????SHE’S NOT A CINDERELLA????
????A Cinderella doesn’t have to be a princess????
✍️ Written By Precious Pinky✍️
????Chapter Thirty-Three [33]????
Theme: End of road 1…????.
????Kara’s Pov????
Now this was getting interesting…
I smirked as I watched the audience throw tantrums at Malcolm.
Yeah, I love him with all of my heart but heck, he made me do this.
How dare he try to hurt me?
How dare he claim to love that bit-ch !
I was his girlfriend! He is meant to love just me and me alone!
I fold my arms over my chest as I watched my plans unfold.
My dad slowly stood up to his feet and turned to look at me, he could see the smirk on my face, I guess he knows fully well that I have a hand in all this.
“Kara…?” He raised his left brow in question.
“i had no other option, dad. Yeah, I know I’ve ruined your concert but I don’t care. I won’t sit and watch Malcolm love another girl!” I spat in fury as I got up to my feet.
“i can’t believe you would do this to your own father! This concert is my life! Damn! What will Mr Dantes say if he gets to know all this? Why do you have to do this on a day like this? You should have at least waited until the concert was over…I would have done everything to make him and that bit-ch pay. But you shouldn’t have done this.” He shook his head in disappointment. “you didn’t only hurt them, Kara. You hurt me also.”
“you can’t also do everything for me, dad. I’m a grown up woman now and hell, this was my choice. And what, hurt?” I scoffed. “i was hurt too, okay? I was fu-cking hurt too!”
⏱️ FLASHBACK⏱️
I was taking some few photos of myself while the guys were practicing their new song.
After a while of taking pictures, I look around only to find Malcolm gone.
Where was he? I wondered.
The guys were all there aside from him and… Ruby?
I sighed. Maybe she had gone out to look for him also. I guess.
I walked over to the guys and stared in between them. “where is Mal?”
They all look around before their gaze came upon me.
“I guess he’s out or something.” Elvis say, speaking up for the others as well.
I gro-aned in frustration as i made my way out of the studio.
Where the hell did he go to without telling me?
I walked out of the studio and found myself at the backyard of the studio.
Geez, stupid me!
How the hell did I ended up here?
I turned to leave when I heard his voice.
I can recognize Mal’s voice even when I lost my memory.
I turned around and look at the direction where the voice had come from. I was also grinning ear to ear at the thought of seeing my precious Malcolm.
Suddenly, I heard another voice.
A feminine voice this time around.
There was no doubt, it was her voice.
I approached them and found Malcolm and Ruby smiling at each other.
He was looking de-eply into her eyes while grinning.
He has never looked at me that way before. In fact, he has never loved me before!
My throat itch as those hurtful tears threatened to spill out.
My heart clenched tightly at the sight of them.
His eyes….they held love.
I’ve never seen love in Mal’s eyes whenever he looked at me. He was always made at every little thing I do.
“What is the title of the song?” She asked him.
“I haven’t thought of a title yet.” He replied her.
“What were thinking about when you wrote this song?” she asked.
I know it was foolish but yet, I was expecting to hear my name. I wished he had said my name but the next word I heard, knocked me off as I fell on the ground.
“You.” That was his fu-cking reply. “I was thinking about mask girl.”
Mask girl?
Holy fu-cking shit! Was he talking about the girl in that sto-re room? The waitress?
fu-ck!
Wait, Ruby was her? She was Ruby? How the heck was that possible?
I clenched my jaw as I glared at them.
They were perfect and I hate it.
I hate it with so much pa-ssion.
Malcolm should be mine! I deserve to be with him. And i will do anything to do just that.
Hell, I will kill to have Malcolm by my side.
“Wait, are you blus-hing?” She questioned.
And yeah, Malcolm was indeed blus-hing.
He was blus-hing for that bit-ch ! He was blus-hing for that boyfriend snatcher!
I hate them…I hate him…An I hate that I love him so much.
Ruby stood up to her feet and straddled Malcolm on his lap and started grinding him.
No, I can’t take this no more.
I can’t!
This was too much for me to see throu-gh.
I was hurt.
I was in pain.
I dug my nails into my palm as i glared at them.
If look could kill then those imbeciles would have been 6feet below me.
I will make them pay and i will have Mal wrapped around my pinky finger.
I swear.
I stood up to my feet and stormed back into the studio.
Let’s watch and see who laugh best!
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[A/N: still on flashback.]
“What do you intend to do now?” Jennifer ask me.
“I want to make them pay for hurting me this way. I want to make them regret their choice of fu-cking each other behind my back! But I don’t even know what to do. Help me, Jen. Please.”
I heard her sigh from the other end of the line. it was obvious that she was having her own problems over there but I don’t care. I have to focus on mine first.
