Saving You & I (Book #2)

Chapter 20

"Mandy, I think Asia and I deserve some time alone now." Matt says to Mandy.

"But don't you want to explain everything first?" Mandy lets go of me and stands up straight.

"Hmm, I suppose so." He nods. "Have you told her anything?"

"I told her my half of the story." Mandy looks at him.

"Well I guess that makes things easier, huh?" He asks her. "But I think I should be alone with Asia for this."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah. We'll be alright." Matt looks at me and smiles but I look away.

The sight of him disgusts me. I don't want to look at him. His presence causes a lump in my throat. How could Matt do this to me? It just doesn't make any sense. We were such good friends. What changed that I didn't know about?

"Okay. I'll be back later." Mandy takes one look at me before exiting the room again.

The room grows quiet and I turn my head away from Matt. I fight the tears that threaten to spill. How could I look at him the same? Maybe because I can't. Matt will never be the same in my eyes. I wanted to know why. I needed to know what I did.

"Asia," Matt says my name in a cool voice and I hear footsteps moving closer to me. I don't dare look at him. I try to move my body away from him as much as I can and keep my mouth shut. I feel him sit down beside me, but I don't move and inch. My body is still. "Asia, look at me."

I continue to ignore him, but I can't stop the tears from streaming down my face. The only sound that came from me were muffled gasps and hiccups from crying. I didn't know how to handle this. There are so many things I have been through and so many things I can handle, but everything Matt has done is something I don't know how to handle.

Matt's warm fingers touch my chin, and if I weren't handcuffed I would have already pushed them off of me. He pulls my face around so that I am facing him. I close my eyes. He pulls my body around so that I am closer to him and has a firm grip on my jaw.

"Asia, look at me." Matt whispers. I bite my lip and keep my eyes closed. "Asia, open your damn eyes!" He growls at me.

Matt squeezes my jaw tighter until I wince and am forced to open my eyes. A few more tears escape and I look into his eyes. This is not the Matt that I know. This was not the Matt that I loved. His eyes were different. They were still that intriguing and unique hazel color, but they did not belong to the person that I once knew. They seemed enraged. They were strained and stripped of all emotion. He didn't see me as his friend anymore. I was just a puppet to him.

"Talk to me," He pleads. "Say something."

"How could you do this to me, Matt? My voice breaks. "What have I done to you?"

"Shh, don't cry," He wipes away my tears. "You've done nothing wrong. Everything between us is going great."

"What?" I look at him with incredulous eyes. "You drug me and lock me in a room and everything is great? What is wrong with you? I want to go home."

"Look how selfish you're being!" He exclaims. "I did all of this for you...all of this for us and you want to go home? Very selfish, Asia. Very selfish."

Is he really scolding me for being selfish over something I never wanted? What the hell is wrong with him? Matt is honestly a psycho just like Mandy and I don't want to deal with it or him ever again.

"Why am I here?"

"Well you haven't let me explain yet." He chuckles but I don't dare return the gesture.