His Lethal Love by Monika Singh (short story to read txt) 📗

He sprang to his feet and grasped my forearm roughly. "Scott, listen…" I protested but he grabbed my neck, anyway. 

"Say one more word, I'll kill you!" He said threateningly. The moment these words came out of his mouth I believed that man had never loved me. 

"No, this time you will listen to me!" I fought and tried to break his grip on my neck. 

He squeezed me harder, making it nearly impossible for me to breathe. Scott was staring at me hard. I didn't break eye contact and stared at him back. 

"Leave her!" Conan yelled and ripped Scott's hand from my neck. 

I gasped for breath and rubbed my neck which was scorching from his tight grip. 

"Take her away from my sight before I harm her!" Scott barked and spun around, heading to Maura. 

"Are you sure you want to believe her?" I asked with my trembling voice. 

Scott paused before turning to me. His expression was cold and blank. "I saw what you did. You just stabbed her." 

"You never saw the whole scene, Scott. You did exactly the same eight years ago. You believed what your eyes saw." I closed my eyes, breathing heavily. "You didn't know that your brother was a rapist, he raped me repeatedly. Your brother was a murderer. He murdered my baby. Your brother was a fucking psychopath, he…" 

"Just shut up!" Scott shouted, turning to me with a snarl. "Just shut the fuck up!" he charged at me and seized my forearm before dragging me out of the room. 

"You don't know the truth, Scott. That was the truth…" I winced when his nails dug into my skin. We passed through the crowd of people in the hall. The musician stopped playing music, guests stopped chattering and dancers froze the moment we entered. Scott didn't stop to drag me through the hall until we reached the exit gate. 

"Get the fuck out of my life!" He shoved me out of the gate. I stumbled and fell to the floor. 

I tried to hold back my tears, looking at him with a sad smile. "The person who raped me was no one but your brother, Scott." 

Scott clenched his fist, glaring at me. "If you ever love me, Camille. I want you to leave me and my life forever. I will be very happy if you leave this fucking city for your own sake. What we have done in the past was just a mistake." 

"Was it a mistake?" I smiled bitterly. "Yeah, it was a mistake." 

Without sparing me another glance he walked away, leaving me broken. I heard cameras snapping and clicking my pictures but I didn't attempt to hide my face and wipe my tears. I stayed there for a while, staring at my bruised knees. 

"Camille." Someone grabbed my shoulder and raised me to my feet. 

"Can you take me to the hospital?" I asked Conan and looked at him with my blurry vision. I was surprised by his wet eyes. "What? Your eyes…" 

He sighed sharply. "How could you?" he stopped midway through his sentence and wrapped his arm around my body. I closed my eyes, squeezing out my tears. "Life is so fucking unfair to you. So fucking unfair!!" I felt cameramen gathered around but we stayed like that. 

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By the time we reached the hospital, Natalie had taken Clarence's dead body. 

"Our brother would have been alive if Scott hadn't stopped the medical costs." Natalie burst into tears. "He was getting better suddenly…" she shook her head. "He took his revenge, Cami. He killed our brother because you killed Samuel. You should never have trusted that idiot." 

"Cami…" my eleven-year-old brother Caden, hugged my legs. His eyes were red and puffy and he looked weaker than before. I didn't know when was the last time I met my siblings. Natalie was eight months pregnant and Caden grew up a little. 

I stayed strong for them. Conan was with me throughout Clarence's funeral. 

"What's next?" Conan sat next to me in front of my brother's graveyard. "Can you lend me a few bucks? I am going back to my grandmother's place with my siblings." 

"You are pregnant and your sister is about to give birth. Can you stay until your due date?" Conan asked. 

"I just can't stay here for even a day. Natalie can stay if she wants but I won't…" 

"Then I am coming with you." 

"Are you being serious, Conan? You have got your life here." 

"I want to take care of you." 

"I will be fine, trust me. I will…" before I could finish myself Conan pulled me into a kiss.

"Shut up! I'm coming with you. We will move there together." 

I kissed him back. "I want you to come with me, Conan. I want you to stay with me forever. And I will never let you go. People are going back and forth in my life but you will stay still with me. You will stay with me, right?" 

"I promise." Conan broke into a smile and kissed my head. "It's our baby. We will grow it together." 

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