Amanda's POV

I made sure to avoid any eye contact with him whilst he drove the car . Moments before someone among us may have died , he was savage , once again . When he was busy driving , I cornered my eyes to gawk at him secretly , he looked ethereal  .

His small lock of hair settled on his forehead , a blush escaped my lips  , I looked the other way round at the window  . To my amazement , a rhythm hit my ears . I analyzed the tone and realized that Mr Reynolds turned on the radio . One of my favorite songs was playing on the radio . 

"Oh my Hunter Hayes ", I stretched my lips humming to the tune . It was 'wanted' , it had been my favorite song ever since I have heard it. 

"I wanna call you mine , wanna hold your hand forever ", I sang matching voices with Hayes , Mr Reynolds turned his head in my direction and chuckled . If I couldn't say the words loud , I made sure to sing them to the guy who was dumb enough to understand.

"I have a feeling that my tire's gonna puncture ", he smirked focusing his attention on the road. 

"Excuse me ", I pouted and then laughed . He didn't reciprocate the laughter but smiled instead . The view was fifty shades of sexy . Now , I didn't even try to pour my heart out because maybe destiny didn't want me to . I gave it a shot earlier but it was nothing but trouble.

I pushed my body in his direction "So, do you sing ?"

"never ", his answer was a bit too obvious.

"Oh come on Mr Reynolds , start getting out of your stereotypical black life . There's colors everywhere around , you just have to see them , observe them and feel them . ", okay , I did sound like some sort of counselor  .

"What do you see around , out of these windows or through the front-glass ?", he interrogated .

"Darkness ", I answered "Well, you can't trick me . It has to be black and dark , considering the fact that it's night "

"Exactly , there's always darkness after light . "

"Take it the other way around , there's always light after darkness . Try optimism rather then pessimism ", I objected .

He looked at me for a while then answered "Darkness dominates the light all the time , that's why we have eclipses right ?"

"Don't at least speak geography to me ", I chortled at his answer . He kept his hands on the steering and ignored my question . "Hey , I never really got an opportunity to tell this to you "

He arched his brows "Tell what ?", he questioned.

"thank you , thank you for always saving me and safeguarding me . I would've been dead by now if you weren't around . I know I am an idiot , I also am well aware of my  clumsy nature . I can't thank you enough for having my back . ", I gave him a smile when we had an eye contact. 

He pulled over the car and halted next to some vacant bridge , his attention was on me . " I-I ",he stammered while he talk "You don't have to thank me , I owe you ", he paused "even if it causes my life,I'll save you".

I tucked away the lock of my hair behind my ear "When were you this dramatic last time? ", I half smiled as I spoke the words . I didn't feel scared or shy to speak to him anymore . The atmosphere was now light . He exited the car , I followed him on his way out. 

I rubbed my shoulders when the cold breezes touch my naked skin. We were on a small bridge , our car parked in one corner of it . I kept my hand on the wall's ceiling ,trying to look down . Moon's light contacted the river making the reflection alluring . 

"So beautiful , have you been here before ?", his arms touched mine as he gazed at the river along with me . There were no streetlights around , we could see each other through the luminosity of the moon .I was having the moment of my life, I didn't really want it to end ever.

He didn't part away , he curled his hand around my shoulder pulling me close "I do , I have been here ", he looked up in the sky , not once towards me .

"Thank you for showing me this place then ", I inhaled the fresh cool air . His hands were warm , warm enough to send tickles through my spine. I interlocked my eyes with his whilst having a contact , none of us broke the connection . We just gazed in silence at each other.

His proximity towards me did wonders . Slowly and steadily , he started coming close to me . I didn't pull away but went with the flow. Our foreheads touched , so did our nose . I could feel him breathing . I bit my lower lip hysterically .

Yet staring in his dark blue eyes ,I found peace . Just one moment with him could make me forget about James , about the trouble he intend to cause me . I didn't need to worry because I had my knight in shining armor. 

I gasped when he smoothly pushed away my hair from my forehead and made space for his lips to touch it .He placed a small peck on my forehead and kissed it again after a minute. I tried to control my blush but I couldn't , I just couldn't . 

"I want to talk to you ", he finally broke the silence but didn't distant himself , I really didn't want him to. He locked himself in that position and curled his hands around my waist. His nose touched mine,  our breaths collided.

Was he feeling the same thing , does he loves me too ? If he's not confessing his love then what's it about ? Stop being such a mystery Mr Reynolds , let me unfold you -step by step.

"Maybe you've to be a pretty calm listener ", he took a deep breadth, I nodded to his sentence. "So , probably I've to ask you something and confess you the other thing . What first ?", he arched his brows towards me.

