faking it ; shawmila ✅

chapter 7

Camila's POV

{present day}

When I opened my eyes again, it was still dark outside with the very first rays of sunshine coming through the blinds. I noticed I was in my own house, in my bed. I turned my face to the side and noticed Anthony, sound asleep on one of the chairs in the room.

I tried to get up but my face and my head really hurt, making me flinch and fall right back on the bed. I let out an unwanted cry which woke Anthony up.

"Oh thank God you're awake! Stacy, she's up!" He shouted out.
"Get away from me, leave! I refuse to keep you around a second longer, you hit me you son of a bitch!" I screamed through the insufferable pain that I was facing as I tried to speak.

"Camila calm down, he didn't mean to." Stacy came out of nowhere and started taking his side.
"You can't be fucking serious! He did this to me and yet you have the audacity to side with him." I pointed to my face, which I could feel had swollen up around my eyes and lips.

"Camila this can't go public." Stacy tried to reason with me.
"Oh fuck you and your public, I don't care! I'll take his ass to court, I'll take you to court if I have to." I threatened Stacy. "I'm done with you controlling my whole fucking life, I'm not letting you do that anymore."

I'm sick and tired of Stacy and her controlling ways. I did not know someone could be this cruel. She made me be with someone who took advantage of me, who non consenually filmed me during sex, who blackmailed me with my nudes, and who actually physically abused me when he didn't get his way. And yet this woman wants me to put up with the act.

"Anthony give us a minute please." Stacy told him. Anthony excused himself and left the room.
"Camila listen to me.." She began once he was out of sight.
"No you can't force me to be with him anymore, I don't care if he leaks those videos, I don't care if he takes me to court for getting out of that contract..Stacy..my life has become an entire mess of contracts and..and lies..and faking relationships and I'm done with that, I'm done. I want a normal life, one where I can be in love with whoever I want, instead of caring about how the people will take it. It's my life, not the public's. I'm not faking it anymore." I sobbed.

"Camila this contract will come to an end sooner than you think, and I know what Anthony did deserves no excuses, and I can promise you he won't lay another finger on you, but you have to put up with this just a bit longer, please."
"I can't. I just can't." I honestly replied.

"I know you want to be with Shawn but it's impossible right now. He's with Hailey and it wouldn't look too good on your part to wreck what they have. Camila please, Anthony will be gone before you know it, just work with me here please."

Yes Shawn is with someone else, but that doesn't change the fact that Anthony is a dangerous individual, and I need to get away from a person as dangerous as him, which doesn't have anything to do with Shawn.

"It's not about Shawn, it's about me and my well being, and I refuse to give Anthony any more chances to hurt me..You know what? It's not just all Anthony, you're equally as bad as him, you made me his girlfriend instead of taking any legal actions against him when I repeatedly told you that I never gave him the right to film me in my vulnerable state."

Stacy was about to open her mouth to say something but got cut off due to some commotion that was happening in the living room. Within moments the door to my bedroom flung open, and a very worried Shawn greeted me.