Second Chance :: Nathan Chen

Chapter 28

Mentions of abuse, if this may trigger you in any way please skip over this chapter. 

Anything in italics is a flashback.

Song: Be Alright by Dean Lewis

Kierra's POV

Adam's voice rings in my head as I walk down the hotel hallway.

'Make up with Vincent, you don't know how hard it is to be rejected, he's probably broken, and only you can put him back together.'

I breathe heavily sliding the key card Vincent gave me into the door, waiting for the satisfying click.

Chewing my lip nervously I open the door, my heart pounding.

"Vincent?" I whisper opening the door to his room.

It's totally empty.

I turn to Nathan's room knocking gently on it before pushing it open.

Nathan's standing shirtless, his back to me.

"Fuck, Kierra, what the hell?" He asks grabbing a shirt and covering his torso.

"What the hell is this?" I ask screaming at the top of my lungs.

Nathan pulls away instinctively from me.

I grab his arm gently my eyes growing wide with shock.

I stare at his watering brown eyes, my mouth hanging open.

"What the fuck Nathan?" I ask staring down at his arms.

I can see several places were acrylic nails have dug into Nathan's skin leaving cuts.

I tug the shirt he's covering his body with, wrenching it from his grip.

Bruises are littered all over his body. A few cuts slowly drip blood.

I stare at him in shock, tears coming to my eyes.

"Are these from Amber?"

Nathan's POV

I stare at Kierra tears welling in my eyes.

I stare in shock as Kierra and Vincent storm out of the room.

Kierra and Vincent dating?

After what Vincent told me last night?

"What the hell?" Amber asks me loudly. "I'm your fiancé, I've told you to keep your eyes off other girls."

"I-I-I wasn't looking at her," I whisper.

"What did I say about stuttering?" Amber asks her voice maliciously cold.

"Y-y-you don't like it," I state fearfully.

"So stop doing it," Amber demands. "Now, for your punishment."

"What punishment?" I whimper creeping backward slowly.

"I told you, you don't obey me, you pay."

Without warning Amber slaps me hard across the chest, her hand reaches her arm as she squeezes tightly her nails digging into my skin.

She drags me into my bedroom, pushing me harshly onto the bed as she straddles herself on me.

I stare at her in shock as she slaps my torso harshly, every portion of my skin stinging with every slap.

"Listen here, Quad King," Amber says in between slaps. "You don't mess around with me, you said you loved me, and now you can't go back."