Amanda's POV

I closed my eyes trying to avoid the humanly figure which stood in front of me. I refused to tilt my chin up and have an encounter with the person. I dried my face with my palms and took a deep breath to prevent myself from crying anymore.

"Please , don't do this to yourself", he leveled himself by sitting on his knees along with me. I declined to make an eye contact with him , I didn't have the power to , anymore. I took deep breaths to keep my nerves in control .

I turned away , diverting my body and attention. Why couldn't he just leave me alone like this . I needed to stay alone and cry my heart out. I didn't want his attention anymore . I stayed numb for the meanwhile and looked at the sky . My throat was parched , I needed water .

"I said , I wasn't involved with him after realizing you weren't substandard like your father. I tried stopping James . I couldn't , I apologize, Miss Waters ."

"Oh, You're apologizing now . Wow . Just wow"

"I'll do whatever it takes", his reply was dim .

"Yeah , you helped someone rape my sister ,take her innocence . In the age where she should've abort lectures , she's aborting her child. Because of you. "

"For fuck's sake , it wasn't rape . Samarrah agreed to it , it all happened with her consent . I know she was hurt , any girl would be who's madly in love with someone , who carries a child of some person and then that individual just leaves her. I realized my mistake sooner or later. On knowing the fact that why I did it , you'll consider me less of a culprit."

"I warned James but he had some other thing planned which you're well aware of. ", he paused "Now , the least I expect is a silent treatment from you, speak up ."

"What exactly do you want to listen . Want me to say those consoling words to you , well then , your bad. LEAVE ME ALONE ", I pulled myself up and started walking towards the opposite direction of the car. After all this nuisance I couldn't go in the same car with him . I didn't care if James traced me down , he was the same type of monster like him anyways.

Taking longer steps then usual I tried running away from the situation, from him . I was ceased to walk any further by my wrists , his hands were curled around my arms and he endeavoured me to face him .

"Don't even attempt". I tried yanking away his hands from my upper arms, I failed because my strength didn't match his but that didn't stop me from pulling away so I recontinued my effort.

He pulled me closer to him , rubbed away the tear which rested on my cheeks with the help of his thumb. When I looked in his eyes, I got lost . They didn't seem truthful to me anymore. I was devastated by his lie , every nerve in my body was electrified by hate because of his gypped act in the past.

"What now ?", he interrogated tucking away my hair lock.

"Get off me , asshole ", I attempted to get away from him again.

"You're out of your mind , it's okay ", he assured me in a calming tone.

"Out of my mind . Fuck yourself . You're a complete dick and a prick . I hate you , I hate you so much . Never knew how the antonym of some adjective could switch places with the former one this easily", I yelled in annoyance.

"The antonym of hate ? Miss Waters ?", he tightened his lips to avoid himself from smiling . I could see it clearly.

"I hate you , that's what matters. "

"You don't ." he paused for a while "No , you don't"

"I do. I hate yo--- ", he didn't allow me to speak as he rested his lips on mine after cupping my cheeks in his hands. He pulled me closer and shredded his fingers in my hair . I couldn't move , he was the obstruction I couldn't move because of. He compressed his lips on mine slowly , he sucked my bottom lips and asked for entrance .

The touch of his lips on mine was soft , he prevented himself from doing it roughly . He took the slow move . My eyes widened in shock as my hands hung straight loosely . Neither did I catch him nor pulled away . It felt like every nerve in my body ceased to function , like my reflexes were still .

I pursed my lips tightly , made sure to not kiss him back. I had no idea what else to do this moment . My heart was having a battle with my brain which directly varied with the water which escaped my eyes. I could feel him breathing when he started to kiss me intensely .

I , with the help of my teeth crunched his lip , he gasped and I pulled away . "Why did you just do that ?", an 'o' took birth on my lips.

"Do what? Kiss you ? I aspire to do that a lot often and I'm not sorry for that" , he paused "I didn't have any choice Miss Waters . It was the only way to stop you , now please don't get mad at me again.

"Don't you ever do that . In fact , don't you ever show me your face again ", I turned around and started walking avoiding him . After a while , I couldn't walk , my speed was terminated by Mr Reynolds as he firmly held my wrists in his hands and pulled me closer. I pouted whilst thumping on the ground.

"I am not going to accompany you for the further journey, you can proceed without me ", I concluded my decision and didn't really wait for him to approve it.

He faced me , his hands tightly gripped around my wrists. "Are you kidding me ? Get in the car , Miss Waters ", I turned my head from left to right simply meaning a no "Get inside the car , Miss Waters , don't force me to do things", he repeated his decision .

