His Woman (18+)

Chapter LIII

THE CONFESSION

Never set yourself ablaze just to keep someone else warm, my love.

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WARNING: May contain discussions on triggering topics.

CHAPTER LIII

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“ARE YOU OKAY?”

I snapped my head back around to look at Pablo, following him cautiously as he took a seat beside me and dipped his legs into the pool.

Daniel didn't move. He stayed right where he was in front of me with his hands on either side of me to keep him afloat. I could feel my heart pounding in my chest and my breathing speed up, but none of them noticed it.

I just wanted them far away from me. The familiar ball that always lodged itself in my throat when I cried had made an appearance and I didn't want them to see me wail like a baby. It could've been anybody else, just not them.

I was still yet to figure out why.

Despite my wishes, the first sob tumbled past my lips and I sucked in a breath to try and compose myself, but no go. I was sobbing like a toddler and the tears didn't take long to join.

“Hey, hey, it's okay.”

I didn't know which one said that because my ears were filled with the sound of my own cries and the blood rushing to my face. I didn't know what I was more ashamed of; the fact that I had tried to kill myself in front of everybody and failed or the fact that I was wailing like a newborn in front of people I hardly even knew.

“I'm so sorry,” I cried, trying to compose myself, but I couldn't.

I wanted to get up and walk myself away from the situation, but Daniel was too close and the way he was looking at me made my heart do weird things in my chest

I felt his hand on my thigh which was foolishly exposed because of my tight black skirt and he rubbed soothing circles on my skin. It did nothing to comfort me, but I appreciated the gesture.

“I'm sorry,” I said again, sniffling as I aggressively wiped down my face. I didn't know why I did it, I was soaking from head to toe. “I know I ruined the party. I'll just go now.”

“That's fine,” Pablo said as he got to his feet. “We'll take you home.”

He reached under my arms and lifted me to my feet as if I couldn't get up myself before turning to Daniel who climbed out of the pool. Water dripped from his clothes as he stood to his full height, but it didn't seem to bother him.

“Come on,” he said, before walking away. His voice was never above a shout, yet he always captured everyone's attention when he spoke.

He walked towards the back gate and slipped through, not caring if he was allowed to go out through that way or not.

“Where do you live?” Pablo asked as we followed after him.

I stayed silent, beginning to wonder in my head where exactly I lived. Should I be honest with them or should I lie? I couldn't give them any random address because I doubted they would drop me off and abandon me, but I really didn't want to be telling two guys I didn't know very well about life.

Plus, they were delinquents. What if they tried to hurt me?

“You do have a place to stay, right?” Pablo asked, catching on to my silence as I looked at him with wide eyes.