Cursed by his Love (Completed)

Chapter 6

‘Let’s go. I will drop you’, he said.

‘no, that’s okay I can go myself’, I said this tucking in my hair, but he did not even listen to me, held my wrist so tightly, and pulled me to the parking area.

It was a sports bike, I smiled so brightly seeing the bike, and sat on the bike. I was so happy that day, that ride made me feel like I was flying in the sky. I felt that the whole world was so different to my eyes. Everything was so beautiful and poetic. I was kept on smiling out of unexplainable happiness like I won a lottery until I reach near to my street.

He gave a tired look and said, ‘well! see you around,’. I stared at him in a gaze and smiled. ‘Sure’, I nodded with a big grin. I stood there, seeing his back until he vanished with his bike, and I cursed him as Chilly face for not even smiling.

I really did not understand, he never said he loves me, but we kissed twice. I was wondering this is how a relationship would be or I was the one who was expecting more.

I expect a fancy love where the boy brings the flower to me every time we meet and says often that he loves me. But Frank rarely smiles at me. I was questioning myself, ‘Does he really love me? Does he even like me?’. I rolled my eyes in confusion and went home.

No wonder, I did not sleep well that night, thinking about the kiss. Because of Frank, my insomniac night counts were increasing but I did not even expect that someday in the future, he would be the reason for my nightmares.

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For the next two weeks, I had not seen Frank. I was mad at him. I did not understand his point. He did not even bother me. I knew I was expecting a lot and I could not control myself from thinking of him.

One fine evening, I returned home after my work, it was already dark and so cold, and I thought soon it would start to rain. When I reached my home, I saw Frank sitting on my house’s doorsteps. He was wearing a dark blue shirt. He looked fearless, though handsome. He looked so tensed and was crackling his fingers so hard. I was nervous to talk to him at first.

‘Are you okay?’, I questioned him.

Then I noticed that he was bleeding on his forehead, which was concealed by his hair before. But when I got near to him, I saw that and asked him in confusion, ‘What happened? You are bleeding’.

He did not reply and looked away as if he was thinking about something. I opened the door and took him inside my home.

I made him sit on the chair, cleaned the wound, and covered it with a bandage.

‘Tell me what happened?’, I looked at him so seriously and asked.

He just shrugged, ‘Nothing, just a small...’, and he tilted lazily on the wall, stretching his hand as if he was tired or sleepy.

I went to take a bath. Every day after my work I used to take bathe. When I came out of the bathroom. I saw him standing near the window and watching outside.

‘I am hungry. Let’s go out for dinner’, he asked me casually.

I too wanted to go out for fresh air, but it was so cold outside. Oh god! I hesitated at first but agreed after some time. I wore my pink jacket and we started walking to the nearby burger shop.

‘I was actually so mad at you. I don’t understand. Are we in the relationship?’, I asked him directly. He gazed at me, snatched my phone from my hand and typed some number. His phone was ringing.

‘This is my number. Call me whenever you want to meet me’, he said in a slack tone.

Hearing this, I was angrier at him, I felt like he was a ruthless fellow who does not have any emotion or love towards other people or probably he does not know to express his emotions the same way as Linda.

I just rolled my eyes, ‘whatever. I should give him sometime’, I convinced myself.

We bought the burgers and walked to a nearby stone bench and started eating. The weather was so cold, and I was already shivering.

He noticed that I was feeling cold and so he moved so close to me, put his one arm around my neck, and started to take a bite of the burger in his hands. I turned my face and stared at him slowly. He did not even care that I was staring at him for a long time. He was still eating as if nothing had happened.

I felt so uneasy and shy as well. I stopped eating and was looking around shaking my legs.

‘Eat fast. Let’s go home’, he said so lazily.

‘Okay’, I nodded and ate the burger in my hand.

We walked back to my home, ‘Okay, see you, bye’, I said and turned to open my house door.

‘Nora, I am going to stay here tonight.’, he said this smirking at me.

‘What? No, you go to your home’, I said so seriously.

He rolled his eyes and snatched the key in my hand and opened the door.

‘Frank! You should go home’, I held his arm and said.

Suddenly his face changed so seriously and asked me, ‘Why?’.

I was totally agitated because of his face reaction, ‘No, it’s okay. Let us go inside’, I cautiously said this.

