Chapter b139 /b

BELLADONNA

Dinner with Papa was more exciting than I thought it would be. As we ate and chatted, I didn’t remember why

I was so tense.

Papa and I haven’t chatted like that in so long. Our talks were always short and about business.

I climbed up the stairs as I went to the restroom, my head light and clear. Today has been really draining, bso /bending it this way wouldn’t be so bad.

Just as I was about to enter one of the nearest restrooms, a door opened behind me. I turned and my heart missed a beat.

Medea was just stepping out from a room, a robe wrapped around her body, her hair tied out. She paused when she saw me, her expression looking equally shocked. But that shock quickly cleared and was reced with a cold smile.

“So this was why he told me not toe down tonight,” she said, taking slow steps towards me.

And just like, the food in my stomach turned sour, and the feeling of lightness evaporated into thin air.

I red at her, my fists clenched, but I wasn’t going to acknowledge her. I turned, still set on using the restroom, but then-

“Is your husband here as well?”

I turned to her in a sh, my teeth bared. “What the fuck is your problem? Don’t you have a single shame? Don’t you think you’re acting immature for your old age?”

“I do have shame,” she answered, crossing her arms, looking shameless. “And if you call wanting to get what I want immature-” she shrugged, “-then I can’t stop you.”

My hands trembled, but I clenched them. “And what the fuck is it that you want this time?”

Her smile widened and it looked disturbing. “Your husband,” she purred, a chilling look in her eyes, the look of a predator circling a prey.

Disgust curled in my stomach, bile rising to my throat. “You fucking disgust me, Medea. The sight of you makes me want to throw up. You proposed this marriage, didn’t you? You wanted me to marry into the Varkas family. Why the hell did you do that if you wanted Kade for yourself?”

She just tilted her head, the look in her eyes hovering over madness. “Are you stupid, Bedonna? Unfortunately, I’m married to your father, so I can’t have him. But if he’s close, then one way or another, I’ll have him. Marriage is the only way I could get him close.”

It was hard to keep the bile down. And it was bing even harder for me to stay on my feet. “You don’t deserve my father, you fucking bitch.”

She nodded. “True, but he’s too blind to see that. I’m going to use that to my benefit.”

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“What do you want with Kade?” I spat out the words like poison. “Huh? What the fuck is it?”

She took a step closer to me and I took one back. “I’m sure you’ve noticed he’s not ordinary. I’m sure you’ve noticed something off. That entire family is not ordinary, and I want what they have.”

I could only just stare at her. Sure, I’ve noticed something was off about Kade, and just tonight, he said he wasn’t human. So what was he? And how could she have what he has? Was it like some kind of virus?

But I just shook my head. “You’re mad, Medea”

“Maybe I am, but it’s fun. And I have to admit, snatching things away from your grasp is really fun. I look forward to snatching this away from you.”

There were so many things I wanted to say to her right now. So many damn things I wanted to do, but she wasn’t worth it. And I know she was saying all this to antagonize. Medea was a sick sadist, and she got off by making my life miserable.

I could see how much she was enjoying my reaction by that chilling look in her eyes that kept increasing with every passing second. She was waiting for me to snap.

That wasn’t going to happen.

“You need help, Medea,” I said as I walked past her, abandoning the restroom. “One dayi… /iOne day, Medea.”

“You know I’ve heard a lot about your mother.”

I halted in my steps. It felt like a huge bucket of ice water was dumped on me, and I felt the cold deep in my soul, down to my very bones.

I turned very slowly to her, my eyes wide and red. “Don’t fucking dare.”

That only spun her on. “Want to know what I heard? She was a very-”

Before I could even think, I lunged forward and grabbed her hair, mming her head into the wall. “Shut the fuck up!”

We knocked something over, and it broke, the sound loud and harsh, and that only seems to fuel me on.

A murderous instinct suddenly rose from nowhere, turning my head cloudy, and filling my mouth with a bitter taste. Medea looked at me with a wide, wild smile, blood pouring out of her nose and entering her mouth, painting her teeth red, but the fucking bitch still smiled.

“You think you’re all that, don’t you?” she said,ughing. “Does ignoring me make you feel good? Do you feel high and mighty? Unaffected?”

So that was why she wanted me to snap so badly; she wanted my attention. Well, she has it now.

“You finally have my attention, you bitch,” I snarled as I raised my hand,nding a hard p on her cheek.

Her head whipped to the side, the skin splitting open but she didn’t stop smiling. “I’m the bane of your existence, Bedonna. You can’t ignore me.”

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My grip tightened on her hair and she winced. I brought my face close to hers. “Bane of my existence? What the fuck, Medea? Are you in love with me or what?”

She startedughing, the sound harsh and sharp. She looked at me with a wide smile. “No, but I sure enjoy seeing you miserable.”

There were so many reasons why I tried as hard as possible to keep my emotions in check, and why I tried to maintain a level head. Because I was like a bomb that was just left sitting, but a single misstep, and I could go off. And once that happened, there was no going back.

“Yeah? Then, let’s see how you enjoy this.”

I was about to m her head into the wall again, but then hands were on me, grabbing me and pulling me back from Medea. She slumped down, panting, acting like she was about to die. None of that madness from earlier was in sight, and when I raised my head, I knew why.

My father stood a few feet away from me, his eyes wide.

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