THE BILLIONAIRE’S PERFECT MATE

Throughout their ride home, neither Ellie nor Edward said anything. As he drove, Ellie kept on stealing glances at Edward and she wondered what he was thinking inside of his head. She had expected him to react in a wrong way but he never did. He just fixed his eyes on the road, driving home at a high speed.Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.

Edward on the other hand too was hurt and angry but he decided not to vent his anger on Ellie. He thought she had been criticized enough and didn’t want to add to her pain. He was hurt and heartbroken no doubt, but he decided not to say anything as he knew anything he says would hurt Ellie.

“How could she have done this to me? Why did she lie to me? I asked her so many times if she was hiding somethings from me but she said “No”. Why did she hurt me like this?”, Edward kept on thinking. The more he drove, the more he got angry, clenching his fists on the driving wheel and driving at a fast speed. The silent treatment Edward was giving Ellie was killing her inside and when she noticed he was driving above the speed limit, she decided to speak.

“You are over speeding Edward. Can you park and let me explain?”, Ellie said in a pleading and low voice but Edward pretended as if he never heard her, driving as fast as he could.

“Will you please stop, Edward? I am hurting!!! Think about our baby”, Ellie managed to say, holding her stomach and which made Edward halt on hearing that she was hurting.

“Where are you hurting? Are you feeling pains anywhere?”, Edward asked, upon him parking the car, with concern in his voice.

“I am sorry, Edward. I didn’t mean to lie to you. I didn’t mean to deceive you neither did I mean to cheat on you. I can explain how everything happened. Will you please give me a listening ears?”, Ellie said in a pleading voice with tears rolling down her eyes, upon seeing that Edward had given her attention.

“You want to explain? Does that really matter anymore? I asked you countless of times if something was troubling you. I told you you could share your burden with me. I tried making you tell me about your worries so many times but you never did but now you want to?”, Edward said, yelling and venting his anger on Ellie.

“I am sorry. I was just scared of how you would react if you find out about my past. I wanted to tell you so many times but the fear of you leaving me kept on holding me back. I do not want to lose you. You are the best thing that has ever happened to me. I am sorry I betrayed you. I really didn’t mean to”, Ellie said weeping profusely.

“You didn’t mean to hurt me? I am the best thing that has happened to you? But you fucking had sex with another man on the day we were suppose to get married. Was that not the dress you were putting on that day when I found you in the church? To even think I was frantically looking for you that day, thinking you had been kidnapped not knowing you were in the arms of another man is even annoying”, Edward said angrily, hitting his hands on the wheels which got Ellie scared.

“You know, when I met you that night, I had fallen in love with you but didn’t want to show it because I didn’t want to get hurt again. When you made you feelings known to me, I even turned you down because I was scared of getting hurt again but I couldn’t help but get attached to you. I kept on trying to forget about you but the more I tried, the more I kept on getting drawn to you. When I finally admitted my love for you and gave you a room in my heart, I had thought you would never hurt me and make me regret ever meeting you but I was wrong. You are the one that mended my broken heart and you are still the same person that broke it? How could you have done this to me? I thought you are my solace and my home!!!!!”, Edward said, yelling and crying. Ellie could see in his eyes that he was all broken and hurt. She had stopped herself from telling him about her past because she didn’t want to see him that way but there he was that day, really heartbroken.

“I am sorry. I really can explain. He raped me that day. He forced himself on me. I never had the intention of mating with him that day. The mistake I made was going there without carrying you along. I am sorry, Edward. Please forgive me, for the sake of our child’, Ellie pleadingly, said

“So, why didn’t you tell me what happened when I eventually saw you at the church? Why? For the sake of our child? Who knows if the child is actually mine?”, Edward said angrily, which pierced Ellie’s heart.

“What? Are you saying this child is not yours? I might have cheated on you unintentionally but believe me, this child is yours. I don’t want my child to grow up without his father just like I did. Please forgive me, Edward. I will explain everything to you once we get home. Please”, Ellie said, in a pleading voice, trying to make Edward believe her.

“You want to explain everything now? Something you should have done since we met? I told you everything about me. Even the things I do not like talking about. So, why didn’t you tell me about your past then? Why?”, Edward shouted at Ellie, sobbing.

“Home? The home I have been trying to build with you has just crashed. There is nothing called home again. You know what? Can you get down from my car? I want to be alone. Please, just get down. Once I have calmed down, I will come looking for you. It’s a promise”, Edward said to Ellie, gesturing for her to get down from his car. Although he was hurt, he was still in love with Ellie. The pain of not being able to forget her or do without her was what was making him angry towards her and not actually because of what she had done.

Realizing that he really wanted to be alone, Ellie alighted from his car. She stood by the roadside and right in front of her, Edward zoomed of in his car at a high speed but Ellie never knew that would be the last time she would set her eyes on Edward.