Nathan’s P.O.V Valentina’s face flushed red at the accusation; she took a few steps away from the gentle man in surprise. “N-Nathan? Why would you say something-g like that?” She stuttered as she spoke, I could tell she didn’t know how to talk to me, she was a bit hesitant, I understood why she did.It was still much of a surprise that I was talking to her and acting like normal, I turned towards the boy that was standing closer to her…Ethan… now I remember his name. He introduced himself as Ethan Lords, and I did a lot of searches about him since the time he turned up on our porch but I remember clearly the name of his father, because he was a fucking billionaire.Ethan glared down at us, since he was much taller, I could tell he wasn’t pleased to see us and I wonder why. “Are you my sister’s boyfriend?” I decided to ask, since Valentina wasn’t going to answer me, I needed something to ease the tension and make us have a natural conversation and if it was possible, this was the o

Valentina’s P.O.V Ethan would rarely talk about his family, even among his friends, that was just how secretive he was, but then again, why would he tell me everything? I can’t help but feel something was fishy, Ethan was onto something.He suddenly stopped and I stopped after him and then I realized we were already outside the city center; I was too deep in thought to realize that we were already done with our little visit. “I hope we get to meet up like this some other time,” Ethan said as he picked my hand from my sides, he was holding my hands for the seventh time that evening without my permission. “Just to have fun and do other things.” “You still haven’t told me what your intentions are,” I confronted as I pulled my hands out of his Ethan got the message because he slipped his hands in his pocket. “I’m not sure how I feel about your sudden change of attitude towards me and you have refused to give me a proper explanation which makes me even more suspicious of you.” “Friends

Nathan’s P.O.V “It’s quite late, don’t you want to go to your room?” Valentina asked as she glanced at the time from her worn-out alarm, my eyes went in the direction of the alarm as well. We have an hour and thirty minutes till the next day. “Can I stay with you tonight?” I offered pleadingly and Valentina blinked owlishly at me, she was suspicious of me. “I just want to sleep here.” “My bed is quite small and you might not be as comfortable as you would be in your room.” She began to adjust her bed, trying to get her clothes away from it. “Are you going to be, okay?” “Yes, I will be,” I answered confidently, climbing into the bed first even without asking for her permission, she didn’t seem offended. “Would you mind telling me about this Ethan?” “Uh?” She flushed turning her face away from me, I could tell they were more than friends as of now. “Why would you ask me that sort of question in front of him?” She then suddenly started scolding me, it took a while before I recalled

Valentina’s P.O.VDaughter of a murderer? Who? Me?“Daddy what do you mean by the daughter of a murderer,” Norah asked curiously, as she inched forward towards me. “Dad please answer me.”“Right… you guys have the right to know what kind of beggar she is,” Ron said as he stared down at me condescendingly. “And about how ungrateful she has been to do something like this to you, Norah.”“Dad please stop.” Nathan inched towards us, but his father glared at him. “You have done enough.”“This is nothing compared to what she had done to me.” Ron kicked me again and a small scream escaped my parted lips. I was in blinding pain as I tried to shift away from them, Ron grabbed my hair hurling me to my knees. “And to your mother that I love even more than I love myself, all those wounds that wouldn’t heal.”Ron seemed to be crying, as heartless as he was… Ron cried.“Years, years ago your mother used to work in a bar, just to make ends meet, your grandparents are very poor and she was a very amb

Ethan’s P.O.VThe boy grabbed my hands and he tried to push my hands away from his neck, but I held him even tighter pushing him harder into the wall. Valentina was fine when she left me yesterday, and I spoke to her this morning, even though her replies were quite harsh.I understood her, but why would she suddenly be in a very serious condition all of a sudden?“Let me go…” Nathan said breathlessly as he tried to disengage from me, “…This is a hospital, you shouldn’t be doing this here.”“Tell me, what happened to her truthfully… I don’t care where we are,” I snapped at him and the boy quieted immediately. “Was it Ron who did that to her?”His eyes widened in surprise he seemed to know what I was talking about, I pressed him even tighter into the wall.“I-I don’t know what you are talking about.” He denied it almost immediately.“I’m asking you if your father did that to her!” I yelled once more, attracting the attention of the passerby, but I couldn’t care less about that right now