Make Him Bleed or Yearn

Lily POV:

I opened my eyes to find myself in my car at the edge of the cliff at night, in the middle of nowhere, the last thing I remember was being in the front seat with my fiancé Gaston, it was the night of our anniversary and I was excited because he was taking me to dinner.

Blood trickled down my face, my head spinning, it took me a minute to realize what was going on.

I hurried to step out of the car but the doors were locked, the key was also missing.

Then I heard the sound of key dangling from a distance, I turned my eyes to Gaston standing there, watching me, one hand in his pocket and the other hand holding the key.

He smiled at me.

"Honey, please open the door" I begged.

But he just stood there without moving an inch.

"Please, the car will fall off" I pleaded with him, confused why he would stand there and just watch me.

I tried the handle so many times but nothing happened, I was locked in.

I began to panic.

I slammed my hand on the window, screaming for him to help me,

"Please"

"I'm sorry Lily" he said.

"What do you mean?" I demanded when a figure appeared from behind him. A figure I hadn't expected.

She wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a kiss on the lips.

"Rebecca" I called out shocked,

"Hi lily" she turned to me with a smirk.

"What's going on, what's the meaning of this?" I demanded but she just laughed.

Watching my best friend kiss my fiance was not on my bingo card this year.

"There's been a change in ownership, Gaston is now mine. I hope you understand" she replied.

"What the hell are you talking about, he is my fiance, what do you mean he is yours?"

She took a step forward, "I'm sorry for telling you this late, but I and Gaston have been having an affair behind your back for six months now" she added.

I felt a twist in my stomach at the sudden news, my chest tightened. It couldn't be possible, we have been together for three years and a half now. How could he do this to me.

I turn to Gaston waiting for him to deny it, he didn't, which meant it was true.

While I was trying my best to make my relationship work, she was doing her best to destroy it.

"You see, we can't be together with you in the way, so we thought of eliminating you" she folded her arms.

I was too shaken up to speak, my brain was already processing a lot.

"Do you think you can kill me that easily?" I threatened.

"Take a look around" she uttered, reminding me of the situation I was in. I was locked in a car sitting at the edge of a cliff, I was as good as dead.

The next thing that happened tore me apart, Gaston brought out two gallons of Gasoline, then he began pouring it all over the car.

"What are you doing?" I screamed, fretting and fighting to get out but there was no use.

I tried to get my purse to call for help but it was missing too.

So I thought of breaking the window with anything heavy, Gaston had already thought of that and took out anything that could possibly help me escape from here.

"Please, why are you doing this to me?" I cried in pain.

"Money" Gaston answered, throwing the gallons off the cliff, it took a long while before I could hear it reach the end.

"You have an insurance policy worth over 500 million, I want that Lily" He stated.

Had it always been about money, is that the reason why he asked me out, just so he could get his hands on my money.

"If you need money, I can pay you. Please don't do this, don't kill me" I pleaded with him.

"You're pathetic, do you think a man like me would settle for a woman like you. A gullible naive woman" he cursed out.

His words made my heart ache.

"Why would I want to settle for you when I could have this" he stretched his hand to Rebecca and she held him, hugging him in front of me.

"Please" I pleaded, slamming my fist on the window, there was not so much as a crack on it.

"Goodbye Lily, I hope you burn in hell" He answered pulling a lighter from his pocket.

"No" my eyes widen in shock, I watched the fire dangle in his grasp, before he willingly threw it at the car.

"Nooooooo" I screamed, as the car caught up in flames, the heat slowly getting to me, the fire licking off everything in its part.

I could see them, laughing at me as I caught up in flames, there was no sign of remorse in their eyes and just when I thought I was already going through the worst.

The honking of a black truck caught my attention, it was heading straight toward me.

"Help me, please, anybody help me" I pleaded and cried.

No one was coming for me, we were in a secluded place.

I watched the truck get closer until it rammed into the car, the car stumbled off the cliff, falling from a great height, my body burning from the flames as I prepare myself for what should be my death.

