The Sweetest Temptation
Chapter 59: Confession 101

Chapter 59: Confession 101

"I kissed your brother..." Beatrix trailed off, her head was lowered as she fiddled with her fingers. She couldn’t look at Damien in the eyes.

She couldn’t bear to see the pain and hurt in the only person who had treated her so good. Who had made her feel so happy these past few weeks. She just couldn’t. She felt awful admitting it because deep down she knew she enjoyed that kiss with Rhys.

She waited for him to say something but dead silence greeted her.

Beatrix felt sick, the hollow space inside of her only made the pain crashing around inside her echo louder.

Who knew silence could be so violent, she couldn’t even look at him without feeling her throat swell so tightly she choked, "P-please say something..." she pleaded.

"I’m sorry Damien....it’s just I met him one year ago and I had no idea who he was. We flirted and kissed and went out for a date....but it was only one day...I never saw him again.

I tried looking for him for months because he was the first guy to show interest in me despite my baggy clothes and thick framed glasses. He made me feel wanted.

I-I.....please Damien believe me. You-you made me forget about that boy who took my first kiss. I’m happy with you.

At least I thought I had forgotten about him and moved on but seeing him again....I-I just-I don’t know Damien.....it was never my intention to hurt you. He-he kissed me. I told him that I can’t hurt you.

You’re such an amazing man and you deserve nothing but the best and I’m such a shit person for doing this to you. I feel...so bad!"

Beatrix broke into a sob as a rush of emotions coursed through her.

"I know...." he finally said, watching the sad look on her face while his was etched with that guilt and fear, but there’s something else there.

There was a mournful tone to his voice, as if grieving over something he had lost - or about to lose...

Beatrix’s eyes widened and she stared at him with her mouth opened. She couldn’t believe what he had just said.

What did he mean by he knows?

He knew she had kissed his brother or he knew she had met Rhys a year ago?

Damien sighed, smoothing his fingers through his hair and stride towards her, but his body language is so defeated.

"It was never meant to end up like this..." he began once he was standing in front of her.

"With you - I mean. So I’m super protective about Rhys and I knew someone was looking for him a year ago.

At first I didn’t really pay attention to who it was since I had my men clean anything about him in the database. Surprisingly I realized the person never gave up looking for him so I found out who it was.

I was curious. My first thought was what has Rhys done this time again? Imagine my shock when I found out it was you. Your father and brothers had hidden you so well that no one knew about you.

When I first saw your pictures I couldn’t stop thinking about you. You looked so beautiful.... I couldn’t stop thinking about you.

I was fucken obsessed with you and I hated myself for it because I didn’t understand why...."

Damien cleared his throat, frowning as if he was trying to sort out his jumbled thoughts.

"I pulled footages of your date with Rhys and I saw how happy he looked. For once I saw my little brother happy but for some odd reason I wanted you to look at me the same way you were staring at him too-wanted you to smile at me, laugh at my stupid jokes and keep looking at me the way you did when you were looking at him- I liked how you looked at him, never had someone look at me the way you did with him. I just wanted to be around you, but I didn’t understand what that was and it just frustrated me"

Beatrix had always wondered how Damien found out about her....this. All this while.....he had been playing her?

"I waited for Rhys to come back for you. I knew my brother slept around but with you I knew you were different.

But he never did. Months later while you were busy looking for him he had started sleeping around. I was angry and hurt. I thought you deserve so much better. My brother was a fucken moron."

Damien sucked in a deep breath, "That’s when I planned on how to get you. I knew your father would never let me go out with you....I had to. I’m sorry!"

Beatrix’s lips trembled as she pressed them together blinking at the moisture in her eyes.

"When I first met you....You have no idea...Beatrix.." he chuckled underneath his breath.

"I-I just couldn’t believe you were real. You were more beautiful than I had imagined."

Beatrix watched the corners of his lips turn up ever so slightly and he looked like he was running memories through his head but he looked so devastated at the same time.

"I thought if I made you happy, treated you well you would forget about my brother and maybe..." he paused.

"Fall in love with me." He added.

"I-I was falling in love with you Damien...." She mumbled her voice barely a whisper in the room.

Her throat tightened when he heard her words and looked at her with his eyes widening, but then his face flinched; his eyes welling up and looking like she had just broke his heart.

He reached forward and pulled her to him, hugging her close to him like he didn’t want to let go and buried his face against her neck; and then he choked out,

"Me too Beatrix...I’m fucken terrified."

Damien pulled away from her, sniffing and rubbed his hands over his face muttering a stresse "Fuck" under his before smoothing his fingers through his hair.

"What do you mean was?"

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