never fall for brown eyes // Pedri

chapter 70

Pedri's eyes go wide and he freezes as he notices me right in front of him. He must know by now that I was in the press conference. He doesn't smile or pretend to look at me like someone who cares. Instead his gaze is sad and broken, like he knows that nothing will repair what he just broke a few hours ago. His mouth opens as if to say something but I beat him to it.

"Oh great look who it is, the man of the hour," I huff at him while he just stares at me. I'm starting to think his brain is broken as he just gapes at me and doesn't move to get out of my way.

"Please move," I grit through my teeth as if to warn him that I'm more angry than I'm sad at the moment. Instead of listening to me and letting me go past him, Pedri's feet stay rooted on the floor. He doesn't look like he's about to budge anytime soon.

"Chiqui, it's not-" He starts but I stop him right there.

"No, don't you 'chiqui' me. You lost the right to call me by that name the minute you stood there in front of the press and made a fool of me," I say, my voice breaking.  I take a deep breath and continue.

"Did you ever love me? No actually you know what, don't say anything, we both know the answer. But you did a wonderful job convincing people that you loved me, even I almost fell for it," I scream at him with tears in my eyes. I wipe them away furiously because he does not deserve any of them.

Pedri looks at me with a pained look and as he is about to say something I silence him again. "No, you're right, you never promised me anything and you told me multiple times that you didn't want anything with me. So it was all just pretend. It's time to stop lying to ourselves because Gavi and Evelynn found each other. We don't need to pretend anymore, it's all over. And I don't want to see you ever again. Goodbye," I say and turn back to where I came from.

I can hear Pedri's footsteps trail behind me, but I'm on a mission to get to my room as soon as possible.

"Madeline won't you stop and talk to me?! At least let me explain this!" Pedri screams after me but I'm determined to get as far away from him as I can. I'm not swallowing any of his lies ever again.

"No, I have nothing more to say to you! Now please leave me alone!" I scream at him without even looking back.

As I round the corner I'm met with the same woman who helped me when I hurled my guts, and heart, out and Pedri's brother. No, you've got to be kidding me. I stop dead on my tracks by the sight of them.

"Espera chiqui, I have no idea what you heard and it's-" he as well comes to an abrupt stop when he spots them. They both stare at us and I'm convinced that this has now turned into the worst day of my life.

"Umm... ¿Qué está pasando? I feel like every time I see you two, something weird is happening," Fernando says while the lady, who I assume can only be their mum, is just looking between me and Pedri.

"Pedri, quién es ella?" The mum asks Pedri with wide eyes, so she must remember our earlier encounter. Pedri just stands there, speechless.

"I'm absolutely no one," I whisper and continue past them to the elevators. I don't want to hear again how I meant nothing to him nor will I mean anything. I was just some fling apparently, which shouldn't surprise me after what happened in Barcelona.

I hear them arguing something about why I'm crying and what the hell has happened, but I just need to get away. I don't care that he probably has to explain all this to his family, it's not my problem. I couldn't care less what they think of me. I'm no one to them after all.