“Then make their relationship go viral!” She say after a long minute of waiting. I scrunched up my face over that. I was going to ask what she meant when she spoke up again. “Did you by chance video them having their little make out session?”
“No. And why should I even do that?” I glared.
“Well, that’s the only way to make them pay! Why exactly do you think they kept the relationship in secret? That’s because they are afraid of letting the world especially you know about it! They knew they were wrong! The world knows that Malcolm have only one girlfriend! And that girlfriend is you and if there is anyone who should get hurt in this then that person should be her and not you! You are the one who has every right to be seen with Malcolm. The whole world are rooting for you both so my friend, use that to your advantage.”
Jennifer was right! I was the one who have right over Malcolm than that bit-ch .
I smirked to myself as I sat down at the foot of my bed.
This has only just gotten interesting. I could feel the bu-tterflies in my stomach….
Wait, in my stomach… A smile crept it’s way to my li-ps.
Why don’t i add a little spice to the food?
⏱️ FLASHBACK ENDS⏱️
Yeah, I had arranged someone to follow them for that useless date of theirs!
I made the person take every pictures of them and had given those information to the journalist.
And while I do all that, I didn’t even think about the concert or my father!
I was so blinded by anger and hurt.
And even if I go back to time, I won’t still change my option!
My father gaze shifted down to my stomach and slowly he look back up at my face.
“You aren’t pregnant.”
I scoffed, going hands on hips. The crowds were too busy yelling over at Ruby, asking her to come out from wherever she was hiding that they didn’t even listen to the discussion of my father and I which I was quite thankful for.
“Malcolm have never touched me since we started dating. Yeah, we might have ki-ssed but that was all we ever did….ki-ss.”
My dad shook his head. “You are taking this too far, Kara. Are you really sure that you love this guy in question?”
Wait, was my own father doubting the love I have for Malcolm?
“Are you questioning my love for Malcolm?”
He pinched the bridge of his nose. “I don’t just understand while a girl will go overboard all in the name of love! Look at him now, Kara…” I look over at Malcolm. He was glaring at me, he must have seen the news headlines and he knows I was lying because i wasn’t pregnant! “Will that guy ever want to be with you again? You answer that question yourself. Tsk, tsk, I love you so much but I don’t think I can help you out of this mess now.” He turned form me and walked out.
I glared at my father retreating back until he disappeared throu-ghthe corner and i lost sight of him.
I look back over at Malcolm but he wasn’t there anymore.
He was gone.
Could father be right? Will Mal never want to be with me again?
I hurriedly made my way to the dressing room. I’m sure he was there.
We both need to talk!
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????Ruby’s Pov????
“Ruby?”
I glared up at him as I heard my name from that mouth of his!
How dare he call my name? How dare he act like everything was okay when it’s not!
How dare he mess up our life and then show up after ten years later?
How dare he look so great while I look like one who was being pulled out of a shit hole?
How dare he still be alive when the woman he claimed to love…my mother, was 6feet below us in those cold ground?
How dare he show up at a time like this!?
How dare he….?
I was crying now. And no, it wasn’t because of the situation on ground now. It was because of the man standing right in front of me.
The man who I once called my father!
Mr Michael Dantes. fu-ck, I can still remember his name.
You guys must be confuse about the difference in our last names.
My mother last name was Darlings while his last name was Dantes.
After he left. We decided to change our last name to our mother’s.
It was less awkward that way.
I let out a de-ep breath and walked past him. I heard his heavy footsteps from behind me and before I knew it, he caught up with my wrist.
I turned to look at him. i was shooting venom at him now.
How dare he touch me?
I flinched away from him and pulled my wrist from his grasp.
“Ruby…?” His trailed off as he look at me with those eyes which I unfortunately inherited from him.
“Don’t!” I warned. “Don’t even call my name, you old man.” I spat in anger. “Stay away from me.”
“I’m sorry.” He suddenly say just when I was about to turn around.
I stopped right at my track and turned back to look at him.
This was exactly what I was avoiding.
I don’t want to hear him say sorry to me. Heck, I don’t want to see his face.
I want him to just disappear!
I’ve been alright without him so why was he here now?
“You are sorry?” I tsked. “Sorry for what exactly?”
He cleared his throat and look down at his feet. “For everything….I shouldn’t have left you guys like that. I should have stayed with you guys but….,”
“You couldn’t. Why? Because it wasn’t the kind of life you wanted. You wanted your father’s riches which you’ve gotten so why are you still bothering me? Stay away from me, old man or I would place a restricting order on you.” I threatened.
