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Before I could stop them I saw history repeating in front of my eyes.

Listening to his words, Jack's demeanor changes. He was looking at him like he was looking at his biggest enemy in the fighting ring. He was totally in his beast control as his sanity had reached the insanity level. Within a matter of seconds, Jack pounced on him with his big fist landing in Ryans' face.

I have seen him fighting like this in the ring many times but there were people present to control his beast but here no one was to stop him from spilling the blood. A gasp of horror left my mouth at the scene unfolding in front of my terror's filled eyes.

With wide eyes, I saw that day's animalistic fight repeating in front of my eyes. That day even Zanvil tried to stop him but he didn't listen to him and now no one was here except me to stop him.

I need to stop them before they make each other bleed.

I tried to move to stop them but my legs felt so weak as I saw them fighting. That day's fight still makes my heart pain. That day I lost a very good friend of mine and I think it will happen again today. It makes me feel even more painful when the reason for them hurting each other is me.

Ryan groaned in pain at the hard-hit on his face. Jack didn't give him a chance to fight back as his hard fist landed on his jaw. Ryan took hold of Jack's hand to block it and with his other hand punch Jack. It landed on Jack's lip and he growled in anger. I again tried to move and stop them but my legs felt so numb as tears of anger pooled in my eyes. I just want to stop and end everything here. But all my body parts are in a state of shock; they refuse to move.

I closed my eyes shut as I couldn't look at them. I took a shaky breath to calm my body and let it move so I could stop them. When I open my eyes I want everything to end like a bad nightmare ends when we open our eyes. But I knew this apparent that it was not my nightmare but my reality. I opened my terror-filled eyes as more warm tears slipped from the corner of my eyes. Next thing I know they both were on the ground at each other's throats. I took a shaky breath as Jack and Ryan were fighting each other like animals. My whole body was trembling as the fear of them beating each other to a pulp took over me.

"Stop it" I shouted on top of my lungs as I couldn't take it anymore which made them look at me. Jack's fist was in the air while his other hand was in Ryan's collar. Ryan was trying to stop his blow which was about to land on his face. They both looked so terrible as blood was oozing out from their face. They both went still when they heard my sharp cry. My face was in total distress as I now got a better look at both of their bitten faces. In the dim street light, I saw Ryan's nose was bleeding while his lip was torn open leaking the blood from it and it had dripped onto his chin now. Jack's lip was torn with cheeks bruised.

"Stop fighting like an animal and let go of each other for God's sake," I said in my painful crying voice as I took a shaky breath. They let each other go looking at my crying face. Jack stood up and came running to me but I didn't let him come near me.

"Don't you dare to come near me" I said in my harsh voice as he was about to take me in his arms. He tried to move more even behaving like he didn't hear what I said.

"Don't" I said in my harsh warning tone while looking straight into his eyes which made him go still on his spot. I saw how his jaw clenched when I didn't let him come near me. I glared at him with my angry eyes as I saw behind him Ryan trying to get up with difficulty but fall back on the ground. It made my heart pain even more as I saw him struggling.

He just wanted to have a fair chance from me and Jack made him look like this.

I made my numb leg move to help him. He was in such bad shape. He groans in pain clutching his stomach while trying to get up. As I moved in his direction Jack held my hand in a tight grip stopping me from going furthermore. I closed my eyes tightly and took a deep breath to soothe my throbbing nerves.

"Let go of my hand," I said in my angry voice without turning back to look at his bleeding face. Instead of letting go of my hand, he tightens his grip on my wrist. I bite my lower lip in resentment. I know he will not let go of my hands like this.

I turned my head and looked at him with furious eyes. His jaw was clenched with an insane look in his eyes. As my glassy eyes moved from his bruised face to his clipped lower lip my heart pained like a sharp pin was jabbed into it like almost stopping my heartbeat. My unsettling emotions again tried to take over me but I didn't let them surface to have full control over me.

