Chapter 10

Pain, Love and Sharing

Edwin’s pov

I was blushing internally still remembering that I am the one and only with whom she had slept. So I mentally repeated the promise I had done to myself that after that day she would be the one and only I would share my bed with. This is my personal gift to my love and I would never take it away from her.

 “So how did you know she was virgin? I can’t believe it. I mean she was an adult and she did have a boyfriend.” The girl sitting in front of me asked.

 Oh shit! I was so lost in Stella that I forgot that I am actually sharing my love story with a girl whose name I don’t know, she’s a whore too but she is trying to help me.

I think I do respect her individuality.

“Sorry miss. I do not want to offend you but can I kno..w yo…ur name please?” I asked her hesitatingly.

“Oh! Sorry you cannot call me Rosie here. Right I am Iris. You can call me Iris now.” She replied.

It was then reality stuck me, her name was Rosie as a prostitute kept accidentally and so on.

“So Iris you are a girl and you very well know the bleeding on first intercourse thing right.” I told her a little shyly.

 I haven’t ever shared such a kind of thing with anyone other than Stella. I remember first time when she said “We couldn’t have sex.” It took her an hour to explain me. She did explain it to me because I started feeling unsecured about her liking towards me. After that, the topic was quite open between us.

“Yeah I understand. With so much in my life I think I have started underestimating the nobility of a human being. Glad to know though that there still are people like you and Stella present on earth making this world a beautiful place to live in.” she said still taking Stella’s virginity as a surprising shock. She indeed has been through a lot in her life.

“Continue please.” She pleaded.

“Not before I go and get a quick glance at her. I want to see her.” I told her.

“Sure please go, if it helps you. Why not?” she waved towards the exit door of the cafeteria.

“I’ll be back” I told as I ran towards Stella as if she was waiting wide awake with her open arms for me but I knew with the amount of sedatives given to her she would be sleeping. But I still love to see her angelic face.

Rosie’s pov

I was still staring at the way where Edwin left to see his wife. I cannot forget his face how it was gleaming as if he was a 6 year old running to see his Christmas present.

Right then my eyes went wide when I saw another figure heading towards me. A height of more than 6.2, a big broad body like that of ‘wwe’ participants wearing a ragged denim and a sleeveless jacket with tattoos all over his chest. His long hair tied into a pony completed his brutal looks.

“Holy shit! What is he doing here?” I was talking to myself when he came to me and pulled me from my elbow holding it tight enough to form a bruise. He dragged me to the store room which smelt like puke and was filled with dirty linens and was very dark out there with little light peeping through muddy curtains so we could only see each other’s face.

“Brent please!!!!! Please leave me. It is hurting” I begged looking at my elbow which was red due to his death grip.

He did loosen his grip from the elbow only to pull my hair which was tied into a pony making me wimp due to sharp rising pain.

“You bitch, bloody whore, dick sucker. What the hell? You are supposed to give me my brokerage with the amount you earn and you bloody are having it all by yourself.” He spat venomously.

“No Brent I swear I always give you percentage of what I earn. I always do.” I was sobbing now due to the pain and his accusation took all my senses.

“Slutty shit if you are speaking the truth then how come you paid so much to these people in the hospital. Did this whore get a magic want?” he tightened his grip on my hair increasing the pain and tried to dirty kiss me, he would always do as if I was his property.

“No no Brent. It was an emergency. It’s not mine. I mean the money. I borrowed it from one of my classmates at college. I have to return it to her” I lied. I never would want Edwin into the picture. If he comes to know that I have such well wisher then he would use him to his best asking for money again and again, even blackmail him. He was such a piece of thrash.

“How much do you have now?” he asked. He now let my hair. I think he bought my story, relieving me.

“Not much. I just got half shift yesterday.” I told him slowly

“SHshhhhllllllaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaap” he hit me hard on my face cutting my lip so hard that I could taste my own blood.

He snatched my bag and took all the cash from me.

“I will take this now. Next time pay me in time and if I ever”, he stepped closer to me looking at me with his blood shot drunken eyes “come to know you cheated on me with money. I think you love your father and brother too much. UNDERSTOOD” he gave a devilish laugh and squeezed by boobs before leaving. He is such a bastard.

I was now looking for Edwin by peeping out, still hiding on the door of the store room so that Brent does not see us together. Brent was still in the cafeteria, trying to flirt with the nurse rather I should say abuse the nurse as his eyes are always wavering for helpless girls in need of money so that he can put them in this business of slut.

Oh my god he is here and so is Brent. If ever Brent comes to know about the bills being paid by Edwin, he would suck him for the money and god knows that he can cross any limit to get what he wants. He is a moneypecker.

