Bad Boy's Lust and Love

36. 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱!

Chapter-36

AUTHOR'S POV

Hazel wanted him to speak, so she remained silent.

" I know you must be thinking that I am one jerk, who played you....I deserve to be called a jerk if that's what you feel about me!" he continued.

Hazel squinted her eyes at him and shook her head.

" You're not a jerk Paul! You never crossed that line!" Hazel was being honest.

Paul knew she had a kind heart and her response earned his greatest respect.

" I really like you, Hazel....i do. I really do" Paul sounded genuine.

Hazel smiled a wide smile.

Paul adjusted in his position held Hazel's hands in his big ones and squeezed them gently.

" But I love her....she's my whole life.... everything and beyond that!" his deep voice dripped with genuineness and truth.

Hazel squeezed his hands back, and he continued.

" I...I was fifteen when I first saw May....she's.....she's really beautiful....she's kind and loving. She's a warm person Haze. We became friends and she also liked me and we got into a relationship after one year of dating. Everything was going well.....we were so happy...and... suddenly one day..." he breathed out heavily and paused. He looked uncomfortable.

Hazel cupped his face and then hugged him.

" You don't have to tell me everything Paul...I trust you!" she whispered, looking into his glistening green eyes.

Paul licked his lips and heaved a sigh.

" No...I've to tell....this...uh...it's too much for me....I haven't said this to anyone....only James knows....and now you!" he heaved again.

He was controlling his tears.

" One day she said she was going abroad for a trip...and I insisted that I would go with her...but she denied....uh...she went....uh...to Paris. She came back after a month. And the same day we argued. And..uh...she left the place in anger...i should've stopped her! I regret it with my whole life....she met with an...uh... accident....!" he was breathing shakily, clutching Hazel's hand tightly. The nerves on his neck stood up as he clenched his jaws to stop the pain surging through his body. 

Hazel's eyes teared up seeing Paul. He looked really hurt.

" She is in Coma....it's been five months....she's not waking up Haze... They're saying that her survival chances are dec... declining...uh.......I cannot live without her Haze. I'm trying... but...I am falling apart!" a lone tear escaped his eyes, followed by another one and another one and it went on.

Hazel embraced him in her arms and Paul placed his head in the crook of her neck and cried his heart out.

Hazel gulped the painful lump and ran her fingers in his hair. She didn't know what to say. She wasn't an expert in consoling, but she did what she could do the least. She lent her shoulders for him to lean on and cry.

" Paul....you...you are so strong....i..uh..she's fighting for you too....stay strong Paul.... please" she whispered. 

Paul pulled himself back from the hug and looked at Hazel. Her eyes held tears in them. She was too moved by Paul's love story.

That's the type of love she's yearning for! True and honest.

" Why are you crying?" he asked, intrigued by her teary face.