I Never Forgive And Forget

Chapter Thirty-One

Brandon's POV:

I entered my apartment and froze. The noises that were coming from the bedroom made me confused. I took the steps closer to the bedroom and realized that someone was arguing. I knew very well that one voice belonged to Laura and other one sounds familiar.

The bedroom door was left ajar making the voices clearly flow out of the room into my ears.

"C'mon Paul, I told you it's not that easy". Laura said making me freeze outside the door.

"I don't care! I want you to pack your bags and come with me. Now, we have enough money to run away and spend our lives like we always wanted" Paul argued back to her.

"First, let me spend some time with you and your gorgeous body". Laura said to Paul.

Then I heard the sound of moan and it was enough for me to snap me out of the damn shock. I shoved the door open and it banged hitting the wall.

"What the f*ck is going on here?". I yelled.

I found Laura on top of Paul. They were both naked and shocked to see me. Then after few seconds, they struggled to untangle themselves from each other while trying to cover their nudity.

Laura wrapped the sheet around her chest got up from the bed. She walked to me and I took the step back with my jaw clench. I glanced at Paul who was still busy in putting on his clothes.

"Brandon, please, I can explain". Laura said looking not at all guilty.

I was livid and wanted to murder her with this bastard who thought taking away my money and fiancee would be this easy. Did I mention ex-fiancee?

"What will you explain, Laura? How you fu*cked another man in my room and on my bed!" I shouted.

Now, Paul was dressed and his eyes were roaming around the room in the search for an escape.

"He has been blackmailing me! Forcing me to cheat on you." Laura said.

Paul's eyes popped out from their sockets at the allegation. I felt sick to my stomach at the thought of loving this woman.

"She's lying! She seduced me to get access to the company account." Paul shouted.

My eyes went to the large black bag that was sitting atop on table in the room. I walked closer and find the bag half opened. I peeked inside and the crisp bundles of dollars came into my view raising my temper.

They looked at my expression and paled simultaneously.

"Boss, it wasn't me. I swear! It's all her idea. She's manipulative cunning bitch". Paul said looking at Laura with accusing eyes.

"Don't act like you are a saint, Norman". Laura spat.

He glared at her while I texted Matt to come to my apartment with police.

"I'm at least better than you bitch!" Paul shouted.

"Yeah, fu*king your boss fiancee is better than stealing money from his company". Laura sarcastically said. Once again she was blaming him for the crime they both have done.

"I did it because of you. And because I loved you". He said clenching his fist.

Laura didn't realize that she was just digging the deeper grave for herself by provoking Paul. After working with him for a year, I had realized that he couldn't control his tongue in anger.

He started sprouting everything which I efficiently recorded on my phone.

"I never stole that money for myself boss. She met me in the bar five years ago and we had a one night stand. I liked her and when she found out that I work in your company she started following me around. She made me fall in love with her then forced me to steal money from your company. She wanted me to give her expensive gifts and complains about it. I was blinded by her beauty and loved her. I never realized that she was poison and one day she will ruin my life". He finished his rant and Laura turn paled.

I took the step forward and asked, "Where is rest of the money, Paul?"

Paul's eyes went to Laura for a second. "Did you ever loved me?" he asked.

"No. I mean look at you and look at Brandon. Did you think after having such a handsome man I would love you? You are a fool, Paul" Laura said.

At that moment, I realized that this bloke had helplessly fallen in love with this wench who had nothing beautiful inside her except an ugly heart filled with greediness for money.

I realized what a fool I was to believe that this girl had changed.

When Paul accepted that Laura really never loved him he said, "Every penny that I stole from you, I have given that to Laura. She has an account under her name. The bank is few blocks away from this apartment. I deposit all the money there".

I knew about what bank he was talking. I found the checkbook last in my closet and asked her.

In a lightning speed, I moved and punched him in the face making him fall unconscious on the floor with blood gushing out from his broken nose. I wanted to do that from the start but his confession needed to be recorded.

