Chapter 17
(Her POV)
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As the memories of the previous night filled my mind, I felt a deep stab in my heart as I could finally cry without having to feel any scrutinizing eyes on me.
I cursed Daniel in my heart more than a thousand times as I tried to find all the answers by myself.
Why did he give me hope only to break me like this?
If he couldn't give up on his secretary, then why did he say he loves me?
Was I a plaything to him?
Was my love nothing but a game to him?
The things that he had told me that night, was it even true? Did he really love me?
Or did he play with me since he found out my omnious feelings towards him?
Or is it...
My thoughts broke apart as my tears stopped abruptly, when a click sound came from my side. I sat up and was about to turn around to see what's going on, when a hand suddenly covered my mouth as a shadow hovered above me.
"Mmm mmm Mmmmm?!?!"
(T: What the hell?)
I wanted to scream and cry in shock, when my eyes fell on the figure, whose half of the face could be seen in the dim light.
"Shh! Keep quiet! Everyone is asleep now! I sneaked on here, so Shhhh!" The intruder said as I glared at him. The nerves!
I came into my room, in the middle of the night, and even asking me to keep quiet as if it's natural for him to come here, at this hour of night. This guy really has a lot of nerves and guts.
The intruder slowly let go of my mouth as he bent down and switched on the other night lamps of the room before looking at my face as I pursed my lips, observing his movements.
And then.... SILENCE.
We just kept on staring at each other as I had long forgotten that I was crying my eyes just a few moments ago!
Even after a long while, we didn't speak as he finally let out a deep sigh and got up from the bed. I curiously looked at him entering my bathroom as after a few seconds he came out with something, like a towel.
Then, he again sat on the bed and slowly brought the towel near my face and.... started to wipe my face.
This guy... truly....!
"Steven, you-"
But before I could finish saying what I wanted to, he cut me off, "You're my girlfriend now. So, You're not allowed to cry yourself to sleep. You're not even allowed to cry unless I make you cry underneathe me."
What the heck is he saying?
In which language is he speaking?
Why can't I understand any of his words?
No... the main question is he...
Who am I?
Who is he?
Where am I? Where is he?
I looked at him with a lot if question marks, when his deep chuckle entered my ears as he pinched my nose softly, with the wet towel.
"You!" I immediately covered my nose with my hands as I glared at him. How dare he pinch my nose?
"Ahh! Elina!" He sighed dramatically as something changed in his eyes, "Don't look at me in that way. You're tempting me to 'bully' you mindlessly."
"You... you... you... you!"
"Yes! It's me! Me, me, me, me!"
I took in a deep breath to calm myself down. How many times had this guy in front of me made me speechless just within a day?!
God! I didn't even remember the numbers!
But as if that wasn't all, and he didn't have enough of his way, in front of my shocked and wide eyes, he laid down on my bed, beside me.
He... actually f*cking laid down beside me!?!
He actually did it!
"What are yo- ahhhhhh!!"
I couldn't finish my sentence as the moment he laid down beside me and found himself a comfortable position, he pulled me by my arm and positioned me in his arms.
I couldn't believe that my head was actually on his arm, instead of a pillow as my ear was near his chest. I could perfectly feel and hear his heart beat. And I didn't know or was it just my hallucination, but I think that his heart was beating rapidly in an abnormal manner.
"You-"
"Shh! Sleep!" He again cut me off as he softly started to pat my head.
I didn't know why but the moment he spelled the word 'sleep', I felt a sudden drowsiness rushing in me, as my head started to feel light. Strangely, I felt secured in this way, in his arms, as a sudden thought invaded my mind for the last time in my mind.
'I want to stay safe and secured like this forever!'
I had long let my guard off against him, but with his arms around me and him patting my head, the remaining block in my inner self collapsed as I wrapped my hands around him and found a suitable position in his embrace before going to sleep.
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(Steven's POV)
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I saw her moving in my arms as it didn't take long for her to fall asleep. Her breathing became slow and steady, but her arms around my shirt maintained a tight grip.
I kissed her forehead softly as I kept on patting her head and her back.
I didn't know what had happened just within a few hours of our departure from the coffee shop, but any normal person can tell that she had deeply got hurt and her mind was in complete chaos. Just a little push, and she'll break apart from her tough self.
I didn't know it perfectly, but with her reactions her so-called boyfriend had definitely cheated on her and she had caught the adulterer couple red-handed.
And maybe... maybe Elina used to... till now she loved that scumbag more than she thought she would do. So, she's still now suffering with her broken heart.
I don't know what and how much I've to do to make her forget Him and... fall for me.
I kissed the side of her forehead as I brought her sleeping body close to me. I looked at her peacefully sleeping face as I closed my eyes slowly, thanking the Almighty that I actually made into the room, or else she might have really cried herself to sleep tonight.