A Foreign exchange 3

chapter 12 : its work or me

it's been a few months since the whole pregnancy scare , mattia and the boys leave on a tour for almost a month tomorrow . unfortunately i can't go with because i have so much work so only vic and aria are going along and let's just say mattia isn't excited about it .

i've been sitting on our bed sorting out some paper work for the last hour while mattia has been in a meeting preparing for the tour .
i reached for my phone and texted him to bring home something for brunch.

"hi baby" i said as he walked through the door , "hey" he said quietly as he closed the door behind him . "what's wrong ?" i asked , he just shook his head before dropping a chipotle bag next to me and heading to the bathroom and slamming the door behind him. he's been acting like this since i told him i won't be coming with and honestly it's been over a week and it's getting annoying.

i got off the bed and walked over to the bathroom , as i tried to open the door i discovered it to be locked , "what the fuck" i practically yelled , "why is the door locked mattia " i asked when suddenly the door flew open and he stormed past me , "what is wrong with you " i asked . he spun around on his heels to face me , his face stained with what appeared to be tears . my entire approach to the situation softened "tia" is all i managed to get out.

"you don't get it" he said so softly i froze in my spot , "i hate being away from you , i hate not being here for you , i hate not being able to protect you if anything happens and you're not helping " he said , "mattia what do you expect it's my job i can't just say no "i sighed . "you don't have to work , ive been telling you this , i make enough money " he snapped , "i like having the independence tia why can't you understand that " i said equally annoyed . mattia just sighed cursing under his breath before going to lay on the bed to eat without saying another word.

*phone alarm goes off *

i reached for my phone shutting it off before getting up and putting on a jacket , "where are you going ?" mattia asked me , "i have a meeting with a client in jersey " i said , "so you're not even going to be home the night before i leave " he snapped , "mattia it's only for a couple hours " i sighed , "i don't get it , i went from being the most important person in your life to coming second all the time " he snapped . "mattia can we talk about this later i'm running late " i begged , "see , you know what just go since that's clearly more important " he said , "tia you know it's not " i said , "seems like it " he said blankly . i sighed grabbing his keys , "i'm sorry i'll be back soon , i love you " i said but he ignored me so i decided to just leave .

i can't believed he'd try to force me to pick , ive been trying my best and honestly it just doesn't seem to be good enough .

i arrived at the meeting in jersey , i checked my phone before heading in to see it's dead , shit , i was too busy arguing with mattia to remember to charge it . i left it in the car and headed inside .

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the meeting ran slightly longer than expect , and i couldn't help the guilty feeling slowly rising knowing i left mattia for longer than expected . i decided to pop in by victoria since aria was there so that i could say goodbye since i wasn't going to the airport tomorrow .

i pulled into vics driveway and walked up to the door and rang the bell , "hey holy shit you're okay mattia has been losing his mind trying to find you said youre phones off " she said after letting me in , "yea it died and honestly i'm not in the mood to speak to him right now we had a pretty big fight " i sighed as i flopped onto the couch in the living room next to aria . "okay but can i atleast let him know you're alive and here " aria asked and i nodded.

not even seconds later aria's phone starts ringing , we all look over at it "it's mattia " she states the obvious before answering and putting it on speaker . "hey" she said calmly , "where's my baby " he said , he's voice sounds raw and stressed my heart sank realizing how many thoughts must've flooded his mind. "uhh she's here just hold on " aria said before taking the phone off speaker and handing it to me .

"hi" i said my voice cracking a little , "are you okay , what happened " he rushed out "my phone died " i said softly and i heard him let out a sigh of relief , "i'm just saying goodbye to vic and aria then i'll be home i promise and i'll get aria to message you when i leave " i said , "okay , i love you " he said and i sat silent remembering how he ignored me earlier when i said the same statement "i love you " i replied before hanging up .

the girls both sat shooting me worried glares demanding an explanation. i spent the next hour telling them what's been going on and how we ended up here . " i'd kinda be upset too han" aria said , "i know but aria what do you think i should do ?" i asked , "i actually have an idea " vic said , and after a couple more minutes of planing we decided to go with an elaborate plan for me to surprise mattia while he's on tour .

i texted mattia from aria's phone to let him know i was heading home , before saying goodbye to the girls .

i walked up to our apartment and unlocked the door walking in and taking off my jacket before i was immediately pinned against the door , i almost screamed until i realised it was mattia . "don't ever do that to me again " he said he's voice so low it practically sent vibrations down my spine , "i was so fucking scared that something bad happened and that i might've lost you , and i never even got to say i love you " he breathed out next to my ear. i audibly gulped , "i love you - so - fucking -much -baby - and -im -so -sorry " he said between slowly kissing my neck . he stopped causing me to whine at the lack of contact , he looked into my eyes "am i forgiven " he asked , "keep kissing me like that and maybe you will me " i said and he smirked .

authors note

hello 🥺❤️

i've missed you all so much ,

i don't wanna type up a bunch of excuses but honestly i've been swamped with work and have been lacking so much motivation.

and honestly i decided i would rather not write than write something i wasn't proud of but  i am going to be trying to update more because i really wanna finish this book.

again i am so sorry

i hope you all are still doing okay and staying safe

i love you 🥺🥺❤️
-han 😘