The Rich And Bold

Coming clean II

CHAPTER TWENTY- FOUR

SCARLETT

As always, it was Cole who was able to bring me back to reality. The familiarity of his voice and his touch were what got through to me. When I could finally make sense of my surroundings, I found myself in the arms of Cole, as he stroked my hair and whispered words that made me know that I was safe. I was sweaty and breathing like I had run a marathon.

Kai stood helplessly at my desk and watched us with a defeated, angry, hurt look on his face. He looked dreadful. I breathed out a sigh of relief and broke down in tears. My body shook as heavy sobs overtook me. My brother's hold on me tightened and I rested my head on his shoulder.

"I think it's time for you to go." He said to Kai with an angry tone. "As you can see, she is fine now."

"I'm not leaving until she completely calms down," Kai said.

I wanted him to leave. Because of him, I was back to being a troubled mess, and I thought I was getting better. I thought he was making me better. I wanted to tell him to go, but just like it usually happened after I got a panic attack, I was too scared to talk to anyone that wasn't Cole or Gemini. I couldn't even look at him.

"Kai, please let her rest. You can see her tomorrow." Cole's tone was calmer.

I could feel the anger rolling off of my boyfriend in waves. He grunted lowly before I heard shuffling. I heard him begin to walk and his footsteps drew closer.

My body began to shake involuntarily as he approached, and my tears increased. I shut my eyes tighter and tried to bury my face deeper into Cole's neck.

Kai stopped walking. He was right behind Cole.

"Kai, please leave or you'll make matters worse." Cole sounded frustrated, and I knew that he was trying hard, for my sake, not to yell.

Immediately, I heard the retreating footsteps of Kai and my door shut lightly behind him.

"What happened?" Cole asked.

I shook my head to mean I didn't want to discuss it.

I didn't want to tell him. I couldn't tell him. He would beat up Kai and I didn't want that.

"You need to tell me if you tried to hurt you or force you to..."

I shook my head. "He- he didn't. I pr-promise. Just a d-dis-disagreement."

Cole sighed and hugged me tighter.

I knew that Kai did not mean to hurt me. He was angry, and he needed a release, that was all, but I was not comfortable, and he should have understood that. However, I did not want Cole to hate Kai any more than he did. I needed to talk to Kai first. Maybe, I misunderstood the situation. I whimpered at that thought and curled myself into a ball as my brother picked me up. I couldn't handle my boyfriend when he was angry.

Cole nodded and settled beside me on the bed. He continued to hold me tightly as I let sleep take me away.

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We got an emergency message from Azalea telling us to meet at her house in the evening. I didn't know where it was, so I had to tell Savannah to pick me up. Although I was still shaken up, I could still sit in a car. 

Normally, I would not be able to after I had a panic attack. It brought back memories of my accident. That was why I could not drive. I especially couldn't sit in the driver's seat. Cole tried to teach me at our estate, but after having a panic attack on the two occasions that I sat there we decided that I was better off as a professional passenger.