adrian didn't reply again. Jennifer understood that it was going to take sometime to extract an explanation from him so she shifted her gaze to the antiseptic bottle.

As she cleaned and treated each wound she kept on dropping questions related to the same matter and at each question she felt Adrian's body tense up more and more. "Tell me. Are you actually dating Debbie? Do you not love me anymore? Is everything just pushed down to a past for you? Tell me Adrian. Don't play with me like that. I'm not that fragile. I can handle the truth. I've been hurt before. It's okay. Break my heart once more. Just tell me the truth." Jennifer lost her entire patience as she came down to the last injury.

Adrian was still quiet. Jennifer held Adrian with both his shoulders and shook him. "Why aren't you answering?" she began crying and that broke Adrian's heart more than ever. He was going to hurt her. This hurt was planned but it wasn't planned so soon. Guess, not everything goes his way. Specially not when she is involved. Adrian blanked out. He had never blanked out before. He just couldn't bring himself to break her heart and his mind knew he had to do it. His heart still loved her and his mind wanted to hate her. Jennifer can we stop now? Isn't this torture enough?