Tangled Love

CHAPTER 140

Jake's POV -

I reach for the box of tablets, downing a few and groaning from the aching pain I feel in my body. Even with strong painkillers, my body is constantly in pain. I walk over to close over my curtains as darkness falls outside, the air cold and misty.

I tug my shirt over my head, shivering a little from the icy temperature in the room. I dive underneath my covers, feeling extremely exhausted from the day. I'd done nothing beside annoy Tobias and watch boring television but my mind and body is shattered.

I instantly relax, sinking down into the warm mattress and pull the covers over underneath my chin. My thoughts turn to Emily and the last text she'd sent me. My jaw tightens as I realise how much of a fool I'd been suggesting she should sleep with me tonight. I know our relationship isn't fixed but I miss her, I miss having her in this bed. I barely got a decent nights sleep without having her warmth press against my body. Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.

I sigh heavily as I realise how much I've changed. Its crazy how the right girl could change you completely, turn you into someone you would never even dream of becoming. I have to admit she'd softened my hard interior, making me experience new feelings and emotions.

I close my eyes and think of her as sleep slowly washes over my body, healing my injuries.

My mattress dips and I feel someone stir beside me. I open my eyes immediately and groan, annoyed from being woken from my sleep. My eyes meet large brown ones and I frown in the dark, reaching out to see if she's actually here or if my imagination is playing tricks on me. My hand touches her cheek gently and I feel her warm skin brush against my rough fingers causing my stomach to tighten in knots.

"Emily?" I whisper in the dark, my voice quiet and vulnerable. I watch her nod and she shushes me, leaning further down into the covers.

"I'm so sorry," she chokes out, her arms pulling me towards her chest. I immediately relax against her warm presence and my own arms reach around her small frame, pulling her close to me. I place a gentle kiss on her neck and feel her take a sharp intake of breath in, her body stilling.

"Don't be, you'll always be mine," I whisper in the dark, seeing her eyes wide and innocent staring back at me. She whimpers against my body and my arms tightens around her protectively. I ignore the painful aches in my body and focus on how good she feels against me instead.

"God, I've missed you." I breathe out against her cheek and she presses her forehead against mine, her warm breaths mingling with mine. I feel a tear fall down her cheek as she cries softly, sounding completely broken apart.

My body tenses tightly from her cries as I realise how much she's hurting right now. . . Due to my poor choices.

I place her down gently onto the bed and position myself over her, my thumb wiping the tears away from her eyes. She breathes in deeply, her soft cries filling the silence in the room.

"Jake," she whispers. I place my thumb over her lips, tracing over her bottom one.

"Shh. Let me make it right." I whisper into the dark, positioning myself over her. I feel her freeze underneath me, battling with herself over the decision she's about to make. Moments pass and the only sound in the room is of our shallow breathing mingling together.

"Make it right," she eventually responds, her voice barely above a whisper.