CHAPTER 15
I am really sorry guys for not updating in a loooooong time. I got a job and I was quite busy in that, so I was unable to write. But I can promise that I will update once in fifteen days. And I am sorry for the short chapter. But I can tell all of you that it is an interesting chapter. Enjoy. And one more request to those readers who review as a guest and ask me about when I am going to update, please review with your name so I can reply you guys about me being MIA.
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Previously
Dimitri also believes me whatever lies I fed to him, maybe I don't trust him but he trusts me. He asked me to give this relationship a chance when he shows me the papers of the bakery, I know he is a good guy and if we met in different circumstances I definitely give him a chance. I can't afford to fall in love with him but I can be his friend and be good with him for the remaining time I left with him. I know he took our bakery from us but maybe Stan feeds him lies too, the way he lies to us. I have to find out that too.
"Don't cry Roza, I don't like it a bit. I like my firecracker, Roza."- He said and I chuckled. He bends down to kiss me and I let him even I reverted his kiss with the same passion. After a minute we pulled apart and look at each other for few seconds.
"You should sleep now, Roza."- He said rubbing his hand on my jaw than at my lower lip and kissed my forehead. I signed the papers and went to sleep. And I know things are going to change from tomorrow.
Presently
It's been a month after my accident and my relationship with Belikov's keeps on improving from past two weeks even Sonya is starting to warm towards me and I do not feel like that they are not my family, it's like they are my other family and how much I deny it I love them as my own family. Dimitri and I are also getting closer to each other day by day, I am not afraid of holding his hand and I let him hold me by my waist in official parties and saw jealousy all over Tasha when she saw us together and I can't help but feel happy all inside. We kisses more often and without any hesitation and sometimes we make-out even the girls are saying that I am changing but I always said that they are delusional and even at night I seek his warmness, I slept on my side and when I woke up, I saw myself wrapped in Dimitri's arms. His one hand is under my neck and other on my waist holding me tightly and our legs tangled with each other and my hands on his chest holding his t-shirt like I am scared if I let him go he will disappear, I try to hold him as tightly as possible like I never get close enough to him. He woke me up by kissing me and the best part is that he never forced me to do anything more than that because he thinks that I am not ready for that. He doesn't even know that I can't do that, that will be the last straw for me and I can't even bring myself to thought that after all of this I have to leave him and sleep alone in my bed and I don't want to name the thing which is between us and all of this is scaring me. I am scared what will happen when they find the truth about me, I will shatter them especially Dimitri and it will destroy me too. Sometimes I think I should leave all the past in the past but then my aunt's face come in front of me and I leave that thought behind me.
"Rose."- Vika said and I turned around from the window where I was standing.
"Yeah, Vika?" I replied.
"What is so interesting outside that I have been calling your name from past thirty seconds and you are acting like you did not even hear me?"- She said looking out the window where I have been standing, I do not know how long.
"Nothing, I was just thinking about something."- I replied nonchalantly.
"Probably day-dreaming about my brother, like you are doing from past weeks."- She said bumping her shoulder into mine.
"Shut up Vika. And why are you here?"- I asked her changing the subject. I know I am not myself from past weeks but she doesn't need to know the reason.
"I came here to tell you that dinner is ready and come soon."- She said and left the room murmuring "I do not know what happens to both of them."
I went downstairs and have dinner with my family, Dimitri is silent for the whole time even everyone silently ate the dinner. After that, I went to our room.
"Rose, I need to talk to you."- Dimitri said when he came to the room. I was a little bit shocked and disappointed because he never calls me Rose until I have done something wrong, it was always Roza and I remember I haven't done anything wrong.
"Yes, Dimitri?"- I asked.
"I just want to tell you that we are going to registrar office tomorrow for the transferring the bakery on your name, so be ready at ten."- He said and went to take a shower.
I stand there stunned thinking this is it. Tomorrow the bakery will be transferred to my name and all of this will be over, just like that. The things between me and Dimitri will be over. And what will happen when all of them will know the truth about me, they will hate me. No, I do not want them to hate me. Why it feels like everything is slipping away from my hand like sand. I am getting what I came here for so why I feel sad even I should be happy that I got what I want. Then why my heart is sinking after listening to the news. I felt one tear slipping from my eye but I instantly wiped it away and lie down on the bed staring at the ceiling. When Dimitri came to the bed I moved towards him and lay my head on his chest, he instantly wrapped me in his arms like always his one hand is on my waist and other under my neck but this time he is holding me tightly than the other times.
