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Chapter 27
Lea’s point of view:
“Lea”, I felt someone’s grasp on my shoulders, shaking me.
“Lea, wake up!" someone called out to me.
I groaned and struggled to open my eyes. It’s been a while since I’ve had such a slumber and waking up seemed to be so difficult right now. My eyesight was blurry at first but it then gradually focused on the face leaning above me. Ryder! I gasped and sat up slowly, trying to avoid any contact with him. I pressed my back up to the head of the bed and stared at him. He was currently watching my every single action closely.
When his eyes travelled up and down my body, his piercing blue eyes sent a bizarre kind of chill down my spine, I covered myself up with the bed sheets, squeezing the material in my fisted hands. He shook his head at my actions and glanced away but I did not miss the tint of pink covering his cheeks for a split second before fading away.
“Sorry! I
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Ryder’s point of view: I slammed my bedroom door on the way out. What the hell? She is not fucking mute. I just made a complete idiot of myself. Not only will she be afraid of me for the comment I made about her last night and after what had happened the moment she woke up to find herself surrounded with people who were once again judging her when she clearly wasn’t the kind of person to be treated like that, she might also think that I’m not right in the head. I rushed downstairs with the thought of calling Jason. I snatched my phone off the kitchen table and called him. While waiting for him to pick up, my eyes fell on the amount of dirty dishes lying by the kitchen sink waiting to be washed. “How’s life?” Jason chirped as soon as he received my call. “Wonderful!” I chirped back with the same amount of enthusiasm. Note the sarcasm. “What crawled up your ass?” Jason taunted in a provoking way.
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I leaned up against the kitchen table as I listened to their plan of actions. Roland Hilton is the head of the police department back in Jacksonville. He has solved all the cases that he took up so far. I was certain that he will solve this case as well as get Lea’s father behind the bars in no time. When Jason told me about Lea’s mother, I felt my heart twist in pain. I really hope that the woman is okay. I wouldn’t want Lea to suffer like me and live without her mother. She lived ten years without her. She shouldn’t live motherless her whole life. She should at least meet her mother now that she was at such a difficult stage in her life. Lea doesn’t deserve any more pain.She already suffered enough by her father’s ill-treatment. The way her father treated her was close to being disowned by him. The bastard clearly did not want anything to do with her. Instead of finding the reason why his wife left him, he began blaming his own daughter.
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I snacked off some chips while trying to understand my conflicting thoughts but I ended up dozing off on the couch right after I finished the packet of chips. The TV was still on when I woke up two hours later. The haze of sleep dissipated from my eyes as I tried to refocus on the living room area. The empty packet of chips was lying down on the floor. It was already three o’clock in the afternoon. I drank some water and rinse my face before deciding that Lea needed to be woken up. She has been asleep for three hours now. She missed breakfast and lunch. She has to eat something.End of flashback:I dried up my hands once I finished rinsing the last plate.I walked back upstairs to apologize to Lea for my past actions but I halted with my hand on the doorknob once I reached my bedroom. Should I just go in or wait for her to come out? I bit my lower lip as I lifted my right hand to knock on the door. After waiting for a while, I fro
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Is it because I have never been in the same room as a guy?My father never allowed me to have any friends and has always been watching me and whenever some people talked to me back in my high school, he was already aware of it by the time I get back home. I never got the chance to tell him that I wasn’t the one who initiated the talk and that people was embarrassed to be seen with me. Only new students, who did not know that I wasn’t the person they should be approaching, stopped to talk to me or even spared me a glance. I never spoke back though. I was supposed to be mute. My father never gave me a chance to explain. He only shouted at me with his punches.So, having a relationship or even befriending a guy was just out of question. I never really thought of befriending one. I was scared of what my father would have done to the guy even if someone would have been interested with me. I knew no one really saw me as girlfriend material back at my high school
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Ryder’s point of view:I clenched my jaw when I saw her stepping away from me.I wasn’t going to hurt her. I know that trusting a stranger is not easy but since Jason left her here for protection, she should at least have some trust in me. I agree that I should not have made that comment last night but still.Fuck this! I am going insane with my thoughts. They are messing with my head. Why should I worry about her? She’s here to be under the protection and care of my brother, not me. I just need to watch over her until my brother returns back from whatever unexpected case he had to fucking tend to.Thinking about my shitty brother, I’ll have to deal with him once he’s back.I fisted my hands as I felt a familiar emotion simmering from inside of me. I felt my jaw ticked in anger but I grounded my teeth together to rein in my anger. After a while of debating whether to just leave her in her misery or to
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Ryder’s point of view:I mentally cussed at myself for forgetting the reason why I came upstairs in the first place. I needed to apologize to her for my comment last night, my behavior this morning and for making her wounded right wrist worst.I squeezed my eyes tightly shut before opening my mouth.“Look, I’m sorry. I’m sorry for what I said last night. I’m sorry about my harsh behavior this morning and I’m sorry about this.” I apologized before I could have had a change of mind.After asking for forgiveness, I let out a breath that I had been holding in. I hesitated before eventually looking up.She pulled her right hand away. I let her hand slip away from my hold.“I-It’s o-okay.” She stuttered out cautiously as she glanced up.Our eyes met. I gulped. I couldn’t look away. She has the most beautiful electrifying blue eyes I had ever seen. Her drenche
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Lea’s point of view: I walked downstairs towards the noise echoing in the silent house and it led me to the kitchen area. I stopped by the kitchen door as my eyes fell on Ryder’s back. He had a red kitchen apron on which was tied back around his waist. He was standing by the sink and chopping something. When he glanced over his shoulders to look at me, I couldn’t help but shiver as I played with my quivering fingers with my eyes casted downwards. I felt his stare on me, sending cold yet hot shivers up my spine. I swallowed hard as I felt a lump formed in my throat. I felt my heartbeats rise up when I tried to muster up enough courage to talk to him once again. I did not want to stutter but I did once I opened my mouth. After asking if I could talk to Jason, he dialed Jason’s number before giving me his phone. I hesitated before taking it out of his hold. I was afraid he might yell at me for asking to speak to Jason. Multiple scary tho
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I have a hard time believing that Ryder isn’t what he pretends to be yet; I did not want to misjudge him for I have been wrongly judged my whole life by other people. I can’t misjudge someone else. I can’t become those people who simply judge someone based on what they see. I need to know Ryder before making any judgment about him. Yet, I was not ready to approach him. I felt insecure. I don’t know why but I felt like I wanted Ryder to have a good impression of me.Judging from his rigid back, I believe I just made the best impression already. He must have heard my conversation and I really hope that he wouldn’t be angry at me. Anyone else in his place would feel bad hearing me badmouthing them while staying with them in their own house. I bit my lower lip as I thought of how stupid I acted by complaining about him to Jason.Ryder’s point of view:What the hell? Yes, I am a stranger but come on; we haven&rsquo
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