Before I knew it, there was darkness.

Lily POV:

A bright light shone on my face causing me to open my eyes, i took in sight of curtains, and ECG machine and the loud sound of constant beeping in my ears.

My whole body was burnt including my face, I had blisters and cuts and drips on almost every part of my body.

I tried to adjust my back when a sharp pain course through me causing me to scream to the point of losing all air.

The nurse heard my scream and rushed into my room, once she saw me, she shut the door again and ran out.

In a minute, a doctor rushed into the room, dark brown hair, brown eyes.

He looked stunned.

"You're alive" he stared at me, "it's a miracle" he continued.

I wouldn't call this a miracle when I could barely recognize myself, I had lost my identity and my will to live.

"How long?" I questioned.

He was quick enough to understand,

"You have been out for three months" he replied.

At first I thought it was a Joke, because it felt like almost yesterday that I was betrayed by my fiance and my best friend, who burnt me to death but when I saw the news on the tv screen in front of me, I believed him.

The weather forecast had shown how much time I had lost being in a vegetative state.

Maybe it was a miracle that I survived.

"We had estimated you being back in a year, you have exceeded our expectations" the doctor announced, like I should be happy about that.

"I don't die easily" I responded with pain.

I stared at my damaged body, it hurts to see me this way. I wanted to cry but the tears weren't coming out, perhaps my tear gland was damaged by the fire.

Something on the screen then caught my attention, It was Gaston and Rebecca, the news announced the celebration of their wedding which happened a day ago.

"Now that you are awake" I could hear the doctor say, "I would suggest you perform plastic surgery to change the way you look" he stated.

"They are married?" I said in a frenzy,

"Ah yes, the famous couple, they got married yesterday. It was the talk of the whole town" he answered.

There was a bright smile on Rebecca's face, like all her dreams had come through, she had stolen my fiancé, my life and my wedding.

"About the surgery..." I turned to the doctor in a rage.

"Yes" he nodded, knowing that would mean more money in his pocket for him.

"I'll do it" I said and he smiled.

After an hour of carefully selecting a new face, I was taken to the operation room, where they spent 17 hours on a full on-body surgery on me.

And while those hours were past, all I could think of was taking my revenge on them, to make them pay for what they had done to me. To make them wish they had never crossed me.

It took a while for me to heal fully, in that time span, my Cousin Rheagar had been keeping me up with all the information I needed about them. He was the only one I could trust, his words gave me encouragement and a reason to keep fighting.

I'm standing in front of the mirror in my house, My cousin Rheagar sits on the bed flipping through the fashion magazines.

I looked different, beautiful.

I knew it would take some time to get used to my new face and body, I had made some enhancement to it, my breasts were perky and my ass round.

"How about Diana?" Rheagar suggested, we have been thinking of a name for myself for ten minutes.

"Diana" I echoed the name, it sounded nice in my ears, I had wanted Delilah, it was the last name I thought of but Diana might do better.

"I like it" I responded.

"Then Diana it is" he jumps slamming the magazine on the bed.

"Do you think he would recognize me?" A worried expression drew on my face, I was scared that there was no distinction between my old face and the new one, or perhaps my brain hadn't registered my new look completely.

Rheagar looked at me like I was mad, even I couldn't recognize myself, how much more Gaston.

"Yes, ofcourse he would notice that perfect body." He teased, then walked towards me.

Placing his palm on my shoulders, he spun me to face the mirror,

"Look at yourself girl, even I wouldn't recognize you, you have changed."

His words made me feel more confident. I wanted my plan to be spotless with no faults.

"I want him to pay for all that he did to me, I want him to suffer every single minute, feeling the pain of what I went through" I cursed out.

With his thumb, he raised my head high, "He will pay for what he did to you, our plan is full proof. I have been keeping tabs on him and he has already cheated on his wife thrice" he let out.

"Their marriage is just a year and he cheated thrice" it didn't shock me that Gaston would cheat on Rebecca, after all they did so that they could be together.

