The Billionaire Ever After

Chapter 5 - Allison

And of course Ocean Goldreich now Roderick tricked me! Her driver picked me up from my apartment earlier, and now she said she couldn't drive me home which is a BIG bullshit.

She grins "thanks Zac. I owe you" she says sweetly to her brother slash my ex boyfriend.

Zac just chuckles, shaking his head at her sister. Everyone with 3 digits IQ knows what is her plan.

Dean grins and hugs me "sorry Al, I'm so busy today" he says shamelessly.

"Yeah yeah" I say dryly. Despite my relationship with Zac, I'm still close with his siblings. Because all of them are nice to me. At first I didn't contact them at all, since their big brother broke up with me. But they keep contacting me. Jeff and Dean always called me on my birthday, Christmas and New Year. So I couldn't ignore their birthday, could I? While with Ocean, we keep in touch often. Like almost every month or randomly when we are bored.

So here I am now in Zac's Bentley (again). I look at the window. At the dinner, we talked and laughed like the old times with his siblings. It reminds me of our old times. The happiest time of my life. I closed my eyes. I should've known better than to move to New York...

"A" he whispers. While the partition starts to close.

I look at his icy blue eyes.

"I'm sorry for my nosy siblings," he says. "If that makes you feel uncomfortable I can talk to them"

I shake my head "it's okay Z.. Zac I mean" I look on my lap. Why it's so hard for me to start calling him Zac. I keep calling him Z instead of Zac.

"It's okay means you are okay with them playing cupid?"

My head snaps back at him "excuse me?"

He chuckles "just kidding A. Relax!"

I jab him "silly!" But my lips twitch up too.

"Hey A... I meant it. I want us to be.. if not back in a relationship at least we can be friends" he says. His eyes bore to mine. I'm afraid he could see through me that I'm not over him. So I look away. "I don't know Z..."

"Why?"

"I... I'm afraid of you" I say honestly.

"Afraid?"

"You broke my heart, Z. It took a lot of me to move on from you. To stop crying because of you. To stop thinking of you" I wipe my tears abruptly. I hate it when my tears come out without my permission like that. Especially in front of Zac...

Suddenly Zac hugs me. And just like that I break in his hug. He caresses me wordlessly.

Once I control myself, I pull back and inhale deeply. It surprised me Zac is still using the same perfume. Our first perfume. We bought it from a local store in Finland. I couldn't give up on the perfume. I guess, so did Zac... the woody perfume with the hint of citrus. the unisex perfume made in Finlandia.

"I'm sorry Z" I whisper. He shakes his head "I'm the one who has to say sorry, A" he says, his voice full of emotion.

"Please give me a chance if not to continue what we had in the past, at least to put another smile in your face even for a day" he says sincerely.

I feel my heart ache. Zac leans closer and he kisses my nose. Like he used to. "You can think about it, A. I meant every word I said to you"

I swallow and an idea comes to my mind. I take out my notes and pen from my back.

He chuckles "you still bring notes and pen everywhere?"

I chuckle too "old habit" I say and I open the notes, write something. I rip and fold it. I look at Zac "I'll go with you if this happens, Z" I show him the folded paper.