My mind drifts towards the fact that, this is going to be the last time I am going to lie in his arms; this is the last time he is going to hold me like this. Tomorrow I will leave him behind and everyone behind, which bring tears to my eyes and I snuggled into him and bury my face in his chest, holding his t-shirt in a death hold.
"Roza, what's the matter? Why are you crying?"- Dimitri said noticing the wet spot on his t-shirt. He instantly sat up fully alert.
"Nothing. It's just….."- I wanted to say something but I am unable to.
"It's just what Roza? You know I don't want to see a single tear in your eyes."- He said.
"They are not tears. Actually, I feel my eyes muscles strained from last day or two, it was because of that."- I lied and he relaxed instantly knowing I am not crying. I lie one more time but this time to save him from hurting but for how many hours.
"Why didn't you tell me about it, Roza? After registry, I am taking you to an eye doctor."- He said and I pulled him towards me and kissed him passionately, hardly. Pouring my every emotion in it to feel his lips one more time against mine, to save his taste, to save the memory of him. After kissing for few minutes we broke the kiss at the same time and Dimitri lies down beside me and pulled me into his arms tightly and I buried my face in his chest, holding him to me the same way he is holding me to him. I do not know for how long I lie awake in his arms but after a while, I dozed off.
I woke up in the morning, got ready and went downstairs. When we are about to go to registrar office, Olena asked me to eat something but I declined. I do not want to eat anything. I lost all my appetite. Before going I hugged everybody and they said that I am going for the registry and the way I am hugging them it looks like I am saying goodbye to them, they do not know that it is really a goodbye hug. On the way to registrar office, I looked out the window and silently cry. I do not know why I am crying, I am getting what I want, what I came here for.
"I am definitely taking you to the eye doctor."- Dimitri said from beside me. I turned towards him and he wiped my cheeks which are stained with my tears. I just reply an "hmm" unable to say anything. He is always worried about me but after knowing the truth about me he is going to hate me and I think that is best for everyone. He will stay away from me. He will need time to recover and after that, he will live happily with no more liars in his life. And after a while, I will forget him too and move on with my life. I do not know to whom I am feeding all these lies but they will calm my mind and heart, for now at least.
We reached the registrar office and he took my hand and takes us inside.
"Hello, Mr. Belikov, Mrs. Belikov."- The person standing on the other side of desk said and offers us his hand to shake. "I am Charles Anthony, your registrar."
"Hello, Mr. Anthony."- Dimitri said and I just nodded.
He offered us transfer papers and we signed four sets of paper.
"These two sets are your copy and the rest two are a copy to keep the record."- Mr. Anthony said.
"Thank you Mr. Anthony."- Dimitri said shaking his hand.
"Let's go Roza and here, they are your set of copy."- He said giving me a file and taking my hand and leading me outside.
That's it, everything is over now. Now I have to tell Dimitri about everything. So I told him to take us to a secluded place and not home. He took me to some kind of park-like place but I don't know what way we came because my mind is somewhere else.
"What you want to talk about Roza?"- Dimitri asked when we reached a secluded corner.
"Dimitri, I…"- I trailed off.
"Yes Roza, you what?"- He asked confused.
"Dimitri when I came to church that day, the day we got married."- I clarified. "I do not come here to marry you."- I said and he laughed.
"Roza, you made that pretty clear on that day in the church."- He said chuckling.
"Dimitri just let me complete," I said and he nodded. "Dimitri I do not come to Baia to get married. I came here to talk to you about the….. About the bakery." - He looked confused but didn't say anything.
"Dimitri this bakery," I said gesturing towards the papers. "Dimitri this bakery belongs to my aunt, she is the owner of the bakery and my brothers told me that they took a loan from Stan against this bakery and when they went to him to take the papers back and with half the amount of the loan money to give it to him. He backed out on his words, he promised that he will not give this bakery to anyone but he sold this bakery to you. When I came back from America and talked about expanding the bakery, my brothers told me all this story and told me that aunt didn't know about it and if we tell her about all of this, she will not be able to handle the news Dimitri, this bakery is my parent's last memory. And when I came to talk to you, you married me forcefully and that night I ran away and when I came back in the morning, my plan was clear, that I have to get the bakery back and leave all of this behind and get back to my family."- I waited thinking he will say something but he did not say anything, so I continued.