"Sorry ", I tried yanking away his hands to free myself.

Suddenly, he lifted me up in his arms . My stomach rested on his shoulder , I laid in an upside-down position . How can he pick me up , I wished I was good at karate back then . I punched him continuously on his back as an attempt to acquire riddance. I knew if I tried acting smart by shaking the balance , my body would rest on the ground resulting into brokerage of one or more bones plus his hands were tightly curled around my ass fixing a grip on my body because of which I couldn't locomote.

"Free me this very moment , this is kidnapping . I'll sue you once you place me down ", I yelled out of my lungs but to my discontent no one could hear our voices except the both of us "Mr Reynolds, I'm warning you ".

"yeah , kidnapping . For your welfare and benefit ", I couldn't see him , just hear his voice.

"Don't force me to call the cops ", I tried warning him again.

"Oh really ? Remember the last time you tried ? Did it work ? Well, go ahead and do that but after reaching my mansion ", he opened the car's door and placed me inside softly . He curled the seat belt around me and locked the car with the help of a remote.

He leaned towards the back seat , there was a small locker beneath the seats . I cornered my eyes and examined his movement. After removing a handcuff , he surrounded it around my wrists and locked it by twisting the small lock . My hands collided with each other because of the pressure of the handcuff.

"You can't fucking torture me like this ", I inhaled sharply in annoyance.

"You're forcing me to . I don't want to really do this but I can't help it . I know if I don't do this , you'll run away . I'm just doing this for your benefit , for your safety . You're well aware of the fact that James is dangerous . and-- ", he paused .

"And?", I arched my brows at him in confusion.

"And , I don't want to lose you ", he laced his fingers with mine . I gazed at our intertwined hands thinking how everything could be perfect if he didn't engage himself in those shitty activities. I knocked myself out of my thoughts and tried loosening up my fingers .

He pulled away that very instant and rested his hands on the steering wheel again .

Failing miserably at an attempt to open the door knob got me exhausted. He swayed the remote in the air showcasing it to me and then simply slipped it inside his pocket . A smirk took birth on his lips . I couldn't resist on my desire to punch him so I leaned closer towards him and with great force rested my fist on his shoulder.

"Try harder", he inserted the key in the hole and turned it around . I could hear the engine , slowly , he accelerated the speed to the fullest . I turned away facing the window , it was dark as it was midnight . Focusing my attention on the moon , I tried diverting my mind .

A part of me cried , the other part was solacing me to act stronger . I deeply inhaled the cold air from the A/c . I looked at my naked hands , they were turning a shade of red due to the cold temperature and also because of overthinking. I shut away the conditioner ahead of me and fixed my attention towards the window again.

The radio played all types of slow romantic songs . I turned channels in the sense to get a rhythm of the rock music and then finally turned it off because the playlist was overrated . Love was overrated . I now knew why Francis never got into it , why he always did casual relationships.

Mr Reynolds tried initiating a conversation a lot many times. I ignored every question of his and didn't even face him directly .

"Look , I know what I did was wrong but stop over reacting ", he pulled over the brake and unbolted the seat belt around his body whilst looking at me.

"Over reacting ?", I repeated .

"I can say 'sorry' once again if that heals . Amanda , please. At least , talk to me ", he acted like he was affected by my ignorance .

I faced him , looked into his dark blue eyes and continued "It's Miss Waters for you ", I didn't intend to cry but I couldn't stop . I couldn't digest the fact that he betrayed me for this long.

"Fine , Miss Waters . We'll talk about this the next morning ", he pushed his hair back forming a spike out of it . No, I didn't fantasize his little actions anymore . They say that whenever a person does any bad to you , they degrade their values from your heart . This was happening with me right now .

"Just keep driving ", I rested my head on the seat and closed my eyes as an attempt to sleep . Throwing out the garbage of my thoughts I kept my eyes shut . Hearing another brake , I woke up instinctively.

He unwrapped the seat belt from his body and leaned closer to me , our nose touched when he attempted to remove the belt . He on purpose slowly leaned more , his jaw touched my chin . I pouted hesitantly but couldn't push him away because my hands were locked.

"We're home ", he exited the car from his side and opened the door for me. Don't be a gentleman please.

"No, you're home. I am not ", I angrily replied.

"Its we for a while now. ", he helped me exit the car . I tilted my chin up to have a look at the grand mansion . Though it was night but his mansion was light enough to illuminate the atmosphere . It looked immensely huge from the outside .

"At least , take em off ", I raised my hands in the air.

"Not before you get in ", he crooked his hands around my waist and helped me walk inside the house. The watchman greeted him to which he just nodded.

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