Chapter 117

AM SORRY GUYS FOR THE LONG BREAK. SCHOOL'S BEEN HECTIC AND I COULDN'T FIND TIME TO WRITE.

WE'RE ON HOLIDAY NOW AND I'LL HUMBLY WRITE A FEW CHAPTERS BEFORE THE NEXT HOLIDAY.

IN THE MEANTIME, HERE'S A POEM I WROTE.

THE GREATEST LOVE STORY

They said we'd build a house in the sea

Tall enough to reach the stars

They said it'd be beautiful to see

Admirable to all, no matter how far

When yours is the greatest love story,

You lose yourself piece by piece

Until there's no more you to lose

Holding on hurts more than letting go

It's like waiting for rain in a drought.Disapointing.

You always said I was like a rose

Dangerous to touch, delightful to the eye

Day after day, from the rising sun 'til it sets

I never knew you meant me as the thorn

Never before as the beautiful flower...

Like the petals of a dandelion

Went our love, flying in the roaring wind

Neither because of you, nor me

Just that times changed

But.. I'll keep waiting and hoping

That one day, even if it'll be a moment

We'll become the stars we loved to look at

CHAPTER 116

MY HEART WAS POUNDING HARD, READY TO BURST OUT OF MY CHEST. I was sweating profusely as though I just finished running a marathon. My shirt was entirely wet and I could feel it tightly stuck to my skin.

Drake's hoarse voice kept ringing in my ear over and over again scaring me to open the door. Looking left or right, I didn't know where to go or what to do and I was beginning to think it was a mistake locking myself in this room.

When I was about to fall apart, my conscious told me I did a good thing. I uncovered the secret behind Angela Juan's death.

She was dating Drake and got killed by him alongside that psycho Jeannine Lana. How could a fellow woman do this?

I couldn't believe it. I just couldn't believe it at all. She is a witch and had to be executed before anyone else gets destroyed. I rubbed my nose and rushed to what seemed like a window. I tried to open it but it seemed to be locked from the outside. What do I do? I asked my conscious with my hand on my forehead and the other on my waist.

Adam. where was Adam now that I needed him???

"Eleanor!!! Am losing my patience....open this door now!!!" I jumped in fright after getting startled by his ravenous roar.

With my hand on my chest, I pacified myself and thought of a very good plan. I wasn't going to leave this place if it's the last thing I do. Lauren is on her way and if she doesn't find me, things are going to be really sticky. I had no phone on me and I need to make sure my steps are ordered very carefully.

"Thud!!!"

A loud sound as if something had fallen echoed from behind me causing me to shriek. It was followed by a wave of dust spread all over in the room, making way into my nostrils causing me to cough. I waved my hand against my face to dust off the dust.

I looked back to see what's going on, only to realise they were breaking the room down!

Oh No!!

"Drake!!! what are you doing???" I asked leaning against the door.

"I warned you Eleanor! You took no heed...What'd you expect me to do???" he replied and another loud thud followed after his voice.

"Oh My Goodness....." I whispered as I moved back. "Stop! Am going to open the door....just....just stop!"

I pinched myself not even sure of what I was saying. Was I really going to open the door? But this was the only way out, wasn't it?

If he broke the door down, he would get his way to me and steal me away. Goodness knows where he's going to go with me and I can't risk that. I couldn't trust a man like him I'd surely wish to die instead. He brutally assaulted a girl and killed her. He harshly pursued me and forced his way to me in the name of love. That was despicable! It was fraudulent and a pure insult to love itself.

If I was going to win this, I had to beat him at his own game...even if it means I had to bow down to him...

Another thud echoed behind me wish a gush of dust spreading all over the place.

I coughed and closed my eyes covering them with my arms. This was worst than a prison.

"Stop!!!!" I screamed and hoped he heard me. "I said stop!!!!!....I will open the door...." I plainly let it out hoping this plans ends well.

I knew for sure that Drake was smart and I had to be smarter to outsmart him. I was an actress and I had to use that to my own advantage.

Acting is what I knew best and I wouldn't complain if I had to do it for the rest of my life even if it means I wouldn't be able to live and die of exhaustion.

"What did you say???" his voice echoed all over the place and I trembled in my feet.

"I....I...said I will open the door...!!" I hurriedly said the rest of the words and clasped my fingers across my mouth. My eyes were watering to think that I decided to actually open the door.

I knew for sure Drake was in love with me and that was enough assurance to guarantee me my life but I was not certain if he wasn't going to hurt me or not.

He was like a chameleon; Blue this second and red the other. Untrustworthy.

"Okay...hold your weapons....she's coming out...." he told his men and I heard them all drop their metals to the ground. I shivered and shook my hands in fear.

I felt so alone and it was all silent. I couldn't hear any siren nor a helicopter. Was Lauren really coming???

Why was she taking too long?? What was going on??

Is this it? Is this my fate? That I die at the hand of a psychopath??

"Eleanor! You'd better keep your word! I am not going to open the door but am certainly sure hoping that you'll keep your end of the burgain....I will not be responsible for what happens next...." he spoke softly and I cursed his soul.

Did he really think he'd pacify me with such a tone? I was no fool and certainly not a baby to be tricked with candy. He was cruel and I knew that very well.

"Yes....I'll keep my word...."