SAVIOUR, zayn malik

30- "I care?"

Evelyn's pov:

"Anthony." Zayn read with a frown on his face. He looked up at me with hurt and confusion filling his dark brown eyes. I opened my mouth to say something but nothing came out. He moved his eyes on the phone while I just stood still at one place, shaking with fear.

"Evelyn?" He whispered, walking up to me,"What is this?"

And that's when I couldn't hold back my tears. I didn't speak anything and looked down as tears rolled down my cheeks.

"Hey Hey, don't cry." He cooed, taking the glass from my hand and put it on the table. He grabbed my hand softly and told me to sit on the couch.

"Evelyn, please don't cry. Just tell me what's going on." He pleaded.

"I-I t-think y-ou know everything." I sniffed, looking down at my hands.

"Is he blackmailing you? For that video?" Zayn asked.

"Yes." I croaked out, realising the fact that Zayn has seen that video and figured out everything.

"But how did this happen?" He frowned,"Tell me everything."

"Promise me, you won't hate me after that." I pleaded, wiping my tears.

"I would never do that." He said, holding both my hands,"I promise."

I started telling him everything from the start; how people would chase me around to get to Liam, how between all these mess I met Anthony, how we started dating, how he recorded that video and everything else I hid from everyone. How he threatened me to steal moment from my own home and each and everything he did. After I finished, Zayn was just staring at me, looking shocked and guilty?

"And you never told anyone?" Zayn questioned.

I shook my head and the tears started flowing down. Zayn moved closer to me and engulfed in a hug while I cried in his chest. "Why didn't you tell anyone?" He asked, rubbing my back,"Why not even Liam?"

I pulled away from the hug and looked at him,"I tried but the words never came out of my mouth. I was scared. Scared of ruining everything. Liam had worked very hard to reach where he is now and I can't just destroy it in one blow."

"Are you crazy?" Zayn sighed,"He's your brother! You're more important to him than anything else."

"I know." I cried,"But I just couldn't muster up the courage. I was scared."

"I'm sorry." He said and I could see tears forming in his eyes too.

"What are you sorry for?" I sniffed,"It's not your fault."

"No, it is, I always had this feeling that something was wrong, something was bothering you but I never cared. I never even tried to ask you. If I-"

"Zayn.." I whispered, tears still rolling down my cheeks,"It's not your fault at all. Please stop blaming yourself."

"Okay but now we need to do something." He said, standing up,"There's no way I'm going to allow that idiot to hurt you."

"What will we do?" I asked, looking at my fingers.

"We'll tell the police of course." He said, sitting down again,"You need to get out of this mess."

"No." I denied immediately as he frowned,"No we can't tell the police."

"Why not?" He asked.

"Everybody will get to know after that. The news will spread like fire. People will start questioning Liam. He would be the bad guy here." I explained,trying not to cry more,"They'll just think that Liam was so blinded by his fame that he didn't even care for his sister. It'll just bring bad name to him and I won't let that happen."