Once in a Lifetime {BxB English}

🖤 Chapter 10

Mano's honey eyes were fixed on Ody, whose face showed signs of unease. His chest was rising and falling faster than usual, but it was clear that the crisis had passed.

He got up from the floor, and Ody followed, the distance between them barely existent.

"You okay?" he asked, but Mano only lifted his gaze, looked at him briefly, and walked past without answering.

"Wait!..." he stepped in front of him. "What... What happened? Why... did you react like that? Do you want to talk about it?"

Mano brushed him off and started walking away. Ody got the message and didn't bother him further. He wanted answers, but he knew he wouldn't get any, no matter how much he pressed. Then he remembered that they had come together. In his car.

He hurried to catch up. "Want me to drive you home?"

Mano kept walking, ignoring him. He seemed upset.

"I won't ask anything, I promise"

That made him stop. He turned around and looked into Ody's green eyes. With a nod, he motioned for them to go, and they got into the car, fastening their seat belts.

Mano opened his phone and saw eight missed calls from Stella. "What does she want now?..." he muttered, checking his messages.

"What?" Ody asked, confused.

Stella
So that's how it is, Mano... If you're going to ignore me, I hope you like what you're about to see

He read the Instagram message and then tapped to see the tag she had given him. His eyes locked on the picture on his screen, and anger washed over his face. "That bitch..."

"What happened?" Ody glanced over before turning his eyes back to the road.

The photo showed Stella and Mano lying on a bed with white sheets. Mano's chest was bare, and his eyes were closed. She was holding her phone with one hand while resting the other on his chest, her head tilted playfully toward him.

"Isn't he adorable when he sleeps? ❤️" read the caption, and Mano slammed his fist into the first thing he could find—his leg.

Ody flinched, startled, as he drove.

"I'll kill her!!"

"What's going on?" Ody asked, noticing Mano still fixated on the screen. He pulled over to the side of the road and stopped. "Did something bad happen?"

"I'm going out with a crazy bitch who won't leave me alone, and now she's doing this!" he turned the screen to show him.

Ody saw the half-naked image of Mano with the girl beside him.

"And... she shouldn't have?"

"Aren't you listening? The chick's become a leech! She was threatening that if I didn't go out with her, she'd do this!"

"Didn't you say you are going out with her?"

"She called me eight times, and I didn't pick up—that's why" Mano continued, his anger boiling.

"Just tell her to take it down"

"Oh, she'll take it down, or she'll be sorry!" he furiously opened his messages.

"Not like that. Don't speak to her like that—she'll get angrier"

"Like I'm gonna beg her!"

Mano
Take it down now, or you'll see a side of me you've never seen before

Stella
Why baby? Didn't you like it? I think you look gorgeous

They both read the messages, and just as Mano was about to lose it and tear apart the car in his rage, Ody took the phone from his hand. Mano turned toward the window, trying to calm down, his leg bouncing angrily.