Chapter-41

ɪ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴡᴀɴɴᴀ ʙᴇ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ᴡᴀʟᴋꜱ ᴀᴡᴀʏ ꜱᴏ ᴇᴀꜱɪʟʏ

ɪ'ᴍ ʜᴇʀᴇ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴛᴀʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅɪꜰꜰᴇʀᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ᴄᴀɴ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ

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I look at my mother, waiting for her to start speaking because I'm not going to sit.

"Vittoria, sit down." Vaughn said, giving me a look. Who the fuck is he calling Vittoria?

"It's Celeste." I grit out.

"It's your name, isn't it?" He asks. I noticed he has an accent.

"I do not give you any right to use my middle name old man, just because you married my mother doesn't mean you mean something to me. Get that?" I pointed my finger at him.

"Celeste. Sit down." Mother yelled.

"Ask your husband to stop acting like he knows me." I replied, taking a seat. They did a little talking with eyes things then he joined her. Both of them were sitting infront of me.

"Vaughn and I-"

"I don't want to hear your love story. What was so important that you called me after two years." I asked.

"I met Vaughn before you were born-"

"Ohhhh highschool sweethearts." I commented.

"Stop interrupting."

"Oh I'm so sorry, my mother didn't teach me any manners, I apologize." I said, giving her a smile.

"I deserve that." She said, a sad smile playing on her lips. "Vaughn is your father." She said.

"Just because you married him, it doesn't make him my stepfather. You called me here for this? I don't want a father, I don't even want a mother! You both can go to hell." I said, getting up.

"Vittoria." Vaughn spoke.

"Listen here Vaughn, it's Celeste. C-e-l-e-s-t-e. It's not that hard. Stop. Calling. Me. Vittoria." I said, turning back to him.

"Celeste, he's your father. I never said anything about step father-"

"You think I'll believe you?" I laughed. "This man-" I pointed at him then at me. "Is my father?" I asked. "Where was he when I needed a father?"

"I-"

"No mother, where was he when you left me to feed myself when I couldn't even talk properly? Where was he when we were living in that slum area? Where was he?" I asked, my voice getting higher with every question. Does he think he can claim to be my father all of a sudden? "You told me you don't know who my father is. You said I was a 'mistake'. How come you know he is the one who's my sperm donor? Maybe it was another of your money machine? Right?" I asked.

Vaughn stood up. "This is how you talk to your mother?" He asked.

"Shut the fuck up. You are no one to speak between us." I said to him before turning to my mother. "Is this another one of your cheap tricks? Is he even my father?" I asked.

"You're crossing your limits. I lied to you, he..he never knew about your existence. He worked for dangerous people before, I didn't want my child to grow up with constant fear of getting killed. I'm sorry." She said, tearing up.

"But you left your child to starve and die alone?" I asked. "You could've told me! Atleast a life surrounded by dangerous people would've been tolerable if I had even one parent to give me a little love! You took away my father from me and then you forgot to be a mother to me let alone be both of my parents." I yelped.

"Celeste.."

"No don't Celeste me! You did all of this. It's all because of you. You are a liar! And I'm sorry Vaughn, even if it's not your fault, I can't accept you as my father. I spent 24..almost 25 years without a father, I can manage the rest too." I looked at Vaughn, my supposed father.

"Please, give me a chance. I want to know you..you're my daughter. I know your mother.."

"I can't do this. I'm sorry, I hope you have a happy married life ahead." I said, walking towards the door at the same time a girl, who looked to be in her teens entered.

"Mom, dad. I'm home." She announced, not noticing another presence in the room. That did it for me I guess. I turned back to them, not being able to say anything. "Oh we have a guest." The girl said, making me look at her again.

She was beautiful. "Wow, you look so much like dad." She commented, coming closer. "Is this Vittoria, mom?" She asked my mother. She called her mom, again.

"I hope she loves you." I said to her before dashing out the door as fast as I can.

She can love an adopted child but not her own. How people change, she always made it known to me that I was the worst mistake, now she has a daughter, who isn't her own. She loves her enough that she lets her call her mom. I wasn't even allowed to do that. I hope she gives her everything I never had.

After almost crashing my car into another, I stopped and washed my face. This shouldn't affect me so much. I don't even care for that woman. She's nothing. I do not care about what she's doing. I keep chanting this in my head till I arrive home.

I hope I never see them again, their chapter is closed in my life.

I was walking to my room when Caden stopped me. "Are you okay Cel?" He asked.

