I tried pushing him, but he didn't budge. He instead roamed his hand all over me. Touching me where I'm not comfortable. The guy only moved away after his phone rang, while I stood there shocked out of my mind to see Jonah in front of me. It was him who kissed me, who touched in all the bad places. I raised my hand and slapped him hard as soon as I snapped out of my shock.
"What the heck? How dare you? Are you out of your mind?" I shouted at him with rage. I couldn't believe what was happening. I started hitting him with all the strength in me, trying to forget or somehow take revenge for kissing me like that. He held my hands which were hitting him.
"I did what I wanted to and damn! It felt good. You sure have soft lips, smooth skin and an amazing body." He said with a smirk as he traced his finger over me. I looked at him disgustingly as tears started pouring out my eyes.
"Aw...are you crying? Why? Do you want more of my kisses?" Jonah said as he walked closer to me. I pushed him away and ran to my house without looking behind as tears fell from my eyes. Closing the door to my house, I leaned against the door and took a deep breath, wiped my eyes and went to the kitchen to place the items on the counter. Mom was busy cooking so I kept the bags and quietly walked to my room.
Looking into the mirror, I rubbed my swollen lips and gargled to remove the taste of his lips from mine. After spending a few minutes in this, I had a long bath; rubbing at my skin to get the feel of his skin from me. I couldn't believe he would do that to me. What is happening with me is unknown to me, and I'm confused out of my mind. Jonah was never like this. I still believed that didn't have a valid reason to break our friendship and was only doing so because of Lily. But he has changed. I could see it in his eyes today, how his pupils dilated, his smirk.
After cleaning myself, I lied down on my bed and willed myself to not think of the incident. I was tired and didn't have the energy to shed any more tears, but I had other things coming my way.
Bzz... Bzz...
I sat on my bed as my phone vibrated. It was a notification from Instagram. I opened the application and went to my chat box . Furrowing my eyebrows in confusion I opened the first message, It was from our group chat. I opened and the first thing I saw was Jonah kissing me. The next slide had the picture of his hand on my chest while he kissed me and three more slides like this. I sat there shocked for I don't know how long, but once my phone rang I snapped out of it. Tears started leaking from my eyes, afraid of what's going to happen now. It hadn't even been much time since the incident occurred and it's already posted for the public to see. How? Was this a trap set for me? Was this already planned to ruin my happiness? How could this happen?
I looked at my phone and my breath hitched, It was Aiden. I started hyperventilating and couldn't seem to stop it. My phone stopped ringing and I waited for it to ring again, but the next thing I know is the doorbell of my house ringing. I stood up and ran out of my room and hid near the stairs to check who it was without being noticed. I saw as my dad opened the door and stood at the other side of the door was Aiden.
I quickly ran back to my room without listening to what they were talking about.
I paced my room to find a solution. If I had told him this before the post was uploaded, maybe he would've understood. But now I don't know if he'll believe me. But everything happened too quickly for my mind to adjust. I needed time to myself after what happened. I needed time to come out of the trauma. This is not how I wanted to meet Aiden. What if he thinks I'm making excuses? What if he break-up with me? No! This could not happen. I thought as I tried to wipe my tears.
I was still pacing when I heard a knock on the door. I hesitated before slowly opening the door. Afraid to see him, but he pushed the door open before I could open it widely. I staggered back as I saw the rage and hurt in his eyes. I felt hurt seeing him like this.
"Is it true?" He asked me and I couldn't speak.
"Come on Kia, tell me if it's true what I saw?" he shouted at me and I flinched. I've never seen him like this.
"You are not saying anything, not even defending yourself. What does this mean? Does your silence mean what I'm seeing is true?" I saw the hurt in his eyes as he mumbled all these things.
"How could you!?" He cried out and my heart broke seeing him like this but my lips were sealed shut against my wish and I was hyperventilating inside, thinking about the chaos my sealed lips were causing.
Mom and dad came running upstairs at the noise.
"What's happening here?" Dad asked, barging into the room with mom by his side. Both had worry etched in them. I couldn't open my mouth to utter a single word, and the same goes for Aiden. The only difference was, it was the fear that didn't allow me to speak. On the other hand, Aiden was seething from anger, hurt and betrayal. So, when they didn't get a response, dad stood in front of me; facing Aiden.
"I'm asking again, what is going on here? And why are you shouting at my daughter?"
"Well...this is what happened." Aiden said and showed the post to dad. Mom too came forward to see what it was. I couldn't read their expressions as their back was facing me, but I knew they'd be disappointed with me.
My dad slowly turned around while my mom stood there shocked.
