20 | rejected

„Babe I'm so so sorry you had to go through that" Myra said when I finished telling her everything that went down with Logan these past couple of years.

"You don't have to say sorry it's not your fault after all" I said truthfully as I sipped on my smoothie.

"But I should have noticed earlier on that something wasn't right I mean I've known you for at least a decade and I always thought that Logan was just protective over you. I've never would have guessed that he was abusing you" she said still shocked about what I had told her.

"There's no way you could have known. He's a great actor to be honest. He seemed very charming to a lot of people but once we were home alone he completely changed his demeanor. He was a whole different person when I was with him, not in a good way of course. I mean even our father didn't notice something wasn't right with him and he lived in the same apartment" I said and she just nodded but I still noticed the little frown on her face and I knew that she was still blaming herself for nod interfering earlier, so I got a little bit closer to her and hugged her.

"Please stop having a bad conscience it's me who should have. I never told you anything even though you always asked if I was fine I just lied and said I was even though I wasn't. You shouldn't blame yourself for what Logan did and neither should I. It was his action and not ours. I'm thankful for having a best friend like you in my life because I don't think I would have survived all these years without you and your family by my side because you were the only ones that showed be someone cared for me. I know you always think you don't do enough but you do more than you're aware of and I love you for that"

"Stop that cute shit right now you're ruining my eye makeup" Myra said and I saw her patting under her eyes to avoid the mascara from smudging I just laughed at her typical behavior. Myra hated to show that she has a vulnerable side to her and always liked to play the badass which she kind of was but she also had a soft side to her that she barely ever showed to anyone outside her family. She somehow reminded me of Isaac.I looked at my watch and realized that our break in between the different classes is almost over and I wanted to call Isaac before it ends.

"If you'd excuse me I wanted to call Isaac and ask what's going on between us" I said to Myra as I got up.

"You mean if you two are together or not?" she asked and I nodded.

"Hell if you two don't get together then I don't believe in love anymore. That guy is head over heels in love with you it's almost disgusting" Myra said and I laughed and slipped my tongue out at her which she replied to with her middle-finger.

I wanted to talk to Isaac earlier this morning when we wake up but he was already gone when I woke up. He didn't leave a note or anything but I was sure that he had to be at work earlier than I have to be at college so I didn't give it a second thought. I looked for his number in my old phone that I stole from Logan's room earlier today since he took it away from me when he arrived. I smiled at the thought of hearing Isaac's voice but my smile quickly faded when it went straight to voice mail. Well I guess I'll talk to him later.

I went to my class and waited for the professor in front of the entrance when I noticed a guy walking up to me and seemed kind of familiar.

"You're Emilia right?" the guy said and at the sound of his voice I immediately realized who it was.

"Oh my god Aiden? I didn't know we had a class together let alone that we go to the same college!" I exclaimed happily as I took his entire appearance in. Aiden is the boy I went to high school with who got beaten by Logan and never talked to me since. He was the only guy friend I ever had even if it was only for a short period of time.

"I noticed you a while ago but I didn't dare to talk to you because I was afraid your brother might break my nose again" he chuckled and I looked at him apologetically.

"Yeah that won't happen again trust me. But what changed your mind?" I asked with a smile as I waited for a response.

"I just came to the conclusion that it would be worth the beating" Aiden replied with a shrug and I laughed when I noticed that his overall carefree attitude still remained and I think we could be really good friend again.

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After all the classes were over I decided to go to the 'Owens & Steel' company to talk to Isaac in person because let's face it. It's better to talk about it face to face than over the phone. I arrived at the company a few minutes later because it wasn't that far away from the campus.

I walked into the familiar building and forgot how intimidating it was but I tried to ignore the feeling and walked up to the register again just to be greeted by the same secretary called Lilian.

"Oh hey Emilia you can go right up I bet Mr. Owens wouldn't mind" she said and I looked at her in surprise because the last time I was here she didn't let me see Isaac.

"Oh okay thank you" I said and the confusion must have been clear in my voice because she laughed.

"His mother always talks about you so I know you and Isaac are familiar with each other I just didn't know that when you first came here. Just doing my job" she said and I nodded and walked straight ahead to the office without saying anything. I felt kind of bad for not really talking to her because she must think I'm an arrogant bitch but I didn't know what to reply to that.

I got the floor where Isaac's office was and to my surprise he wasn't in his office because he was talking to some guy. Once he spotted me walking up to them I gave him a warm smile that he didn't return, making me furrow my brows. Something just wasn't right.

"Hey I wanted to talk to you" I said once I reached the two men. I noticed the other man looking at me curiously but I decided to ignore him and dedicated my full attention on Isaac who nodded.

"We'll talk in my office" he said in an unusual cold tone and walked towards his office. I just followed him without saying another word.

When we arrived in his office he closed the door shut behind me and looked at me expectantly. I was about to say something but he cut me to it.

"I don't think this is working" he said and my face literally fell. Is he talking about us? That we as a couple wouldn't work?

"What do you mean? I thought we were good?" I stuttered. Was it because of my past? Because he didn't want someone who was bruised and scarred? I tried to think of another reason why he might doesn't want be but this was the only explanation I could find.

"We're just not good for one another so it's for the best if we end this before it even starts"

"Is it because of my past? Are you tired of handling someone who didn't have a rosy childhood like you had?" I voiced my thoughts because I seriously wanted to know. I wanted to know if he was the asshole I never expected him to be.

After a short break he replied with a 'yes' and I laughed sarcastically.

"You went everywhere looking for me when I didn't call you back and now you don't want to see me anymore? Why are you pushing me away?" I asked and he was quick to respond to that question.

"I'm not pushing you away. I'm telling you in a nice way to just fuck off. It's better for the both of us." he replied in a sharp tone that he never really used on me except from when we were in the diner and he wanted to know why I was ignoring him.

"Then why did you stay with me when I asked you to last night? If you didn't want to be with me you could have just say so without giving me hope! But I should have guessed that your are like that. You probably were just talking to me and hanging out with me in hopes of sleeping with me. And I let you. Once again I was stupid enough to focus on seeing the good in a person even though there isn't a lot to see" I said and the fact that he didn't even try to deny my exclamation of him just wanting to sleep with me proved that I was right with my accusation. So I left. I left without another word because I didn't want him to see my cry over him. And he just let me leave without stopping me showing that he never cared in the first place.

Next Update: Saturday April 4th, 2020