New Leaves (2)

Off course I had to treat this man nicely as he politely greeted me "Hi, I am Zayn."

I smiled back at him and shook his hand that he offered "Hi, Isabel."

I tried to keep the conversation short by showing him that I am not interested in talking but he was not ready to give up so easily "I must admit, your swimming skills are amazing because I have never seen anyone hold their breath for so long in the water. I came to save you as I thought you have drowned but I don't think you noticed me."

I smiled at him thinking 'Off course I noticed you that is the reason I escaped from that place' but instead I said politely "I am sorry I must be busy enjoying myself I didn't see you there."

He smiled "It's okay."

As he was about to make some more small talk I just wanted the lift to stop on my floor and thankfully it did. I felt like smiling but suppressing it I turned to him and said with a smile "It was nice meeting you Zayn, I will leave first, this is my floor."

He came out of the lift with a smile and my heart was filled with disappointment but I didn't let it show on my face, he spoke with happiness filled in his voice "That's great, I am staying here too."

I didn't say anything further and headed towards my room as he followed behind me. As I reached my room, I opened the door and entered it but before closing I smiled at him and said "This is me, good night."

He held my door and entered into my room forcefully closing the door behind him, I said in an aggravated tone "Hey! What the hell are you doing?"

He ignored my words and went to sit on the bed and then said "Tsk, as aggressive as ever but I am a little disappointed Bel that you didn't recognize me even after I told you my name."

As he said those words it took some time for them to sink into my mind and make sure who this person was and that made me tremble "What the hell are you doing here, you know you are not supposed to get out at this crucial moment and..."

He stared and me and then closed the distance between us in a few steps as he cut my words "So are you."

I took a few steps back and then looked away from his gaze "You should return if you have come here to ask me to come back."

He laughed and very swiftly closed the distance I had created, his voice became dense and serious "Do you think I am naive enough to make the same mistake twice when I know that no words can penetrate through the wall you have created."

His voice became dangerous and chilly "This time I have come to take you back."

I gulped in fear and took two steps away from him until I hit the wall behind me but I still managed to ask "How did you find me?" 

He let out a cold laugh and then placed both his hands on the wall behind me in a way that I was stuck between him and the wall, his voice became emotionless and hollow "Did you really think that you could come and leave that place as you please without being noticed. Isabel I don't care about anything else but just that everything was planned to help you out but you were too arrogant to accept it and wanted to do as you please."

I was scared by him a little but I could not take his overbearing tone "Zayn, you knew I didn't want to marry you yet you were forcing me to do that, what else was I supposed to do then."

He gritted his teeth and his voice got louder "Did you want to marry a dead man then."

I could take any insults but the insult that was pointed towards Ethan was not tolerable. I could not help it but on the mention of his name tears rolled down my eyes. I punched Zayn in his face and said angrily "How dare you mention him with your filthy mouth, you are not even an ant compared to him and it was not as if I didn't have any other option, you were the one to make everyone believe that us getting married was the best thing."

He got furious by my action and this time he got violent as he aggressively placed a hand on my waist making me flinch in pain and with the other hand pulled my chin up "I didn't want anything else but to marry you but that person always ruined my plans and when I was so close to it, you ran away."

I tried to push him away but he didn't budge so I said firmly "Zayn I loved Ethan and it had nothing to do with you. I always told you I considered you as my brother but you always wanted more. It was your greed that made you unhappy not me."

His grip on me tightened and his face moved closer as he asked "Tell me why not me, I didn't want your status or money as we were equal in that so what was it that I didn't have and you wanted to go to that person."

I gave out a mocking laugh "The way he loved me and took care of me was something that no other man could do."

He let go of me for a while but then grabbed me again, this time both his hands on my waist and he then bit my neck with his sharp teeth making me flinch in pain "Ah! Don't do that Zayn."

He did not hear my words so I just caught him off guard when he was completely consumed by anger and lust, I snapped my fingers and he was sent flying away. I turned around to open the door but it didn't open and the he spoke from behind "Did you forget my special ability to lock things in the way only I can open."