After Paradise: Book Two • jb

Chapter 28

how is one person that gorgeous, can someone explain that to me? Angelica Blick, you have me completely heart eyes emoji. If only I could look like her, I'd never ask for anything else. She's actually life goals.

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If Diana was trying to torture me, she was succeeding.

I had called, at least sixty times. Hell, I had even emailed her. I emailed her at work, her personal email, I've texted, I've called. All I got was plain silence in return. Absolutely nothing. It annoyed me that she wouldn't let me speak to her. She had even told the security guards that work at her office building that I was no longer welcomed there.

It was as if she suddenly had something against me, for real.

I hadn't done anything to her and she knew that. Not only had Rachel told her about the ridiculous accusations but Scooter had also been in touch to tell her he lied. He lied because he needed a reaction out of her, thinking it would boost my career status when all it did was making me feel terrified of losing her. It seems as if my nightmares was slowly coming true. Diana was not interested in talking to me, she had made that clear.

I had tried everything yet got nothing in return.

I know realised what she meant by fighting for someone who's not fighting back. This chase we were constantly doing was getting old. I was tired of chasing her and she should know better than to hide away from me. She was doing everything in her power to make sure she didn't stumble into me on the streets. It was like she had forgotten all about how good I could make her feel.

How much she feels like home when she's with me.

Rachel called to tell me she had spoken to Diana. She mentioned that my girlfriend, I still had the rights to call her that in my opinion, was not interested in Christian. All she was doing was seeking a rebound from me but that she had told Rachel that Christian was only there for entertainment purposes. However, they had not slept together and Diana was apparently planning on keeping it that way.

I was happy because of that. I could really tell that she was a changed person. The paradise didn't do her any good but she was finally changing her old ways and becoming a mature, young, independent woman. The kind of girl I would fall head over heels with. The girl I already have fallen head over heels with. She knew that and she was trying to torture me.

I wasn't sure what she wanted. If she wanted me to fight for her, it feels like she would make it more obvious. If she didn't, it feels like she should have blocked my number at least. She was holding onto something but I had a hard time to figure out what it was.

I tried reaching out to her parents but obviously, I got a harsh door slammed in my face the minute I showed up at their property. I should have known better, they don't like me and they never will. Me and Diana not being together was their luckiest day. And Lana was nowhere to be seen so I couldn't speak to her either.

Maybe she was avoiding me because Diana was. Perhaps Diana had told her awful stories about me as a person and that's the reason no one wants to talk to me.

I hadn't given up yet, though. I was still making plans on how to get the woman of my dreams back. I was not going to lose her to any other man nor was I going to let her disappear out of my sight without any explanations. I deserved reasons and whether she likes it or not, she was going to give me them sooner or later.

I wasn't about to sit around and wait for her but at the same time, I had already done everything in my power to get in touch with her. She didn't want to be found right now and that's something I have to deal with first, before talking to her about our problems.