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Chapter 69
Melissa
“Can you at least finish that before it melts?” I rolled my eyes ‘cause Ian’s attitude was still making me pissed.
“I think I lost my appetite,” I managed to mutter to Nate who already had a marinated chicken forked into his mouth. He frowned at that instant and then lowered his fork to the tray. “Don’t even try me, Melissa Kane*
1 spooned ice cream into my mouth. I was beginning to regret why I ordered vanilla instead of chocolate ice cream. Maybe I just wanted something different to make me feel better about the whole thing.
I groaned over a mouthful of ice cream. Nate’s brows furrowed again and this time I just noticed his features because he seemed to be closer and it just made everything brighter.
“You are still not eating,” Nate remarked and I scooped a spoonful. “I don’t like the vanilla flavor much.”
“Then why did you order it?”
“Because I wanted something different to ease my anger.”
“Or something to channel all that anger to. Poor ice cream,” he scoffed and continued eating his meal. I still couldn’t get how someone could comfortably eat so much in the middle of the day without getting a stomach upset or something.
“Are you going to eat all of that?” I asked him and he chewed lightly looking back into my eyes. “What does it look like, Melissa Kane?”
“Fucking hell. Can you stop calling my names?” I huffed. “It’s annoying.”
Thing is, it only makes sense or stirs butterflies in my tummy when it’s Marcus calling me by my surname.
“There’s still so much anger and irritation clearly on your big forehead.”
I gave a nod. “That’s because I’m still pissed and irritated. That simple.”
“Tell me what annoys you the most. That you dated a jerk who keeps embarrassing his family and exes or because you are still in love with him and you can’t seem to stop being in love with the man in question?” Nate moved from his last Italian rice to cracking open a beer.
“I am not in love with that guy.”
“But you were in a relationship with him.”
“And it ended,” I snapped.
“So why did it end?”
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I exhaled. “Isn’t it obvious? He’s a big jerk. Fuck, Siri can you tell me a work worse than a jerk? Yes, that’s Ian Hills.” My voice was louder and my tone, stern.
He laughed. Nate fucking laughed and I felt all eyes turn to me.
“You have to fucking calm down,” he laughed. “He’s not even here and you’re this pissed.”
Irked by his facetiousness, I reached for the serviette and wiped my mouth. “I feel like walking away already.”
“No no no,” he stopped. “I won’t be responsible for you having a messy break time. It should all be on your ex, not me.”
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Chapter 69
My chest deflated, Tareheated on me and that’s why we broke up.”
“Wait, what???”
“Yeah. And he didn’t cheat with a stranger or some girl he took home from a party, he cheated with my supposed best friend.”
His jaw dropped again. “No fucking way.”
“Yes fucking way and he kept lying and even accusing me of being the unfaithful one. Isn’t it just crazy how men can pretend just so they manipulate you into believing what they wait?”
“They can’t even take half of what they dish out if served to them. Now I’m talking like you are not one of them. Hell. Nate, y’all are crazy motherfuckers who can switch up at any time.”
“You’ve gotta swallow your saliva now and take a moment to relax, Melissa.”
I hufted audibly and he gave a nod. “Good. Now I need you to know not everyone is like your ex”
“But every man just keeps showing me they’re all like my father. Could that be any worse?” I realized what I said when I already blurted it out so I raised a bottle of water and gulped it immediately. “Sorry.”
“No.” He adjusted on his seat. “You don’t have to be sorry for expressing yourself although you suck at being able to express yourself in a healthy way. But I won’t judge you for that–no way. I didn’t judge you for your choice of shoes when you started working at Hillstate either.”
My jaw dropped but this time, an unbelievable laughter followed. “Fuck you, Nate.”
“Well, I won’t let you cause I’m not trying to take advantage of your situation.”
Speaking of that, my mind flashed to when I did take advantage of someone’s situation to ease my hormones. Hell, I’m also a jerk.
“I’m not a therapist, Mels but I can see right here that there’s a childhood trauma that needs to be dealt with.”
I looked at him. “I just hate it when this happens. I watched my mom suffer such emotional abuse and manipulation. Fuck he would yell the whole night accusing her of sleeping with the neighbors but he was the one sleeping with her sister.”
“Her sister?” I could see the shock in his voice. “Well, her sister but they all grew up together and grandma just calls them sister.”
“I see. That’s fucked up,” he sighed.
“She couldn’t believe it when it happened but she was too weak to leave because she was in love with him and didn’t want to ruin their perfect marriage.”
He kept listening to me and that made me go on. “It became constant after he saw that she was a weakling and couldn’t retaliate. Started doing worse and even bringing other women into the house.”
“Where were you when this was happening?”
“Right there. She probably felt I was too young to understand what was going on but I could see it and I’m not dumb to not know what having another woman sleepover with your wife locked outside means.”
“I’m really sorry.”
“Who I feel sorry for is my mom. She could have lived a good life that wasn’t complicated if only she had left him. That makes me sad–to think of how we’re alike.”
Chapter 69
“You’re nothing like your mother. She didn’t leave but you did.
I swallowed hard when he said that. Yeah true–but did I really leave?
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