The Possessive Bully

Part 63

I don't know if I should say sorry or if I should just run.

But I surely would bring Tyler with me if I run away. There's no way I'm running away and leaving him behind all this.

From my cold shaky hands, I look at Peter's disappointed face. I then look at Tyler who's sitting across from me. He gave me a small smile like he was saying it's okay but I know it's far from being okay.

It's anything but okay. We agreed to tell our parents. But we didn't want them to know this way.

I didn't go to Sunny's restaurant. I told her I'll be late and I don't know how long it would take me to go to her restaurant. We felt the need to explain to Peter so Tyler and I ask him to talk inside their house.

It feels nostalgic. I feel like I'm still in my teenage years, hiding our relationship from them.

Peter broke the silence after minutes of seating in their dining room.

"You two...", His hand reached for the side of his head and gently massage it. "You two are dating?", He asks in disbelief.

"Don't make it sound like it's a bad thing, Dad.", Tyler says and he receives a glare from Peter. "We're doing nothing wrong. She's not my step-sister.", He pointed.

"Not anymore. Her mother and I have...", His voice trailed off, searching for the right words to say as he process what was happening in front of him.

"We understand that Dad. But that's all in the past now. You did not marry her Mom. We're not related. And I..." He pauses and looks at me. "I love her."

I bit the insides of my cheek. I felt my cheeks blush at Tyler's words. He's declaring his feelings for me in front of his Dad.

Is it crazy to think that I'm somehow getting the confidence Peter that I feel the same just because I heard what Tyler said? Yeah. I'm going crazy.

I also love that he's the one doing all the explaining. I don't know if I could explain things without even stuttering.

Peter shakes his head and closes his eyes, his brows are furrowed making the lines in his forehead visible.

"How long?", He asks quietly, his eyes still closed.

Silence. What should we say?

I think Tyler read my mind cause he mouthed 'I got this'.

"I love her since the beginning..."

Peter's eyes jolted up to Tyler, shocked by his confession.

"But we tried to stop it. We lost communication when she went to Oxford and only started dating days ago.", He sums up.

Peter looks at me as if asking to confirm what Tyler said and I slowly nod.

"We... Didn't mean everything to happen. It.. just happened.", I swallow hard.

"Does your Mom knows about this?", He asks and I shake my head.

"I'm planning to tell her when I go back to Oxford. But she knows Tyler and I have communication."

He heaved a deep sigh and we waited in silence.

Long deafening silence. I thought he was not going to talk anymore. We're just exchanging glances and deep heavy sighs.

"I... Don't know what to say.", Peter says after a few minutes.

"We know this is a bit too much information, Dad. But we can't stop it. Even if you tell us to stop, I won't.", Tyler says as a warning.

Peter shakes his head before slowly standing up.

"We'll talk about this some other time...", He says and looks at Tyler, then he looks at me. "Give me some time.", He says before retreating to his room upstairs.