Chapter 23: 23
Hope could not believe her eyes upon seeing Varys in the party. What was he even doing here? This
was a party for extremely rich people. And Varys was not supposed to be here!
Her heart was beating against her chest like a jackhammer, the sweat making its way down to her
temple despite of being in the fully air conditioned hall.
When his furious gaze became too harsh for her to bear, and the shock of seeing him here passed,
making her realize that it was no dream and she was seeing him in front of her eyes for real, she
averted her gaze. And in that exact moment she realized that Shawn''s lips were still pressed upon
hers.
She immediately pulled back, taken aback and surprised. Shawn was smiling down at her as their body
still moved to the rhythm but she came to a standstill,
"Why did you do that?!" she asked, feeling a strong urge to run away from there but holding her
ground.
"Because I like you!" Shawn was still smiling, his one hand lifted from her waist toe up and cradle
her face in his grasp, "I want you to date me, Hope."
"I... I do-" she was about to finish the words when someone grabbed her arm and snatched her away,
and the next thing she heard was a loud crunch as an fist came flying upon Shawn''s face.
"Shawn!" she cried out, running towards him on instinct to make sure of his well being.
But she forgot that the hand was still clutching her arm and she had nowhere to run. As she took
another step the hand pulled her back, making her m against a rock hard chest.
"Stay right fucking here!" Varys'' furious voice shook her to the core, "And YOU," his eyes dropped to
Shawn who was trying to dull the pain and bleeding on the side of his face and nose, "I SEE YOU
ANYWHERE FUCKING NEAR HER, THIS PUNCH IS GOING TO BE THE ONE BRINGING YOUR
FUCKING DEATH TO YOU, YOU UNDERSTAND ME?"
"Varys!" Hope shouted, squirming in his hold to get free, "What the hell do you think you are doing?!"
Varys'' angry eyes turned to her before he tightened his hold and started to drag her out of there.
"Where are you taking me!" she seethed, his hold bing too painful for her already.
"Anywhere where I can fucking talk to you!"
"This is not talking that you are doing, this is violence!" Hope spat, squirming harder as the pain in her
arm increased and tears stung the corner of her eyes.
They had nowe out of the hall and a valet was already handing out the keys to Varys of a very
fancy looking car.
He dragged her to the passenger seat, opened the door and spat, "Get inside."
"I am not going anywhere with you!" Hope shouted.
"If you do not want me to make anymore scene right now, Hope, get inside the fucking car!" Varys'' eyes
were shining dangerously, the vein in his jaw ticking as his harsh breaths escaped his lips. Hope could
literally feel him shaking.
Giving in to his demand because of the fear of raising anymore drama in a grand party, she slid inside.
Varys'' hold finally loosened on her and he let her arm go as he rounded the car to get in the driver seat.
Hope hissed while her hand caressed the bruise, the pain hitting her like sharp, painful needles.
As soon as he was seated, he started the car, and gave race, ready to take off. But then suddenly he
stopped as his gaze came to her. Turning towards her he leaned down, invading her personal space.
"What are you-"
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Varys grabbed the seat belt and tightened it around her body, clicking it in ce and securing it safely.
His eyes met hers, the fury still simmering in his gaze and his lips pressed tight in anger.
Once he was sure that she was secured, he turned around and started driving the car at a fast speed.
Hope''s fingers were tightened in a fist as she clutched the seat tightly, her breathsing our harsh
and uneven and she suddenly realized that she was getting scared.
"Slow down!" she whispered, the pain in her arm forgotten as her eyes tried to adjust to the speed of
the car. It raced fast despite of the mild traffic covering the open road. Her heart was about to jump out
of her chest.
"SLOW DOWN!" she shouted, her head was spinning. She wanted to throw up.
Her scream finally managed to snatch Varys'' attention. As soon as she shouted the words, the car
came to a halt on the side of the road with a loud screech.
With suffocation gripping her throat and her mind having a hard time in staying conscious, she threw
open the car road and jumped outside, seeking the much needed open air, breathing heavily. Throwing
her head back she took deep breaths in an attempt to not vomit.
She felt Varysing to stand beside her. His hand lifted up and slid in her waist but she already had
enough for the day. Flipping around, she threw his hand aside and shouted,
"What are you trying to do? Kill Me?!"
"I am so not in the mood to fight with you right now, Hope." Varys huffed, "I want you to listen to me
right now and I want you to listen very, very carefully!"
"Oh... you do not get to say anything to me, you fucking asshole!" Hope seethed, stepping backwards
trying to put distance between them and not realizing that she was stepping in the open road.
"Hope,e back here right now!" Varys shouted.
"You do not get to order me, Varys!" Hope shouted, "Our friendship is fucking over, remember? What
had you said thest time I had seen you? Fuck off, right? You told me to never show my face to you.
You told me to nevere to you! What the hell did you do back there? You hit Shawn and you
brought me here without my consent! What the hell is wrong with you?!"
In her angry, hysterical rant she did not notice that while stepping back she hade to stand smack
in the middle of the open road. She only realized where she hade when it was toote. A horn
screeched in her ear, and the white lights of a car blinded her before loud screeches of tires were the
only thing that shest heard.