Destined

I Choose You

I stood there frozen, trying to process what just happened.

I watched Kate try to run after him with tears in her eyes, but he was so furious. He entered our room and slammed the door shut.

I have never seen him so angry before. I'm used to the fun loving and easy going Mari.

Kate tried to compose herself first, wiping her tears before entering the elevator and leaving our floor.

I took a deep breath.

A single tear fall down on my right cheek. I swiftly wipe it off.

How can she say such a thing? She wants them to be secret lovers?

The audacity.

I wanna slap her so bad until she sees stars, but I'm really not a violent person.

I decided to linger in the balcony for a while, surrender to the calming sound of the sea waves. Hoping it will help calm my nerves and clear my mind too.

I need to think.

I want to call Mitch, she is the only person I can trust with this information. But I left my phone inside the room.

How stupid and irresponsible.

Mari is probably looking for me too. I told him earlier that I will go back to our room, he'll be worried that I'm not there.

I closed my eyes and took another deep breath.

I guess I just wanted to stay here and catch my breath a little longer before I face Mari.

For some reason, I am scared..I don't understand why because clearly Mari rejected Kate, he even told her that he loves me..

I don't know..

Maybe because I was scared of the possibilities? The what ifs?

What if he accepted Kate's indecent proposal?

What if he said no now, but later he will realize that it's still Kate that he loves?

Or what if he breaks up with me because he realizes that he doesn't love me?

What if??

I buried my face in my hands.

"Oh stop it, Eli." I said angrily at myself. "If Mitch was here, she will definitely scold you for overthinking again." I pointed on air, talking to myself.

I paced the small balcony. Fixed my hair and wiped any evidence of tear.

"You're right, Eli. You should not overthink. Go back there and talk to Mari." I bit my nails. "Should I talk to him right now? Or maybe I should wait and see if he'll tell me?"

What should I expect? What if he doesn't tell me? Should I be mad? Can I still trust him?

I furrowed my eyebrows. "I think I should just sleep on it tonight and see what happens tomorrow. At least I can give Mari a chance to think things through too. He must be shocked."

Okay. I will wait until tomorrow. It's better if I get Mitch's take on it too.

So it's settled.

I slowly walked towards our room, took a last deep breath before entering and closing the door behind me.

***

I saw Mari pacing around the room talking to someone on the phone looking worried.

When he looked my way, immediately his expression turned relieved. "She's here now Mitch. Sorry for disturbing you. Thank you."

He hang up and walk towards me. "Baby where have you been? I was looking for you."