💘HEART OF A BEAST👺
(Love is the word💓)
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BY BLESSING SILVER
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BOOK 2 📚
CHAPTER 11✏️
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❤Kayla’s POV❤️
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I stared at the card in my palm after dropping our tray on the table.. I stared at Melvin.
“Do you really want to go to Kira’s p@rty?” I asked.
“Yeah, why not. You have no idea how much I’m anticipating this, I could say this is the best p@rt so far in my whole human journey” he said. I frowned and slowly placed my palm on his. He gr@bb£d his snack.
“What? You don’t want to attend the p@rty?” He asked.
“I don’t know” I shrugged “it’s still kind of really weird that Kira would invite me to her p@rty, I mean I practically disgust them; at least it’s what they say and yeah, I know I got this because of you but it’s still kind of..I don’t just know” I said, we-tting myl-ip.
“She did it cos I asked her to!” He said.
“Yeah, it’s obvious that she likes you but me, she hates me too much to do that” I said.
“So is this a no to the invitation?”
“Maybe..I guess so!” I said, gr-abbing my cola and taking a drink.
“Well if you won’t attend then I’m not going either. I mean we’re supposed to be together in this and even though I so much want to go, I can’t cos you’re not going. We could just have a home cinema or something”
“Or you could go alone and be extra careful since you badly want to” I suggested.
“I could but I can’t if you’re not there. I mean, I can’t take that risk” he said. “But seriously, are you not going to go cos you’re scared of them?” He asked.
“No, not at all. It’s just that I feel very uncomfortable about it, I mean the p@rtying and all” I emphasized.
“Ah.. You’re a nerd. I get it now” he said and I gave him a look.
“It’s not about being a nerd!”
“It is. Cos ap@rt from that, you have no other tangible reason to reject this, I mean nerds and p@rtying are like one and hundred, not close at all” he said.
“I’m not completely a nerd though, they’re stuffs nerds don’t do that I do” I defended.
“Fun? Do you have fun?”
“Yeah.. Like hell, I do!” I said.
“Well p@rtying is fun, why won’t you do it since you’re different from other nerds?” He asked.
I sighed, taking another sip out of my cola. “Ugh.. Okay, I don’t have to prove anything to you but let’s do it. Let’s say, it’s p@rt of your human journey which is true!” I said and he suddenly smiled.
“Totally!” He breathed out in happiness.
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My index and thumb f!nger mas-saged the card in my hand as I stared at my reflection in the mirror.
I still can’t believe I’ll be attending a p@rty hosted by Kira tomorrow, not that I wanted to but I got invited and ap@rt from that, it’ll be a good thing for Melvin too. It’d go a long way in his journey..
So I’ll just take it that I’m doing this for him, for us and very much try to get off Kira’s path so I come out of it in one piece and everything can go back to normal after it.
It’s pretty obvious that she likes Melvin but is it that much.. I mean, she has to invite me to her very own birthday p@rty cos Melvin asked her to?
She must really like him tho.
I shrugged it off before leaving the card on the counter. I pu-ll-ed a jacket on the off shoulder dress I had on.
I wonder what I’ll wear to the p@rty anyways, it’s not like I have any fashionable outfits like them. My closet is filled with what I’ll call satisfiable clothes, at least to me.
I brushed my hair a little and head to Melvin’s place.
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The next day, during lunch break, Kira and her goons were at our booth to remind us about the p@rty and I couldn’t help but get more nervous. They left and I let out a heavy breath as the walked past.
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The awkward feeling I had since I got that invitation from Kira, enhanced as we drew closer to the venue. I noticed it was a hall, a medium sized but very good looking hall. It had all the necessities of a clas-sic hall and I could see disco light shimmering in the interior p@rt un-der the early evening darkness.
We got to the gate and was granted pas-sage by the security after showing our cards. We stepped into the building and the first thing my eyes met were the fleet of cars hanging around in the as-signed lot, the crazy music could also be heard loudly from outside. I moved my gaze from it to meet few people, teenager mostly with drinks and having little chats.. Their outfits intimid@t£d me but I knew I could never wear something like that even if I get offered..
A felt a soft skin ru-bbing my palm and I looked at Melvin to see him urging me in.
We walked in and we were in time to see Kira walking elegantly to the front in the beautiful dress she had on.. Her friends stayed back and c@m£ras cli-cked as she walked to the front and I saw the hvge six-stepped different flavored cake being wheeled to her on a trolley.
Suddenly the music st©pped and a birthday song tuned the atmosphere.
