Chapter Nineteen: Cheap Blackmail

Amelia thought of the worst, her mind swirled around the world a million times, it sounded so much like a threat to her life, she didn't know how to react to it.


She wanted to run after him, to ask him what exactly he knew about her, she thought about her only inconvenience at the moment; Jonah and his little secret.


“Doctor Amelia, I believe you need a time to reflect on yourself, you could take the week off, I don't want to say this, but you have to leave, a new doctor would be appointed to take your position, you are stressed and you need it”


“I—I” Amelia stuttered


“It's not a request, Amelia, seven days. Whatever you have installed for Jonah won't be possible, he's not coming back,” He said.


Amelia could not retaliate now, she had lost every will to argue, so she left the hospital, cold and confused, her body jittered in fright, as she walked down the aisle.


Everyone stared at her curiously. They whispered, stared, and pointed hands at her as she walked down.


‘I know all your secrets’ she thought to herself, there was no way Maxwell would know their secret, no way he would know Jonah was behind the strange things happening in the hospital.


She took her phone out of her pocket, then texted Jonah, he wasn't online, she called him, yet the same bland result, she was panicking again as she took her purse then walked out of the hospital.


Maxwell was outside, pacing back and forth, as he saw Amelia he ran after her.


“Maxwell, not here” he said immediately as she made an attempt to leave.


“Amelia, I am sorry, I was angry, I didn't mean to piss you off”


“Well to did”


“Ammy, you know I like you, I have tried talking to you,”


“I am not in the mood for this,”


“Because of Jonah, because he helps you, he makes you feel important”


He reminded her of what he said earlier, her curiosity was back again, she stood at a spot, staring at him with intent.



“You don't know what you are saying, let me go”


“I saw you; the both of you, down the aisle, healing a bruised man”


Blood drained from her face, she stagg backward.


It wasn't supposed to happen, “what do you mean?”


Maxwell knew he got her where he wanted her to be, he moved closer to her, this time she didn't resist, he held her by her chin, his thumb caressing her lips as he stared at her lustfully.


For so long he had admired her from the shadows, he wanted a way into her heart, he finally got her where he wanted her.


He could feel her body shaking, he knew her fear even without saying it.


“I won't tell anyone, that's now how I am, trust me” he said in a mere whisper, his warm breath bathed against her skin as he leaned a little bit closer, almost touching her lips, Amelia had lost all consciousness, it was as though she had lost all her will, she was stuck in a nightmare.


“I want you,” he kissed her slightly on her lips, she didn't push him away.


“I want you so badly, be my woman, I will treat you very well, he can't give you anything, he's playing a trick on you” he leaned even closer, his hands sliding behind her back, pulling her even closer.



He kissed her cheeks, “turn him in, he's weird and he would implicate you,”


He was already getting a hard on,his lust had gotten into his mind, he tried kissing her again, his hands wrapped around her neck, slightly dominating her till he enveloped her in his words.



“He's a freak, you don't have to pretend”


His lips teased her before he forced a kiss on her lips, his actions brought her back to reality. She shoved him forcefully, then took to her feet.


“Amelia!”


Amelia began to flag down a car as she paced hurriedly down the path, all she wanted to do was move away from the premises before she lost her mind, it all happened too soon, there was nothing she would do that would justify his words.


Maxwell knows about Jonah, Maxwell is out to get her.


Now on the other side of the road stood Jonah, he had waited for Amelia across the streets, and had seen Maxwell kiss her, he almost had a panic attack and it almost crippled him .



He stared, fazed by the fact that he didn’t realise how upset Amelia was when he left, he just watched his dream lady board a cab and leave.


Before now he waited for her outside all this while, before he told her that he had lost his phone, and also got suspended for picking a fight with Maxwell, but the scene was already descriptive enough to send him ablaze.


His fist rolled into a tight ball, as he glared at Maxwell kicking the sidewalk, he swore to finally end his life, even if it kills him as well.


Jonah stood from the corner he had been hiding all this while, as he trudged towards Maxwell.


“You fuckin asshole” he punched Maxwell hard before he could dodge it, sending Maxwell few steps backwards, Jonah pulled him by the collar again.


“Leave me alone you freak!” He pushed Jonah back, but Jonah was already agitated, he was ready to lose it all, he kept on feeding more punches to Maxwell.


“You touched her! You!—“


Few passersby who noticed the fight between both men quickly rushed to defend Maxwell who hadn’t gotten the slightest chance to hit back, Jonah was relentless and showed resilience in being pulled away.


He didn't want to leave without putting a permanent scar on Maxwell.


He was assured he would not be given his old job back, so he took his chances.

“Let me go!” Maxwell fought to get out of the constraining hands of the people holding him back.


Finally pulling away, he pulled his ruffled coat back on, “you dare lay a hand on me” he snarled at Jonah, a smuggish smile stretched on his lips as he stared intensively at Jonah.

“I would get you for this, and promise me it won’t be funny”





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