I didn''t even have the strength to cry as I watched him lose control. I only felt a strong sense of helplessness.


    My heart was filled with sorrow. The feeling of his touch did not make me feel anything, and I knew he was merelyshing out at me.


    I raised my head helplessly, trying to avoid his kiss while praying that he would just stop. "That''s enough! Nichs, get the fuck out of my house! I don''t want to see you anymore!" "You don''t want to see me? Then who do you want to see instead?" He tore my shirt open as his hands began to roam.


    "Ariana, you keep saying the


    you don''t want to see me, but your body is painfully honest. Has he not kept


    you satisfied? Beg me, and I''ll satisfy you!"


    He freed a hand and waved his finger before me.


    At that moment, I felt a deep sense of hatred that I never knew existed for the man before me. He took a woman''s natural reaction and turned it into a tool for him to humite them with.


    My legs shook as I leaned against the wall weakly. My body continued to slide down the wall until I fell to the ground.


    He knelt before me and asked with hatred, "How many times have the two of you fucked? Tell me!"


    Tears pooled in my eyes as I tried my best to not let them fall. That way, I won''t be able to see Nichs clearly, to see his cruel and wicked expression.


    Why? Why did the man who I had loved throughout my youth change so much? He was unrecognizable


    now.


    Other than sharing the same name, the man before me was nothing like the man in my memories. They did not have a single thing inmon. Nothing.


    Smiling indifferently, tears began streaming down my face. He seemed to have forgotten that I had just gotten an abortion and wasn''t able to have sex for a month.


    I wanted to ask him how I was supposed to sleep with Pete if that was the case. I wished I could sleep with Pete right that second and answer his question properly. Then, I would tell him how many condoms Pete and I used, describe all the positions we had done it in, and satisfy his curiosity!


    Nichs got down on one knee and reached out to wipe my tears away. But the tears kept falling, and he couldn''t wipe my face dry no matter how hard he tried My tears seemed to have washed away the anger and hostility in his eyes. He began to calm down as he listened to me sob.


    Then, his eyes had also turned red as he choked back his sobs and asked, "Ariana, were the fireworks tonight beautiful?* Fireworks? I looked past his shoulder, over at the clock on the wall. It had just passed midnight..Têxt belongs to N?velDrama.Org.


    My smile widened, and I didn''t know if my smite looked good or not. I only bared my teeth at him and said, "Nichs, thank you. Today was an unforgettable day I''ll definitely pay you back for it!"


    He didn''t seem to have heard the sarcasm in my voice nor did he seem to understand the sadness and disappointment I was feeling He was focusing on searching his pockets until he took out a blue velvet


    box


    With trembling hands, he opened the box. There was a bright and shiny ne inside. There was a pendant of a piano adorned with diamonds.


    "I had this specially made for you." He gently opened the ne and wrapped his arms around my neck. "Let me put this on for you."


    There was a zed look in his eyes as he failed to lock the ne in ce repeatedly.


    "I want you to stop hanging out with Pete. As long as I call his brother, you will never be able to meet him. In my heart, we never got divorce."


    well."


    He fastened the sp and smiled. "It''s pretty and matches you we


    I touched the priceless pendant and


    felt my heart drop. He didn''t deserve


    to give me such a gift! In a fit of 1.9


    anger, I pulled the ne off and


    threw it at his face.


    "I don''t need you to worry about my rtionship with Pete. Just take your things, and get the fuck out of ce!"