In Piece And Pieces (Completed)

Chapter 29

Six days later...

Macy tapped the gorgeous man laying beside her.
'Wake up Daniel, you're going to miss your flight'.
'I don't want to go'. He murmured grudgingly.
She made to stand up from the bed but he circled her waist and gently dragged her back into his arms.
'Daniel...'. She drawled.
'You really don't want me to go, otherwise you wouldn't be using that tone'.
'Of course I don't want you to but you have to'.
Just then,his phone rang. He kissed her temple, loosened his hold on her and picked up the phone.
'Bryan?' She raised a brow.
'Yea... What's up man?...I doubt that....No,for now, I'll go alone....She has a doctor's appointment in three days....Yea,right?...I see you in 45 minutes...'.
He ended the call.
'I hate to be out of your sight for even one minute'.
'Yea,me too'.
She practically dragged him out of the bed and pushed him into the bathroom.

Thirty minutes later,he was all dressed up and ready to leave.
'I'll call you every second'. He said.
She laughed and took both of his hands.
'I'll miss you too'.
'First thing on Monday morning, I'm coming to pick you up'.
'I told you I don't want to go...'. Her face fell. '...Mexico is the last place I want to be at right now. It's not good for my mental health'.
'Trust me, we'll stay in a hotel throughout. I just don't want you out of my sight. How do you expect me to go a whole month plus without having you by my side? I won't let you out of my sight,I promise'.
His phone beeped.
'Bryan. I have to go'.
She reached up and kissed him.
'Take care of yourself'.

***

Macy wandered aimlessly. She was at loss of what to do.
She'd read every single book in Daniel's shelf and had read every random articles she picked from here and there. All the movies Daniel featured in,she now knew them by heart.
She'd gone to the pool twice that day and was heading towards it for the third time.
Daniel had only been gone for a day,yet it felt like a whole year.
She missed him terribly.
The last six days had been pure Bliss for her.
The fact that Daniel didn't feel contemptuous towards her,even after hearing about what had happened to her still left her speechless. He'd been angry instead that she'd had to go through all of that. He'd cradled her face and had told her how strong she really was.
She smiled.
They'd spent every free time together. The hormones were crazy with her so she'd wanted him throughout but he wouldn't hear of that. He was afraid to hurt her. Most times,her moans of pleasure had been mistaken for pain and he'd stop abruptly. With Daniel,she learned the true meaning of love-making.
He was gentle and wonderful.
Her body shivered in recollection of some of their activities these past days.
They'd talked, really talked.
She'd told him everything. Everything there was to know about her.
He could write a book about her now if he wanted.
She immersed herself in the cool water and shivered in delight.
They'd talked about him too,but not of things she hadn't already heard. He'd, however, spoken nothing about his past relationships. Even when she'd ask out of curiosity,he'd smoothly digress.
She swam few lapses in the pool and came out.
Picking up the towel she'd hung earlier,she dried herself up.
She decided she would not swim again until after her appointment with the doctor.
Her stomach rumbled and she knew she should at least eat something. She'd eaten sparingly in the morning and the night before it.
Making her own food was a huge problem,so she decided to just whip up some cream and eat salad–Daniel had cut some and put in the refrigerator the previous Sunday.

After having her meal,she went back to his room,which she'd been staying in since they'd made love for the first time.
She went to his closet and picked up one of his clothes and sniffed it. She picked another and another until she'd practically sniffed all his clothings.
When she realized the mess she'd made in the closet,she sighed and began rearranging the clothes just like she'd seen them.
When she was done rearranging the clothes and was about to go fling herself into the comfy bed,her eyes caught something peeking out of a single cabinet drawer beside the single lamp stand in the room. She hadn't really noticed the cabinet before.
Her interest piqued.
She went closer and squatted. Her stomach tumbled over. She groaned and sat on the bare floor instead.
She opened the drawer and her eyes grew wide.
It was filled with mostly magazine and newspaper covers.
Wow!
She picked up the particular paper that had drawn her attention in the first place.
It was a full magazine of a male fashion brand.
Daniel was all over the place on different clothings.
She smiled. He was a model too. A hot one at that.
When she'd had her fill of gawking at his hot pictures,she dropped it and picked another one.
She had skimmed through a few pieces, without actually reading,when she realized that she'd been seeing this particular woman's face in most of the pictures alongside Daniel's.
Who might she be?
She gathered the whole articles in the drawer and carried them to the bed where she'd be more comfortable and began to fully read them now.
There were mostly controversial pieces about Daniel.
The paparazzi seemed to trail his every move.
The woman was Lisa Peterson, Daniel's ex girlfriend.
There were different pictures of them in different occasions and positions as well.
'Love in the air... Our hot headed Daniel about to go 'Forever'?
This caption had Daniel and the woman on a beach in a very romantic setting.

'When you love a woman,you FEED her'.
This one was accompanied with Daniel spoon-feeding her on what looked like a dinner date.

'Is this love one sided?'
Here, something didn't seem right.
She didn't bother trying to find out what because another caption caught her attention just as immediately.

'Shocking: Lisa Anderson, girlfriend of popular Actor, Daniel Williamson dumps him on National TV,says "The wackier the sex gets,the shorter the relationship lasts".
The woman was on an interview. It must have been where she'd made the statement.
Sex with Daniel,wacky? She must have been high on something that day.
According to the ex model,She had had it good while it'd lasted.
''People have various reasons why they get attracted to and date men. For me,money and mind blowing sex are the real deals. I don't know what I'd be doing in a relationship where these two things are lacking''. She'd explicitly explained.

There was another, which looked like it'd been rumpled and stepped on a hundred times before been flung into the drawer.
It had a picture of Lisa and a man on a boat cruise and it read...
'While our dear Daniel had been busy mourning his loss,pretty Lisa seemed to have hastily moved on to her next lay'.

She felt angry that a woman had hurt Daniel that badly and jealous that he might even still be in love with her.
After all,even after everything with her parents and best friend,did she still not miss them.
She packed the remains of the papers,together with the ones she had already read and put them back in the drawer.
It all made sense now.
If Daniel's attitude whenever she mentioned his past relationships had something to do with anything,then this was it.
She was suddenly overtaken by a strong feeling of apprehension.

What if Lisa showed up one day and Daniel decided he didn't want her anymore?

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