Plump, Hated, And Bullied

Let's start all over again

Chapter 48

Ren POV

I'm still unable to recover from the shock of Tracy calling me earlier today. I would've concluded that someone was pretending to be her, but I heard her voice, and I didn't fail to recognize it.

"Where are you going to, Ren?" Rena, who has been sitting on my bed, finally asks as she watches me get dressed.

"I'm going out with the boys," I reply to her casually.

"Don't lie to me, Ren. I know when you're going out with your friends, and when you're lying, and I can tell that you're lying now," She glares hard at me, and I sigh briefly.

"I'm just going out to meet up with someone. Are you satisfied now?" I turn to her as I fix my wristwatch in my wrist.

"A woman?" She further asks, and I nod my head.

"Who is she? Your girlfriend, or one of your flings?" She asks me, and I sigh briefly.

"Are we doing any form of interrogating contest here?" I ask her, and she shrugs.

"Maybe, we are. You can't be seen with another woman like that if you don't want to create another problem on the internet. We are trying hard to clear the mess you created. Don't mess things up again," She says before she stands up and strides out of my room. For goodness sake, when the hell is she leaving my house? She has overstayed her welcome here, is she planning not to ever leave?

Finally leaving my room, I head to the parking lot downstairs where I hop in my car and drive out of the compound. It's past 8pm already, but the road is still so busy.

Now that I think about it, I wonder why she asked to see me, but there's no way I would know about it if I don't go there, right?

Pushing all the thoughts to the back of my mind, I speed up so I can get there on time and not keep her waiting later.

I arrive and pack in front of the fancy restaurant a few minutes later, and I proceed toward the entrance door as soon as I hop out of the car.

As I walk inside, I spot her sitting at the far end of the restaurant, with her back facing me. I stop to stare at her for a few seconds, admiring her beauty and elegance. She's beautiful even from behind, and her skin looks smooth.

Pushing all the thoughts to the back of my mind, I walk over to her.

"I'm sorry, did I keep you waiting for long?" I apologize to her as I pull out the chair and sit on it, facing her.

"No, you didn't. I just got here too," She replies to me with a gloomy expression on. I know she's not happy to have me around her, but why did she summon me here?

"Have you ordered anything yet?" I ask her, trying to break the awkward silence that keeps setting in.

"No, I don't have an appetite. You can go ahead and order something if you're hungry," She replies to me bluntly with a deep frown on her face, and I bit my bottom lip.

"I'm fine," I reply to her, and she nods her head, silence setting in afterward.

"Tracy... I'm sorry about what happened. It was my fault that things went out of control. I haven't really apologized to you for what happened, so I'm so sorry," I say to her nervously, but she just stares at me with a blank expression on her face.

"Why don't you just die if that is the only way I will be happy? Why don't you just disappear and never show your face to me, ever again?" I watch as a drop of tears slides down the corner of her cheek, and I slowly clench my fists as I gulp down the sudden lump that forms in my throat.

"Is that how much you hate me?" I ask her, and she scoffs as she turns her face away.

"Yes, I hate you so much that I want nothing else, but for you to disappear," She replies to me, and I sigh briefly.

"I'm sorry, but that is out of my power. It's not something I can do. If it was something I have the power to do, I wouldn't have hesitated if it'll make you forgive me, and remain happy forever," I say to her, and she scoffs as she throws her head back for seconds.

"Let's start all over again, Ren," She says after a long silence, her eyes piercing into mine like she wants to see through me, and I squint my eyes in shock as I stare back at her.

"What did you say?" I ask her to be sure that I'm not hallucinating because I know that is the last thing Tracy would ever think of.

"It's not that I want you in my life, but turns out that I now have to live at your mercy. I hate you, Ren... I want to stay miles away from you, but my mom doesn't want me to. She wants me to be with you, and there's nothing I can do," She further says as more tears stream down her cheeks, and I grit my teeth angrily. What the hell is wrong with that woman?

"You can't say no, Ren... You have to be with me. My mom will always blame me for it if you say no. I won't ever have a peaceful life if you're not in my life. I think I was destined to live at your mercy, and there's nothing you or I can do about it," She says with pain written all over her, and I sigh briefly.

"You don't really have to do what she wants, do you? It's your life..."

"It became yours the day she chose you. To her, I can't be with any man else except the one she chose for me, and you're the one. If you don't want to see me in more pain, then you have to accept to be with me," She further utters, and I bite my bottom lip. As much as I'm a bit happy that she's coming back into my life, I'm also scared of accepting her back. She's not happy about this, and she's only going to get hurt while being around me, so what's the point of keeping her?

"Let's start all over again," She says for the third time, and continues, "Do me this favor, Ren, and I will forever be grateful to you,"

"Hmm," I find myself nodding my head, even though I know this is what I should never accept. Not that we both have a choice at this point...