I was still hiding to see if he is still talking to the receptionist about something. I hope he does not come to know about the person who had cleared the bills. I have already taken enough favors from him. I do not want to put him into further trouble.

Edwin is looking happy. That says Stella is recovering well. He is scanning the room, probably looking for me. How bad I wish to hug him and cry to him so that he coos me back telling everything will be fine.

 But why would he do so?

 He is nobody to me. No wonder we are sharing our tough times together and I am enjoying listening to his story and so I can assume he is enjoying narrating it to me, amicably that’s why he is here looking for me but I cannot meet him at least till I am sure Brent has left the hospital and if necessary to keep him safe I wouldn’t ever meet him again in this wretched life of mine. He surely has made a place in one of my fondest memories and I can thank my stars enough to bring him to me in my lifetime and I am happy with it. He is returning so I will move out. Also this place is stinking and I can no longer stay here.

Oh shit oh shit! He turned back and saw me. I’ll go back and hide in the same store.

I wish he didn’t see me or seeing me avoiding him, he should return.

Oh god! Oh God! He’s here

“Iris” he shouted.

I pulled him to bang on my chest that he also is not visible as Brent is still outside hitting on some other girl who is crying for something. “Sshhhh”

“Tell me iris. Holy shit!! Who did this?” he said a little shocked referring to the bruise on my elbows.

I pressed his mouth with my hand. He is so tall that I had to lift myself on my toes.

“Please keep quite.” I begged murmuring with my pleading eyes.

He nodded with understanding giving a wink. So I let my hands down.

He wiped the sweat drops that were on my forehead due to the suffocating room with his sleeve which was still red of blood. Then he slightly touched my lip and wiped the blood with his thumb. Shock was evitable on his face.

“What happened?” he questioned very slowly with concern.

I turned around from him, “Nothing to worry about. It is all under control.”

He gave me some confusing looks as if he was trying to frame another question in his mind. I did check in the mean while that Brent had left. So I went to the crowded canteen to avoid his further interrogation. I never would want him to know that there are devils still living in this world where he is nothing but an angel.

I went to get two cups of coffee but I forgot I don’t have any money left. It was all taken away by Brent. I stood still wondering what to do when the same salt and pepper haired man was asking for money. I could feel tears dwelling in my eyes and even what would Edwin think about me.

He knew he had paid me enough for a week and me I am feeling so helpless. I wish the ground opens and I sink into it.

“Hey keep this and add some cookies too” Edwin said as he pulled me from my waist and stood in front to pay.

I am feeling so cheap, so low in front of him. I was about to run away as I do not deserve to make an eye contact with him. But he pulled me back and took me to the table we were sitting. He did signal the same waiter to serve it on the table and looking at me the waiter really understood and agreed although it was against the rules to serve to the table.

“Thank you sir” Edwin shook his hand offering him another 10 dollar bill which he accepted most hesitatingly.

“I am so sorry Sir. I am getting a bit too expensive and you are paying for something you do not owe me at all for.” I told to Edwin.

Somewhere in my heart I was feeling guilty. I was sucking his money on no return basis. There was no way I am going to be able to pay him back for his generosity. Only thing I am skilled for is slutting which I never want to give him though I think he’d be the nuclear man in the entire universe sleeping with whom would not feel like crawling insects on my body and my soul won’t feel like deceived as it would be the most aspiring and whelming thing to be done to him.

I still do not want him to suffer enough to succumb his orgasm to a whore like me.

“Still interested in my lovestory?” he asked me with his dazzling eyes.

“I am sorry for rr….”  I said still squinting to avoid his vision.

“Don’t be. At this hour I am feeling so lonely, I am glad I have you on my side.” He said astonishing me.

“I hope you still remember that I am a whore who tried to rape you last night to earn some money.” I asked if he is mistaking me for some one else.

“But you didn’t. Right. So take all this as a pay back. That meant a lot to me. It horrifies me to even think if there was someone else and I cheated Stella. I mean I could  have never been able to face my Stella again.” he said lifting a lot of weight from my shoulders.

“And also I had a shoulder when my love was fighting for her life. Otherwise it would have shattered my heart into pieces.” He added.

“Back to your love life.” I proposed to lighten the mood as it was getting too much and I wasn’t accustomed to too many humanities.

Edwin’s love story [flashback]

 It was her first sex and that scared me to the bottom of my heart.

Hope I did not hurt her too much. Wish she doesn’t think it to be a mistake once she wakes up or if she regrets doing it with me. How bad I wish that she loves me back or what if this is one of my dreams I used to get before I met her.

