White Lies

Chapter 29

TW⚠️ Mentions of rvpe

Lilith's p o v :

"We are going to the mansion." Elliot said that and left. That’s the only thing he's said to me since last night. Now I'm just waiting for him to be done with his work so we can leave.

"Let's go," he says without looking at me. We headed to the parking lot and sat in the car. He starts driving. The entire car ride was dead silent; neither of us spoke. I thought he'd bring up last night, but he didn't, so I just let it be.

We are greeted by Aunty Abigail and Greta's grinning faces. I smile at them half-heartedly. They make us eat dinner, and we go to our respective rooms.

The next morning, I found out from Aunty Abigail that he left early to work.

"Aunty, if you don’t mind me asking, how did you and the other workers start working here?" I ask the question that has been roaming around my mind for so long. "Awe, he still didn’t tell you?" She sighs.

"He tried yesterday, but he just ended up leaving home and coming back drunk, so I couldn't do anything. I thought he'd talk about it during the car ride, but he didn't even utter a single word." I tell her honestly.

"It's actually better if we girls tell you this. Wait here; I'll gather them." I look at her, confused. She disappears down the hall and comes back with all the workers behind her. Aunty makes me sit on a chair at the dining table and makes all the other workers sit on the other chairs.

Aunty Abigail sits beside me. "I was kidnapped by some rowdies when I was at the market to get groceries; they took me to some warehouse and raped me for so many days. Elliot was the one who saved me from them. You see all these women; the same thing happened to them, and they were taken under the care of Elliot. Elliot bought this huge mansion for us. So we can stay here and be safe. We aren't maids to him. We're family."

I stare at all of them with tears in my eyes. Every single person here was raped brutally by sick fucks, and here I thought Elliot was a bad person when he has been saving people all this time. How could I think so badly of him?

As each person sat beside me and told me what happened to them, my heart broke a little more each time. I wanted to protect these women. I wanted to stand by Elliot's side and help people like them. Now I understand what he was going to say about his friend Nathan. My heart broke for all these people; they didn't deserve that. No matter how bad a person is, no one deserves that. I wonder how they voiced it out to me. It must have hurt so much.

Aunty Abigail sent all of them back to their rooms. I go behind her to the kitchen. "I know what you're wondering, Lilith. How did we tell you all this? How much must it have hurt? We don't mind that hurt; we've endured worse. We just don’t want you to think about Elliot the way you do."

I walk up to her and engulf her in a hug, hoping she understands that I don't feel that way about Elliot anymore. I haven't felt that way since he took me to his condo. I knew he couldn't have done all that as a show to make me trust him; he really wanted me to trust him.

"Thank you, Aunty. For trusting me with such a big part about yourselves. I don’t feel that way about Elliot anymore. I'll make sure I talk to him." She pulls away and nods. "I'll go now." I smile at her.
"Go ahead. Rest well." I tell her, and she leaves.

I'll talk to Elliot tomorrow.

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I can't sleep, so I thought I'd go and check if Elliot was home. I knock on his door and get no response. I twist the door knob, and it opens; the door is unlocked. I carefully walk in and hear the sound of water. The bathroom door is ajar, and I can see Elliot's frame behind the steam-filled shower glass.

My eyes widen. I should turn and go out. I really should, but my feet and eyes remain glued to the floor. "What do you need?" I startle when Elliot speaks. My eyes immediately found his brown orbs. He was wearing a towel around his torso, his hair dripping wet, and his upper body shining in all its glory.

My cheeks started heating up. "Uh, I wanted to talk to you." He doesn’t answer and faces the mirror in the bathroom. I surprise myself when I enter the bathroom to let out the feelings brewing up inside me.

"You know I would've understood if you told me, right? Why did you let me think so badly of you all this time when you could've told me? I seriously would have believed you regardless of the fact that you could've been lying or that you would have broken my trust. I really wouldn't have cared about all that. I would have believed in you."

He stood still, not reacting to what I just said, while I wanted to breakdown. I went up to him and hugged him from behind. "I'm sorry. I'm really sorry for all the cruel things I've said to you and for thinking so badly of you."

He removes my hands from around him and pins me to the sink. He leans in close to my face. I sucked in a breath. Our lips are so close, I feel hot inside and out.

"I know, baby. I know. I know I should've told you, but I was scared—scared that you wouldn't believe me." His breath fanned over my lips as he spoke. I sigh. "I understand that, but I hope you know now that I believe in you." His forehead rested atop mine, and he nodded. "I know now."

I stood there with him, in that same position, for a while. Till it lasts. It's safe here, caged in between his arms. It felt like home.

A knock on the door pulled us apart. I felt lost without his touch.
Is that normal?

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Oh shit! I completely forgot about Samuel; I wasn't ready to face him. At all. But I have to. He's here, at Elliot's mansion. I've kept us on pause for more than a month. I need to get it over now.

I gave it a lot of thought, and I decided that we should break up. For the better. What's a relationship that can't even last a day without breaking apart? I should have told this to him, but it didn't feel right on the phone.

But now, I have a chance. To talk it all out with him as much as I don’t want to. I shouldn't be scared; everything that happened that day was because of complex emotions. It will be alright. I take a deep breath and go into the living room.

Elliot was leaning against a pillar. Samuel was sitting on the sofa. He immediately stands up when he notices me.

"hey." I greet him and sit opposite of him. "Heyy, how are you?"
"I'm okay." God, it's so awkward.
"I'm not going to go around in circles; I'll come straight to the point. I'm here to apologize to you, Lilith. I've been waiting for so long; I would've come to you the very same day, but I thought I should give you some space." I think we would still be together if he were to come the very same day.

"I couldn't wait any longer, so I came. I'm so sorry, Lilith. I know that doesn’t change the way I behaved with you that day. But I swear, I'll be a better person for you. I deeply regret what I did, and I can assure you that. Please give me another chance, Lilith. Please." I'm someone who believes everyone deserves a second chance. But when my gaze moves from Samuel to Elliot, I don’t want to do that. I don’t want to be with Samuel. I need to sort out my feelings; they're so messed up right now.

I look back at Samuel. "I don’t know what to do right now. I'm not sure if I should forgive you or not, but one thing I'm sure of is that I don’t want to be in a relationship right now. We should break up, Samuel."

His eyes start tearing up. "Yeah. Yeah, okay. I appreciate your decision; it's right." He sniffles.
"I'm glad you understand. It's alright now. I think you should talk to your brother; he's more important right now." he nods. They both go to Elliot's room.

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