Story Of Us

Chapter-20

SEPTEMBER'S POV

Why are you playing with my mind?

His words kept on ranging in the back of my head over and over again and like past three hours, all I did was to smile in victory.

F-ck, yeah! Zachary Wilson was trapped in my game.

I mean who would believe that he will do something like forehead kisses when all he cares about f-cking, rough? Yep, a big salute for me and my acting skills.

Definitely he's getting fooled by my 'sweet wife act' and there's something-something happening in his non existent heart.

And what about you? Why something's odd happening with your heart?

I scoffed at my own consciousness and rolled my eyes while shaking my head to clear all the stupid thoughts except Zachary and melting his cold attitude.

Today is our last day in this beach house and before we left, I've to play another card.

" September, why are you smiling?" Claire's sweet voice pulled me out of my trance.

I furrowed my eyebrows and blinked to saw that Claire had just walked through the door with her hands being full of chocolates and Teddy bears. She blew me a kiss in air then settled next to me on the bed. She unwrapped the chocolate and bit on it while all I did was to drool over mouthwatering chocolates.

" No." She deadpanned, hiding her stuffs from me.

I narrowed my eyes but folded my hands in front of her and soon cast a puppy dog look. " Pretty please, Claire. Pass me some chocolates."

" Zacie has brought all this for me, not you." She stuck her tongue out and purposely teased me by showing off the different packets of chocolates.

She's such a meanie! I chuckled and ruffled her hairs after placing a kiss on her cheek. "Always smile, okay?"

She nodded and kissed my cheeks back. " I love you, Mommy."

I froze at my place. " What did you said?"

" I love you, Mommy." She exclaimed!

" Mommy." I breathed out in disbelief.

A tight knot formed in the pits of my stomach and somewhere deep a little warming emotion rushed through my veins. I know I've found Claire from orphanage but there's something about her which makes me feel like she's my daughter.

I blinked, smiling a little and realized that this calling me mother thing was definitely Zachary's idea. Alas! He's going to kill me whenever he'll know about my lie of Claire being my daughter and me not being virgin.

" Zacie is cool, you know." She said in a duh tone.

I rolled my eyes and exhaled a breathe after walking out of the door to find Zachary and continue my fake act.

Today no seduction but only fake sweet words.

" Zach." I called out his name once I spotted him, standing near the glass window and while admiring the beauty of ocean.

I stood beside him and tilted my head in his direction to read his face which was as calm as the soft breeze touching my skin.

" Can't we stay here for some days?" I asked, obviously smiling like a damn actor.

He shifted his attention to me before shaking his head in denial and walking to bed. He sat on the bed in Indian style and leaned his back into the bed post. I scoffed, mentally but before wasting any other second, I climbed on the bed and put my head on his lap and lye on the bed.

He stiffened for a good second before releasing a sigh and creasing the corner of my lips with his rough thumb. I pressed my eyes shut not in pleasure but in order to restrain myself from twisting his thumb.

" We can't." He replied.

I pouted and looked up at him with the best puppy dog eyes, I can ever offer. " Why?"

" I have some works to take care of, September." He deadpanned.

Colour of my face, drained. Work? It will involve killing people, isn't it? My nerves dropped in sheer fear but somehow I managed to act cool by grabbing his palm and planting a small kiss on the back of his hand.

" Don't you want to know that what works I've to do?" He raised his eyebrows.

I pushed the saliva down my throat and hesitated before nodding.

He chuckled, emotionlessly. " I am going to murder a whole family because of one man who had decided to betray me." He spoke, bluntly.

I bit my lips to suppress my body which was about to flinch. The hairs behind my neck, stood straight in fear as my heart shrunk.

" Are you scared?" He asked, stroking my cheeks.

Yes, I am.

" Y..N-No.. I m-mean.. Why would I-I be s-scared?"

" THEN WHY THE F-CK ARE YOU SHUTTERING?" He screamed this time making me flinch.

" I-I..." My mouth ran dry and no words were able to come out of my throat.

In a swift moment, he pushed me on the bed and hovered above me making an eye contact with me. His eyes were spoking only one language and that was of mercilessness. It was like he was ready to burn me with his demons.

I had always feared this Zachary because this Zachary is the only one who had killed my family and made me shed tears of blood.

As his penetrating gaze bore into mine, I wished nothing but to let some magic happen and bring that Zachary back who was decent enough to cook, to play with Claire, to act warmly with me.