As soon as we entered my home, he laid on my bed and shut his eyes. I had only one bed and I did not have any other space to sleep or a couch. I pulled the blanket so hard from the bed because he was already lying on it. I spread it on the floor and laid on it.

At around midnight, it was so cold, I could even sleep. I got up and stared at Frank who was sleeping peacefully. But suddenly he was startled, woke up by my shadow.

‘Sorry I woke you up’, I apologized.

‘Ummm, what are you doing?’, he asked in a groaning voice.

‘It’s so cold here’

He moved his body towards the edge of the cot and showed me space which was not occupied, ‘Come here!’.

What near to Frank? I stood there without any emotion and my mind was also blank. I hesitated at first, but then I passed him and laid near to him. He hugged me and shut his eyes.

I did not know what the hell I was doing. I was like always bewitched by Frank like he cast a love spell on me. No matter how much I tried to stop myself, my mind always wanted him. I trusted him so easily.

I felt so weak whenever I was near to him and even whenever I thought about him. Though he seemed a short-tempered person, though he belonged to a Mafia gang, though he rarely smiles and though he does not easily get socialized, I still fell in love with him.

Falling in love with Frank was the one biggest mistake that ruined my entire life and slipped me into a completely different path.

The next day morning, he was still sleeping. I got ready to work and kept a note saying, “Keep the key under the flowerpot”. After that, I took a flowerpot that was near to my window and kept at the doorsteps and left for work.

At work, I got a call from Lauren and she invited me for dinner on that Saturday and I agreed to it without hesitation.

When I return home, Frank already left home and I had no idea when I will meet him again. When I get inside, I saw a note on the bed saying, “Meet you soon”. Seeing that note, I cursed him.

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On Saturday, I knew there was a race on that day. Since I had a dinner plan at Lauren’s, I decided not to go to the race.

At Lauren’s house, Lauren and his two sons, Jack and Jerry were also at the table. We had a nice time. She introduced me to her family, and all treated me so well and were kind to me. I did not see Harry that day, who was Lauren’s husband.

After dinner, Jack said that he would drop me. I hesitated but Jack insisted and said it was already late and dark. So, I agreed to go in his car. I peeked at Frank’s house, which was locked.

When I was traveling in the car, Jack thanked me for taking good care of her mother and he said he owed me.

When he stopped at my house’s entrance, I was about to thank him, ‘I like you’ he said this in a serious face looking at the steering.

What? I was shocked to hear this. But I acted like I did not hear, ‘Sorry did you say something?’

He turned his head and looked at my eyes so sharply and said, ‘I love you, Nora’. I stared at him in a gaze with my eyes wide open.

‘I am not saying, you should love me back, but remember I am always there for you and will wait for you’, he said this in a gentle tone, tucked in my hair behind my ear and exhaled strongly. Jack was the first man to say that he loves me. I did not know how to react. I just smiled bitterly, gulped, and tried to act normal.

‘okay, bye, see you around’, I acknowledged him and got out of the car. I watched his car moving till he passed my street.

I heard a hoarse voice from my behind, ‘So, this is the reason that you did not go to the race today?’. I turned back quickly and saw Frank.

He was standing with his chin up and his hands crossed his chest. I could see he already lost his temper which made me a little nervous. Seeing his face, I became more afraid of him and I did not know what to say.

I smiled bitterly and said, ‘Lauren’s, who is a good friend of mine, invited me for dinner. Since it was dark already, Lauren’s son just dropped me. Come, come let’s go inside. It’s so cold’.

He narrowed his eyes as if he did not believe my words. I opened the door and pulled him inside my home.

‘Are you hungry? I will cook something for you’, I said this and went to the kitchen. I took out some Ramen and started to prepare.

He came and stood at the kitchen’s door and was staring at me. When I realized he was standing at the door, I turned back and smiled at him.

He moved towards me and slammed his lips on mine. I shut my eyes and kissed him back. He started to kiss my neck and my shoulders. He lifted and made me sit on the kitchen table and was kissing for a long time until I smell a burnt smell of Ramen.

I was startled back, ‘oh s**t’, I rushed and switched off the stove. We both laughed at that moment and I hugged him.

After some time, he got a call from someone called ‘Jason’, he answered the call. He said to me, ‘I have to go’. He gave a strong kiss on my lips. I launched an unhappy face after hearing that he was leaving, ‘Meet you soon’, he smiled and kissed my lips again and left my home.