Chapter 3: 'Unbreak my heart again.'

"Elena."

"What the hell is this?" She hissed.

"I… I can explain." He moved past Bonnie to her but she stepped back.

"I… I think I should go." Bonnie said as she picked up her purse.

"No, please stay by all means. And while you're making out with my fiancé let me get you tea and biscuits." Elena almost growled.

Bonnie hurriedly dashed out of the house, leaving her with the man who'd betrayed her trust.

"Do you wanna go after her?"

"Look Elena-," He struggled to talk.

"Is that why you two had been getting along with each other so much. So you can bitch about me and go at it?"

His eyes widened as if he had been caught red handed in a crime.

"Yes. Baby. I'm sorry but I had the privilege to read all your texts and I'm a little surprised to know your real views about me." Her eyes were teary, her voice broken.

"I… I-," He couldn't say much. "It was a mistake. I guess I got insecure of how good you were at official deals; you were just natural at stuff that I needed to work hard on. Dad was so impressed. You were perfect and I was worthless. I don't know what happened… I-," He stepped closer to her until he was just an inch away from her. He held her hands and placed it over his heart.

"But Damon, we were supposed to be a team. It wasn't any competition. All the work that I did for the company… it was for us. It was for you. I wanted to make you proud of me. Like my dad used to be of me." She whispered. "You were supposed to have my back. But you backstabbed me instead."

"No. Elena. No. I didn't intentionally I swear." He pleaded. He never realized when his tears broke free from his eyes and slowly trailed down his face. The fear of losing her was driving him insane, as the thought sink deeper. "At first I was just envious. I wanted to share but you were always so busy. You'd be on your trips with dad and it annoyed me, I shared that with Bonnie because she was a close friend and it got worse and worse, when you forgot my birthday, you were busy on a contract-, I didn't know when I started competing with you-,"

Elena shook her head and turned away. "Oh my god. I can't believe this."

"Elena. I messed up."

"Damon. Tell me. Tell me one thing and I'll forgive you. I'll forget this ever happened." She said, sniffing. "Did you… or did you not sleep with her?"

"Elena."

"Tell me, Damon. You already cheated on me emotionally. I wanna know if you did the deed. Did you fuck her Damon?" She shouted.

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Flashback

"But the mega project is mine, dad?"

"Son. Please. We both know that you're going to ruin it like everything that you do. Let the girl do it. She's fucking brilliant." Giuseppe said proudly as he waved at Elena from a distance. "Grayson, you lucky bastard. I'd two useless sons and he'd such an amazing daughter."

"Giuseppe." Lily gasped. He was always hard on his sons. He expected them to perform outstandingly in every field. He never even liked it when any of his son got the second prize in race or any other sport. To him, only the top mattered. He had no place in life for those people who were less than perfect.

"It's okay. Mum. Nothing new from dad."

"Don't tell me you're gonna go weep in a corner like a little pansy now. The only good thing that you'd ever did was proposing to that girl." His father said unapologetically as he pointed at Elena.

"Gray supported Elena's dreams. When had you ever supported me? I've worked all my life to make you happy, I did everything you wanted yet I'm the useless one." Damon hissed.

"There he goes. Crying like a little bitch." His father mocked. "You see that girl. I have never seen her cry. I have only seen her work hard. Learn something from her. How long would be a constant disappointment and embarrassment to me and my family."

"That's enough, Giuseppe." Lily said strictly. "Damon, honey, he's drunk."

"Well. A drunk mine does speak a honest heart." Damon smirked.

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"Elena. I wanna go home." He was dangerously angry. He just wanted to go home and talk to her but she was busy with potential clients. "Two minutes more, love," She never even looked at him.

"Fuck you." He thought, pissed now. He just straight out marched out of the party and never looked back.

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"What's your problem, Damon?" Elena had followed him out to his car.

"I am going home."

"Damon, Pepe told us to stay until the Japanese delegates leave. It's work. My work."

"Fuck him. Fuck work and fuck you."

"What the fuck has gotten into you?" Elena asked, annoyed.

"It's always you and your fucking work."

"Our company would go bankrupt if we don't get these clients." Elena reminded him.

"I don't care."

"We'd be on the road."

"Let's just go home." He held her hand and almost dragged her to car.

"Damon, I'm not going anywhere." She pulled her hand back. He was clearly drunk and pissed.

"Elena. Get in the car or-,"

"Or what?" She asked, "You know what Damon. I need a break from this." She said as she turned around and leave.

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He'd called Bonnie and asked her to meet him. She came to see him hurriedly. She bought him drink after drink, as he spoke his heart out.

