Bella's PoV

I stirred in my sleep when I felt cold. Opening my eyes I saw the space next to was empty. Mahir wasn't there. I look around and saw no one when I heard cursing sound. I stood up and walk outside, I saw a shadow in the living room and made my way, there he was standing only in his pants talking on phone. The way his muscles tighten it means he's angry.

"I'm going to increase the security outside of my house." I heard him say and he sighed. With whom he's talking?

"No, Xavier I don't want to take risk."

"Mahir." I called him and he turned back.

"I will call you later." He said through phone and hang up.

"What are you doing, here?"  He asked walking towards me. I lean in wrapping my arms around his waist.

"I was worried when I didn't saw you next to me." I whispered inhaling his scent.

"It's Xavier. Nothing important." He said and made me look at him. I look at him humming.

"Are you sore?" He asked teasingly and I blushed. Is he still thinking of another round?

"I'm tired." I said hitting on his chest.

"What? I was just asking." He said and chuckled pulling me to him.

"This flowers are beautiful, just like you." He said and I look at him staring at the flowers he has sent me.

"Hmm..And I love who send those." I said playfully but his smiles fades away.

"What?" I asked but he didn't said anything.

"I didn't send those flowers." He says making my heart stop. What does he mean?

"Stop playing, Mahir. I know you send those flowers." I said smiling.

"I'm serious Bella. I didn't send those. I was stucked in my meeting." He said seriously.

"You didn't? Then.." I gasped when realisation dawn on me. It wasn't Mahir who send those flowers. It was that anonymous man who called me.

"What happened?" Mahir asked shaking me.

"Mahir.." I couldn't form any words. I have to tell Mahir about the texts and the call. And I did I told Mahir everything from the text to the call and those flowers.

"What they want, Mahir?" I asked once I finished telling him. He closed his eyes controlling his anger.

"It's nothing baby. Don't worry." He said assuring me.

"What? Are you Insane? You are telling me to stop worrying. How can I stop worrying when I know you are hiding something. What is it, Mahir?" I asked getting angry. I don't care if Alex get up. Right now I want the truth. I already suffered much, but not again.

"Everything is under control. You don't need to worry." He said cupping my cheeks but I pushed his hand away.

"I need truth, Mahir." I said determinedly. He sighed

"Okay. Let's get inside."  He said and we walk towards our room. Once we entered he shut the door behind making sure to lock it.

"Why don't we sleep now and I will tell you tomorrow." He said and lay down pulling the covers over him.

What the hell?

Oh hell nah. I was going to hear this story right here right now. I was willing to do anything to force him into telling me everything even if I would have to shed a few tears in the process.

"Why? Don't you trust me?" I sighed acting hurt.

"What? No, it's just that I don't want to relive the memory." He panicked taking my hand into his.

I pulled away taking an extra deep breath.

"It's okay, I understand." I acted as if I was about to cry before turning away from him and laid on the bed.

I heard him sighed before turning me to face him. Mahir laid himself down next to me and started stroking my hairs.

"I had just dropped my college because I wanted to set up my own business. Everyone thought it was a worst idea except of Xavier and my other friend, Luke William to be exact. They both were my bestfriend. We did all kind
of things that college kids would do together. You know living our life to the fullest before facing the real world."

"Luke and I promised to work together and help one another at each step of our business life with Xavier working with us ofcourse."

"Then what happened?" I asked getting even more curious.

"Something happened that caused him to hate my guts. He thought what happened was because of me so he decided to break off whatever alliance we had back then. He want to destroy me.

"And, now with yours and our kid's life on the line I would not take any chances of making mistake." He continued.

"You don't have to worry about me. I know how to take care of myself and beside I have those annoying bodyguards you assigned for me." I said.

Mahir nodded before closing his eyes. He thought that unfinished story of him would satisfy me huh? The man never learned.

"Don't you dare close your eyes. Continue your bloody story." I glared.

Mahir took in a sharp breath before looking at me with nothing but anger and concern in his eyes. His big warm plam touch my cheek caressing it as gently as he could. His hand travel down from my cheek to my neck then onto the small of my back without taking his brown orbs off my black ones as if he was trying to remember every inches of me.

"I can't hide anymore, can I?"

Burying his head into the nape of my neck he let out a deep breath.

"Angelina Williams, sixteen year old coming to visit her brother in the apartment that he shared with us. Xavier and Luke were out at the time I was the only one inside. I welcomed her in with a charming smile as she was after all my best friend's sister. Angelina sat down on the couch not taking her eyes off of me once eyeing my every moves as I called Luke to come back. I should have known right there and then that she was attracted to me before it could get out of hands."

"But, as stupid as I was I thought she was just looking out for her brother to approve of who he was hanging around. After, that one visit Angelina became a usual visitor for us. She made sure to came multiple times a month but not before checking if I would be inside, a second red sign I would have thought more about. We eventually become close, she was like a sister to me but the feeling wasn't mutual.

"Angelina took our friendship as a sign that I was also attracted to her. She initiated a kiss one day catching me off guard it was then when I knew, she didn't think of me as brother like she thought of Xavier. I pulled away telling her how I felt about her and I wasn't the person she wanted to be with. Angelina took it okay or so I thought. After that incident her visit to our apartment became lesser and lesser until she stopped coming at all." He said in a low tone as his mouth was pressed against my collarbone.

I let the information sank into my head as I rubbed his back trying to let him know that it was okay and encouraging him to go on

"Did Luke know?" I asked

"He knew."

"How did he take it?" I asked again.

"He was fine and always knew what I thought about his sister but didn't have a heart to actually tell her himself. Although he was thankful that I didn't lead her on even more." He explained.

"Okay, continue." I said

"High school days were almost over when Luke told Xavier and I that he was getting married to Susan, Angelina one and only bestfriend he couldn't wait any more. The wedding was like the one in every fairytale. Angelina were ofcourse the maid of honor looking like an angel in her flower covered dress. I went with the date of my own which turn to be the biggest mistake I had made. We greeted each other with a smile. I was relief and glad that she could finally move on with her life. And, again I was wrong."

"Angelina was not attracted to me. She was deeply and madly in love. It was I who found her laying in her very own pool of blood. The white dress was no longer beautiful but covered in the red substance. She wrote a letter confessing that she was selfish and couldn't live watching me with someone else that wasn't her so she had to take away her life and told me to not be sorry because it was her who chose to do it and lived my life happily for her."

"Why is he after us now? After all this years? He would have taken his revenge years ago." I asked.

"Because I finally have something that he had lost."

"And, if he is still the Luke William I knew, I doubt he would stop at nothing until he gets what he wants."

"Luke was shattered and destroyed beyond repair. His own flesh and blood took away her own life on his wedding day. He beat me that day and I let him. Because if I were him I would have done worse. And, Susan was no different from her husband. She had lost her only bestfriend." He continued.

"The same day that was supposed to be the happiest day for him, Luke walked back into the reception with his wife in his arms, tears flowing down to his face as he held on to her lifeless body. The new addition to their family Susan William couldn't live in a world without her bestfriend."

"He left me, he left us, he left the country. We didn't heard anything from him. But we were each other's biggest enemy ever since. He thought I was murderer while I thought he was being stupid."

"I'm the blame for the deaths of his only sister and his wife. And, now he's back to take his revenge." Mahir said holding onto me for his dear life.

I gasped when I realised what he mean.

"H-He wants me dead. A wife for a
wife."

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