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Hours pas-sed, and the main event of the day had been taken, Melvin and I were offered cakes and he insisted that we gr-ab a seat, so we began walking around the large hall, searching for an unoccu-pied table.. Kira and her friends c@m£ to us.
“Hey! I’ve been looking around for you both. I thought you didn’t make it!” Kira said, smiling sweetly at us, no, at Melvin.
“Well we told you we’d come right?” He said, returning her smile while I stood like an unwanted guest.
“Yeah, there’s no way you could’ve missed this, my bad” she said “come-on, I saved a table for you” she said before giving me a frown “and her” she added wryly and grasped Melvin from beside me, leading him forward, I managed to tag along from behind.
We got to a table, very close to the pub and I took a seat beside Melvin while she sat beside him at the other side and her friends left.
“I’ll get you a drink,” she said before signalling to the waiter behind the counter. “They’re here, get them something to drink!” She said to him.
He brou-ght a proferred tray to us and dropped two glas-ses of wine on our table..
“Come-on,” she urged Melvin, taking his glas-s for him. I took mine and sniff at it, it smelt like peaches. I took a light sip from it and sincerely, it tasted good.
“Um..I hope it isn’t alcohol?” He asked and she gave him a slight surprised frown. “Why? You don’t take alcohol?” She asked and he nodded “well it isn’t, so come-on”
Melvin drew the cu-p to his l!pand I immediately took his palm from un-der the table, dropping my glas-s back, the content a little t©uçhed. He took a sip from it and gulped..
“It’s good,” he said and Kira smiled. He took another sip, a big one this time that almost emptied the glas-s and was just about to gulp it down when I suddenly felt myself being yanked away from him..
Utterly gobsma-cked, I looked up to see Jake, giving me an angry look.
“Jake..
I had ba-rely uttered a proper word before he began pu-lling me with him toward the exit.
“Jake.. Wait.. What’re you..
My beating heart and restlessness caught my words short and rou-ghen it but he kept pu-lling me with him.. I tried yanking myself off but I suddenly felt too weak for him and dizzy. Before we got to the exit, my gaze moved backwards to Melvin and I caught a glimpse of his abnormality.
“Jake st©p!!”
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~Melvin’s POV~
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The noise died down..
The songs, voices now sounded like a thin long blaring straight sound.. It was sour to my ears.
I shut my eyes as a pang of pain stabbe-d at almost all p@rt of my b©dy, I opened my eyes but everything suddenly seem red and almost blank for my view..
My throat got tied and my vocals weakened.
My palms reached for the table and grasped it as thick red veins began gathering in my palm.. I felt complete pain, a different type .
“What sort of a girl leaves her guy and follows another guy right in the same sp©t.. Such a bit-ch!” Kira’s words sounded almost like balderdash.
I stared at my palm, grasping the table and saw the thick red veins running down them, I quic-kly hid them and muffled up strength to stand up.
“Where are you going?”
Her words weren’t clear but I knew what she asked.
“Rest..room” I stuttered, she said something else but it wasn’t audible enough and I didn’t care, I moved away from the chair before staggering out, staggering to wherever my feet led.. I could feel my lower skin tearing up and giving way to thick furs but I didn’t st©p moving, de-eply fighting the urge to gr0@nand yell ..
Where the heck could the restroom be?!
BOOK 2 📚
CHAPTER 12✏️
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❤Kayla’s POV❤️
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“Jake..” I called, my voice dying down.. I was getting weak and him dragging me this way only made me more dizzy.
He finally st©pped and stood in front of me, I blinked ra-pidly and looked around only to realize that we were now outside the hall, so away that even the music sounded almost inaudible.
I immediately turned to head back into the hall but he pu-ll-ed me back, holding my wrist in his.
“Let me go, Jake” I said.
“To him? Kayla’s what’s happening to you, to us?
You’re my girlfriend but lately you’ve been so distant, you’ve been ignoring me and staying with that guy. We’ve been d@t!ngfor many days now but we don’t even act like a couple-”
“Jake plea-se! You have to let me go, plea-se!” I said, trying to take my wrist off his.
“No, no. We nee-d to talk about this now! What’s this about? What’s between you both!”
“There’s nothing between us!” I yelled back.
“Then why are you here with him? Why have you been ignoring my calls, text messages and following him?!” He asked.
“Jake plea-se,.. You won’t un-derstand any of it so just let me go!”
“Oh.. I won’t un-derstand it but he will. So he’s your b©yfri£ndnow or what?
