Astonishing Us

XLVI

RIDGE

I could only see red in anger and Jaime's smirk at the moment. I am still beating Jaime to pulp, showering his head with hard and heavy punches using my right hand that is still holding a gun, he was bleeding yet he was smiling like my attacks aren't bothering him at all.

My ears are ringing, I couldn't hear anything aside from the ring sound lingering inside my ears. At the moment I have already lost control of myself. I kept throwing punches not minding if he bleeds to death, well that is maybe what I actually want at the moment, to kill him for hurting my woman.

My knuckle started to feel a little spike of pain until it started aching continuously landing on Jaime's head until my fist felt numb. I still continued throwing punches up until Jaime's smirk vanished.

I thought he lost his consciousness but I got taken back for a second when I heard him sob as his low trembling voice begged for me to stop.

That is when someone pulled me away from Jaime as Rogue went to hug Jaime. Jaime's face was covered in blood, his nose was broken and wounds were everywhere. I am still raging with anger towards this man but his eyes looking at me like it was begging me to spare him and stop.

The look and glint on his eyes look so different from the person I met earlier.

The person who looks so proud of hurting my girl, who looks so full of himself after succeeding in provoking me. This guy kneeling and sobbing inside Rogue's arms looking at me like he is also asking me why I did that to him is so different from the Jaime who welcomed me after I entered this basement.

"R-Rogue what's h-happening w-why is he hurting me?" Jaime asked in a different tone of voice that confused me even more. But my confusion instantly turned into irritation as it turned into raging anger again.

Mahigpit at mariin ang pagkakahawak ko sa baril na kanina ko pa hawak-hawak at galit siyang dinuro gamit iyon, "What the fuck are you playing now huh!? Pretending it wasn't you who was behind all of this!? You fucking piece of shit- "pilit kong pakawala sa pagkakahawak ni Alec at Jander sa akin, but it was just me against to the two of them who's well-trained holding me to keep me from killing Jaime.

"After all of you have done you think you could get away from it by pretending not to know things!? Putangina sinong ginagago mo dito!?" Tears started falling from my eyes as I pointed the gun at him.

"Sa tingin mo maniniwala ako sa putanginang kagaguhang mong to!? Stop fucking pretending that you know nothing of these!"

I pulled the trigger as I pointed the gun at Jaime whose inside Rogue's arms that made everyone inside the basement, to let out a loud gasp.

Axel immediately took away the gun from my hand as Alec locked my arms behind my back.

"R-Rogue you're bleeding- "sabi ng nanginginig na boses ni Jaime na kinatingin ko kay Rogue.

I'm panting in anger as my teary eyes widened when I saw who I shot.

Rogue exchanges his and Jaime's position making him the human body shield and takes the bullet for Jaime. His right arm was bleeding as he looked at me with one eye closed.

"I know I don't have the right to call you kuya or beg for you to do something for me after all that I have done, but please Ridge listens to me..."

Mas lalong nagtagis ang mga ngipin ko ng makita ang pagriin ng pagkakayakap niya kay Jaime.

"I-I did something that made you so mad right? But please I still wanna live, I w-want to live, spare me. Please don't kill me..." Jaime mumbled begging like a kid.

Gritting my teeth and clenching my jaw all I could do is to look at them sharply.

I wanna strangle his neck, I want to torture him continuously until his last breath for everything he has done to us for every pain he has caused to me and Aether, I want to fucking kill him!

"Shut the fuck up! You don't have the fucking rights to beg! A fucking demon like you don't fucking deserves to live! Let me go! Let me go Alec let me fucking kill him! I'll kill you with my bare hand you motherfucker! What did you do to my Aether!? She's pregnant! She's pregnant and you dare to fucking hurt her!? And you're begging for me to fucking spare you!? She's bleeding! She's bleeding and what did you do!? You recorded her instead of bringing her to the hospital! How dare you beg when you didn't listen to her when she's begging for you to not hurt her!?" I screamed at him as tears fell down from my eyes.

I felt Alec's hold loosened and I immediately took the opportunity to attack Jaime but Rogue stopped me by hugging me and pushing me, "he has dissociative identity disorder! He has multiple personalities! That's why! So, believe him when he says he doesn't know what's happening! He is not mentally well... please I know we've hurt you and Aether so much and I am sorry if I wasn't able to stop Jaime from hurting Aether! I left to look for you to stop him yourself because I just cannot hurt him nor do things against his will myself, I just love him so much. Please, just please don't kill him, he doesn't know what he is doing k-kuya... he's mentally ill and it's my fault I spoiled him so much... I was so mad at you too, when I found out part of him is also mad at you, I felt like finally I have someone on my side but I admit I got played like a puppet by him on the game I thought I planned and started... Let me take care of this. I swear you won't be able to see him nor me again just please spare him... Just please..."

Tears were still falling from my eyes as I looked down at Jaime with sharp eyes. I removed Rogue's arms from me as I turned around.

I lost so much control that I didn't think of what Aether would think of me if I killed somebody.

"I won't forgive you two. I won't let you two just get away with things you have done." Clenching my fists, I looked at Prince blankly. "Send Jaime to jail and make sure he won't get any kind of medical treatment for his wounds- "

"Kuya! Ridge h-he'll die if— what he needs is to get admitted to an asylum not to be in jail yet, I promise I'll surrender him to— "

"Axel. Bring Rogue to the Montegara's palace and let the elders decide what they will do to him," I said and without looking at aniyone I walked towards the basement's door.

"Where's Aether?" I asked.

"I-I don't know— but i-If it was Ahiro m-maybe he brought her to the third room here in the basement... The door is behind a big painting in the hallway... I told y-you now please let m-me get cured— "

I stepped out of the basement and immediately found the painting and with my trembling hands and silently sobbing I took a deep shaking breath before I pushed the painting and it opened. I closed my eyes shut when a white room welcomed me.

And a hospital-like room filled my sight when I opened my eyes, and there was Aether unconsciously laying over a white bed. I ran towards her and hugged her as I sat over the edge of the bed. I closed my eyes shut again when I saw the blood on her inner thighs, I touched her belly as I silently cried hugging her inside my arms.

I kissed her forehead as my shoulder shakes. "Sorry... Sorry I'm late bubbles sorry I wasn't able to save you earlier... I'm so sorry... Sorry..." nakahalik lang ako sa noo niya hanggang sa maramdaman ko ang yakap ng nanghihina n'yang mga braso sa bewang ko.

Malalaki ang mga matang binalingan ko si Aether, kanda ugaga at dahan-dahan ko s'yang bihunat at akmang ilalabas na ng kwartong iyon ng mahagip ng aking mga mata ang isa sa mga larawang nakasabit pader.

It was, mom's ex-fiancée, the one who I thought was my biological father, with a young Rogue and a young boy who looks exactly like mom's ex-fiancé who looks very familiar...

"I-It's Jaime... with you? And who's t-that o-old man?"

Jaime is mom's ex-fiancé's kid?

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