Laura gasped staring at him and his eyes widened. She looked frightened and somehow it satisfied my anger.

"Just because he confessed his crime he thought I would forgive him. But he was wrong, I never forgive and forget. Who knows this better than you Laura?" I said taking a step closer to her making her retract her steps.

I saw her body quivering with fear and I liked it. I wanted to scare her so she would never attack me and stay away from me.

My eyes caught the red marks on her neck, the claim of another man. I clenched my jaw at the sight and felt the pure resentment and hatred towards her.

"You mean nothing to me from now on. I hate you, Laura! I really do! I thought that I would never be able to hate anyone but you proved me wrong" I spat in complete anger making her flinch.

The police arrived and arrested Paul who was nursing his broken nose. Laura tried to protest giving threats to police how her parents are great lawyers. But I they didn't hear her. I promised her that I will make sure both of them will spend a lifetime behind the bars.

Matt was standing beside me when the police cars left the place taking those traitors away from me.

"You knew about Laura and Paul. That's what you wanted to tell me this morning". I said.

"I thought I will inform you about them when I get my hands on the proofs against them but now you know". Matt said patting my shoulder.

"Make sure that bastard spends a long time behind the bars". I said to Matt as he started to leave.

"I can sure he will get what deserves. See you tomorrow". Matt said.

"I'm not going to be in the office tomorrow". I said with the sigh.

"Are you going somewhere?". He asked.

"Yes, I'm leaving for a day or two". I said not knowing where I would be going after this.

"Okay".He said in the understanding.

Matt left the apartment and I went back to my room. I felt disgusted when my eyes landed on the messy bed and her stupid silk nightgown.

The hurt and sadness made its way to my heart. I pulled out a small duffle bag from the closet and filled it with some clothes.

I texted my dad and told him that I would call him myself. Then I texted Matt telling him to contact my dad and inform him everything about the situation at hand. I couldn't do it myself. I couldn't look at them and the sadness in my parents' eyes.

I locked the apartment and left to go somewhere alone. A secluded place where no one would find me when I am at my weakest point.

Madeline POV:

I went backstage to meet Bryan after his performance. He was the cutest kid of all. He was dressed in King's costume.

"Hi, Bryan". I said kneeling down.

"Hi, Madeline". He said my name loudly making his teachers turn around and look at us with a smile.

"You were so good on the stage like you are made for acting". I complimented him by pulling his chubby cheeks.

"Madeline, stop. I'm not a kid".  He said swatting my hand back.

"You're a kid stop pretending like you are some teenager" I grumbled kissing his cheek.

A noise similar to displeasure escaped from his mouth.

His attitude reminded me of myself when I was a kid. I had the same attitude as him and I was very mouthy. My mom told me that I used to be quite cocky and liked arguing with people back and forth.

"If you're done then we should leave because I have planned some fun things to do for today". I said making him smile.

"Let me change out of this". He said indicating towards his king's costume.

"Okay". I waited for him to get change out of the costume. When he was done he came out dressed in blue jeans and a white t-shirt.

We both went back to the auditorium where Matt and Lisa were waiting for us with their daughter and our parents.

"Hi, Bryan. You were really good, little man". Matt said patting Bryan's head.

"Yeah, you were great". Lisa complimented with a smile.

"My baby was natural". My mom said pulling his cheeks lovingly.

"Oh, you were so good". Mia said kissing Bryan's cheek.

I felt like Mia had a huge crush on Bryan. Mia was Matt and Lisa third child and only daughter. They already had two sons and one started college last year while one was still in high school. Mia came as a surprise to them four years ago. She was cute, funny and I love her.

"I'm proud of you, son". My dad said patting him on the back.

"Well, guys! I'm taking Bryan with me". I announced making everyone stop sprouting compliments.

"Oh". My parents said with the sad face.

"That's good but we will miss you both". My mom said.

"Mom, I live just a few blocks away from your house". I replied kissing her on the cheek.

