LOSING YOU

Chapter 115- An Incomplete Love Story

—SIYA—

My eyes open to absolute darkness, a deadly ache booming across my head. I look around, it's all grey.

I try to get up but my hands are tied behind my back. I struggle against the ties, a grunt leaves my throat. "Siyu." I look in front to meet Eric's eyes, relief takes the place of all the anxiety I was experiencing. I smile through teary eyes as he walks closer to me. He looks different. He leans closer to me and kisses my lips gently. "Someone- someone abducted me when I was waiting for you outside the office building and-" I pause- "how did you find me?" Eric smiles at me. His lower lip disappears between his teeth and he dramatically rolls his eyes. "Bitch..." he whines, my eyes widen, "you caught me."

There is something so feminine about his composure. I stare at his body in confusion. What on earth- "I'm going to kill you, and that disgustingly good-lookin' monster you've been fucking." He might look harmless right now but... I need to get out of here. I tug at the ropes again, and he laughs. "Why are you doing this? What did I ever do to you?" I scream in panic, "What did you ever do to me?" He screams at me, tears in his eyes- I gasp when he slaps me, my ears ring at the contact. My headache growing exponentially. "You took away everything! You ruined my whole life! You took the only thing I ever truly cared about!" Eric growls at me, I do not understand- the only thing that matters is that he wants to hurt Kabir. All that I've grasped since the beginning of this goddamn conversation. "What are you talking about?" I cry, my cheek numb. "Rey. I'm talking about him."

"I don't know any Rey!" How the fuck do I get these ropes off! "Ah!" I let out a cry when he grabbed my hair and pulled me closer. "Darce. Reynold Darce. Remember that name, you cunt?" Oh no.

—ERIC—

Four months ago...

I rush towards the door and open it, turning around absent-mindedly I walk inside complaining, "You said that you'd meet me at the theatre and then you stood me up! I am so mad at you- what's wrong babe?" I walk towards Rey, he looks sad. Wrapping my arms around his neck, I press a soft kiss on his lips. He looks down. "I think we should postpone the wedding." His whispers. "What? Why?" I hold him tighter, he looks at me- glossy-eyed. My heart hurts, "Reynold? Baby, what happened?" Panic surges through my veins, he buries his face in my neck. "I lost everything. The control of my company, the money, the bank, every single thing I ever worked for. I lost all of it, Eric. All of it." He sobs in my neck. How is this even possible? He just went to India last week to get a deal done and we were supposed to hang out today. How- "That bitch! Siya Mehra! She... she took advantage of my vulnerability, turned my partners against me. She- she finished my future, Eric- and that man! The CEO of Hamilton! Kabir Singhania! They ruined my life! I'm finished!" I make him sit on the couch, I feel so tense. So worried. "Hey, we can still get married." I look at him, and he shrugs. "I don't think this is the best time. My parents already hate our relationship and yours aren't very happy about any of this either. The last thing they want to do is marry off their son to a goddamn beggar. I need time, baby. Go home." He whispers I've never heard him so... broken. "Don't push me away. I love you, Rey. We'll make it out of all this. I know we can!" I begin to cry, he shakes his head and wipes away a tear, his starts flowing at that moment. "I love you, Eric. But, I need to be alone right now." I nod and leave despite wanting to hold him close.

I cry alone throughout the night. My house help knocks on the door at dawn. "Go away!" I sob. "Sir, Mr. Reynolds..." I throw open the door at the mention of his name. "What- what happened? Is he okay?" I rub my eyes. The tears in her eyes make me rush to the door in panic, I sit in my car and drive as fast as I can, Rey's street is filled with paparazzi, I hide my face and get in the house. What is happening? His cook walks towards me. "Where is he?" I look around desperate to look at that face, smiling at me. "He died. He overdosed on his sleeping pills." I run towards the hall, there are yellow tapes around his couch, his body blue and lifeless on the floor as some people click pictures of the scene. "Rey!" I cry and fall beside his body, shaking him hard in an attempt to wake him up. He doesn't move, doesn't smile at me, doesn't tell me that he loves me. "Don't leave me! I love you! Rey! Say something!" I scream as people drag me away from his body. No, he needs me. I'm thrown out of the house.

I was not allowed at his service, I watched his funeral from a distance. No one let me pay my respects. I didn't either. The day he died, I made a promise to myself.

I'll visit his grave only when Siya Mehra and Kabir Singhania are rotting in their grave.

Taking off my engagement ring, I carefully keep it in my pocket.

I open my laptop and start my research, first stop- Siya Mehra.

Siya stares at me with tears in her eyes. All I feel is burning hatred towards her.

I remember the day I was at David's house, still collecting information about Siya. I hadn't told anyone about my plan, I didn't trust anyone enough. The music blazing in the background made me furious. "David, could you seriously shut that damn thing down! I've got a call to attend." I lie for obvious reasons. "Dude, it's barely audible! Moreover, it's a freaking party!" The asshole screams back, annoyed, I walk out of the room and pull the plug of the speaker. The silence makes me smile, I look up at the exact same moment and my eyes cannot believe what they see. The same horrible woman they've been digging out shit about for days. Siya Mehra smiles at me. As much as I want to wrap my hands around her throat and strangulate her to death, I smile back and my whole plan changes.

Why let the world kill your enemy when you can take all the sweet revenge yourself?

Three months with Siya and I realise that I'm falling in love with her, but god saves the day and sends Kabir to California too. I gain back my purpose when she misses my kisses and starts defending him. They love each other. Good. I won't kill them together, I'll kill them in front of each other. Let them feel what I have been feeling. The pain. The helpless feeling.

The plan almost went down the gutter when I made her have a panic attack in an attempt to act like her relationship with Kabir actually bothered me. But, I leapt at my chance when she finally agreed to meet me.

And here she was, ready to die.

"I'm so sorry." She says to me, I snort. "He didn't deserve to die. I was about to get married to my high school sweetheart and you took it all away for the sake of your own pleasure." I cry as she shifts closer. "Eric, it was all for business, I never thought that-" "Fuck the business!" I yell and punch her stomach hard, she groans. She pulls her knees closer to her chest as my fists repeatedly land on her back. I'm going to kill her. "Eric, stop!" She cries. Good. Very good. I pick her to her feet and knee her in the stomach, a smile covers my lips when she begins throwing up on the ground. Taking a minute to devour the moment I breathe. My eyes land on her back, blood dripping from her hands as she holds a piece of glass and tries to cut the rope with it, right before I can do something, Siya gets rid of the rope and pushes me hard. I fall on the concrete floor with a gasp, she drops the glass and runs away from me through the other flight of stairs, opposite from the one I brought her from, I wince as my back connects with the floor and I twist my ankle. I shake my head in annoyance and get up. "I'll kill them both," I mutter and begin to brush away the dust from my suit. "Eric?" Ah! Look at the prey walking into the den.