"Indeed, I love you

Mister Distressed

Chapter 3

"I- oh well leave it" said Joe in his most distressed voice making me more suspicious. "Joe, you can share it with me, after all I was your best friend" I insisted, "So?!" He asked and I was startled at this reaction of his, "Well you see it's none of your business to know about the deal, stop being so nosy-" "ITS NONE OF MY BUSINESS?! Mister Joe Alwyn, I'm a Lawyer by profession and you came to me because you wanted to get a divorce", I shouted angrily.

"You've been asking me very private questions since we got here-" " excuse me, how the hell are you expecting me to fight for you if you won't tell me?" I said literally fuming this time.

"Well I didn't mean tha-" "oh yeah ofcourse, I'm really sorry, I forgot I left my best friend in London 15 years ago! I shouldn't have been more private as a lawyer I guess" I said chuckling angrily and then proceeded to leave without saying a word.

I heard him screaming from behind asking me to wait but I ofcourse didn't. I can't believe this person was my best friend for 9 years, fifteen years ago. He was the same person but somehow he was not. I felt terrible, tears of anger escaped my eyes. I went to my house, it was silent, no one lives there except me and my three cats and they are probably sleeping this late. I sat in front of the fire place while tears still streaming down my face. My feelings for him this evening escalated quickly. I just knew deep down that I dont like him like I used to, not only as a crush but also as a person. And I didn't realise when I fell asleep on my couch thinking about him.

I woke up very early next morning when someone rang the bell, "Oww who's here so early?" I gaggled as I was heading towards the door. As soon as I opened the door I saw a large flower bouquet, wider than my door, trying to get in, "Oh my who's this?" "Your old best friend from the East", It was Joe, for the first time in my life I was disappointed to find Joe on my porch light. I sighed and let him in.

An expression of guilt had spread on Joe's beautiful face. He sighed and sipped tea that I offered him. "You had business with me?" I said sounding rude purposefully, "You cant really be serious with what happened last night, can you?" "I very well can Mr. Alwyn" I shot back, he made a look of disgust at me calling him 'Mr. Alwyn', he wasn't very fond of it.

"Oh well nevermind Joe, let's leave this topic here and tell me what made you come at my place?" I asked pretending that I'm fine with last night's argument, "Oh I just came to apologise – I'm really very sorry" "it's okay", I didn't wanted to fight with him anymore on this topic. A look on his face made it clear that he thought that I might not easily forgive him but I still did.

"And you asked me about the deal right, so it-" "Oh no Joe dont tell me about it, I'm not interested, last night I only wanted to know because I thought that you still take me as your best friend but ofcourse you proved me wrong" I didn't actually wanted to say this but I really let everything slip that was in my heart and mind last night.

"Oh no Taylah, I didn't mean to, just listen to me atleast-" " No Joe, I should've been more professional as a lawyer but well I wasn't so let me pay for mistaking you as my best frien-" "Will you listen to me?!" He asked calmly but I can make out the anger in that question.

"I know you are getting irritated or maybe angry but let's just work professionally and-" "WHAT PROFESSIONALLY?! YOU ARE STILL MY BEST FRIEND-" " GREAT, ITS ONLY YOUR FIGMENT NOW!", a tear escaped my eyes when I said this but I wiped it before he could notice it. Joe's face was woeful at my words, he sipped tea and gulped it down slowly as though what he heard was illusory.

And then slowly he looked at me and said with a very regretful tone in his voice,"Its okay if we aren't friends anymore" and then paused for a while fancying his shoelaces then proceeded, "but will you still be my lawyer, please?", his face looked miserable, I cant deny. I said okay and he was about to leave when someone called him on his phone.

His expressions escalated quickly, just a second before he looked miserable and now stood up very fast from the sofa in terror.

"HOLY SHI-"

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The more I write, the more ideas I get. I was gonna end this chapter differently but then my story would come to a dead end so I decided to end this like this lol. Also I'm so excited for this story ahhh!!

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- H