chapter 186

Silence.A sense of confusion marred his face as he didn't understand his question. "Jealous?""Yes. Do you feel threatened that I will take Lucy away from you?"Eric's gaze glinted in coldness. "Nobody can take her away from me.""But if that is how you feel about me, then it means you are jealous. It might be difficult for you to understand though. Until now, you were the object of jealousy to others."Eric raised his brow. "I don't understand. What is jealousy?"Is he seriously asking me that?"An overwhelming feeling of insecurity and fear of losing someone or something precious to you and you start to hate that person who makes you feel that way."Eric's eyes slowly widened in realization.His answer. The answer to all his feelings that were messing up his heart.Eric got up and walked out towards him. He bent on his knee and faced him. "If that is what is jealousy, then yes. I am jealous of you."Mark looked at him, feeling a little shocked. Usually, a person didn't like to admit that he was jealous of someone because that meant that he accepted that he lacked somewhere against someone else. It was a bitter feeling that nobody liked to admit.This feeling was especially strong among men. They didn't like to lose to another man who could possibly snatch what they had. Their ego would consume their hearts to the point that they start blaming the woman sometimes for attracting someone's unnecessary attention.Eric said, "Lucy is meeting you frequently. I don't like it. She lied to me twice for you. I don't like it more. An overwhelming feeling of insecurity and fear...Indeed that's how it feels here," he slowly placed his hand on his chest, "You said you hate the person who makes you feel that way. That is true. I detest you the more I see my woman with you. I resent you. I feel strange. I never felt this way before. When I see you with her, I wish to tear you apart. I don't like it when she spends time with you. I don't like it when she laughs with you because I only like it when she laughs with me. I want to see her laughing all the time. She has the loveliest smile. But I don't want any other man to see her smile. I don't want someone else to know about her."Mark stared at him, dumbfounded. He thought that Eric Willson was a man of few words. As far as he observed him, he only talked to Lucy and nobody else.Eric narrowed his eyes. "It's the same how I felt when I saw that man in the bar holding Lucy's wrist. I wanted to kill him because only I want to hold her hand forever. I don't want someone else touching my woman just like I don't want some other woman touching me because I am Lucy's man."