Chapter 7 7

Hailey's POV

"You heard me right, Hailey"

I didn't know whether to be hurt or to be confused.

"And what is that supposed to mean, Gregory?", I questioned him.

"We've been lovers since we were kids, Hailey. Apparently, we couldn't have sex. Now that we're old enough to have the time of our lives and officially dating, you keep proving stubborn, telling me that you want us to get married before we have sex. I've been begging for a taste for just once, but you decide to be unwavering and adamant on your decision. Tell me, what do you expect me to do?!"

"So you cheated on me, just because you couldn't wait a little longer? I told you multiple times that I didn't want to have sex because I was scared I would end up like my mother, who died while giving birth to me, out of wedlock! Besides, we going to get married in four years' time", the more I spoke, the more my throat felt constricted, but the pain in my heart had to let itself out, one way or the other.

"What was the point of waiting when we could have all the fun we wanted already?! Do you know how tired I was of your weird decision? I couldn't deal with it anymore-"

"You cheated on me with my best friend, Gregory! Are you trying to gaslight me now?!", I cut his bullshit off.

"You see what I hate about you, Hailey! You always think you are right! Meanwhile, you're just as wrong as the person next to you. You know what, I think I'm right. I... I don't regret cheating on you. At all."

As he spat these words out of his mouth,his dark eyes peered through my soul like a spear javelin through the heart of an innocent child. I didn't know where the acid that melted my heart came from - the hurtful words from his mouth, or his heartless eyes.

"Thinking about it now, I think I'm happy I didn't give my virginity to a heartless person like you. I just can't believe that you would hurt me. And even you too, Margaret..."

She looked up from the phone she was nonchalantly on and shot me a death glare.

"If I was told you could do this kind of thing to me, I would disagree with my life. You were the only person I could call sister, and this is how you hurt me? I thought... I thought you both were trying to search for me and grieving over my disappearance, but you both decided to hurt me. I don't know what to say to you traitors, but I wish you both a happy life together. You fit each anyway."

With tear-filled eyes and a broken heart, I turned, heading for the door.

All of a sudden, I felt a hand grip my arm and yank me back around. The last thing I saw was a hand in the air before I felt the hot slap on my face, and immediately, Pain exploded across my face as her open palm struck my cheek, my teeth rattling from the brute force. The tears slid down my burning eyes as a metallic taste flooded my mouth.

"Margaret! Did you just slap me?!", I screamed in pain and shock, my hands caressing my red cheeks.

"I'll give you another one if you ever talk to me like that! I'm so tired of making you feel like a queen! I'm tired of pretending to be your friend when you have my ideal man! Why does every good thing have to happen to you?! Why do you get to have a man like Gregory when I have nothing but failed relationships?! For your information, we've been dating for three months, and we couldn't help but love each other more in your absence. Go back to the wretched hole you escaped from. You will suffer for the rest of your life, because that is your destiny. You won't amount to anything good, and you're going watch me rise above you. What I did today is just one of the many things I plan to do to make sure you have nothing! Now go to hell, where your mother is!! Get out of here!!"

I don't know whether it was the blunt pain from the hot slap, or the javelin shaped words she targeted at me that caused the tears I'd been fighting to fall freely down my eyes.

I looked over her shoulder and made eye contact with Gregory.

"Are you going to allow her to do this to me? You're going to let her treat me like this and send me out of your house?"

I expected him to at least tell Margaret to calm down and take it easy on me, but he just sighed and looked away, his hands in his pockets like he didn't care.

"Gregory! Aren't you going to say anything-"

"And what do you want him to say?! Didn't you hear me tell you to leave?! Oh, you think he's going to step in and save you? Well, sorry for you, but he's mine now! Did you hear me?! Mine! I own him, and there's nothing you can do about it! He does whatever I tell him to do, and he's going to throw you out of this house if you don't leave now!", She threatened, and she meant it.

Just one more time, I pleaded with Gregory with my eyes.

"Gregory-"

"You heard her. Please leave, let's get back to what we were doing before you interrupted us", he said nonchalantly, and I could see the triumphant smirk on my best friend's face as he sent me away.

I wished the ground would swallow at this point. I'd taken a lot of insults before, but not this. I'd never been so embarrassed and hurt like this in my life.

I stared at Margaret as she stood naked before me, hands on her waist, standing in the way of me and Gregory.

There was nothing I could do at this point.

I tried to exhale to calm myself down, but my nose was blocked with snort.

I simply cleaned my tears, picked up my bag again and headed for the door.

I got out on the street, and I let my legs wander aimlessly while tears fell down my eyes as the scene of Margaret riding my boyfriend replayed in my head without any restraint.

Maybe Margaret was right.

Maybe I didn't deserve anything good in this life.

Maybe I was cursed and destined to live a miserable life.

To think that the only two people I trusted with my life hurt me without any remorse was enough confirmation that I didn't deserve any form of love.

If only I could find a way to end this all...

I carelessly crossed the street without thinking, but I didn't see a Lincoln taking a sharp bend until the driver honked his horn while speeding at me with full speed.

I saw the car charging at me, but for some reason, my legs were rooted to the ground.

I was too startled to move a muscle.

Everything was happening too fast, but it was as though my mind had disconnected from the resy of my body, and I'd shut down physically.

The driver tried his best to screech the car to a halt, but it's velocity was too much to stop immediately.

This was it.

My eyes shut tight and my breath was held in a lame bid to brace for impact, when a force from nowhere yanked me by the arm and pulled me away quickly pulled me out of the scene.

My eyes slowly opened.

I.. I'd somehow escaped death.

"Are you alright?"

My eyes met with my savior. The same pretty faced demon that kidnapped me and put me through hell was the same person whose arms I was in.

I opened my mouth to speak, but all the blood in my entire system rushed to my head at once, and I felt lightheaded.

Axel's face was the last face I saw before I slipped into unconsciousness.