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Stella wouldn't sleep knowing that Charles was still mad and misunderstood her, she was gonna make it right because she wasn't gonna repeat the same mistakes that led her to end her relationship with her ex. Charles was too special for her to let him go

"I screwed up" she sighed in frustration while talking to George on the phone

"No, couples fight, it's normal" he assured her and she closed her eyes "But for real though, you are completely over Mason, right?"

"I am, I love Charles so much" she assured him with a firm tone "It had been three hours, he's not coming back. That's it, he realized he doesn't wanna be with me"

"Stella, he loves you, he'd never walk away like that besides you're literally at his house"

"I mean... I get why he was jealous but I don't look at Mase the same way I used to" she stated running her hand through her hair

"Can't say the same thing about him though"

"I'm trying, G. Why can't nobody see that?" Her voice cracked as tears started to gather in her eyes

"Fuck, I'm so sorry, Stel. I know you are" he assured her

"I should go, he's here" she told him with a sigh

"Good luck"

It was past midnight when she heard the door open slowly, Charles thought that she was asleep because they both woke up earlier. When he entered the room she sat up and turned on the lights

"I thought you're asleep" he said with knitted eyebrows before checking his phone "It's one in the morning"

"Take a shower and let's talk, okay? I'll make hot cocoa" she smiled at him softly and he nodded

When he entered the bathroom, she wrapped her robe around her and then walked to the kitchen. She pulled out peanut butter from the fridge because she always ate it with a spoon and as she told him, she did make hot cocoa when she sensed that he was about to finish his shower

Charles entered the kitchen only wearing his pyjama pants and she handed him his cup "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to lash out at you like that" he apologized with a guilty look

"Guilt" she spoke and he frowned at her words "And pain that what I feel whenever I look at Mason"

"I don't understand-"

"You're right, I loved Mason and him and I really thought that one day we're gonna get married and live happily ever after" she trailed him off and he put down his mug

"I'm gonna need alcohol for this" he said before opening his liquor drawer pulling out a whiskey bottle

"We met through one of G's friends who used to play football with Mason in 2017 and we instantly felt that weird beautiful spark and then two months later on New Year's, he asked me out" she revealed with a sad smile before motioning for him to pour her some liquor and he did with a sigh

"He made me forget about you... at some point I even doubt what I was feeling for you at that time, like he really healed all of my wounds and he was so good to me but we were only nineteen, we had a lot a head of us" she continued before taking a large sip from her drink and then winced at the taste "In 2019... He signed for Chelsea and I was so proud of him because it was his dream , so basically it was mine too but that dream slowly turned into a nightmare we both couldn't escape"

"What happened?" Charles asked curiously before taking away her glass "Give me that please"

"He was busy all the time, he barely could see me and I decided to move to New York" she said before letting out a chuckle "I wanted to start my own career so we had to break up right before his twenty first birthday, it was a bit bad for us because we depended on each other a lot and that's why we got back together right after I released my album and then Covid started and we both spent the whole Quarantine together, at least while the lockdown lasted"