I held my breath and waited for him to approach me so that I could plan a defense. But he didn’t reach me at all. He ran past me towards the owner of the house. So, it wasn’t his house, and he didn’t bring me here to punish me. Then what exactly were his plans? "You wanna walk away from your mother?" He clutched his collar and shook him as a beast would do. The guy looked terrified. He couldn’t even speak on his behalf. "That woman, she gave you life. She brought you up and made you what you are today.’’ He growled at him, making him shiver under his rage. I held the curtain behind me in fear and stayed silent, breathing silently as if my breaths would gain his attention. The man looked like he was having a good day until we showed up. "Now that you can wander around and earn for yourself, do you think you can chuck her out of your life like she never existed?’’ His voice had a pain in it, a pain he had felt as well. I was silently watching as he dug at his nails while grabbing his

I held my breath in and calmed myself down. It was our fault that he was able to fool so many girls.“I knew he was wrong. How the hell did I fall for his tricks after what he did to other girls? It is my fault,” I muttered as I cleaned my tears and put on a brave face. She was trying so hard to make him undress but it wasn’t like he was stopping her.At the time I was thinking about burning my bed. I lifted my face and saw Mayor's eyes open. I gasped when I noticed how he stared me in the eye.I let out a breath and took a few steps back. He didn’t respond to her again. We were staring at each other like we had a history together and I found him cheating on me. I lowered my eyes, giving a clear hint of disapproval and sorrow over his actions. That’s when I heard him say,''That's enough,'' I heard him ordering Zoe, tossing her side by slightly pushing her face with his hand. He got up from the bed and cleared his throat. Zoe looked disappointed because she hadn’t even started yet and

Mayor Xavier Charming’s POV:I did realize I messed up a few times with Phoenix. I don’t understand what happened to my mind whenever I came too close to her.‘You did nothing wrong,’ the inner child spoke up.‘I pushed her out of the car when I wanted to --,’ I said, closing my eyes and grunting, feeling regret as I stared at the dirty coat on the floor.‘I have upset her so much that she did this to get her anger out on me,’ I groaned in rage. I was pretty self-destructive. Every time I felt like that might be my day to finally find happiness, I stepped back. There was only one reason I didn’t want Phoenix to be a part of my messy life.‘She doesn’t care about you, trust me. Nobody is going to care until you scare them.’ The little voice in my head distracted me again.‘’Remember what mom has taught you?’’ the other version of me spoke in my mind as I gazed at Zoe. Her continued attempts to touch me were distracting. I didn’t even know when she came to the room, but the look on her

"It’s late. I should head back home." I stepped back from him and looked up again. He had a smile of relief on his lips. Probably because I was finally talking normally to him."I’ll walk you home if you don’t mind." It wasn’t even an offer. He started walking alongside me. Strangely, I liked having him on my side. Or maybe it was my way of stopping focusing on Mr. Mayor and getting involved somewhere else."Thanks," I mumbled, staring at the track."Thank me later for the coffee." His voice fell on my eardrums like a sweet murmur."Don’t you need money from your daddy, Mayor?" The mean girl inside me hit him with sarcasm. The funny part was that I giggled confidently."Nope, I’ll sell you to pay for coffee." His dark jokes were always the reason I rolled my eyes at him. His laugh made me turn to him and narrow my eyes at him."How mean?" I tied my lips into a tight, straight line when scoffing playfully. My eyes were arguing with him like a three-year-old baby."At least I won’t be t

Jace left, and I started walking home all by myself. Thankfully, the unknown caller didn’t bother me with his threats again. So I assumed I would be fine. I was almost home when I received a call from Derrell, asking me if Zoe was still with me."She is not at home?" I asked, slowing down my steps and wondering where she could be."No! would I be calling you if she was at home?" Derrell scoffed at me, loud enough for me to steadily pull the phone away from my ear."I--- umm! I will call you back when I find her," I answered him in a panicking tone."Wait! so she is not with you?" He raised his voice at me after his anxiety took over him. Derrell cared a lot about Zoe’s safety.As for me, he just didn’t care. I sometimes wondered if I was even his biological daughter.I hung up on him since talking to him wasn’t helpful. I was the one who grabbed her out of the house to visit Felicity, but she left hours before.Derrell started calling me again, and I reluctantly picked up his call."E