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Chapter 11: 

Nadia's POV:

      When people say that leaving work of today for tomorrow is a bad thing, well they certainly had right. And sometimes, hiding a secret can eat you alive, just like it happened to me in that moment when Col was looking at me madly and angrily.  

       I knew that Col might have found out that I married Zack before since his parents were a part of what rich people called society but I wanted to be the only telling him the new. And the way he found out, could make things a lot worse than I ever planned for it to be. 

' What have I gotten myself into?' I closed my eyes for few seconds, considering running away as an option. 

"What are you doing?" Col snapped at me, pulling me out of my train of thoughts. 

"Well..." I tried to explain but my mouth betrayed me since no word was uttered as I started walking towards him, hoping to gather my strength in the process. 

"Nadia, you didn't answer my damn question, what the hell are you doing with him, standing that close after even worse hugging him like that" He hissed at me gesturing at Zack who stood  two feet away with a dreadful look on his face.

"I will explain later, now why didn't you tell me you were coming?" I chose to play attack instead of standing there giving him explanations in front of Zack, I preferred a private place "I seriously missed you and you were here hanging out with your friends!" I put my hands on my hips glaring at him.

"Sorry?" He chuckled before hugging me tightly "I missed you too. PS: Dillon is here also"

        At the mention of Dillon, I seriously scolded myself for my stupidity 'What was happening in this world?'. I was worried about what would Col think the moment I tell him the truth, and then I had to worry about what Dillon had to say about my marriage with Zack. Not forgetting that Lara would probably hunt me for days because she wasn't the one who planned my wedding. 

'Dammit' I sighed at myself. 

        I was so lost in my thoughts that I totally forgot that Zack was standing there so I turned my head to look for him but he was nowhere to be found and I couldn't even ask Col about him since he would only get angrier on me as he loathed the sight of Zack just much I did before. However, thankfully his car was still parked in front of me so it meant that he was still there but Where could he be? 

       I kind of felt bad for Zack because he was just trying to be nice to me for the first time in his life and what happened? Our day was screwed up by my best friend. I never thought that someday, I would be in that position, looking for Zack, worried about him and actually feeling bad for even leaving his side, while I was beside Col, who once gave me chills all over my body just by being around him.  

"What were you doing with Zack?" Col stated, angrily after leaving silence settling between us for couple minutes "How happened you were hugging him? And look at you, you're wearing his jacket"

      The second he mentioned the jacket, I looked down and I couldn't help the smile that crept to my face at the sight of it, my stomach twisted in delight as I took in a deep breathe, inhaling his scent which messed with my nostrils and gave me a lounging feeling toward him. I was starting to get used to his cologne.  

"We need to talk, something has happened in the last seven months" I intended to explain everything but without the detail of the arranged marriage since if he found out about it, he'd tell grandpa  and I couldn't risk blowing my cover. 

"You are scaring me, Nadia" He raised his eyebrow at me, skeptically. 

      I didn't even know where to start, I knew that he hated Zack as much as I did or even more so I was actually scared of his reaction, especially that I didn't even inform him or even seek for his advice. I breathed for good few seconds then blurted "I married Zack last week"

"You what?" He yelled at me which caused few passing people to stare at us with strange looks.

      He ran his hand through his hair several times which meant that he was whether thinking or he was searching of ways of killing me, and I personally hated to think of the latter of course but I guess it was wrong. He looked directly in my eyes and stared down at me as I did the same until the situation became uncomfortable and I backed a bit.

       The air was tense and surely held so many feelings and question hidden in Col's eyes. He started pacing in all directions, blabbering some none sense words which I couldn't even understand but I couldn't even think of those things in that moment since I was jerked out of my thoughts by a heavy weight on my shoulder. However, I didn't even budge to turn my head because I recognized his smell. Zack. 

"I bought lunch, let's leave" He whispered in my ear, huskily.

