Arthur’s Pov:-
I grit my teeth as I watched them laughing and flirting with each other, the anger inside me rose and all I heard was their laughter. I strolled to them while watching Davina laugh at something he said.
How dare she? Whenever I tell her to smile, she never does that. Look at her now, laughing with him and completely ignoring me!
You will regret this Davina; I will make sure of it.
I sat beside her, with a calm expression on my face. She quickly turned to me and stared at my face, I gave a small smile at her and glanced at Thomas. He was checking something on his phone with a calm expression on his face.
“Okay, then I will take a leave,” he said while standing up from the couch,
“Bye April,” he said while waving his hand at her and surprisingly she waved back. I watched his eyes move to Davina,
“See you, Davina,” he said and She just smiled at him while nodding her head at him.
“Good night, Arthur,” he said turning to me,
“Good night,” I replied, suppressing my anger. I stood there and watched him drive out of my mansion.
I turned around and saw Davina smiling at April, watching her smile like that was making me weak inside and I don’t know what it was. The anger I had just seconds ago was slowly disappearing.
What the fuck is wrong with you, Arthur! My subconscious yelled inside my head.
She flirted with Thomas in front of your eyes, how can you let that go… She smiled for him and not for you?
Yeah! She’s mine!
I grit my teeth and grabbed her arm, she gasped at my harsh grip and looked at me with a pained expression on her face. Her small hands gripped mine, trying to free her arm from my grip.
“Arthur?” She winced; her lips kept quickening.
“Come with me!” I gritted my teeth and pulled her up from the couch. Without waiting for her reply, I began dragging her towards my bedroom.
“Arthur?” She yelped in pain,
I kicked open my bedroom door and pulled her inside, she stumbled and before her pretty face could hit the floor I closed the door and shoved her to the door. She hissed in pain; tears rolled in her eyes as I stared at her angelic face.
“You’re hurting me,” she said while placing her soft hands on mine, I glanced at my hands which were gripping her arms.
I didn’t notice that I was gripping her delicate hands that hard. I quickly removed my hands from her and pressed them on the door while bending to her height and looking at her face. She kept ignoring my gaze and staring at the ground.
That particular action raised my anger, I grit my teeth and slammed my fist to the door,
“Look at me, damn it!” I screamed, she flinched at my tone and tears began falling down her cheeks.
I grabbed her chin and pulled her face up, “How many times do I have to tell you to look at me when I talk,” I gritted my teeth and glared at her.
Her tearful eyes stared at mine with pain, “How dare you!” I said while clenching my teeth.
Confusion was written all over her face, “What?” she asked while staring into my eyes.
The way she kept laughing with Thomas flashed in front of my eyes and filled my vision with pure rage.
“How dare you flirt with my friend,” I slammed my fist to the door, and she flinched and shut her eyes tightly. Her lips kept quivering and her body began to shake terribly, “I-I” she stuttered and kept opening her lips and closing them like a fish in the water.
“Answer me, goddamn it,” I yelled in her face,
“I didn’t… I didn’t flirt-flirt with him,” She cried while shaking her head,
I grabbed her chin and gripped it hard, “Do you think I’m blind?” I gritted my teeth in anger,
“Believe-Believe me! I didn’t” she cried while placing her hand on mine and trying to free her chin.
“Don’t lie to me!” I screamed, “I saw you talking and laughing with him… enjoying your time with him,” I said while gritting my teeth.
“N-” I cut her off, “Is this why your husband left you? I’m sure he might have seen you with some other man and decided to leave you! Maybe that’s why he searched for other woman and stumbled on Olivia, he might have thought, -Oh why not have her as my wife-” I clenched my jaw in rage and slammed my fist to the door just beside her head,
“Have you forgotten about the contract you signed?” I yelled in her face in anger, I opened my mouth to yell again but she raised her hand and slapped my cheek hard making my face jerk aside by the impact.
I clenched my jaw, and the anger inside me rose to the next level. I moved my hand to my cheek where she hit me and turned my head, glaring at her, “How dare-” She cut me off by showing her palm to me, signalling me to stop while closing her eyes.
I glared at her while gritting my teeth. She opened her eyes and stared into my eyes with tears rolling down her cheeks. Looking at those damn red eyes and tears something inside me pinched my heart hard and the pain was unbearable.
“I didn’t flirt with him,” She hiccupped while shaking her head, “And I… remember the contract terms,” She swallowed visibly.
She stared at me with pain and disappointment evident in those brown orbs, “but… I forgot who you are!” she said staring into my eyes, “I actually thought you changed,” she said with pain in her tone.
“The way you showed kindness to me for the past days…” tears kept streaming down her eyes, “I thought you were changing… But I was wrong!” she said and wiped her tears.
“Do you even know what we were actually talking about?” She asked and I kept staring at her, swallowing the lump inside my throat.
Please don’t tell me you weren’t flirting; I cannot handle the guilt if you weren’t…. please.
“We were talking about April…” she hiccupped, “He was telling me that all her reports are now positive, and she… she told him that she’s ready to tell what happened with her,” she said with tears rolling down her chin.
“He-he told me that… That April sees me… as her mother.. she accepted me as her mother,” she said while hiccupping and crying harder.
I widened my eyes in shock.
Fuck! Arthur!
Apologise you, idiot… right now, Apologise before it’s too late.
I tried to open my mouth and say sorry to her but the look she was giving me and with those tears rolling down her cheek was making me feel very guilty and stupid.
She kept staring at me and I couldn’t look at her as guilt began to eat me inside. I heard her taking a deep breath which made me look at her.
“You were a monster… and you are still a monster,” She said and stared at me with disgust in her eyes. Those words increased the pain inside my chest,
“And I… Will never live with a monster,” She said, and her words caused a sudden panic inside me.
What!?
“To hell with you…” she moved closer and stared into my eyes, “.. and your contract,” she said to my face.
“I’m leaving this mansion with April, right now,” she said and pushed me with her full strength, I stumbled back.
“You can’t leave this mansion,” I said in a panic, she was about to open the door but stopped as she heard me.
I composed myself and put a blank face on as she turned to me with a questioning look.
“What are you going to do if I did?” she raised her eyebrow, “Hand me over to cops?” she asked in a mocking tone.
“You can if you want!” she added while opening the door, I opened my mouth but she stormed out of the room and slammed the door shut.
Fuck! What have you done, Arthur?
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