Falling By Chance

Chapter - 36

“Ivy Hudson became the poison Ivy to my life.” Jake states solemnly.

“Before you start telling me about her can I just say that I want to punch the bitch already? No?” I ask him my jealousy oozing out of me.

Jake looks at me amused. “Are you by any chance jealous, Ms. Rain?” He cocks his eyebrow at me in amusement. A small smirk playing at the corner of his lips.

I scoff at him. “Me? Jealous? Abso-fucking-lutely yes!” Jake starts chuckling and shakes his head at me. When he is done, he smiles at me goofily and puts an arm around my shoulder pulling me close. He kisses my cheek and says, “You, my love, have nothing to be jealous of. She was my past. You're my present and my future. Besides she can't even compare to you. You're one of a kind and now I have eyes only for you, gorgeous.”

I beam at his words and he pulls me, hugging me to himself. I love him so damn much!

“I love you so damn much too.” His eyes twinkle as he says it. My eyes widen. Did I say that out loud?

“Yes, you did.” His shoulders start shaking a little but this time due to trying to control his laughter.

“Are you going to continue?” I say narrowing my eyes at him. He rolls his eyes at me and gives me a sheepish smile.

“As I was saying, her name was Ivy Hudson. I met her when I was 19 and just started to get over my mom's death a little. We met in college and because of my reserved nature she was the first one to approach me. I wasn't easy but she kept trying and trying until I finally accepted her as a friend. Long story short, we became really close and then I realised that I felt something more than friendship for her. She was a little rowdy and outgoing. She was the total opposite of me. Bad grades, always partying and had a cheerful way of looking at life. I fell in what I thought was love for her, but now I think about it, after meeting you and actually feeling loved, I got the true meaning of the word 'Love'. I was just infatuated and extremely attached to her.” He sighs again.

I put my hand on his cheek and gently rub it to calm his nerves. He smiles at me and grabs hold of my hand. He turns his face and kisses the palm of my hand.

“After months of thinking about opening up to her about my feelings I finally decided to tell her and she gladly accepted. I was beyond ecstatic at that and we were happy together. The first few initial months of our relationship were an absolute bliss. She would pay attention to me and I would love every second of it. It's strange though how I was so into her and yet I never let her call me Jake...” He looks at me conveying with his eyes how much special I am to him.

I nod telling him to continue.

“When I turned 20, I finally decided that I wanted more from her and I decided to propose her. I had this whole plan to woo her so she couldn't say no to me and we'll be happily married. But right now I couldn't be happier that we aren't because I wouldn't have met you, My Roxy. My precious treasure. The love of my life. I can imagine spending my future with you.” He says looking at me with eyes full of pure love, want and happiness. It feels like he is content. I lean forward and kiss him. Our kiss starts to turn a little rough due to the electricity passing in between us. But we both control ourselves. Later.

“Shall I continue?” He asks.

I nod.

“She was beautiful. An absolute sight to behold. You know she was the prettiest girl in our college but what good is all that beauty when you're so shallow from the inside. I got to know this about her much, much later.”

“As I said, I decided to propose her. But I didn't do it immediately. I was waiting for the right moment but things started to take a turn for the worse. I was so blinded by her love that I ignored all the red flags. She started hiding things from me, standing me up on our dates, being vague about her whereabouts, she never even introduced me to any of her friends she was supposedly hanging out with when she wasn't with me.”