Girlfriend For Hire || maiden. (Under Editing)

XXVIII. - The Confession Night -

Songs for this chapter:

1. "Fallin" by Mr. Janno Gibbs

2. "Thinking of You" by Katy Perry

3. "Not Like The Movies" by Ms. KC Concepcion

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"Stop it!" Maine yelled after the first two punches were thrown. Other party guests quickly came in and pulled the two away from each other.

"What the hell happened?" she asked after the two were apprehended. Maine started panicking, she never expected any of this ould happen. Hannah and Jake then walked away. Meanwhile, Maine turned to Alden so she can give him a quick sermon.

"What the hell were you thinking? what's wrong with you?" she asked.

"I don't know." he replied, sounding guilty as ever.

"You don't know?"

"I don't know what came over me ... I'm so sorry Maine." the young guy answered. He tried to hold ehr hand but she pushed him away.

"You're not the Alden I know." she  said.

"I never meant to do that."

"Then why did you do it? Sorry .. I can't deal with this right now." she replied. 

"Maine, please." he begged.

"Leave ... Just leave."

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"What the hell were you thinking?" he asked before wiping the blood off his lips. Deep inside, he already knew the answer. Seeing Jake with Maine made him feel jealous. And him feeling jealous could only mean one thing, he has feelings for her.

After an hour of driving, Alden got back home. He stopped on the driveway and pulled out his phone. he dialed Maine's number but she rejected his call. He tried it again but she did the same thing. 

"Ugh ... you screwed up. Time to tell her the truth."

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After Alden left, Maine let out a sigh andw ent straight to her parents.

"What the hell was that?" her Dad asked.

"I don't know ... just a misunderstanding I guess." she answered, still trying to dodge the heat.

"Misunderstanding?"

"Yep."

"That's alright ... but please honey, I don't think your Dad and I would want to see Alden anytime soon." Mrs. Mendoza replied.

"I understand." she replied and quickly walked away from them. A few minutes later, the young girl decided to go to her friends.

"How are you?" Maine asked Jake as soon as she reached them. 

"What do you think?" Jake replied.

"I'm so sorry Jake ... I should have never invited him."

 "It doesn't matter ... it already happened." the other guy snapped back before he walked away from them.

"Hannah please help me." she said. But much to her surprise, she too walked away.

A few hours later, Maine went home because she's too upset to continue socializing with her relatives. Thoughts once again filled up her mind. She started wondering whether Alden is a good guy at all.

"Why do you like him anyway?" she asked herself.

Then suddenly, the silence isnide their house was broken by the sound of a car engine pulling up right in front of the gate. Maine peered through the window and saw Alden's car. She took a deep breath and ran out to face him.

"What are you doing here?" she asked in an annoyed tone. 

"I came to apologize."

"Then you should have gone to Jake."

"I already did."

"Then you should go home." she said, not wanting to interact with him.

"Let me explain first."

"Fine."

"I don't know what's gotten into me."

"Stop-

 "No, you stop. I'm talking, let me finish. That's rude." he said and so she rolled her eyes.

 "So yeah I don't know what happened to me. There's one thing that I'm sure of though , I don't wanna lose you."

"Why are you making it sound like you have feelings for me Alden?"

"What if I do?" he asked and took one step closer.

"What?"

"I ... I don't wanna lose you."

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"Stop getting my hopes up." she said. Alden took another step closera nd held her hands. This time, she did not push him away.

"I'm sorry."

"Please ... just go."

"No."

"This is too complicated."

"I know, but we can make it simple. Trust me." he said.

"Look, can't you see? I have feelings for you Alden okay? It's hard for me to go on a day to day basis and pretend that I don't feel anything for you when in fact, I do. " she said, causing his heart to drop. Alden felt liketheir whole world went into slow motion right in that moment.

But Maine telling him the truth prompted Alden to do the same. He took a deep breath and just blurted out the words he's been meaning to say.

"I've fallen for you. I like you, a lot."

"What?"

"Have you gone deaf, Maine? I said I've fallen for you. Not as a fake girlfriend, not as a friend but more than that. I have feelings for you, feelings that I can't control. I think I love you."

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