The Millionaire and Her Lover

CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT

LINDSAY

I have no idea what happened last night but Ellie hid in a cabinet in her closet since. I've been sitting by. At some point, I had fallen asleep though. All I heard was her crying. 

Eventually, her tears stopped and I hope she fell asleep. But I want to know if I hurt her or if something else happened. I hope I didn't hurt her, she would have told me if I hurt her, right?

I'm sitting here staring at the door, waiting for her to come out. Everyone is going to be waking up soon and I don't want them worrying that something is wrong. 

The door to the cabinet slowly creeks open and Ellie's head peaks out slowly. She waves me over. Crawling over I open the cabinet door wider to see that it lead to its small little room. 

So she's been hiding out in here, I was beginning to wonder how comfortable it was in this cabinet. Crawling in I join her on this bed in her. I don't know how she got it in here though. Ellie looks at me, her head bowed as she clenches the sheets around her. 

She's still naked, I guess there isn't any clothing in here for her. Taking my shirt off I hand it to her to put on. She must be getting cold sitting naked with only a small blanket to warm her up. 

Ellie pulls the shirt over her head and wraps herself in the blanket again. She rests her head on my lap. "I didn't mean to freak out, but I-I hear his voice, in my head," Ellie croaks out. 

who's voice? What does she mean she heard his voice in her head? I mean, I don't care she freaked out I just want to know what's going on with her lately. One minute she's fine the next she's freaking out. 

"James, he cornered me in the bathroom yesterday, he told me he always knew I was a whore, and for some reason, I heard him saying that last night while we were in bed and I freaked out," Ellie says cuddling the blanket. 

Why didn't she tell me James cornered her, I would have beaten his ass for even talking to her after everything he's done to her. He had some nerve to even come here. 

Stroking Ellie's hair I pull it out of her face, "Ellie, I want you to be open with me, completely open with me, you're not okay and that is okay but I don't know how I'm supposed to help if you don't tell me." I say to her in a soft voice hoping to get through to her. 

I can tell her thoughts are loud, louder than usual. "Everything, it's too much, I-I" Ellie begins but her eyes cloud over with tears. 

I caress her arm soothing her. I hate to see her in pain. " Ellie, you don't have to do anything you don't want to," I tell her. If that means she wants to break up with me then so be it. If that makes her happy that I'll let her go to be happy. 

I'd never keep her in this relationship if she's unhappy. "I don't want to go to college, I don't, I was basically told I could die at any moment, I don't want to waste that on schooling," Ellie cries into my thigh hugging it tightly. 

This is probably the reason she keeps wanting to change her major because she doesn't even want to be there in the first place. "Than don't go, Ellie, you're tearing yourself apart over this," I tell her and she just covers her face crying. 

"I have to! I don't want to disappoint my father," Ellie exclaims sitting up looking at me. her face is bright red and her eyes are glossed over. 

Grabbing her hand she closes her eyes crying. "No, your going to go down there and tell your father the truth Ellie-Rose, you've shed too many tears and your shattering, this isn't the right way to live baby, I won't allow it," I tell her. Her eyes meet mine, I watch as she stops crying.