chapter 34

Anna's pov

I glanced from my table of assignments to the window, it was quite dark outside already, every little sound made me jump, the stalker is still out there , who knows might even be watching me right this instance

I tried not to think about it but just couldn't .

Betty's death still disturbed me , I couldn't be sure Mark actually murdered her

But he also didn't denial it when I had asked him back then in school .

I straightened to my feet and made my way out of the room

Voices that belongs to Mark and his brother were conversing in low tone as I headed downstairs

I walked into view to see them , they sat near the fire place so engaged in their discussion , they haven't noticed me yet.

"After he was shot, he was apparently saved....stay hidden "

Who was shot and stay hidden ? I shouldn't be eavesdropping but I also couldn't move from my spot .

"Hence the doctor report, he was in a coma for some months"

"He had secretly communicated with his brother all this years and hope with his daughter everything would end..."

What daughter are they taking about?

"Such a selfish bastard" Mark cursed sounding irritated

"Do you plan on telling her that he's alive?"

She doesn't need to know...it's best for her to remain clueless considering he doesn't have long before I finally get him , and we'll end his miserable life for him this time " Mark replied

Who were they talking about ending his life, how could they talk about ending a man's life so

easily ?

Was this what he had planned for my family, if I hadn't come along with him?

A tight pit formed in my lower stomach, even though they abandoned me, they were the people who still raise me, I wouldn't be able to see them get hurt.

My thirst for water was gone , I made my way back inside the room and burry myself under the bed cover .

Mark was indeed dangerous, I get the feelings that I haven't seen his worse side yet...what he'd show me , wasn't even close to what he's capable of.

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I chewed slowly on my beacon and egg , I really don't have an appetite since yesterday.....

But he'd order me to finish the entire plate and currently, his gaze was focused on me.

James also sat down with us at the breakfast table , it couldn't be anymore awkward or tensed for me.

A knock sounded on the door and James went to answer it

He returned seconds later looking downright enraged .

" What happened?"

" It's the cops, they are here"

My gaze snapped up at that

Mark straightened to his feet, casting me a gaze to told me not to move from my spot .

He followed James out of the room , I couldn't just sit here without knowing anything, it was suffocating.

I straightened to my feet and head to the living room, from my spot I could see and hear everything

" We just have some questions for you and need your full cooperation concerning the death of your classmate Betty.

Mark was relaxed against the door frame looking totally unfazed

"What does that have to do with me?"

" We received information that you visited her house with a gun, you have some questions to answer Mr.Andrew

The blood drain out of my face , who had inform the police, aside from me and Mark no one else...

Lilian....

Oh god , she must have heard our conversation and ....

What if Mark thinks I was the one who tiped them off?

He spoke something to James who nodded , I was too far away to hear what he told him.

I watched as he followed them into their car, they drove off while James returned to the house .

He gaze found mine momentarily but he totally ignored my presence, walking straight past me he went upstairs .

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I paced about restlessly, I kept glancing at the ticking clock, my nerves were at their end , and I couldn't point out a valid reason why I was so nervous .

Not more than ten minutes later the front door pushed open and Mark appeared .

I stopped pacing as his gaze settled on me.

He approached me with three quick strides, his gaze was blank revealing nothing

"Y...you are back?" I stuttered in surprise because it was a murder case , shouldn't they have detain him for more than ten minutes ?

" Shouldn't I be back?" He threw back at me , pinning me with a stare

"It wasn't me I swear... I didn't tell them anything"

" Of course I know it wasn't you, or we wouldn't be having any discussion right now , you would have been getting your ass punished right now"

An involuntary shudder accompany with relief ran through me, his gaze looked glazed as if he was enjoying a secret thought

" Do you suspect anyone that could have done it?"

" I don't know that" I spoke out the lie squirming under his direct gaze , I couldn't bear to implicate Lilian , he was going to hurt her and I can't allow that to happen .

