A Billionaire's love story

Chapter Thirty-Crack Part Two

"The past can't be changed, forgotten, edited or erased .....it can only be accepted ... "
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It's like I can feel what he's feeling right now. The way his green emeralds seem to be lost in sadness while looking outside the window,just confirmed my suspicion
I shouldn't have invited him along . Nothing is worth this much hurting...nothing.
I went even closer to him as his hand wrapped around me.I lay my head on his shoulder as his lips softly touched my forehead.

"What's wrong?" I ask him quietly.

"Nothing" Even his voice sounded distant. One part of me wanted to ask him about the matter that was troubling him but another part didn't cause I knew the answer....clearly.

His painful cries for his father still rang loudly in my ears. I can never forget that day... Never.

"Eliza.." His voice dragged me back to reality. I look at his eyes and suddenly I can see the same boy crying for his father.

"Do you remember the first time I came to your home." He asked me absentmindedly.

"How can I not? You were the first person who forcefully invited himself."
A small smile graced his lips but it didn't reach his eyes.

"Do you remember what happened in the end. "

"You left saying you don't need me. " I can't help the pain that spread through my body.

He must've noticed cause he move towards me and look directly at me.
"No Eliza...it was a lie..." His eyes were desperately searching mine for something.
"I was an idiot...just like you say sometimes, an arrogant jerk...do me a favour, Eliza..if I ever say again that I don't need you, slap me as hard as you can, argue with me as much as you want but don't believe me. Cause I do need you and always will. Nothing can change that."

"Even if I do something really bad..." The words were out before I can stop it. His eyes narrowed slightly.

"Yes..even then."
I was really shocked by his answer.
"No matter what you've done or what you'll do, I'll always love you...I'll always need you. Your present in my life is the sole reason I now Exist...I can't be without you... Not anymore."

"Then why did you left that day...Zack?"
He looks taken aback by this.

He lowered his eyes to avoid looking at me but I still saw the pain that filled his eyes instantly.
For a moment I thought he will avoid it but then he suddenly looks at me and what I saw there is not something I'll ever forget. Those green emeralds were filled with pain.

"I hate it..." He whisper slowly.
"I hate it...Eliza..that name...when you said that name..all those memories came back and for some reason,even if I didn't knew you well back then, I wanted to tell you everything. When you came after me in worry, It felt like something changed inside me." He touch my check softly.
"Nobody has ever shown that much care for me. But you did...and that moment I knew that you've became a necessary part of me. I got so angered by the thought that I ...."
His troubled eyes looks at me.
"I just wanted to get away from you. I wasn't used to feel that kind of need for someone."

I can't speak a word just look at this man who was so strong yet so vulnerable at the same time and I'm sure he never let anyone see this side of him...but he was letting me. This touched my heart deeply.

"I hated the fact that you've that much power over me...and...I just couldn't accept the fact that....you were from the same place I hated so much."

"What are you talking about?" I was confused now...what name did I take...