Shouldn't Have Kissed You novel Chapter 21

The fact that her father didn't say hey to her hurt so much. She knew that she was supposed to be immune to him ignoring her but she didn't. In fact, every time he did that, it hurt more than the other day.

All Maya hope for the following day was that maybe only maybe he would see her has his daughter and not the murderer he thought she was. But that day it never came and the more he ignored her presences, the more her heart broke.

For crying out loud, he was her dad. The one who was supposed to love her and protected her from all harm. The one who was to teach her things in life and tell her that she could do it when she felt like giving up. The one who was supposed to hold her hand when she woke up in the middle of a night because of a nightmare.

But he didn't do that. In stead, he was the one who was hurting her. The one who was giving her the nightmares of her life. The one who made her get into a loveless marriage. And now, he was asking his son in law to have a mistress.

He was telling her husband that it was okay to have a mistress. It's not like she cared if he had one which he already had its just that it hurt that her father said it. He was the one who was advising on how to make her life a leaving hell as if it wasn't from the day she was born.

She wanted to walk out on the two men but it seemed that her dad wasn't done talking. He had called her a whore and that wasn't enough for him at all. He went ahead and said the words that he had been saying since she laughed how to understand the language of people. She was just a baby by then and she grew up with the words.

How she wished she was dead for real since in other ways, she was walking dead.

"How can you wish that to you own flesh?" Asked her husband look at the man that she grew up calling dad when he never deserved to be called that by her.

She didn't get it why he was acting like a caring husband when they all knew the truth. This was fake. Their marriage and everything that consented the both of them. But it didn't sting like it did when it came to her father.

For crying out loud, she was his sperm. The one that he carried around for years. The one that won the journey of million runs. The one that survived when no other could do it. But he never gave a damn about her. Not even once and when he saw that video.

The one of her with Chris kissing in front of the world. He got mad. Real mad that he came bursting into her room without bothering how to knock. The memory of that day so vivid and it would remain that till her last breath.

It was only in the morning when he budged into her room and throwing the tablet on her bed demanding for an explanation. She didn't have one after seeing the video since that is something that people do. It just happened that that day was her turn. It's not like she had thrown herself to him or anything. It just happened.

After one month and two weeks, he came to her and said that she had to marry that man. The man that she had no idea of who he was in matters of personal life. She knew Chris as the guy that owned a company in fashion show and he was also a musician. That's all she knew about him. What everyone else knew.

So without word, she agreed to his demand. She let her father organize their date somewhere public why a paparazzi could take a picture and spread the rumours that they were dating. And in those dates nothing was spoken apart from staring at each other.

Chris didn't want to talk to her because according to him, it was her fault. He said she should have pushed him away when he leaned in for a kiss but she didn't. Instead she let him do that. He went to an extent to accuse her and her dad for placing this trap for him. He was made and she understood him.

Maya knew he had a life but hey father never cared. To him, his reputation was more important than anything in the only apart from his son. Her brother. He was first and then the image he built for the public. As for her, she never existed in his life. She just there not to be see, heard and neither appear unless called for.

So in order to make everyone to see his all good reputation, he made them marry after two months of fake dates. No, not fake but forced ones for that matter. And when he asked Chris to dance with her on their wedding day.

He didn't do that because he was her Dad, he did that so that he could threaten her in front of everyone. The only thing was that it was only for her ears to hear and no one else. Maya felt a lump form in her throat as she fought the tears that were threatening to break free.

"Please, don't tell me you're falling for her sweet innocent face, Chris," he called him as he took his champagne to his lips. "Don't let her looks deceive you. She is a murderer."

Maya didn't say anything. What was she even going to say anyway?

"I thought by us having dinner together, it would be fun but I should have thought better." He said getting up and pulling his wallet out to take some cash out. "My wife and I'll just have some take aways on our way home."

Maya got up from her seat and began walking away. She didn't spare her father a look but she heard him tell Chris something like don't ever say I didn't warn you. When they walked out, she let the cold air flow on her face hence preventing the tears as they waited for the valet to bring their car.

Once it was there, she walked to the passenger seat and rolled the window down. She didn't want to even spare Chris a glance. After all it was all his fault. His fault for wanting her to suffer as he had promised the day the got married. All she hoped was that he was now pleased with the results. She hoped he was happy seeing how her father hated her.

Maya didn't wait for the car to come to a stop before she got out. If it was getting hurt, she has been living with the pain since she was a toddler. She rushed to his room without wanting to know if Bernice was still awake.

Just when she was about to push the door closed, Chris walked in with a worried expression on his face. She turned away from him and walked to the bathroom. She needed to relive herself from the tears she fought in front of him.

Maya let the cold water hit her still covered body. She sat on the floor and let her tears flow with the water. Maybe one day, she would get over them. Maybe they will run dry one day and she won't need to fight the back anymore. As the water run over her, she let all the bad memories flash and they seemed more than the happy ones.