His Not So Real Love

Facing Ian

Hello everyone and sorry for the belated chapter but here you guys go 

Maya's pov

That stupid man had to give me a hickey! I hate him! I hate his passionate tantrums! I loath how he finds it okay to kiss me whenever he pleases! I hate Ian. The last time I saw him I was on a date, a blind date sat by Nick. Nick vowed to me that Asher is the perfect guy for me. I wanted to prove him wrong but the date was perfect. Asher was a gentleman and  accepted all my terms. He was funny and charming. He is a pediatrician and he has the kindest heart ever. I enjoyed everything about our date but I never expected how it ended. That stupid idiot, Ian, had to ruin it for me. 

"Ian was definitely jealous" Nick announced as I told him what happened yesterday

"Ian is just looking for a plan B to make Rose jealous." I repeated again and again. Ian cannot get jealous over me. He feels nothing towards me. I am basically his nothing and that is why I need to get rid of any romantic feelings I have about him. I need to focus on anything and anyone but Ian.

"He is just cornering you and forcing himself on you when no one is around to make Rose jealous?" Nick repeated in a sarcastic tone

"He knows that I will tell her..." I tried to argue pointlessly 

"He is not stupid. He knows that your friendship is way more important to you. He knows that for the sake of Rose you will keep your feelings and the kisses a mere secret." Nick declared while continuing to rest on my sofa

"It is late aren't you going home?" I questioned trying to change the subject because Nick did really figure me out.

 I am keeping everything hidden from Rose. And  I will always keep my growing feelings for Ian at bay. I will ignore how he makes me feel when his skin connects with mine or when his lips are dancing over mine. Rose is more important to me...Ian is hopefully just a fling. He is temporary just like his hickey.

"So you do have feelings for him? Should I tell Asher to forget about you?" Nick teased more  

"You have to leave now and don't tell Asher a thing..." I playfully yet seriously warned him because I need to move on

"Okay, okay , I will leave but you will see me first thing tomorrow morning. We have a conference with Mr. Ian himself..."  Nick said as he stood up

"I wasn't informed..." I shockingly replied

"I guess that he found it awkward to call you so he directly contacted me." Nick explained

"I am not coming tomorrow!" I rushed yelling

"You are coming and this time you will not allow him to use you. Tell him that you are already taken." Nick informed me as he started to walk away toward the door

"But I am not..." I replied honestly because Asher and I didn't plan a second date till now but Ash was texting me all the time since our date

"Asher said that he will be asking you for a second date." Nick smilingly said and waved goodbye but why did the latter information didn't make me happy?

At night, all the kisses I shared with Ian replayed in my head in slow motion. All his features got painted in my mind and my heart started humming. My fingers traveled to the hickey that he left on my neck and that's when tears filled my eyes. I am falling for a player. I love an already taken guy.

I cried my heart out that night. I have never been this hopeless. I feel like I am losing all control over my life. I have never been this emotional at least not since high school and all the bullying about my weight .

I cried all night as memories invaded my mind. I felt weak but I knew that I had to act strong. I am going to face Ian soon, in matter of few hours. So when dawn came , I decided to build my walls up and be the fighter that I once was. 

"Since your company is still new, can you tell us in what way will merging it with ours, will do us good?" Nick asked Ian as the conference started 

"My company may be new but the profits that it is making are higher than some older companies. Our services are amazing and my team is very punctual and hard working. We will offer you profit, assured success , and a loyal hard working team." Ian replied with confidence yet at his last words he throw the dirtiest look at me...Does he still believe that I am cheating on Nick? Is he this insane?

"My team is very loyal and I doubt that any team can be better than them but we will see." Nick responded decoding the dirty message behind Ian's glare.

The conference continued for two long hours. The longest hours of my life Ian kept on throwing me the nastiest glare of all. But what he did at the end of the conference was the straw that broke the camel's   back. He looked at Nick and me then waited till all people left and uttered the sentence that stabbed me like a dagger.

"if you are searching for loyal people, I need to advice you to reconsider some of your teammates." He told nick while looking at me angrily.

"Watch it...." Nick tried to defend me but I stopped him with my hand and ordered him to leave.

After being left alone with Ian, I stood and faced him. We were standing on different sides of the table but both of us stayed rooted in our places.

"Mr. Mathews." I angrily spat and saw Ian's taken aback features " Listen closely because I am going to say this once only. You and I are not friends. You don't know me and you have no right to interfere in my life. Yes you think that we are friends but I just discovered how low you think of me. I will not be treated like trash or like a nothing. You have no right to kiss me and then disappear. You have no right to even talk to me. So starting this moment I will only respond of the topic is either work related or Rose related other than that we go our separate ways. Lastly to clarify things in your dirty mind, I would like to tell you that I will never be a cheater. I am actually getting into a serious relationship...Now if you excuse me I would like you to stay out of my life forever." I yelled at him letting all my anger out.

"May...." Ian uttered in indescribable tone 

"Miss Mayer to you and I will tell Nick to accept your proposal because it is honestly promising but  as I said before you may not address me unless the topic is work related. Now goodbye." I repeated and stormed out leaving Ian behind. I will build my walls up so high that he or any other guy won't hurt me again.