Its Too Late To Forgive

Henry was shocked to hear what Carson said. He couldn't react at all. He felt sudden pain in his chest as if someone has stabbed him brutally.

His eyes were watery and blood red by now. He turned and walked towards Bella without speaking a single word more to Carson.

After meeting Bella again for so many months, this was the first time when he was actually looking at her carefully. He sat kneeling on the floor near her bed. Henry never thought that a person would change so much after just four years.

The small and exquisite face at the time became a little unrecognizable now, and the dull skin lost its brilliance that used to be there earlier. If one look carefully then one can still find the facial features of the Evans family, but it is no longer the original form.

Puffy eye bags, messy eyebrows, dry lips, rough skin… only four years! Just as Henry was about to touch Bella's lips, the person on the hospital bed moved slightly, turned her head, and the bangs covering her forehead slid down, revealing the scars covered by it.

Henry's eyes were sharp for an instant. He curled his brow and looked at the hideous scar for a long time. He couldn’t help but stretch out his hand to touch that scar. As soon as

he touched the scar on Bella's forehead, the woman on the bed woke up.

She subconsciously avoided his hand in horror!

'How could he be here?

What does he want to do??'

She was still in the illusion that she was at The Wild Hunt club. Henry's showed a different emotion.

'Is she trying to hide from me?'

As if not convinced, Henry stretched out his hand towards Bella again. Bella almost subconsciously picked up the quilt, and suddenly retracted her head into the quilt and moved back as much as she could.

Henry looked at the woman who was shrouded in the quilt, his face was cold and scary. This damn woman is really hiding from me, he thought. He was watching motionlessly at the ball huddled that Bella formed inside the quilt, it was vaguely visible that the quilt was shaking.

After Bella hid in the quilt, she began to regret it. Why did she hide in the quilt? If at all Henry wants to trouble or humiliate her, it will be useless for her to hide in outer space also. What’s the use of hiding in the quilt?

Henry said with a “huh”, and pulled off Bella's quilt with his big hands. His voice was suddenly cold and bitter, his thin lips closed, and he slowly asked,

“Are you trying to hide from me?”

“No!” Bella hurriedly said,

“I did not hide from you Mr. Jackson Sir."

Lie! She is simply hiding from him!

“What’s wrong with your voice? I have been noticing that since we have met again your voice has specifically become hoarse and rough."

“Sick and sore throat sir.”

Bella lowered her eyelids and refused to say more.

“Are you afraid of me?”

Bella's eyelids twitched and no longer refuted. The man stood by her hospital bed and raised his eyebrows slowly, making his heart even more unhappy.

Suddenly leaning forward, Henry put one arm on the mattress under Bella's horrified sight, and suddenly narrowed the distance between the two. With the other hand stretched out towards Bella. Bella retracted subconsciously, and Henry said calmly,

“Don’t move.”

Seeing Bella really behaving well, Henry moved his fingers away from Bella’s bangs, and touched the scar on her forehead. Bella’s entire body was sore and painful hence she couldn't move alot.

Henry touched Bella's scar with his finger, and pressed his lips without leaving a trace. He asked unhappily,

“Where did this scar come from?”

Bella glanced at Henry in front of him… hypocritical! Doesn’t he know where it came from? But she still replied,

“I got hurt sir.”

Thanks to you… She added another sentence in her heart. His finger rubbed the scar, rubbed it again and again, and then it went down more and more, touching her lips. The touch he felt from his fingertips was dry, peeling, and pale.

to move casually, she stiffly leaned back her neck. Her small face was held by his big palm. Henry's thumb was rubbing against such dull set of lips. It was strange that it was not as matte and tender as jelly, and not as blooming as a

and the next second he swallowed her unceremoniously. He was kissing her harshly as if he was venting all his anger , his emotions , his love, his hatred in it. He left her only after he heard someone knocking at the cabin's gate. It was Carson, he had come along with his

for himself. A lot was running in his mind. Initially he was just thinking about all that she said earlier in the booth and now he was more frustrated and angry by what

Inside Bella's cabin -

are you feeling

sick. Can you let me go

his chest when he heard the way she addressed him. Even though they were not that close in the

worry , I'll just be performing a routine check-up."

"I'm not sick."

just check. There's

I'm

suddenly raised his head and looked at

what are

beating for a

i am not sick, I just don't

his chin towards the

you want me to call him in, and tell him in front of you that

This is a thing she doesn't want to be known by other. Even more, she doesn't want it to be mentioned in the

do you

asking how Carson knew

and suddenly said

will know”

vaguely understood something. But, if things were really as he had guessed, then Carson looked at Bella with pity in his eyes. She was

that you might have misunderstood some things? May be some things are not as same as what

hates Bella Evans, he won’t be that

in the past now

she seems to have reached the end of her life. She was lifeless, like an old crone

Carson was shocked!

him, without a shred of dignity. But right now when he was facing this woman, that feeling was even

kind of humbleness, lowliness and low self-esteem was practically oozing out and revealing in her

all you can

All her suitors were from esteemed families. But this woman now..... He only thought that three years had only changed her appearance. He didn’t expect it to be hollowed out. It seemed that it had emptied her of something deep inside her

really think that everything that happened

raised her eyes to look at Carson, repeating like

“Yes, I

Carson's eyes were full of disappointment. It turned

you

his business, and Bella is not allowed to

I’m afraid of hurting you. Or, do

sentence completely restrained

39.8 degrees Celsius. What’s wrong with you? You have a fever and what were you doing at that type of club? Don’t you know your physical condition? You are not a normal to begin with,

said was also once his childhood friend. This girl grew up calling him Carsi. If Herny was not in scene, either he or Kevin would have probably married her. Even

feelings about Bella right now, after all she has killed someone they knew too, but it was just pity for her and past affection and

after instructing the nurses

much to Henry, who was smoking outside the ward.

her anymore. She is…not very well. Her.... her

sure whether Henry knew about Bella's physical condition so Carson decided to

let someone come and re examine her after

left. After a while Henry entered Bella's cabin.

and neither she looked scared of the needle. He remembered in the past, even to take out a sample or take a vaccine, Bella used to run around the whole hospital and today she casually took out

leave the hospital. All through out this time, she was so engrossed in her own thoughts that she did not sense somebody else's presence

around, she saw Henry standing there with a sullen face. She got scared and moved two steps backward. She lowered her head and after few seconds, gathered her courage and started to walk outside. Henry blocked her way. She tried to go from the other side but just then Henry shifted his body also to

Atlast Bella spoke,

please let me

do you want to

my work sir. I need to

You want to go

once again angry. He couldn't control his anger. He wanted answers from Bella and Bella seems to be avoiding him. He wanted to know everything that has happened with her in last 4 years

hesitated for a moment then suddenly bent