HIS SWEET REVENGE

Bryan’s POV

I throw the phone to my side, letting my back hit the bed as a soft sigh escapes my mouth.

I am looking at the white ceiling, my mind blanks at first before everything comes rushing again.

No matter how hard I try not to think of my situations, making an effort to make my mind blank for too long, it doesn’t work.

The same usual feeling stirs inside of me. That horrible feeling makes me feel miserable. Guilty. Full of regrets.

Camilla had stood at the doorway with Jason in her arms when I left the Great Haven after Paxton lost consciousness.

The guilt came back and it was as if I was hearing Helena’s voice scolding me for beating him up.

Camilla had stood her ground without moving so I could enter. When I asked what happened, she knelt and pleaded with me to forgive Celine.

I wasn’t too surprised at the behavior until she told me she encouraged Celine to leave until she has been forgiven. I almost lost my temper but on second thought, I know this is what Celine is good at.

Always running. Always takes to her heels when there is a problem. She doesn’t stay to resolve whatever problem it is. The best solution to every problem that comes her way is running.

I had a hunch Celine did this on her own and Camila was taking all the blame for it because of how much she loved her.

The guilt was still there mixed with anger for what she had done. She betrayed me for the second time after everything. I was already thinking of letting go but she brought an enemy to my home. To take our son away.

How could she trust him? Is he her boyfriend?

I was tempted to finish him off but I know how much trouble that would bring me.

My child means the world to me which is why I am beginning to think of letting Celine off her duties as a nanny.

This was what was on my mind before she did this. I wanted to let her off to make up for everything I had done.

Now she has lost her chance. I am trying to control my anger. The guilt is taking over already.

I don’t realize my eyes are closed until I hear the sound of running towards my door. I step down from the bed immediately and sit upright right in time for the door to be thrown open by Celine.

She rushes in and kneels instantly, her hair disheveled, her clothes ripped and her hands looking red.

Something tugs at my heart.

I don’t mean what I said but I had another way of punishing them both if she hadn’t shown up. I wanted to make sure that she comes back here. She isn’t safe in that apartment of hers, now that I know who her neighbor is.

Also, if she hadn’t shown up, all I can do is detain Paxton for a few more days before letting him go.

Now that she is here, I will let him go. His presence won’t bring any good to me.

Instead, it is making me feel miserable for not doing what I ought to have done a long time ago. It is also making me furious for not being able to teach him a bitter lesson he would never forget.

My hands are tied. The voice in my head won’t let me be.

Camilla walks in too, jerking me out of my reverie.

“Forgive me, please let him go!” Celine cries with her head bent, her hair covering her entire face.

The action looks familiar. My brows crease in confusion as I try to think of where and how something like this had happened before.

Helena.

Yes, it was Helena.

She was the one begging me just the way Celine is doing right now. She was begging me to let one of the men I caught spying on me go. I wanted to kill him but she interrupted. I got mad.

When she tried to get close to me, I pushed her away and she knelt down immediately after regaining her balance. Her head was bowed, she was crying and her hands were shaking.

She was begging me to let him go as though he was someone she knew.

She didn’t know him. She just felt great sympathy for him. That was the type of heart Helena had which was and is still in contract to mine.

Camilla kneels beside her, lowering her head too with her arms clamped tightly behind her.

“Please, let him go. I asked him to come here, I should be punished instead of him. Please let him go.”

Camilla is quiet as Celine continues to cry.

I am speechless. I don’t know what sort of punishment to give to her this time. She seems not to have a good reason not to offend me.

“Please, I beg of you!” She cries harder, facepalming herself.

Taking a deep sigh, to control my anger, I say. “You allowed an enemy into my home to take our son?”

She raises her head and I realize what I just said. Our son?

“An enemy?” She asks with confusion.

He must have deceived her into believing that he is a good person trying to help the princess in distress by getting her son from her son’s callous father.

She doesn’t know that he is here on a disguise and she is also unsafe. Whatever is between them isn’t real. If he claims to love her, then it is all a lie. This is a ploy for him to get to me.

Even though Celine doesn’t deserve it, she needs to be protected as well.

“I see you don’t know that your boyfriend isn’t a good person”, a frown touches my face as she looks more puzzled, wiping her tears.

“I’m sorry, Paxton isn’t who you think…”

“I know him so cut the crap. The one who doesn’t know who he is is you. You fu**ing gave him access into my home without knowing his real identity?” I can no longer contain my anger. She is still defending the idiot.

“Real identity?” She questions again.

I seethe, snap my head away from her, and taking deep breaths to calm my nerves.

She is too naive and too innocent to even know that he is pretending all along.

Helena was naive too. She cried for an enemy who ended up causing her death.

I shake my head in remembrance. “Paxton is not who you think he is”, I say in low tones. “He is here to get to you. He wants to get to me through you and Jason. Why the hell can’t you just understand me even when I am not saying a word to you?” my voice is raised now. “You think I kept my son indoors for many days just because I wanted to? Jason is safe as long as he remains in the confines of this mansion. The moment he is out, then we will lose him.”

“You want to lose him?” She shakes her head intermittently.

“Then give me a good enough reason why you did a foolish thing…”

“Paxton told me some men are coming for you and Jason and I needed to get Jason out so he would be safe”, she cuts me short, her gaze unwavering.

“Can you hear yourself out?” I rise abruptly. “Your boyfriend asked you to get him out and you went ahead…”

“He is not my boyfriend”, she interrupts me again with a shout.NôvelDrama.Org content rights.

“Whatever!” I grit my teeth in anger, then approach. “I am going to let that idiot go but not forever. I know you still don’t believe the fact that he is fake. Do you know how you will be punished?”

She begins to cry again, probably thinking that this has to do with Jason. She may be thinking that I will ask her out of my house and out of my life, forbidding her from ever seeing Jason but that is not it.

She needs to be close to me. For her safety and Jason’s growth.

She shakes her head and I see Camilla hold hands with her to give her comfort. The action almost made me have a change of mind but I need to do this. I need to teach her a bitter lesson.

Celine will never learn. She will never believe until she sees the truth.

The truth will soon be revealed. But before then, she needs to learn not to try anything foolish ever again. If she does, I will never forgive her.

“I forbid you from ever leaving this house until I tell you too and I forbid you from seeing Jason until I say so”, I utter firmly before turning my back on both of them.

A sob escapes her mouth and soon, it turns into an agonizing wail.

In irritation, I yell. “Get out!”