"Damn It Nate you will listen to me" he said grabbing my arms "You will do what I say"
"Why is this so important to you?"
"Because the time you spend sitting with your brother could be spent doing something useful" he said his hold on my arms tightening "Like working out to lose the fat that seems to be building up every single day making you uglier"
"I won’t stay away from Gabriel" I knew that was the wrong answer because as soon as I said it anger flashed in his eyes and he pulled his hand back and slapped me across the face, sending me to the ground.
I looked at him, the tears falling freely now. This was the first time he’d hit me "Wha-"
"If you’re going to be my wife four years from now you won’t be a fat cow you hear? You’ll learn how to be the perfect wife and we’ll try to make you beautiful"
"No" I said shaking my head . That was a major personality change, he had never acted that way "I won’t marry you I won’t even be with you" I tried to stand up but he pushed me down.
"You know your parents were thinking about a trial surgery for Gabriel, it has a ninety percent risk of failure. They asked for my parents opinion." He said, an evil glint in his eyes
"They wouldn’t" I said horrified, they told me about the surgery and I searched it and consulted a few doctors, all of them were against it.
"They would. They want normal kids and since Grace is the only good one they thought maybe they could try and fix Gabriel, he has potential if he’s healthy. Unlike you. And they value my parents decision." he smirked "They would definitely agree to it if I told my parents to make it seem a great idea"
I shook my head, I was defeated again. There was nothing I could do about it. I couldn’t risk Gabriel going through the surgery "Tell me what to do"
"That’s a good girl" he said and helped me up "You’ll get a trainer and run five miles a day. You’ll go on a strict diet. You won’t talk unless I let you and you will listen to me got it?" I nodded slowly without looking at him. "You can go now"
I shivered at the memory, Luke continued to be that way until he discovered I wasn’t planning on using my inheritance and then he....
The ring of my phone snapped me back to reality and I hesitantly picked it up "Hello? Nate? This is Lily"
"Oh my god I’m so sorry" I said realizing how late I was "Please don’t fire me"
Lily laughed "Relax I’m not going to fire you I just wanted to see if you were coming that’s all Anyway we’re waiting okay? Bye" With that she hung up and I sighed. I needed to get my head off of Luke, Adrian and everything else. I needed to focus on my new life.
I took a cab to the house and rushed inside as soon as I was there. "I’m so sorry I’m late" I said to the guy who opened the door
"I’m guessing you’re Nate" he said offering me his hand "I’m Jacob, Lily told us you were going to be the babysitter"
"Yeah" I said. Jacob was cute, to say the least. He was tall and fit with muscled arms and just by looking at him you get the warm feeling. He seemed genuinely nice.
"Oh you’re here" I heard Lily’s familiar voice say. I looked up and saw her coming down the stairs she smiled at me "What’s up?" ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ novel⸺fire.net
"Nothing much sorry I’m late I...got distracted" I said remembering Luke’s call. Lily frowned
"Are you okay?" She asked and I smiled nodding "You sure?"
"Yeah" I said "So...where are the kids?"
She seemed hesitant before she answered "They’re upstairs in their rooms" She led me upstairs and stopped in front of a door with a bunch of pictures and child drawing. Lily stopped before she opened the door and turned to me
"Look the children seem to really like you and that’s a first they usually just stay away from strangers and are only pumped up with people they’re close to." She sighed and looked on the floor "I’m very protective of these children and...they’re very sensitive. Their parents died a while ago and they’re very sensitive about that"
I looked at her shocked at knowing their parents were dead "How did they die?" Lily stiffened and something flashed in her eyes
"they were murdered" She took a deep breath "Anyway, I know you’re perfect for the job"
"There you are" A male voice said and Lily and I both turned around and saw a guy walking towards us. he was there when I saw Adrian so I recognised him but I didn’t know his name.
I noticed Lily’s face light up as he came and wrapped his arms around her waist, placing a kiss to her lips Lily laughed and turned around so that he was hugging her from behind "Nate this is Ethan my fiance. Ethan this is Nate she’s...the babysitter"
"nice to meet you" Ethan said and started placing kisses along her neck and she shivered. I smiled they were cute together
"Fiance? Congratulations" I said smiling. They really did look madly in love. "I’m gonna go to the kids" I opened the door and got in just as I heard a giggle and smiled to myself ignoring the small hint of jealousy I felt. I knew I wanted that kind of love, but i could never get it. It was reserved for women like Lily. gorgeous and sexy not boring and plain women like me.
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