Stand for Love Ch. 11

"This is your entire fault," Noah said angrily, looking at Adrian. "Had you left the house, none of that would have happened. He had beaten up a guest all because you were busy flirting with that guy. I don't even know whether you had planned it or not but please leave this house and let my brother live in peace. First it was this scene you just made. Who knows if you'll ruin his reputation next? Just leave this house and let us leave live in peace."

Adrian didn't hear any of what Nicholas had said blah-blah-blah. And even if he had listened, he couldn't care any less. What was the point? His husband didn't want to leave him and that was what was important to him. Soon, the following day to be precise, he was gonna regain his trust in the house. No one was gonna make him feel bad.

"Leave this house!" Noah yelled, bringing back Adrian from his thoughts. "If it is money you want..."

Adrian had had enough of people talking shit about him. He was not gonna take it anymore. Right there, looking straight at Noah, he realized that the guy was somehow an asshole. Geez, he was getting on his nerves.

"Don't worry," Adrian gave a mocking smile. "You won't have to worry about the problems in this house anymore. Your wish to see your family once again happy will be fulfilled. Your problem will leave this house."

Noah had no idea what Adrian meant but if he was indirectly telling him that he was gonna leave the house soon, then it was music to his ears.

"I'd like to believe that you're telling me you'll leave the house."

"I said, don't worry," Adrian said with a serious face. "Your wishes shall be fulfilled."

Noah was definitely mad. He couldn't take looking at Adrian as he was only getting angrier. He somehow felt happy that Adrian would be leaving the house, out of their lives for good. They were gonna retain the peace that they once had.

"I'm glad we understand each other," Noah said. "Just leave the house and go far, far away where we'll not see or hear from you."

With one final look of irritation, Noah stormed out and went out of the living room.

Adrian stood there, smiling, happy and remembering the words Nicholas had just told him. It was like they were being repeated over and over again in his mind. He kept hearing them and they were getting sweeter by each second. They made him Vibrate and chuckle to himself.

"You're mine!"

Oh, Adrian felt like he was going insane. His mind was about to blow and the look on his face was making people annoyed. He was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't even see Arianna and Clara hissing and storming out. The only one who had left without saying anything was Emily. She was rather confused with the things that had happened.

Deeply lost in his thoughts and pleasures, Adrian felt a hand on his shoulder that made him gasp and touch his chest. Breathing fast, he looked past his shoulder and saw George grinning brightly at him. That smile brought him a lot of happy memories and the love that he felt for his husband.

Seeing Adrian smiling and...now blushing, George was really happy. At least he was able to make Nicholas confess about what he felt about letting Adrian go in the process making Adrian happy. He was smiling so brightly that George couldn't help but feel really happy. He was more than happy and couldn't wait for the evidence to be shown to the entire family.

"Thank you!" Adrian grinned, abruptly gripping George's neck, bringing him for a tighter hug.

Adrian felt happy and held George close to him. He couldn't hide his happiness no matter what. He hugged him so tightly, literally choking him. His hug was warm and his smiles and chuckles were absolutely beautiful. Right at that moment he didn't care if someone saw them hugging and happy. They were gonna find out the truth anyway

"Without you..."

"You're choking me." George said, letting go of Adrian.

Realizing that he was rather holding on to George tightly, Adrian pulled away and covered his mouth in happiness. He was more than happy and he loved it more than anything in the world. Nothing could have gotten that happiness from him even if threatened.

"I'm sorry, for that," Adrian apologized, pointing his hand at George's neck. "It's just that I'm really happy. Without you nothing like this would have happened."

"Just call it as a way of saying sorry for what I said to you and..."

"What's going on here?"

Adrian heard granny's soft voice and he smiled, rushing to her, bringing her in for a tight hug. She felt warm and added to his happiness.

"What was all that about?" Granny asked, looking at George in confusion. "And why is here?"

"Don't worry," Adrian smiled, literally jumping up in excitement. "He knows everything and he also arranged for what had happened."

"I don't understand," Granny was more than confused. "You mean this was..." She paused, flipping her hand in the air to indicate exactly what she was saying.

