Billionaire's Love

Chapter 40

Eric and Alissa were sitting face to face. The restaurant was empty. The sky was dark. The only audible sound was the tick-tock of the clock. Alissa was waiting patiently for what Eric has to say. He called her and asked her to come to meet him as he has something very important to tell her. But it's been a complete 45 minutes and all he is doing is staring at the table and tapping his foot on the floor.

"I have to tell you something" Eric finally said.

"Eric go ahead. I will listen to you" Alissa promised.

"It is not working out between us. You understand it right? I am going to get married. So please understand" He declared.

And everything froze for a moment. Alissa looked at him dead in the eyes. He slowly put his hand on the table and forwarded it towards Alissa. Alissa looked down and saw the wedding card. Alissa was just trying to insert all this in her head. She scratched her hand believing it is a nightmare. How badly she wanted to come out of it.

"Eric.....It...is" she was not able to speak. There was a lump in her throat.

She swallowed hard to clear the lump in her throat but it was just getting worse. Tears were visible in her eyes.

"Me....Eric....Why?" She whispered.

Eric looked at her and cupped her face "I am sorry. But it is what it is"

"Do you want to do this?" She asked.

"Alissa I" she cut him off and said

"Do you want to do this?"

"I don't want to leave you" He said.

"Then what is making you do this?"

Eric tried to speak but Alissa stopped him.

"Leave" she said.

He tried to reason with her but all she said was "Leave"

He got up and left the restaurant. Alissa looked out of the window and then gently held the card. The card was beautiful. A tear dropped over it and Alissa just couldn't bear to look at that card. She got up and went to the church. She was hoping that the door of the church would be open and luckily it was. She stepped inside and joined her hands in front of the statue of Jesus.

"Oh dear lord! I've never felt the love of my parents. I've gone through a lot in my life which is unbearable. The boy whom I loved truly has just broken my heart and has taken away my child from me. Then I was molested....again. I fell in love again but again had my heartbroken. Please god. Show me some sign of your love and mercy. Please shower me with your blessings. Because I am slowly giving up"

She got up and left with that wedding card. When she reached home she went to her room and took out a black box from her closet. She opened the box and took out a long list. She took a deep breath. The paper has written the dates and the things which she has gone through during that day. And one more day was going to be added up to that list today.

19th February, 2019 : Break up with Eric

She was broken from inside but was not reacting. She was surprised why she was not reacting. She wanted to scream at the top of her lungs. She finally gave all of her to a boy and she again went through heartbreak. She wanted to leave everything. She wanted to destroy her own damn self. She got up and went outside. It was dark. It seemed like it could rain anytime. But she doesn't care about it. She walked and slowly gained her speed. She started to run. She ran and ran and ran until she was standing in front of the club. The same club due to which she became an alcoholic. Due to which she used to pass out and spend nights out. She went there and opened the door. A smell of alcohol filled her nose. She went there and asked for the strongest drink. She took that glass and drank it all at once. Then another and another. She was finally feeling clumsy. Soon a group of boys reached towards her. They had a pack of cigarettes. They offered her one and she accepted it. She lit the cigarette and inhaled it as her life depended on it. The boys looked at her and suddenly one of them reached to her and said "Want to dance?" She nodded and they both went to the dance floor. Alissa must have never danced like this before.

She was totally out of her senses. She just wanted to forget everything and enjoy her life or you could say make it worse than ever. The boy held her by her waist and took her to the side of the club and then to the room. He closed the door behind them and laid her on the bed. He was thinking of so many things. Alissa just stared at him and he slowly clipped open her hair. He moved towards her and was going to attach his lips to her but within a matter of seconds, he was on the floor. Alissa looked to her side and Eric was there with fury in his eyes. He held the men by his collar and started beating him. Alissa wanted to stop him but was unable to do that because she was feeling dizzy and wanted to throw up. Eric was continuously throwing punches at him. The man laid on the floor, blood was flowing from his face. Alissa soon passed out but she does remember someone holding her in his arms.

She woke up by the sound of some dishes. She opened her eyes and saw that she was not in her room. Her head was thumping and she felt sick. She looked at the wall clock and it was 9:18 am. The door opened and Eric was there. She slowly recovered her memory and remembered that he broke up with her the previous night. He sat in front of her with a glass of water and medicine.

"Here. Have it" He said forwarding his hand towards her.

She didn't argue and took it. She gulped down the medicine. Eric took the glass and kept it in the drawer near him.

"Why you went there last night?" He asked.

"Where?" Alissa still couldn't remember all the things which happened last night.

"That club. You were with a boy" He said.

She closed her eyes to remember and slowly the memories came back. She took a deep breath and looked into his eyes.

"I wanted to live. I wanted to feel free. Away from sadness. Away from myself. Away from everything"

"So you are going to get drunk and hang out with those drunkards" Eric said in an angry voice.

"And you are gonna leave me and marry that girl" She shouted.

"Alissa. I love you. You don't know how much it hurts. But there is no way now"

"You might have lost the hope but I haven't. I will still hold on to our love. I will always cherish it, Eric. And if we are destined to be together we will be" Alissa said and got up from the bed.

"Where are you going?" Eric asked.

"Back home" she said.

"At least have breakfast with me. Maybe things will get sort up a bit. Pancake is good right?"
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