Chapter 54

Jason's pov :
Without saying anything, she just walked away. Was she too embarrassed to be caught with her lover by the person whom she claimed to be her first love or too hurt to stand there still? I knew that she was hurt by my words but I was more hurt to see that she cheated on me, too.
"Jay, what was that? Why was Lia crying and running?" Fiona showed up with Barbie and questioned me in a furious tone.
I sneered, "ask this fucker! How come you are still standing here when your lover is scooting on the road?" That boy was still standing there with a cold face and it was becoming hard for me to resist the urge to hit him.
"Mind your language, Jay!" Barbie enjoined me with her broadened eyes.
I couldn't believe that my sister was on that bastard's side and ordering me to show some respect to him. Why was she teaching me to mind my language when she should be on my side?
"Barbie, I'm your brother. You are supposed to be on my side, not on a stranger's. Or you also have a secret and kept it safe from me for a long time, please, tell me right now! I'm in the mood to know every secret of everyone's life," I shouted out aloud. "Come, and tell me how easily you defrauded me! I deserve this, right?" I looked up at the sky and howled at the darkness and the stars.
Barbie shook her head and tears foamed in her eyes. "I didn't expect this from you, this is how I'm supposed to be treated in front of others?" She whimpered and took back steps. The hurt glued to her face and for the very first time, I was the reason for that look in her eyes.
Her back smashed with someone and she fell into his arms. "Are you okay?" Theo asked with concerned eyes.
I immediately held Barbie's hand and pushed her to my side. "Stay away from my sister!" I warned Theo without even looking at him. I was too hurt to look at him and think about how much my words would hurt him!
"If you are done with your drama, will you tell me what you did to Lia?" Fiona again asked me in a disgruntled voice.
"Why don't you ask this shameless asshole who is still watching everything?" I shouted at her and pointed my finger at him.
Barbie released the grip of my hand on hers with her other hand and threw my hand with a hateful face. "Till today, I was so proud of my brother that I had the world's best brother but I was fucking wrong. Lia has got the one, and I'm the loser, I couldn't get anything, neither love nor brother!" She cried out and left the spot immediately before I could evaluate her words.
I knew whatever she uttered was so true because I wasn't in control, the fire inside every part of my body had killed patience, love, and every emotion of mine.
"Whatever I heard from Lily, you seemed a mature, loving, and caring person but my eyes and ears didn't feel satisfied with your behaviour. Do you know what's the base of a relationship?" That man sighed and finally opened his mouth.
"How would you know? If you would have known, you wouldn't have acted like a jerk. It takes so much trust and honesty to build a relationship with someone," he finished his lecture and crossed his arms.
Fiona raised her voice, "wait! Will you tell me directly what happened? You guys are not making any sense to me and I want an answer about what happened!."
"You don't need to know, Fee! It doesn't matter now, I'll never let this boy be around Lily!" He narrowed his eyes and answered Fiona.
It seemed like he knew everyone but I didn't know him, "who the fuck are you?"
"Jeez! You finally did the right thing, you asked the right question that you needed to know before opening your fucking mouth," he screamed and let out a deep and long sigh before speaking again. "I'm Benjamin Watson, Lia's elder brother! Now, spend your life in regret because my sister will never accept you."
I hid my tears by placing my hands over my face as soon as I got to know the truth, my anger snatched everything away from me.
The two girls who mattered the world to me were crying and hurt because of me, this thought was killing me.
"Don't regret it, Jay! I know it's because of me, go behind her, right now! I'll handle everything here. You love her, you can't lose her. Just go! Go, Jay!" Theo suggested to me and patted my shoulders as always, "you love her, you can't lose her!"
I forgot whatever happened in the gaming room, all I could hear was my harsh words to Lia. Theo's advice was the best thing to follow at that time so I did. I started springing, Benjamin tried to stop me but Theo stopped him, "trust me, he is not like what you just saw. He loves her more than everyone else in the world," I could hear his last words.
An asshole, jerk, bastard, shit, all the words seemed perfect for me. I behaved like that, I deserved that, I just hoped that she wasn't home yet because it would create a scene and her mother would not let me see her.
I was running while taking long deep breaths as I was gasping for the air. My legs gave up and my upper body bent over to my knees, I was about to fall on the road and start weeping like a man who had lost his everything.
Yeah, everything! It's what I felt for her yet I did that to her and hurt her badly.
A sobbing voice met my ears, I turned to see who it was, I looked around but couldn't find anyone so I decided to search further.
Slowly, I gathered up all my strength and started taking small steps. I found a girl sitting on the bench under the road light, she had hugged her knees and hid her face between her knees. The silky fabric of her gown was spread out on the bench.
I was still panting hard due to running continuously and impetuously.
"Lia!...Lia! I'm...so...sorry!"
She slowly looked at me with her wet and agonizing eyes, she again started running from me and I was feeling like a monster who ruined everything.
I chased her and caught her hand, "please, listen...to me!" I whispered into her ear and hugged her from behind.
She quickly pushed me aside and slapped me, "I hate you! I hate you!" Lia screamed out and started crying again.
Without thinking anything, I just held her face between my palms and my lips claimed hers. She protested with the kiss, she started beating me on my chest with her fists but I didn't move my lips away from hers, I kept kissing her pouring all my feelings and love in that kiss. She didn't kiss me back, she tried to push me but I took her hands in mine and put it on my shoulders circling my neck and pulled her closer so her arms rested on my neck automatically.
I knew maybe I was wrong to kiss her like that but all I knew was that I couldn't lose her and she wasn't ready to listen to me even for once. When I started kissing her passionately while stroking her cheekbones with my thumb, she slowly gave in and started kissing me back with returning the same passion and I felt a bit relieved.
After a while, we both needed the air so we broke the kiss to catch the air. As soon as her rapid breathing came into control, she opened her eyes and pushed me off of her.
"How dare you kiss me against my will?" Her soft hand collided strongly with my right cheek, she kept shoving me backwards with her both hands pushing my chest and slapped me again and again until the tears overflowed in her eyes and started flowing out from her swollen eyes.
I knew Lia as a strong, emotional, and kind girl but when she broke down like that and started sobbing, it made me feel remorseful and nefarious.
I hugged her and she held my shirt tightly in her fists, "I...hate...you!" She murmured while sobbing.
"I love you!" I caressed her back and hair.
She immediately pushed me away and wiped her face, "you don't. You are a liar! I don't wanna talk to you, just leave me alone!"
My strong girl was back, she started running from me. I again chased her and stopped her from leaving me alone.
I laid my hand on her mouth, "I'm sorry for this! But you need to listen to me." And with my free hand, I clasped on her both hands. She tried to release her hands but my hold wasn't so easy to remove.
She bit my hand but I tolerated the pain. That pain was not enormous but the pain I gave her was hilarious and I needed to tell her the agony I was bearing inside of my heart.
"You made the plan to keep us together, right? But it revealed one more secret, Theo likes my sister and he told it to Alex but hid it from everyone else. I was feeling betrayed so I broke the door and came out. I shooed away the rage and hurt from my mind and started looking for you."
Lia started listening to me and stopped making any attempts to remove my hand from hers.
"All I wanted to do was take you to any other place and celebrate your birthday alone. I was feeling so sophisticated so I looked for you everywhere and finally, I found you in the garden. I was dying to hear those words from you since the day you kissed me and when I heard you say that to somebody else, I was…, I was feeling wasted."