THE LOVE & THE LUST

CHAPTER 2

AMYTHEST POV

Claire has already introduced Liam to her parents. While Liam was busy talking with Claire's parents, I managed to pull Claire up to her room.

When we entered her room, she sat on her queen size bed with her cheeks raised and eyes squint slightly.

I sighed as I run my hand through my forehead and stroked my brown hair thinking about how to tell her about Liam. She looks so happy today and I am afraid to ruin it.

"So... Where's my gift?" She seems excited. I stare at her doe blue eyes before I open my mouth as words came out.

"Let me ask you first. Are you sure about Liam?"

"YES! Gimme the gift, babe." I rolled my eyes. How can she be so dumb?

"Are you sure that he's a good guy?"

She stood up and take a small step towards my position where I am standing still while crossing my arms. She stroked her hands on my hair and tuck it at the back of my ear as she caressed my shoulder.

"Amy, he won't come here and meet my parents if he's not. C'mon, I told you, he's a nice and sweet guy."

"Claire." I gape at her doe blue eyes. "I saw him the other day, in the parking lot."

"Then?"

"He's kissing another girl!" She cracked up.

"Maybe he just looks like him, you know his looks are common."

"No. I know it's him. My eyes aren't blurry yet Claire. Please listen to me, he's a womanizer! He's just fooling you." I grabbed her arm but she stepped back.

"Amy, don't talk badly about him please." She shot me her eyes.

"I'm not just creating a story, I'm telling the truth." I lightly raised my voice because of frustration.

She masked a scowl with a smirk as she fawned over her photo, barely visible through the balloons and flowers that choked at her wall.

"Please... Stop it."

"He's kissing other people, he had other women, that's proof that he's not serious about you, Claire--"

"I said stop it!!!" I was stunned when she yelled at me. Is she serious? Her lips tighten as her jaw look tense and might just forward slightly, and wrinkles appear between their eyebrows.

"Let's... Let's talk tomorrow. Not now, please." she brushed her fingers to her hair, tense can see all over her face, then she walks with a big stride out of her room, shutting the door angrily as I hear a loud thud, leaving me standing there with a confused look.

I sighed. We've been friends for a long time but it's the first that she didn't listen to me, she even yelled at me.

I sat on the bed making myself bounce and rubbed my face on my palm. I want her to be happy but not with a guy who hooks up with a different woman.

I turned around when I hear that. the door suddenly opened. I thought Claire came back but to my surprise, it was Liam.

"I knew it. I recall that we had met before. It was in the parking lot!" I gave him a fierce look but he just smirked. His face is so annoying. He walked closer to me. "The short-tempered woman who acts like a virgin."

Okay! That's it! He's getting on my nerves!

I stood up from the bed and was about to slap him hard but he seized me by the wrist, pulling me against him, making my body touches his hard masculine body as one of my hands was on his chest while he lock his arms around my waist.

I eyed him as though my bullshit meter was ticking in the red zone but he just smirked like a madman.

I compelled him to get out of his arms. But he hugged me tighter making me squirm in disgust as his face is closer to mine.

"Let go," I gave him a piercing gaze. But he just grinned "What the hell!!! I said let me go!" I tried to push him but he was really strong

"Let go or I'll scream." my eyes bulge in enraged, as my eyebrows lowered and pulled closer together, nostrils flare outwards.

But he just sneered.

"HELP--" my eyes widen as his lips crushed on my unrestrained, he cupped my face with both hands and his fingers slid along the sculpted forearms for a brief moment until he nudged me forward, propelling me onto the wall.

I use my strength to punch him in his chest and was about to tweak his hair but he immediately caught both of my hands. He pinned and locked both of my hands above my head using his left hand while his right hand clasped my cheeks harder closer to him.

Insane. This was insane and I was half-mad for allowing it to happen. Instinct was not supposed to dictate over logic but, then again, that might just be another one of his superpowers. She’d never wanted someone so…violently.

He kissed me deeper and harder that I could hardly breathe. Heat rose from every inch of himself he was no longer able to control. There was nothing but the sound of my gasps drawing him in, awakening something feral within.

I remembered that I have a leg so when I was about to kick him, he suddenly locked my thigh between his legs making me stand stiff. So I had no choice but to bite his lip.

"Ouch!" I pull out from his grip and pushed him hard, he touched his lips to see a red liquid escape from his lips.

I gave him an open-handed blow slap as my eyes narrowed giving him a piercing glare. Suddenly the door opened and Claire came out.

"What's going on here?" she looks at me intently.

"HE MOLESTED ME!!" I shouted in rage at his face. Nonetheless, he just has this sluggish expression while caressing his red cheeks. I guess the slap hurts badly.

"Wait, what?" Claire darted at him. But Liam just shrugged, not saying anything nor defending himself.

Claire stare at me with narrowed eyebrows.

"Amy, I know you don't like Liam but don't do this here, not this night."

"I didn't do anything Claire, he's the one who disrespects me! He's a jerk!" I need to defend myself.

"Please, don't say any words at him, he's my guest for God's sake Amy, just please... don't treat him with contempt!" that made me stop for a second.

What? I treat him with contempt? Is she serious?

I don't know but I'm getting emotional in this situation. My lips tremble to stare at Claire's blue watery eyes. Will Claire not going to listen to me anymore?

