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I didn’t know.
“So, you decided to forgive her?”
Cassie asked, raising a brow.
I shrugged, twirling the fork into my spaghetti.
“I’m happy that you’re solving your problems with your sister, Em.
Life is too short to hold grudges forever.
I agree with your dad.”
Beth smiled.
Cassie scoffed.
“These things only sound good in your stupid books.
They’re not that brilliant in real life.
Once a bitch, always a bitch.”
“Cassie!”
I sent her a look of reprimand, causing her to roll her eyes and take a sip from her smoothie.
“I wouldn’t forgive my sister if she’d done something like that to me.
Thank God, I don’t have one!”
she remarked.
Beth scowled at her.
“Don’t listen to her, Em.
You do whatever your heart says.”
She wiggled in her seat.
“Uh, now that you forgave Tess, will you consider doing the same to Achi—“
“I don’t want to talk about him right now.
Let me just enjoy my dinner with you guys, will you?”
There was nothing to forgive Ace in the first place, but trying to get my relationship good with him meant sacrificing my heart again.
And I knew better.
Just some days more, and then I will be gone.
Far away from him.
“Well, I see your wish didn’t get granted at all,” Cassie commented, looking at her right.
“What’re you talking about?”
My eyes widened when I followed her gaze to the furthest corner of the diner.
Beth gasped.
“What’s he doing here?”
Three suited men and a woman in her late twenties sat around the table.
She sat right beside him, too close to just be a business associate.
With fiery red hair, porcelain skin and soft features, she was gorgeous.
At something one of those men said, she laughed, delicately placing a hand on his shoulder.
And he, too, reciprocated with a soft smile he only displayed on rare occasions.
A pang felt in my chest.
Turning around, I gulped the lump down my throat.
“Oohoo, I thought he didn’t have any barbies in his life.”
Cassie whistled.
“Cassie!”
Beth hissed, throwing me a concerned glance.
Cassie straightened.
“I’m sorry, Em.
I didn’t mean to… We can leave if you want.”
I waved my hand in dismissal.
“No need.
I don’t care if he is here or not, or who he brought here.
We’re here to enjoy our dinner, and we will just do that.”
I cast another glance back at them.
She was now whispering something in his ear; the grip on my fork tightened.
“You sure?”
Beth whispered.
I nodded, putting a forkful of spaghetti in my mouth, not wanting to give them any attention.
But it was difficult when her high-pitched laughter burned my ears.
Beth and Cassie sent daggers at them with their hostile looks.
“Look at him!
Getting so comfortable with that leech, and here I thought his sending you messages and flowers meant something.”
“Will you shut up, Cass?”
Beth glared and then looked at me.
“She could be just a friend.
And after what he did and said at the racetrack, it proves that he likes you.
I don’t think he is that shallow that he’d try to pursue one and roam around with another.”
“I don’t think so, look at them.
They look too cozy to be just friends,” Cassie remarked.
Another pang made me grit my teeth.
“I don’t care if they’re friends or not.
Why should I anyway?
It’s not that I’m his girlfriend or something.
And whatever he did yesterday, it didn’t mean anything.
So, let’s just forget about it.”
My fork kept playing with the food, I seemed to lose my appetite.
Even if I didn’t want to, my gaze went back to them.
Her arm was now linked with him as his hand patting hers.
And my treacherous eyes stung, heart squeezed with something.
Thunder cracked outside, announcing the upcoming downfall.
I didn’t look away when his gaze met mine.
Surprise flashed into them, and then something else I couldn’t decipher.
Seeing his lack of attention, she followed his gaze.
Her eyes widened slightly as she untangled herself from him once she noticed the direction of my stare.
But he remained as comfortable as he was.
As if he didn’t care.
And why would he?
It’s not that he really cared for you or he’d any soft corner for you, anyway.
Everything he said and did was just a pretense.
A sense of suffocation engulfed me.
Turning away, I stood abruptly, grabbing my purse.
Cassie and Beth went to follow me, but I stopped them.
“You guys finish your dinner.
I’m done.”
When they went to protest, I shook my head.
“Don’t.
I will see you guys later.
Bye.”
A storm was building in my chest, wanting to be released.
My fingers clutched my purse in a vise grip.
My jaw was tight, holding the emotions that threatened to surface.
I needed to go away.
I needed air.
Just as I stepped out of the exit, a shoulder bumped into mine.
“Em?
What a pleasant—are you all right?”
Caleb held my shoulder.
His face held concern.
The flash of lightning fell on us.
Without giving him an answer, I moved away and walked into the open air.
“Wait, where are you going?
It’s raining!”
he called out behind me, but I didn’t pay him any heed.
Drops of rain slapped against my face, along with the gust of cold wind.
Goosebumps rose across my arms as the water drops pricked my skin.
But it didn’t stop me.This storm was nothing before my inner one.
The rage that boiled inside me, it didn’t make any sense.
But it did bother me.
It did bother me to see him with that girl, even if I didn’t have any right over him.
It hurt.
It hurt like a bitch!
And that’s what frustrated me.
I didn’t want to feel, but I couldn’t help it.
My car wasn’t parked where I left it.
The valet must’ve parked it in the parking lot.
So, ignoring the rain and howling wind, I strode towards the parking lot.
What would it take for me to get over him?
What would it take for my heart to heal the wound I’d given myself?
The tear that slipped from my eye, the pouring rain washed it away.
I hope it could take away the ache also.
A flash of blinding light fell into my eyes, causing me to cover them with my hands.
A shout of my name came with a screech of tires as a pair of strong arms moved me away from the way.
The driver yelled out some curses, driving away when my gaze remained in no particular direction with my heart pounding in my chest.
“What the hell is wrong with you!
Where was your attention?
You could’ve died, God damn it!”
He shook my shoulders, getting me out of my shock.
Stormy gray eyes blazed with fire under the cold raindrops.
He was done with his lady love and came after me?
“So what?”
I snapped, pushing him away.
“It’s not like you’d care if I died!
Go enjoy your dinner with your girlfriend!”
His jaw clenched, grabbing my arm.
“She’s not my girlfriend.
And don’t you dare talk about—“
“I don’t care!
Leave me alone!
And do
not
touch me again, I’m warning you!”
I jerked my hand from his grasp and turned to my car.
A gasp left my lips as my chest collided against his.
Wrapping an arm around my waist, he grabbed my nape with the other hand.
“I won’t
leave you alone.
Get that into your beautiful head.