Chapter 33: Chapter 33

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Arielle stared at the video she had had Jenny record, laughter bubbling up from her chest until it spilled out of her lips as she watched. It felt really satisfying because she hadn't expected the twist at the end. Vega could keep the money so long Zach hated her and might make it his life goal to make her life a living hell.

"Should I leak this on the internet or not?" she asked herself, then giggled as she imagined the uproar it would cause. "I definitely should".

Jenny walked inside her room with a glass of wine. "Here's your drink Arielle".

Arielle collected it from her with a sweet smile. "Yes, a perfect drink for a perfect day, or shall I say night." She said dreamily before sipping from the wine glass. "goddamn, that tastes awful, what the hell is wrong with this wine".

Jenny stared at her, her heart rate increasing. "I don't know".

Arielle let the drink drop, then gasped as the glass shattered around her. "Such a waste. Too bad but I'm in a good mood so clean that up and fix me something that I can drink" she ordered, and Jenny rushed to obey. "Get me, Kelvin. I might need his help in uploading a very interesting video" she said with a smirk, then did a little twirl. "This is going to be so fun. That video is going to follow Vega forever".

Jenny hesitated. "And what about Zach".

"Zach will be fine. It's not like Dante will let anything happen to his son. The only one who would be affected will be Vega. Once kelvin is done with editing, that is the only guaranteed outcome".

Arielle said, then dragged her hand through her hair, a chunk of hair coming along with it and she gasped in shock as she stared at it. "What the hell is going on with me" she muttered to herself, staring at her hair.

"Are you ok?" Jenny asked. "Maybe you should go see a doctor".

"And maybe you need to mind your own goddamn business. Get out and go do what I told you to you fucking retard" she snapped Jenny nodded, then rushed out of the room.

Arielle inhaled, then let it out in a whoosh of air as she tossed the hair in the bin. "I guess it'd be wise to see the doctor, not that I freaking need one".

The door opened and Kelvin walked in with a grin. "I heard you had something juicy for me".

Arielle grinned, her lips stretching wider, her hair problem forgotten. "I do, and I'm sure you're going to love it".

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Zach dragged his hands through his hair, his eyes were red-rimmed from walking aimlessly all night and trying not to cry but failing miserably at the end of it all.

He'd open up to Vega and she'd stabbed him, harder than anyone ever did, and yet he couldn't help but catch a glimpse of her everywhere he went.

His heart clenched and squeezed until breathing became difficult.

He remembered everything he said to her and although they were all lies he didn't want to take it back. He wanted to hurt her, destroy her even for how much she'd destroyed him, the way she'd ripped out his heart right out of his chest after he opened up to her. Vega had used him just like everyone else and it made him feel like he didn't matter.

He couldn't go home and when the sun started dawning, he felt miserable, his anger fading into the background as misery took its place.

"What did I fucking expect? No one will ever love me for me" he rasped, wiping furiously at a tear that escaped his eyes. "Fuck this. I'm fucking pathetic".

Zach pushed himself to go home even tho every step he took felt like a strenuous exercise that he could have forgone, and instead, just remain where he was and wallow in his misery.

Getting to Dante's perfect Mansion made the misery more pronounced and as he stepped into the house, he already knew that something was up. The two strange faces in uniform spoke volumes and Noah's pale ashen face spoke thousands of words that Zach could hear loud and clear.

"What's going on here?"

Dante stepped towards him and yanked at his collar. "I told you no more fucking scandal and then you went ahead to do this" he snarled, shoving him until he fell on his ass. "What's your problem huh? You told me you loved her, I gave you my permission to court her and you two became a couple and then you spewed all those fucking nonsense about never leaving her and after just mere hours, this is what happens" he roared, flinging his iPad at him.

Zach made no move to dodge it and it crashed into him, the edge of it cutting at his skin. He winced, but the pain made him feel like he was still existing.

Chloe grabbed Dante's arms. "Calm down, you're going to hurt him".

Zach snickered, then laughed, his voice hollow and almost haunted. "You don't have to act like you care, Mom, I know you really don't." He stared at his dad. "And as for hurting me, well let's just say he's been doing it to me all his life so it's nothing new. I'm sorry for causing a scandal, but I'm tired, I need to sleep" he said, dragging himself off the floor until he stood on his feet.

"Your sorry isn't going to cut it this time Zach. These men are here to take you to a place you won't have the time to get involved in any any more scandal".

Zach glanced at the soldiers, then at his father in disbelief. "You can't be serious. You won't even ask me about what happened, you don't care that I look like this, you're just going to send me away".

"I've given you a lot of chances and you blew it. I can only be patient for so long... "

"Don't let them take him away, we can talk about this Dad" Noah rushed out, but Chloe held him back, chastising him with a sharp look and he kept his mouth shut.

Zach stared at his father, his eyes probing because he couldn't believe he'd just let him be taken away. "I'm your fucking son, you're just going to let them take me away because of a stupid scandal" he gasped out as he saw red.

Dante turned to the men. "Take him and if he resists you can get physical. You'll stay in military school until you learn to obey and behave" he said on a note of finality.

The men walked towards him, motioning for him to follow them but he shrugged them off and they rushed him after getting a signal from his father that they could. The first punch to his gut knocked the breath out of his lungs and as they dragged him out of his room Into the waiting car, the only person he could blame was Vega Romeo and he swore to make her pay, pay for breaking his heart and turning his life upside down.