Jealousy | Wen Junhui [EDITING]

Chapter 42

**Trigger warning⚠: contains violence. If you're sensitive to this type of content, please skip to the summary of this chapter at the bottom of the page.

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"Caleb..." I muttered, moving towards him.

I reached for his hands and held them gently in mine. Caleb quickly pulled his hands back, giving me a slight jump.

"Leave me alone... please," Caleb breathed, looking away.

I backed up a little bit and asked him what was wrong. When Eunhyuk didn't reply, I stayed rooted in my spot.

"Why are you still here?" Caleb snapped.

I took minute steps back and replied to his rude statement with a stubborn silence. Caleb breathed out heavily and looked back up at me. A blank yet venomous look was plastered on his face. For the first time, I was terrified of my older brother, even though he hadn't done anything... yet.

"Why must you always pester me?" Caleb spat, his voice gradually getting louder. He motioned towards me.

"C-Caleb..." I stuttered, holding my hands out in self-defense as I took big steps back.

"I told you to leave me alone!" Caleb shouted.

He darted his right hand and slapped me hard across the face. The sudden blow was powerful enough to make me crash against the low table to my left, making me scream as my head banged against the glass surface and my lip in contact with the hard edge. An excruciating pain erupted from where I banged my head and had spread far enough that I could even feel the pain in my fingertips. I cried in pain and fear, quickly covering my head and prepared myself for another painful blow.

"Oh my gosh, T-Tori, I'm so sorry!" Caleb exclaimed, voice cracking from regret.

He bent down on his knees and tried to hold my head. I screamed to let him know that I didn't want him near me, but he didn't take the hint. I jumped up - not caring about the spots forming in my area of vision and my head spinning due to the sudden movement. I tried used every bit of strength I had left to get away from my brother's touch.

"Tori, please!" Caleb pleaded.

His eyes started to brim with regret; what he did was almost unforgivable, and certainly not forgettable. Caleb looked just as hurt as I was, though I started to feel numb from the physical and growing emotional pain. I was every bit scared as I was hurt.

"Stay away from me! Come any closer and I'll call the police!" I warned as my voice wavered.

Suddenly, a loud shriek dominated the loud commotion Caleb and I created. Caleb whipped his head and body towards the source of the cry, which led him to collide with the ground as Winter gave him a swift punch on his left jawline. She dashed past him and dragged me to my room before I could collapse from not breathing properly.