Chapter 25 - YOU LOVE ME, RIGHT? (2/2)

”I need to go to college…” Lise swallowed hard and when she spoke, her voice was trembling. Even her whole body was shivering. She felt disgusted with herself for letting Gael touch her the way he did.

Lise didn't want to go to college, the only thing that she wanted was; to stay away from Gael. She didn't want to meet anyone. She didn't want to be touched by anyone.

”College?” Gael repeated her word, he didn't sound interested to let Lise away from him. ”You don't like to be with me?”

Lise shook her head fervently, he would do something to her if he figured out what was inside her mind.

”No… I like to be with you, but…” She bit her lips to stop her shaking voice, she wanted to sound convincing, though it was hard to do when every cell of your body was telling you otherwise. ”I want to graduate this year… therefore, I can't be absent for too long…”

”You can graduate without going,” Gael replied, it sounded absurd, but he definitely could make shit done for her if that was what she wanted.

”No… I don't want to do it that way…” Lise risked exposing her lie by lifting her head and meeting him in the eyes. ”Please… I want to go like any other student out there…”

Gael didn't give any response to that plea for about two full minutes, leaving Lise with jumbled thoughts.

She knew that despite Gael's improper way of treating her, he would love to assent to her wishes, as long as it was not something that would threaten his claim upon her.

However, Lise could be wrong. She had been wrong about him in many things, so she simply stopped assuming things about him.

Lise still couldn't figure out what Gael was, but it was enough for her to assume the worst. He was not a human. He was a monster, in the literal sense.

”Okay, if that's what you want.” Gael smiled broodingly and leaned over to kiss her lips. ”You can go.”

Lise needed to trick herself that she wasn't there, that she wasn't kissed by the man she despised the most. She thought about the lake that she often went to with Sol when they were little, when life was not as complicated as now.

She let Gael do whatever he wanted, while she visited her memories of her childhood.

”You love me, right?”

”Yes.”

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