      Col clenched his fists and gritted his teeth while Zack didn't even react and he just gazed at him back; they glared at each other for a while without uttering a word until I felt rage boiled in my veins since they were literally acting like kindergarten kids. Seriously?. 

"Enough with staring, my feet hurt" I spoke coldly, trying my best to hide pings of pain that ran all the way to my spine. 

"What's wrong with your feet?" Col's eyes widen in horror, breaking his eye contact with Zack. 

"Nothing too bad, just stepped on pieces of glass" I answered him shrugging off because they were both pressing on my nerves.

"When?" He demanded sharply.

"Two days ago" I replied starting deeply at his eyes but he looked away immediately.

"She only married you for two days and ended up injured?" He took a step towards Zack and me.

       Col was glaring at Zack who didn't even bother himself to acknowledge my friend and just enjoyed torturing me by breathing in my ear heavily; in that moment, I thought of stepping back and just leave them to tear each other but I knew that if I did so, it would cause more trouble so I took a deep breath and gathered my strength and snapped at both of them.

"Come on, I'm hungry" I pointed at both of them but when I saw that no one made a move, I intended to just leave them there and walk away.

       Trying not to think about the throbbing pain of my feet, I took a deep breath before finally walking away fighting the urge of slapping both of them, I just didn't care about their stupid staring contest anymore, they acted like I wasn't even standing between them and it pissed me off.

       I took the first cab which came to my sight without looking back as the driver pulled away. I just stared out of the window as cool fresh air messed with my skin and gave me sanity, until the cab's driver pulled me out of thoughts when he asked for my direction. I gave him the address of my grandpa's house instead of the apartment because I didn't want to face my stupid husband yet. 

       Although I was mad and angry at them, I waited for a certain person to call me and say that he was sorry for not running after me, sorry that he even started the staring contest and finally sorry that he didn't bother himself to understand what I was facing in that moment.

      'What am I thinking about? Why did I care that much? Why couldn't they be mature about the situation just like I was?' I shook my head to push those thoughts and insecurities to the back of my mind then I closed my eyes, thinking about the major changes that were happening to my life. However, I was jerked out of my thoughts by my phone's buzzing in my pocket; with trembling hands and heavy breath, I took it out and answered without even looking at the caller's ID "Where are you? I'm picking you up"

      I couldn't even concentrate on what the speaker on the other line was saying because I was actually hurt that my friend, my best friend and my crush since... ever didn't even bother himself to look after me. While, the boy I was supped to hate,  called and he was worried about me.

 Life was moving backward.

"Where are you?" He repeated when I didn't answer him for a while.

"Oh done with your staring contest already?" I snapped at him intending to hold some strength in my voice but it betrayed me and I seemed like I was some sort of crazy cheerleader.

"I will be at your grandpa's house in thirty" He retorted immediately then hanged up without leaving me any room to even answer.

       'How did he know that I was going to see grandpa? ' I wondered, still staring at my phone's screen after Zack cut the line. I didn't tell anybody about it but yet he figured that out as if he knew me his entire life and he simply predicted my moves.

       Despite the awkward feeling of cheerfulness that erupted my stomach, I tried to remind myself that I was seeing his ugly face sooner than I thought... Well not ugly :so handsome and HOT, and that in that moment, I merely wanted so smash him with a pie.

       After almost twenty minutes, the car came to a stop in front of the gates of my grandpa's Mansion, and because I ran on my feet earlier, they hurt me even more, I asked the guards to open the gates and asked the driver to drop me inside. I climbed out after paying the taxi driver, putting my feet carefully on the ground as I inhaled a deep breathe and walked to the door, slowly. 

       I rang the bell and waited outside, tapping my feet on the floor impatiently because I left my keys home, I didn't think I would need them. Ann opened the door after a minute with a huge beam on her face before she hugged me tightly till I could barely breathe then ushered me inside. However, she didn't follow me, she kept staring out of the door as if she was waiting for somebody... right Zack.

"Where's your husband?" She demanded calmly, still looking out of the door.

