"You have to be my girlfriend." He said.
"What?" I thought I had heard something wrong.
"You heard me."
I felt Rose going stiff beside me. He was unfazed. Like he had just stated something natural and right and only I was stupid enough to not understand. I was confused.
"And before you get any wrong idea about it", he started speaking, "you'll be like a slave of me. Doing as I say, behaving as I say and on my beck and call until you repay my money to me."
My heart was thudding in my chest. Shit! I didn't know what to do at that moment but I knew just one thing, I had to save my parents. Even if I had to give up my whole life for them. Nothing mattered at that moment. The face of my parents was roaming in front of my eyes.
"I'll do as you say." Was my reply.
*******
1 Month Later
I had to take one month break from the college so that I could take care of my parents. The operations of my parents were done and by the grace of god both of them were doing absolutely amazing. The doctors said that it was a good thing that they were recovering fast. Though they still weren't able to stand on their feet but in about one month or so, they will be able to start the practice of walking.
We had a cake shop, which always did great. The amount we earned was acceptable to run our life gracefully. At the time of operations I had to take money from Eric because the papers of shop was in my parents name. But thank god I didn't do that because now I could repay Eric as fast as possible.
Surprisingly he didn't pry or poke me from the moment he gave money to me until now. The amount of kindness was looking fishy to me.
But whatever floats his boat, I wasn't complaining.****
The Next DAY
I was dreading the moment I decided to set my foot in the college. The amount of humiliation I was feeling was suffocating me. I didn't know when he had said that I had to be his girlfriend, I had to go through this kind of hell.
Actually I had suspected but I desperately wanted to be proved wrong.
When I came in this morning, I started my day as usual but then entered the person I was dreading to confront the most. Eric.
He came, grabbed my arm and pulled me with him to the cafeteria. I struggled but it was of no use. He sat in a chair and then left my arm. All of his friends were present there.
Off course all high profile bitches and bastards. Though I hadn't seen him considering any of them as a real friend. He was very quick to break his ties with everyone and flicking them off his friend list whenever he wanted. That's why everyone said that he doesn't have a heart but have ego as big as Mount Everest.
"Meet my so called girlfriend, everyone." He said to his friends while smirking. A gasp was heard and everyone started murmuring to each other.
He called out to a waiter and ordered drinks. When the waiter came, he asked him to give the tray of drinks to me and go away. The waiter did as he said and walked away but I was getting confused and scared by every passing minute.
"Serve the drinks to everybody."
I heard chuckles.
"Sorry?"
His eyes had that evil glint in his eyes. He gave an knowing look and I knew what it was all about.
That fucking deal!
I finished serving everyone and after slamming the plate on the table I started walking away but before I could do that I was pulled back by my wrist and then I was slammed back in his chest.
"Where are you going Girlfriend?"
I struggled against his hold and tried to free my hand but obviously he was much stronger than me. I didn't want to give him the satisfaction of giving in to him easily so I kept on my struggle.
He pulled me close to him, so close that I could feel his minty breath on my face, "This is just the starting sweetheart, just wait and watch what I have planned ahead for you."
And truthfully, he wasn't lying when he said that it was just the starting of the torture.
****
I fell down on my bed in exhaustion. Two weeks ago, when his torture started, I wasn't sure what he had planned for me but now I knew, no matter what he does or what he plans, his motive is just one- giving me a gift of pain everyday, either physically or mentally.
Though it was not something extreme that I couldn't handle but it was something that I had to endure everyday from past two weeks. All of this pressure was getting into my head. In college the study, his torture and then handling the cake shop and then taking care of my parents, making them eat, exercise and a whole load of work, every fucking thing was getting into my nerves.
And now tomorrow its Rose's b'day . Off course she knows I'm deep in shit from head to toe but I know she expects me to be with her on her big day. Her family is throwing a party and I have to go there. And I think it would be refreshing for my head to focus somewhere else and have a little fun time with my bestie.
But the most enthralling and scary thought is of facing Chris there. He's back from his business trip after 2 months. And just the mere thought of facing him once again is turning my face into a tomato.
Goshhhh!!! My life sucks!
