Chapter 124 - Nash In A Fight

[GOAL :

20 GOLDEN TICKETS (month) = 2 extra Chap.

200 Power stones = 2 extra. chap.

(weekly)]

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"Can you stop eating that?" Valencia said with a frown as she pointed at the huge chips packet in Persephone's hand. Persephone had known this woman for several weeks but until now she hadn't seen such a scowl or frown soiling her beautiful face. 

Valencia was a very gorgeous woman. She was in her late twenties but the matureness that this woman carried was ahead of her age. It was completely right when people said that tragedies changed people and so did it to her. 

After losing her elder brother at a young age to losing her childhood sweetheart who later became her husband in an army mission to become a single mother while she was in med-school to becoming the sole custodian of her teenage younger brother when they lost their parents in an accident. She had always been haunted by tragedies. No happiness had come to her without taking something in return. 

Persephone pouted her lips as she looked at her then at the chip in her hand and then sighed before placing it back in the packet. "My handsome boyfriend gave it to me. How bad would he feel if he gets to know his mom did let me eat my current craving?"

No, Santiago didn't give his snack stash to her. He had been prohibited by Valencia to share his snacks with her for some reasons he couldn't understand. 

Valencia just shook her head at her. "You didn't tell the truth. And neither did Santiago give this snack packet to you." 

"Okay. Fine. I stole it from his secret stash. But I swear he shared this secret with me, " Persephone swore. "He even asked me not to tell his mom." 

"I don't mind you eating his snack but you can't eat these unhealthy snacks," Valencia chided her. She had to remind her daily that she was pregnant. And she had to manage her diet well. "You are eating for two. So, please eat healthy food."

Persephone wobbled her lips. "But Google said that it was okay to have snacks once in a while." 

"Google ain't your doctor. I'm," Valencia sighed. Why did all her patients vouch for google for their stupid activities? If Google could treat their ailments, did they need a doctor? 

"Fine. Fine. Miss Doctor. I will listen to you now." 

Persephone in the end kept that tempting packet of chips away from her. She didn't want to disturb Valencia more than she already was. She could see something was troubling her doctor slash friend. 

Just as she was thinking, her gaze fell on a huge rose bouquet. Ah, now she understood what was troubling her. That damned self-proclaimed lover of hers. She had an urge to beat that Nash guy now.

"Is that man still troubling you?" Persephone asked her in a quiet worried tone. She had seen how mad Valencia was when he started sending her flowers and stuff. But she had to admit that the guy was really sweet if not creepy. 

"It's not him," Valencia sighed. "It's James."

"What about him?" Persephone asked her with furrowed brows. As much as she knew, James was the doctor working in the same hospital where Valencia used to work previously. And he was also Valencia's late husband Jackson's friend. This was the reason why Santiago and Valencia were closer to him. They said that James had done a lot for them after the death of Jackson. 

"We are friends, Val. You can tell me anything. I am the last person on this planet who will ever judge you for anything, " Persephone told her. "Tell me what's worrying you. I swear I will help you. Or ask Salvatore to beat the shit out of that lover of yours if he is troubling you." 

Valencia nodded. But she was suppressing her tears. Just as Persephone hugged her, she lost control. She said in a broken and choked voice," James was drunk last night. I didn't tell you he has been behaving weirdly ever since I left the hospital to start my own clinic." 

She was a sobbing mess now. " He had been messaging and calling me non-stop. I thought he was just worried about me. I get it that I was new to this big city and lost the job that pays my bills. But it was not like that at all." 

She really thought James was worried about her after she resigned from the job after a tiff with a coworker. She wasn't the kind of woman who would endure injustice just because the job pays her bill. She knew that she was talented and would get a job if not at that hospital but somewhere else even if it wasn't as fancy as her last job. Then again, nothing about being a doctor was fancy. 

She continued in a broken voice," Last night, he called me and said he had something to talk to me about and he couldn't tell it to me on the phone. But when he started ranting about how bad and dangerous Nash was for me and Santiago, I lost it. He thinks I am dating Nash when I am certainly not. Not even in the next million years. But you see it was none of his business and I told him straightly. He got mad and he was drunk too."

She paused and was shaking badly in Persephone's arms. " He was so drunk that he didn't even realize that he was forcing himself on me. He said that he loved me and what not! He said he had been waiting to take Jack's place ever since he left. I don't know where Nash, the man who is sending me flowers and cards, came from. But he beat James black and blue." She looked up to glance at Persephone's face. "Percy, it was so scary. So much blood. I couldn't see it. For a moment,I thought he would kill James. Thankfully, the police came on time and arrested both of them." 

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