"I think you do, your little friend at school took it upon herself to run her fucking mouth off, wasting ten minutes of my precious time."

A lump form in my throat, he already knew about it ?

"H...how dis you find out?"

"Does it matter how I found out, what matters is what am fucking going to do"

" You are not going to harm her, are you?... Please don't " I didn't realize when I clutched one of his arm in desperation

Something flickered in his gaze as he stared at my grip in his arm, I let go immediately as if burned by his skin...

A frown spread across his face before he yanked me to his rock hard chest .

" Why do you think you can help everybody ? It's your weakness...at the same time you strongest point...it makes you so fucking different from everyone else..."

" Please just leave her alone," I croaked out

"Since you are so eager...why do I see how far you are willing to go to save her..."

"What do you want M... Mark , I don't have anything I can g... give to you, " I said wetting my lips nervously

A slow smirk spread across his face

" Do you really think so?" His voice had a dangerous edge to it as his fingers made way under my shirt , his palm grazing the bare skin of my stomach

My heart threatened to rip out of my chest open under his stare, I knew whatever crazy idea he was building up in his mind can't be anyway near good , at least for me....

"Don't look so scared...don't worry I won't hurt you not anymore ...do you know what I want right now?"

My breath hitched in my throat when he leaned his face closer to mine .

" You know the first time i saw you, I thought you are the most beautiful person I've ever seen...you looked like a cute little rabbit... that's I've decided to call you bunny... you were my little bunny, you still are ...you were not to be touched by anyone except me, so I made sure of that"

I was taken by surprise, so long as I remembered he'd always called me fat... ugly...bitch and the rest of them.

" It wasn't hard to scare all the boys away from you...the stubborn ones had to learn the hard way, but then I hated you...I also liked you and that fact made me hate you even more , ironic right? So I wanted to hurt you...And I did , do you still remember all those years ?"

How could I ever forget, but where was he going with this?

"I could have just hurt your family instead, it would have been easier.... wether it be hate or anything...it always you , making you pay should have satisfied my thirst for revenge, but it didn't...

I pushed away from him with all my strength and surprisingly he let go

" You have already done a lot to me , and your thirst is still not satisfied? What else do you want from me, will you only stop when I'm dead? Will you be satisfied then?"

I yelled out blinking back angry tears from my eyes but they just kept coming...I hated it.

" You hate me , all you ever wanted was to ruin my life , you shouldn't be doing this with me, you shouldn't be keeping me with you!"

A look of hurt flashed across his face

Does Mark hurt ?

I've never seen that before

" Not anymore...I no longer hate you bunny " he breath out staring at me intently

His words would have been a relief some months ago...not anymore... especially not now

" But what I feel for you isn't love...no.. never love...it's way much stronger, more intense than that...I want..I want...why so I crave you so much ? It so wrong...but I can't help it" he muttered the last part out...I realized he was speaking to himself and not me.

My breath hitched when his gaze redirected back at me, determines , stormy...and accusing ?

" I warned you not to make me feel anything for you "

He really thought that it was my fault for...

" I don't want you to feel anything for me, all I've ever wanted was for you to just leave me alone, I wouldn't do anything to make you feel anything for me."

" But you did something in this past few days ... even though you didn't mean it, you still did"

" I only wanted you to stop hurting me, I didn't want...."

" Is that the only reason? Or so you could make a fool out of me until you find an opportunity to leave me? So you fucking think I'm stupid ?" He seethed, his eyes blazed with furry, a bolt of fear zipped through me when he charged towards me . He looked so furious, I expected him to hit me but he never did .

His expression changed, no longer looking angry , turned gentle even, slowly he reached out a knuckle to caress my cheekbones .

" You won't leave me, you can't even die because you'll belong to only me"

He engulfed my trembling form in a tight embrace , burring my face to his shoulders .

Was there a limit to his obsession? I would have him hate me , but not this.