"He has something to do, he will be here soon" I faked a smile but Ann knew me too well to buy it.

"Have you fought?" She put her hands on her hips, glaring at me.

"No" I answered sharply, shrugging off since I could see the uncertainty in her eyes so I added nonchalantly "Come on I miss grandpa, is he in his study room?"

       It took her few seconds to reply with a nod only, so I headed directly toward him before she could ask more questions and know the truth since she had the power to see the truth in my eyes just like she did when Sam used to steal cookies or break something.

        Each step I took was pressing on my nerves but due to Ann's sharp looks on my back, I tried my best to do what I did best, drawing a smile on my face. As soon as I was out of her sight, I released the whirl I was catching and walked slowly down the hallway to my destination. The door wasn't entirely closed so it meant that grandpa was inside therefore without hesitation I crept toward him, walking on my toes in order to surprise him as he was sitting on his big chair. I stood behind him and covered his eyes with my hands.

"Who's your favorite granddaughter?" I asked him, cheerfully, suppressing my giggles.  

"I will tell you as long as you tell me who's the coolest grandpa alive" He relaxed in his chair and lead his head back. 

"You of course" I took my hands off his eyes and kissed his cheeks as I found myself smiling like the little child who just found a cookie. 

"You have no idea how much I miss you my dear" He stood up and embraced me in his arms, protectively. 

"I miss you too" I pulled away and looked at him with my puppy face since I knew how much he loved to see that his little girl was still young and under his watch.

      I did everything that made him happy, and marrying Zack was part of my plan of doing so. I just couldn't lose him since he was my everything along with Adam. 

      Ever since I was young, I was closer to grandpa than I was to dad since he took care of me and looked after me all the time especially when dad had business trips and my mother was out of town, I used to stay with grandpa and grandma, we used to watch movies, play Karaoke and cook together, it was so much fun because they treated me like a friend not like their granddaughter and I liked that.

       He caressed my cheeks for a minute before he took a step back and he started watching me intensely. He regarded and studied me for another minutes before he showered me with questions about my new life, new responsibilities and how was Zack treating me, which I answered with as minimal of words as possible, because I was already lying on him, and exaggerating the situation, would only make me feel so bad that I was sure that I would crack up and tell him everything.  

"Where's Zack by the way?" He demanded as if he just remembered Zack out of a sudden. 

"It looks like I am not important anymore, you all ask about him" I pointed at him with my forefinger, although I didn't mind their interest in my dumb husband at all. 

"You are always in my heart my dear" He put his hand on his heart, faking a heart attack with a genuine smile on his face "But where's he?" 

"He's coming later" I replied smiling like a goofy girl at his expression. 

"Great! We can always enjoy your company for dinner" He stated as a huge grin was plastered on his face "You're staying, right?"

"Sure" I beamed back at him, sweetly. 

I missed him... 

       After asking another load of questions about my relationship with Zack, how he was treating me and how marriage life was, we headed back to the living room where Zack sat uncomfortably with Ann, who shot him her spare of questions as well. So many questions that I answered briefly while he was obviously finding troubles under her gaze.

      At the sight of him, I remembered everything that happened that morning, from waking up in his arms to our tickling battle then how much he was nice to me when he put his jacket around my shoulders. Speaking of his jacket, I was still wearing it even though the house was quite warm and hot but inhaling his scent, it brought me back to sanity every time I got flashbacks of Zack's and Col's staring contest.   

        As soon he glanced at me from the corner of his eyes, he stood up and walked toward me with a relieved expression written on his face like he had been waiting for me all day to show up, leaving Ann grumbling behind him.

       When Zack reached grandpa, he shook hands with him before they were tightened in a hug; after they pulled away, Zack turned his face and stared at me, he took a step out of my grandpa's space and approached me, he threw his left hand around my waist and pulled closer to his chest, then he leaned-down and kissed the skin beside my ear, gently. He didn't pull away immediately; he kept his lips lingered on my skin for few seconds before blowing on my face.

