Chapter 23
Frustrated, Daniel sat in his office, lost in a trance. A lot of paperwork was piled up at the corner of his table, but he paid no attention to them.
All he wanted now was to set his eyes on Amelia.
His physical appearance disturbed a few people around him. The dark circles under his eyes were so bad that it became a hot topic for the press.
However, that wasn't his problem. Nothing made sense to him anymore, his life was beginning to lose taste.
He clenched his fist tight, tempted to break his hands. He hated himself. He hated every single thing about himself, especially his hands for hitting Amelia over and over again.
His eyes turned bloodshot red, and before he could push his intending tears back, they flowed down his cheek from both eyes.
His mind wandered back to one of the many moments in his life he regrets.
FLASHBACK:
"....it's bleeding a lot, should we go to the hospital?" Amelia whimpered painfully as she watched Daniel bandage her right wounded arm after using a fork to stab her harshly in fury.
Daniel paused his actions and looked into her eyes, "No way. There's no way we would go to the hospital. Do you know why? If we go to the hospital now, the doctor would ask a lot of questions," he said, adding more disinfectant to her injury.
The cut stung, and Amelia sobbed. Daniel let out a wolfish grin at the sound of her cry. They sounded like music to his ears.
He went on, "He would ask you how you managed to cause this damage to yourself… and then, he'd ask who did this to you. When you don't give him a reasonable reply, he would ask if I did this to you," he paused and gripped the injury.
Amelia yelped and met his eyes, trying her hardest not to cry. She never thought her life would turn out to be this way.
Daniel searched her eyes. His nose flared in unnecessary annoyance and the scene where she stared at another man longer than she had started at him revisited his memory.
That was the reason for her punishment. The next time she stares at another man, he will do something worse than this to her.
Disgust ashed through his eyes, and he said, "In those innocent eyes of yours when you look at people, you make them think the wrong way. I know what you want, I know why you kept on admiring that man, you are desperately looking for someone to pull you out of this hell," he let go of her arm and smirked, "You want someone to save you,"
Amelia immediately shook her head in fear and denial. Her lips trembled, and so did her whole body.
"Liar!!!" Daniel yelled.
He cleared the table angrily, sending the first aid box flying across the room. In the next second, he rose and grabbed her neck.
Amelia's eyes widened in terror, and a wide satisfied smile covered Daniel's lips. He enjoyed the sight of her choking.
"Well, until I die, no one will ever save you…"
END OF FLASHBACK:
"Well, until I die, no one will ever save you…"
Daniel's words played in his mind over and over again, hunting him. The turn of events was unexpected.
He wished he had treated her better. If he had, she wouldn't have hid her pregnancy from him and lost their baby.
"I_"
His office door suddenly pushed open, breaking his train of thought. The anger in him skyrocketed a thousand times more as he watched Diana walk in.
Clenching his teeth in bitterness, he gripped the pen on the table. The desire to stab her neck with the pen ran strongly through his veins. Most of the time, she caused him to hit Amelia.
His mind slowly turned dark towards her.
Meanwhile, Diana was all smiles when she spotted Daniel. She strengthened her catwalk, making sure to appear more sensual before him. These past few days, she felt happier without Amelia around.
When she got to Daniel, she winked at him seductively and began to unbutton her shirt. To her dismay, the man before her maintained a straight face, with no excitement seeing her.
Diana brushed it off. He loves fucking her in the office, right on this table and nothing can change that. What happened in the room that day was just a misunderstanding. He just lost a child and she should have understood that.
Well, it's days already. She wants him now.
Standing behind him, Diana pulled his office seat away from his table a bit, providing space for herself.
Daniel silently allowed her to do what she wanted to do. He made no effort to stop her, but the urge in him to kill her intensified.
Diana dropped a kiss on his neck from behind. She gave him a slow lick and made herself comfortable on his lap.
Her hands strangled his neck, and she began to nibble on his neck, her hand slowly taking off his tie.
Daniel wrapped his arm around her, pulling her closer. His action caused Diana to giggle. His positive response increased her lust.
Daniel's eyes dimmed. He raised his other hand to her hair and grabbed a handful of it, pulling her face away from his neck.
"Ahh_" Diana moaned in pain.
Since they have had sex the rough way multiple times, she thought this was his way of getting himself in the mood. Her thought caused her to smile.
Daniel frowned at the sight of Diana and before she could save herself, he wrapped his hand around her neck and choked her.
He wasn't playing, he strangled her tight.
Diana turned pale in an instant. Breathing became difficult for her, and she no longer saw Daniel before her, but a monster.
"This should be your first and last time to act so relaxed around me. Until I confirm you're free from Amelia's accusation and have nothing to do with the death of my child, I don't want to see you around me. Also, from this moment, you will be paid for every service you render," he said through gritted teeth, "You're nothing but a whore after all. You just go about fucking your best friend's husband," he spat out in raw hate and disgust.
Diana winked in surprise but was unable to say a word. Life was beginning to slip out of her. She was lost in confusion.
"Get out," Daniel roared and pushed her away from his body. He was about to puke at her sight.
Diana scrambled out of the room in fear and disbelief. She did not even try to waste a moment. Her life was hanging in a thread rope.
Running out of his office like a clown, she was determined to find Amelia at any cost and kill her. How can that woman make her life this miserable?