Royal Love (F1 x LH44)

Fourteen

Jude
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My head jerked towards the door as it opened right after a single knock. My heart started racing and the thought of Grayson getting into my room flashed through my mind. But a huge relief made place when Pete came through the door.

"Pete. You're back." I said from my bed, where I sat at the foot-end.

"Look who I bumped into." Pete said and I couldn't help but smile through the tears as I saw Lewis walk in behind him.

"Lewis, oh my god." I jumped up from my bed and walked towards him. My leg was struggling and I couldn't seem to walk properly.

"Jude... what happened?" Lewis asked as he watches me walk towards him. Concern filled his eyes.

I was almost there when my leg gave in. I fell forward and I could see the floor come in closer. But two strong arms picked me up. Lewis pulled me back on my feet.

"What happened?" The question now directed to Pete. "Did he do this to you?"

"She had been abused for the last month. I didn't know..." Pete said and the disappointment was hearable. Pete was really disappointed in himself since he wasn't there to protect me.

"Why didn't you say it to me, Jude..." Lewis said, his arms closing around me, pulling me in a tight embrace. I cut contact with him for a month. I wasn't sure if he still wanted to hear from me...

I flinched and pulled back. "Ouch." Lewis had his arm right at one of my bruises. "You hit a bruise." I chuckled and looked up at him.

"Don't laugh now... This situation isn't to laugh for." Lewis said and he kept his arm gently around my waist, trying not to hurt me by being too harsh on the bruises.

"I'm just happy you're here." I said and I couldn't get my eyes off him.

"I'm happy to see you too, god it's been a month! How the hell did this happen in just a month?" He asked, directing to my bruises. But before I could answer him he scooped me up and placed me back in bed. "Stay." He ordered and I just nodded. "Please explain it to me. All of it." Lewis said towards Pete and then looked at me.

Pete tried to explain the whole story from what I told him, and sometimes I filled him up. It was mainly about Grayson and his abusive behaviour, and his threats towards me. We also told Lewis about the actions of Grayson. Keeping me locked in here, using me sexually, selling pictures of us to the media to get the perfect view for the society.

Lewis filled with hatred and at the end of the story he was ready to explode. But he just breathed in and out, and than relaxed again. He crouched down and brushed with his fingers through my hair. "I get why you didn't want to tell me... it was to protect your title... and your family. I can't imagine how he's threatening you." Lewis said and he left a small kiss on my cheek. It made me blush and I got a warm feeling in my belly.

"You know... I didn't say anything to protect you. If you knew... I don't know what you would've done. I just- I was so scared." A tear crawled down my cheek.

Lewis swept it away with his thump and kept stroking my cheek with a faint scar on it. "How did you get this scar? And this time the truth." Lewis said as he looked me in the eyes.

"He hit me and said I had to tell everyone I hit the point of a table... I didn't even notice it left a scar..." A hiccup escaped my throat and it almost sounded like a sob.

"It's okay, Jude... you're okay now." Lewis said, soothing my hair.

"I'm just so sorry for this. We said that we would go back to being friends, and here you are..." I couldn't seem to keep in my tears. I couldn't even look at him right now.