Chapter 67: Chapter 67

David’s P.O.V.

“Don’t you hear my daughter? Or are you just deaf? She had ended everything between the two of you last night. So, stop pestering Helena because no matter what happens, I will never accept you for my child. You better go now, David… before I ran out of patience here!”

Mr. Delgado’s eyes lit with a flicker of rage. I could clearly see the veins coming out of his neck. His jaws were even clenching while talking to me. It was as if his temper spiked and anger overtook him while treating me like a piece of shit.

I could understand his fury because Helena and I lied to him. But why does it feel like there was more than this? Like I didn’t know where his wrath was coming.

Why was it so sudden for him to change his treatment towards me? He used to treat me with kindness. He even joked and laughed with me in their garden. He also praised me for saving and taking care of Helena. He even let me stay inside their house overnight to accompany and watch over Helena. Then, what was all about this sudden change of his heart?

What did I ever do wrong? Was there anything that made me such a turn-off? Was it wrong to love his daughter? I was never a bad influence on her!

I just loved Helena. I really do. If Mr. Delgado was not in favor of me right now, then I was more than willing to do everything for him to change his perspective about me. I promised to study and work harder until Helena became proud of me—until I reached their status in life. Living without her would make me feel burnt with acid from the inside.

But Helena already gave up on me. I gave everything to her—except money. I devoted my heart, poured every warmth I could into her, showed effort for all the months we had been together, and I knew that Helena loved all of it. I knew she did.

But now? She was treating me as cold as ice to break me down. It hurts a lot. The feeling was like… there was a long stake—ceaselessly penetrating my lower back. The Delgados were speaking to me as if I had crossed some invisible line on the ground. Yes, I came from a poor family… but it wasn’t enough reason for them to trample on my personality just like that!

“Sir, please…” For one last time, I insisted.

And that was the main reason why Mr. Delgado’s patience finally ran out of the line, urging him to grab me by the collar. The muscles on his forearms had tightened while carrying me straight until my feet were no longer touching the ground. Now, I’m screwed up.

“Mierda! Why are you such a hard-headed crap, young man? Are you really like this, huh? When I said, you better go now—I mean it. You. Will. Go. Now!” Mr. Delgado growled indignantly like a lion in a jungle, ready to eat me alive. Fury was all over his entire face, and his eyes were scorching with fire.

I had to admit that I got so scared of Mr. Delgado’s sudden behavior, and it quickly turned my bones into jelly. It was a long way worse than the first time I met him. He was the epitome of kindness before. But now? He unexpectedly became a demon. Obviously, he was just holding back from his resentment of me. But any time soon, I knew that he would be ready to hurt me here.

The fear paralyzed me, and I could do nothing about it. All I had to do was accept the fact that I had to let go of Helena… completely.

“Dad, stop it! Let me handle this. I assure you… he will go.”

Helena quickly snuggled into her father’s arms. What she did made her father fully let me go, but I was badly thrown out that it hurt my lower back. I got out of balance, leaving me with no other choice but to accidentally meet the ground.

I tried not to wince in pain, but it felt like my pelvic bones were slightly dislocated. However, this pain was nothing compared to what Helena was doing to me.

“And you!” She turned around to face me, even pointing her finger at the road that would lead me outside their subdivision.

“Please, just leave! We have nothing more to talk about here! We’re done, David… and for the umpteenth time, I’ll tell you this. I’ve ended everything between the two of us, so just accept the fact that we will never be together again… and there’s no chance that we will be seeing each other again!” Helena screamed before she burst out crying.

I stood up, then fixed myself. I couldn’t bear to see Helena cry, but I needed to feel if what she was telling me right now was indeed the truth. The wound in my chest was hard and strong. I could not grieve more.

Helena doesn’t want to do anything with me. She had sealed her decision of staying away from me. She was taking the same love she had introduced me, then locking it back to her own cage.

“I—I’ll leave if you’ll say that you don’t love me anymore, Helena.”

Hell, damn it! I could praise myself now for being such a foolish masochist!

I already heard it last night, but still, I wanted to stab myself from hearing it all over again!

Even though I knew that there was a possibility that I wouldn’t be able to handle what Helena was going to say, I would still like to hear it again from her. I knew my heart would break again, and the towers of dreams I built for both of us would perish forever, but I could do nothing. I just had to accept the fact that she would never want to take our relationship any longer.

Helena didn’t look at me straight in the eyes. “Is that all? Is that all you need to hear from me for you to leave, huh? Okay, I’ve said it last night, but I’ll repeat myself here. I don’t love you anymore!” she viciously shouted, but little did I know that she was not yet done hurting my feelings… much more when she looked at me with her piercing green eyes. She was looking at me like she would never give us another try.

“Oh, let me rephrase that… because I have never loved you, David! I just used you. So, go away and get lost!” Helena forcefully shoved me away by pushing my back. I had never learned from our breakup last night. I thought we could still fix everything, but Helena already gave up.

Now, it was all done.

It hurts me both mentally and emotionally that she was doing this to me right now, but I just let Helena do this. She was pushing me away from her, yes… but even in this heart-breaking scene where she ended everything for God knew how many times already—I would be thankful to feel that somehow—she was still holding me.

But the faster Helena strode towards me to push me away, the faster her hands let go of my back too. Afterwards, she quickly ran back to Mr. Delgado.

“Dad, let’s go! We’re going to be late, and I don’t want that to happen.” I even heard how she roughly said those words.

I turned my head towards Helena’s direction and saw how her father proudly smirked. He placed his right arm on her right shoulder as they made their way to the gate. For one last time, she turned her head, and our eyes met… as if we would never see each other again.