"dad, never cared, Elena." He said, not even acknowledging that he said the name wrong. In his mind, he was speaking to Elena. "Do you know I used to be a very good painter when I was eleven. Dad laughed at me for that and called me names. He threw my brushes outside and told me to start acting like a man. I… I used to have this dog, Benny. He put her down when I was in school and told me that playing with puppies are for little girls. I had… asthma when I was young…,"

She poured down more alcohol.

"Once I had an attack and he told me I was faking it and I was only doing it for attention."

He was just so tired of his father's biased and strict behavior, the way he still had a control over him, the way he was turning Damon's love for Elena into something toxic.

He never remembered what happened the rest of the night. He woke up next to Bonnie and freaked out. Fuck! Fuck! He slapped himself. What had he done?

He was about to leave when Bonnie woke up.

"where do you think you're going?"

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Present time

"Yes." He closed his eyes as he spoke the truth. He wouldn't be able to see the pain that struck her face afterwards, he couldn't stand the sight of hate on her face for him, the disappointment, his father was right, he ruined everything and today he ruined the only relationship that had mattered to him.

"No." Elena gasped.

"I'm sorry." He begged as he moved closer toward her.

"How… how could you? HOW COULD YOU? You cheated on me with my best friend!" She growled.

He looked down ashamed. "It was a mistake. It didn't mean anything. I love you." He said, desperate for her to understand his pleadings.

"Are you fucking kidding me?" She hissed. "You still hang out with her. This is obviously not intentional."

"I… I didn't know Elena. I fucked up big. I know. I… I was leaving. And she told me what it all meant. I told her that I only love you and that it didn't mean anything but she begged me to just be her friend, she threatened that if I stopped talking to her, she'd tell you and I was…,"

She let out a humorless chuckle. "So sweet, darling. So you did all that for me. I'm touched."

He fell on his knees and hugged her, pleading. "Please. Please don't leave me Elena. I'm sorry. I'm really sorry. I love you. I promise it didn't mean anything. Please."

She stared at him, unmoving. Her heart was shattered, her soul burnt to ashes.

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They had been sitting on the cold marble floor for what seemed like ages. He kept begging her not to leave him and that his life was meaningless without her. He knew he had screwed up but he wanted one last chance. He told her he couldn't possibly live without her but she kept shaking her head, still in a shock.

Suddenly she stood up.

"Where are you going Elena?" He asked, following her.

"I can't even look at you." She murmured.

He held her hand and pulled her to him, "Please. Don't leave me."

"Let go of my hand." She hissed.

"No. No." He pulled her in a tight hug, scared to let her go. "Please, Elena. Please."

She stood still in his arms, tears after tears sliding down her face.

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Even after his groveling she had called her mother to pick her up. Miranda took her bag and kept it in the car. Damon still hadn't given up. He kept talking to her while she ignored him like he didn't exist. "It was a mistake I knew I screwed up. It didn't mean anything."

"Do you know Damon? I don't care that you slept with her. That's the last thing on my mind. What hurt me is that you trusted her over me. You were emotionally dependent on her while that should have been me." She said through her sobs. "I don't ever want to see you again."

She sat in the car, while Miranda looked at Damon with a disapproving look and a murderous glare and then took the passenger seat.

The car drove away while he stood their helpless.

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He was lying on the bed while tears slid down his eyes, he could still smell her fragrance in the sheets. If only he could turn back time and stop himself from the sin of hurting her.

His phone beeped for the umpteenth time. He didn't have the courage to answer, the call went to the answering machine.

"This is Damon's Salvatore residence, Damon is too lazy to answer, leave a message after the beep." He heard Elena's sweet voice say. She'd recorded that message because Damon told her to do it on behalf of him.

"Damon. It's Stefan. I have been calling you on your cell but you're not answering. Where are you? Elena's car got into an accident. She's injured but Miranda couldn't make it. Get here asap."

And that's when he realized he loved Elena more than his life because, his heart dropped to his stomach and he felt like he couldn't breathe if something happened to her.

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When she opened her eyes, she didn't remember for a while where she was. Then flashes of the past event came. She was too distracted in the car. All she could think was of how Damon betrayed her with her own best friend. Her heart ached. She remembered his begging's, his pleadings and she had half a mind to go back to him, run into his arms and cry her heart out, she was lost in her thoughts when a car came skidding toward them. And the next thing she knew, she was in hospital.

"How are we gonna we tell her Miranda couldn't make it?" She heard Caroline whisper to someone.

No. Elena thought. "This couldn't happen. She can't lose the only family she had."

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This will probably frustrate you. But trust me, there is more to story than you see. Give it a chance. You'll see things are not always how they seem.

Who do you think is at fault? Can you forgive Damon? Should Elena? Would you forgive Damon?

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