VIVIANE

Finn's gaze rakes all over my naked body. I fumble to pick up the towel, but I know the damage is done and he has already seen everything. He steps closer to me, and touches the hickey over my neck and the teeth marks on the underside of my breasts.

"Turn around." He commands.

"Finn..."

"Turn around right now, Vivi." His tone tells me that saying no is not an option.

Having no other choice, I turn around when I hear a gasp from him. By now, he's seen the welts over my ass.

When I face him again, I can tell he's holding back his anger. He's got the calm of a person who's doing everything not to explode. His fists are clenched, "Is this what I think it is?" He asks me in the same soft voice.

"I knew what I was doing, I agreed to everything." I explain.

"I don't care if you agreed to it," He says, "Have you looked at yourself in the mirror? This person you hooked up with is fucking deranged and he's trying to prove a point by leaving marks on your body."

I don't know how he was able to learn that just by looking at some hickeys, but Finn's guess is on point.

"Did you tell him about me?"

"He...he asked and I couldn't lie."

He puts his hands over my shoulders, his silver eyes leveling with mine, "I don't know what happened tonight, Vivi and I didn't ask you questions when you left because I thought it was none of my business, but when you're looking like this, I know I've made a mistake."

I don't even have an answer to that.

"For whatever reason that you're doing this, it's not worth it. You need to stop meeting up with him."

I couldn't tell Finn about my situation because if I did, he would find a way to help me out and the last thing I needed was to take money from Finn.

"Is it because of money?" He asks, reading my mind.

When I don't answer, he continues, "We can take it from Aiden for now. He won't have any problem with it."

"No!" I yell, a little too loudly then intended. "Not Aiden."

If Aiden cleared my debt, I would end up being his whore for the rest of my life. He'd have a wife in a few years, and I'd still be paying off my debt to him. On my back. On all fours. In every way possible.

"Why not?"

"Because this is my problem, not yours, and certainly not Aiden's!" I hadn't realized that I was shaking.

"Viviane—

"Just let it be, Finn." I say, hugging the towel closer to my body.

I still owed Twenty-five thousand to Anton, and that was a lot of money. I couldn't burden Finn with it. He'd already done enough.

He rubs his temple because clearly, he's frustrated. "Are you in some debt?" He asks, reading my mind.

I nod when he says, "How much is it?"

"I can't take your money." I say.

He sighs, "So you're going to continue sleeping with this dude?"

"I don't think he will after tonight. I'll ask my manager at the diner if he can give me a loan."

"Look, I'm not loaded like Aiden, that's the only reason I suggested we ask him for help, but I have savings. I can help you out as much as it is possible for me."

I shake my head. "I'll figure something out, but thanks, Finn. It means a lot."

He doesn't argue with me after that. "Come sleep in my room tonight."

I start to tell him no but ultimately agree to it.

Finn gets into bed with me and kisses every single bruise that his best friend gave me. He's really sweet, and I notice the huge difference between the two friends.

I'm so tired that I fall asleep in his arms as he whispers to me that things were going to get better soon, and in that moment, I believe him.

*~*

When I wake up in the morning, I find several messages on my phone and all of them are from Clover.

My heart stops beating for a moment. I don't know if I'm going to find some angry texts there.

Clover: Hey!

Clover: Just wanted to say I'm sorry.

Clover: No matter who you're dating in real life, it is none of my business and I had no right to treat you the way I did.

Clover: I was angry and bitter which is no excuse. I couldn't handle the thought of some other man touching you which is stupid because I know I'm just a client and it's work for you.

Clover: I don't deserve your forgiveness, but I'm extremely sorry for being a total asshole.

An hour later there, another text.

Clover: I hope things are okay between you and your boyfriend?

His texts make me wonder if he's playing more games? He sounds like a completely different person in these messages compared to how he treated me before I left. Why was he suddenly being so nice? Unless he just wanted to hook-up again, or he wasn't done with the revenge yet.

I couldn't judge him over these texts. Maybe, he'd reflected over his actions all night and knew he screwed up.

I get ready for college and I don't respond to the messages.

I want him to suffer even if it's just a little bit.

I grab my car keys and I'm about to walk out of the kitchen when I notice Aiden walking into the living room like someone who has just survived a zombie apocalypse. He has tired bags under his eyes, like he hasn't slept for days.

He looks like he's been to hell and back. He's wearing the same t-shirt he wore last night when he came to the hotel room. He must have spent the night there in the room since he'd already paid for it. He tosses his night bag onto the floor.

I'm anxious around him even though I have nothing to worry about. I've done a good job of hiding all the hickeys and marks he's left over my body. Aiden thinks he's very smart but when it comes to recognizing me as Angel, he's very dense and that's working in my favor.

"Vivi..." He says, his head is hanging low.

I freeze on the spot. Not knowing how to react.

"You...you okay?" I strutter.

And just then he collapses onto the floor, and the room fills with his loud heart-wrenching sobs.

I gape at him but I pick up my jaw from the floor and approach him with caution, lowering myself onto the floor beside him.

He stares at me with fat tears rolling down his eyes, "I fucked up, Vivi. I hurt somebody..." his voice breaks.

Tentatively, I reach out to touch his shoulders, when he puts his head in my lap, his arms circling around my waist, "please stay here with me for a while...please..."

I shouldn't feel bad for him, not with the way he treated me last night, but there's another part of me that loves Aiden and it's hard for me to ignore those feelings.

"What...what happened?" I ask, putting my hand in his thick soft hair.

He continues to sob, "I messed up so fucking bad." He says, "I made a huge mistake..."

"What mistake?"

He turns his haunted emerald eyes towards me, "I've fallen in love with her...but she doesn't love me back. She has another man in her life that she loves more." He says.

The revelation renders me speechless.

Aiden has fallen in love with me?

How was that even possible?

I put my arms around him as he cries into my arms. I feel a pang of guilt knowing he's crying because of me. Because of the mess I've created.

I couldn't keep the Angel Love persona going if he was going to be hurt so badly.

In that moment, I decide once he's calm, I'm going to tell Aiden the truth.

*~*

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