"I said let go of my hand," I said in anger while I yanked my hand away from his tight grasp. Without waiting, I ran to Ryan and helped him to stand up. He groans as I touch his bruised body to make him stand. Jack was now looking at us with a clenched jaw and the same animalistic look in his eyes as he saw me helping Ryan.

"I'm---I'm sorry," I said in my small apologetic voice while making him stand as my help was even causing him pain.

"D---don't be sorry it was my fault too," he said in his painful voice.

"Come I will drop you at your place," I said as I wiped the fresh tear away as it slid down from my eyes. I felt Jack's angry eyes on me but I didn't let it affect me.

"No--no I will go on my own," he said with a small pained smile on his face.

"How will you go back if you are in such bad shape? I won't listen to you" I said in my rigid voice as I moved my head in denial.

"I will call my driver, you don't worry, just go to him," he said in his small painful voice with a faint smile on his torn lip with a known look in his eyes. At that moment I looked at Jack who was looking at us with clenched fist void eyes and set jaws. I averted my eyes immediately as I saw he was trying to control himself.

"Let me help you to your car," I said in my strict voice as I knew he wouldn't take my help. He gave me a small nod. I helped him to his car which was only a little further away from where my car was parked. After only when his driver arrived I came back to my car where Jack was standing while resting his back to the car door with the same void look in his eyes.

He has been looking at me from the moment I went to help Ryan. He didn't even look away for a second as I constantly felt his hateful gaze on my face. As I moved he didn't even move a bit and kept standing like a pole in front of me blocking my way to get my car. I stood for a few seconds in front of him while telling him to get out of my way with glaring eyes. I don't want to talk to him. But he did not take the hint and stood in front of me shamelessly. I took a deep breath to gather my patients as it was running out of stock.

"Get out of my way," I said in my mad voice instead of getting out of my way he pulled the keys out of my hand and opened the door to drive the car. I exhaled deeply exasperated as I knew he won't let me go alone even if I want to. I went to another side and took my seat.

I looked at Liam who was still sleeping peacefully and I breathed in relief as my whole body felt fatigued taking over it. I looked at sleeping Liam for the last time before getting lost in my thoughts while looking out of the window. Jack started driving the car. I heard him wince as he turned the car and he moved his hands on the steering wheel. I wanted to turn my eyes and look at him but I clenched my fist stopping myself from doing it. I ignored him and kept looking out of the window keeping my eyes fixed on vacant roads.

I felt his gaze on me several times but I didn't look at him.

In fifteen minutes we were back to his penthouse building underground parking. I averted my eyes away from the window only when he parked the car in private parking. I opened the door and came out to take a sleeping Liam but he came out of the car even before me and took him. We silently walked to the private lift as I didn't feel like talking to him but his bruised face was making me feel uneasy. Blood was still on his lip with little blood dripping a bit down. It had clotted and dried up. I didn't even spare him a glance as I knew it would make me feel the pain too and this realization was making me even angry.

I don't know why I was feeling like that as his bruised face flashed in front of my eyes and suddenly it made me feel the void in the middle of my chest. I swallowed hard as I knew I was doomed. I can't even stop myself from feeling like this anymore and it made me take a shaky breath. As soon as the lift doors closed I walked out of it without looking back for a moment. I opened the door and walked straight to the washroom. I closed it and rested my back to it and let my warm tears slip from my burning eyes as I gasped for a deep breath.

I was holding them for so long that my eyes started to burn as I shed them. I wiped them from the back of my hand and walked to the sink with unsteady steps. I looked at my crying reflection in the mirror. My eyes were red and burning as I glared at my pale face. I knew I was in deep shit because I was feeling the things that I didn't want to feel and it was making me fall more deeply into the dark pit. Things that happen today in front of my eyes made my decision easy. I know I have to do what I have to do. It was high time and I had already made up my mind.

I splashed some cold water on my face and wiped away all the traces of tears from my pale skin. Gripping the basin with both of my hands I took deep breaths. As running water drips down from my face I took more deep breaths to make my mindset on things I want to do. Wiping my face I went out to find him sitting on the bed with the same mad and lost look in his eyes. He had already changed into his sweatpants.

