Chapter 961
Marcus
“Bro,” I blurted and paused. “Leave Melissa out of this.”
His brows raised in mockery and I just shook my head and looked away. I scoffed at Paul who was making it look like Melissa is the reason I haven’t been so efficient in the past days. “I just came back from that goddamn conference. Don’t you think I need a moment to clear my head?”
“You had all the time to clear your head but you didn’t because she was there.”
I have tried but I can’t do away with all the thoughts of Melissa in my head. There’s just something about Melissa.
I paused to take a deep breath but Paul sat leg crossed by my side and he was looking at me like he was about to drop some bomb.
“What, man?” I asked and pushed a glass of wine to him.
He probably should just drink some more and forget to pester me about what’s been making me so happy.
I was with Kyra for a long time but I never really felt this way. I loved Kyra and I’m not going to take that away from our history but I don’t think anything beats the way I feel about Melissa right now.
With Melissa, there’s this obsession. An obsession to make her happy, and safe and make her feel okay. An obsession to always be with her, inside her, around her and just to possess her without anyone else coming into the picture. I know that for us to have that, we have to define our relationship and that’s what we’re going to talk about when she comes.
A way to go about it without it feeling like some forbidden love. Knowing that a couple of people know her history with Ian makes it harder but I know we’d there.
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“So are you going to talk or not?” Paul asked and I lifted my head to him. I can’t tell him much but I can at least let him know what’s going on with me.
I took a moment to inhale and then exhale audibly before propping to the couch in my office. “I–I think I’ve fallen for someone who I shouldn’t have fallen for.”
His brows furrowed like he was waiting for more explanations and I didn’t have that to give. I frowned. “What?”
“It’s obvious, man. You are madly in love with your secretary.”
“No, I’m not,” I blatantly lied. I know Paul isn’t the type to judge me but I need to speak to Melissa about this first. “You know -you just can’t think everything revolves around her. It doesn’t make any sense.”
“You know what doesn’t make any sense?” he asked and I didn’t respond. Instead, I looked at him with a frown and he sat up on his chair and dropped his crossed legs on the floor. He reached for the glass of wine and raised it. “This. It doesn’t make any sense that you are serving me just a glass of this fine wine.”
I shut my eyes as frustration reeked up my spine. I was expecting something else but he just decided to play the jerk. “Just joking,” Paul continued. “What doesn’t make any sense is what you’re trying to do.”
Im not trying to do anything,” I defended. “I’m just telling you cause you’re pestering my life, man.”
“Well, whatever you’re telling me is a lie and we both know it. I see how you look at her- how you feel when someone else gets close to her. I know you Marc, I know what you’re not saying
I didn’t respond to that.
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“What’s going on in your head?” he asked me. When his eyes met mine, he raised his brow. “Another lie?”
“Maybe.”
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“Too bad,” Paul responded tapping his nose and winking at me. “I know the truth and a bunch of others would too.”
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Sometimes I wonder why I’m friends with him. He’s just too serious for his age and even when he jokes around, he always makes sure I come clean.
I paused and thought about it. Paul was right, he is and might always be; too bad for me.
I have no other option but to come clean and that has to start with coming clean with him first.
I exhaled audibly. “I think accepting that truth will take me a moment, as well as learning to trust again.”
He gave a nod. “I know man and- that is just what I’m saying. You have to take it one at a time, start.”
I growled. “But what if-”
“No what ifs”
“I do love her. I don’t even know how I got this deep. I’ve never felt this way before and-” I hesitated before I could finish my sentence. I leaned in a little closer so I didn’t have to project my voice. “Not even for Kyra.”
That confession only came out because I knew Paul was the last person to judge me. He’d rather dance till his death than judge me for a conclusion like this.
“I understand. You loved Kyra as deeply as you heard love to be but now? You’re a man, Marc. You know love and you understand it.”
“I guess I have to define things with her and tell Ian about this.” I turned to look at him. “I just don’t know what his reaction would be.”
“I can tell you as an advocate for players that Ian just liked the idea of her. Hell, he never even mentioned anything about her to me and you know how close we are and how he never hesitates to tell me things.”
I blinked. “Should I uh- should I be happy about that?”
The door to the office opened and we glanced up just in time to catch Andra walking in, a look of complete excitement on her face. “I’m sorry sir but we’re currently trending!! I don’t know how but we did it- we’re in top 3!”
It was Melissa. She did it.
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