A Girl Nobody Wanted

I couldn't see anything well in the darkness. I just had the flashlight of my phone to lighten up my way. But that was not r concern. I was frightened, thinking about what has happened to Luke. When he called me, he was not well at all. His phor is not working either. All the possibilities of bad things that could happen begun to load up in my mind.

Praying God to protect him, I managed to reach his bedroom...

“Luketl” screaming his name, I entered his room. All of sudden someone pulled me to himself, making me scream... “What the..” but I stopped what I was going to scream with the familiar cologne smell that filled up my nostrils. I was getting the warm touch that always tickles my heart.

“Jake!” I yelled involuntarily.

Then the light was on, and my favorite handsome face was right in front of me.

“Princess... he said with a week smile.

“What the fu** is this, Jake? Is this a joke to you?” 1 yelled.

“Nothing about you is a joke for me, Sarah... he said gently.

“Then what the hell is this? Where is Luke?” 1 yelled at him again.

“He is at his cousin's house, sound and safe... I thought you won't come to meet me if 1 ask you because you didn't answe any of my calls. So Luke came up with this whole idea,” he said apologetically.

“For both of you, 1 am just a joke, nothing more than that. You always play with my emotions. Do you know how scared I got? I was feeling like my heart was going to stop.” I screamed. I was furious. This is not a time to a joke like this. We were not in a position to do something utterly stupid like this. That moment, I was hating both of them with all I had.

“am so sory, princess... We didn't think much..” he apologized. His face was just an inch or two away from mine. I could see all the pain, regret, and despair that were filled in his eyes. Now only I actually clearly look at his face. He looked exhausted. His eyes were turned to red. His lips were cracked like he hasn't anything to drink for hours... It felt so hard to look at his face anymore. I hate to see him helpless like this.

“You never think much about anything, Jake, that's the problem we are having. Now release me.." I said, taking my eyes away from his face and trying to escape from his hold.

But it made him harden his grip around me.

“Please, princess... I beg you. Let me hold you like this for some more time.” he begged.

“Are you insane, Jake... Let me go!” I yelled at him and tried to get away from him.

Even though he looked exhausted and week, he was still stronger than me.

His arms were tightly wrapped around my waist, gluing me to him...

“You have no idea how I spent the past few hours, Sarah... it was like getting stabbed right on my heart over and over aga itis just now when I have you in my arms, I feel that I have not died... When I feel your warm breath on my face, I feel tha am alive...50 please, let me hold you a bit more...” he said.

“Why, didn't you feel alive when you were holding your beautiful, rich future wife and kissing her lips?” I asked sarcastica He looked right into my eyes, and the unbearable pain that was flashed on his eyes was hard to miss...

He released his grip on my waist, letting out a long sigh...

“I am not asking you to stop hurting me like this, princess because I deserve this. But I want to correct my mistake at leas now. I want to tell you everything, can you just give me one chance?” he asked.

Can you stand it when the person you love most, begging for something? Well... I found it super hard to even see him pleading in front of me.

“I am ready to listen, Jake," I said.

He smiled weekly.

“Let's go down to the living room... This is going to take a long time...” he said.

I nodded.

Then we both walked back to the living room. I sat on the sofa.

“Do you want anything to drink?” he asked.

I didn't want anything else other than listening to his confession, but then I remembered his cracked lips. It seems like he didn't have anything to drink for a long time.

“I will make some coffee..” I said, standing up.

“No, you sit here... 1 will get you some coffee..” he said, walking towards the kitchen.

Without saying anything, I sat back.

After a few minutes, he came with two coffee cups.

Then he sat in front of me and stared at my face for a few seconds.

“You are truly an angel, Sarah... I didn't think you would even let me talk to you like this," he said softly.

“lam not an angel, Jake... But I have suffered enough in my life. I am not ready to give up my only happiness without a fight." I said.

He stared at my face again for a few seconds, then he started talking.

“My dad inherited a successful business from his family. He is also very good at doing business, and he could take our business to the top profitable level. But he always thought other than that, he has a responsibility towards his country. H always wanted to bring a change in people's lives. that's the main reason he came to politics. *

“He is an honest politician who is willing to spend his own money on people. So he could easily climb up the political ladder and gain recognition. But his growing fame drawn many opponents to him. You know how hard it is for an honest man to work clean in a cruel society that is filled with fake people. So he tried to keep us away from his political life as much as possible. He actually hid information about his family. *

