Rick

I'm feeling the rush of thousand heartbreaks watching them wrapped to each other, an urge to destroy everything stir in my head, I fisted my hand at myside. Anger blazed, but no flames shot out because I know if I would do anything crazy, it will cause another fight with Jen which I'm not intend to. Thus, I controlled my anger. I felt my dilemma reach to her, she stiffened under my burning gaze and hesitantly parted away from Daniel. I watch them numbly, Daniel is trying to hide his excitement that made his silver eyes sparkle, I caught his amusement for having such a good response from Jen, where I only tasted the bitter test of hatred and rejection. My heart swell recollecting the number of painful rejections from Jen, she never shows a slight affection to me. And here she ran into his embrace lovingly, a pang of jealousy stab my chest.

Daniel cleared his throat awkwardly breaking the silence, he flashes a sweet smile to Jen, I swallow down my annoyance.

"It's so good to see you again Jen, but it might have been fun under better circumstances?" he sounds calm and collected, sort of funny. He earned a beautiful smile from Jen on his stupid comment, unbelievable, anger brewing inside me. Should I follow Daniel to seek attention from her, may be if I behave like him, gentle, caring and funny then maybe she would give me a chance, ugghhh..it's impossible for me to act cool, I'm the way I am, a years of habits can't change in a one night, but maybe it would be worth to see the smile on her face. It's the second time she genuinely smiled since we met, I felt little relieved as I recollected the image of her smiling face besides me, a blissful moment of my life, indeed.

"Umm...how did I get here? I mean in this room?" she watched me from the corner of her eyes hesitantly, fidgeting with her fingers.

"You got faint on the middle of road, I found you unconscious" Daniel concernedly stared at her.

"Like always your knight in shining armour found you, carried you in his arms and took good care of you, isn't it Daniel?" I sarcastically said gritting my teeth, he touched my Jen, he always comes out like a hero for Jen whenever she needs it.

"Oh, thanks Daniel. I think I should leave now" She lifted her chin in defiance, looking directly into my eyes, challenging me not to utter any other word and I silently obey her command.

"You should not go alone, should I drop you?" Daniel asked uncomfortably glancing towards me.

"No, I'm fine Daniel, I can manage" she politely refused him, she walked out from the room, Daniel wants to insist her but restrain himself because of me and I know that very well. I shook my head, I ramble towards door.

"Where are you off to?" he has a nerve to ask me, I glared at him.

"I won't lie to you Daniel, I'm going to drop her off safely at her home, beside you don't have to worry about her" he averted his eyes embarrassingly on my rude comment.

"She would not accept it" he muttered in his low voice.

"That's what you think Daniel" I left the room without giving him a chance to ask another question, how dare he thinks he has a right to come between me and Jen. I strolled around the road, I couldn't find her, my heart raced up, where is she? Hope she is fine... I took a sigh of relief when I saw her on the bench of bus stop, she is holding her head between her hands, gazing to the ground.

"Are you ok?" I asked sitting beside her.

"Why are you here?" Her dark with anger eyes met my gaze, she scrunch her nose, even in her anger state, I found this cute. I'm really behaving like a lovestruck puppy.

"You know why, right?" She stared me sickeningly.

"I don't need your help, go away" she shook her head disapprovingly, it tug my heart, I don't know how long I can control my rage around her, the effects of her rejectionare doing toll on me.

"Jen, don't be stubborn, you are not well, let me drop you safely at your home. Please" I actually begged her to allow me, she looks blankly at me.

"I can manage Mr. Adam, I will take cab" she shrug her shoulder, this is it.

"Enough Jen, common lets go to my car. I'm going to drop you, whether you like it or not" When she doesn't move at all, I grab her by arms and pull her to her feet, she is not expecting this, frightened with my sudden change of demeanour, she kept her eyes squeezed.

Jen

Rick gripped my arms and led me towards his car, fear raced through my vein, is he going to hurt me again? no, I won't let him be in charge of my life.

I pushed him away "Don't touch me, you have no right" I barked on him angrily.

"Jen.." I can see he is trying to control his anger.

