I Won't Fall For You | ✔️

▪︎\\Chapter Fifty Four

VANESSA COLLINS

I couldn't breathe.

There was this terrible pain in my chest preventing me from getting the oxygen I needed.

They say things happen unexpectedly and falling in love with Mordechai wasn't something I planned for.

Now I knew I did but that wasn't the tough part, pulling away was. It was such a tough thing to do because I knew I had hurt him.

His father would never accept me and worst he knew about my past. After I got a call from Alexa, I felt content because I haven't heard from her in so long. You could hear the sadness in her voice and sometimes I wondered if she wanted to run away with me from day one but was too scared.

Then Mordechai called and I felt messed up about the whole situation. I have no regrets about sleeping with him or falling for him. I just wish things were different but reality was what it was.

I laid on my side as I overthink everything. Say we both decided to fight and be in a relationship, his father would despise me to the bone. And then he would be disappointed in Mordechai.

I couldn't let that happen. I wasn't a selfish person.

There were a few tears but I wiped them. I've been through alot, more than what any human being could handle. I brought this upon myself. I groaned out because I couldn't stand being in my head. There was a severe headache coming on and there was no stopping it.

There was a faint sound of footsteps approaching the door.

I quickly sat up on the bed and wiped my face, not wanting Devin to notice anything. I wasn't ready to talk about this. Not now.

A knock echoed through the room before the door slowly opened, and in stepped the one man I never expected to see.

Zed.

He came in, gun in hand, before locking the door.

I could feel my heart ready to leap from my chest. He was serious and I could see the anger in his eyes. He looked around the room before making his way over to my side.

I moved off the bed and went to the other side so he couldn't touch me.

"Don't play with me Vanessa!" he shouted as he glared at me. I wasn't going to let him get to me.

He moved around the bed like a predator closing in. I scrambled towards the other side, but his grip on my legs yanked me back with brutal force.

A scream tore from my throat as he seized my hands, pinning them above my head. I struggled, kicked, fought, but he didn't budge.

"Stop," His voice was calm, deadly, as the cold barrel of the gun pressed against my forehead.

I froze, heart hammering in my chest, my breath caught. A slow, cruel smirk curved his lips as he watched me, and for a moment, time itself seemed to stop.

"Get off me Zed! Why can't you just leave me be? I'm not coming back!" I shouted before I did the only thing I could. I kicked him in the groin and he groaned in pain. I took that chance and got off the bed before making my way towards the door.