“I know you already know about my connection to Andrew. Andrew's father, Ronald, was working with my dad in our businesses. He even came to politics with my father's influence. Their family and our family were so close, we always took care of each other. Actually, my father trusted uncle Ronald with his life. But later on, there was a big fraud in our busines that lead to a massive loss. My dad found out it was uncle Ronald behind all these. My dad was furious, he wanted to tak legal actions against him, but he loved aunty Liz, Andrew's mom every much. Therefore, without bringing him in front of t law, he just asked uncle Ronald to stay away from all of my dad's businesses. Dad stopped supporting the uncle's politica carrier as well. But other than our family members, no one even got to know about his dirty work because my dad kept it secret. Anyway, instead of regretting his wrongdoing, uncle Ronald started resenting my dad. He kind of became my dad's top enemy. Since he knew everything about our family, he was dangerous than all the other people. *

“During this time, Andrew's girlfriend faced that accident and got killed. Uncle Ronald took the maximum out of this incident and turned Andrew against us. He could make Andrew believe that it was my dad and me who was behind that accident. No matter how hard my dad, mom, and I tried to convince Andrew that we have no connection to this accident, was useless. This incident worst all our problems. “

“However, with that incident, my dad wanted both my mom and me to be extra careful. He even put bodyguards and detectives to protect us. But none of those could save my mom from that tragic accident. It was such a horrible incident, Sarah... We thought we would lose my mom. My dad got all the best doctors to treat her. They could save her life, but she became disabled forever... I didn’t even know how I went through those few days... I was like a dead man. *

This is like the first time he openly talks with me about his family and his feelings towards them. It was obvious how muc he had suffered because of his mom's accident.

“Mom's accident was not just a random one, it was well planned by my dad's rivals. This made my dad terrified. He even considered stopping me from going to high school, just to protect me. But mom was against that. She insisted that I shou have a regular life like any other teenager. Finally, dad agreed to that, but with a lot of conditions. He wanted me to minimize my outside relationships as much as possible. So I had to stop seeing my friends if it is not essential. He increased the number of bodyguards and detectives. They came wherever I go. Fortunately, they were all in just casual attire, and no one could recognize them as my bodyguards. But I didn’t have any privacy to do anything I want. I didn't ca much about my safety or anything until mom's accident. But after that, I was afraid that the threat I am facing will affect the people around me as well... I even reduced my contacts with Luke... *

“It was a short while after I saw you for the first time, and I was dreaming about you all the time. But unfortunately, I had no chance of telling you about my feelings. In that type of situation, I didn't want to make you in trouble because of me. ( the other hand, I knew how complicated my family really is, and 1 didn't want an innocent, cheerful girl like you to get trapped in such complexity. I knew one day, my family would bring tears to your eyes. *

He was talking without any break. After that, he explained how hard it was for him to keep his feelings to himself without expressing them to me. Then as Luke also said to me, he told me what happened when he first saw me at the university. explained everything until the point when he decided to make me his life no matter what happened afterward.

During this part of his confession, actually, it was emotions more than the facts that touched my heart...

“My father declared that he is going to run for the next presidential election. Everyone predicts that he will be our next president. So I thought all of these problems of living in fear would be ended after he becomes the president. That's why always asked you to give me some time to tell you everything. *

“I never wanted to lie to you about my family, Sarah... I wanted to tell you everything about my family every day. But I was affraid... I was afraid you would get depressed, knowing the gravity of the danger I am facing. On the other hand, I was afr that you would leave me after knowing about my family. ” he said, without taking his eyes off me...

“sure, I am worried about you more than ever now... Even if you go out of my sight for a minute, I would be worried about you. But now I can do something... anything... that can protect you... or at least I can try my best to keep you away from tf danger because I am aware of it now.” I said.

“About the other thing you said, you are so stupid to even think of that, Jake... Your family is indeed too sophisticated an too high class for a girl like me to handle... it makes me shiver to even think of dating a guy from such a high-class family But I know about you... I know how humble and down to the earth type of person you are. If you are sure that you are rea to spend your life with me, then I am willing for that too... I am not afraid of your family until you are with me... I am stronger than you think, Jake...” I said.

“That's what I said, Sarah... If tell you everything about my family on the first day we started our relationship, would you think the same way?” he asked.

His words made me think about it. No matter how much I hate him for hiding about his family from me, his logic is also right...

“You got comfortable with me, and you got to know about how much I love and care about you... So now you are not afrai of my family because you can trust me. You aren't even able to talk to me like this if you know about my family before yo got to know me this much...” he said because I was silent.

“Okay... Let's say you had valid reasons to hide your family from me." I was saying, but he interrupted me.

“Why you tell like that, Sarah... Don't you truly feel I had valid reasons?” he asked in a worried voice.

I felt so bad about him. If 1 was in the same situation as him, maybe I would act the same way. We sometimes do things w hate just to make sure our loved ones are safe and happy. Didn't I agree to go with Mr. Patterson to a party to protect my loved ones? It isn’t a smart move either...

“Okay, let me put it this way... I know you had valid reasons for that. I can totally understand you. But I want to know wha is the valid reason you have for what happened at the function, Jake... I said, looking at his eyes.