As soon as he sensed me walking out of the bathroom he looked at me. Now I could see his face bruised in bright light. It was worse than I thought. Before I could feel that pain. I averted my eyes from him and looked at peacefully sleeping, Liam. I walked to the closet and changed my clothes. As I was walking out I saw a first aid box below the cabinet. I kept looking at it debating if I should treat his wound. As his bruised face came in front of my eyes I grabbed the box without thinking because I knew I won't be able to sleep knowing his injury we're not treated.

I will still not talk with him and just treat his wound. Holding the box I came out and he immediately lifted his eyes and looked at me then his eyes moved to the box in my hand. I went and sat in front of him and like an obedient child he faced me. I dabbed some disinfectant on cotton and pressed it to his cut. He winced at the burning sensation but I just pressed it more to his wound to make him feel that pain.

He was looking at me with his predatory light brown eyes waiting for my outburst but I didn't do anything and kept on treating his wound. I didn't feel like getting mad because I was so tired. I knew he would behave the same next time if Ryan comes so it was of no use. As I was about to go keep the box back he took it away from me and kept it on the nightstand and before I could go to my side he took hold of my hand and made me sleep near him like he always does.

I wanted to fight back and get out of his hold but it was the only place I felt my heart getting calm. A warm tear slipped from my eyes as he tightened his hold around my waist pulling me more near him. He took a deep breath as if he was calming himself. I just kept my eyes close as I felt him moving his calloused fingers on my pale cheeks to wipe the running tears. I don't know when I slipped into sleep in his arms.

The next day arrived soon and today was the day I was making the move to get away from him. I did all the morning things and he was looking at me as I had still not talked with him. I kept incoming him because I want to get used to it from now onwards. Even if his heated gaze affects me I won't come at it on my face. I made Liam ready as today Ava was coming to take him. She messages me early in the morning that her business trip was cut short so she came back and on her way she was going to take Liam with her. I kept a plate of sandwiches in front of Jack without saying a word. He was looking at me with his malicious eyes. He should be happy that I even made him breakfast after yesterday's incident.

"Liam finish your milk then this sandwich too," I said while placing a plate in front of him.

"Yes," he said in his cheerful voice and started eating it while making me smile a bit. At least someone from us was cheerful today. I heard a bell ringing indicating Ava has come to pick him. I wiped my hands on my clothes and went to open the door to see smiling Ava. We hugged each other and I welcomed her inside.

"How are you?" she asked with a smile on her face as she entered the house. Her questions made me think. I didn't even know how I was feeling and it was bothering me even more.

"I'm doing great, how are you," I said while closing the door.

"Doing great but feeling a hell tired" she said as she massaged her neck. I nodded my head in understanding and we moved inside.

"Mommy" Liam yelled loudly as he saw Ava. He jumped off the chair and ran towards her. "I missed you so so much," he said while hugging her tightly.

"I missed you more," she said with a happy smile on her face.

"Now mom and her son come here and eat your breakfast," I said with a smile on my face. After eating the left shortly. Liam kissed my cheeks and Jacks too while saying bye he said he will miss me the most and next time when he comes he will bring me lots of chocolate so we can share.

The kid had made me used to him and now I was going to miss him. Kids make you addicted to them. I went to my room and changed into my jeans and top. I took all my clothes and dumped them into my bag. I came out to take all my toiletry and remaining things when I saw Jack was too present in the bedroom. He eyed me with furrowed brows when he saw I was dressed in casual clothes instead of my work clothes. I didn't spare him a glance and took all my needed things and went back in the closet to place them in my bag. Zipping it I drag it out from the closet. As soon as he saw the bag in my hand his eyes widened and his nose flared as he took deep breaths to control his building rage.

