His Love His Hate novel Chapter 17

Olivia spent the night at her parents place while Jordan went to take some of his clothes to Olivia's place. She took some days off from work in order to mourn her boyfriend.

A mass burial was held for the fallen heroes whose bodies weren't properly identified. Olivia still couldn't comprehend that Joseph was dead. She had tried so hard to come to terms with it but it was impossible.

Olivia had tried on several occasions to commit suicide but Jordan was always there to stop her. She regrets letting him be around her at this time of her life because she honestly wanted to be alone so she could die in peace. Her parents had helped in consoling her, trying to make her see reasons why she needed to stay alive. Jordan had also registered her to see a psychologist which she did once a week. They all thought she was getting better but she was faking it so they don't worry too much. Jordan came during the weekends to check on her like he had promised after moving out. He made her go out to get some fresh air once in a while so she didn't always stay indoors.

It has been months since Joseph died, Jordan had been helpful in getting Olivia to get over his brother's death. Olivia's birthday was in a week's time, she didn't even notice. It was going to be her 23rd birthday, she didn't care about anything anymore only finding peace in her loneliness.

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Olivia was lying on the couch in the living room when she heard a knock on the door. She dragged herself up from the couch to get the door. She opened the door and found Jordan with a bottle of champagne and some take out

"Happy birthday" he said to her with a smile

Olivia was confused wondering how he knew today was her birthday.she didn't have any plans of celebrating it but didn't want to seem ungrateful so she said thank you and allowed him in

"I know you wouldn't want to go out, so I decided to bring these over" he said while placing the champagne and take out on the coffee table

"Thanks but you shouldn't have. I'll just go get the champagne flutes and then reheat this" she said leaving for the kitchen

Olivia came back with two glasses for the champagne. Jordan helped her open the bottle and turned some champagne in both their glasses. After he had made a toast and they drank from the wine and Olivia went back into the kitchen to check on the meal. The timer on the microwave went off indicating that the meal was heated so she brought it to the living room so they would eat there.

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Olivia woke up the next morning with a terrible headache. She noticed that she was on her bed and wondered how that was even possible because she last remembered being in the living room with Jordan having dinner. When she tried getting up, she noticed that she not only had a headache but also felt pains from her waist down to her legs then she realized she was naked with only the sheets covering her. Olivia looked under the sheets only to see dried blood stain, she became tense hoping that what she was seeing wasn't true maybe she was in a nightmare and needs to get up. She closed her eyes and opened them but was still in the same position. She looked around the room wondering what must have happened but got no clue and her brain was not helping.