That could been my fate too, after our engagement, Gaston had always told me he didn't want me to work and would love for me to be a full housewife, to take care of his kids and his home.

I thought he meant the best for me so I was excited about it, I was so foolish then.

"This should be easy then" I straightened my shoulders and he cheered me on.

It was finally my time.

***

A year had passed and I was completely healed, and discharged, I returned back to the country to start my life all over again.

It was painful to start from square one, especially after I had built myself a whole empire, then all of a sudden, it was all gone, because of a man.

I took a taxi from the airport, and the car happened to pass by a familiar road I was accustomed to.

"Take a right here" I requested and the driver did.

I arrived at my Company, the building still looked the same but the name had changed, what used to be my family name, Theo's Cooperation, was changed into Gomez Cooperation, with Gaston as the CEO.

I used to have so much pride seeing my name on the wall, knowing that I fought so hard to get the company to where it was.

All that was gone.

While I kept staring, the entrance door opens and Rebecca and Gaston walks out, Rebecca had her hand around Gaston's arm, holding him tightly like he could disappear, a smile on her face as she kept whispering into his ears, Gaston on the other kept a straight face as they waited for the car.

My hands tighten around my bag, my whole countenance darkened upon seeing them.

I had not expected them to be the first people I see once I arrived. It made me so mad that I let myself almost get killed by them.

Rebecca kept on laughing as she whispered into his ears,

"Laugh all you want for now, soon you will be crying tears"

I whispered.

Gaston opened the door for her and she got in, then he followed.

I watched the car drive away, for a second I thought about following them but I knew exactly where they were going, Home.

So I turned my head forward,

"Let's go" I ordered the driver and he began moving.

I arrived at the hotel I had booked earlier, got to my room and crashed in my bed for the night.

The next time I woke up, it was morning.

I had breakfast and prepared to start my whole day, if I was going to make them pay for what they had done then I might as well have all the resources I needed.

I still had some money that I had saved up in my account, 20 million dollars, and I intend to go to the bank to collect it.

"We have a slight issue" the cashier tells me.

"What are you talking about?" I demanded, wishing that the worst hadn't happened yet.

I had explained to them about my whole situation and fixed the issue with my identity.

"The account has been wiped clean" she explained.

"What?"

"How did that happen?"

"When did that happen?" I inquired. I was certain that no one knew about the account because it was just for emergencies.

She ran it through her system,

"Well, your husband came here and he requested that the account be closed and he withdrew all the money, he even showed us a certificate of death backing up his claim" she replies.

There were so many things in my head right now, did she just say husband?

Was she referring to Gaston?

And how did he find out about the account, how long did he know about it?

"Please, there has to be something you can do to retrieve the money?" I inquired.

"I'm sorry but the money was transferred through legal means"

"I didn't consent to it" I yelled, that was my last hope of starting something and now I am just realizing that Gaston had bleed me dry.

"I'm sorry ma'am, there is nothing we can do" she says looking pitifully at me.

Of course I was pitiful, I managed to escape death and start my life all over again but then I just found out that I was left with nothing, not even a single scent to my name.

Gaston took everything, my life, a fucking insurance I knew absolutely nothing about until the brink of death, he sold my house and everything that was in it, took my company and finally took my emergency funds.

He took everything.

That bastard had been planning my desth for a while, this wasn't a spring of the moment thing.

He had plotted on me all these while and I just didn't know.

I kept my head down as I walked out of the bank, feeling defeated, once again Gaston had won against me.

Diana POV:

I'm back at home dining with rage after what I had just found out,

I threw my bag to the bed when it accidentally hit the remote, that's when I see her, right in front of me, on the big screen.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a guest with us today, I want you all to give a special applause to Mrs Rebecca Gaston Gomez" the host announced.

Rebecca was on a Tv show.

"Thank you for having me Coast" Rebecca replied with a smile.

"Ever since your wedding last year which has been the talk of the town, what exactly fo you enjoy about your marriage?" The hose asked.

