Filed To Story: Dumped by Scumbag Adored by Billionaire
I sighed deeply and rubbed my temple, of course, he had found out already, it was time to face the music.
“Fine, let’s go,” I said to him and headed to the car while he paid for the meal and trailed after me.
I thought I would run crazy, It felt like hell, I couldn’t relax and felt angry at everyone and everything. But I couldn’t pinpoint what exactly brought up the anger.
Maria: my girlfriend I just broke up and severed ties with?
Adam: who caused all this shit in the first place and who I would be facing in the next few minutes?
Sakuzi: the bastard who is hellbent on making my life a living hell?
Tina: An annoying ex-girlfriend I can’t seem to rid off?
Or the music playing on the radio right now.
“There’s a girl but I let her getaway
It’s all my fault cause pride got in the way
And I’d be lying if I said I was okay
About that girl the one I let get away.. “
“Could you please in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ turn that off ” I spat at Judy in annoyance.
He glanced up at me through the rearview mirror, noticing my grim expression before turning it off.
Judy didn’t say a word to me throughout the ride which I was grateful for, I would have probably transferred my aggression on him.
The moment we arrived at Adam’s residence, I was instantly referred to his study.
Immediately I stepped into his room, a teacup met me square in the face before breaking upon impact with the ground.
Blood trickled down my forehead.
Niles’s POV
Blood trickled down my forehead but I remained still, more was yet to come.
“You bastard! ” Adam raged and rose up from his seat with a jerk, grabbed a golf club from its bag leaning against the wall opposite his desk.
He approached me while removing the headcover and brought it down on the side of my arm.
“Do you know what you have just done !”
The second hit was on my back but aside from a quick intake of breath, my expression was neutral.
“All because of a woman! ” he took out his anger on me.
This time Adam hit me on the back of my leg forcing me to my knees but it seems my silence aggravated him further.
“Say something you fool! ” He yelled and hit me, this time the impact sent me sprawling to the floor.
I groaned out ” What do you want me to say? “
Spitting out a mouthful of blood, I looked up at him. “I did wrong and came to take my punishment, what more do you want to hear from me? “
There was anger in his eyes and he made sure to show it. Adam tossed the club to a side of the room carelessly, breaking some pictures hung on the wall showing him accepting one award or the other in the process.
He began to walk to and fro the room exasperatedly while I pushed myself off the ground with a pained groan and assumed a kneeling position, my body was aching all over.
He suddenly stopped right in front of me, glaring down at me before he asked ” Where is Maria? “
I wiped away the trail of blood about to drop into my eyes, answering
“You don’t need to worry about her anymore, she’s gone as you wanted. So just let her be “
Adam scoffed in disbelief “Let her be? I should let her be?! “
My face whipped to the side while blood was drawn from my lips as he backhanded me.
“You took away Gerald’s ledger and handed it over to our enemy just for her sake? Do you know the gravity of what you just did?
“You betrayed your own clan for a woman! You jeopardized the future of the Sparks clan for the sake of a woman that isn’t worth an inch of you “
“She’s worth everything, you are just too blind to see it ” I defended Maria.
“Say that again and I make sure she doesn’t see the limelight tomorrow “
I looked away, there were still words unsaid but it was unsafe to push my father’s button now.
Of course, I knew the intensity of what I did, but I had no choice and I wouldn’t mind doing it over again if I’m given the chance.
I watched Kay die with my both eyes, there was no way on earth I would have let the same thing happen to Maria. I would not live with that amount of guilt for the rest of my life.
After the death of Kay, I had managed to dull the guilt and pain by distracting myself with women and work. Sure it worked fine but late at night when I’m all alone, I battle the demons inside.
Until Maria came, she showed me the light even when I was afraid of tainting her with my darkness.
She was one of a kind, a softhearted angel who wouldn’t mind putting herself in danger if it meant saving the people that mattered to her.
Maria took my shit and everything, even when I hadn’t shown her all of my messy sides. Letting her go was the best, she deserves more than me.
“Niles, what has come over you! Do you know you sound like someone who is bewitched! “
I choked a laugh, bewitched? Maybe I was. Maria truly might have bewitched me else I wouldn’t be behaving this way.
Adam lowered himself to my level and said to me sternly “I never brought you up this way Niles, what did that woman do to you “
There was a spasmodic silence the moment our eyes met but I froze, coming to a startling realization.
I croaked,” Did you not even have this much of a feeling for mom? “
Adam froze too, then his gaze hardened and he warned me “Do not bring your mother into this! “
“At least these strong emotions I have for Maria, did you never experience it with mom or were you just a cold, astute, emotionless bastard who deceived the woman he claimed to love till she… “
A crackling sound was heard as a slap sounded on my cheek. Twice.
“Don’t make me regret ever grooming you to be who you are today ” he said through gritted teeth but the threat was apparent.
He stood to his feet, hands on his hips, face scrunched tight in concentration.
“Just when we had Gerald wrapped around our finger ” he mumbled under his breath but I heard it clearly.
He turned back around ” From now on, you’re engaged to Tina “
My head jerked up “You gotta be kidding me “
“Oh, I’m deadly serious “
I shut my eyes tight and blinked away the blood “Don’t do this to me father “
“She is what I need exactly, that girl from the slums has infected and manipulated your senses, Tina would help reset that,” he said without taking my opinion into account.
My fists clenched at my sides and I threw back my head, laughing so much that tears slipped from my eyes mingling with the blood at the tip of my eyelids.
“You think I would take this lying down? ” I challenged his authority boldly.
“I believe you don’t want to wake up the next morning to discover Maria’s body floating down the bridge”
My eyes darkened as I got angry and shot to my feet ignoring the lightheadedness that made me unsteady as I stood.
“I can take your beatings and scoldings but don’t you dare threaten me with Maria’s life ….!” I faltered, lowering my voice to a growl as I told him
“Don’t force my hand father. Don’t make me become what I’m afraid of becoming “
His eyes went wide ” You’ve really gone insane ” he raised his hand, about to hit me when a voice came from behind.
” Isn’t that enough grandfather? “
Isabella who stood in the doorway strolled into his study without passing a glance at me.
“There is a degree to punishing a child unless you really want to kill him. Moreover, even if I desire his position, I’m too young to clean up his mess and still need to consummate my teenhood “