" This is me, September. The f-cking monster. AND YOU HAVE TO LEARN TO LOVE THAT MONSTER." He barked, creasing the side of my neck.

I was unable to react in any way as my nerves were already dropped in fear.

Monster. How can one love the monster?

" Say." He dip his mouth to shrunk his teeth into my collarbone.

I closed my eyes shut and waited impatiently for the time to come when he'll get off me.

" Say that you love me, love a monster." He griped fistful of my hairs and pulled them, brutally.

I gasped, in sudden pain and just like that, my every owned confidence went down like ashes. I was stupid, stupid to ever think that I will make him love me. It was better that he would have r-ped me instead of me saying that I love him. It disgusts me, yes it does. The only idea of even uttering a word of love him is disgusting.

The only person I've ever loved was Hunter and I won't betray him. And f-ck, how can I love this sick man when he had given me nothing but pain.

" N-No." I whispered.

As soon as my words rang into his ears, he left his grip from my hairs and maintained a distance from me. He stood on the floor and went towards the night stand only to pick up the gun.

G-Gun? My eyes widen as I felt my body going paralyzed in fear.

" Don't you think that your daughter is too small to say goodbye to her life?" He laughed.

And with that my every fear came back, hitting me hard. And here I was thinking that Claire means something for him but no, I was wrong. He's a criminal who kills innocents then why he would feel anything for a little girl?

" SAY YOU LOVE ME, SEPTEMBER. I AM NOT IN THE F-CKING MOOD TO WATCH YOUR PATHETIC TEARS." He spat.

But I didn't have any strength to react in any ways. It was like everything was same as the first day when I met him. The old, nerve cracking fear was back.

" You know, I just have to pull this damn trigger and then your daughter's dead body will be in front of you." He spoke, again.

I closed my eyes shut, unable to take those harsh words. My mind filled with the images of Zachary and Claire smiling together. It didn't hurt much that he was talking about killing her because I knew from the start that one day he'll kill everyone related to me but what hurts me the most was the fact that his warm emotions towards her was nothing but just a fake act.

For once I've thought that he won't ever kill Claire but then again why had I forgot of him being a heartless criminal?

" It..w-was just an act, w-wasn't it?" I stammered, swallowing back my tears.

He chuckled, dryly and sat on the corner of the bed. He gripped onto my arm and pulled me to him till I was on his lap.

He kept his gun down on the bed and pressed a kiss on the back of my neck.

" I can be a good actor, wouldn't I?" He chuckled, again.

" R-pe me but I won't ever say that I love you." I spoke in stern tone although from inside, I was shaking in fear.

" Look b***h, first of all it would never be called r-pe because I will make sure to let you scream in pleasure while I f-ck you and second, better say those words before I unload all the bullets on your daughter's head." He said in a dangerous tone.

Tears streamed down my face and for a minute, nothing made sense. Just few minutes back everything was okay but then what happened all of sudden?

The anger subsiding in me forced to come out but the fear was doing it's best to suppress it.

" Then f-ck me. Why are you so into hearing I love you from me? After all, the whole challenge was about to get my body and here I am offering you my that body but I won't say those words." I said.

I won't say I love you even if it means getting myself killed.

" You know what? Let me kill your daughter first then we'll discuss on this topic." He clicked his tongue, getting up from the bed.

I froze. No. No. No. Stop him, September. Don't be stubborn. You've to think about Claire not yourself.

" I..I..love y-you." I screamed when he was about to walk out of the room.

He turned around and raised his eyebrows with a satisfying smirk touching on his lips.

" Say again."

I inhaled a breath and wiped the sweat away from my forehead. " I..love y..you."

He took steps towards me and forced a kiss on me. His lips moves roughly against mine and he shoved his tongue inside my mouth. I stayed still with my hands fisted on the side, waiting for me to take actions and threw punches on him. But I know, I couldn't.

" Again, my dear wife."

" I..love you."

" I don't care whether you love me or not but from now on you'll say that you love me, every morning and night and whenever I wish to hear otherwise I'll not think twice before killing your daughter."

I tilted my head away from him and clenched my jaw but couldn't help from not crying.

" Understood, b***h?" He laughed.

I nodded my head, simply and somewhere deep, I knew that from now on my life is going to become more worse than before.

" W-Why are you..doing this?" I shuttered, now looking deep into his eyes.

But this time he didn't looked back at me instead he stared at back, emotionlessly before clearing his throat and pushing me aside on the bed.

He went up to walk away not before uttering few words. "Welcome September, welcome to hell, once again."