"Everything, I love the morning when I wake up and he is there by my side, I love the night when he kisses me goodnight, the calls we have when he is at work, I basically love everything about being married to my husband. He is the best thing that has happened to me" she replied sweetly.

The smile on her face couldn't fade, it kept widening at every moment.

"That's just wonderful, I love to see couples in love"

"I would have brought him here with me but he is just so busy with work lately"

"Awwwn, thats so sad, it would have been nice to have him here too" the host stated.

She grabbed one the cards and switched it then returned her gaze to Rebecca.

"So tell me, how did you two meet?"

"Well, we have known each other since high school"

"Like highschool sweethearts, I love high school sweethearts"

"Well you can say that" Rebecca replied, but we both know that they weren't high school seeetheart. It was all just a lie to make her marriage seem like it was a fairytale, like they were destined to be with each other.

"We have been together for a long while now, I remember the times that he used to buy me flowers, you know he first asked me to be his girlfriend in highschool, it was big proposal at that time. I remember being so shocked about it that I didn't know what to say" she lied right off her teeth.

Gaston never asked her to his Girlfriend in high school, I was the one he asked, I remember he led me to the gym hall with a whole proposal waiting for me.

I cried tears of joy that day as I accepted his proposal, now the bitch was claiming it was her.

How pathetic could she be.

"He used to buy me flowers and gifts, it was all so lovely, I mean who wouldn't fall in love with a man like that, I was always scared that someone might snatch him away from him.

But he proved his loyalty and married me and now the rest is history" she narrated.

I couldn't help but laugh, it's the last thing I thought I would ever do, but she was so much of a joker that I couldn't help it.

"Let talk about the honeymoon? Is there anything we should be expecting?"

"Right now we are navigating through our lives, we don't want to rush and make hasty decisions" she shrugged with a smile.

"I see"

She chuckled placing her hand over her mouth, showing off the huge diamond ring on her hand,

I immediately recognized it, it was the same ring I had picked out at the store, when I went with her.

The bitch stole my ring.

"Is that... your ring?" The host finally noticed her attempt to show off,

"Oh my goodness, it's so beautiful" she added.

"Thank you, my husband specifically picked it for me"

"He sure has good taste" the host praised him.

I could only scoff, Good taste, after the shabby engagement he bought, I knew I had to step up and choose the wedding rings myself.

Now he was getting praise for a choice that I made.

"He does, he told me that he thought of me the moment he saw it" she giggled.

"It's lovely.

Well the call lines will now be open and you can talk to some of your fans who are dying to hear your voice.

Let's see who our first caller will be?" The host announced.

The number was displayed on the screen and immediately I grabbed the hotel phone.

I wanted to see her calm demeanor crumbled and show every one watching that she was just a lie.

The phone began ringing,

"Oh look, we have our first caller" the host said as the phone was brought closer, she put it on speaker.

"Hello, this Celebrity daily, and who are we speaking with?" She asked.

"Hello, my name is Natasha" I toyed with my voice by putting my hand on my nose.

"Hello Natasha, how do you do?" Rebecca asked.

Hearing her speak to me made the hair on my body rise.

"First of all, o will like to congratulate you on your wedding, it's not everyday you get married to the man of your dreams, or I mean snatch the man of your dreams" I laughed.

I could the awkward look on her face.

"I wanted to ask Rebecca, how about your friend Lily?" At the mention of Lily, I saw her whole body tense up, her hands shaking but she hid it behind the chair.

"I heard she was the one engaged to your husband until she suddenly disappeared and you married him.

Do you know what happened to her?" I inquired.

Her eyes bulged, she didn't expect that anyone to would know about that, much worse even bring it up on national tv, it shook her up so much that she couldn't utter a single word.

The smile on her face was wiped clean and it was filled with fear.

The host turned to her and realize that things were going south. She quickly ended the call.

"We will go on a commercial break" she announced and they went off.

After a minute of break, they were back but Rebecca was gone.

She must have been shaken off by my words, this is only just the beginning.