"Dimitri I do not mean to hurt you or your family even after living with you and your family from past months, I consider your family as my family even I give a chance to our relationship but Dimitri our relationship is based on lies and lies don't last long. Dimitri I know it is not going to make anything better but I am sorry, I am really sorry and I forgive you for stealing our bakery. Dimitri, I am….. I am leaving for home now and I will….I will never come back."- I said but he still remained silent.
"Dimitri please say something."- I pleaded but he doesn't say anything and turned away from me.
"Dimitri I am sorry. I am really, really sorry." He neither said anything nor did he turn. So I take that as my queue to leave. I turned towards the exit where our car, no his car is parked. When I reached the car, I told the driver to pop the trunk and I grabbed my suitcase from the trunk. The suitcase contains my things which I told the driver to put it in the back because I want to donate some clothes to poor people, one more lie to save my other lies.
I hailed the cab put my suitcase in the back and gave the driver the address of my home and left the town of Baia, the Belikov's and especially Dimitri behind.
When I reached home, Jill opened the door and she was glowing and I saw a little baby bump. I hugged her and she hugged me back, she yelled to tell everyone that I am home. Everyone came and hugged me.
"So how is your course cum internship, Rose?"- Aunt asked me.
"It was good." I said eyeing my brothers and Mia.
"Oh, that's good."- Aunt said.
"So how is my little nephew or niece doing?"- I asked Jill.
"Oh, the baby is doing well and my due date is in November and aunt and I are going for a routine checkup because aunt has some questions for the doctor and she doesn't want Eddie to come with us and I will show you the pictures of ultrasound when we will come back." – Jill said excitedly.
"Of course I am supposed to ask questions I am going to be a grandmother or grandaunt."- Aunt said.
"Grandmother definitely."- We said to her.
"Okay, we do not want to be late, let's go Jill and Rose you eat something and get some rest."- Aunt said and she and Jill left.
"Oh my god Rose, do you know how much we are worried about you? We are unable to contact you and we do not know what to do to talk to you?" Mia said.
"Yeah tell us, Rose, how are you? They do not hurt you, do they? Does he try anything? I swear if he tries anything or they torture you or hurt I am going to kill them."- Mason said.
"I am good and no they do not torture me or hurt me and he does not try anything. Even they treated me as their own family. Olena, Dimitri's mother treated me as her own daughter. Vika, Karolina treated me as their own sister and Sonya were little cold towards me in the starting but she was starting to warm up towards me and they are not bad people, they are good people. They can't even think about harming me or anyone and he is your employer, so stop bad mouthing him."- I said frustrated.
"What happened to you Rose, Why are you favoring them? They are our enemies, the people who stole the bakery from us." Eddie said.
"They are not our enemies and I am not favoring them and me just… I am just tired and I am going to sleep so please do not disturb me until tomorrow. And here are the papers."- I said, handing them papers, I grab my suitcase and went to my room upstairs.
I changed into my PJ's and lie down on the bed and started balling my eyes out which I am holding from the time, I told Dimitri the truth and he does not say anything. I know if I cried that time he will definitely wrap me in his arms and will never let me go which I do not want. I want him to move on and he will move on knowing my betrayal but the question is am I able to move on and forget everything?
I wrapped my arms around myself and cry then I thought how Dimitri will hold me if he saw me crying right now and remembering Dimitri's arms around me, I cry harder and harder. I do not know how long I cried, after a while I dozed off and when I wake up at night, I cried again remembering everything, I rubbed my chest feeling pain there, remembering Belikov's especially Dimitri, I can't forget his face when he calls me Roza, when I pull a prank on him, when he holds me in his arms, when he kisses me, when he told me he hates it when I cry. I cried and cried all night after that I just lie there numb missing Dimitri. A knock at the door pulled me from my numbness. I saw light peeking through the curtains telling me its morning. I took a bath and when I looked in the mirror, I saw that I look like a red-eyed monster with all the swollen, red puffy eyes. I grabbed my sunglasses from the drawer and put it on and left the room.
Author's Note: So guys, I bet I accomplish my promise about this chapter being interested. Rose got the bakery, Dimitri know the truth and the way he is behaving, he definitely hates Rose (well he can't hate her so saying he is angry is better.) Any guess what's going to happen now. Do you guys think that Rose is going to realize that she loves Dimitri? Or this is the end of their story. Please, Please let me know what you guys think going to happen and maybe I will make your thinking come true. So leave reviews.
And please if there are mistakes in this chapter, do ignore them because I am writing after a long time and I completed this chapter in just few hours and updated it instantly.