Chapter-33

ɪ'ʟʟ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏꜱ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ʏᴀ

ɪɴ ꜰʀᴏɴᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴍᴇ

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As soon as we reached home, he stormed into the bathroom. Pico hissed at the door since he startled him. I took that time to change out of my dress. I tried not to get stuck this time though.

I picked up the bowl Pico was eating from and kept it away. It's been awfully long since he went in there, I turn the knob to find it open. "Chase?" I call. I didn't hear a reply but the sound of a running shower. His shirt was lying on the floor while he stood there in his pants, rubbing his arms.

It all felt like deja vu, this time I was just witnessing him doing it. His arms were all red from all the rubbing. I rushed to him, holding his hands to stop him. Fuck, the water was burning hot. It seemed like he didn't even notice my presence in there until I touched his hands, which he jerked away.

"No, no." He said, gasping for air. I turned off the shower. He was desperately trying to wash off her touch.

"Stop. Please, she's never going to touch you again. I promise. Stop hurting yourself." I say, reaching for his hands again. He didn't push away but didn't hold them either. "Come here." I wrapped my arms around his neck.

"Don't let her affect you, she clearly wanted this. You're stronger than that." I say, pulling back just to be pressed against him as he decides to hug me back. "You need to treat your skin. It'll hurt later, c'mon." I say, trying to pull again.

"Do you think I'm dirty too?" He asks quietly.

"You're the purest person I've ever met. Whoever said that to you just needs my fist to meet their face." I tell him. Blair Stone deserves a special place in hell and I want to take a part in making that possible sooner. "Let's get into dry clothes now, shall we?" I say, picking up the towel and handing it to him. "I'll bring your clothes." I tell him before running to the closet and picking up his clothes.

"Here, change and come out quickly. Don't you dare turn the shower on again." I warn before walking out.

He did listen to me and come out after changing. "You forgot the tshirt." He says.

"I know, come here. I'll put this aloevera gel on your body first. That burn you gave yourself needs to heal quickly." I tell him, showing the bottle of aloevera gel to him.

He took a seat on the bed, keeping the towel aside. I squeezed some gel in my hands and rubbed on his arms. "That's not how you cope. That burn could've been worse." I scold him. "Turn around now." I say. He does. I do the same on his back before telling him to let it absorb.

"You didn't have to stop me y'know? I could've killed her and nobody would've suspected it was me. I'm a genius in that department! I had this friend in highschool, he was into some shady shit. I learned a few things." I tell him. He just shakes his head and throws the towel away from the bed and lies down.

I lay down beside him, facing him. "Are you comfortable with this?" I ask.

He keeps his head on my chest, his hands on both of my sides. "I am." He replies.

"Good night."

"Night." He says before letting out a sigh.

•••••••••••

"Are you done now?" I ask Rome who was still looking at the menu. I decided to meet him at a restaurant and for the last fifteen minutes, he's looking at the menu to select what he wants. He asked me not to speak to him as he was focusing.

"Yep. We're ordering burgers." He says. Ofcourse he is. He spent fifteen minutes for nothing. After placing the order he finally looks at me.

"You could've hid that hickey." I tell him.

"He was happy I asked him to move in and everyone should know that I'm getting some." He shrugs.

"Sure. Anyways I want your help." I say.

"What for?" He asks.

"I need your sources."

"My sources?" He frowns in confusion.

"The one you used to send me flowers at my workplace dickhead." I remind him.

"Ohhhhh. Those sources. Who do you need to track down?" He asks.

"I just..will you help me out please? I can't tell you right now." I tried to explain.

"Anything for you pretty girl." He says, taking his phone out. "His name's Zack Oxley. I sent you the number but I'll give him a heads-up call." He tells me.

"Thankyou so much. Wait no, what are his charges?" I ask.

"Don't worry about it. He's a friend." He says.

"But still-"

"Here comes our burgers." He says, cutting me off.

"Why did you have me checked?" I ask him, taking a bite of my delicious burger.

"To get your address." He answers.

"The actual reason asshole." I roll my eyes at his stupid answer. He walked me home, he knew my address.

"I got scammed before, there was this girl I befriended and she turned out to be a journalist. I just wanted to be safe, nothing more. I didn't get the deeper details, you can trust me on that." He said.

"But I can get the deeper details right?" I ask.

