Her Substitute Groom

Khan POV

I watched Claire sleep peacefully beside me on the bed when I woke up, and I couldn’t help the smile that laced up my lips. She looked so cute when sleeping and I couldn’t help but admire her. Recalling everything that happened last night, I knew that I didn’t have any regret sleeping with her and taking her virginity because I was madly in love with this girl.

“What about Connor? He is not going to be happy when he finds out about this,” My subconscious mind reminded me, and I sighed briefly. Well, I was aware of that, and I knew that this was going to be tough for me in the long run, but I was ready to do anything to keep her.

My phone beeped and I rolled my eyes hesitantly. Who the heck was texting me this early? I lazily reached for my phone that was lying on the nightstand then sat up on the bed and unlocked it. A text from Connor popped on the screen.

‘Hey, dude. I’m coming back real soon. How is my sister? I told you not to mess with her. We’ll stop being friends if you try shit with my sister. You know what I can do. I won’t spare you’ My heart skipped when I read through the text, and I slowly clenched my fingers tightly around the phone and gritted my teeth. I was excited a moment ago, but after reading the text, my mood changed immediately.

“Good morning,” Claire’s sleepy voice sounded behind me, and I turned to face her.

“Hmm. Good morning. Did you…” I was going to be all sweet to her, but when I remembered Connor’s text, I couldn’t just do it. I thought I would be able to let go of my friendship with him, but I realized after the text that I was just deceiving myself. Connor is not someone I could pathways with just like that.

“Morning,” I quickly corrected myself as I watched her struggle to sit on the bed, wincing in pain.

“You should go to your room. I need to get ready for work,” Although I felt guilty for saying those words to her, and when I saw the disappointment on her face, I felt broken, but what could I do? Yes, you would say that I’m a pussy, I’m a fucking coward, but you would understand if you were in my shoes. Connor is the only family I have… He is a friend that has been there for me when everyone else abandoned me, the friend that picked me at my lowest. Connor is that friend I would lay down my life for at once without thinking twice about it.

I stood up from the bed and started walking toward the bathroom.

“Khan? Are you ok?” Her voice brought me to an abrupt halt, and I turned to face her.

“Yeah, I’m fine,” I nodded briefly trying to sound rude and arrogant.

“Uhm… Ok. I can’t get out of bed. My legs hurt,” She complained, and I raised my eyebrow.

“Want me to carry you?” I asked her even though I had no intention of carrying her.

“Hmm. Please help me up,” She demanded.

“I’m late for work,” I said to her then turned and walked into the bathroom, slamming the door hard behind me.

“Shit!” I cursed under my breath and slammed my hand on the wall angrily. I was so upset, not with anyone but myself. I just took her virginity for fuck’s sake and I should be nice to her, not make her regret her decision.

“Fuck it!” I cursed again as I crashed against the wall and rested my head on it.

After I finished washing up, I walked back into the bathroom and found that she was gone. The only thing left in the room was the bloodstain on the bed, so I removed the bedspread and took it to the bathroom where I dumped it inside the washing machine. After I changed the bedspread, I got ready and left my room.

Descending the staircase minutes later, the aroma coming from the kitchen welcomed me, and I was stunned at who would be cooking in the kitchen since I didn’t have a cook here.

I counted my steps toward the kitchen and when I pushed the door open, I was stunned to find Claire in the kitchen, cooking.

“You’re here?” She turned to face me with a big smile on her face, and I scoffed silently. She was supposed to be mad at me for treating her that way after taking her virginity, right? I mean, everyone in their right sense would be mad about what I did, so how come she was smiling at me?

“Hmm. What are you doing?” I asked her to be sure even though I saw that she was cooking.

“Oh, I’m making breakfast. I thought you should eat before you leave for office. It’s ready. Why don’t you wait in the dining room while I serve the food?” Even with the smile on her face, I couldn’t help but notice the pain hidden behind it even as she tried to cover it up.

“I won’t have breakfast. Will do that when I get to work,” I mumbled then turned and was going to leave the kitchen.

“Come on, Khan… You should eat something. I had to make breakfast even though I was feeling pain down there. Can you be considerate, please?” I stopped and bit my bottom lip.

“It’s not fair. You shouldn’t be like this,” I turned and found her pouting her lips.

“Just trash the food if you can’t finish it all. Excuse me,” I said to her coldly and turned to leave again, but this time, she held my hand and stopped me.

“Are you kidding me? I should throw the food out? Do you know the stress I went through just to make it for you? Do you know the pain I had to endure just so I could make this?” She raised her voice this time, and I didn’t fail to notice that her voice was teary and filled with pain. My heart wrenched painfully, I wanted to hold her in my arms and apologize for treating her like that earlier, I wanted to tell her how much I was in love with her and how desperately I wanted her, but knowing that things would never work out between us, I didn’t want to give her such a huge hope.

“I didn’t ask you to make breakfast for me?” I yanked her hand off and turned to face her, trying to maintain a straight face even though I was bleeding inside.

“Huh?” She blinked her eyes disappointedly.

“What are you thinking? Just because we had sex you think you’re my girlfriend now or you have a place in my life?” I scoffed and turned my face away.NôvelDrama.Org owns this.

“Khan…”

“I told you that you are not my style, but you went ahead to seduce me. Are you blaming me for not putting a crown on your head and treating you like the queen you’re not?” I leaned forward and said those words to her that made her eyes glisten with tears.

“Kh… an?” Her lips trembled when she opened her mouth to talk, and I bit my inner bottom lip. I straightened my back and sighed briefly.

“Your brother said he’ll be back soon. You are going to leave here very soon so you won’t bother me again,” I said to her and finally walked out of the kitchen, slamming the door behind me. I released the breath I’d been holding unknowingly once I stepped out of the kitchen.

“Fuck!” I cursed, running my fingers through my hair frustratingly. For how long do I have to keep up with this?