Deluded

Chapter 42

Evangeline's P.O.V

It's been officially one month. A month full of love and happiness that Abram showers me with. A month being in a relationship with him with every single day felt surreal that I had to pinch myself that this is real and I'm not dreaming.

It's been a month of secretly meeting up with him at the park and at the orphanage where he comes during his office breaks so that he could spend some time with me.

He never misses a day to make me feel that he really loves and never misses a chance to let me know that. He makes me feel like I'm enough, more than enough to be precise.

I'm currently on my way to my home as my shift at the orphanage just ended and I couldn't wait to get back home to get ready as Abram wanted to take me out and celebrate our first month together.

And just when I'm starting to live the best of my life, the opposite is happening with my father.

Two weeks ago, his company went bankrupt, I don't really have an idea of how it happened but since then my father changed. He's no longer the healthy man I'm so used to seeing and he got so weak and devastated that he barely leaves his room and spends some time with me and mom.

I'm surely getting love and affection from my boyfriend but I'm losing my father's.

Reaching the house, I hopped out of the car as I thanked Rico which he just smiled at me in return.

The things between me and Rico never returned as it was before but I'm trying to get my friend back but he's not willing to and every time I would try to talk things with him, he'll just switch to Abram's topic and start on how I'm going to ruin my life just for him by secretly meeting up with him without my father knowing, but what he doesn't know that it's difficult to reason out with your heart that's madly in love with someone.

Opening the front door, all of the maids turned their heads to look at me while murmuring to themselves as they looked at me with sympathy in their eyes until the head of the maid called out my name, making me stop on my track.

"Miss, your father is expecting you at his office" she stated while my eyebrows pulled together.

" Now?"I asked as she nodded her head in response as she kept her eyes downcast.

It looks like my dinner with Abram's going to be delayed a little bit.

Nodding my head at her, I proceeded at my father's office, humming a tune to myself as I can't wait to see Abram.

Maybe I should call him and let him know that I would be late. I thought to myself but I decided against it.

Knocking at my father's door, I waited for him to tell me to come in which he said after a few seconds.

Entering the office, I saw him standing at the front of his desk, where I neared him and before I could even greet him, I was instead greeted with a hard slap on my face that made me fall on the floor due to its hard impact.

Woah, that hurts.

Clutching my now throbbing cheek as I sat on the cold marble floor, I looked up to my father to see him flaming up with anger and before I could even open my mouth to ask what did I even do to make him raise his hand at me, he took something at his desk and threw all the pictures at my face making me voluntarily close my eyes.

"Is this what you have been doing at work, huh?" He hissed as I looked at the pictures that were scattered everywhere and the moment I saw one of the pictures, I knew I was f*cked up.

Every single one of the pictures where I and Abram were secretly taken these last few days whenever we went out.

Now I know why Abram kept on telling that he feels like someone's watching over us because someone was really watching us.

"Didn't I tell you to f*cking stay away from him?" My father boomed as I bent down at my level where I was still clutching my cheek with my one hand and a picture of me and Abram hugging each other at one hand.

Fisting my hair, he forced me to stand up while my eyes watered as my scalp stung like hell that it made my eyes watered.

"Dad, I can expl-" I mumbled but was quickly shut down with another slap being delivered on my cheek, so hard that my eyes saw stars for a second and a few seconds, I could taste my blood from my busted lips.

"Don't you f*cking dare call me dad again. It's all your fault that I lost my company. It's all your f*cking fault!" he hissed, making tears fall out of my eyes.

" H.. how is it my fault?" I muttered, making him chuckle darkly as I cower away from him.

"You wanna know how I'm your fault, huh?" He replied, grabbing me by my arms harshly, making me whimper in pain as tears continued to fall on my cheeks.

Pulling in front of his desk, he took one specific file that a guy one month ago told me to give it to my father as it was important.

"You f*cking placed it here on my desk. You're the reason why I lost all my contacts and shares to your f*cking boyfriend" he exclaimed, making me frown in confusion.

" He's fooling you, stupid girl!" He added as I flinched away from him.

" He loves me, dad" I stated, trying my best to appear strong but little did I know, it was just a matter of seconds that my world would crumble right into my feet and truth to be unleashed and there's absolutely nothing that I can do to stop it.

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