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Filling The Spaces

Chapter 23

 

Many words were left unspoken, and now was the time to spill everything out.

After breaking our embrace (which felt like lasting for an eternity), Niall asked me to enter the car and I did as he said, not speaking a word as I was still completely shocked and amazed by this sudden encounter. I should be mad at him for breaking me like this, but I needed an explanation first.

Any other girl would have punched him in the face by now, but I just couldn’t. Sure, I had those days where I felt like an independent, strong woman, but I had to face that I depended on Niall. I couldn’t be happy without him. But now he was here…

… Until he decided to leave me permanently.

I was worried. I had experienced so much over the past few months; I’d probably end up in an asylum if he told me that he didn’t want me anymore. He had broken my faith in him, yet I couldn’t help but trust every single word he was going to tell me.

I’m such a fool.

A love struck fool.

A love struck fool that has found her reason to stay alive again.

When we sat down on the chairs around the small, round table in that coffee shop we went, I couldn’t help but remember all the times we went to cafés together. Always different locations, but the emotions I felt were always the same. Security, Comfort, Safety.

It always felt like nothing could happen to me when Niall was around. He was the one who had the power to break me the most, yet he could make me stronger than ever just by his mere presence. It was crazy how one person could ‘control’ you like that.

“What would you like?”

His voice woke me up from my deep thoughts and I looked up to stare into his face. His features were still the same. Did I expect him to change rapidly? I didn’t know. But there were small changes. First off, his hair. It was brown. The blonde quiff was gone, and left were the brown roots that had grown out.

Maybe part of his new cover? Who knew.

“Nothing,”

I finally responded, my eyes glanced down at the table as I felt his ocean blue irises staring into me, but I refused to meet his gaze. I guess I wasn’t as ready for this as I thought. I didn’t expect to be this calm during my reunion with Niall.

“Jolie,”

The way he said my name sent shivers down my spine. I missed this. His deep voice, along with that faint Irish accent that lingered within it made my heart beat ten times faster than usual. I looked up at him; his eyes gazed deeply into mine as my lower lip trembled slightly.

“I’m serious, I don’t want anything,”

No idea how I managed to say that out without stuttering.

“You need to eat, you look incredibly thin.”

That almost made me chuckle.

It’s not like you were the reason for it, Mr. Horan.

“No.”

Eventually, he gave in and ordered nothing but a small cup of espresso for himself, eyeing me with suspicious eyes as the warm drink arrived and he just let it remain upon the table, untouched. I should be the suspicious one here, duh.

“I didn’t expect to see you,”

“Well, I didn’t either,”

I tucked a strand of my blonde hair back behind my ear, my legs were shaking impatiently as I waited for him to spill everything out to me. I was eager to know what had been going on within his mind. I couldn’t bear being clueless any longer. If he only loved me for my father’s money, he could tell me straight away.

It would break my heart, but that was another story.

“I want nothing but honesty from you, Niall,”

I spoke up first when I noticed that he wouldn’t respond or take his time, and he was just as surprised as me due to my sudden courage. I was sick and tired of waiting. Mixed emotions ran through me as he took a deep breath, and looked me straight in the eye.

“Our first meeting was no coincidence,” He began, “Remember that night when you got harassed by those two guys?”

The thought of the men that had tried to rape me filled my head and I made a grimace by instinct, which made him grin the slightest, but it disappeared quickly. What did he mean?

“I hired them. I wanted to make you fall in love with me, and women always fall in love with the good guy, don’t they? Well, I just wanted to make sure to see you again, so I eventually researched some more information on you and found out you were friends with Kiki, whom is Harry’s girlfriend, a dear friend of mine.”

I was shocked. I didn’t know what to say, so I kept quiet and continued listening. It was all on purpose, fate didn’t bring us together. It was Niall’s ways of getting what he wanted.

“Anyways, I invited him and his girl so you would come along. I was afraid that you wouldn’t come due to the heartbreak you experienced, but thankfully you did. The rest just came along; we came closer to each other and became friends. Of course, I knew you liked me, but you were too shy to admit it. So cute,”

He chuckled, and then his face turned stern again.

“What I didn’t realize was that on the way of making you fall for me, I fell for you as well. Your contagious smile, the way your eyes twinkle when you’re happy, how your hair falls around your shoulder when you loosen your ponytail. It’s the little things that attached me to you, Jolie. You are pretty simple, you enjoy the smallest situations, and I liked that.”

His sudden confession caught me off guard. It made my cheeks redden instinctively.

“I’m usually not good with words, you might know that by now, but I just wanted to tell you that you can officially forget me. I’m no good for you, your trust in me is probably gone, and I have been nothing but a bother for you,”

A painful smile spread across his face.

”I’ll leave you and your family alone. I won’t threaten your father anymore. You can continue living the way before I came along. I just want you to be happy, and if that means having you returning to your old life and leaving forever, I am not hesitating to do so.”

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