Its pointless to try and hold in your emotions for long, they eventually find their way out!
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Emma stared blankly at the man who'd just introduced himself, standing right in front of her. This called for everyone's attention, including Sam's and her mother.
Draken Hunt never paid attention to any woman before, even if she stripped naked in front of him....but Emma!
Emma didn't even know what to say
All this time, he was just using her
She turned her back on him, ready to walk away with held back tears in her eyes....she couldn't cry in front of so many people, she couldn't show it but deep inside, she was breaking down.
"Emma! Where are you going?" Samantha stopped her before Draken could say anything else.
She approached the two of them and tangled her hand in Draken's. She felt so insecure like Draken was even hers.
"I haven't introduced you two yet, this is Draken my fianceé" she added, yet her words affected Emma more than anything.
"Sam. Stop it! We're not engaged..." Draken tried to defend himself, but it was pointless.
"Nice to meet you too." She simply replied, her voice hinted sadness...before she walked away.
She regretted ever stepping foot into this household again. The place gave her nothing but pain everytime she came.
Draken didn't take his eyes off her even for a second. He shoved Sam's hand aside, she'd ruined everything he had planned.
David noticed Draken's strange behavior towards Emma, what was going on between the two of them, why was he so concerned about her. His eyes were also on Emma. He took Sam, he wasn't going to let him take the new mysterious beauty he'd set his eyes on.
Emma excused herself to go to the bathroom, and Draken followed...anyone else who tried to follow was stopped by Shaun and Erick.
She ran to the bathroom, her heart was heavy, she wanted to cry her eyes out, how could her Ken do this to her.
She stopped for a moment and Draken came from behind her.
" Go away! Let me go!" She tried escaping from him but he was way ahead of her.
"Emma! I can explain...." He was weak and desperate in front of her.
"Explain what! How you've been using me? When did your memories come back? Or you even never lost them?" Emma asked..about to cry.
"Emma, please... don't be like this," Draken replied, holding her tightly.
"I was going to tell you everything, I didn't want to lie to you...please, Emma"
"But you did lie to me!!, I waited for you, you left me all alone...I asked you so many times to tell me the truth but you didn't! Ken...no, Draken Hunt.. leave me alone! I don't want to see your face!" Emma's words were straight to the point, she wanted to walk away again...but Draken hugged her from behind.
"Emma, please don't. Anything but that, don't ask me to leave you, I can't do that! I can't leave without you,I love you so much" Draken desperately tried to convince her. They were both crying at this point.
"You should have thought about that before lying to me...I don't believe anything you say anymore, it was all a lie!! All of it!" Emma freed herself from him before she ran away before he could stop her again.
She couldn't stay close to him any longer, she'd forgive him so easily yet he'd hurt her.
The problem was she loved him.
Her next plan was to leave this place, before anyone else saw her, her step mom would blame her if there was any trouble on her daughter's party.
She went out through the back door,she knew this place so well, there weren't many people, it was safe for her to leave. Unfortunately.... David!
"Emma, a beautiful name for such a beautiful woman," David said, approaching her.
"I didn't formally introduce myself...David Hunt, but it seems my brother beat me to you" David jokingly said.
So he's her brother in law
"You rich men are all the same,I don't want anything to do with you" Emma was angry.
"Slow down on the harsh words, I'm nothing like my useless brother! You can give it a shot with me" David insisted. How did he even know she'd be in that place.
"No thank you" Emma continuously rejected him. She was fed up.
But the more she did, he kept getting interested in her.
She remove her heels and was ready to run away but he caught her hand and stopped her.
"I can give you a ride" he said, calmly.
Maybe he wasn't as bad as she thought, but her no! Was still a no!
"Mr Hunt, please don't waste your time on a nobody like me...you should head back inside....and besides, I'm a married woman" she said, before turning to leave.
What a woman?
"Who was the lucky bastard that married you?" David was left wondering.
Emma was running away from this mess,the good thing her father wasn't around, he'd have just insulted her.
She hid her face behind her purse, and passed by the people who were still outside... luckily, none of them recognized her...until she reached outside the gate and took a cab, texting Ruby immediately after she left.
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Back inside the party, everyone was singing for Samantha to cut her cake, including Mrs Hunt. She adored Sam because her family was such an asset to theirs.
No wonder she wanted one of her sons to get married to her, as soon as possible.
Draken looked for Emma around, he was worried. He was least concerned about the party. He dailed her phone number.... desperately calling her again and again.
She wasn't picking up.
The night was still young, but the weather was changing, it was going to rain.
Draken was still hell bent on finding Emma, she wasn't in the mansion, she must have gone outside.
"But boss, you can't go out, you'll have an attack again" Erick tried to stop him.
Draken was afraid of the rain, whenever it rained, he'd break down. He had childhood trauma thanks to constant bullying from David. He could die...but he was willing to risk his life for Emma.
"It doesn't matter! I have to find Emma's she needs me right now" Draken didn't think twice before he entered his car and drove off.
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Emma got out of the cab before she could reach her destination, she walked hopelessly on the road, all the emotions she'd bottled up inside were surfacing.
She was breaking down, thinking about everything that had happened from the day she first met with Draken.... he'd fooled her, lied to her.
She cried.
It begun raining but she couldn't even feel it pouring down on her. This world had betrayed her again, she lost someone she loved again. Her fate was so cruel.
She reached the same bridge she once wanted to throw herself over and just die...she had the same idea again.
To drown herself!
She closed her eyes..ready to jump. Before she could do anything, she felt her head spinning, the pain was too much for her to bare, she was losing consciousness slowly.
Before she could do collapse she heard a familiar voice call out to her
"Emma!!"
The same voice she loved, but also hated at the moment. She collapsed.
"Emma please open your eyes!!, I'm here!"
Were the last words she heard before she finally blacked out.