Bad memories

"I'm sorry I couldn't protect you all this time."

All Justin wanted right now was to hug Nadine tightly and apologize to her. But what Justin did was just froze like a coward who couldn't express his feelings.

"Are you leaving?" Justin asked instead of asking how Nadine's feeling now.

Nadine just nodded. "What are you waiting for?" Nadine asked when Justin was still in her way.

"Are you still mad at me?"

"What do you say? Do I look angry now? My face is like this even though I'm feeling happy, my face will always look unpleasant." Nadine's answer makes her look like Nadine from before Nadine shows her fear.

"I'm glad you're fine."

"Aren't you happy to make things difficult for me?" Nadine's question, of course, made Justin even more sorry.

"I'll sign the contract now then."

Justin doesn't want to look bad to Nadine, he shouldn't be annoying and make Nadine hate him even more.

"Is that the form of compensation you gave me?"

"If that makes you feel better, I'll ..."

"No need. I don't need an actor like you."

Nadine seems so mad at him that Justin was at a loss for words to make Nadine change her mind.

"Listen, Justin. I'll do it our way beforehand, so save your guilt. You didn't do anything bad to me, my fault for teasing you first."

Now Nadine looks like the Nadine he once knew.

"Move, you are in my way," Nadine asked but Justin didn't step away either.

"Where are you going?" Justin asked who still wanted to buy time, he wanted to make sure Nadine was okay now.

"Even though there are no actors who are under my company, but I still have other employees. Of course, I have to go to work before they all leave me too and stupid me why should I explain it to you. Move over, don't piss me off." Nadine replied even though she felt sorry at the end of her sentence because she shouldn't have answered Justin's questions as if Justin and someone important in her life although Justin is her only hope at this time so that the company does not destroy.

"Can I come with you?"

Nadine didn't answer, she stared at Justin for a few moments until finally, she came back to say. "No."

Suddenly Justin felt disappointed, he immediately stepped back so that Nadine could walk away easily.

Nadine then walks past Justin but stops when she was right in front of the door to Justin's apartment unit.

Am I scaring him? Is he feeling guilty for my overreaction earlier?

Nadine wondered, feeling that Justin had suddenly lost his pride.

***

Nadine got out of her car and immediately entered her company, but just arrived at the lobby of her company, she already found the commotion caused by the security officers who were seen blocking Marcell.

"Let him go," Nadine ordered, the two security guards who had been holding Marcell finally let him go and walked away leaving Marcell with Nadine.

Nadine opened her glasses, she folded her hands on her chest, and then looked at Marcell, who still looked like yesterday, even his forehead still had spots of dried blood.

"What are you doing here? You want to show me your head that is still covered in blood Or you want to ask and compensate me for hitting you last night?" Nadine asked, her eyes staring at Marcell coldly, there was no compassion and only hatred she showed.

"Where have you been? Why is your cell phone off and why didn't you come home last night?" Asked Marcell who deliberately ignored Nadine's previous question.

Marcell just touched Nadine but Nadine refused. "Are you my nanny? Why do I have to report everything to you?"

"Nadine, I'm just so worried about you." Marcell stepped closer again, he wanted to pull Nadine into his arms and make sure Nadine was okay.

"Are you worried? I spent the night at my lover's house so don't worry about me, my dear brother ... You better go home and clean yourself, the blood on your forehead makes me nauseous." Said Nadine, who immediately stepped past Marcell.

"Which lover are you talking about, I know everything about you, Nadine! You can't even come into contact with a man other than me." Marcell shouted, he felt angry when he heard Nadine discuss a lover. Marcel didn't know Nadine's whereabouts last night so he couldn't confirm Nadine's words were a lie. His heart was burning with jealousy that he didn't care if he had revealed Nadine's secret in front of all the employees of Nadine's company.

Nadine's footsteps stopped immediately, unfortunately, what Marcell said was true if she was always scared to death if someone touched her except Marcell. if Marcell didn't push her and seemed to be pushing her then Nadine wouldn't feel afraid at all if Marcell touched her like when she visited Marcell's father's house a few days ago where Marcell managed to corner her and hugged her waist freely.

"Admit it, Nadine, if we were destined for each other not only to hurt each other but also we could never be separated from each other."

Nadine held her breath as held back her anger as she felt Marcell's hand touch her shoulder.

Holding back her anger, Nadine turned around and pushed Marcell's hand away from her shoulder.

"Aren't you too old to start your writing career? Why are you telling me such disgusting fairy tales? What destiny are you talking about Hem?" Nadine said, she hid her anger behind her smile.

"Nothing binds us, Marcell... Stop making up fake stories because I wouldn't even cry if you died today." Nadine continued, she whispered in Marcell's ear. A whisper that immediately broke Marcell's heart.

Nadine then walked away leaving Marcell, holding back her tears that made her breath short and entered the elevator in a hurry.

Nadine presses the elevator button repeatedly so that the elevator door closes immediately before Marcell returns to chase her and when the elevator door finally closes, Nadine's body slowly falls limp.

"How is it possible, all of that is impossible ... I will never end up being to him. No ... No ... I don't want to."

Nadine remembers how the night was cloudy, the wind was blowing hard but it wasn't raining. Nadine was reading a book on the balcony of her room when Marcell broke into her room.

Marcell's face was flushed and sweaty, his hair was messy, his eyes were puffy and in his hand was a bottle of alcoholic drink.

"Nadine..." Marcell shouted which suddenly made Nadine startled and dropped her book.

"Marcell, what's wrong with you?" Nadine asked, she continued to step back as Marcell continued to approach her. "Are you drunk?"

"What I lack, Nadine. I held the world in my hands but why do you keep ignoring my feelings? Haven't we known for a long time? Am I not the only person you can count on? BUT WHY YOU REJECT ME ?! "

Marcell screamed at the end of his sentence and a second later he hit Nadine on the head with the bottle he was holding...

Nadine held her head as she felt blood flow from her head and slowly flow down her face.

"You want to kill me?" Nadine asked in the rest of her consciousness.

"Does it hurt?" Marcell asked without the slightest guilt.

"Not..." Nadine replied.

"That's right, it doesn't hurt at all because my heart hurts a lot more," Marcell said and a second later he grabbed Nadine, dragged her, and made Nadine step on the shard that injured her leg.

Marcell threw Nadine's body onto the bed and opened his shirt impatiently.

"My pride gets hurt every time you reject me, what if you felt how it was when your pride was crushed and after that, you could understand me and we can start over," Marcell whispered as he touched Nadine's chin, he started caressing Nadine's cheek where Nadine's blood was flowing.

"Marcell, I could never forgive you if you did that to me," Nadine said softly, her head grew dizzy and her vision began to blur.

But what Marcell did was laugh, he grabbed Nadine's hair and made Nadine lift her head while grimacing.

"Look at your beautiful body ... I didn't realize it because I love you so sincerely not because of your physical appearance. "

Nadine closed her eyes when she felt Marcell's lips touch her neck.

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