last one to love me - a jude bellingham story

chapter 10

➪ love scammer - billa joe, pajel

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The next day:

Amari's pov:

As I'm just on my way back from the front door of the apartment to the kitchen after saying goodbye to Arda, I find my two friends already sitting there with smirks on their faces.
Arda slept over last night when the party had ended so I'm guessing that's why Kiela and Ivy are smirking at me like that.

"When will you two stop looking at me like that?", I ask them with a chuckle.
"As soon as you tell us what happened with you and Arda yesterday", Ivy gives me as an answer, "Walking into your bedroom you were more or less mad at him for not telling you that he's a professional footballer. However, as soon as the two of you got back you had a big smile on your face."

"Yeah, why was that?", Kiela adds herself to the conversation, "You were smiling like a little girl but refused to tell us anything."
"At this point we feel neglected", V says making me laugh.

"Okay, well, Arda may have asked me to be his girlfriend", I admit trying to bite back a smile.
"Oh my god, no he did not", Kie gasps.
"He very much did so."
"And what did you say?", Ivy questions impatiently.

"I said yes", I reply. At that both girls jump up from their seats, while letting out little screams, only to pull me into a group hug seconds later.

"Girl, look at you living the wag lifestyle", V jokes after we pull apart again.
"Ivy, chill. I only found out yesterday he plays football for a living", I chuckle.
Just as she's about to protest my phone starts to vibrate on the counter of the kitchen island. Looking at the screen I see a call from Maëlys.

"It's Maëlys. You mind if I get that?", I ask the girls. Both just shake their heads in return.
"Put her on speaker so we can say hi", Kiela tells me.
"Okay, sure", I reply before I pick up my phone and answer the call.

"Hey, Lee. What's up?", is the first thing I say to her, "You're on speaker by the way. Ivy and Kiela can hear you too."
"Oh, cool. Hi, Kiela. Hi, Ivy. How are you two?", Maëlys questions in return.
"We're good, thank you. What about you?", V tells my other friend.

"Same here, all good", I hear Lee answer.
"Okay, rude. Why aren't you asking me how I'm doing first? I'm technically your friend", I scoff over dramatically. Obviously I'm just joking.

"Alright, then how are you doing, best friend in the world?", Maëlys responds making me laugh.
"Don't let Kai hear you say that", I chuckle, "But, yeah, I'm doing good, I guess."
"Oh, she's doing more than good", Kiela says in a teasing voice, "Go ahead. Tell Maëlys what happened yesterday."

"Oh, well, I found out Arda, the guy I told you about, is actually playing for Real Madrid", I admit.
"Yeah, about tha-", Lee starts to say before she gets interrupted.
"No, not that part. The one where you two became boyfriend and girlfriend", Ivy cuts in, not letting Maëlys finish.

"Wait, what?", Maëlys says.
"Yeah, well, Arda asked me to be his girlfriend yesterday. And I said yes", I tell her.
"She said yes", my two other friends say in unison making me laugh again.

However, Maëlys doesn't seem too excited and gets dead silent instead.
"Why aren't you saying anything, Lee? Aren't you happy for me?", I question. After a few more seconds of silence Maëlys finally speaks up.
"I'm am, Riri, trust me. It's just, well", she says, slowly trailing off.

"Just spit it out already, girl", I return.
"Alright, fine", Maëlys sighs, "Jude knows you live in Madrid now."
"What?", I hear myself say even though I did understand her clearly.
"He knows. He called Jobe yesterday seeming really confused and upset. Apparently he found out through your new boyfriend", she tells me.