"Yeah, he's the best in his field." He assures me.

"This will stay between us, right?" I ask.

"But I can tell him I went on a date right?" He asks.

"Yeah, it's not like he'll fight me or something." I reply. He just laughs in reply.

"Talk of the devil.." He chuckles, showing me his phone which had an incoming call from Caden.

"It's fine, he might be waiting for you." I say. Looking for our waitress for the bill. After paying the bill, we bid our goodbyes.

The next person I was meeting was Luke. His parents weren't home when I reached his house. It's been so long since we met.

"Lukeeee." I said, taking a seat beside him.

"Hi." He says, looking forward.

"What happened?" I ask.

"I broke up with her." He says.

"Ohmygod, really?" I shout, not being able to control my happiness. I never liked her anyways.

"You could've acted like you're sad for me." He rolls his eyes.

"You once said I'm a shitty actor." I point out. "And why do you sound so disappointed? She was a bitch to you, she even asked if Chase was single after sleeping with you!" I tell him.

"I thought it was mom dad instead of you, they were bringing takeout with them." He tells me, not even hiding his disappointment.

"I actually brought a burger for you but it'll go into my stomach since you're being a brat." I tell him.

He looks at me as I do the same and we both linge forward to my purse.

"Eww you stink." I yell as he hovers above me.

"Thanks." He says, taking out the burger. "Why do you have so much shit in your purse?" He asks.

"Half of these things aren't mine." I tell him. He hums, unwrapping the burger.

I tell him about how my week went while he tells me about his dramatic breakup. He suggested selling the previous apartment and looking for a new one. He even prepared a pros and cons list.

"I wasn't even built properly." He ends his rant. There comes out the architect in him.

"It wasn't bad either." I say.

"It'll be like a change of scenery." He says. "I'm not saying we should start looking for one tomorrow, think about it. Our neighbours are chaotic and nosy, we need new neighbours." He tries to convince me.

"I'll think about it." I tell him, getting up.

"You going already?" He asks.

"Yeah, it's getting late and I still need to get Chase out of his office. That man overworks himself sometimes." I tell him. "Bye and don't worry, this time I'll find a girl for you." I say.

"Nah, I don't need one." He says.

"If you insist but seriously bye."

"Yeah, get out now." He replies, throwing a bottle cap at me.

••••••

As I reached the office I saw the person I least expected to stand outside.

"What do you think you're doing here?" I ask Blair, who was wearing sunglasses in the dark. Stupid bitch.

"I came to give him a late birthday gift." She tells me.

"How about I gave you something late? The title? You want it bitch?" I ask. I've never felt like this before. The urge to kill her with my bare hands is so strong.

"You've got a big mouth I see. It's not very lady like." She says in a sophisticated manner.

"What do you want? Why did you come back?" I ask, my teeth gritting in annoyance.

"You're not what he needs. He needs someone to teach him his place, to remind him what he is and what he'll ever be. I'm the one who can teach that to him. I took great care of him back when he was a child-"

"Yes, a child. He was a fucking child you pedophile." I yell at her. There was nobody around us, which I'm thankful for. I can kill this bitch with less witnesses.

She chuckles as if I said something funny. "He needs me. He'll come back to me." She says.

"Not if I kill you first. I warned you last night, stay away from him."

"I'll watch my words if I were you. I have bodyguards with me, I can press charges for death threats." She warns.

"You think I care, go ahead. Press charges and sees how easy you make it for me to ruin you faster." I say, stepping closer. She looks up at me as she's clearly inches shorter than me.

"You think he'll stay with you? He'll leave you as soon as he gets bored. He has issues, he doesn't trust you. He's using you." She says as if she's trying to engrave the thought in my mind.

"And you think I care about what you say about him? You? A rapist is telling me about how he's using me? You think you can manipulate me? I've dealt with people like you all my life. I'm not leaving him and I'm not letting you hurt him again either. Get your pathetic self out of my sight and our life because I'm not letting your shadow touch him till I'm with him." I say, taking a step back. "Leave before you miss an eye." I gave her a smile, looking at her bodyguards who were standing a little far away from her.

"You'll regret your decisions." She says before walking away.

We'll see.

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( I changed the dress in the previous part, you can take a look at it if you want to or not, your choice)

I hope you're enjoying the story so far as I see I've gained alot of new readers.

Xx.