"Honey, let them spend some time with each other". My dad said pulling her to his side. She nodded her head.

"Am I late?". We heard Sam's voice behind us.

"Yes, you're late as always". I said rolling my eyes at my brother.

I came to know six years ago I had a brother name, Samuel Emerson aka Sam. He was an awfully good-looking, twenty years old guy who studies in NYU and lives near the campus. And he always comes late to every event.

"Oh c'mon sis. I got stuck in traffic". He whines but his messy hair was telling another story.

"Sorry little brother, " He said ruffling Bryan hair making him look at Sam with an irritated face.

Bryan's reaction amused Sam making him smile teasingly. I was quite familiar with Sam mischievous look it means he was planning to irritate Bryan.

I caught Sam's wrist in the middle of his another attempt to touch Bryan's hair and twisted his arm behind his back and said, "Don't mess with him".

Bryan stared at us with a full-blown smile. He likes it whenever I defend him. He looked at me like he loves me. At that moment, I wish I could grab him and shower his cute face with kisses.

A pained groan escaped from Sam's mouth making me realize I was holding his wrist in a tight grip.

"I'm sorry, dear sister for annoying your little Bryan" Sam said making me glare at him with the eyes that clearly tell him to shut his trap. I released his wrist and he rubbed it.

"I'll forgive you, Sam, if you promise to buy me some ice cream tomorrow". Bryan said.

"Deal". Sam mumbled high-five him.

"Mo...Madeline, let's go! I want to spend a day with you" Bryan said sounding excited and started dragging me out.

"Okay, everyone bye," I said with the shake of my head while I let Bryan drag me out.

I buckled him in the car seat in the back and started driving to the Bookstore where I planned to take him for book shopping. Well, like me he shared the same interest in reading books.

It was our nightly routine to read something together before going to bed and falling asleep. But from the day, I moved out of my parents' house, we got only vacations or weekends to spend with each other.

When we reached to the bookstore he was extremely excited for a five-year-old and bought five different books. Two were since fiction, one was about stars and other two was storybooks based on moral lessons.

After that, I decided to take him to a place which was a dream world for kids. Bryan was really overjoyed to see that I brought him to "Funland".

We bought tickets and we entered in the place. He insisted on driving a car. He loved the cars and when he was three years old, his favorite toy used to be cars in red colors.

After that, we took some most thrilling rides of the place and the waterfall one was the best. Although it made our clothes wet but still we enjoyed it a lot.

After spending two hours in the "Funland" and riding on almost every ride the place had to offer we decided to leave and had an early dinner.

I drove us to our favorite pizza place and ordered a pepperoni pizza with extra cheese. While waiting for our order we talked about school, his friends, and football.

Yes, Bryan loves playing this sport and watching it.

After we had dinner, I asked him if he wanted to have ice cream but to my surprise he refused. I might add this that it was a very first time that he had refused ice cream.

Then I drove in silence and took us to my house. I bought a single story house few blocks away from my parents' house. I still remembered how hard it was for me to make my parents agree and let me move out. They were adamant about making me stay with them and bearing all my expenses without letting me add my share.

I understood that they wanted to pamper me, show me how much they loved me and cared for me. But I couldn't spend a life as a princess sitting on the throne while servants work for me.

I always liked working hard. I liked doing things for myself and living a normal life. I never enjoyed spending my parents' money although I was grateful to them for helping me when my life was a mess. I still remember that horrible week of my life that pushed me into a deep depression and turned my world upside down. Without my parents and Sebastian's help, I wouldn't be possible for me to move forward from that phase of my life.

Moving out from my parents' house was a big step for me in that fragile state. But I had to do it in order to feel the freedom of life without having every pair of eyes staring at you with pity or sadness.

I moved out of my parents' house four years ago and I feel glad that I took that step. It helped me to realize who I am and what I wanted to be before my heart got broken into pieces.