"Stop it, why can't you understand, I don't want you in my life, your presence does this to me, I was happy when you were not around. Look at me, what you have done to me, I'm soulless, I'm not the whole person anymore, I'm made up of wraiths, with bits and pieces of me scattered all over the place, just because of you. I am struggling to get back my life on a right track but you are on my way, Rick" The forcefulness of my words came out of me like a fire from dragon, his eyes grew more piercing than ever but instead of getting mad on me, he stood gobsmacked. I didn't mean to hurt him but his eyes telling me how badly my words crushed him, I clench my jaw and feeling simply horrible. I took a deep breath in regrets, I'm feeling miserable watching him broken.

"Rick, this is going to happen whenever we cross our path, as I said earlier we are destructive to each other, we can only offer pain in returns" I huffed softly, I could feel my lips quiver once those words spilled from my lips. The tears came the moment I saw his eyes watered, I look closely to him and hold his face in my hand. Our faces moves in closer, I can feel his jaw line open slightly beneath my nervous hand, he closed his eyes, scorching pain deep inside him.

"Rick, spare us from this pains and suffering. We are no good for each other, stop living in the past, I have moved on and I want you to move on too" his saddened eyes avoid me, he lowered his eyes then finally drifted his gaze on me, my heart ached... really ached when the pain shadowed his eyes, I wanted to erase that pain which I caused him but it's for betterment.

"Do you love Daniel?" how stupid it is? How could he even think of this?

"No, I don't love him, not the way you are thinking." I raised my voice little loud on my defence.

"Then why don't you give me a chance, give us a chance, Jen. please" His begging eyes wanting an answer from me.

"There is no us, our love died on the very same day when you refused to give in into your revenge and went to kill my dad" I tartly retorted, withdrawing my hands from him.

"That's not true Jen, I.." I stopped him abruptly.

"I don't want to listen anything about our past, please understand once for all that I don't want you in my life" I upstretched my voice angrily, I tried to make him understand but he is not playing fair, he is stirring the old feelings in me which is not good. There is no hope for us, we are done already.

"This is what you really want?" he asked looking intensely into my soul, my heart started pounding in my chest, I shivered with the intensity of his gaze.

"Yes, I don't want you to look back into our past, I want us to be strangers working in a same company. Once I complete my contract, I will never look back" he looks surprised but he nodded solemnly.

"Fine, if this is what you want" he paused,  then continued  "you know what my mom is always right, you Milano doesn't have a heart to love someone, I wonder if you have ever loved me wholeheartedly or you were loving the idea of love." his sorrowed eyes lighten up with anger, the gentle Rick replaced by the ruthless one

"Do you think it was easy for me to love you, putting my strained past behind, the answer is no... I fought with myself, to my doubts, my disbelief on love and even with my mother for you, because I don't love you with any ifs or buts, I loved you from the bottom of my heart. I loved you and accepted you with all flaws which came with you, not like you who put condition for love, and do you know what I realised today, that you don't deserve my love" his words cut me as knifelike. I felt immense pain, I gulped his insult and looked away from him.

"I was right though, this love doesn't mean for me, now be happy Jen because I am giving up on you, have a fantastic life ahead. Goodbye Jen" I wanted this but hearing those words from him crumbled my world beneath my feet. I gasped when he leaned over me, I don't have any idea what he is upto until his lips crashed into mine angrily, his kiss is not gentle, his lips devouring and punishing me for whatever event took place. His hold tighten over my arms, he is kissing me deeply, passionately, I kissed him though it might be our last kiss ever, he groaned, kissing me again, a hard press of his lips against mine. My traitor body is giving up, I whimper, clutching his shirt, not sure if I am going to push him back or pull him closer. Then I kiss him harder, our tongues tangle, our hands roam and our bodies collide in most exquisite way. I am panting heavily, he stop all of sudden "I won't love you back even if you beg for my love" he murmurs, nibbling my lower lips and with that he lets me go and turns, striding down away from me. He dialed a number on his phone.

"Drop your Jen at her home, she is all yours from now on" he disconnected the call looking back at me, his promising fierce eyes indicated me, I lost him. He is going back on his heartless way, I still feel his lingering lips on mine, my thumb traced my lips. What I have done is for good, isn't it? Then why I am feeling devastated watching him walked out from my life. Water pooled in my eyes before finding a path down my face.

Within few minutes Daniel came to me, he put me to his car, asking me numerous question but my mind become paralyzed to answer. His intense gaze, his words and his kiss is the last thing in my mind, when my body exhausted and my eyes grew heavy and soon I am sliding into deep sleep.

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