Love Comes With Agony

chapter 18

Axel's POV

I was driving back home... I didn't visit Chelsea after that day.... Emmanuel said that she was doing well... And that they would most probably discharge her in the next couple of days... Obviously he thought so... I wanted to go but I had way too much work... Meetings and presentations and what not... Everyday something came up... Plus Sophia was also nagging me to take her out for dinner... So I decided I would do that tonight...
I entered my house and the first thing I saw was Emmanuel happily sitting on my couch, watching TV and eating...
"How did you get in??" I asked, surprise written all over my face...
"Uhhh hey brother nice to see you too... How was your day.." he said getting all sarcastic..
"Cut the crap Nuel and answer my damn question..." I said, throwing my blazer on the couch...
"Hey you know your fridge is loaded with food... You should invite me more often... And of course the food is delicious..." He said smacking his lip
"Nuel... How. Did. You. Get. In?? "
"Ok fine chill I came with Sophia...!! " He said putting his hands up as a sign of surrender..
"What was she doing with you?" I asked
"Actually I met her on my way home.. she said she wanted to talk to me about something very important... Something about you... I don't know what she wanted to talk about cause she didn't tell me yet..." He said looking at me..
"And you just followed her back..." I said with a deadpan voice...
"Hey don't give me that attitude.... She said it was important and urgent... Duh.." he said
"Wow unbelievable..." I said and sat down on the couch..
"Hey man I am not into your girl.. please cut me some slack..."
"I am sorry man... It's just..." I said putting a hand on his shoulder... Honestly I don't know why I reacted that way... I didn't mean too....
"Hey it's ok bro... Somethings bothering you right..." He asked... He knew me better than anything and anyone in the world...
"I will tell you later... By the way where's Sophia... You said she came with you..." I asked rubbing my forehead
"She's upstairs.." he informed me
"Ok I'll catch up with you later..." I said and headed upstairs...
I went up to my bedroom and knocked on the door...
"Come in..." A voice said from inside..
I went inside and saw Sophia roaming around in a skimpy towel... Her wet hair fallen carelessly over her shoulders, water still dripping from the end... Her long tender legs glistening with water droplets... She held the towel with one hand and then turned around to look at me...
"Hey... !!!" She said
I couldn't take my eyes off her... She looked ravishing... My member was getting all ecstatic with the scene in front of me...
I cleared my throat and spoke..
"Uh.. hmm..hm.. hey... You know I knocked why didn't you tell me to wait..." I asked, although I didn't feel guilty about it...
"I knew it was you so why would I ask you to wait..." She said, and started moving closer to me...
"Wha... What... Are you doing....?" I asked trying to focus..
"What?? Nothing.. you don't like what you see...?" She asked putting her hand on my chest and tracing my jawline with her other finger....
I got hold of her hand before it went too far... And pushed her slightly...
"You know we are going for dinner right... We will be late... Just get ready and come downstairs... I will wait for you..." I said and turned to leave when she got hold of my wrist...
"Why do we need to go when you can have me instead....!!" She said trying to pull me closer to her... It's not like I wouldn't want that, Sophia was great in bed... And I liked that... But honestly I wasn't in the mood... Maybe I was a couple of minutes ago but not now...
"Just get ready we are going out... And maybe I can have you for dessert.." I said and gave her a smirk... That was so fake I said to myself and walked out of the door...
I went downstairs and saw that Emmanuel wasn't there... I went inside the kitchen hoping that he would be there... Since he had a special attachment to that place... But he wasn't.. guess he already left...
I was waiting for Sophia then I saw her come down.. she looked stunning in the black dress... She always did...
"Hey ready to go..." She asked me giving me a million dollar smile...

"Yeah let's go by the way you look absolutely gorgeous..." I said and was going to kiss her when she stopped me...
"No Axel my lipstick will get smudged..." She said and gave me light peck on the cheek...
"Yeah we will see about that later..." I said... "Um which restaurant do you want to go... You said you had something in your mind..." I asked...
"Yeah yeah... Ok you know the restaurant called fabbrica di cibo... " She said..
"WHAT!!! NO SOPHIA WE ARE NOT GOING THERE..." I yelled at her...
"Why the hell are you screaming?? You only asked me so I said..." She said raising her voice...
"Sorry I didn't mean to scream at you... It's just..." I said trying to apologise for my sudden outburst...
"Listen to me we will go there otherwise I am going home..." She said and looked at me... Seriousness written all over her face...
"Please can we go somewhere else..." I asked trying to convince her ....
"No..!! Are you taking me yes or no??" She asked crossing her hands over her chest...
"Ok fine we will go there... If that's what you want..." I said sighing in defeat...
"I love you you know... Soooo much..." She said and hugged me.... The rest of the car ride was silent... I didn't want to go to that restaurant... It held memories... A whole bunch of them... And I don't think I am ready to face them all over again...
I parked the car and went inside... Everything looked exactly the same... It has been about 3 years since I last came here... We went and sat down at a table near the window... The same exact place where I used to sit with Chelsea... She loved coming to this place... We came here on our first date... We liked the food so much that we made it a regular thing... Almost every weekend we came here.... I was even planning on proposing her over here... But then she just ruined everything... The waiter came and took our orders... The food was good.. but it felt like something was missing.. it didn't feel the way it used to feel... Sophia kept on talking about her useless stories... And I just decided to delve into the past...!!