Love, Cecelia

Chapter 25 - For the hope of it all

In my love life, i don't think i ever got cheated on. I only have been with two men in my whole life.

James and Ronan and James again.

Neither ever a close friend of mine has ever got cheated on, except Olivia.

This is the second time she gets cheated on and it makes me sick to my stomach.

The first time her boyfriend was over, and a text came at his phone, specifically, a picture. And that's how she got him cheating on her, with nudes.

What can anyone tell. He's in the acting industry. One of the reasons i never dated someone from my work place.

"Maybe ice cream can make you feel better?" i ask Olivia, the second she opened the door, in her baggy clothes, messy hair and i could see a smile on her face from the sight of ice cream.

She pulls me in for a hug, and gets the ice cream, making her way back to the couch.

"I told you before, don't give him a second chance." I look around "Where is the asshole now?"

"I threw him out, with his clothes. I didn't even bothered to pack them"

We look at each other and burst out laughing.

"You definitely need to blast Taylor Swift" i suggest and i find a playlist on Spotify "taylor swift songs to scream to" and we start singing on top of our lungs.

"I need more distraction" she nudges my arm, bringing the spoon to her mouth, full of ice cream" "What's with you?"

I furrow my eyebrows. "What do you mean?"

"You have that look in your face that your mind is somewhere else"

I roll my eyes.

One of Olivia's personality traits is that she can read people.

"Ronan came to visit" I confess and she half stood up, facing me.

"Shut up. When?"

"When you called me, he was there"

"When did he come back? What did he want?" She asks and i fidget with my rings on my fingers.

"Last night. To see his nephews too. Oh, and he also didn't know about the wedding. He saw the pictures and he left" i answer her questions one by one.

Grace probably didn't mention to Ronan about the wedding. Maybe she wanted me to tell him about it.

"He just left? Damn, war makes you weird"

I roll my eyes.

"He's not the one fighting the enemies Olivia. He's a surgeon there"

"Whatever. I'm sure he's punching the air right now for breaking up with you"

"We are just friends I won't say it again. We never were meant to be. Me and James are meant to be. I'm happy now."

I take the extra spoon, eating from her ice cream.

"Great, now you made me like you" i say and we throw our heads back, singing to "Better Than Revenge" by Taylor Swift.

"I may be a feminist 99% but this song is the reason for the 1%" i admit and we both laugh.

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I haven't mentioned to James, Ronan's earlier arrival yet. I came back from Olivia's place just a while ago and James and Emily had just came home.

The red, yellow, and orange sunset is visible from the backyard, while James uses the grill to cook barbecue and Emily helps him with it.