Destinies Entwined

Chapter 10

Charlotte's pov

It's been three days. Three days since that horrible confrontation with Adelrik. Three days since I have seen him and three fucking days since I have been walking like a zombie. I don't really know what's wrong with me. But I just can't concentrate on anything. The only thing running in my mind was the harsh reality of me marrying adelrik. I don't know what he wants from me. I don't even know  what I did to him to for getting his hatred in return. This sense of confusion feels like deja vu. This was the same feeling I had when Adelrik showed me his true self. When he used me and threw me like trash.

I haven't cried in the past three days. I have read somewhere that crying out makes you feel better. But for me it doesn't. As of now, I just can't feel anything. My whole body is numb and feeling numb is much better than feeling all the pain and hurt. I feel so tired these days. I have barely stepped out of my room in the past three days.

The only time I went out was the day after I met Adelrik, and that too was forced by Nic. She apparently thought that we hadn't met for like centuries and that we had to meet soon. So she came rushing to my dad's place and dragged my sorry ass to the washroom. She threw some clothes at me and demanded that I take a bath. We then went to cafe downtown. As soon as we sat on our table, she gave me those eyes. Those eyes which she usually gives me when she knows something has been bothering me, and that she wants to know it as soon as possible. And so I told her eyerything. Every fucking detail. From how I met him at the hotel and when he came to my office. How I cried on front of him.

She heard me without saying a word. She didn't show a hint of sympathy. And that is what I like the most about her. She knows that I don't like when people pity me. I didn't realize that a few tears left my eyes while telling her the story. As soon as I finished telling her my tale, she got up and gave me a tight hug. She whispered a light 'I love you' in my ears and went back to where she was seated.

"You are the bravest person I have ever known Lottie. You've been through so much and then also you have the power to smile" she said after our orders were placed in front of us. We started eating and I noticed that Nic had a very thoughtful expression on her face.

"What are you thinking so hard about?" I asked her while eating my fries.

"Oh nothing, just that why did Adlerik agree to marry you after what he did with you years back? I mean he clearly doesn't like you so why would he want to marry you?" She asked with a confused look on her face.

"I don't really know. But what I like to belive is that he must get pleasure out of torturing me. I think he is a sadist" I said after some time.

At this Nic laughed out loud gathering the attention of the many onlookers. I was used to her laugh now. It didn't embarrass me the least.

"Well how have you and Luke been" I asked her after her laughing had subsided.

"Oh we are good. I mean sex with him has always been good, so I tend to overlook the mistakes he makes. Just last week he forgot to bring my tampons from the departmental store. When he came back looking guilty, I knew he forgot to buy them. And instead of coming to me like a normal boyfriend, he ran towards me with a predator gleam in his eyes, swept me off the groud into his arms. He started kissing me hungrily and threw me in the bed and.."

"Okay stop!" I said cutting her off in the middle. "You don't have to get into the details. Please. I just asked you to tell me how you guys have been, not your sex life" I said with a disgusted face.

"Oh sorry Lottie, I just forget to stop talking when I am speaking about him." She replied with a love struck expression.

We both chatted for a while before Nic said that she had to be home because there were somethings she had to take care of, which I know for sure were related to Luke and her being on a bed doing some kinky stuff.
I really love how they are. The way they love each other. But sometimes it's just too much to take. Sometimes they remind of the things which I can never have. And that thought makes me depressed. They do all the things that I once imagined doing with Adelrik. Just his thought makes  my blood boil.