"Where are you going," he asked as he saw me with my bag. I didn't say anything and kept walking when he pulled the bag away from my hands and threw it on the floor with a loud thud. When I still didn't say anything he pulled my hand making me stand in front of him. I knew he would behave like this and I had already made myself ready to face this kind of situation.

"Answer me where the hell you are going," he asked in his grimed voice while looking straight into my eyes.

"Away from you. Now you got your answer let me go" said my angry voice. His jaw clenched when he listened to what I said.

"Forget about it and even throw that thought out of your head because you won't be able to do that thing in yours this life," he said in his anger while gripping my upper arm more tightly. I looked at him with angry eyes as his words made me angrier.

"You are taking this decision because of him right. Because I fought with him," he asked in anger.

"Yes now let me go," I said in my hard voice. His eyes became hard after listening to my words.

"So now you see him as you escape from me. I knew it from yesterday as I saw you running to him to help him. He still has a soft corner in your heart. Even if you have hundreds of soft corners in your heart for him you think I will let him take what's mine? Didn't you see how I made him look just at the thought he would take you away from me crossed his stupid mind? Not only him I will make every man look like him who tries to take what's mine" he said in an angry harsh voice.

"See here is where everything goes wrong for you. You assume what you want and do what you think is right in the heat of the moment. Yesterday he was just asking me for a fair chance and you put him in such bad shape even before listening to my answer. You have been always doing this to the people who tried to come near me, " I said in anger as I yanked my hand away from him.

"Just get one thing clear in your mind I'm, not your toy for you to put your claim on. I'm a breathing living person. You just want me to get what you want from your life even though I don't want it. You never thought about how I feel what I want because for you I'm the ugly girl you're going to marry to get to your goals. But I will never let that happen" I said in my bitter voice as my eyes again started to sting but hold my tears.

"I never cared about you," he said that mockingly while laughing dryly. "How did I forget that I was always the bad guy in your eyes. So let it be like that now I will be worse to you because in your eyes I'm best at doing it. I will make life harder from this instant" he said and let go of my hands and when to take something from his briefcase. He took the papers out of it and came and stood in front of me.

"Today I was going to give them to you but your words made me think that I was doing wrong. Even if you had this paper, it was no use because still, in the end, you will be tied to me so this paper makes no sense" saying that he tore the papers in front of my eyes and made my eyes wide in shock. I was looking at him tearing power of attorney papers into small pieces for which I worked hard for almost two months. All the humiliation, all the huddles I crossed and went true were converted into small pieces of useless papers. He just tore my last hope in front of my eyes without even things for another second. I looked at him with glassy eyes.

I don't think he even ever had the intention of giving them to me. He was just making a fool out of me for almost the past two months.

"From today try your best to get away from me my wild cat because I will make sure this time gets you permanently attached to my name. If you find one way to get out I will make a hundred problems arise to make you crawl back to me" he said with an angry smirk on his face.

It was the last straw for my patients as I lifted my hand and slapped him hard on his face. The intensity of my hit made his face turn the other side making his clipped lower lip bleed again. He moved his face with a clenched jaw to look back into my ranging eyes; he smirked while his tongue moved to his bleeding lip. He lifted his hand placing it behind my head he slammed his bleeding lip to mine kissing me with anger.

I could taste his metallic blood as he moved his lips on my little trembling one to show me his anger. I lifted my hand and placed it on his broad shoulders to make him let go of me but he didn't budge from his place nor he let go of my lips. An angry tear slipped from my left eye as he left dominating me. He let go of my lips when I was on verge of fainting. I looked at him with half-opened eyes as he wiped the tear away from my cheek. Little blood was still oozing from his lower lip.

"Go anywhere you want to go in this world but don't forget to make yourself ready to be mine because next thing you will know you will be trembling beneath me and I will be claiming you in the way you still haven't discovered yet,", he said in his determined voice with an angry smirk on his face as he let me go. Making a cold shiver run to my body. Saying that he left me alone gasping for more air as his words had already kicked all air out of my lungs.

I knew I was trying to win the losing Hate War but I won't give up till the end.

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