Trapped: A Billionaire Romance (Love, Lust and Lies Series) Book 1

Chapter 16

Anitta's POV 

There were sounds of birds flying over my ears and around my head. I was lying down on something very hard, something like.. sand. I was still on the beach and the sun has risen up. It was beautiful, truly beautiful. A sad beauty. Its loneliness and its power to survive amazes me. What I had to deal with was Jared, get over the heartbreak, break the contract and be normal again. Sounds easy but the process sounds painful. 

With no sense of direction, no battery on the phone and no money, I decided just to wake up and walk along the beach. I was tired yet I was senseless. No where to go and no where to stay. I walked for the next hour and discovered that I was in front of my dad's house which was not far away from the beach. 

"Anitta, what happened to you?" dad exclaimed. He was getting worked up over who hurt his daughter only to find that his daughter was too tired and hungry to talk so he decided to let me sleep. 

A few hours later I could hear him talking on the phone saying that he had found me and that I was safe in the house. 

A few hours after that I saw Jared sitting in front of me. In fact, I was scared to face him. I wasn't prepared for this. What should I say? What should I do? I for sure know that I look like a mess right now. My eyes tired from the lack of sleep and my face lifeless from the lack of food. Yet, he still looked handsome as ever, sitting right next to me like nothing happened yesterday. 

"Nita.." Jared started to call out. 

"Wait, I need to go wash up in the restroom. You can wait here for me," I hurriedly walked away knowing that I would eventually had to face him and the heartbreak. 

All of this was fake Anitta. Nothing was real. His love for you was not even real and do not get worked up over it. 

I looked at my face in the mirror and to be honest it was horrifying. My mascara was dripping and my lipstick smushed. After washing my face and brushing my teeth, I decided to face the hard truth. The hard fact that I had to break the contract and leave him forever. 

Jared's POV

I was scared when Anitta did not come home the whole night last night. I imagined all the scenarios that could have happened to her. Even my driver did not know where Anitta went. I was mad and demanded to search up the whole place to find her. Yet, I had no information of where she could have went or where she had been. She looked tired yet beautiful. She was always beautiful from the first time I met her until now. 

Suddenly, the restroom door opened and Anitta walked out all refreshed and back to her natural beautiful face. I hugged her and kissed her. Honestly, I missed her when she wasn't there with me and that I felt something that I have never felt before. Something sparked in my heart. 

"Jared, we need to talk," Anitta croaked. She looked nervous and I had a strong feeling that what she was going to say would dread me. 

"Jared, I am sorry but I am going to have to break the contract and let's not pretend that I am your lover anymore. I am sorry," she finally said it out after a long pause. So she's having another affair and that she fell in love with someone else. The thought of her with someone else pained me and wanting to make her mine, forever. 

"It's not what you think. I am not having another man in my life or I am trying to find one in the future. I felt that I just need some more space and time for myself and that I just need to travel out of the country and find what's out there for me. I am sorry for not coming home last night and I should have called you. I just need time and space right now," Anitta sounded like she was going to cry and have a breakdown right here in the room. 

"Anitta, what happened? Did someone say something to you? Why are you breaking up with me? I thought we were happy together?" I growled since I did not like the idea of her being far away from me at all. 

"No Jared, it's just ... I don't think that we should lie to others anymore and that we should live true to ourselves. You can find new love and so can I. I think that this is the best for the both of us."

"No Anitta, you are not understanding this. Just explain to me why are you doing this?" I shouted. I couldn't control my temper any longer. All she was trying to say for the past five minutes was leaving her alone and it was driving me insane. She is mine and mine only. Dammit. I have to do something, something to make her stay and make her fully mine. 

"Jared, you can now go live your own life. We don't have to pretend that we like each other anymore. Please just leave and I will terminate the contract. As will you," Anitta was crying now. She tiptoed over to me and gave me a peck on the lips like she was trying to say this was the last time I am going to see her. 

"Anitta, just.." 

"Please just go Jared. Just go. Don't bother me again and do not come find me again." She was angry now and tried to act like she didn't care I was in the room. 

I was mad so I walked away. I didn't want to calm her down because I was tired. I was confused to why she was acting this way. If she wanted more money I could give her money. I could give her anything in the world except for love itself. What happened last night that could have changed her view towards me? I really wanted to know and I determined to find out. 

Anitta's POV

This is the last time I am going to see this place. Thank you Jared for all the great memories we shared together. Thank you for helping me find my father but I am leaving now. I am leaving this place and I won't come back for a long time. 

A few hours, I am at the airport saying goodbye to my father and Rosie. They had been such great supports after my heartbreak. I have determined to travel and find myself. Jared was now in one of my memories and I determined to make new ones. 

Thank you so much for everything Jared.