"Yes," Adrian said. "This was all a plan by George to make Nicholas show everyone that he didn't want to divorce me. Though it didn't go according to our plan and might have been a little violent, everything was perfect. Nicholas showed everyone what he needed and..." Adrian paused once he saw granny's face all confused and her eyes dropped to the floor. "...Granny, are you okay? Are you mad at me for not telling you about it without..."

"No!" Granny cupped Adrian's cheeks and smiled brightly. "I'm really happy for what had happened. I couldn't have been happier but you should have told me. You hid such a big thing from me. George even helped you and..."

"No, granny," Adrian knelt down and looked up at granny. "Please, forgive me. But I didn't want to make you worried and stressed. Besides, George and I handled it perfectly."

Elena looked at her grandson in law kneeling on the floor. He was really respectful, kind, cute and most importantly he was not weak as to allow his mother in law destroy his relationship. He stood for his husband. He stood for love and she loved him a lot.

He might have experienced a lot of painful things but he sure was strong. What he had achieved was what many would have failed to do. They'd have been in the streets crying about their loss in marriage but Adrian decided to stand for what he felt was right.

"Get up, crazy boy." Elena chuckled softly, helping him from the floor.

Once he was up, she took George and hugged them both. She was really happy and loved seeing what Adrian had achieved. George might have hated Adrian at some point but he was now helping him and that was what was really important.

She patted on both their backs and pulled away from them. Then she caressed both their cheeks and smiled.

"I'm really proud of you." She said softly.

Their conversation was rather, more like whispers because they couldn't afford anyone listening to their conversations.

"I hope with this, you'll be able to get my grandson out of his misery?"

Adrian smiled and then looked at George. The guy smiled back and Adrian looked at his granny, his really wonderful, sweet, adorable granny.

"Tomorrow," He grinned, feeling a whole lot of happiness. "I'll show him everything tomorrow. I was actually about to show him yesterday but..." He looked at George. "...George wanted this plan to be a success so as to show everyone that Nicholas loved me and didn't want to divorce me."

Granny looked at George and smiled. "Thank you, son, you're truly a wonderful friend to my son. You're a blessing to this family, together with..." She giggled and cupped Adrian's cheeks. "...my grandson in law."

Adrian had never felt so alive like the way he did at that very time. His heart was racing with love...his mind was filled with images of Nicholas telling him that he was his...his eyes glowed with love...his smile was everlasting...his body was vibrating terribly...his breaths were music and he couldn't wait to sleep in Nicholas' arms again.

"So do you have a plan on how to expose Victoria and Jake?" George asked.

"There is nothing like planning." Adrian chuckled happily. "I'll just show everyone the CD and leave everything for them to decide."

Granny, George and Adrian chuckled softly and gave each other one final hug before they decided it was time to go to their respective rooms before someone got suspicious of them. Adrian didn't want anyone to find out just like a flash. He wanted it to be a surprise to everyone. Finally, after moments of planning and waiting, he'd be able to show everyone evidence and gain back his original position with his husband.

He couldn't wait for the next day when he showed everyone the truth about what had happened. With that in mind, a bright smile, a racing heart and adrenaline rushing through his veins, Adrian went up the stairs to his room.

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Nicholas suddenly entered the room, slamming the door back. The whole floor shook adding to the immense anger that he felt. It was followed by a sharp headache that made his veins pulse painfully as if they were about to explode.

Blood was rushing through his veins, to parts of his body and he swore it was more painful than anything he'd ever felt. His breaths were violent and painful, adding to the pain he felt. His heart pounded painfully, making him weak. He clenched his fists and went straight to the mirror and stared at his reflection for a long time.

The reflection in the mirror was scaring him and he wondered whether he was seeing himself in the mirror. The person he saw was not him; at least he didn't use to be like that. He used to happy, excited, in pleasure and most importantly he used to smile brightly whenever he stared at himself in the mirror.

His head was hurting really badly when the images of what had happened downstairs hit him. He could clearly remember the words that he used in anger. He could clearly see the image of Adrian staring at him while he talked to him.

Clenching his fists hard, he could also clearly see himself snapping and punching the guy who had been dancing with Adrian. All those images brought him to only one question,

"What's wrong with me?" Nicholas thought, angrily trembling. "Why did I act like an idiot? Fuck!"

Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, he cursed, gripping his hair furiously. He pulled on his hair, adding to the headache he was feeling. He felt he needed to punish himself for being an idiot. Now everyone heard what he had said and he had no idea what was gonna follow next.

True, he loved Adrian but he didn't need to shout it to the world. The guy he'd just told was gonna be his forever had hurt his family, tried to steal his wealth and worst of all, pretended to love him. And he just said all those words to him? It was even more painful thinking about it. He felt so irritated that he couldn't even look at his reflection anymore. It was making him even angrier than he actually was.

As he was moving faster from the mirror, his eyes caught the two golden necklaces on the table, making him fume. With the desire to destroy the very things that reminded him so much of Adrian, Nicholas abruptly rushed to the necklaces and picked them up furiously. He held them closer to his face as his anger intensified.

"This is your entire fault," He said hoarsely, holding the necklaces furiously. "You're making me go through all this. Now...now I'll destroy you."

As his anger intensified, Nicholas took the two necklaces in his hands, ready to break them by all means. Breathing like a predator, he clenched both of them in either hands and got ready to pull on them as hard as he could.

Nicholas applied all his power in his hands and got ready to break the two necklaces. He was mad and fuming but just as his hands started moving...he became frozen like a statue. He couldn't move or do anything. He felt his strength leaving him, dropping the necklaces on the floor. Together with his strength, his anger left him too leaving him vulnerable.

With no strength left in him, he fell to the floor as tears flooded his face. He was now crying from the pain and regret. He just wanted to cry and cry and cry for all eternity for being a stupid man and doing what he did downstairs. He knew it was what he needed to since he loved Adrian and didn't want to let him go. But he shouldn't have done it.

Feeling vulnerable, weak and pain, Nicholas sat on the cold floor, dropping his face on his palm and cried. He couldn't just do anything and cry. He didn't care about what was going to happen next except he knew that his tears couldn't stop flowing.

He loved Adrian a lot but he didn't want him in his life because he feared for his heart and his family.

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Adrian was happy...he was smiling and blushing to himself, imagining what was gonna happen once he shows the CD to Nicholas. He imagined the kisses, the love making and the wonderful words Nicholas was gonna say to him while making love to him. But most importantly, he imagined his family apologizing to him. He was really happy.

He reached his room and grabbed the cold knob. Still in his happy mood, he slowly opened the door and entered it without even bothering to look up. He just didn't want to stop imagining all the good things that were gonna happen to him the next day.

He slowly moved in his room before...he bumped into something soft on his feet. He quickly snapped out of his thoughts and dropped his eyes to the floor. He saw pillows and bedding on the floor, making him wonder how that had reached there. He could remember leaving the room without those beddings on the floor. What was happening?

Adrian then moved his face up and he was shocked with what he saw. His mouth and eyes opened wide, clenching his fists. His clothes from the wardrobe were out and the very room looked like a mess. Slowly looked around in shock, he wondered what was going on.

Looking around the room, he was really shocked that he didn't even see Victoria standing by the bed, folding her arms on her chest, grinning at him. She was beside Jake and his mood was not any difference. He was smiling brightly, probably mocking him or laughing at him.

"Welcome!" Victoria said softly, twisting her legs to show her hips.

Adrian quickly moved his face in the direction of the voice and what he saw gave him chills and a whole lot of anger. Victoria was right by the bedside with Jake and they seemed happy about something that he had no idea of. He then realized that they had done the mess in his room, searching for the CD. It was no wonder he didn't see them downstairs.

Seeing just what they'd done to his room, Adrian clenched his fists and got angry.

"What the fuck are you doing in my room?" He shouted, angrily looking at them. "You really have some nerves, uh? I'm going to punish you for this."

But they just stood there smiling at him mockingly. He was more than mad and their silence was making him fume. Whatever they'd done to his room he was gonna make them pay for it. He was gonna make them pay dearly for it and that was a promise.

"How dare you do this to my room?" He glowered, abruptly rushing to them with his fists clenched. "Now I'm going to..." Adrian trailed off, stopped in his tracks and trembled. He trembled and gaped at what he saw. His eyes were just fixed on one thing, Victoria. She was smiling brightly, holding the CD with evidence in her hand. He could see that it was the same CD that he had the evidence in. What was he going to do now?

