So Close (Book 1)

Chapter 21

NAT'S POV

I chuckled. 

"Ollie naman. I love you, too." I said. "Ikaw pa? You're Bryce's best friend and you're mine, too."

He smiled at me. A sad smile. 

"Uy, ano ka ba? It's a party. You should smile." I said, nudging him with my hand.

"I don't think I can." he said. He broke free from our clasp at naglakad na siya paalis. I stood there, alone on the dancefloor, looking at Ollie's back.

BRYCE'S POV

"What are you doing?" I asked. 

Naiirita na ako kay Stella. Pati pa naman birthday ng asawa ko, pumupunta siya. She was taking her obsession to a whole new level.

"I'm attending Dr. Ross's party. Bakit? Sa tingin mo ano?" she challenged. She was smiling evily at me. 

God. I could just wring her neck. 

"Leave this party now, Stella."

She pouted. The same pout that got me in trouble. "Why? Wouldn't it be rude? Ininvite ako ni Natalie." She got up close to me and touched my chest. "Natatakot ka na sabihin ko kay Natalie?" she asked. 

Yes. I am so damn scared. 

"Why can't you answer?" she asked. "Ah. Takot ka nga talaga. Tignan mo, namumuti ka na."

I removed her hand from my chest. "Leave the party now before you--"

"What? Make a scene? Oh, Bryce. Kilala mo nga ako." she said. She touched my jaw. "You know my every step and my every move. So why didn't you just marry me?"

I removed her hands from my face and held her wrists. "You're a damn psycho, Stella. Umalis ka na dito bago ko tawagin ang mga guardiya!"

"Oh, I know you and you won't do that."

"The hell I will."

"Fine. So, you'd do it. Paano kung tatanungin ni Natalie kung bakit mo ako pinaalis? What would you tell her?"

I threw her hands down. "There's no point in fighting with you."

"Correct."

I pinched the bridge of my nose. Damn bitch. She's a psychotic bipolar.

"Do you have anything more to say?" she asked me. 

"You won't listen, anyway." I told her. 

"Nandito lang pala kayo." I heard someone say. 

Ollie. 

Dammit. He was dancing with my wife before I even got to her.

"If you're trying to further ruin my day, be done with it and go, dammit." I said. 

Ollie chuckled. "You've got some serious issues, bro."

"Shut up."

Ollie reached us and stood beside me. 

"What were you talking about?" he asked. Enthusiastically. 

I frowned at him. "None of your business."

If he knew, he'd tell my wife. At ayaw kong mangyari 'yon. 

"Actually, we were talking about the old times. Like how he knew my every move." Stella said. 

"Dammit! We weren't." I said and turned to walk away. 

"Knowing Natalie, if she knew you had played with her, agad siyang maghihingi ng divorce." Ollie told me.