Maxine
I opened my eyes to the sound of a machine beeping near by. I stared up to a white ceiling, blinking a few times and tilt my head to the side. Next to me was a heart monitor machine, I glanced down at myself and saw that I was in one of the hospital beds.
I forced myself up by the elbows but a gasp escaped my lips when I felt a throbbing, burning pain on my back and down my arms. Thick bandages were covering my arms and most likely my back too. The door opened and I laid back down, turning my head to the nurse entering the room.
"Mrs. Night you're awake." she stared at me with wide eyes before running towards the bed. "How are you feeling? Do you have any pain? Should I call Mr. Night?" she started throwing questions at me.
Her loud voice gave me headache and I rubbed my hand over my forehead, closing my eyes. Everything that has happened comes back to me. My father, the explosion, Adrain and my mother's lifeless body on the bed.
"I don't want to see anyone. Get out." I said. She opened her mouth to debate but I stopped her with a angry yell. "Now!"
Startled she winces before running out and closing the door behind her. I threw my arms over my face, fresh tears started flowing down my cheeks and I bite back a sob.
My mother's gone and so is my father. Why did it have to come to this? The death of two parents. Thinking back to the night Adrian and I sneaked into my father's office I remembered my mother using the gun and the anger in her face when she saw Adrian.
It was unusual and I've never seen that side of her. The puzzles are all starting to come together. I thought she was different, the soft spoken woman that never talks bad about another person. The only person in the family that hasn't killed and I praised her for that. Just to find out she killed someone. Was it all an act? Was this her only kill or was there more...
I covered my sobs with my hand so that no one outside could hear me. I cried until I couldn't anymore, until I passed out from pain and exhaustion.
***
"Adrain carried you to the car and we drove you to the hospital." Cindy explains rubbing her thumb over the top of my hand. I wanted to know how I got here. The last thing I remembered was me sitting on the floor next to my mother's bed.
"You should've left me." I whispered, staring at the blank tv on top of the wall. Maybe I wouldn't have woken up. Maybe I would've joined them in hell.
"I would never leave you." she squeezed my hand. "I know you're hurting. You'll get through this okay?" she tries to reassure me but I turn away from, groaning from the stinging pain in my arm.
She sighs and I hear the door open. Cindy stands up, releasing my hand and glances at me before walking away. The door closes again but I don't move.
"Get out Adrain." I said, knowing it was him without needing to look. I couldn't mistake his footsteps and presence for anyone else.
If my father wouldn't have killed her, he would've. I can't...look at him. By now his medicine has worn off which means, he either remembers what we did together or he doesn't. Both sounds equally painful.
"I'm sorry about your mother." he whispers and my body stiffens.
"If that's all you have to say. Leave."
He doesn't leave and instead his footsteps moves closer to the bed. I grabbed the pillow from underneath my head, jumped up and threw it towards him. The action makes me hiss and I felt the burned skin stretch with each movement.
Adrian stands there, letting the pillow hit him in the face. I noticed a patient wristband wrapped around his wrist, indicating I wasn't the only one in the hospital. Even so, he was wearing causal clothes which means he must've been released already. When he looks at me, his eyes look lifeless and troubled, concern lurking behind them.
"Will you let me speak?" he asked.
"There's nothing to say. Both my parents are dead. Your revenge plan is over. There's no need for us to talk. The marriage contract only lasted until you killed your mother's murderer right? That means we're done."
From the corner of my eyes I saw a shiver run through him. "You say that like we didn't have sex a few hours ago. "
My eyes widen and I tightened my grip on the cover underneath me. He remembers. That means, he knew what he was doing and that he wanted it to happen. My heartbeat quickens and the matchine humiliates me by only beeping harder.
"I'm not going to let you go that easily." his face hardens.
"You plan on kidnapping and locking me in a room again?" I snapped.
"No. I plan to make you mine, fully. I want you to run the family business with me. I want us to start over. Say you'll marry me." he said, avoiding eye contact with me. Like he was saying words he never would've said.
There's so many emotions boiling up inside of me. The grief of my mother's death. The pain of never being my father's daughter. The truth about my mother and Adrian's mother's death. And then my feelings towards Adrain. They were all mixed up together and I couldn't tell the difference. Do I hate him? Or was it something different?
I looked up at him and his eyes roamed over my face for a hint of what I could be feeling. Before I can answer a nurse walked in. "I need to check on her wounds." she said.
Adrain looked at her then back at me and down my arms where the bandages are.
"I'll wait. Get some rest." he swallowed and walked out.
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Forever Tempted (Rewriting)
Aksi"Show me." he groaned. "Show me exactly how much you can't stand me." he said, leaving angry wet kisses down my neck and throat. Maxine, one of the mafia heirs of the Russo family. Hates her father for treating her badly since she was little. One d...
