Badboy's Venom

chapter 33

ZOE'S POV

With no time wasted Mike and I begin being intimate immediately after arriving at his home. It's a Saturday evening and his all alone in this mansion. I've never met his parents.

Does he even have parents? Of course he does, I roll my eyes at my subconscious' ridiculous question. We both get dressed and lay on the bed. He brings me close to his chest, I lean my head on it while playing with my fingertips, moving them slowly in circles on his stomach. I hear small chuckles coming from him.

"How was it?" He questions quietly as he removes the strand of hair from my face, placing it along my ear. "Do you even need an answer to that?" My lips curves into a smirk, slightly moving my head to face him. "Do I? I don't think so." He remarks, rolling his eyes. I pinch his arm which is wrapped around my body. "Ouch" he says in a sarcastic tone, obviously not feeling any pain. I roll my eyes at him and watch as he begins to laugh in amusement, I join along. Moments like this is what I cherish between us, I want to be forever happy with him.

A message beeps from my phone. "Babe should I pass you your phone?" Mike questions. "Yes please." He slightly tilts on his bed side, taking in hand my phone. He hands me his phone. "Really Mike." I say in laughter and he realizes he's holding his phone. "I'm drunk in love." He jokes, I laugh hard as I hold my stomach "A text from Trigger? You must be fucking kidding me!" He exclaims as he's now holding my phone  in hand. My smile disappears immediately as I jerk away from his chest, snatching my phone from his hand. My phone doesn't have a security lock, I quickly read the message.

*I'm sorry about earlier, take care of your heart.* it reads. I shift my eyes to an angry Mike whose now on his feet glaring at me.

"You don't take me seriously, do you?" He asks nonchalantly with no emotions on his face. I look at him in confusion. "Zoe I'm fucking talking to you!" He shouts furiously as his hands grip my shoulders, he jiggle my body backwards and forth. "Mike" I call quietly, he continues jiggling my body and I'm beginning to feel a little pain with his tight hands around me. "Mike stop this!"I shout loudly, letting out a voice I had no clue I have. He widens his eyes as he stops immediately then hits his forehead. "Zoe I'm sorry" he apologies, kneeling down to face me as I'm still seated on the bed.

"For what exactly Mike huh!" I snap at him angrily as I stand up moving towards the door, leaving him kneeling on the floor. As I'm about to leave the room, holding the door handle. A soft voice comes out from Mike. "Help me, please don't leave." He requests. I turn around in confusion, letting go of the door handle as I slowly move towards him.

"Come here" I say quietly as I grip both his hands, assisting him to stand up. I'm experiencing a shocking side of Mike, his face looking completely lost as he looks at me with watery eyes. I move along with him to get seated at the edge of the bed.

"Mike what's wrong? And please don't lie to me because I can tell you have issues." I urge, holding his hands as I face him. "I'm really sorry Zoe." He whispers, facing the floor. "Talk to me" "Don't hate me for this" he pleas, slightly tilting his head to face me. "Yeah" I say, curious to know.

"To you I've always been a monster and I try my best to be the boyfriend you need." He sighs and talks again. "I'm living in the past, Zoe I haven't moved on from my previous relationship. I used to date this other girl-" I interject and ask. "What's her name?" "Jessie" he responds, I feel jealousy although I don't know the girl, with my heart beginning to pound at the mention of her name.

"She was my first love; we dated for almost three years until she changed on me when she moved with her family to live in White river. She associated herself with bad friends who had bad influence on her. They advised her into finding a new boyfriend from a wealthy family than mine, who owns a car too." Mike sighs as he's leaning his head on his hand, feeling hopeless.

He still loves her, run Zoe and save yourself.

"And why are you telling me all of this?" I question in confusion, feeling a sharp pain in my heart. "Because from there I have never loved any other girl but you Zoe, you bring me peace and hope. I have never been this sure about dating someone. At first I never loved you, yes you're a very beautiful girl but I was led by lust not love." Mike confesses. I feel like someone is stabbing me a thousand times in my heart. Tears escape my face as I sob loudly, unable to control the pain I feel.

He touches my face, wiping the tears falling off of my face using his thumb. "Don't touch me." I mutter, slightly jerking away. "Baby I'm sorry." He grips my hand. " I said do not touch me!" I angrily shout at him, he let go of my hand. I stand on my feet, slowly moving around.

"And you know Carl warned me about you but what did I do? I chose not to listen." I look at him with a disgusted look. "Carl? We're having problems, Carl's there to save the day always. Happy moments, Carl's name is mentioned. Fuck Carl! He's even Carl." Mike's on his feet now, emphasizing Carl's name and  moving his hands dramatically while rolling his eyes as he mentions Carl.

"Yes Carl, because that's his name." I emphasis too, shouting at him. "Zoe I am above board with you right now, fucken do the same and put your cards on the table!" He exclaims. "Fine! You want me to confess that we do connect with Carl. There, you have it in black and white." I sarcastically confess, the tone of my voice rising up a notch. I see his face being covered in disbelief as his jaw drops.

"Cool" he retorts blankly, with no energy in his voice. "I'm sorry" I humble myself and apologise after a moment of silence. "Don't be, I'm the one who's wrong and now we're fighting like kids. You're stubborn too." He jokes, moving close to me. I offer a shy smile, slowly facing the floor as I'm holding both my hands together.

"I love you Zoe." His face full of affection as he separates my hands and grip them in his. "But love is supposed to be simple, effortless and beautiful." I say and move up my head to face him with watery eyes. "What we have is beautiful." He remarks and pecks my lips playfully; I play along and jerk away not allowing him to have access to them. He stops and rolls his eyes dramatically as a kid, I laugh at his funny face.

" I love seeing you this way Zoe, happy." He says. I should have seen it all this time that he was full of pretence because now his face says it all. Affection is written all over his face, I blush in amusement. " I love you too Mike." I respond, offering him a deep long kiss and he embraces to it as he grabs my waist closer.

He breaks the kiss after a while and move to his shelf, grabbing a box of wipes and taking one in hand. "Forgive me for running your makeup." He teases as he gently wipes my face. "I don't forgive you, take me out for lunch." I urge and cross my arms. "Where is all this food going?" He rolls his eyes. "To waste" I joke and we both laugh.