Loving the Hell King

Chapter 16

"What!!!!! Are you out of your fucking mind? Please tell me you are joking." I jumped away from him.

"Eva, will you please calm down. Please hear me out properly first. You are not dating anyone, so why not giving us a try right. Eva , I have always liked you but staying away from you from the past six months made me realize how much I love you. I cannot imagine a day without seeing you ." He looked at me with pleading eyes. If I haven't been with Troy I would have probably given us a chance. But at this moment it is almost impossible because I can't imagine myself with anyone other than Troy.

I went and sat near Sam,
"Sam, I am sorry, I Can't. I am already in love with someone else."
Within a second Sam's face turned from sad to that of fury. He pulled me by my shoulder and started shaking me.

" Tell me Eva that you are lying. Tell me!!" His fingers almost dig into my shoulder causing pain.

" Sam , you are hurting me." He instantly took off his hands but anger was still visible in his eyes.

" Who is this guy ? Do I know him?" He asked me . He is trying to maintain his tone but actually failed to hide the anger and jealousy in it. For a second he almost looked inhuman.

"You don't know him and I am not gonna tell you anything about him." I wish Sam and Troy never meet in person after today's incident.

"Why didn't you tell me before? When I asked you if you are dating someone why did you say no then?"

" We are not exactly dating given the fact that we never actually went to any date. My relationship with him is kind of complicated but I love him a lot." I kept my eyes down while saying these things because I hate to see the disappointment in Sam's eyes. I care for him a lot and I know that my answer has hurt him a lot. I never knew that he felt in this way for me.

" Okay. I see. You are not gonna tell me much about him. I hope you know what you are doing. And if you ever change your mind you know where to find me. I will always wait for you." With that words he left. But his last words made me feel more guilty.

After Sam left I sat and started to go through my students worksheet but I couldn't concentrate much. My thoughts ran off to Sam's words. I keep on thinking whether to tell Troy about this or not but decided against it. I have witnessed too much of Troy's possessive behavior and if he finds about this it he will definitely drag me to hell. There is no way he is going to find about this from anyone else and there is zero percent chance that Sam and Troy will ever come face to face with one another. So, I kept away all my fears for the time being and concentrated on my work.

I heard my mom calling after sometime. I went downstairs to see my mom sitting infront of the TV.
"Honey I want to talk about something. Is everything okay between you and Sam? He was looking upset when he left but he didn't tell anything."

" Mom he just confessed that he loves me."

"Oh my god. And what did you tell him?"

"Of course no mom. You know I love Troy and I cannot love anyone else. I am just scared that if by any chance Troy find out about this all hell is gonna break loose." After coming back from hell I have told everything to my mom and she has supported me on my decision. I am grateful to my mom about one thing is that she is never judgemental. She believes that I am quite intelligent to make the correct choice. That is why she never opposed against my teaching career. As for my dad and brother goes that is a completely different story.

"Honey are you sure you are not in any kind of abusive relationship?" My mom asked me in a serious tone and I burst out laughing.

"Yeah. I guess so." And my mom joined in my laughter. We spoke a little more and it feels kind of good .