Chapter 56: Chapter 56

Allesandro

"What was the meaning behind the stunt you pulled in front of my friends yesterday?" Edith asked me with her hands resting on either sides of her waist. I wanted to play with her a little. Controlling my laughter I folded my hands to my chest and ask her displaying my complete innocence. "What stunt Edith? I am not able to understand you."

Her eyes were glaring at me as big as saucers. "I am talking about you going shirtless in front of my friends. I know you since last six months I never saw you without a shirt, then why the special treatment to my friends? Oh, I did not think this argument is going to go so interesting. Getting totally serious as if going clueless on what she was talking, I ask her. "Edith are you feeling sad that your friends got to see something that you haven't been blessed to witness since staying for so long with me?"

Her lips go in a thin line and she stamps her foot to the ground going irritated like a girl of ten. To control my laughter when the matter was going so funny was becoming more difficult to me. Edith....my cute little one....I crawl my eyes from her orbs gradually to her feet and then back to her dazzling forest greens. "I'm least attracted to you. I'm telling you can't walk to my room going topless displaying your macho personality of growing abs and muscles in the presence of my friends."

I raise one of my brows to her in cockiness. "So Edith you indirectly agree that I'm handsome?" I walk closer and tower on her in order to intimidate her unconsciously. She raises her head to me like she was looking to the sky and thickly gulps. I smirk and insert my hands in my pant pockets. That works....

"Don't feel too high of yourself. There are men better looking than you." I hold her upper arm firm but careful not to injure her. "You are crossing your limits Edith." I caution her but she continues on her diction. "I very well know about the arrogance of powerful men like you. I have been seeing it since my childhood." My eyes narrow at her in slits. "If you are on a plan of sleeping with anyone of my friends, the actual reason for displaying your naked chest..."

"Damn it! You never know when to stop. Isn't it?" I speak low only for her to hear between my gritting teeth and bend her arm to her back. She screams. "You are hurting me, you anthropoid." I twist her hand further and she closes her eyes tight taking heavy breaths. "You must think about that before speaking nonsense to me." I release her with a jerk and she massages her injured hand with her free one.

"I did not know you had guests in your room. I came from the hospital and saw you did not have your dinner, so I came to your room...." She did not let me speak. "Are you my mummy to keep running behind me holding my dinner plate?" I run my hands in my neatly gelled hair and look down at her tiredly. "Think whatever you want. As long as you are in my house, you are my responsibility. I do not want to cut a sorry face before your brother."

She smiles at me with sadness in her eyes. "Yeah, I understand the only person you feel responsible on earth is my brother. You do not want to hurt your friendship with him but you are least concerned about my feelings. I am treated here only as a toy with zero emotions." She turns back about to walk away. "Bloody... when I'm talking do not turn your back and sprint." I growl holding her arm.

Tears trickle her eyes but she tries to act bold. "Yes, what do you want to say?" I inhale deep closing my eyes for a second to calm myself down while still holding her hand so that she doesn't run away. "You have misunderstood me. I give importance to your feelings but I do not like your arrogance, I do not want you to disobey me. Stay polite and behave, you will stay a princess here just as you have been at your parents house."

I try to wipe her tears extending my hand but she stretches backwards evading my touch. Her actions were hurting me like a bullet pierced into my heart but I wasn't the one to disclose my weaknesses before her or to anyone in this world. I project a neutral face and continue. "Regarding your misconception about me, I do not go sleeping around like you think. I value woman and treat them with respect." Her eyes were reflected to me like burning sunballs. "Respect?" She holds to a mocking titter. "Yeah I understand very well how much you respect woman." She points her eyes to her injured hand.

"Edith?" I call her but she ignores me and runs away leaving me once again in penitence of hurting her physically and psychologically.

It was eight in the night. By the time I reach home from the hospital, Edith is usually dressed in her night suit either doing her homework or having dinner but today I see the atmosphere in the house entirely different. Charla left after preparing dinner and the house is unusually quiet. "Edith?" I call her ready to apologize for turning discourteous earlier in the morning but there was no response.

I check my Rolex again and it was half past eight. My pulse begins to inflate. Bringing out my phone from my pant pocket I call my driver James who is also in charge of her security. He picks up the call on the second ring and responds to me professional. "Sir Good evening! Madam Edith had a special class today. We are on our way and will be at home within ten minutes."

"Fuck!" I scream and throw my white coat on one of the comforters, place the stethoscope on the centre table. My hands reach the first button of my striped navy blue shirt and open it. I was suddenly feeling sweaty in the chilling night of December. This needs to be taken care. Tomorrow I am going to talk to that idiot principal. Does anyone retain young and unmarried girls this late in the night? He will learn his lessons at the flick of my fingers if I cancel my donations to the collage. I walk to the bar and make myself a drink when I hear the twisting of the door knob at the entrance.

I exhale a heavy breathe and walk to the front hall activated, a smile automatically plays on my rims as soon as I see her but my joy was short lived. "Edith?" My voice drops mid way looking at her stinging features. She doesn't acknowledge me and runs to the stairs. Taking long steps behind I quickly reach and hold her hand stopping her on her pace. My eyes stare into her trickling eyes in a puzzle. Restlessness invaded me and I wanted desperately the answers that were reasons of her agitation.

She sniffs heavy looking at me. Her face was red marked with traces of dried tears. "You want me to finish dinner, right? Don't worry, you will find my plate empty before tomorrow morning." I shook my head. "Edith that's not the point." She pulls out her hand from my hold and looks at me stern. "But for now, I require some space. Do not disturb me. Please...." She requests and drops to a yowl running to her bedroom.

I felt like someone broke me to two pieces but I was forced to leave her presence. An unfathomable quaver escapes my throat. My thoughts were going shambolic. I wanted to break something by the intensity of my anger. Whatever the reason was that was tormenting her, needed to be sorted off instantaneous. Nobody dares to mess with my Sweet cakes and whatever be the reason I will not sleep until I am sure to nip it from its roots but how do I get my answers, was my big question.

I messed up huge today morning. She doesn't want to talk to me, least not even ready to look at me. Her abhorrence is something like taking my breathe away. I reach the bar and drown half bottle of Johnny Walker into my throat. Slowly my eyes turn heavy and my steps turn wobbly. I look up and stare at the stairs. Half an hour had passed already but there was no sign of her.

I could no more go silent on the issue. Whatever the situation was I will solve it. She doesn't know I love her more than my life but I'm never going to divulge to her the truth. If death is to emboss her I will happily go and embrace it before it reaches her. Walking to the kitchen, I prepare a plate for her and climb the stairs with heavy legs. I shouldn't have gone drunk but even a cut on her hand gets me to bleed a mountain. No one in this world knows about it and will ever know even after I am buried six feet under.

Love is the greatest power in the universe. It is the force behind all other forces. It overcomes everything and moves mountains. Love transforms negative qualities into positive ones and turns anger into kindness. At the same time, being in love is one of the greatest experiences possible. The entire world shines in a much brighter light when you’ve fallen in love. Words alone can’t do this amazing feeling justice. That’s because the great difficulty about love is that it is so difficult to put it into words.

Love makes us overcome the greatest and the most challenging obstacles. It shows us what it means to love someone unconditionally and to care for their happiness as if it is our own. Love may sometimes make us do things that are a little bit crazy and stupid but most of the time, love inspires us greatly.