Love and Bliss Combined | ✔

#8

When I woke up I could hear someone snoring next to me. I looked at Alec in a deep sleep. I turned to face him in his hold. He looked so peaceful I wish I had peace. I traced my fingers on his face making him stir. He slowly opened his eyes and looked at me.

"Hey there girlfriend..." He grinned at me.

"Hi!" I giggled. He surprised me by kissing me in the lips and I returned the kiss. After a brief kiss I looked at time and let out a gasp.

"What happened?"

"It's way past our office time. We are going to be late." I made a move to get out of bed but he held me still.

"Where do you think you are going? We need to discuss what happened last night. I already called the office that we are taking a leave when I woke up in the morning."

My eyes widened as realization swept over me. I remembered last night. I didn't want to talk about it especially when it could result in us breaking up.

"I don't want to talk about it." I mumbled.

"Why not? You were crying and most of the night you woke screaming scaring the shit out of me." I was shocked as I didn't remember waking up at all. "I am not lying." He said he saw my expression.

"It is nothing." I wave it off knowing clearly that he is not going to let go until I tell him.

"You never told me about your family except Brandon who is not your real brother. You never told me anything about your high school or college experiences. You didn't share anything personal with me and I shared everything with you. I told you my every secret. Why can't you do the same? Relationships are built on honesty and trust. It makes me think you don't trust me enough to tell me about your past. I though with the passage of time you'll let it go. But here I am still waiting for you to open up to me." He was not accusing me, he was just telling the truth.

"I am scared of you leaving me after I tell you about my past." I said to him.

"I am not going to anywhere. I like you a lot. Heck, I might be in love with you. I don't care what happened to you in the past. I just care about your present and future with me. If your past is interfering with your present you just have to let it go." He said very fast that I could even acknowledge that he said something about love.

"Okay I will tell you but I promise if you leave me I will kill you." I said threaten him and he just chuckled and held me tightly.

"I am an only child. My full name is Zoey Evan Adams. My parents had me when they were in college. So basically I was a mistake. They kept me but they never cared. My grandmother was everything to me. My first eleven or twelve years were the happy years of my life just because of granny and Brandon. I remember at first he used to protect me from all the bullies because granny had told him so. But after sometime we got closer. My grandmother died and I was again in the care of my parents. They were never home so I never bothered about them. I used to work during my school and college. The parents used to give me money as it was the only thing that mattered. After graduating, I left for college. I never visited them in holidays I would rather visit Brandon. They used to send money and that's all. As a matter of fact they still do. Trying to connect with their daughter by handing out money... " I scoffed at the memory.

"It was my last year at college when my parents asked me to come home and visit them. I was surprised at first but I refused the offer. People at college didn't know about them. I never told anyone. They just assumed I was an orphan which was a good thing. My father called me said that he'd drag me back to home if I didn't visit them in the holidays." My eyes were filling with tears at the dreadful memory. "I went to visit them only to be greeted by my worst nightmare. They told me that they had sold me to someone and that I couldn't go back. I went for just one day and most of my stuff was back at college so I thought I would just go back. But the man they sold me to dragged me to his house..." My voice was no longer understandable.

"You don't have to complete it." Alec said tracing circles on my arm. Surprisingly it calmed me down a little.

"No, you were right. I have to let it go. He abused me. He made wish that I was never even born. He would beat the hell out of me. He broke my arm twice" I could feel him trying to calm me as well as himself. "He abused me for a week. He broke me Alec. He broke me." I cried on his chest hugging him. He hugged me back.

"No you are not broken. You are pure and just like an angel. You are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen. I regret not meeting long time ago." He kissed my forehead to show affection. I cried and cried for what felt like forever receiving flashbacks from my past. I was going to tell him about what had happened at the office thinking about letting it all go at once when he interrupted my thoughts.

"What happened today, Zoe?" He asked sincerely. I closed my eyes, sniffed and slowly told him everything. I saw his expression turn from soft to a cold and angry one.

"I am going to fire them and makes sure they suffer for what they did to you." He made an effort to get up but I restrained him.

"No, I don't want you to fight my battles. I just want you besides me." I said quietly and he hugged me.

After crying for whole morning with Alec comforting me, I was somewhat stable in the afternoon. We spent the whole day lying next to each other watching movies; some of his choice and some of mine. As much as I wanted Alec to stay with me, he had to go back to do some work.

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So the past of Zoey is out there. I hope we all can find someone loving and caring as our hero here. ;)

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Gwen ^_^