Chapter 188: This Could Have Been Me

Angelia

"Hi, Angelia." Godwin ran to catch up with me, unaware that I had sped up because I didn't want him to.

He looked like a schoolboy, with his hands gripping the reins of his backpack.

"Oh! Hi, Godwin." I pretended I had only just seen him.

"Where are you doing in such a hurry?" He asked, following me outside, I could sense his eyes on my face, probably taking in the circles underneath my eyes.

"I have a bus to catch." I lied.

I didn't really care if I got on this bus or the next one or the next one after that. My stomach clenched at the thought of being alone. However, I didn't want to be with anyone either. Scratch that, I didn't, but with only three people in particular. He nodded, seemingly disappointed.

"So, what are your plans for today?"

My mind went blank as I tried to find some kind of excuse because I felt he was going somewhere with that question.

"Laundry," I blurted.

"Laundry?" He repeated. I nodded vehemently, my cheeks reddening.

"Yes, I have so many dirty clothes to wash. I am down to my last panties." He chuckled.

"Yes, that does sound important. But can it be postponed an hour or two? I figured we could grab a coffee or something."

My lips parted to speak, but I froze as my eyes drifted to the left. Marshall was leaning against the building off to the side with his phone to his ear. Yet, his eyes were locked on Godwin and me, clearly more focused on us than on his conversation. I could see him say something before hanging up, giving me his undivided attention. Something inside me burst to life at the sight of him, my skin buzzed with the pleasure of being in his near proximity. His presence was a unique sort of happy pill that made me feel a little less shitty and a lot more like myself again.

He was a cure, a salvation, yet I denied myself the opportunity to feel like this every day. All in the name of love, I was a cliché and the worst kind at that. His eyes darkened when they swung to Godwin, and the hand holding his phone whitened before I felt someone touch. my shoulder to get my attention.

do you say?" Godwin asked when I returned my gaze to him. Gosh, why did he have to look so

I..." my phone buzzed in my pocket, cutting me off

to take this, I said apologetically, sliding it out of

eyes widened astronomically. I immediately sought out Marshall again, and I found him nodding towards me as if telling me to answer the phone. Creating a little distance from Godwin, so

my voice came out shaky. The nerves are

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188: This Could Have Been

voice caressed me through the phone, making me shiver in sinful delight. It was a voice designed

are you doing with that boy?" He repeated when didn't respond, too caught up with

these men could really flip a switch inside me, making me go from messed-up and depressed to having dirty thoughts and a hammering

was just asking if we could hang out." I

you tell him?" He asked, his eyes cut to the boy in

couldn't." I

you." He noted with a good hint of

shitty excuse for why I couldn't, and he asked if I

why I was telling him all of this or why he was even asking. We were supposedly on a break. His eyes narrowed and if looks could kill, Godwin would already have been on

a fuck what you tell him as long

I breathed, enraptured by his

it strangely hot. He turned his head towards

baby girl. You will always be ours, no matter how much you try to

could ever deny it. I swallowed, my throat

""Is that so?"

you need another reminder of who you belong to?" He asked, licking his lower lip as he stared at

heat.

boyfriend, And James thought I was single and wanted to match me with Kent. Marshall didn't take it lightly and had instead reminded me that I was theirs. This felt wrong, speaking like this to the professor while anyone could overhear us. It felt

fucking right.

is no need for that," I said, surprised that my voice came

had you screaming my name in ten minutes tops. Run along then and tell that boy, you are busy." He emphasized the word boy, like it was

but still watched to see that I followed through on

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