Chapter 220
An air of joy hit me straight in the heart as I finally got in and then I saw Thea, lying on her side. She seemed to be asleep because she didn’t make a move when I began moving towards her.
I took a stool and sat beside her but she seemed to be really asleep.
I sighed in relieve, that way she wouldn’t know I was here.
“Thea….” I muttered, making sure she was asleep one last time and she didn’t respond. Slowly, I reached out to her shoulder, the moment I touched her, I tensed and let out shaky breaths. “I wish I could have you in my arms once again.” I whispered and had the urge to hold her tighter so I squeezed her shoulder slightly but retracted my hand immediately as she made a turn toward me.
My eyes fell on her pretty sleepy face.
This what what I wanted, for her to wake up in my arms every morning. I craved those days again but would it ever happen? I startled the moment I noticed her eyes fluttering, maybe this was my signal to leave before she woke up but why couldn’t I? Instead I watched her keenly until her lashes finally parted and her dreamy eyes now looking at me.
It took her some seconds to register that I was the one indeed.
“Angel….” She called looking shocked. She quickly sat up and I tensed the more. “What are you doing here?” She asked, her voice getting harsher as she made to stand. I got up before her, towering above her.
That angry gaze returning to her face and also mixed with irritation, just that today it looked way worse.
She was fuming and her eyes glistened with tears also looking like I had done something worse than when she found me with Lola. I was having a hard time to decide what else I could have done or was it the fact that I was in the same room with her?
“I asked you, what are you doing here?” She yelled.
“I just… I wanted to see you.” I spoke gently, pleading through it for her to just let me stay even if it were just for another minute.Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.
“I don’t… You know very well that I don’t want to see your disgusting face! Just leave me alone, I don’t want to listen to whatever you have to say. Being in the same room with you is disgusting enough so just leave!” She cried with tears spilling from her eyes.
Seeing her speak this way broke me all over again, maybe even worse than before, If she had to tear up all because she didn’t want to see me.
“Thea I’m sorry….”
“I don’t care! Angel I don’t….
“Thea please….” I said trying to get close to her but she put her hands forward asking me to stay away.
“Don’t you dare come close to me. What else do I have to tell you so that you’d let me be?”
“I’m sorry Thea…. I just needed to see you.” I said with my voice breaking out as tears also filled the corners of my eyes. I could feel the vein on my temple straining from the pain I felt. There was nothing to be man enough here. I was scared out of my mind, I didn’t want to lose her.
Thea kept shaking her head in disapproval as more tears streamed down her eyes. She looked so much in pain that I dared to take a step to console her.
“You have no idea how much you’ve hurt me Angel… How much I’ve had to endure under hands. You’re a terrible person. You have no heart….”
“I just need a chance to make things right.” I said but she snapped her head at me as if my words only doubled her anger.
“Did I just hear you say a chance? She laughed flaring her hands in the air. “A chance! What right do you have to ask that of me!”
“Thea please, I need to know the truth and know how I can make up for everything I’ve done.”
I said pleading as I came close to her. She moved away from me moving to a corner to tear up more.
I had a feeling that something else was causing her pain, it had to be related to me but all these tears could it be because of that kiss?
I tried to take a step toward her but held myself from doing that. She didn’t want me near her.
She stood up wiping her tears then turned towards me.
“What do you want to hear Angel? She wiped her tears with her fingers pulling her head back and blinking back the remaining quickly “That you were wrong? That I didn’t betray you or that I was set up by Sparrow? Tell me, what?” She said coming at me and hitting my chest while pushing me backward. “That I’m still in love with you after everything you’ve done? Is there more? Or the fact that you killed Carl, an innocent man who was only trying to keep me away from your rival or the fact that you tortured me, let me suffer for weeks while accusing me without listening to my side of the story?!
She screamed at the top of her voice hitting me at the same time. Her voice had cracked, it had to, with all that crying and yelling.
“Thea….” I managed to whisper. I didn’t even know what else to say because behind all that yelling she already told me everything I needed to know.
“Find out yourself Angel. Maybe go find Carl’s bones and ask him why I was with him.”
I stared at Thea for some seconds realizing how deep the damage I had caused was, still I clung on hope.
“What can I do to ever earn your forgiveness?” I dared to ask and she looked at me with disbelieve. She soon let out a hysterical laugh then stopped abruptly.
“The only thing you can do is to let me go.” She said and I stilled. She wanted me to take her back. “Can you do that? Give me back my freedom and who knows I might forgive you in future.” She said and I saw the glint of hope in her eyes but I guess I was too selfish.
“I can’t do that Thea.” I said avoiding her gaze and she sighed in disappointment. “I can’t, because the moment I give you what want you want I’ve lost you and I can’t risk that.”
“You already lost me Angel!” She yelled. “You’ll never have me, never again! I despise you… So much.”
She said piercing my heart with a hundred spade. It hurt so damn much that I just couldn’t describe the pain.
My body shook from the hurt I felt in my heart and the tears I had restrained myself from letting out came flowing again but Thea just stood there with red eyes filled with hate for me.
She hated me already, how much more could she hate me? I took my chances and moved towards her and before she could realize what I was about to do, I wrapped my arms around her tightly, hugging her to myself while she struggled and yelled for me to let her go.
I shut my eyes and a tear spilled down. I wanted to feel her, that was the only consolation I could get from now on. I’d cherish the feel of her body in mine, even though I never get to have her again.
After much struggle and yelling, I let her go and the hardest slap I had ever had in my life came descending on my face. I could almost swear that it left a mark.
“How dare you touch me?” She said panting heavily. I remained calm and didn’t try to ease the sting of the slap on my face because I deserved it.
I turned slowly to look at Thea and nodded. It was time to let her be.
“I’ll leave now Thea but no matter how much you hate me, I just want you to know that I never stopped loving you. I’ve loved you Thea, so dearly and I’ll always be in love with you.”
Her eyes squinted at my words as if I had touched a nerve there. There was this softness in her eyes which disappeared seconds later.
“You’re my life Thea I want you to always remember that.” With that I took my leave hoping my word would find a soft spot in her heart no matter how far it was hidden.