"Chase..he's upstairs right?" I asked, not turning to him.

"He left for office." He tells me. I thought he meant he was taking an off day too when we were talking in the morning. I guess it was just for me.

"Oh."

"Are you fine? Is everything okay?" He asked again, I felt him closer.

"Yep. I'm good." I replied and stepped up before he could reach me but he already pulled me back.

"What's wrong?" He asked again. I couldn't hold it in anymore, I threw my arms around him.

"I..my mom.." I told him everything that happened today. He let me cry as he comforted me. I don't deserve this, after treating him the way I did yesterday, he shouldn't be consoling me. "I'm sorry. I was salty towards you..I was being a bitch-"

"It's okay, I didn't pay attention. I was too busy crying inside." He said jokingly.

"But-" I stopped when I felt my phone ping continuously. "Give me a second." I said, pulling out my phone, he went to the kitchen.

Unlocking my phone, I saw a few messages from an unknown number. One click, I shouldn't have opened the messages.

He wouldn't, right? He wouldn't. He's not like that. "I got you some wat- What happened? Who is it? Cel?" Caden asked, coming back.

"It's photoshopped..see." I laughed. "It's not Chase. They think I'm stupid." I was laughing, why do I feel like I'm crying?

"Celeste.."

"He's wearing my ring..they didn't even edit that out." I showed the pictures to Caden. "It's not him right? Right? I am not going to doubt his loyalty, he took me out yesterday, he'll never.."

"Take a deep breath..Cel..breathe." I heard Caden saying but my whole focus was on the photos. Chase's hands on some other woman, her kissing his neck, the same place where he had the hickey I gave him yesterday. It felt like the ring was mocking me. I looked at his hand, that was on her waist. "Ring..that's my ring. He said we're married now." I told Caden.

"He would never do that to you Cel, he's in love with you. This..this cannot be him." Caden said.

"Can you take me to the office? Please. I want to see him. I don't feel alright, he's not okay. Please? Will you take me to him? I just want to-" He didn't let me complete as he pulled me into a hug again.

"Calm down, drink some water. We'll leave okay?" He said calmly. I nodded, accepting the water.

He didn't lie. He took me to work after he helped me calm down.

"You just wait..he's probably looking out of the window or working. The photos were fake." I told Cade as we walked towards Chase's office.

He wasn't looking out of the window or working. There was a woman on him, on the same couch we slept on so many times.

I took a step back, bumping into Caden who was right behind me as she turned, giving us a chance to look at them both.

Blair Stone.

I should've known. Chase was unconscious, Caden rushed to him.

"He got tired." She said to me with a smirk plastered on her ugly face, walking past me. I took a hold of her hair tightly, dragging her out with me.

"You don't take warnings seriously do you?" I asked, pulling her hair. She had the nerve to laugh. Leaving her hair, I slapped her across the face, leaving a stinging sensation in my hand.

The dramatic bitch fell on the floor with just one slap. Kicking her stomach once, I dropped down to her level, punching her plastic face. She tried to fight me with her one free hand as the other was under my foot.

"You touched him, again. Without his permission. Again." I didn't stop, I couldn't. Even her bloody face wasn't able to stop me from punching her. "These hands..you touched him with these hands right?" I asked from a barely concious Blair, I stood up to my full height, before stepping on her hand with my stilettos. She let out a loud yelp. Crushing her fingers with my heel till I heard every single one of them crack, I kicked her again. I'm going to kill her today.

"Celeste! Stop..you'll kill her." I heard Caden in the background as I pulled her up with her hair, punching her on the stomach. She clutched my hair in her dirty hand, I slapped her again, making her leave them. Before I could hit her again, I was pulled back. She dropped on the floor, losing consciousness.

"Leave me! I'm going to kill her!" I yelled, trying to get out of the person's grip.

"Please Cel, he's not waking up." Caden said in my ear.

"I promised him I'll never let her touch him, I failed him Caden. I'll kill her." I said, getting out of his grip but I was pulled back again.

"You're under arrest." I heard someone say. Who the fuck called police? I look around to see the culprit. I saw a shadow disappearing from the corner as the officers came close.

"Arrest her! She's the one at fault!" I exclaimed, looking at Blair.

He looked at the officer beside him and nodded at her. She came towards me with handcuffs. "Fine. I'll come with you. Take those things away." I said to her, pointing at the handcuffs. These are not the handcuffs that are going in my hands.

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