I stared at the cliff longingly, tears rolling down my cheeks as unbearable pain erupted inside my skull. I clenched my jaw, holding my head, not removing my eyes from the spot where my husband had stood barely a few minutes ago. The man behind me snickered patting my shoulder from the back saying “Get up.“.I remained on spot, feeling numbness grow inside me. Numbing the aching in my head and zoning out on the sounds around me. He clicked his tongue in annoyance and yanked me by my hair. My hands wrapped around his, trying to remove them as he pulled me to my feet.“You said she’s mine once that idiot is out of the way.“.My eyes were screwed shut in pain as my hair remained tangled in his fingers, Edward’s words were like an arrow through my heart. Reminding me that now, there was no saving me.The man snorted, bringing his nose to the crook of my neck and sniffing deeply. I froze in panic, tugging his hand harder, failing to do what I had intended to and instead I ended up with a shar
A week and a few days later:Julian was healing well, he wasn’t flinching every time his shoulder moved now and he could apply a little pressure on it. Which was a step forward because his previous condition hadn’t been as good.After failing at convincing him to stop working and rest well so he could continue later with renewed vigor, I snuck his laptop out and handed it to Edward. Who did exactly what I had expected of him and had locked it up with his study.Now Julian was forced to relax and sleep, healing properly with a bit of scolding from Donna. It was funny to see tiny Donna size up these two bulky men. And especially funny when she pulled their ears for being too stubborn.Easy to say, Julian hadn’t touched a single paper since. I had never really imagined that I would have Julian use me as a shield against his mother and that too while running away from motherly affection. True that he was old enough to not have his cheeks kissed as greeting but Donna had resisted the stupid
I stared at the cliff longingly, tears rolling down my cheeks as unbearable pain erupted inside my skull. I clenched my jaw, holding my head, not removing my eyes from the spot where my husband had stood barely a few minutes ago. The man behind me snickered patting my shoulder from the back saying “Get up.“.I remained on spot, feeling numbness grow inside me. Numbing the aching in my head and zoning out on the sounds around me. He clicked his tongue in annoyance and yanked me by my hair. My hands wrapped around his, trying to remove them as he pulled me to my feet.“You said she’s mine once that idiot is out of the way.“.My eyes were screwed shut in pain as my hair remained tangled in his fingers, Edward’s words were like an arrow through my heart. Reminding me that now, there was no saving me.The man snorted, bringing his nose to the crook of my neck and sniffing deeply. I froze in panic, tugging his hand harder, failing to do what I had intended to and instead I ended up with a shar
Footsteps thudded behind us as we ran down the hallway, the men that had heard the shot go off chased behind us. Luckily, they didn’t shoot, clearly under orders to bring us back unharmed. It had me thinking of who it could be behind all of this? And what could they possibly achieve from keeping us alive? Surely they weren’t going to use us against Julian?I glanced back over my shoulder and picked up the pace, going as fast as I could with a dress on as I realized how close they were getting.The closer we got to the stairs, the louder the sounds of gunshots became.It was definitely a battlefield down there, and running onto it, barely armed and protected would disrupt the balance and make us loose all our chances at possible survival.“Amrita What are you doing?!“I heard Edward call out from a corridor we had just passed before the men behind us were shot down. We stopped, quickly running in the direction of Edward’s voice. He had splatters of blood all over his clothes and some had a
“I love you, I love you, I love you, I~“Julian chuckled as I kissed all over his face as a silent thank you, while confessing my undying love to him.“That contradicts your earlier statement love.“Julian said.“What earlier statement? Your ears must be ringing.“ I replied.I responded a bit too quickly, tying the knot on his bandages tightly. He winced before pulling his shirt on and rotating his shoulder to test the movement of his arm.“Thank you, love.“ Julian said.I beamed at him before sitting down beside him, his wound was well healed but I kept it covered as precaution. I can’t believe it had only been 7 hours since I hugged my parents after 10 whole years!It was approaching mid night, during the rest of the day we had moved to another safe house, I was in the same car as my parents after Julian reluctantly let Donna drag him away. It was a full on tear fest that we sat through, my father was the most shaken one. He apologized so many times for letting me leave on my own, going as
A month later:“So how was it?“ I asked.Me and Donna were seated at the couch, watching a new k-drama and fawning over the beautiful people together, while my husband, brother-in-law, father and mother went to interrogate their captive. From what Julian had clarified for me, the man was his fathers right hand, someone his father had entrusted a lot to.There was some tension between Julian and Edward, it had confused me at the beginning but then I had learned that it was because that man had been the father figure in their life. Someone who had, in a sense taken up the role of leading male for them.“What do you all want to eat?“ I asked.We couldn’t order anything since the location of the safe house had to be kept secret and that was depressing. There was a bit of complaining at the beginning but then we just settled for cooking for the employed people of our little group.I smiled at them as my father and Julian talked about something which seemed too intense for me to keep up with and
“I think he’s gay.“Dad whispered to me, loud enough for all of us to hear. We laughed as Edward glared at us.“No, I’m too busy with work to care about some stupid female.“ he replied.I ’awed’ in disappointment and he turned his head away. Julian looked at him and sighed.“Edward actually likes someone.“Julian said.Everyone went quiet as Julian announced that and Edward stared at him with wide eyes. As if silently pleading for him to shut up.“But she’s taken.“ Julian said.We gave him depressed looks as he face palmed and glared at Julian, who curtly directed his attention away from his scowling brother.“uhm uhm, may I have everyone’s attention please?“Amlian spoke up, standing straight like a host would and turning around as all of us quieted down. Once the only sound in the room was of us breathing he followed with a quick ’thank you’ and turned around, gesturing for someone to come out.I watched quietly as Ellen stepped out from behind the wall, her eyes were drawn to the floor as
“They definitely picked up on your habit of sneaking around.“I squealed in surprise, slamming the file shut in the process and whipping around to my amused looking husband.“I promise, It’s not what it looks like.“Copying Amlian’s words, I sighed as he pulled me into a kiss in response. The kiss slowly heated up, forcing me to pull back for air, placing my forehead against his as I pecked his lips a few more times.“Okay. I might’ve been sneaking around a little.“He chuckled, standing up and lending me his hand before pulling me up alongside himself.“Nothing to worry about love, besides, this isn’t your first time in here.“I gasped and my face colored as I remembered sneaking into his study a few months back and turning around to find him sitting on his seat, giving me an amused look... He didn’t get much work done that night as he had followed my embarrassed self straight to the bedroom... nor did he get much sleep...“Y-yeah, did you see the boys?“He hummed, an alluring mischiev