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Melissa
“I can’t eat all this,” I said gaping at what was served on the table
There’s no way anyone would in one sitting. I am not much of an eater- I’ve always had a slight scuffle with my mom about this.
It used to be a child thing but as I grew up, I came to an understanding that I eat better when the food is smaller.
“Eat what you can,” Ian said forking a chicken into his mouth.
I watched him chew the chicken in the most alluring way ever. The way his pink lips got teased with his tongue when he licked it and how his mouth kept a steady move made me lost.
I remember falling in love with lan- I was with Helena when I noticed he was staring at me so hard. He wouldn’t keep his eyes off me and worse of all, he was chewing something.
I couldn’t get it off my mind that the young had been looking at med chewing for so long until I noticed it was chewing
gum.
I immediately tagged him as a scoundrel and some boy who always got what they wanted.
I wasn’t wrong to an extent. I was just wrong about seeing him as a saint who would not do anything to hurt me- considering that we started on a bad foot and later fell in love.
The thoughts of his lips on mine used to consume me with so much lust but it didn’t feel the same.
I diverted my attention back to the trays of food on the table and reached for a tray with pancakes, maple syrup, scrambled eggs, and bacon.
I didn’t have to ruin my night but a part of me needed to confront him. It’s been long inside of me and now, I couldn’t keep it anymore.
I reached for the glass of wine and drank it, just enough to quench the thirst that clouded my dried throat.
“Can I ask you something?”
He paused and looked at me. “You like the meal now, huh?”
“Not that. It’s more important than the meal or what you think this is about.”
The line on his face turned into a frown. Ian’s mouth pressed into a hard line, but he didn’t say anything.
I also gave this a second thought. Do I want to do this?
To hear the truth and be told the truth even when I know what this is about?
“Ask me what you want to, Mels.”
“Are you cheating on me?” He glared at me as if I had offended him on some level so I carried on. “I’m asking lan if you have ever cheated on me. That’s the question.”
His brows arched and he let out a small laugh. “What would make you think of such a thing? Mels I have never looked at another woman the same way I look at you.”
Of course, you haven’t,
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“There’s nobody in this world like you and you should know that. There’s never been and there won’t be.”
“Ian, that doesn’t answer my question.”
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To be honest, Ian could be saying all these in all sincerity but the fact that it could still be juxtaposed made me unmoved.
“No, Mels. I have never cheated on you and I don’t plan to.”
I choked on the food and reached for water. Ian had such malodorous audacity and it irked me.
This settled it; made me realize how much of an asshole this man is and how manipulative he could have been all along.
“Sorry, do you need more water?” He asked stretching another bottle of water to me.
Well, what I need is for you to shut up so I can eat and return home knowing that you had the guts to lie to my fave after a direct question.
“I’m fine.” I smiled back and continued eating.
“What was the about?” He asked, his eyes lighting with amusement.
As much as I’d love to tell him what this is about- I didn’t. What was the point of everything if I was just going to confront him and break up?
Hell no.
I’ve got bigger plans and I was going to get them.
“It just crossed my mind. You’ve been absent lately.”
“I know Mels and that’s why I brought you here, to make up for being absent and not having time for you.”
“Hmm.”
“I really want to make it up to you Mels. I miss you, I miss being inside you and not having to think of anything else.”
“I don’t think I believe that, but okay. I may just be overthinking things.”
He paused for this information to sink in.
I don’t know what Ian was trying to achieve but that statement ruined everything. He missed me for the sex.
As much as I have a high libido, I do not miss sex with him.
Sure, he had his game and he was good with his tongue but that would never make me go back to a man who hurt me this
way.
Grandma would kill me for that and of course- her standard is the real standard.
My phone vibrates on the table, causing the both of us to pause. looked at the screen and it was Marcus.
Marcus was calling me.
I picked up my phone without taking the call and placed it on my lap.
“Are you good?” lan asked.
“Of course.”
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“So,” he continued. “I just want us to be how we’ve always been. You know you want me as much as I want you.”
My phone vibrated on my leg again and this time, it was a text.
Marcus: I’m at the office. I think I need a hand, Miss Kane.
I glared back at Ian and I was done. I reached for my purse and stood up. “I’m sorry Ian, I need to go.”
“Wait, what? Why?”
His unending questions didn’t deserve an answer but I gave him one.
“I have some work to do.”
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