Page 55 of Psychotic Obsession
I gulp. “I… The washer was broken, and I…”
Tobias decides to put his arm around my waist, smiling down at me as he kisses my cheek. I watch Ewan intently, the heartbreak he must feel right now killing my soul, making me want to tell Tobias to back off and apologize.
“I suggest you leave before I make you,” Tobias warns. “And don’t ever come into my girl’s house again.”
“Did you just threaten me?” Ewan sneers, stepping forward, making Tobias let go of me.
I’m between them instantly, shoving them both in the chest. “Stop! Just stop!”
“You have no reason to be here,” Tobias spits. “Fuck off.”
“Just go, Ewan,” I say quietly, pleading with him with my eyes.
I feel the atmosphere getting more tense in the room, and silently, the two of them stare it out until Ewan looks between us and clears his throat.
The greens of his eyes, devastatingly full of emotions, watch me for a long second, before he shakes his head. He turns and leaves the house, causing me to release a deep breath and close my eyes, turning to Tobias and giving him a nervous smile.
"Do you see him often?"
I shrug, looking from the door to Tobias, pouting my lips as I chew the inside of my cheek. "Just when I'm seeing Jason." When Tobias stays silent, I add, “His son. We raised him together for years.”
"I don't see a kid around here," he states, looking around in exaggeration. "Do you?"
I roll my eyes, shaking my head as I turn and walk into my bedroom, Tobias following close behind. "He was coming to fix the washer for me, that's all."
Abruptly, he spins me around to face him, his expression serious. "I don't share."
"I'm not anyone's to share in the first place. Book a flight home and leave my house."
His hand snatches my wrist, and instead of turning to him, I close my eyes and let out a long, heavy sigh, ready to pull free of him and stomp into my bedroom.
His silence has me stopping in my tracks though. I turn to him, and he’s staring blankly at me. “Ari—” His voice cuts off, wild blinking taking over his soft expression.
I freeze my movements, watching him as his face goes completely vacant. "What's wrong?" I cup his cheeks, searching his face. He doesn't say a word as he drops to his knees in front of me. "Tobias?"
"I...I need to...to go," he stammers, his speech slurring as he attempts to get up, grabbing my arm for support.
He clambers off me messily, face paling, his jaw clenching. "Tobias, what's wrong?" I hurry after him. "Tobias?" Before he can make it to the bedroom door, he falls against the wall and collapses.
"Tobias!" I scream, my eyes wide, and I drop next to him, my heart shattering as his body begins to convulse.
Chapter 24
Tobias
My head feels like it has been smashed in with a baseball bat.
The light of Aria’s lamp burns my eyes, and I roll over onto my front to shield my blurred painful vision.
She rushes to me. “You’re awake. How do you feel? You had a seizure and passed out for hours.”
I groan and bury my head into the pillow.
This wasn’t the fucking plan. I came here to prove myself, not seize on her floor. I could feel it coming, and I wanted to stab myself in the goddamn heart. I didn’t want her to see me so weak.
And now, she has.
“Do you want to see someone?” she asks, and my ears ring from how close she is.
