DAWN. "You shouldn't be scared. " Ryder states beside me and I glare at him, "Easy for you to say. You're not the one meeting your man's parents for the first time. ""I don't remember you being nervous when you met Miranda and the rest. " He teases and I nudge him with my shoulder, earning a laugh from him. "Just joking, babe. You'll be fine. They're not scary. ""Are you sure about that?" I cast him a side glance as I rub my palms against each other and he hums, "Not to that extent. ""Ryder, " I whine as I slap his thigh. "Stop teasing me. You're not helping. ""I know, " he chuckles. "I just can't help it when you're this worried. Come on, you'll be fine, baby. " He presses a hand to my face and I push more of my skin into his touch, letting out a breath at the feeling of calmness that comes with it. It's been a month since I graduated and left college, and today; I'll be meeting Ryder's family. His second family that's come to be a part of the big one. We haven't met because I
RYDER. In all my entire life, I’ve always believed in only one thing; That love doesn’t exist. Not in this shitty world of mine. It’s a belief that was forced into me right from childhood. For a parent to have abandoned their own kid, for a mother to have abandoned her own son, there can be no other love. I’ve carried so much pain in me. I’ve carried so much hatred and they weigh heavily on my shoulders, pulling me into the never-ending darkness. As a young boy with no family, I grew up to hate life itself. Then he found me. My savior found me and implanted love into me, but still yet, it wasn’t enough. I was long gone, lost in the darkness that I’ve grown so much to love. Damaged and broken beyond repair. There was no redemption for me, but still yet, I tried to hold on to the light that’s the Smith family until that light left when I killed Declan. It pulled me back into that darkness, losing all forms of sanity, and I watched as I broke further.
*Previously in A Night With The Billionaire*"He said something. About my parent's death, he said... Said you caused it. I mean that accident. "I look into his eyes, looking for something. Anything that will give me hope and make me realize what a stupid fool I am for even mentioning it, but my heart beats faster against my ribs when I see nothing. His eyes are cold with his jaw clenched.He brings his hands to cover mine and his thumb soothingly moves against my hand. That means something, right? That I was right. That Oliver was just messing with me.But then,He mutters the words, almost as if they taste like poison coming out of his mouth and they do. The words that shatter my entire world. My whole heart and my total belief. It shatters my entire soul and dangles it before my own very eyes in a way to mock me. The words that knock the breath out of me, and not pleasantly. In a terrifying, agonizing pain."Your parent's car didn't go of
DAWN.Pain.I never thought I could have feel as this much pain at once. I had grown accustomed to it since my parents’ death, but then he came along and took it away. He took everything away and now this is suddenly ironic, to say that the one person who took all those suffering away is the one causing it right now.I whirl around to face him. He's standing there, staring at me with an emotion I can't truly decipher, nor am I in my right state of mind to.I've always wanted to hear that word. I've cherish the memories of him saying it in my head. I've waited for so long; to hear those golden ones from the man I couldn't help but to fall in love with. But now that he said it, I hate it so much. It doesn't soothe the arching burn in my heart. It doesn't soothe the pain; instead of intensifying it. The words that I've yearned to hear now become one of mockery."You love me?"I laugh, a scoff slipping past my lips
DAWN."Dawn! What the hell happened to you?! I was very worried! "My aunt says immediately her eyes lands on me and I shake my head, not having the strength to mutter as much as a word."Are you okay?"She asked calmly this time, in a much softer tone.Am I okay? I'm not.I raise my gaze to meet here, giving her a small forced smile before nodding."Dawn, I, "The thunder roars above is, startling her and as if she just realized I'm still standing before her, out of the house; she grabs my wrist and pull me inside, closing the door behind her before turning back to me."Talk to me, Dawn. You're making me really worried about you. I thought you would be in after work but then I waited till I was actually getting worried. I get that you're graduated now and you can make decisions on your own withou
Just to warn you all ahead, I did quite a lot of switching (POV'S) in this episode. It's all for a better understanding, so I hope you can cope.OLIVER.I stand in the darkness, my eyes moving across the room before settling on a certain alluring shadow that's quite visible even through the darkness.With little deliberation, I know exactly who he is and I know what he has come here for."Do you think you could pull that stunt on me and get away with it?"His voice echoes through the darkness, and I let out a chuckle, shaking my head."I knew you were going to come for me. I know you and I didn't expect less from you. "I shrug, crossing my arms against my chest, and the darkness falls into silence, which makes it quite terrifying with the fact that the bastard isn't making as much as any sound."Why did you do it?"He's getting closer to me.I move back a little, getting closer
DAWN."The fuck are you talking about?"Kira pull away from me, his eyes pinning me down; daring me to repeat the words I had just muttered and I know exactly what she's thinking. She thinks I'm making a terrible decision but if course she wouldn't get it. I don't expect her to."I have to go, Kira. ""No, you don't! What the hell are you talking about, Dawn? You want to leave here and go where? You have been here your entire life! Need I remind you! You don't know any life outside of this! Here's where your life is, it's where your friends are and it's where your last family is but you're just going to throw all that away because you got hurt by some guy?"She scoffs and the tone at the edge of her voice males me so angry."Yes, I am! That's exactly what I'm going to do and if you have even the slightest idea of what I'm going through right now; you would agree to my decision! Not try to trash talk it!""I'm not agreeing
DAWN. "Are you sure you want to do this right now?" Kira places a hand on my shoulder as we both descend the stairs and I let out a sigh, my gaze moving across the room before landing on my aunt who's currently preparing to head out of here. "I don't think I can. I should probably wait till she's back. " I say, and she nods before giving me a small smile. "You're up early, Dawn. Good morning, Kira. " "Good morning, Aunt. Heading for work already?" Kira greets with a big smile, which aunt returns with one of hers before nodding in confirmation to her words. "Well, you know how I am. " She chuckles before her eyes darts to me, her brows raising in slight questioning and weirdly, for some strange reason, j understand what she's trying to ask. "I'm fine, Aunt. I'm sorry that I scared you yesterday. I needed to - I just - well, I needed to think some things through. " She