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A vow of hate CHAPTER 100
Christian set down his plate on the old coffee table, while keeping his gaze on me. The firelight danced in front of me and over her face, the flames casting a red glow around my head. I pulled my legs to my chest and rested my chin on them as I stared into space. I hadn’t eaten much this past couple of weeks, but I managed to finish my toast. Christian polished off all the eggs and ate both my apples. He said we’d replace them, and more, in the morning. He kept staring at me, and I knew he was dying to ask all the questions on his mind, whatever they were.“What would you like to do, Hazel?” he asked.I turned my face toward him. “Hmmm?”He ran his knuckles down my cheek, tenderly. “Tomorrow. The next day. The one after. Tell me what you’re thinking.”“I don’t know.” I whispered softly. It was the truth. I didn’t know what I wanted to do anymore.“How long did you want to stay here? Or do you want to go home?” He paused, with a pained look on his face. He suddenly looked breathless an
A vow of hate CHAPTER 101
CHRISTIANI shook Brad’s hand and walked across the beach. Hazel was sitting on the sand, a sketchbook on her knees, pencil in hand, but she was motionless. The breeze picked up the strands of her hair, blowing them back like ribbons of dark silk. I sank down behind her, pulling her back into my embrace.“Hey.”She tilted her head back, observing me upside down. “Hi. What were you talking to Brad about for so long?” A frown crossed her face. “Please tell me you didn’t ask about buying the resort.”I snickered at the expression on her face and dropped a kiss on her forehead. “No. I think he has a buyer. I was thanking him for letting you come back, and we were talking about other things. Where he is moving to, stuff like that.”She pursed her lips and shrugged, turning back to face the water.“What are you sketching?”She held up the book. “Nothing. I’m enjoying the view.”I wrapped my arms around her waist, holding her tight. “It’s a great view.”“Mom and I used to build bonfires, coo
A vow of hate CHAPTER 102
I woke up, the fluttering of panic fast in my chest when the spot beside me was empty. I sat up, throwing the blanket back and striding out of the bedroom. I relaxed when I spotted Hazel on the beach. She stood, facing the water, holding something to her chest. I glanced over, confirming the fact Sandra’s urn was gone from the mantle.My wife was saying goodbye.Returning to the bedroom, I grabbed my pants, tugging them on. I picked up my T-shirt and yanked it over my head as I hurried outside, crossing the beach. The weather system they had predicted was already making its presence known. The waves were higher, hitting the sand with loud slaps. The wind was picking up, and I knew, soon, the rain would follow, and the storm would make my wife nervous.I reached her side, enveloping her in my arms.“I was waiting for you.” She said.“You should have woken me up.”“I wanted a little time. I knew you wouldn’t be far behind me.”“Are you sure?”She smiled up at me, the glimmer of tears in
A vow of hate CHAPTER 103
HAZEL“Surprise!”I jumped as the party poppers went off and filled the air with confetti and streamers the second I opened the door to our house. “Wha—?” I exclaimed with wide eyes, caught by surprise.“Mummy!” Valerie jumped on me from behind the confetti, giggling sweetly.I went down to my knees and enveloped her in a tight hug, instinctively inhaling her scent. Tears filled my eyes as I hugged her tiny frame even tighter. God! I had missed her.“Can’t bweathe,” Valerie whispered.“Oh, I’m sorry baby,” I loosened my arms around her, still keeping her close. “I just missed you so much!”“I missed you too, mummy.” She said, making me tear up even more. I’d been crazy to even think that I would’ve been able to leave her forever. There’s no way in hell that would’ve been possible.“Oh, so you didn’t miss me then?” Christian said behind me, his voice tinged with fake hurt.Valerie giggled. “I missed you too daddy. Did you miss me?”“Of course I did, princess.” He answered, crouching do
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THE PASTCHRISTIAN, 5 YEARS AGOI sat stiffly at the table in the overly fancy restaurant my assistant had booked, wanting to be anywhere but there. A flurry of conversation and laughter continued around the table where the company staff sat with me, enjoying the vibe and their dinner. The sounds of cutlery and the occasional clink of wineglass against wineglass accompanied their satisfied laughter. I normally wouldn’t do something like this. I was perfectly okay with paying for the dinner and having them go enjoy themselves on their own—I figured they would even be more comfortable without me here— but Grandfather thought it was good rep. He thought I needed to bond with the staff outside of the office, and somehow, he managed to convince me to have a group dinner with them. On the bright side, I’d expected them to be all awkward with me being there, but they seemed to be genuinely enjoying themselves. Me on the other hand… my head was clouded with thoughts of her. Hazel…It was one
A vow of hate CHAPTER 105
THE PASTWe left the park and took a stroll around the city, under the night lights. I looked so out of place walking around in my three piece suit, but it didn’t matter. The gravel crunched under my shoes on the small path we were walking. I racked my brain for the right words to say, but I still couldn’t come up with them. It still felt so surreal that Hazel was actually in front of me.“So…” she said, breaking the silence. “Christian Walker. You’re kind of a big deal aren’t you?”I chuckled awkwardly, scratching the back of my neck. “I wouldn’t say that.”“Oh come on,” she nudged the side of my stomach playfully. “You don’t have to be humble or anything. I saw the table when I walked into the restaurant. It was quite obvious that you were the boss.”“That obvious?” I asked.She laughed, making that melodious sound that I loved. “Jarring actually.”I laughed along with her, feeling the nerves slowly depart me. “What gave it away? Was it the suit?”“A three piece,” she mused. “It was
A vow of hate CHAPTER 106
CHRISTIANI jolted awake with a start when I heard a noise. I’d been sleeping, but I was pretty sure whatever that noise was had been going on for about fifteen minutes now. It had started as a quiet rustling noise, and then quickly progressed into scratching and I could hear things being knocked over. I pulled out my hand from underneath Valerie who was sleeping soundly nuzzled between me and Hazel, groaning at the pain that shot through it. Hazel mumbled a few incoherent words and switched over to lay over on her other side, but she didn’t wake up.I sat upright and listened for the noise again. I could hear the distant shuffling of feet, and another item was knocked over. I immediately went into defense mode. I shot one quick look at the bed as I slipped my feet into my slippers and got out of bed. They still slept peacefully. I tiptoed over to the door, being careful enough not to wake them, then I quietly opened the door. I walked over to the gym and grabbed the metal baseball ba
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My fists clenched and I let out a roar, which the dogs must have liked because they all started to howl at the same time and bounced around my feet in a whirl of fuzz and tails and paws. "Locking away children? You're insane, you need to be locked up in a crazy home. You lie to me, wreck our house, then compare me to a children's villain, all because you can't be a normal person and take responsibility and apologize?"She stood on tiptoes and got right in my face. "I tried to but you're being unreasonable."I reached out and gripped her upper arms. My fingers closed around something silky and I shook her slightly. "Unreasonable? Unreasonable? It's the middle of the night and I'm standing in a room full of dogs, dogs that I didn’t even know would be here, mind you!”“Christian, why can’t you be more human? They’re just innocent dogs.” She exclaimed.“Innocent? There’s nothing innocent about these creatures. Did you see what they did to my afghan!? Okay, that’s it. I’ve had enough. You’
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