“What? I didn’t leave because I wanted my dad riches! I left because…”
I held up my hand indicating for him to stop talking which he did stopped talking.
“I don’t want to hear of it. Heck, o don’t want to listen any more word from you. And as for the woman who had waited patiently for you is now dead!” I didn’t even wait to see the look on his face as I walked out.
I was damn hurt.
why do I have to meet up with him on a time like this?
I kept crying as i headed to the house to get my clothes and go back to New York.
It was over for me here.
Malcolm and I can never be together.
This was our end of the road.
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????Kara’s Pov????
“Mal!” I yelled after him as I held his hand just when he was about to enter the van with the rest of the guys.
“Are you happy now? Answer me!” He was shooting daggers at me.
“Malcolm, you have to stay calm. Your fans are watching you.” Mason say to him as he placed a hand over Malcolm’s arm.
I smirked discreetly to myself. This was time. Time for me to put up an act.
“Mal, why are you talking like this? It isn’t my fault that things turned out this way! It wasn’t my fault that I got pregnant. it still isn’t my fault that you and Ruby can’t be together! You should have told me that you never loved me an maybe I wouldn’t have forced myself to be with you!” I started shedding tears.
“You are a devil!” Johnny whispered. I only smirked discreetly and kept crying while the fans watched out and the paparazzi were taking pictures and videos of us.
“Stay the fu-ckaway from me.” Malcolm say in anger.
“Malcolm…” I walked I to his arms and hug-ged him tightly. “Your fans are watching so you better cooperate. I told you, you were mine, didn’t i? i won’t sit and watch that bit-ch take you away from me. Never. You are mine, Malcolm.” I whispered into his ears.
“Stay away from me.” I whispered back and pulled away from me.
He entered the van with the other guys and they drove off.
I could hear the crowd mumbling…. they were saying…
“I can’t believe Malcolm could do something as mean as this….”
“I’m pity this poor girl now….”
“Where the hell is that Ruby of a girl….?”
“She is so mean…”
“I can’t believe someone as heartless as her lives amongst us!….”
“She deserve to die!…”
I listened to the fans talk badly about Ruby.
I was glad that my plan was a success.
I smiled deviously to myself as I watched after the van.
I have the fans wrapped around my pinky finger.
This was end of the road for you, Ruby.
Kara 1 and Ruby 0.
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????Ruby’s Pov????
I hurriedly stepped into the house and packed some of my clothes.
I was trembling.
I was scared.
This was exactly what I’ve tried to avoid.
This was what I’ve been afraid of!
I kept crying as i arranged my clothes into my bags.
A phone started ringing.
Wait… a phone?
i dipped my hands into my pocket and brou-ght out Mason’s phone and Elvis’s. I dipped my hand in my other pocket and brou-ght out Johnny’s phone. I checked my back pocket and brou-ght out Denise phone and Malcolm’s.
Oh, I had been the one with their phones.
Before I could bring all of their phones out, the call had already ended.
I kept the phones on the table and walked out of the house.
I needed to go back home.
I have to go to a place where I can at least be saved.
I hope.
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????Jennifer’s Pov????
“Are you really not going to speak with me, Collins? I said k was sorry.” I apologized for the hundredth time now.
“You shouldn’t apologize to me, Jennifer. The one who deserve your apology is that little boy who was so terrified to see you. Honestly I can’t believe you can do something as mean as this?”
“I was angry, okay? After my father left, my mother became more close to Ruby and Tyson. She never liked me. She only treated me differently. She hates me.”
Collins stood up to his feet and shook his head in agreement. “Maybe you were so blind to see the love she had for you. Go and make peace with your family, Jennifer or stay away from me. I can’t marry a girl who isn’t at peace with her own family! I can’t risk it, Jennifer.”
“Collins….”
“I don’t want to see you here, Jennifer. Go home and see your family until you make peace with them you are not welcomed I to this house.”
I felt a pang of hurt in my chest as he said those words.
I watched him walked into the room.
I was so wrong to think that I would live a happy life after making my siblings life hell.
I was so blinded by the hurt of my father that i didn’t even see that Ruby was hurting.
Yes, I had lost a father but Ruby had also lost a father!
Mother never treated me differently… i was the one who treated myself differently.
My phone beeped and I scroll throu-ghit and what I saw next knocked me off because I found myself sitting on the floor now in total shock.
*Malcolm is having an affair with his personal a-ssistant, Ruby Darlings. And Miss Kara Santiago is expecting a child for Malcolm*
My eyes were bulging out of its socket in shock.
Wait, I’d it what I’m thinking?
The girl Kara had always told me about. The girl which she had always claimed to have stolen her boyfriend from her was Ruby…my baby sister?
But… but how is that possible?
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#TBC.