Chapter 39
14: Betrayed
<<Avery>>>
After the embarrassing encounter with the hot jerk in room 903, I tiptoe to my own room. Lena spots
me immediately.
“Where were you last night?”
“Just… around…” I say, while tossing my clothes out from the luggage bag.
“Did you finally fucked someone?” She drawls.
“Maybe…” I shrug.
There is no way I will admit I slept in a stranger’s room. I would rather say I had a one–night stand. It’s less embarrassing.
She jumps out of the bed. “WHAT! Fuckin finally! Tell me Everything!!”
I roll my eyes. “Nope! I don’t ask you questions about your sex life!” I say and walk into the bath before she can bombard with more questions.
“Oh Well, I can tell you everything how boring my and Jake’s sex life has become lately,” she yells at
- me.
I smile but do not answer her. Knowingly and unknowingly, I have had a glimpse of their sex life. It seems pretty exciting. They do things I didn’t even know existed.
I wish I could trust someone to try those things. I think ruefully to myself and blush immediately. Why am I thinking like this?
Maybe it’s been a while.
I have slept with people in the past few months… It’s just… not frequent. This is why Lena gets pumped up every time she hears I spend the night with someone. I cannot date or get involved with anyone publically. As per my contract, it’s forbidden. Hookups are fine, because those are by default
hidden or secret.
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The Guys I have slept with before usually ask me about my scar on my waist and some even ask me about my stretch marks. One man was such a jerk. He asked if I had been pregnant before and if
that was how I got my stretch marks.
I felt embarrassed to admit I was fat before. I wish I could accept both my old and new body without any hesitation. I wasn’t fat because I was eating unhealthy food. It was hormonal and that kidney donation operation fucked up my body real bad. Stretch marks are not that prominent, but the scar
- is.
I hate it when people scrutinize my body and point out my flaws.
I guess it’s my fault. Somehow, I always choose assholes to date or hookup. Assholes like Celeb. I want to break this pattern, although I am not sure how can I do that.
Around noon, I pull over my rented car in front of Collins Mansion’s gate. Nostalgia and heart ache hit me at once. It’s hard to process that I am finally here. I press the buzzer on the side of the gate.
My heart is thumping hard. Probably new faces will be here. I glance at the camera so someone will
let me in.
“Oh My God, is it you, my child?” Uncle Orin asks. He has been our family for years. Family butler,
cook and what not? He even took care of me when Dad wasn’t around. Like a nanny.
“Didn’t you retire yet?” I exclaim.
He laughs. “I guess I wanted to see you again. You look different, but weak.”
It makes me laugh harder. He was one of the few people who always said, “You look good the way you are. Don’t change. What’s up with girls of your generation being thin like a stick figure?”
I never felt bad about my curves while growing up, because he never ever said a thing about me being fat.
I guess he will say I am a stick figure now.
“It’s good to see you, child.. I am busy in the kitchen. Come meet me here,” He says and opens the gate for me.
I frown. Is he roaming around with the gate remote in his pocket?
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Hearing Uncle Orin’s voice makes me feel better.
I pull over the car in the driveway and walk towards the front door. Am I supposed to knock on the door, or is it still my place? Can I enter without asking?
My dilemma doesn’t last for long as Dad opens the door and pulls me into a hug
“Oh, Avery… Orin told me he let you in!” He hugs me tight and tears simmer in my eyes.
I pull away and look at his face.
“You look old,” I say. His hair is mostly gray now, skin more loose. Only in two years?
He chuckles. “I am old…”
“And look at you.” He grabs my shoulder and looks at me up and down. “You look like a different
person!”
I smile.
“I am a different person, Dad.”
He steers me towards the living room and I glance around. Everything is the same.
“I couldn’t believe it when I saw the news. I could believe it was you Avery…” He takes a pause and hesitantly adds, “It was also a shock what you admitted to that reporter..”
My cheeks burn. I used quite some swear words to tell the truth. They have been playing it on replay. The worst part is they have been running my before and after pics on tv comparing and rating me. People have been gossiping if what I said was true or not. If it was true, then would Ethan
want me back?
Many even sided with Ethan that he was not wrong to back off from the engagement if he didn’t like
me anymore.
How could people be so cruel?
Lena had grabbed the remote and switched off the tv when I couldn’t help but watch the sick news.
“It will fuck you up! Stop watching this shit!” she had shouted at me.
“What she said was a lie” A voice booms from the door and I stiffen.
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Fucking great!
It’s my stepmom, Joy.
All she bought in my life was misery. She is an influential woman. She often gets her way with dad. Dad loves her, maybe that’s why.
“Joy! this is not the time.”
“Why? My daughter has been shamed… why should I not talk about it?” she says, angrily.
I scoff internally.
Shamed!
9
I don’t think so.. Not enough.
The way she sent me her and Ethan’s nudes and riding him!
That whore! She even gave him a motherfucking blow job in front of me.
That image burned hard in my head. I feel an ache in my heart as I recall that day again.
But I am suddenly burning with resentment.
Shit.
This is not the time.
“We will talk about it after lunch. Keep your mouth shut,” Dad tells Joy in a hardened voice, and my eyes widen.
Dad is never harsh with Joy. This is the first time I am hearing him like this.
Once joy stomps out if living room, we talk and dad asks me what I have been upto. I tell him about
the music company and what I have achieved so far.
“You are too thin now,” he says with resentment. “It looks like you have been starving yourself.”
I let out a nervous laugh. Lena did scold me for being obsessed with my weight.
“My dietitian Lena makes sure I don’t do that, Dad. She pays close attention to my diet. Believe me, I
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am not starving myself”
“It can harm you. Stop being obsessed.” She had told me. I am glad she was around to support me and keep a close watch on me. Because after a breakup and leaving this life behind, it was possible. to fall into harmful patterns. She indeed saved me.
Dad nods approvingly. “I am glad… You were always beautiful, my child. I am sorry I neglected you
and was not around much.”
Dad has always been the one engaged in work. Whatever time was left after office hours, Joy took it up. She did not include me in family plans and made excuses for me in front of dad. I was young and naïve and never took a stand in front of her. I wish I had. Maybe then dad knew how she was conveniently excluding out of family tours and dinner plans on purpose.
I try to smother the anxiousness. Dad was indeed neglectful towards me. Yes, I was naive, but how come he never noticed any of these things?
All this care he is showing me right now. Is this real?
I shake my head. I am just overthinking.
We have lunch together, and Uncle Orin joins us too. It makes my heart warm. Joy, surprisingly, stays quiet and doesn’t pass any comments during the rest of my stay. It puts me on edge.
“Let’s go to study, I need to talk to you.” Dad says after lunch and I see Joy smirk at me.
What is happening?
What does he want to talk about?
All of a sudden I feel a dread rise up my chest.
As I step into the study room; I feel betrayed and bitter. As if all the love he showed in the last few hours vanished and I feel like crying.
He was just tricking me.
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