He quickly raised his face and looked up at Victoria. She had a mocking smile on her face and it got him worried. There was no way he was going to escape what was coming next to him?

"What happened?" Victoria said in a rasping voice, moving the CD from side to side. Adrian's eyes followed wherever it went, trembling at the outcome of what was going to happen. "Why is our fierce Adrian trembling?" She laughed out loudly, now gripping the CD in her hands.

"Aren't you gonna shout at us or make us pay for doing..." He moved his fingers around the room, getting closer. "...this? Mm-mm, I guess..."

"Don't worry about him. He's nothing" Victoria was more than happy she'd found the CD. Now it was time for Adrian to pay the greatest price and leave the house for good. She was gonna make him regret ever crossing her path. "He's helpless without his little CD."

"How...how did you get that CD?" Adrian breathed, a tear tracing down his cheek. "How did you even..."

"Relax," Jake chuckled teasingly, blowing on his nails. "Anyway, the good thing is that we've found it. That only shows that you're not smarter than us."

"What did you think?" Victoria asked. "You would hide the CD from our hands? Guess what, you're stupid after all and I can't believe I allowed someone like you to..." She paused, feeling irritated for even thinking about the past. "...anyway, your game is over."

"How..." Adrian paused, his mouth gaping but no word actually came out of his mouth. His tears were building in his eyes like a volcano, ready to explode and flood his face.

Looking at him, Victoria couldn't help but feel overjoyed and happy. She'd never hated anyone than she hated Adrian. He was really annoying and irritating. She just wanted to kill him with her bare hands but she wasn't gonna do that especially since he was no longer a threat to her.

"How did we find the CD?" Victoria chuckled, moving her face to stare at Jake who grinned at her.

Jake on the other hand was more than happy with the situation at hand. He was finally able to breathe without the fear of waking up to find that he had lost Nicholas. He was more than happy knowing that Adrian would leave the house, paving a way for him to Nicholas' arms, bed and cock. Just thinking about it made his hole twitch terribly, imagining Nicholas' big fat cock fucking him as they screamed in ecstatic pleasure. His cock responded by getting painfully hard in his pant and it was throbbing. Fuck, he swallowed, slowly hiding the bulge.

"He wants to know," Noah chortled, putting his hands on his chest, laughing at Adrian. He looked pitiful and kinda disgusting.

"I'll tell him," Victoria chuckled, playing with the CD in her hands. "Anyway, while you were down there at the party enjoying yourself, we were up here searching..." She glowered. "...your room."

"And it wasn't hard at all." Jake chuckled, looking straight at Adrian. "I mean, which idiot hides the most important evidence between the covers of a book in a drawer?" He laughed, slowly touching Victoria as they both laughed, enjoying the pain on Adrian's face. "How stupid can you be?"

"And I thought he was smart." Victoria added, now taking the CD in one hand. "You were just a stupid little brat who wanted to play the game us adults play." She said in a hoarse voice filled with nothing but hatred and anger. "You might have tried to play the game by trapping me but I'm still the queen at it. Consider this as your...um...err..."

"Overthrow," Jake chimed in, laughing softly with a stupid wink which Adrian found to be annoying.

Adrian slowly moved weakly and had his hands on his knees, breathing violently and painfully. Slowly, he moved his hand to his hair and removed the band, letting his hair fell free. He had lost all his strength and had no idea how he was gonna bring it back.

Seeing Adrian letting his hair loose, Victoria gave out a soft mocking laugh and signaled Jake to look. The both of them felt happy seeing him helpless, weak and struggling to breath. All they were waiting for was for the tears to come out.

"Poor baby," Victoria chirped, slowly gripping the CD in her hand. She was gonna break it just like she'd done with the copy. She was gonna enjoy every bit of it. "Do you need a hug or something?"

Adrian slowly looked up at the mocking face of Victoria. He was gasping, trying to do everything just to get his hands on the CD. He was shaking terribly, looking painfully at Victoria. He fixed his eyes on the CD and saw how tightly Victoria was clenching on it. He got so afraid that his breaths became short and quite painful to the ears of his tormenters.