Chapter 455 We need to talk
Xavier refused to believe what his mind was telling him. He felt a stinging pain in his heart as he stood staring at his phone. She forgot nothing in his house, and if not that he could still smell her sweet scent on his body, it did not feel like she had come at all.
Xavier did not know what to do. He told himself that she was in the shower, so she had not seen his call and so he waited another hour before he called again, and despite that, she did not pick up. Then he texted her; but after his text got delivered, her profile picture disappeared, signaling that she had blocked him.
Xavier stood with his phone for a while, confused and wondering where he had gone wrong.
He was not himself for the rest of the day. It took him a while to accept the truth; that she just wanted the sex and nothing else. He laughed at himself, at how the tables suddenly switched on him. The women were mostly the ones asking for the relationship and he was never interested, but now he wanted a relationship, the one he wanted to be with, did not want him.
Xavier was miserable. He couldn't even eat. He was a shadow of himself for days, barely concentrating at work and dying inside. After much contemplation, he called Melissa. He needed someone to talk to, and Zac was just not it. Instead of proffering a solution, he would spend most of the time laughing at him, and he did not want that.
Melissa drove over in about half an hour after he called, saying he needed to talk. She sat patiently as she listened to him empty his heart. She was surprised, although she knew what he felt for this new girl was a little more than the others because, he wouldn't normally buy a house to be close to a woman, but then she did not expect that he would fall that hard for her.
''She blocked you?'' Melissa asked, her eyes wide in shock;
''yeah, '' Xavier said, drinking from the glass of wine, which suddenly felt bitter in his mouth, so he placed it back on the table.
''This is wild and interesting all the same; '' Melissa said with a chuckle; ''but do you realize you're in love with this woman?''
Xavier was quiet. He had denied it previously, but with the recent events and how it took a toll on him, he felt he had really fallen for her. She was the only thing he could think about. No matter how much he tried to distract himself, thoughts of her came crawling back. He knew if he did not talk to someone, he might explode.
''Have you told her you love her?'' Melissa asked. Although it stung a little seeing him being like that about someone else, something she had prayed and wished for everyday they had been friends, she knew what he needed right now was a best friend, and that was what she was going to be.
''She didn't even give me the chance, and even if I did, she wouldn't believe me. ''
Melissa sighed; ''No one would believe that you're capable of love. '' She said truthfully. He was widely known as a Casanova. No sane girl would want to take her chance on him, except she was there for his money, and was ready for anything that came with it.
Now she guessed why Xavier fell for this woman. She was the first woman who did not want something from him, not even his money.
''What are you going to do?'' She asked, and he sighed; ''I don't know. I'm sure she has made up her mind. She wouldn't want to hear what I have to say. ''
''Does it seem like she has feelings for you?'' Melissa asked;
Xavier thought and nodded; ''Yeah, she said she has feelings for me, but she doesn't want to go down that path. ''
Melissa nodded; ''I see what she did there. She slept with you, so she could gain closure and forget you. She apparently heard what everyone said about you, so she couldn't take the risk of falling in love with you. '' Melissa paused;
''But you might still have a chance; since she's fallen for you, it won't be hard to win her back. You just need to convince her that you will not hurt her. ''
''She's not even giving me a chance to.''
''Try as hard as you can to talk to her and explain things. I mean, you have years-long reputation of being reckless, so I do not blame her for thinking that way. ''
Melissa felt a tinge of happiness, though; at least he had seen what it felt, having to love someone and not get that love reciprocated.
She stayed with him fora while before she left.
...
Ari stood by her window side as she watched Melissa wave at Xavier before getting into her car and driving off. A thousand thoughts ran through her mind.
So he couldn't even wait before getting into bed with her? She thought.
But should she be surprised? She shouldn't. It only hurt because she liked him.
The days had not been easy for Ari too. She thought about him a lot and peeked at his house more times than she spoke in a day. She knew she couldn't go after him, so she prayed the feelings she has for him would go away, but they only worsened as the days passed.
The next day was work day. Her coworkers had asked her if she was okay, since she now had permanent eye bags and dark under eyes; not forgetting the fact that she looked malnourished, because she had not been eating well. She sighed as she stared at her reflection in front of the mirror.
After preparing for work, Ari grabbed her bag and headed out, but as she opened her door, she came face to face with Xavier, who was standing right in front of her door.
He looked fatigued, like he had stood there for hours, and Ari was dumbfounded. It took her a second to think of what to do next, and when she tried to go back into her house, Xavier held the door, stopping her;
''We need to talk. ''
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