Love, Lies and Billionaires

Maren held her chest as she staggered back a little. She held her chest and her face turned pale, her eyes appearing empty.

“Maren!” She heard him call her name after the ringing in her ears stopped. Her back finally hit the wall of the balcony and she looked down at the moving cars in the road, her vision blurred and spinning.

She held onto the side for support as her mind seemed to have shut down.

“Hey, hey look at me,” Kendrick’s voice came again as he tried to bring her head back to its place.

She turned her gaze away from the road to him. About all she could see was the blurry presence of two extra Kendricks.

Her chest rose and fell rapidly and she tried in vain to swallow the lump which was stuck in her throat. She shook her head a little, trying to clear her vision, but it was no use.

“I’m a whore!” She muttered. Hot tears formed a stream beneath her eyes. Clouding her already blurred vision and she could feel a severe headache come up on one side of her head.

“Please step away from the edge, Maren”

‘You slutty bastard. William was way better than you. He only cheated with one woman, but you slept with the entire country. You’ve always had it in you, you shameless whore. Now face it, face the consequences of your-‘

“No!” Maren suddenly screamed. Her eyes were almost bloodshot. “You’re lying. We’ve never met before. I don’t know you and I’ve never had anything to do with you!” She screamed, her veins almost popping out of her neck.

Kendrick edged forward a little but carefully, “Okay, calm down. We don’t want to alarm anyone,” he said, staring deep into her eyes with concern written all over his face.

She fell silent as she looked at him. Tears rolled down her cheeks and her chest rose and fell in rage. Slowly, he got closer and touched her arm.

“Don’t touch me!” She suddenly screamed, yanking her hand away from his grip. Kendrick let go of her and just stared at her as she came at him.

With all the little strength she could muster, she pushed him on his chest, which only made him barely take a step back. “You’re a liar! A monster! You’re trying to get to me, aren’t you? You’re trying to get something out of me.” She pushed him again

“What do you want from me?” She screamed and pushed him again. More tears rushed from her eyes and weakened her, making the next push seem like nothing.

Kendrick, taking the chance, gently pulled her away from the edge and to the middle of the space and carefully, fearing that she’d do something dangerous, she pulled her close to him and placed her head on his chest while she sobbed.

“I’m sorry,” he whispered, the initial fear of her jumping off the balcony wiping off his face. “I should have come clean earlier, but I wasn’t sure how you’d take it.”

“I don’t believe you,” she managed to say in between sobs. “It’s not possible”

“I understand if you hate me because you can’t remember. And it was as good as taking advantage of you. But believe me, I was so confused when you walked into the room. You were so drunk and I knew I should have stopped you when you made the first move,” he explained.

“You seemed so happy that night, Maren. It was obvious you mistook me for someone else, but I was also carried away by everything about you even in your drunken state. You looked so pretty, Maren”

“You’re lying. Tell me you’re lying, Kendrick,” she insisted, her voice quivering from the tears.

“I figured you’d be ashamed if you woke up next to a stranger, so I just left. I really am sorry,” he said and gently smoothed her hair with his hand.

She was quiet for sometime as her mind raced in thought of how she was going to say this to anyone. “Why didn’t you say this earlier?”

“Because I knew you wouldn’t believe me and you’d be mad at me for stealing your locker, but that was the only thing I could use as evidence, Maren.”

Slowly, she lifted her head from his chest and looked at him in the eye. “Why then did you decide to come out now?”

“After that day, I wanted you so badly. I had people search for you. Maren and I found out everything about you and, just to be sure about you address, I sent you flower after your wedding to Alexander”

“I thought you’d remember me the moment you saw me, but it was obvious you didn’t. That night was probably just a night to you.”

Maren’s expression softened and her eyes trailed to her fingers, which were still on his chest and caressing the tattoo.

The red angel appeared in her mind ‘That shit never left your mind, did it? You little slut’

She stared at the tattoo for a while, her mind taking her back and making her faintly remember licking on it in the spur of the best sex she’s ever had.

Confusion took over her and all she wanted to do was cry and scream out of her chest. Her head ached and her legs felt like jelly at the thought of how her life was going. How was she going to face Nathan and explain that his mom was a slut in her days?

She lifted her eyes to Kendrick again, whose expression was the softest she’d ever seen of a man. Really, his face didn’t portray his character.

He had strong and powerful features, and she’d seen him kill someone before. But the man who stood before her now was gentle.

Tears glistened beneath her eyes and Kendrick took it as a sign and pulled her close with his hands, which never left her waist.

The wind blew and carried a sense of warmth with melted Maren into his arms instantly. She could hear the rapid beating of his chest slowly reduce its pace and she also gently relaxed her shoulders.Property © NôvelDrama.Org.

“I love you, Maren”