Chapter 26 Tormented (1/2)

When Jess' opened her eyes, it's Adam's face she saw...she was cradled by his loving arms in her bed.

”I hate you!” she punched him on his chest repeatedly.

He welcome her punches without evading them.

”Am so sorry, Jess.” His voice was cracking, he got misty-eyed. He stroked her messy hair.

She tried to stop herself from sobbing. It hurt so much when he wants to break up with her and he had taken her completely off guard.

”Is this all I get from loving you? How cruel of you!” she shouted at him. Pouring all her hearts torments in her words.

”It's all for the best, Jess,” he insisted, even though he was dying inside.

She broke away from his hold, she sat on the opposite edge of the bed, creating a reasonable distance away from him.

”What is the reason? Y-you don't love me anymore?” she almost choked on her words.

Adam shook his head vigorously. ”No! It's not that...you know I love you so much!”

Her face twisted in pain. ”But why? Why we should break up? Is our love not enough?”

Adam, sighed deeply.

”Our relationship is wrong in the very beginning. You are my brother's future wife. I betrayed him on the back. I disobeyed my parents command to take care of you in behalf of my brother. It's all my fault, Jess. Am so sorry I drag you along with me. I'm selfish! I'm feeling guilty all this time. I can't bear it anymore.” There was a huge amount of anguished on his face. He was having a hard time reconciling the conflict between his hearts desire and his minds logic.

Jessy bit her lip in exasperation.”For your information, there was never me and your brother. We never meet and he was never my boyfriend, it's you that am in love with, you never betray him! We never betray anyone!”

They were engulfed in a palpable silence...each of them buried in deep thoughts. The silence was torturing them both.

”Y-you're...sure about this?” she asked him after she can no longer bear the silence.

Adam did not speak. He just stared at her face, not even blinking, as if trying to memorize her face.

Jessy inhaled sharply, so, it's all about his family the main reason of their break up. She understood his dilemma, torn between his family and his love for her.

His anguished was showing on his face.

She slowly walked towards him, then she hold both his hands in her own. ”I understand. So, it's goodbye then?”

”Y-yes...” he said slowly, not looking at her face.

She planted a kiss on his lips. ”Always remember, I love you so much. I did not regret everything...”

Adam stood up and walk out from her room.

She followed his retreating form, tears streaming down on her face. ”Goodbye my first love,” she talked aloud.

She cried some more, even when the night had already fallen, she's still crying.

There goes her first ever broken heart.

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The next succeeding days were very awful for Jess...

She roamed around the mansion on her own. She misses Adam's company badly.

She noticed that he no longer eat meals with her and Nana Aida in the dining room.

He seldom ventures outside from his room and she has not seen him since the last time they talk in her room. She does wonders how he is faring with their break up?

Is he feeling miserable just like her?

Did he also cry like her?

Did he also miss her badly?

He made himself as scarce as possible, to make sure they will forget each other soon? To make them recover and move on fast? Is that his intention?

How could she forget him so easily? Her heart refused to forget him.

She would like to check on him in his room several times, but in the end, she decided not to. They already have broken up, so what is the point?

”So you two broken up already?” Nana Aida asked her one afternoon.