MALE LEAD FALLS IN LOVE

Chapter 17. Fighting.

Asher POV,

" You said you wanna talk to me about something?" Clara asks after telling me about her drug addict brother who is in the hospital now for getting into fights after getting high , she's been crying all evening because of his only brother who her family don't know how to help him anymore. She had asked if she can sleep over because she's feeling so down.

I have no choice but to lie to her again , I can't tell her that I want to break up with her in this situation . "Uh.. yeah , I was gonna tell you that you should come with me tomorrow , I have a meeting with mr. Kinney , do you remember him ? The one that wanted to supply us with his company's products, but it's okay you can stay , now that you have a lot going on , you don't even need to go to work tomorrow too ." Yes I have a meeting but I wasn't planning to go with her .

" Thanks babe , I'll go see my brother  tomorrow." She says hugging me . She pulls me in bed and I lie on my back and she puts her head on my chest, making me her pillow .

I try to take my phone but she takes it away , setting it to silent mode and put it in the drawer beside the bed, "Can you just cuddle with me tonight ? No phone , please .."

" Okay.. " I say simply .

I haven't contacted August since he left and am pretty sure he's starting to get a wrong idea now , he'll think am playing with him again , he's gonna think that I lied and I've changed my mind .

I pray so hard that Clara falls asleep as soon as possible so that I can talk to him , but that doesn't happen because she can't stop talking about her brother , it's 12am already and am really getting restless .

I decide to pretend that am Asleep maybe she'll decide to sleep, so that I get the chance to talk to August , but she keeps tossing and turning . Damnit this is bad...

I have no otherwise so I decide to fantasize about August , assuming that he is the one sleeping on top of me like this .

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The next thing I know is that Clara is waking me up to prepare so that I don't be late for the meeting , I had planned that I'll see August after the meeting today .

I get off the bed taking my phone and rush to the bathroom , I unlock my phone , seeing 16 missed calls and 21 messages , I don't even bother looking at the messages, I search his contact and call but he doesn't answer .

I try several times but they go unanswered , I start getting worried , so I send him a message .

°°°heey good morning , am sorry about yesterday I couldn't get a chance to contact you , am really sorry and I want you to know that I haven't changed my mind , it's just that something came up°°°

I put my phone aside after sending it and take a shower but I keep looking if he has replied but there's nothing .

I dress , finish still no reply  * Maybe he's still sleeping since it's 8 am * I think .

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At 11: 30 am , the meeting is over but August hasn't replied to any of my texts yet ... *

°°° Hey , do you still wanna meet today or not ? Because am at the same hotel right now and I was wondering if I should keep waiting or if I should just go back°°°

I send him that to see if he'll respond , am still not at the hotel but am not that far . I hear my phone vibrate in a minute after sending that , looking at it I see a message from him , I feel extremely happy .

•••Coming •••

Just a word . It's clear that he's mad at me , I decide to call and book the same room from that day as I rush there so that he doesn't get there before me .

When I get at the hotel , I take the lift up , at the door I take the key and open the door , just as am about to take a deep breath to relax for I have arrived faster , I hold it when my eyes fall on him sitting on the couch.

" How comes you came that fast?! Were you around?" I start a conversation with very wrong words that I shouldn't have said at all .

He doesn't say anything to that and I know that I've fucked up , I go over to him and sit next to him moving closer. "August I ... "

He cuts me , "Did you tell her?"

" No, I.. "

" Great!" He says standing up heading to the door , damn , he's even more mad than I thought . I hold his hand .

" I couldn't , she was crying all night about her brother , but I swear I was gonna tell her , it's just that I didn't know how to do it considering the situation she is in , as soon as the situation around her gets better I'll tell her , I promise . And also I was gonna call you but I couldn't." I explain as he is still standing not turning around.

" You never keep your promises , I don't know what to believe about you anymore." He says .

" Really now,,?"

" Yeah , just.. call me after you are over with her."

" Why are you being so childish about this?"

" You call it childish? Do you have any idea what you've been doing to me ever since we met! Besides, You have no idea how it feels to see someone you love leave and goes to someone else every time!"

" I think I should make peace with the fact that you are a selfish person and you will always be , because all you think about is you and you alone , you think I've been hurting you since we met ? Well Same here ! At least I didn't hurt you knowingly, but you did it to me knowingly! ,,, Leaving and going to someone? You think it's easy for me?"

"I didn't hurt you on purpose, you don't understand how it feels to discover something you never knew you are! I went crazy..!" He asks .

What are we even fighting for , we just got together yesterday and am not in the mood for this.  "You were gonna go.. right? I think you should go on, maybe we shouldn't have met in the first place"

" Do you even love me Asher? Honestly speaking?" He asks

"I wouldn't be here right now if I don't, I wouldn't have agreed to meet you the first  time when you asked me to ! If only you stop thinking about yourself only , maybe you'll see it , I know you are hurtling and so am I, I promised you that I'll make things right , but you are not patient, you just want everything to happen according to your wish and the very minute you want it . Maybe I should be the one who should ask that question because if you love me , at least you would be considering how I feel about everything that's going on."

"Am sorry.. I swear am not selfish or anything, maybe it's just jealousy and the strong desire to be with you that's driving me nuts , am sorry,," he says walking back to me.