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.
asked when I returned my gaze to him. Gosh, why did
in my pocket,
said apologetically, sliding it out of
again, and I found him nodding towards me as if telling me to answer the phone. Creating a little distance from
I asked, my voice came out shaky.
1/3
Could Have
caressed me through the phone, making me
you doing with that boy?" He repeated when didn't respond, too caught up with the thought of him and
these men could really flip a switch inside me, making me go from messed-up and depressed
asking if we could hang out." I said in a
He asked, his eyes
couldn't." I
moved away from you." He noted with a good hint of
for why I couldn't, and he asked if
all of this or why he was even asking. We were supposedly on a break. His
fuck what you tell him as long as he gets
I breathed, enraptured by
a toxic trait, but I still found it strangely hot. He turned his head towards me, locking his eyes with mine. They didn't show signs of jealousy now, but the darkness was still
girl. You will always be ours, no matter how much
it. I swallowed, my throat
""Is that so?"
another reminder of who you belong to?" He asked, licking his
heat.
me with Kent. Marshall didn't take it lightly and had instead reminded me that I
fucking right.
need for that," I said, surprised that my voice
then and tell that
watched to see that I followed through
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