Selfish reasons
Pedro tightened his fingers around her throat, cutting off her air supply. Her face began to turn into a sickening colour as her sight started to close in on her. Her mouth fell open, a strangled scream leaving her dry throat. His grip was too strong to wriggle out of. Her lungs started to ache, and her eyes were bulging and wide with fear. Pedro's hands continued to squeeze, stopping her breath short. The hands tightened around her neck. His long skinny fingers felt like tendrils around her neck. Despite the pain, she began to thrash and buck under him. His fingers curl around her neck, pressing, closing. His eyes burned with emptiness and anger, as her lungs burned with pain. Desperation to breathe overtook her. He was a monster, The edge of her vision went dark. She couldn’t move, no matter how hard she struggled.
“P-Pedro…please….s-snap…snap out of it,” Olivia stuttered as tears dripped down, her face and throat under immense pressure. She knew she was going to die. Her mind grew hazy. Corina's laughter made things worse. What did she give him? Pedro was like a crazy man with killing intent in his eyes. It was like he didn't recognize her.
“P-please baby, snap… Pedro,” she cried out to him, her heart quickly beating, and slowing in tempo. His hands were grasping at her throat, leaving her without air. Clawed her fingers at his hands uselessly and used my last breath to scream for help. Olivia felt life slipping away. She tried to pry the fingers away, but she was slowly losing consciousness, screaming silently, gasping for breath.
“Pedro, kill her…she's trying to hurt you…she's the enemy,” Corina kept shouting in between laughter. Olivia shook her head with the last strength left in her. Small ragged gasps escaped her throat. His palms pressed against her throat; she could feel her oesophagus closing. Cried out as his hands neared her neck. Gulped and gasped for breath, gripped her skinny neck with her fingers, squeezing tightly. Digging her fingernails into his wrists, attempting to dislodge him. Struggled against his firm grip
“S-stop it…. I'm Olivia, please… P-Pedro” Olivia muttered when she felt her eyes shutting down, but she could see Pedro shaking his head as if he were hearing voices. The door flew open just as Pedro let go of her and Olivia fell to the floor coughing
“Pedro, stop it now!” It was Zane who yelled and rushed to stop Pedro. He shoved Zane away with so much force that he stumbled backwards but managed to balance on his feet
“Let him kill her…she's a nobody… I hate you, Olivia,” it was Corina who said when two other men rushed in and grabbed Corina
“You are nothing but a bitch, what did you do to him?"
Olivia shook her head, trying to regain her senses as she sagged to the ground, kicking her legs and gasping for air. Her neck hurt as if her head had been separated from her body. However, she had no time for that as she crawled up to Pedro
“D-don't…don't come close” he stopped her when she was about to him. His voice cracked. Quickly, she dragged some sheets from the bed and threw them around his body. He was on his knees fisting his hair tightly and shaking his head violently,
“Get away…it's hurting…don't come close” he kept muttering in a way that frightened Olivia. Tears dripped down her face as she forced herself on him. She sat down and pulled him in her lap. Despite his protest and violence, Olivia managed to slam his head against his chest. He was trembling, the heavy chattering of his teeth frightened Olivia
“You can't do anything Olivia…he only listens to me…you are nothing to him!” Corina yelled while struggling to get free
“That's enough, this is betrayal Corina…you caused so much damage for your selfish reasons,” Zane couldn't believe what was happening, Corina dared to betray Pedro. She drugged all of Pedro's men and killed some just so she could get her way
“Pedro is mine, he is mine. He promised to be mine!” Corina yelled as her eyes fell on Pedro. He was hers from the beginning. He promised to belong to her. She destroyed everything for him
“You are sick in the head…take her away and lock her up,” Zane said, shaking his head in disbelief when he turned around, so he could help Pedro.
“Wait," Olivia muttered loud enough for the people around her to hear. With ease, she made Pedro lie down since he was now calm. Wiped her tears and slowly crawled to her feet
Zane didn't know what was happening but when Olivia reached for the gun lying on the floor, even Corina grew alert
“What are you going to do…shoot me…hahaha you are pathetic Olivia…no matter what you will never be happy!” Corina shouted sarcastically, only to get the shock of a lifetime.
“Ahh!” another smack landed across her face that she couldn't see from the excruciating pain. The two men holding her let go and stepped away when Corina stumbled on her feet, holding her face, blood oozing, Corina's mouth hung open as she attempted to breathe. Was her nose broken, the pain had her gasping for air when Olivia grabbed her by the hair turning her to face her. the pain from pulling her hair and having been smacked in the face with a gun combined made Corina feel as if her skull had been crushed
“I told you not to touch him… I warned you,” Olivia muttered disdainfully, her voice carried so much authority that Zane felt goosebumps
“Are you even a human being,” Olivia smacked Corina across the face and kicked her in the gut with her knee. Corina coughed as she fell to the floor, crouching her stop. Her right hand still had a bullet embedded in her flesh. Even so, she didn't care as laughter erupted from her bloody lips
“You'll pay for everything,” Olivia didn't stop there but used all her strength to kick Corina in the stomach while she was on the floor groaning in agony
Not even Zane nor the men dared to interfere. No matter how hard, Corina tried to resist the pain. She was in agony, her limbs squeezing in and ribs cracked by the heavy impact. The heavy breathing from Olivia as she stopped hitting a lifeless Corina made Zane rush to her
“That's enough Olivia,” he caught her in his arms. Olivia's hands were covered in blood from Corina
“Lock her away… I'm… I'm not done with her,” she muttered and slowly moved away from Zane. He nodded and gestured for the men to take Corina away. She had passed out.
Olivia had Pedro resting his head on her lap as she waited for everyone to leave. Soon, Zane and the two men took Corina away. The door closed when she decided to let him take a cold shower
“You'll be fine,” she muttered softly while creasing his hair, Olivia had never seen Pedro in such a state before. He was trembling and sweating so much that his face and neck area were covered in cold liquid,
With all her strength, she managed to make him stand. He was awake, but he didn't have any strength. She already removed the dog collar and threw it away when she slowly but surely took him to the bathroom,
Corina must have done some old tricks to hypnotize him. She must have injected him with some drug to make him lose control
The entire time Olivia was taking Pedro to the shower room. He kept muttering her name, he was saying weird things she didn't understand. But in all that she understood, Pedro didn't sleep with Corina
“Stay still…hold on top,” she guided him inside the shower. He was naked, hence a good thing. Sliding the glass doors shut, Olivia made him stand under the shower. Reached for it and turned the water on
She wasn't concerned with getting wet as she washed him up. Despite how tall and lean he was. Olivia managed to hold him in place. The entire time his head rested on her shoulder. Therefore, the water patterned on his back and splashed on her face.
After an hour of standing under the cold running water. Olivia saw a difference, it seemed whatever influence he was under. Started wearing off. Pedro's breathing had picked up
“Are you fine?” She whispered as she tried to make him stand. Reaching for her face, Olivia cupped his cheeks. His eyes were still closed, but he nodded and unexpectedly pulled her in a hug, tightening his grip around her delicate form. Olivia feared he might catch a cold, but Pedro held her in place as the water continued falling on them.