He was tormenting me.  

"Thank god you're here!" He mumbled in my ear as he pulled me for a side but yet a tight hug. 

      My heart skipped a beat the moment those words left his lips, I felt like he really cared about my feelings although we still had a lot of things to sort out, a lot of gaps to fill, and thousands of shadows to fight. His arm was wrapped around my waist possessively as his hand rested on my stomach, drawing circles on the soft fabric of the shirt. My head lead comfortably beside his heart as I could literally hear the melody his heart created. 

How the hell was I going to get through an entire year with him?

      We spent quite some time talking about our new life and explaining how I got the injuries of my feet since Ann like usual blew my cover when I was walking slowly and clenching my fists together to prevent myself from moaning out of pain. However, we thought it was best to tell them our version of the story by keeping the part that I was challenging Zack when I stepped on the glass.

"Well, I just dropped an empty dish and glass of water then I accidentally stepped on pieces I forgot to gather" I explained hoping that they would buy what I said since it was a part of the truth after all.

"And where was Zack?" Grandpa asked me, taking a sip of his coffee as he sat across from us in the lounging area. 

"He fell asleep in his room" I answered him immediately without thinking that I might have done a mistake, and when I realized that I said his instead of our room, I had to mentally slap myself for it.

"His room?" Ann questioned as she raised her eyebrows at me, skeptically.

"Our room" Zack reached for my hand and squeezed my fingers in his, reassuringly "I hope she gets used to saying that" He sent a Megawatt grin my way.

"Right!" She finally stopped asking questions and excused herself "I shall leave you alone, I better start cooking" 

       She insisted that I should stay with Zack and grandpa instead of helping her with cooking cookies, cakes and cupcakes since Sam's friends were expected after school, and because of my wounds, I had no room to protest as all three of them pointed out.

     Sam's gatherings with her friends, reminded me of my own meetings and when mom used to bake for us, entertain and watch us until their parents would come to pick them up. I missed those days a lot and I would give away everything to bring them back. Unfortunately.

        I heard the door's bell ring so I hurriedly stood up from my seat and intended to walk to the door but Ann was faster in opening it because of my slow baby steps. The second the door was open, Sam's cheerful voice echoed in the Mansion "I saw Zack's car outside, where are they?"

"Come on in" Ann ushered her inside with an amused look.  

"Nadia" She ran toward me as soon as she spotted me standing down the hallway. 

       She jumped in my arms and hugged me tightly, leaving me breathless in her arms but I couldn't complain because I loved her a lot and knowing that she felt the same about me was amazing. I missed her a lot since she became like my little sister throughout years and she got her special place in my heart.

"My little angel! how are you?" I asked her once she pulled away and leaded me to the sofa where I sat slowly and put her on my lap.  

"I miss you" She spoke sadly, her gaze piercing the ground "Mommy said that I shouldn't call you until tomorrow"

"I miss you too" I caressed her small cheeks with my thumb, soothingly "Feel free to call me anytime you want, you are my sister after all"

       As soon as I spelled those words, she embraced me again then she ran towards grandpa and did the same thing to him. She was bubbly, energetic and full of life, "she was the life of our castle" As grandpa used to tell her and he was right because none of us could live without her joyful laughs, innocence and most importantly her presence. 

"Princess, I was waiting for my turn but I guess you forgot me" Zack whimpered at her when she was about to leave without acknowledging him.  

"How can I greet you and you took away my sister?" She put her hands on her hips, glaring at him "I don't like you" 

"Uh, I see" He faked a sad look as his hand flew to his chest with a dramatic sigh "But I thought that the king and the queen sometimes have to head off so they leave the princess to take care of the castle" He stood up and walked to the door leaving us all puzzled "I will be back in a second" He turned his head at winked at me. 

"Where is he going?" Grandpa asked me, curiosity apparent on his voice. 

"I have

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