IF OUR LOVE IS TRUE- We Will Definitely Make Through It.❤| COMPLETED

Chapter 16

The next day at the hotel, all our smiling faces were missing. Jake wasn't there, obviously and that was even more hurting. Though it had hardly been a year since we know each other, but were all a family in our own, we always celebrated each other's happiness and stood for each other in sorrows.
Towards the end of the day I received a message from Jake,
Can you come up to my place while going back home?
I was happy because there were a lot of things I wanted to discuss as well.
As the day was over I reached Jake's place. He opened the door before I could even ring the bell.
I got in and we sat on the sofa.
"Ritz, I now that you agreed with the rest, to make my last week fun, but you are still offended, aren't you?"
"Right, I am offended, I am so damn angry that I can even kill you right now. How dare you..I mean how could you even think of taking such a big decision without telling any of us." I was about to cry.
"Well you have the right, you can kill me right now if you want." He shrugged.
"Stop being dramatic you, idiot." I hugged him. He wrapped his arms around me.
"Why do you have to go?"
"Don't ask me that question Ritz. I dont want to answer it."
I moved away from him.
"Look Ritz plzz, I want it all to be fine, when I leave. I want you to be fine, it really matters to me." He looked at me hoping for a positive response.
"I'm sorry Jake." I stood up to leave. "I can give you anything, but this. I cannot be fine at you leaving."
I started to walk away.
"But why?" He asked me. And I stopped, I myself had no answer to this question.
"I don't know." I stammered and walked out of his house.

Honestly, Jake was right. He was just a friend to me. Then why was this affecting me so much?
I was not interested in finding the answers because I knew it would make me even more restless.
At night, when I checked my phone, there was a message from Steve. I realized I completely forgot about him due to all this mess.
Steve: Hey, you free this Thursday
Evening?
I wanted to introduce you
to some of my friends.
I should have been jumping at this, I should have been excited that he was giving me importance. But I was not even interested in going with him. I wanted to be alone trying to figure out some way to get things better in my life. But then I thought, Steve is not a part of all this and I shouldn't let him down because of the problems in my life. And also I wanted to know him better, to know what kind of a person he is. Hence I replied.
Ritika: Yeah sure.
I kept my phone aside and went to sleep.

On Thursday, Steve picked me up from my place and we went to the Prince of Wales, a pub near Southall. When we went inside, Steve's friends were already there, two girls, who seemed quite glamorous and three guys. I'm pretty sure they weren't celebs cuz none of them seemed familiar, as I had a record of every celeb connected to Steve, years of fangirling, you know. We sat down Steve introduced me to each of them and I honestly don't remember any of their names, the reason being I wasn't present over there mentally, trust me I wanted to, I tried my best. But the fact that we only had a day more with Jake was not allowing me to enjoy. It was somehow killing me, crushing me from inside. I was completely lost in my thoughts when I heard Steve and his pals laughing, they were discussing some incidence that took place during Steve's Fortune World Tour. All of them then called for drinks. When they arrived one of the girls offered it to me. I guessed it was tequila.
"Ummm..no thank you." I denied.
This was when Steve turned to me,
"You're saying no to alcohol?" He said in a surprised tone.
"Actually, I don't drink." I shrugged.
Steve wrapped his arm around my shoulder,
"Oh C'mon babe, just one." He picked up a glass.
"No, please not today, I'll definitely try it some other time." I was getting irritated, I wanted to be alone, I wanted peace. And in such a situation it is better if anyone doesn't poke me unnecessarily. I was getting furious. I could feel the rage coming up inside me due to all the frustration.
Steve tightened his grip on my shoulder and brought the glass closer to my mouth. Suddenly I felt as if I was losing my senses due to anger. Steve forcefully tried to put that thing in my mouth. I heard the rest laughing at the entire situation. This broke my tolerance. I felt hot blood rushing inside me. I pushed Steve away, and the glass in his hand fell on the floor and broke. Everybody went numb in a split second. I got up, I don't know what happened, what came into my mind and I placed a tight bang on Steve's face. Yes. I slapped him. It wasn't my choice, it was the situation's demand. Everybody stood up. And I was stuck there thinking what I just did.