Love Comes With Agony

chapter 10

Axel's POV

Today I was having a really rough day... Morning I had a baseless fight with Sophia... God knows what crawled up her ass... She is really annoying the shit out of me... I really want to know the reason of behind her shitty mood... But she wouldn't tell me... Due to this I reached office late like really late and because of that i missed one very important meeting... Next one of my employee spilled her coffee all over my shirt... Although I changed it cause I didn't want to roam around wearing a shirt that had coffee stain all over it... My assistant had literally messed up all my files... He was looking for one particular file but since he couldn't get it he messed up the entire place... And I had a meeting in about 30 minutes and the PPT wasn't ready... So bottom line everything was a huge mess... I was sitting on my chair and going through my emails when there was a knock on the door... I knew it was my assistant cause I had sent him to get me a cup of coffee...
"Come in" i said without taking my eyes of the laptop screen
"Excuse me um Mr. DeLuca" a girl's voice called me
I looked up and saw a really pretty girl of about 19 years looking at me with her big doe eyes... She was wearing black skinny jeans and a grey t-shirt with white Converse... A scarf tied around her neck loosely... It seemed odd but it kind of matched with the rest of her outfit... She had long brown hair... But above everything she kind of looked familiar but i didn't have any clue where I had seen her... I cleared my throat and asked
"Um yes who are you? And how did you come here? Cause last time I checked I don't know anybody with that face..."
"Um actually you do know me... I am Claire" she said
Claire the name seemed familiar as well... But who was she?
"Um sorry but I don't know anybody of that name..." I replied, turning my attention back to my laptop screen...
"Actually I am Claire Thompson... Ummm uhhhh sister of uhhh..."
"Chelsea Thompson!! Right??" I finished her sentence for her and looked up with a raised eyebrow... Now that it all make sense... The moment she said her full name I recognized her immediately... No matter she looked so familiar... When I was dating Chelsea I remember meeting her... She was real sweetheart... A really charming girl... Kind of had chubby cheeks and was really healthy... Because of that there were times when she was bullied at school... I also remember giving her a little pep talk on how to handle these bullies... Apart from her sister and her dad I was also her favorite person... She loved me a lot... Somehow she said that she found a brother in me... And for me she was my little sister...!! I really adored her... But the girl that was standing in front of me today was a completely different person... Tall and beautiful...!! I really loved the fact that she changed so much... !!
"Wow you look beautiful... I mean you have changed a lot... But a good change..." I said
"Thank you so much... I knew I had to do something when you and my sister broke up... I knew I didn't have anybody to protect me from the bullies so I decided to change... Take a new path, and start fresh..." She said looking straight at me... The confidence she showed impressed me a lot.. cause the Claire I knew didn't even the courage to even cross the road without holding her sister's hand...
"Yeah so what are you here for??" I asked trying to avoid the topic that she was slowly moving into...
"Um I am here to actually ask you things... And promise me you will not avoid them... You will answer my questions..."
"Look Claire everything depends on what you are going to ask me...!! And no I don't make promises..." I said looking at my laptop screen
"Ok that's alright so today I came here to actually ask you that would you give my sister a chance... Look I know what she did was completely wrong... And that she regrets doing it everyday.... She feels guilty and she desperately wants you back in her life... She knows about you and your current relationship... She tries her best not to hurt herself cause she had made a promise to me... After that day maybe a month later she started hurting herself... She was even admitted to the hospital twice cause she was almost on the verge of dying...."
"Ok look wha...." I tried saying cutting her off mid way but she raised her hand in front of my face and started speaking again..
"The second time when she was admitted was the day I made her promise me that she would stop doing that cause I didn't want to lose the only motherly figure that I have... It would have been too much... She even started drinking but that didn't last long cause Nicky threatened her... Everyday you will here her cry in her bedroom just cause she regrets her actions.... That day at the fashion event she saw you... She came back to the dressing room and cried her heart out... She was crying so much that I was scared that she might just choke on her own tears..." She stopped for a while when I was about to say something but she spoke again
"I am not finished yet... All I want is for you to give her another chance please she needs you more than anything in the world.... She loves you but she wouldn't admit that because she doesn't want to ruin your relationship... Please forgive her and please give her another chance to rectify herself... Please I beg you it's very difficult for me to see my sister like that.... After what she has done for me and is still doing she deserves to be happy... And that happiness only you can give her... Please forgive her Axel please..." She said and finished, by now she was almost on the verge of crying...
"Claire you should leave...". That's all I said...
"That's it that's all you are going to say???"
"Look Claire you are only seeing her side do you even know what I went through?? Do you?? No you don't... !!"
"Fine then tell me I want to know... For real..."
"CLAIRE I WAS BROKEN I FELT BETRAYED... I GAVE MY EVERYTHING INTO THAT... SHE WAS MY EVERYTHING.... I COULDN'T EVEN IMAGINE MY LIFE WITHOUT HER... BUT HERE I AM.... DATING SOMEONE ELSE... AFTER SHE LEFT I USED TO DRINK, SO THAT I COULD FORGET ABOUT HER... HER MEMORIES WERE ETCHED IM MY HEART... I REMEMBERED EVERY DETAIL ABOUT HER... NO MATTER HOW MUCH I TRIED TO FORGET I COULDN'T.... I USED TO DRINK LIKE A MAD PERSON.... AND BECAUSE OF THAT I ENDED UP IN A HOSPITAL... I GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT... THE IMPACT WAS SO MUCH THAT I WAS BEDRIDDEN FOR ALMOST 4 MONTHS... I WAS ALMOST ON THE VERGE OF LOSING EVERYTHING... EVERYTHING THAT MY FATHER HAD WORKED FOR... EVERYTHING THAT I HAD WORKED FOR.... AND AFTER ALL OF THIS YOU STILL WANT ME TO FORGIVE AND FORGET... WHO DO YOU THINK I AM???" I said all in one breath... I didn't realize I was yelling at her... She was looking at me with wide eyes... I calmed myself down... No more words were exchanged between us... After a couple moments she got up and left...
I walked towards the huge window in my office and stood in front of it.... Looking out at the horizon i felt calm... But something in me was disturbed... And that was the thought of seeing Chelsea self-harm... I can't imagine her in a hospital fighting for her life I knew her to be a very strong, determined person who wouldn't succumb to life... She liked fighting till the very end... She wouldn't give up no matter what... This was something I really appreciated and admired in her... Although I had justified myself to Claire.... But standing over there I did realize something... But I knew I was never going to own up to that thought......!!!