Chap 48: Control your emotions - Part3
Warning: This chapter contains cursing and mature themes such as violence and abuse(physical and verbal), which might be triggering. Reader discretion is advised.
Aiden was silent the whole drive home. Once they reached home, Dylan dragged him out of the car and dashed inside. Aiden was suddenly pushed towards the wall, Dylan's arm on his neck. "So, what did you say? You can't breathe around me?"
" Y-Yes," Aiden said defiantly.
" After staying with me at my house for so many years, this is what you have to say? I didn't expect you to be so ungrateful."
Aiden was flustered for a few seconds, but when he recalled his life during those years, he said, " I am grateful for what you did for me, but that does not give you the license to control my life as you wish."
" I can and I will," Dylan sneered. " I have put in a lot of effort to mold you accordingly."
" Guess your efforts were futile then because I refuse to be in your control anymore."
Aiden was adamant. It was as if he had reached a threshold. He had quietly taken the abuse from Dylan for years and willingly accepted his control over him without even thinking of defying him, but now the situation was completely different.
Dylan no longer treated him like a servant; rather, he had developed romantic feelings for him. At first, Aiden was unsure of Dylan's feelings and thought it was just one of his temper tantrums, and he had said it on a whim. But after the love confession, Dylan didn't miss a chance to get cozy and touchy with his flirtatious glances and the kisses. In the morning, if they weren't interrupted, then Aiden wasn't sure how far Dylan was willing to go.
After Dylan's Mom's interference, Aiden had expected Dylan to back out and leave him alone, but instead, he was still stuck to him, even going to the extent of following him while he was out of the office. He wouldn't allow Aiden to meet Noah, and the thought of giving up his love for Noah was not pleasing to him. He had never wished for anything in life, just accepted whatever came his way, but now he wanted to be a bit selfish and fight for the love of his life.
" So, you have learned to talk," Dylan spat with venom.
Before Aiden could reply, Dylan's phone started ringing. His girlfriend Natalie was calling, so he ignored it. He turned his attention back to Aiden but was interrupted by his phone ringing again.
" The f**k is her problem?" Dylan said, annoyed, and picked up the phone.
Before he could give Natalie a piece of his mind, he heard her scream in an overly cheerful voice, " I liked your surprise a lot. I am so happy. I love you so so much."
Natalie's voice was so loud that even Aiden could hear her speak. He raised an eyebrow at Dylan, who looked confused at Natalie's words.
" What surprise? What are you talking about?" Dylan asked. Aiden tried to move away from his grip, thinking it was his chance to escape, but Dylan glared at him and held him tightly against the wall.
" I met your mother. She told me that you want us to get engaged."
" What?" Dylan screamed in shock.
Aiden's lips curved into a smile of its own accord. He had expected Mrs. Hunt to act soon but not this fast. Dylan clenched his fist when he noticed Aiden smiling.
" Oh, come on, love. You don't have to act so surprised. Even though I would prefer to hear it from you, I am happy you discussed about us with your Mom."
" It's not what you think." Dylan was suddenly flustered. He should have known his mother would surely take a dire step. It looks like he underestimated her.
" What do you mean?" Natalie's voice was laced with worry.
" Don't you think it's too early to be engaged?"
" We have been together for three years, Dylan. Even though you never told me explicitly that you love me, I thought that's just your personality because you don't often express much in words."
Dylan looked at Aiden, who looked like he was in deep thought. He didn't want Aiden to hear his girlfriend express her love for him, but right now, he couldn't lose his grip on Aiden else he might run away.
" Let's discuss this later, Natalie," Dylan said and was about to end the call.
" Wait..." Natalie said hurriedly.
" What?"
" Why do you sound so angry? Are you not interested in me anymore?" Natalie was on the verge of tears, and Aiden felt terrible for her. Even though he had met the girl only a few times, he could say she was a lovely person and genuinely cared for Dylan, but Dylan didn't seem to value her at all.
" It's not that, Natalie. I am busy now, so I will talk to you later."
" You always do that," Natalie said in frustration. " Recently, you have been avoiding me a lot. D-Do you l-like someone else now?" Natalie stuttered, scared to hear his answer.
Dylan glanced at Aiden, who stared back, waiting to hear his response.
" You are overthinking, Natalie; it's not like that. I am just busy with work," Dylan said without a hint of guilt.
Aiden shook his head in disappointment. Dylan instantly flared up and held Aiden's throat when he heard Natalie heave a sigh of relief.
" Thank God!! You scared me for a second."
" I will call you later, babes," Dylan said and cut the call before he could be interrupted again.
" You don't have to be so happy," Dylan sneered at Aiden, tightening his hold on his neck but not actually suffocating him.
" But you are getting engaged."
" So what difference does that make?"
" Then I should leave from here."
" Why would you leave?"
" I don't think we should get involved in any way if you are getting engaged."
" Do you want to get rid of me?" Dylan spat with anger. " Whatever happens, I won't allow you to leave."
" That's not fair to your fiance."
Dylan ignored Aiden's words as suddenly something struck in his mind, and he gave a sadistic grin. " At first, I was angry with my mother for acting so impulsively, but now that I think about it, we can use this opportunity to our advantage."
" What do you mean?"
" Even though I love you, I can't accept our relationship publicly because you are a guy. So if I marry Nat, we can secretly continue our relationship without any problem."
Aiden was so disgusted by Dylan's proposal he pushed him away in anger. " You are insane. Don't you have any shame?"
Dylan was initially shocked by Aiden's retaliation, but the shock slowly turned to anger. " Don't do that again," he warned.
" So what? Will you hit me again?"
" Don't test my patience Aiden. I am trying to control myself."
" Why are you doing this to me? What did I ever do to you?" Aiden yelled in frustration.
" Don't you know why? Can't you understand I am doing this because I love you?"
" But I don't love you. I love No..." Before Aiden could complete his sentence, Dylan backhanded him so hard that Aiden's head hit the wall.
" Argh!!" Aiden yelped in pain and placed his fingers on his head, which was bleeding.
As soon as Dylan saw the blood, his anger subsided and was replaced with concern. He suddenly approached Aiden and checked his wound. " I-I am sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you." He tried to hug Aiden, but Aiden pushed him away again.
" Just leave me alone. This is not love. You do nothing but hurt me."
" This is the only way I know," Dylan screamed. " I have never loved anyone else in my life. You are the first. Heck, I didn't even care for anyone."
" You are mistaken, Dylan. You don't love me. I am just a prize which you want to win and possess, nothing else."
" Why don't you ever trust me? Whatever I do, it's never enough for you. Do you know how I felt when my mother looked at me with disgust? But still, I fought with her for your sake," Dylan seethed. "Admitting to yourself that you have feelings for a person of the same gender is far more harder than telling anybody else. Even after that, I am standing in front of you, forgetting about my pride, ready to accept my feelings for you, so can't you give me a chance?"
" Don't flatter yourself, Dylan. I don't need your half a** acceptance. Even though you have accepted your feelings to yourself, you still don't have the guts to accept it in front of others, and even if you do that, one fact remains the same, and that is I love Noah, not you."
