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"I just wanted someone to like me for me."
April could feel her heart softening at his words. There was sincerity in his eyes and she bit her lip hard. She wanted to forgive him, but she wasn't fully over the fact that he lied to her. "You could have told me the truth. I don't care who you are, I loved you for you."
"Loved?" He asked, his eyes brimming with tears.
But she continued talking. "I guess I could have fogiven you if you would've told me the truth in the beginning. I would have understood. Its the fact that you kept the lie going so long that bothers me. What did you think would happen? That you'd never get caught?"
"I was afraid." He admitted to her. "Most people like me because I'm Neymar. You liked me because I was a normal guy."
"I don't care that you're Neymar!" She said, her voice slightly louder now. "You could have been Santa Clause for all I knew and it wouldn't have mattered because we were in love."
He frowned a her, hot tears rolling down his face. "Why do you keep talking in the past tense?" He asked her, "We are in love. I'm in love with you, April. I may have lied about my name and appearance, but my feelings for you are true."
"You've lied to me before." She hissed. "How do I know you're not lying now?"
"I will spend the rest of my life on my knees, begging for your forgiveness." He swore with a shaky voice and tear soaked eyes. April was taken by surprise when he got on his knees in front of her. "Please forgive me, April."
"Luc- Uh, Neymar..." She bit her lip, suddenly feeling bad about making him feel so guilty. At first she wanted him to hurt as much as she had, but now that she was seeing it happen, she wanted it to stop. Placing her hands on his shoulders, she sighed, "Get up. This is on film and its going to be on national television. Millions of people will see it..."
He shook his head frantically. "I don't care. Let them watch. I want the world to see how much I need your love."
April grabbed onto his upper arm and tried to pull him up to stading. By his side, the blonde little boy placed his hands on Neymar's face with a frown. "No." The small child repeated over and over. "Papai não chore." Daddy don't cry, the boy said in Portugese.
Carolina, who was inside the stadium, but watching everything, rushed out to Neymar's side. "What's wrong?" She asked him.
"Who is this?" April wondered.
"Carolina Dantas." She informed April with a slight glare.
His shoulders now shaken by his quiet sobs, he managed to choke out, "Carolina is Davi's mother and Davi is my son."
"See." April pointed out. "So many things you kept from me. I was never made aware that you have a son. Are you married too?" She asked bitterly.
"The only woman I want to marry is you." He looked up into her brown eyes. April felt her face redden with his words. When Neymar noticed this, a small smile tugged at the corners of his lips. "You still love me, April. Give me another chance."
"I don't know if I can trust you anymore." She admitted. "I'm afraid."
"I promise I'll be honest from now on." He said.
She took a deep breath to steel herself before making one of the most important decisions of her life. "I'm really sorry Neymar. For now I can offer you my friendship and maybe something might happen between us in the future. But as of now...I just don't see myself being able to trust you again."
He bit his lip hard to hold in a new wave of tears and nodded his head. "This is the punishment God set for me. I'll never have the one I love."
"Its not God." April shook her head. "God is love. This is life and you don't always end up happy."
"I'm not giving up on us." Neymar insisted.
"I don't thik there was ever an us." She said.
And April walked away that day, almost immediately regretting her decision. She wanted to turn around and run into his arms. She wanted to kiss him and tell him everything would be okay. But at the moment, they were both poison for each other. He needed her too much and she was too hurt to forgive him right then.
What she didn't know was that fate worked in mysterious ways and that she'd be seeing him again.
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i feel like you guys are gonna kill me after this.
cause it is the last chapter, but there will be an epilogue that i will most likely be posting in the next hour or so. it will completely wrap up the story.
i would also like to announce that i posted the spin off. its called 'catfished' (original, i know. jk.) but as you all know, this one will be focusing more on oscar and a new character. though neymar and april will make ocassional appearances.
so i hope you all liked this story.
don't hang me for this before you read the epilogue.
you'll like the epilogue.
i assure you.
anyway, thank you for reading and supporting. it has meant a great deal to me.
i love you.
-clary xx
