Almost Everything

Chapter 26

I hit my knuckles against the hard door. Knocking softly at first but with no reply I knocked louder. With a scuffling coming from the other side I stopped. Shoving my hands in my pockets. I waited till she opened the door.  Her eyes red and swollen. My eyes ran up and down her body. She wore my old strokes tshirt I must have left at her hotel one time and some pj shorts. Her hair in a messy bun.

"Hey," I spoke softly. My voice almost a whisper. I fought the sting edge to rush forward and pull her into my arms. Burry her face into my chest holding her as tightly as possible.

"Hi." I'm not kidding the worst sound ever is the crack in the persons voice of a person who about to cry. And is trying so hard not to.

"Liv, I'm so sorry. I came as soon as I could." I stepped forward. But she backed away from me.

"No you don't get to do this. I have a boyfriend."

"I know."

"Then why do you keep doing this?"

"Because I love you."

"I have a boyfriend Alex."

"But what I'm trying to say is you could have a husband."

"No. Stop it. I'm not ready to get married again. I can't." She ran her hands downs her face in frustration.

"Liv. Come on we both know..."

"You don't get to do that. When I met you I thought I had found the person that I was going to spend the rest of my life with. I was done. You left me. You chose Arielle. I'm all glued back together now. I make no apologies for how I chose to repair what you broke. So you don't get to come around here and do this."

"Please can we just talk." I begged.

"I don't want to talk Alex. Because It makes me feel sad. I apologise, if it makes you feel bad, seeing me so tense. No self-confidence, but you see I've played all my cards. And that's what you've done too. There is nothing more to say, no more ace to play.  So you need to go home now. You need to forget about me."

"Please Liv come on. I know that if we could just talk then you would see sense."

"Maybe I'm over you. Maybe I've moved on. Maybe, I'm just a really good liar.  But what I do know is. we're done. Okay. No more surprises. No more excuses. No more chances. WE ARE DONE."

"If you just commit to the idea of us then things will work I know they will."

"You thought I was scared to commit." She laughed.  "I was scared of this. Scared of how much I love you. Scared of the feeling that I would never be able to find happiness without you. That is what I was scared of. I was scared of this. This right here. Oh, damn you Alex. Damn you. Now leave. Get out. And never come back." She slammed the door in my face. And once again like that she was gone.

**Olivia's P. O. V.**

I went to the recording studio the next day. I needed to grab a few things so I could work from home over the next few days whilst I gathered my thoughts and planned his funeral. My fight with Alex.

I knew nobody would be here at the hour thank god because I really didn't want to run into Alex after what happened last night.

I went into the recording studio to grab some papers. I opened the door and to my surprise I saw  Andrew Nicholson the boys producer and Arielle on her knees in front of him.  I immediately ran from the room. Running out of the building to my car and driving away as fast as possible.

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**Olivia's P. O. V.**

I went to the recording studio the next day. I needed to grab a few things so I could work from home over the next few days whilst I gathered my thoughts and planned his funeral. And get over mine and Alex's fight for the umpteenth time.