Once in a Lifetime (Zayn Malik)

Chapter 41. Goodbye 2.

Chapter 41

Song: "Apologize" by One Republic

"Impossible" by Alonzo Holt

Zayn's POV

Once Mia arrived at our five star hotel safely, I made sure to wait a couple minutes before going in right behind her. I didn't want anyone revealing my identity if Mia was in audible proximity. She would be horrified to find out I've been stalking her.

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Before I slid Mia's key card into the slot, I heard a familiar manly voice talking with Mia. It was Mark's. Somehow even the thought of him lecturing Mia made me furious. Nobody should tell her what she should and should not do.

What business did he have to say to her in private that he had to barge into her room?

Once I heard the word 'London', I rushed into the room before their conversation progressed any further having been eavesdropping. I saw a familiar large photo in Mia's hand and she was about to grab what looked like a plane ticket from Mark.

I thought Lindsay didn't send the photo to Mark. That lying bitch.

I trudged over to Mia's side, taking her hand away from the ticket. There was no fucking way in hell I was going to let her suffer through this alone. Her leaving would solve nothing, and it would only hurt us in the long run.

Mark and I exchanged a few points until I countered with risking my career on the line. I'm sure that that probably wasn't the wisest decision, but at the moment I didn't know what else to do. Mark wouldn't be stupid enough to let go of his own star and if my guess was wrong, then I would rather lose this profession than lose Mia.

I loved singing. It was and will continue to be one of my greatest passions, and I've been lucky enough to be able to fulfill that with One Direction. A solo artist was always my dream but it wasn't the same without my boys.

Now my dream was Mia. She's the one who came to my thoughts every night before I went to sleep. She's the only one who loved me for who I truly was, despite all the horrible things I've done to her. She's the only one I wanted. Now and forever.

Our argument came to a stop when Mia suddenly turned to leave the room. I tried to grab onto her, but she was already out of the door. With the ticket in her hand. Mia was seriously going to leave me after we promised not to?

There was so much more I had to say to her and I couldn't let the situation end like this. Afraid that I would never see her again, I chased after her, not even looking back for Mark's reaction.

I caught up to Mia in the hallway in no time. I forcefully pulled her to look at me by a quick jerk. I was shocked but mostly pained to see that there were already tears forming in her eyes. I hated it whenever people cried, especially someone like Mia. I was never good at comforting emotional people.

The only reasonable thing to do first was to apologize. Even though we promised not to say sorry to each other and despite my loath for apologies, she obviously misunderstood me back at the restaurant with Lindsay. And it was all my fault. The reason why I didn't like apologies was because half of the time, they weren't even sincere. Every time I heard an apology, I wanted to throw a fist at the wall. And when Mia apologized, I could tell she was genuine. Before I could further explain, Mia told me she's seen enough.

I immediately knew what she meant. Lindsay. I was right. She had assumed the worst and she's probably disgusted with me, thinking that I am some filthy womanizer. But that wasn't me anymore.

"No. You don't understand. Lindsay and I are not together. Mia please listen --"

Mia interrupted me and she pleaded something I never thought I would hear from her again. To let her go?