Beautiful Disaster

Ch.44

"I'm sorry." I say as I press the bag of ice against Alec's nose.

"I told you it's fine Sugarplum. I deserved it. Maybe not right after I expressed my love for you but I definitely deserved it." He says chuckling and I smack his arm playfully.

After I punched him I realized I underestimated my strength because his nose started to bleed out instantly which resulted into me hoping in his truck and driving us back to my house so I could apply first aid.

Marco and Dina stayed at the pub to finish up the show which meant that him and I were the only ones in the house. I didn't want to be alone with him but I didn't have any other choice.

I watched him groan in pain when I moved the ice pack a little and I felt bad again. "I really need to learn how to stop hitting you in the face whenever I'm angry." The last time I slapped him I barely made a mark but this time I made his nose bleed. He may have deserved it but I still shouldn't have done it.

"Hey, I'm okay. It'll be swollen for a week then it'll be gone. It's not broken." He says and I give him a nod still feeling bad but deciding not to say sorry again. We sit in silence for a few before he breaks it. "You know I meant what I said right? About being in love with you." I sigh and shake my head before leaving him in the kitchen.

"You can take the ice pack with you but I think it's time for you to go. Good night." I say and instead of leaving he follows me to the living room.

"I'm not leaving until I fix the mess I made. I'm in love with you and I know you-" He says but I cut him off.

"You don't know anything!" I say loudly. "On the night of my dead brothers memorial you told me you loved me as a friend then you disappeared for weeks and when I finally saw you again you had your arm wrapped around your mentally unstable manipulative ex who tried to claim you murdered your own father. Then your best friend shows up at my door claiming you attacked him because he saw you in bed with her and called you out on your shit. There is no fixing that Alec so get out and leave me alone."

"She climbed into bed with me after I passed out. We were both drunk and I knew if she drove to wherever she's been staying she'd get into an accident and probably kill somebody. She was sleeping on Marco's bed when I fell asleep and I promise you nothing happened. As for my disappearance she called me that morning and told me I had to go meet her if I didn't want you to get your hands on that file. I was scared you'd hate me and see me as a murderer so I pushed you away." He says and I let out a breathe.

"What about that night?"

"What night?" He asks confused.

"The night Carter and I saw you with her. Why was she with you in the first place?" He sighs.

"I was drinking that night a few blocks away from the parking lot and I was going to call you because I missed you and I finally convinced myself that you wouldn't care about the file but somehow she found me. She started telling me how you wouldn't be able to look at me anymore and then she said that you were with Carter. I didn't believe her at first but then she drove to the mall to show me proof and that's when I saw you guys leaving Auntie Annie's. It broke my heart." He says and I watched his face for any sign of dishonesty but found none.

How could she have possibly know that Carter and I would be there at the same time. Could she be stalking me? I mean she had to be because that was the first time I saw Carter and there was no possible way she could've known we'd be there at the same time unless she was stalking me- or unless he told her.

"How did she know Carter and I would be there at the same time? We didn't plan that. I literally bumped into him that night because I wanted late night pretzels.