“Some wounds just don’t heal...”Adrian got a call from his father a few days later. he picked it up and spoke in an equally disinterested tone. His father didn't even bother to ask about the change in his tone. Adrian doubted if he even realized it, he always did see him as a mere soldier to help him destroy others and gain more and more power.“We had a loss in the market.” Adrian gritted his teeth as his father hid the actual thing from him, and how he referred to sex trafficking as the market. But he didn’t say anything. If he wants to stop his father now, he has to do it silently without him even knowing what hit him.“What do you want me to do?” His voice was emotionless as he hide the anger flowing through him.“Expand our business. Get more deals there.”Adrian's eyes were burning with anger. His father now wanted him to get more money.“I’ll see what I can do.” Keeping his reply short he cut the call. Not wanting to spoil his mood further.He threw his phone on the bed and wen
“Just a little pain makes you feel alive but too much of it makes you feel dead inside..”Natalie shut her eyes tightly but it did nothing. Rather the darkness showed her much more. She had dealt with so much to forget it on her own. She didn’t why she had to hide it. Maybe she was afraid that they would blame her too because a part of her blamed herself for it. She stood up and grabbed a glass of water, and took big gulps. But that just made her feel hollow from the inside. She didn’t even realize how but she had the phone back in her hand. Her finger roaming over that video again...She didn’t even need to play it to be remembered again. It was already going over in her head. Her eyes were lost as all that was playing in front of them was that day. How it is when you still try to get up from one thing you get beaten down by many more, a lot worse that you actually have to think over for a moment about how much you have lost. So many people, so many relationships destroyed which we
She had already stepped on the gas pedal but Adrian ran in front of the car, not caring he could get hit. It was a possibility but he knew deep down in his heart that if Natalie left she will definitely get in an accident.Natalie quickly slammed on the breaks, her heart thumping with fear as she looked at Adrian in front of her. Her palms got sweaty as she thought if she had gotten a little late, Adrian could get hurt.Her worry quickly got replaced by anger. She clenched her jaw pissed at him. What was he doing? Did he want to get killed?Adrian saw the rage on her face as she glared at him, gripping the steering wheel tightly. He realized she was controlling herself from lashing out, as her eyes kept on glancing at Timofey standing there a little confused. She obviously didn’t want to make a bad impression in front of Timofey.Adrian quickly nodded to Leonid to take Timofey away. Nodding back, Leonid dashed towards Tim, picked him up, and left again.Adrian could see she had let he
"No matter what you will always have me by your side."Adrian looked down at Natalie, her head on his chest, eyes closed but what made him panic was her heartbeat. It was slow, too slow. He sat her in the passenger seat, quickly put on her seatbelt, and ran to the other side. He drove to the nearest hospital as quickly as he could without getting into an accident.As soon as he reached the hospital, he got out and picked her up, and ran to get her treated. Sometime later, he stood outside her room waiting to get some news. He tapped his foot impatiently. Then a doctor came out, he immediately stood up."She's stable now. She could have overdosed but she's safe now."Adrian nodded."She must have been upset if she —" "she was.""Well, those pills were to suppress her emotions. It will only make it worse for her."Adrian nodded his head, deep in his thoughts."Do you want to get her help—""I'll take care of her."The doctor smiled seeing the determination in his eyes."She's lucky to
"And sometimes you just realize it too late...."Natalie was 18. She and her best friend were really close like sisters. Everything was well till the day a boy came into their life.He came into their life with a smile on his face, eyes holding respect for them but who knew he was a demon who would eat their souls away. Destroy everything they didn't even think about. A devil named Finn.Gail was a soft-hearted girl. It didn't take her much time to fall in love with him, he was flirty and never dropped a chance to make a move on her. Natalie however was not so soft-hearted. She never trusted him blindly. She always was cautious about him. But Gail was already so deep in love with him that she forgot everything else that existed. Her parents didn't like Finn so she moved in with him, without even a second glance. How Natalie wished she should have seen that Gail was losing herself in loving him. Nothing else mattered to her, it was just Finn. She loved him enough to let go of her mora
Weeks passed Natalie didn't contact her, and neither did Gail. She wanted to hurt Finn so much, but she couldn’t. She just hoped a kid in his life would change him. Isn't that what people say?She didn't fire him, she didn't give him any bigger job either. She didn't see him either. In fact, he was working under someone else now. Finn thought Natalie would let him give anything he wanted to protect her friendship with Gail but he was wrong. She really did leave this time. He panicked if she didn't care then what was the point of tolerating Gail and her dreams of them living as a family? So he changed his game, he made Gail talk to her again, emotionally blackmailing her that he didn't like this fight between them. So after a few months, she called her. And Natalie picked it up, she hoped she had changed her mind. But her hope shattered when she realized she didn't call her because she wanted to be friends with her again because she believed her but rather because Finn made her. Thi
“Love.... some indescribable but so desirable....”Natalie told Adrian the whole story to Adrian how Finn destroyed Gail's life. How he changed her which was why she was afraid to love him, when she felt an urge to be close to him she was scared. She was worried it would happen again, she would make a mistake again..she would change like Gail did. People see love with beauty and awe in their eyes but for her it was pain, she looked at it with hate in her heart. In her head love was just a word for obsession and selfishness, but when Adrian challenged her otherwise and she found herself getting into this trap of love, her first instinct was to run away from it. She longed to be away from it. It was not just her past, he was her enemy but it's indeed true you don't choose to fall in love or the person. The moment she felt him taking care of her, she didn't even realize she stopped minding it. When that impulse of extreme hate turned into this wanting to be with him, see him, love him
“Run love, I’m the truth you’re afraid of...” Natalie was quiet. How could she tell someone something which she still didn't want to accept? The memories resurfaced and it felt like they didn't happen years ago but just yesterday like they were still fresh. Adrian was still staring at her waiting for her to speak. But it was like she couldn't get the words out... "Talk to me." He rubbed his hand up and down her back. She looked in his eye afraid she would judge her but they just held concern for her. Like he wanted to take away the pain. She closed her eyes and took a breath. “Just try to let out once” Just try... She opened her eyes and that stoic look came back again as if it was a mask to fool herself that she was okay, that she was strong enough to say it. "One day I went to his house to take Gail's stuff, then his mother came." Natalie was staring out of the window, lost. Her tone was blank like she was too numb to feel what she was saying. But deep down it killed her so