Chapter 116: Broken Trust
"Sara has proven that she has changed..." Nora’s words echoed in Demetri’s mind, overlapping the words from many years ago, spoken by someone else, "Dimi... I am thinking of letting the past go. She has already proven that she has changed... I think I am going to give her another chance..."
As Erasmi’s words echoes in his head, Demetri’s hands clenched, he looked down at Nora who was also thinking of making the same mistake that Erasmi had made. At that time, he had given in to Erasmi but he could not... no, he would not let Nora commit the same mistake. He’d almost lost Erasmi, he could not lose Nora.
He interrupted her words curtly," Nora."
Surprised at the biting tone, Nora stopped talking and turned up her head. Her eyes widened as she caught the anger in his eyes, making her wonder what had happened to him today.
Over the months, Nora had come to understand a bit about his moods and she understood that usually weekends were bad for him. The man never said anything but there was always a certain black aura surrounding him over the weekends. Said aura actually reduced during the week only for it to intensify again later.
She usually made a point to steer clear of him and try to become even more invisible but with the change in their physical relationship and her happiness about her vicotry today had probably made her forget that... It seemed she had angered Demetri Frost in some way.
When he said nothing, she asked his softly," What?"
The next moment, she was jerked up by the shoulders and straddling his lap. How the heck did this guy make that manoeuvre with her, she had no idea. Was her body that malleable?
Noticing her distraction, Demetri placed his hands on her bare thighs and pinched slightly. She winced and focused on him. Unexpectedly, all that anger from a few moments seemed to have disappeared as he slowly said," Nora, the reasons behind actions may echo through the corridors of justification, yet in the resounding chambers of reality, it is the reverberation of results that shapes the enduring silhouette of significance."
Nora frowned in confusion at the words, totally at a loss what Demetri meant. Sighing, he explained himself," Her reasons may be justifiable for her safety but the result of her actions has harmed you. So, when you take the past into consideration, you cannot change the result even if you can justify her actions. A person who has broken your trust to save themselves in the past, and received your forgiveness, will do that again in the future."
Nora paused, realizing that what he said was true. Hadn’t she also believed the same thing before the "Dog incident’ had happened? She’d even told Sara that they would be strangers and nothing more. But her yearning had made her forget her own words. Feeling foolish, Nora looked away, as she bit her lip.