 Then my eyes shifted to Stella who looked gorgeous as she wore nothing but an adolescent smile as she cuddled back to me. She was sleeping like a newborn, who is satisfied with his mother on his side.

Oh she is real and I love her more than anything else. Though my making love was an accident but I wanted to make the first dawn of her non virginity special and memorable. So I slipped silently and slowly from her cuddle and did keep a pillow at my place so that she is not disturbed with all of a sudden movement.

I rushed out of the dorm looking for something in particular. I was framing in my visionaries to do something special for her. I had to rush too because I wanted to return back before she’s awake and sees an empty bed concluding that I cheated on her enacting a one night stand since I never committed anything to her.

But I badly wanted to and this time it should be perfect.

This is perfect. The blue stone shines like her oceanic eyes and the tiny diamonds below signifies the ecstatic smile that magnifies her beauty.” This is it” I told myself. But how do I get it in this hour of the morning. But I want it and I’ll have it for the beauty who is sleeping with an innocence that I like to cherish all my life and expecting me when she opens her eyes.

I banged the close doors but there was no reply. I checked the mobile number painted below the name of the shop and I dialed the same number.

“Who the f##king hell is calling before the sunshine?’ the feisty lady who possibly was the owner of the shop shouted on her cell.

“Madam sorry to trouble but I think you would not mind helping true love.” I said trying to keep my nerves calm.

“Talking about true love to some one who had a break up last night you son of a bitch.” She replied even more infuriated.

“Please don’t hook up maam. Please. Lease let me explain.” I pleaded, begged.

“Not today silly loverboy. Fuck off.” BEEEP BEEEP she hooked up.

I had decided that the ring is for her and so it should belong to her so I wouldn’t give up. I hunted through the directories and her emails and somehow managed to get her address and next moment I was at her door bell ringing her door bell even ready to chop my balls off as I could make it that the female is really wild because of split with her ex.

 Anyways who said love was easy? And to propose was the thousand times harder and I was in for it.

Anything for Stella.

Mother f##ker, d!ckhead, son of a b!tch, bugging a$$hole….. and so on was she chanting as she came to open the door. I could feel sweat pouring from my body. I was so scared that I felt like running far away. But I won’t give up.

“Good morning maam” I said as I handed her a single white rose that I took from the bunch of flowers I had bought for Stella.

“The morning is no longer good you a$$hole knocking at 6 on my door.” She took the rose even more harshly than expected. “Did that a$$hole send you to apologize for last night.”

The hair of my neck pricking because of her feisty voice “No maam I was the one who called you 22 minutes ago” I checked my watch to be precise.

“So you are the enemy of my early morning sleep.” She snorted.

“Apologies for that” and I was on bended knees next moment, “Maam I am in love. I just took her virginity last night and now I want to convince her that was the best thing that happened to me so I want to propose her with the blue ring in your shop so could you please do me a favor to open the shop and let me get it for my girl. Please. Please. Please.” I said it all in one breath before she disagrees to even listen to me.

Next I looked at her trying to read her expression which was anger subtracted by shock multiplied by confusion as if she was mentally trying to fix up the meaning of words I uttered to her.

Just when I was about to loose hope of convincing her, I saw her lips twitching a little broadening the lip line finally reaching a smile.

“I did it” I told myself happily dancing in my thoughts.

She took a deep breath, “Okay I’ll sell it to you at this hour if you spare me some time to wear some clothes on.”

It was only then I noticed that she was only wearing a pair of thongs over a tight snug tee which barely covered her stomach. She was also beautiful with perfect curved figure but did not appeal to me a bit. I was whipped. The only beautiful thing in my world was Stella”

She came along in my cab which was loaded with flowers and was delighted to help me.

She gave me the ring after I signed my card and all other stuff a credit card needs to do, I being too excited was only rushing through the things.

“Thank you so much. I have been such a pain.” I told her.

“No I am glad that I am a part of completion of at least one love story.” She said no longer showing her feisty side.

I simply smirked and jumped into the car, couldn’t wait to see my angel’s face.

The college was empty as the festival was over last night and participants might have left immediately. I guess the college staff also had their day off as there was no staff visible giving me solitude to do my proposal in a most private and pleasing way.

I worked with the bouquet of flowers making a heart of red rose bouquet, layering with a bouquet of daffodils, then another heart shaped of tulips and carnations. “Picture perfect” I told myself then massaging my own palms I headed towards the cosiest paradise where my Stella was fast asleep. I knew because I peeped in before working with the flowers.

I  opened the door of the room and I could hear something.

Oh my god she was crying………………………..