Sudden Disturbance (TRF #5)

Chapter 33

Chapter 33

I scoffed. "Sana pumunta ka nalang sa GS para hindi kita nakikita ngayon." I said.

He chuckled. "Don't be like that, Aree. You know how much those words hurt me." He said.

I looked at him in disdain. "Did you care when you admitted that you cheated on me? No, right? So, why would I care now?"

It's a good thing we're in a dark hallway. Almost no one passes by here.

He smiled sadly. "Did you even try to hear my explanation?" He asked.

I frowned. "You admitted it. What more do I need to hear?" I asked, my vision getting blurry.

I thought I was over it. I thought I was over him. Then, why? Why the hell am I crying because of him again? Why does he have this power over me?

He took a step towards me. "Did you even make me finish? Didn't you think there was something more to the sentence?" He asked and I took three steps away from him.

My cheeks were getting wet by my tears. I hate it. I hate this effect he has on me. "You cheated, that's all there was to it." I said.

He shook his head and walked two steps towards me. "You doubted me, Aree. Just when you said you'll protect me from this world. You couldn't protect me from yourself, when you knew that you can bring me one of the greatest damage I'll never recover." He said and tears completely blurred my vision.

"There's no use in dwelling in it anymore. Tapos na, wala na tayong magagawa. Move on and heal yourself because I already did. I'm sorry I couldn't keep my promise, but you didn't keep yours either." I wiped my tears away from my cheeks. Maybe this was the closure they were talking about.

"You call yourself moved on?" He laughed humorlessly. "Then why are you crying before me? Is that you already healed?" He asked.

I bit my lip when tears started flowing again. I hate this. "I thought I was. I thought I've completely moved on. But opening this topic up, it makes me weak. It makes me remember how you admitted so easily." I cried.

He immediately crossed the distance between us and wrapped me in his arms. "Please don't cry. Don't cry for me."

My tears were still falling nonstop no matter how much I tried to stop them. Maybe these are the tears that were supposed to come out when we broke up but got contained because I needed to study.

"Come back. Come back to me." He said and hugged me tighter.

I shook my head. "No. I can't. We can't anymore." I said and pushed him away.

He looked at me with tears in his eyes. "Why?" He asked full of confusion.

"Can't you see us, Jax? We're obviously not for each other, we broke each other once before and now we're reopening those wounds again. We're messed up." I said and he wiped his tears away.

He smiled. "We're the only ones who can heal each other too, if you don't know that." He said and offered his hand to me. "We'll fix this, just please allow me to talk to you."

"No." I refused again.

His eyes turned serious. "We're going to do this the hard way, then." He sighed and let his hand fall to his side. "If you don't come with me right now, I'll post every single picture of us on my social media accounts and I'll tell Triveon to tell the world that you're really my girlfriend. The media will hover over you, Aree. Do you want that?" He asked smirking.

I looked at him in shock. "No." I shook my head, trying to convince myself that it wasn't true.

He smirked. "Yes." He said and leaned down to level with my face. "Why do you think the media didn't bother you after I announced that you were my girlfriend, huh?"