ARRANGE MARRIAGE: TO CLAIM YOU MINE
CH-19
He moves away from me, and stalks towards his seat as he starts telling me his past. I didn't know he'd actually tell me, I was just provoking him.
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
Grandma says that my life was traumatic from the start
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
I don't believe that at all
Eli Blackwood (MC)《DOMINANT OMEGA》
Why?
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
......
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
Well, I was born in a rich house
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
Had everything I needed
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
Not everyone has that.... And I did, so I should be pleased with it
Eli Blackwood (MC)《DOMINANT OMEGA》
Why does your grandma say that?
He hesitates for a second, and then pulls out a cigarette from his pocket. He smokes a lot.
Lighting the cigarette he brings it to his mouth, he seems anxious and resistant to tell me what happened.
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
(smoking)
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
Eli Blackwood (MC)《DOMINANT OMEGA》
You don't have to tell me if you don't want to
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
I....I'm fine
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
So.... Actually I had an older brother
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
He was killed by some gangsters who kidnapped him to get money out of my parents
Eli Blackwood (MC)《DOMINANT OMEGA》
(widened eyes)
My eyes widen as he finishes his speech, I look at his face, trying to understand what he feels right now, but his eyes seem hollow...devoid of any emotions.
Eli Blackwood (MC)《DOMINANT OMEGA》
I...I'm so sorry-
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
It's fine
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
(takes a puff from the cigarette)
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
Actually, it was me who they planned to kidnap...... But unfortunately, I was ill and couldn't go to school
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
My brother became their target
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
(sits on the chair)
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
I blamed myself for years....and then I was diagnosed with depression
Eli Blackwood (MC)《DOMINANT OMEGA》
..... What was your age ?
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
.....
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
I was eleven at that time
Eli Blackwood (MC)《DOMINANT OMEGA》
(gaze softens)
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
I can see the pity in your eyes
Eli Blackwood (MC)《DOMINANT OMEGA》
(shakes his head) That's empathy....I'm no one to pity you
Eli Blackwood (MC)《DOMINANT OMEGA》
Not when others pity me
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
......
He's looking at me like....He wants to kiss me.
Eli Blackwood (MC)《DOMINANT OMEGA》
Would you mind continuing?
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
No.... Not at all
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
(smokes his cigarette) The depression killed me inside and outside
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
I was barely making through days.... Trying not to kill myself
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
At some point I asked what I was even doing
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
I questioned myself..... What I worth
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
And the response I got from myself was....
Suddenly he goes silent, avoiding eye contact with me. I feel the room drowning in silence, an unpleasant silence that made me speak first.
Eli Blackwood (MC)《DOMINANT OMEGA》
What happened then ?
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
.....
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
I attempted suicide
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
The first time....I cut my wrist with a knife
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
I watched in silence as the blood flowed down my arm
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
And after a few seconds, when there was a pool of blood on the floor
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
I realized.....I was afraid of dying
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
I was afraid of leaving my parents and grandma behind
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
I was afraid of not waking up
His eyes glisten with tears, but he doesn't let them fall. He continues to speak, not waiting for me to say anything.....I'm too shocked and too upset to say anything.
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
Then my parents took me to the hospital hurriedly
Eli Blackwood (MC)《DOMINANT OMEGA》
.....
Eli Blackwood (MC)《DOMINANT OMEGA》
(gets down from the table)
Eli Blackwood (MC)《DOMINANT OMEGA》
(walks towards Xaden)
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
(stares at him)
Eli Blackwood (MC)《DOMINANT OMEGA》
Can I.... See the mark ?
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
(nods)
He shows me his wrist, and there it was, a raised scar on his smooth skin. I gently caress it with my finger, ignoring the fact that he is staring at me.
Eli Blackwood (MC)《DOMINANT OMEGA》
(caresses his scar)
Eli Blackwood (MC)《DOMINANT OMEGA》
(staring at him) Didn't it hurt ?
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
The pain in my heart was much worse...I didn't even feel the cut
Eli Blackwood (MC)《DOMINANT OMEGA》
Did you.... Attempt suicide again after that?
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
......
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
(nods)
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
The next time I deliberately overdosed on my anti-depressant medicines
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
I ate all the packets I had, approximately 15 pills
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
And then I passed out on my bed
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
I woke up in a hospital
Eli Blackwood (MC)《DOMINANT OMEGA》
Your parents took you there ?
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
Yeah, they found me
I feel so bad for him. I can see in his eyes, the way they look so hollow and filled with some unknown eerie feeling. I wonder how he felt then, how heart-rending it must've been.
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
My parents begged me.... To not do it again
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
My mother even got on her knees
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
I felt pathetic to have made them this worried
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
Later, I also developed insomnia
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
I couldn't sleep no matter how much I tried
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
But when I started studying and working at nights
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
I would fall asleep due to tiredness
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
That's how I became a workaholic
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
I don't work because I want to....I work continuously to tire myself out
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
So that I could sleep
Eli Blackwood (MC)《DOMINANT OMEGA》
......
Eli Blackwood (MC)《DOMINANT OMEGA》
(cups Xaden cheeks)
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
!
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
(shocked)
Eli Blackwood (MC)《DOMINANT OMEGA》
I....I don't know what to say
Eli Blackwood (MC)《DOMINANT OMEGA》
But....I wanna tell you that you've been brave
Xaden King (ML) 《DOMINANT ALPHA》
......
I see the tears slide down his cheeks, but he doesn't make a single sound.
He continues to stare at me, gazing at my face. His eyes are talking to me, telling me to kiss him and hug him.
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Comments
Shawty💜🖤
Everyone has a past
Trauma is hard to forget and it's dangerous
2025-03-21
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yasashi
what's isomnia?
2025-02-06
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renukag 0126
I love this
2025-02-05
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