I took a deep breath and prayed to all the angels in heaven to keep me as far away from Chris as possible today.Because here I was, in a cute red slip on dress with my hair in a side braid and pumps in my feet, standing on the threshold of Rose's home ready to enter her b'day party.I had a selfish wish in my head that tried to assure me stupidly that Chris might be too busy in arranging Rose's party and doing a shitload of chores that he wouldn't get enough time to give even a passing look to me. Because no matter how much I try to control the body shiver I get whenever he's around me, its futile.And then I entered the party.I won't say Rose's family was rich or anything but given a look to the arrangements of party, it was hard to believe that his parents worked under someone else. It was like I had entered a red carpet event that was held inside a house. The party was a full on bash.I met Rose, the busy bee of the day when I was having my fi
I collided with Rose in my dash. I glared at her and snapped, "We need to talk."She gave a confused look to me. I pulled her in a hug and wished her b'day once again. Then I took off out of there. Just as I opened the door, my arm was grabbed by someone. It was Chris. He pulled me out of the house and closed the door behind us."What do you need now?" I cried out.Chris gave me a look at my exasperation but shook it off and replied, "I just wanted to say that go home and think about my offer. If anytime, anytime you need me, just give me a call. Alright?" And then he gave me a 'hug'. Oh alright. Its a 'world weirdness day' today for me I guess.I gave him a nod and started walking awa
I pushed him away from me instantly and grabbed his collar in anger."How dare you kissed me?""I wanted to shut you up." He said while smirking."I remember someone saying something like he wouldn't even spit on my face. Who was that.. oh yeah! It was you." I said in my angry rant.His face lost all his expressions at once. Instead of answering me he got out of the car, grabbed my hand and pulled me out. I staggered a little at his fast pace but when I saw ahead, I forgot about my anger and asked worriedly,"Why are we here?""Because I want." He replied shortly while literally dragging me with him towards his home.
I woke up to the sound of something clashing against the floor and some shouting. I was still floating in my dreamland when I shot away from my bed to check if my parents were alright.But before I could reach the door, I realised that I was still at Eric's place. Another thundering sound of someone's shout poked my rising curiosity. I tiptoed outside Eric's room and stood behind a pole to listen."You don't have any right to ask me questions, mother!" Eric shouted. "You have your husband to give your attention to. You don't need to show your fake worry about me.""Eric!" His father said in a calming tone, "Don't talk to your mother like that. She is worried about you.""Fuck her worry." Eric seethed and my hand flew up to my mouth. Oh my gosh! That boy have no filter. N
"Rest for a while." Eric said while he laid me softly on the bed.Well.. I was surprised at his actions today. He took me to the doctor and stayed in the hospital room while he checked my wound. My skin was split under my lips and my lower lip was swollen because I had sunk my front two teeth in there and pierced it. Thankfully, wound wasn't much deep so it will heal in a week or two.What thing surprised me was that when doctor gave an injection of sleep to lessen my feeling of pain, The moment I stood up from the hospital chair to go out to the car, he grabbed me by my waist and carried me to the car bridal style and then from the car to my room at flat.I was dumbfounded. And he held me so close to his chest that I could even smell his body scent. By the time we reached at the flat I was so sleepy that I couldn't
I entered my flat with a tired sigh leaving my lips. The dinner with Rose and Chris was quite interesting. Rose told me that Chris and she were also moving here and they brought a place just a few blocks away from us.Chris brought individual apartments for both of them but a little away from each other to have privacy.I was happy. My best friend was back in my life. But Chris? Well, thats just another story.Just as I locked the door behind me the lights turned on suddenly. I turned back instantly scared to death. I saw Eric standing just a little away from me."You're back." He questioned more like stated."Uh.. hmm." I hummed while trying to avoid his piercing eyes. My mouth was feeling quite better now and the swelling w
"I will see you in a while." I smiled at one of my colleague, 'Mike'. Thank goodness, people here were not as mean as I had imagined. Whole day I did not get even a second of relief because of the workload but on the insistence of my other colleagues I went to lunch with them to a nearby restaurant so that we could know each other well. I wanted to return early so that I could get some work done and Mike insisted to accompany me. By the way Mike was like a typical boy next door type. Blonde, blue eyes, sweet talk, flirt and all, but all in all, there were good vibes coming from him. And that was enough for me let him flirt with me harmlessly while I laughed my ass off at his silly pick up lines. Just as I put my bag down and bid goodbye to Mike, my telephone started ringing.
She hung up the phone and started sobbing once again."If I could ever tell you Eric..",I heard her talking to herself while sobbing, "If only I could ever tell you the reason behind my decision of leaving your father. If only I could ever tell you about the stone I've been forced to put on my heart. If only... if only I could tell you about my sorrowful life, my pain, my sadness. I'm breaking from inside.""Mrs. Black?" I whispered.She jumped suddenly in shock at my sudden appearance. Her hands quickly flew to her face to wipe away the tears on her face.I went to her. We stood awkwardly for a few seconds but then I couldn't control myself and hugged her. She was so sad that even I could feel her pain through her heart. And then the dam broke and she started sobbing ba