"What is this Kia? Is this how we raised you?" Mom sobbed, and my heart broke a little more at her crying. I shook my tears falling down, I couldn't open my mouth to say a thing. I wanted to speak, to tell her it's not true; to believe me but not a single word came out of my mind as I sobbed, still shaking my head forcefully.
I slid down and sat on my knees, crying hysterically. Dad reached my side immediately, engulfing me in a hug as I sobbed into his chest.
"What happened sweetie? We won't get it unless you tell us." Dad said quietly.
"What is there for her to explain? We can clearly see it Michael." Mom shouted. She always had a short temper, and I know it has affected her badly.
"Kia, open up. Tell us what's going on." Dad said as he lifted my chin up, wiping my tears. Dad was always the sane one when we had an argument at home. His policy was to hear stories of both sides before getting into a conclusion and I love my dad for it.
I want to tell them but I don't know if anyone except dad will believe me. Mom must have already made a story of her own in her mind and it will take her time to understand, but I believe she will listen to me.
"I-Iâ" My voice cracked causing me to cough. Dad immediately brought me water.
"Relax first." Dad said as he guided me to sit on the bed from the floor.
I finished the water quickly before opening my mouth, "I was com-coming back ho-home when suddenly someone ki-kissed me. At first I-I thought it wa-was Aiden, but then his ha-hand start-started roaming all o-over me, and I didn't feel comfortable. I then knew it was not Aiden I tried hard-harder but he only moved away a-after his ph-phone rang. I looked at him and o-only then I saw his face. J-Jonah stood there i-in front of me, I slapped him hard and started hitting him, b-but he caught my h-hand and started touch-touching me inappropriately, s-so I pushed him and ran he-here." I told them with never ending tears falling down as dad ran his hand all over my back in a soothing way. I didn't look at anyone, my gaze was fixed on the floor as I further continued.
"I didn't know what to do? It w-was so sudden th-that my mind couldn't come to terms w-with it. I came here and directly went into the shower to erase his touch. Then my phone vibrated with a notification so I opened it only to see the pictures posted. I didn't know wh-what to do. It w-was too sudden. I got scared. The pictures were uploaded just a few minutes after the incident happened. I was not expecting it. I was tired and I-just wanted to t-try to sleep and for-forget it." I ended as I cried harder.
Dad hugged me tightly. Mom too cried as she rubbed my arms while muttering soothing words to me. I didn't dare look up at Aiden, I couldn't.
"You take a rest, and I'll see what I can do," dad said softly as he laid me down. Mom was gonna sit with me when dad took her outside the room with him. I shifted my gaze from the door and it landed on Aiden who was looking at me intensely. I can see his jaw clenched and arms fisted from here. I couldn't remove my gaze from his as he moved towards me slowly.
"I'm sorry sweet cheeks," Aiden said softly as he rubbed his index finger on my cheeks softly. I shook my head, keeping my tears at bay.
"Don't be. You didn't know. Anybody would have acted that way." I said as I held onto his hand which is on my cheeks.
"I should've at least listened to your part of the story before accusing you," he said, as he looked into my eyes with regret.
"You did exactly that, didn't you? You asked me what happened even if you were angry you didn't accuse me of anything instead you asked if the picture was true, if the caption under it was true." I explained. It's hard to see him like this, vulnerable.
"Yes maybe, but I did accuse you in my mind. I had already declared that you have cheated on me without hearing your part." Aiden said with guilt and I couldn't bear the look so I sat up and hugged him tight.
"Don't blame yourself please. I can't see you like this. If I would've been in your place, I would've done the same. it's in us to come into conclusion without hearing the other side of the story and it's perfectly fine. You are here with me now and that's what matters. you believed me and that's what matters." I told him while stroking his hair.
He pulled back after a few minutes and looked at me again.
"What is it?" I asked, concerned.
"Did he hurt you somewhere? You said he touched you inappropriately, where did he touch you?" He asked with concern and anger. I looked down.
"He didn't hurt me physically, but he did touch me where he shouldn't have." I mumbled. He lifted my chin up and I saw his jaw clenched for the second time today.
"I'm gonna finish him," He lashed out, rage for Jonah evident in his eyes.
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Hii!
I have to edit a lot in this book because as I go through the chapters I find some important information missing, like describing a character, explaining the plot properly and definitely wrongly typed words etc. and Ik the book is never good when the readers can't understand the plot or feel what the characters are feeling. I'll keep trying hard coz as I've said in the beginning, English is not my first language and sometimes it troubles me to write what I actually want to write just because I don't get specific words to express the feeling.
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