I hate him for what he did to me but the time I got to spend with him was the most beautiful part of my life. He was my lifesaver, keeping me from drowning. His memories made me realize that I was still alive somewhere.

I glanced at the Bryan from the rearview mirror and saw him yawning. I smiled looking at him, his beautiful blue eyes were filled with sleep.

I parked the car in the garage and stepped out of it. I opened the back door and helped him to unstrap the seatbelt.

Locking the garage, I pulled out keys of my house from inside the purse and locked the door. I entered with Bryan and switch on the lights.

"Bryan, go to the room and get changed into your night attire. I'm coming in a minute, buddy" I said shutting the door and retrieving my cell phone out from my purse.

Bryan sleepily nodded his head and made his way to my room where he sleeps whenever he comes to stay with me.

I checked my phone to find missed calls from Sebastian and decided to call him back.

"Hi, I took Bryan to Funland and forgot to check my phone. I just saw your missed calls". I said making my way to the room.

I slumped down on the bed and stared at the clock. It was 8:30 in the evening.

"No problem. I just wanted to apologize for not showing up on Bryan's play". Sebastian said sounding guilty.

"You know Sebastian you don't have to apologize for missing a school play," I said.

I felt guilty for making him feel responsible and worried about a small thing.

"You have already done so much for me. I don't want you to feel guilty for such small thing" I added.

"I have done nothing for free, Madeline. You have helped me to in many ways and you know it" He said making me roll my eyes.

"Oh, yeah, how can I forget you're doing this because of the deal," I said sarcastically.

"Exactly, you know how selfish I am when it comes to deals," He said.

"Keep telling that to yourself, Seb". I retorted back.

He sighed and made the noise in irritation like wasn't agreed with me.

"You're not a selfish man, Sebastian. You are not a selfish egotistical money hungry businessman that you claim you are. I know the real you" I said trying to make him change his perspective about himself.

"What do you know about the real me?". He asked me.

"The real Sebastian is hothead ruthless businessman with an attitude problem. He infuriates me every second and uses cliche old pickup lines on girls to get laid". I finished my description and heard him laugh.

"I knew you had a crush on me. You are jealous that I get laid faster than your imagination while you are living a celibate life" He teased me.

I snorted in response making him laugh again.

"Sebastian Carrington, I'm warning you. Don't even think about going to the club tonight. I cannot handle another article about you cheating on me behind my back" I teased him reminding him of the time when one of the reporters snapped his pictures leaving the club with some model. I had to assure the media that they were only old friends and nothing happened between them.

"Damn! It means tonight, I'll have to use my han..".

"Shut up, Sebastian". I said ending his call before he could've completed his stupid sentence.

I cursed him to hell and Bryan came out of the washroom changed into his pajamas and baby blue shirt looking cute as always.

"Did you brush your teeth?" I asked him.

He nodded his head and I smiled.

I fetched my nightgown and went to the washroom to get changed into it. Then I brushed my teeth and came out. I switched off the lights of the room and got inside the comforter, pulling Bryan closer to my chest in a side hug.

He mumbled something which I didn't catch. I kissed his head, running my hand through his silky soft brown hair like his father.

He again mumbled something but this time I heard him clearly. My body turned to stone in shock.

"Bryan, baby, what are you saying?" I shuttered.

He snuggled closer to me and mumbled, "I know you are my mommy, not my sister"

I stopped breathing at that moment, my mind turned numb at the realization that he knows the truth. I felt the tears brimming in my eyes.

"I love you" He mumbled and I couldn't stop the tears falling from my eyes.

I pressed him closer to my chest and his tiny soft hand wiped my tears from my face making me cry harder.

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Hello lovelies

Another early update!

I know it's quite mysterious and you want to know answers to everything. I promise after few more chapters everything will make senses.

I will reveal more secrets of Madeline last six years life in the upcoming of the chapters.

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Published Date:4-05-2017

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A found this picture on the internet and think of him as Bryan.