Where She Went

13. Relentless

The feels in November's pov. Just prep yourself.

Chapter dedicated to my lovely bae and best friend, Alaska! Thank you for telling me I should make November's pov sad.

So for the rest of you if you didn't like his pov, thank my bae😂 okay I'll shut up now.

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Kaleb sits down beside me, and I uncomfortably move over to the right a little.

"Hopefully Harrison doesn't flip out and kill you at some point, which is always a possibility." He says, and I look down at the floor. I didn't know what else to do.

"But while you're here, Harrison has some plans. And those plans involve November." Kaleb says, and I look up at him. His eyes bore into mine and I swallow the lump in my throat. "At some point he will kill him if he continues to see you attached to him. If you can't make him happy, he will also kill you."

What came out of his mouth went through one ear and out the other. I couldn't wrap my head around the fact that he could possibly do that.

"No-- No that's not true." I whisper, tears falling from my eyes.

"Harrison doesn't like that November and you are a thing. He hates it, but he deals with it." Kaleb continues. "In order to keep November alive, which you obviously will do from the reaction I got earlier from you... You are going to have to act like you got over him." He tries to lay a hand on my arm but I shove it away in disgust. Even if he was trying to help me, I wasn't taking it like that.

"In order to make it look like you did--"

"Don't say it." I growl turning to shoot him daggers with my eyes.

Kaleb only continues to stare at me, his expression not changing. Even if he was handsome or was on the good side of Harrison, I don't think I could possibly go through with what he was about to say.

"You need to act like you like me."

I crush the bed sheets under my fingers and stand up, turning towards him.

"I would never trust you. Ever." I growl. "Leave me alone and let me deal with myself."

He smirks up at me and stands, towering over me. I flinch when his hand comes up to my face to touch my cheek.

"You'll change your mind soon enough." Kaleb murmurs, his eyes sinking from my eyes to my lips. "Just remember Harrison will do anything to have a perfect family."

And with that, he strode out the door and locked it, leaving me to deal with the following silence in the cold room.

Clutching the hem of my dress, I let tears fall freely onto the fabric while I stare at the wall in front of me where Kaleb was just standing.

In my gut, I knew he was right. November came first, and if it came to that, I might just have to play along. Already knowing Harrison, he could kill him in a heartbeat without even thinking. I needed to know he was safe, even if that meant pretending to like Kaleb. This was an option I might just have to agree too.

Kaleb was going out of his way to help me, right?

But I didn't know if I could do it.

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November

The smell of flesh and dried blood filled my nose excruciatingly to the point that I could throw up. My hands were probably raw and bloody from being forced into tight chains. I didn't know where I was, or if there was anything in here.