Never Ending

Chapter 7.

*Patrick's POV*

For the life of me I could not unravel the mystery that is the Montgomery's. I have quite possibly tried everything to try and crack the case, but nothing seems to work. Ever.

It was beginning to affect my career and my well being. I was consumed with the mystery. I would spend countless hours at the arena, trying to perfect my game, and then many hours with Henry talking about almost everything. Then I would spend hours upon hours talking to Blair outside of Henry's office building... It was weird. Just a few weeks ago, we would have only talked if it involved business matters. I tried desperately to reach out to her but nothing seemed to work.

Nothing.

Until recently... We would spend countless hours talking about everything and anything. I loved it. For the life of me I could not seem to figure out why the change of heart. I wondered why all of the sudden she cared after not caring for so long?

That is what was affecting me. The fact that I was completely oblivious to the real Blair Montgomery. I didn't know her but I did. I knew the Blair Montgomery that everyone saw, the perfect daughter. But I was desperate to know the real Blair Montgomery, the one only few had the opportunity to know.

She became my new addiction... I loved the feeling she gave me at the moment but then later I was left with I guess something comparable to a hangover. I regretted it at the moment but then I desperately wanted to know more of her. I needed too.

This became an everyday routine. We would talk for hours after my meetings, go our separate ways, and then I was left with the dissatisfaction. It was a nice cycle for awhile, but then it relapsed... Blair became distant again and I couldn't seem to figure out why. I was again left with an unfinished puzzle and one step further from solving the mystery.

And almost as I was starting to cope with the fact that I would never crack the case, I saw her walking the streets of downtown Chicago. I so desperately wanted to approach her but that's when I saw it. I saw him. I had no clue who the man was that was holding onto her hand so protectively but I wanted too. I watch her look up at him and smile. That beautiful smile...

That smile that I fell in love with the day I met her. That smile that made my days not so bad. That smile that greeted me after every meeting. That god damn beautiful smile. What hurt the most? I wasn't the reason for the smile and I would never be. That man. That man is the reason and that absolutely destroyed me. It destroyed me knowing that he knew Blair the way I wished to know her. It destroyed me that he got to spend every day with someone as beautiful as her. It destroyed me that after almost completing the puzzle that is Blair Montgomery, she turned around and completely blindsided me.

I knew deep down that something had to be wrong but I convinced myself that it didn't matter. It shouldn't matter. She clearly never cared for me and never will. I was just a player in her little game. I desperately wanted to find the evidence that I was wrong but it was the only logical answer.

I was just a player that got too close to solving the mystery and she clearly didn't want anyone to win the little game she was playing.

I had to give up on Blair for my well being. It was unhealthy obsessing over someone who could give two shits about you. I knew that in the end she would only destroy me. I knew that I had to give up.

I needed to give up on Blair Montgomery.

*authors note*
Hope you guys liked this chapter! I absolutely loved writing it! What do you guys think of Blair and that guy?! Do you think Patrick will ever crack the mystery?

Much love!❤️

BreeC25✌🏼️