I sensed the seriousness in his tone and answered "Maybe , you should speak up in the chronological order you just said. Don't worry , I won't judge ", I winked solacing him.

"I, uh-- I ", he stammered "I guess you will ", he sighed . "Can you move in with me , please ?', he questioned dissolving confusion in the atmosphere around.  I raised my eye brows in confusion , "Look , Miss Waters . I just want to ensure myself that your safe and sound. I guess that won't be possible at your root house. You're safe in there , with me in my mansion , I hope for a yes "

"Why----? , I um. All of a sudden ? I'll try being safe. I can't just stay with you ", I offended distancing myself. 

"Staying together doesn't mean that we've to share the same room, not that I object to that. You'll have your own liberty there , separate room , precisely. We can think about a plan to destroy James in the mean time. You just have to stay there for a while."

"How long does a while last ?, I stretched out the word while in my sentence.

"I don't know. Shouldn't be long , won't be long ", he shrugged .

"Okay ", I awoke the Hazel Grace within me.

"Okay ", he repeated , a smile took birth on his lips. 

"So , the other confession is ?", I looked in his eyes with curiosity. Thoughts kept traveling around my mind about what the confession would be about. Was he going to complete the sentence I left incomplete? Was it even more intense ? What in the world can an introvert confess, I sighed looking at the moon as he was silent.

"I apologize already Miss Waters ", he sounded strange, the Reynolds I knew would never say those words and to be honest it didn't really suit him too "I-uh , I want to say that ", he stammered again sounding nervous.

"I did something in the past , after knowing it , you may hate me. You should really know what I did to you and your family. "

Okay, he sounded serious. Dead serious. Hate is a huge word, maybe I could just dislike him for a while. A part of me was scared to hear it and the other part just wanted him to say it anyway. I looked at him , straight in his eyes, he didn't look at me back though . "It's okay , just say it ", I placed my palms on the either side of his shoulders comforting him and titled his chin up to face me as his attention was towards the ground.

"James isn't the only culprit Miss Waters . I was involved back then . I was fucking involved with him ", he stood still with a poker face.

It felt like my whole world collapsed that very moment. It felt like everything was a lie , he was a lie. I yanked my hands away from his body that very moment . "The fuck, what ?"

"I hated you , your family too . I wanted revenge , is that too bad ? I trained James to go behind your sister . Getting her falling in love with him was a part of the plan , getting her pregnant was just a consequence"

"You're lying. You're fucking lying. I know that you lack good sense of humor but trust me this is no joke. ", I took a step backward and tried making up my mind.

With every backward step of mine , he'd take a step forward.  "You need to listen to me, I did tell him to make out with your sister and I also tried to set him up with you so that the girls of the Water's family would know , would know how it feels. ", he paused as a tear rolled through my eyes, I gasped when he tried to wipe it away.

I didn't utter a word , he talked while I just listened silently . "That night at Pallapora town when I saw you making out with him , something just didn't feel right. The next day , I called him in my cabin and warned him to abort our plan that very moment. I just wanted your father to learn through her daughters."

"Well then , you should know that we don't stay with our father and we're not even acquainted with him . Maybe your plan was a huge foul just like you. ", I wiped away the tears which took birth in my eyes , which blurred my vision.

"Look , I am sorry "

"Don't be , why didn't you let him rape me. The next time I encounter him , I'll go and say fuck me all by myself.  I'll complete your filthy plan , I will make sure I do. Thank you Mr Reynolds."

"I can explain Miss Waters "

"Just tell me one thing , was everything planned ? Even the kidnapping ?"

"No , for fuck's sake . When I told him to stop, I meant it but then you found out another story . Rest all is history , trust me "

"Trust you ? You shouldn't even use that word at first place , well, fuck you ", I punched him in his chest when he attempted to get closer. 

"You have all the right to stay angry on me . I won't object to that . I never meant you harm Miss Waters , I was just hurt and wanted revenge very badly . I am bad but not very bad. I'll tell you why , only when you're sane though. Please , talk to me . Let it out , please"

I didn't react to his words and turned around letting him face my back. I could feel him tracing me , I totally ignored it. I tried running , I couldn't . My legs shivered and so did my faith in him. I loved this man so much , so much that I was even ready to give away my life for him. I halted for a while ,  rested my knees on the ground and wept . 

I wailed looking at the sky, how could I be this stupid to love an emotionless man .

If only he was an illusion !

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I literally cried while writing it. We can't blame it all on Aaron though . He stopped when he realized . Won't deny the fact that he did wrong.

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