Chapter 71: chapter 71

Jeremy's POV------------------"Elora! What's wrong?" I ask furiously while following her to the car. She gets in the passenger seat and slams the door shut. "Just drive the damn car," she says angrily and turns her face away from me.I'm so confused but still, I start the car.I was on my bed deciding whether to accept Zeco's offer or not. Whenever I think about the woods and the beauty that lies there, I feel the thrill and I'll do anything to spend time there but today I was hesitating. Even though Zeco was more than willing to take me there. Perhaps, I didn't want to give him an easy way yet. But I was one step away from opening my door and letting Zeco in when Elora burst inside.  "Get ready!" She ordered.I looked behind her and saw Zeco patiently standing out at the door. How long has he been there? "Sorry Zeco, but I'm borrowing Jeremy for today," Elora said bluntly. Zeco's face dropped as soon as he heard her but he is the most loyal dog in this family. Even though he doesn't serve Elora directly, he backs down because she is his boss's lady. I wouldn't say that I wasn't a little disappointed. I felt like he should've at least said something like, I wanna talk to Jeremy, just for a moment, please. But instead, he just gave me one last sad glance and disappeared. I shouldn't have wasted my time deciding whether to go with him or not. I should've straight-up rejected him in the first place.Ugh! So frustrating and what the heck is happening with her? Elora is being quite scary."Where are we going?" I ask her. Her eyes are closed and her head slightly leaning against the window. She looks like she hasn't had any sleep last night. Did things not go well with Rodas Yesterday?But I dare not ask again. I take a turn and drive the car towards the countryside road. She must want to go somewhere peaceful. One hour has passed with not even a single word spoken between us. Elora has been staring out of the window while hugging her knees constantly lost in her thoughts. We are in a small countryside right now with green fields on both sides of the road. I guess, today's gonna be a healing day. I stop the car seeing an ice cream vendor. Elora glances at me to check but shortly goes back to her own world. "It's good, you should have a taste," I say with a kind of excitement in my voice while coming back with two strawberry ice creams. "I don't want it" she whispers. I sink into my seat, looking at the ice cream in my hand. Damn, at this point I, myself will slip into depression.I take a deep breath and turn to face her again. "C'mon, we have come to such a beautiful place. Shrugg off your sullen face and eat the damn ice cream" She sighs and finally looks at me with a hint of a smile on her face. "You're such a cutie you know," she chuckles.I wink at her, finally feeling a little bit lighter in my heart. "So, what's cooking?" I ask while licking the heavy strawberry taste of my ice cream. "Did you fight with Rodas last night?" "Or was Rodas being an ass again?" I wait for her reply patiently. My phone has been buzzing in my pocket with a couple of notifications and I know it would be whether Rodas messaging me or Zeco but right now we need none of them to interrupt our bestie talk."I think I'm leaving Rodas," she mumbles."You think?"I don't think she is serious at all. She loves him too much to leave. But then I see the tears welling up in her eyes. That's when I shift on my seat and give her more attention. I slowly take the melting ice cream from her hand and throw it away along with mine. "What happened?" I ask her, slowly taking her hand."I asked him to leave all these and live a peaceful life with me but it went wrong though. I know I'm being selfish but I was just telling him about my wish and how I dislike all this chaos. Instead of comforting me, he asked me to leave if I wanted to"Asshole Rodas. He shouldn't say things he doesn't mean. I know he must be dying with guilt right now."Shouldn't you talk to him again? No..." I shake off my words immediately. "Just ignore him for now. I bet he will come crawling back" "I'm moving out of the mansion" she says, trying not to cry by biting her lips and this makes me realise that this time it is indeed serious. Stupid Rodas."I think you shouldn't rush... Maybe think it over again. I know I might be sounding weird too but I don't know. I'm worried about you Elora" Stupid fucking Rodas.My hand quietly slips inside my pocket and takes out the phone when Elora looks out of the window. Then I dial Rodas's number. Motherfucker needs to hear it himself. He picks up immediately and I put the phone on the back seat. "I think I'll die, Jeremy. I stay in that mansion for a whole day alone. I don't have anything to do. Sometimes Rodas doesn't come home for days.  Just how long will distract myself by reading books and playing piano? Just how long will I be tormented by that closed nursery door? I'm so afraid I'll die of loneliness." She sobs."I love him and that will never change and I thought just loving him is enough no matter what. I thought I could withstand everything when I was with him but for how long? I'm so sick and tired of putting up with things I'm not comfortable with. I'm so sick" I pull her for a hug. She deserves none of it. Faith can be so cruel.To let her meet someone like Rodas. At this point, I would rather have her hate Rodas than love him. I wish the same on me.I want her to hate me too, hate this entire organisation and leave somewhere peaceful where she can meet someone who entirely values her and treats her as she deserves.