Kayla, we’re in a relationsh!p. We’re a couple but you won’t even let us act like one.. You won’t k!ssme, you won’t let me hvg you, you won’t call or text me, you won’t let me talk to you, you won’t let me see you off, you’re always pushing me off and I keep acting like it’s fine but this, you coming here with him and telling me I won’t un-derstand is just the height of it! Why are we a couple if we can’t act like one, if you keep following someone else and keeping me aside.. Fine, I know I’ve been an as-s-hole in the past but you forgave me.. I mean that’s why you agreed to be my girlfriend again right but the way it was in the past isn’t how it is anymore, I feel like I’m pushing myself on you!” He said and I sighed.
“Can we talk about this some other time Jake, plea-se?”
“No. Cos that another time won’t come. You said that before and it never did! Do you know how it kills me to see you with him? That guy?!”
“Look Jake, this whole thing was a lie. The acceptance, this relationsh!p, the acts! Everything was a lie” I began “seriously Jake, I never wanted to get back to you, it was you who misun-derstood my answer and I’ve been pla-ying it cool ever since so I don’t hurt you. This is my fault from the onset, I should’ve just told you then. I’m sorry Jake but everything isn’t how it is like in the past because I don’t feel the way I feel you then anymore. I don’t un-derstand my feelings but I’m not re-ady for this relationsh!p. So there, you have your answer!” I said.
He laughed for a short while “Are you saying this cos of that j£rk? Cos we were fine until he c@m£ into the picture”
“No, no Jake. I’m saying the truth. The feeling isn’t there anymore!” I said.
“Wow.. So I’ve been a fool? I’ve been fighting and worrying over my presumed girlfriend that wasn’t even d@t!ngme?”
“I’m sorry, I truly am!”
“Maybe the tension is ma-king you say this, should we just go home, you calm down and then we talk about this?” He asked, his face holding an expression that I couldn’t re-ad.
“Jake, I’m saying the truth. Believe me Jake, it was all an act so you wouldn’t get hurt”
“Get hurt!? Do you have any idea how I felt when you ignored me for that guy? When you literally pushed me off at the cafeteria cos of him? Do you have any idea how..I feel right now? Do you?!” He said, his voice low and shaky, his f!ngerspierced my wrist.
He’s not about to breakdown, is he?
“You’re hurting me Jake, plea-se st©p okay? I’m sorry! It was you who started this anyway, we could’ve still been together, the feelings could’ve probably still been there but you shattered it all. I know I did wrong on my p@rt as well and I’m sorry!”
“Okay.. This Is about the past now right? So what happens now.. You’re breaking up with me cos of him?”
“Yeah so plea-se” I looked at his palm on mine and he slowly let it go.. He looked at me and I saw the redness of his face and how he su-cked at his lowerl-ip, so his anger wouldn’t bur-st out.. He punched the air and I looked away before running back into the hall..
I went in and first st©pped to see if anything was amiss or probably Melvin state had caused a commotion but everywhere was still as it was.
I pas-sed throu-gh the midst of sweaty dancers to the pub but the chairs that were once occu-pied was no longer taken, Melvin was not there and neither was Kira..
Oh geez! I immediately left there and began running around, I could see the red light from the n£¢klace blinking and illuminating throu-gh my clothes.. I increa-sed my movement to nowhere in p@rticular.
Oh Melvin? Where are you?!
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**Kira’s POV**
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I stood up from my seat with a sm-irk after Melvin staggered off to the bathroom. I must’ve added too much sedative to his drink to get him that ti-psy in just a few sips..
Oh wicked me.
I walked to the counter and Jude was alre-ady there, giving me a knowing smile.
“Here you go!” I squee-zed a five dollar note into his palm.
“Thanks!” He said and I win-ked at him before gr-abbing my clutch and walking away, heading for the restroom and to Melvin.
Gina and Delia c@m£ to me..
“I didn’t find Melvin at the pub” Delia said.
“Yeah, he’s at the restroom!”
“Ah geez Kira, you did it!” Gina sighed.
“Yup. Told you I would so don’t even give me that look!” I scold.
“So.. What now?” Gina shrugged.
“He’s in the restroom and since he’s drun!k, he must be weak and should nee-d help, so I’m going to offer what I can” I sm-irk.
“Okay, do your thing. I’ll be waiting for the outcome in details” Delia win-ked at me.
“Sure. Excuse me, you both!” I let out a smile and moved on..
In no time, I got to the restrooms and there was about four of them for the gents.. I had ba-rely pas-sed the first door when I began hearing soft grumbles, sighs and gro-an s.. A knowing smile tugged at the corner of myl-ip.
My palm mas-saged the knob as I halt at the second door.
I gently twisted the knob and it gave way immediately, I opened the door wi-de.
My jaw immediately hung open and I dropped dead shock in my track at the sight In front of me!
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Tbc