Prey of a Predator

Chapter 32

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Ouch, it hurts man. Now what is he doing? Why is he angry? Did I do something to anger him? I didn't, I just said that I am with someone else and this time it's not Avni so what was the need to do this? What if someone sees us? Why is he doing this?

I opened my eyes which were previously closed due to the slamming and looked at him. He looked like he is in extreme rage for some reason. Before I could even understand anything, he slammed both of my hands on the sides of my head and with his darkened eyes, he simply stared at me.

I tried asking what was it about but he didn't answer. Now my anger is on 9th cloud. I said loudly,

🌸 "Would you let me go? You monster."

🔥 "Who is he?"

🌸 "What? Who are you talking about? Let my hands go, it's paining."

🔥 "The friend you told me the name of, who is he?"

🌸 "Kundan?"

He tighten his hold on my hands. It's paining so much now that the tears are threatening to roll out.

🔥 "Don't call his name with your pretty lips or it will be the last time you will see him."

🌸 "What is your problem?"

🔥 "Who is he to you?*

🌸 "My friend."

🔥 "Your friend?"

🌸 "Are you deaf? Let me go."

🔥 "Were you roaming in this market with him?"

🌸 "Yes"

🔥 "Now you will not, you will come with me."

🌸 "What? But I have to go back to him."

🔥 "Never."

🌸 "Henry let my hands go, please."

He let my hands go but didn't move and inch apart from me and just stared at me.

🔥 "You will not go with him"

🌸 (Glaring at him) "Why?"

🔥 "Because you're mine and no one can be with what's mine."

🌸 "You're delusional."

🔥 "No I am not."

🌸 "It's just your assumptions."

🔥 "Reality"

🌸 "Ugh, just stop. I thought you would finally be good but no, you just can't."

🔥 "I was good until you mentioned that bastard's name."

🌸 "Now will you go?"

🔥 "No."

🌸 "You-you know what?"

I took the necklace out from my purse, grabbed his wrist, opened his palm, slammed the necklace in it, closed the palm and ran away as fast as possible.

While I was running I didn't even notice that the carriage which was running off to somewhere earlier was now returning at the same speed and I was in the middle.

With my blurry vision due to earlier, I couldn't see anything clearly but heard many people calling out to me and were telling me to move. I could see the carriage coming towards me but my legs gave up and got stuck at one place.

I closed my eyes and forwarded my hands as if it will save me. Just before the carriage could hit me, I felt two big hands encircling my waist and jumping off to a distance.

Through my closed eyes, I could feel that I was on top of someone and completely sheltered by his arms. But the person or should I say man beneath me would have gotten hurt badly as he was literally sliding in the dusty ground.

When I opened my eyes, I couldn't believe what I saw. The man who saved me by risking his life was none other than Henry Machester.

I slightly lifted my head and saw that his eyes were closed and expression clearly stated that he has gotten hurt. When I looked at his arms, I noticed that his right forearm is bleeding because of an injury. He got cut by something on the ground.

I looked at his face again and saw his face had some small cuts like one on his forehead and one on his right cheek.

What is this man? What does he want? He won't let me care for him, he won't let me hate him, just what does he want from me? What does he think of himself? Whenever he wants, he can just shout at me and whenever he wants he can save my life even if it meant losing his own.

Just then he slowly opened his grey eyes and looked at me with an unknown concern in his eyes while I looked at him with my unanswered questions in my eyes.

I couldn't care less about our surroundings when I was completely embraced in his arms, my both hands on his biceps and and his, on my waist. And our eyes focused on each other's.

Just then someone asked us if we are okay? And I quickly pulled myself back to stand on my feet. And after I did that, I forwarded my hand towards Henry as he seemed in pain while getting up. He first looked at me and then took my hand. I helped him in standing up and he stood up, he was again going to fall back but I immediately grabbed his waist so that he won't fall.

I asked him what was wrong and he said that it seemed like he twisted his ankle while saving me as he literally ran upto there and then took me and jumped towards a distance and by god's luck, there was a store's pole near his head when he stopped on the ground. Thankfully he didn't get hurt by it or by now, his head would have gotten a wound.

It seems like I have to help him. Could this day get any worse? I took him towards a bench and made him sit there while I went off to buy some first aid materials. From one shop I got the clean cloth and from a pharmacy, I got the paste.

I took the those and went back to him. I sat on the bench beside him and took out the paste.

I firstly applied it on his forearm and suprisingly, he didn't even flinch. After applying the neem paste, I took the clean cloth and wrapped it around his forearm. After doing that, I took some paste on my index finger and lightly applied it on his forehead while lightly blowing my breath so that the paste easily dries up in his injury as it will help it to heal faster.

While I was doing all this, I saw that his eyes were closed and he seemed like to be taking deep breaths as if sucking in my breathings which were blown towards his forehead and cheek. I thought of retreating my finger from his cheek but while I took it just few millimetres apart, his hand grabbed my finger and he took my whole palm towards his other cheek and made my palm embrace his cheek while he opened his eyes and said,

"I am sorry"

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