"Claire, he's the one who disrespects me, I am telling the truth. I never lied to you, Claire." my eyes shook as a drop of tears escaped from my emerald eyes.

"You have no evidence for your accusations! If you don't like Liam, I don't care! This is my life!"

"Why are you standing up against me? We've known each other longer than him!"

"Watch your language Amythest! You're exaggerating!"

"What did he feed you and make you believe in such nonsense?!!"

"Amythest! Please!"

"It's true that your boyfriend is a jerk!! He even thought about kis--"

"GET OUT!" she turned a cold eye on me.

Is she kicking me out?

"You're ruining my birthday, Amythest!" Tears welled up in her eyes.

She stares at me like I am her enemy. She wants me to vanish out of her sight. A huge body-shaking sob racked my body.

OKAY!

I'm the one to blame.

I'm wrecking her special day.

Breathless with anger as I wiped the tears that keep falling down my cheeks and stormed out of the room, out of her house.

I saw my brother outside with Claire's father and his co-detectives, liquoring up their booze. Joshua gave me eye contact while wearing his worried face.

"If you are done, let's go." I walked past him and didn't even dare to enunciate goodbye to my aunt and uncle. I went straight to my car and started the engine. I saw Joshua run after me and got on into the passenger seat while buckling himself up with a seat belt. I drove the car quickly away from Claire's house.

I'm crying because of anger. I'm angry because Claire doesn't acknowledge my words. I'm pissed because of that Liam. I hate this situation and why it should be Liam.

I tried to wipe the tears from my eyes and cheeks because my vision was almost blurry due to the tears forming in my eyes.

My grip on the steering wheel tightened as I accelerated the car even more.

"Slowly we might have an accident, Amythest." I suddenly stopped the car and turned to my brother.

His hands were fixed tightly to the seatbelt while one hand has a grasp on the handle above his head.

Yeah right! My brother is here.

My emotions erupted as it builds up over time and is then released all at once. I burst into tears as I hugged the steering wheel, each coming in a wave, and, with every sob, I let out a loud whimper.

"S-she k-kick me o-out, Joshua!!"

LIAM POV

I didn't know it would end up like this. I don't intend to make them fight.

Her emerald eyes, as her tears keep flowing down to her face, her low whimper holding up her emotions to explode. I know... she's angry, sad, and hurt when Claire wants her out of her house.

I was about to speak when she walks past us with a heavy stomp in every step she make, open the door hastily, and dashed outside as she wipes her precious tears that keep falling unstoppable.

Claire breakdown on the floor, covering her face with her hands as her shoulder waved each time she let out a sob.

I didn't know what to do, so I squat down next to Claire while caressing her back slowly to make her calm down. I just let her cry until she glanced at me. Her face become red and her eyes were crimson red from her tears as she didn't hold up her emotions.

"Did you... bring your car?" I shook my head. She picked me up at my apartment so I didn't take the car with me.

"Oh right... I picked you up earlier." she let out a chuckle as she wipes the tears escaping from her eyes. "I-I'll... take you home." She stood up and walks towards the door with a heavy stomp and exited the room with a gloomy aura. I followed her out of the room, out of her house.

I wave my hand to her father outside their house drinking with his co-workers. Claire didn't even bother to say bye to her father and went straight to her car.

As I buckle up my seatbelt, she immediately accelerated the car, makes me startled for a moment as she drive the car too fast. We exceeded the limit.

"Slow down!" But she didn't listen to me so I just held the handle above my head.

"Is it true?" I suddenly turned to her. Is she talking to me?

"Which?"

"You were... kissing someone the other day in the Manila Hotel." she sniffled between her words, I can hear her heavy breathing .

I glance around the car and refuse to make eye contact with her. Im guilty.

Tears streamed down her face.

"Why?! Why are you doing this s**t?!! Are you not serious about our relationship?" serious?

"I was never serious, Claire." I calmly responded to her. There, she drove the car faster. A tingling sensation in my heart makes me feel nauseous, and heavy breathing makes me lose my mind.

"Stop the car!! Claire!!" my heart pounding furiously.

"YOUR SERIOUSLY A JERK, LIAM!!"

"I KNOW! AND I'M SORRY FOR BEING A JERK! NOW, PULL OVER!!"

But she didn't listen...

"CLAIRE!!!" I started seizing the steering wheel but she just shoved my hand away. s**t!

"CLAIRE! STOP THE GODDAMN CAR!!"

She darts me with her bloodshot and puffy eyes as her expression change to be more numb. Her eyes tells everything. It hit my conscience. She's in pain. I hurt her... so bad.

She smiled at me until the light from her side was coming towards us. In a blink of an eye my head and chest lunged forward upon impact, and I felt, heard, and saw the car flip over from the other side of the street immediately after.

After a couple of seconds, the car stopped dead short. The myriad of airbags inflated to Claire side and in front of me, and then quickly deflated. I could feel a searing pain in my head. . The next thing I saw was the car that I assumed hit our car rolled over the hood of the car from driver’s side to passenger side, and then rolled over again onto its roof.

I looked at Claire at my side and she was unconscious.I tried to call her but no words came out from my mouth. I felt like my chest was stuck. As my head was aching so much and slowly I felt I'm losing my consciousness.

The last thing I heard is a woman screaming for help.