23 | unwelcomed visitor

I was preparing for my shift in the back of the flower shop when I heard the bell above the door ring, signaling that a customer entered the shop. Myra was in the front of the shop since her shift hasn't ended yet and I could tell that she was counting down every second until she can go to meet her girlfriend.

I was busy tying my apron at the back when I heard my name being mentioned by a male voice that I didn't recognize in that moment. I curiously took a look into the shop and saw Jax, Isaac's best friend talking to Myra. What was he doing here? I mean it's a flower shop and he could buy flowers for his mother or his girlfriend but what was he doing here asking for me? I decided to do something I normally never really do which is spying on their conversation.

"So is she here?" I heard him ask.

"Who even are you?" Myra asked with her typical sassy attitude and I slightly smiled.

"I'm Jax, Isaac's best friend. Do you want my number?" he asked and Myra scoffed. Jax was definitely not a bad looking guy, but first of all Myra always hated guys like him who try to hook up with every girl they see and secondly Myra is gay. Poor Jax is about to get the rejection of his life.

"How about you get the fuck out of the shop and leave Emilia alone" she said ignoring the part where he asked for her number.

"Yo chill woman. I was just here to talk to Emilia because Isaac feels like shit and I don't know why because he's not talking to me about it. I know that Emilia could help him with whatever he's going through" Jax said. Isaac feels like shit? Is he serious right now? Isaac is the one who started this entire thing and now he feels bad?

"First of all don't call me woman. I have a name and it right here on the name tag you probably already saw since you spend the last few minutes checking me out. And second of all Isaac deserves to feel like shit because he made Emilia feel the same. He basically told her that he only spend time with her because he wanted to fuck her so I don't care how shitty you asshole of a bad friend feels. He could rot in hell and I would still stand here in peace not giving a fuck about it!" Myra said or more likely shouted at him and in that moment I wished I could've seen Jaxs' face because I'm sure it was priceless. He doesn't seem like the kind of guy who is used to getting shouted at, especially by women.

"I'm sure he didn't mean it like that" Jax tried to defend him and now it was my time to scoff and it seemed like I scoffed a little too loud because both Jax and Myra went completely silent.

"Emilia I know you're there" Jax said and my eyes widened. Fudge. I didn't really want to talk to him right now but I knew I had no other choice so I took a deep breath and left my hiding spot.

"Oh hey Jax I didn't even know you were here" I said with the biggest fake smile that I could give him but he just have me the 'are you serious' type of look. Guess my cover wasn't working.

"Did Isaac really say that?" he asked.

"Say what?" I asked seriously not remembering what they last talked about since my heart was still beating way too fast from getting caught.

"That he only spend time with you in order to have sex with you" he asked further and I just shrugged.

"He didn't directly say it but he didn't deny it either when I confronted him with it" I replied truthfully and Jax sighed.

"Look Emilia I'm 99 percent sure he didn't mean it and that this is far from the truth. Of course Isaac didn't have the best reputation with woman but I just don't think that..." Jax started but Myra interrupted him.

"I don't know who you think you are but my shift is over and I don't want to spend another second with you and there's no way I'm leaving you alone with Emilia either. So get the fuck out of here you dumbass" Myra said but Jax didn't seem too surprised by her outburst. I guess he was already used to it by now.

"Damn you're really hot" he replied and Myra just rolled her at his statement.

"Just shut the fuck up and go" she said and to my surprise Jax really followed her orders and left the shop but not before giving me one last look full of hope but I decided to ignore and set my focus on the new customer that came in the second Jax left the shop.

It's for the better if my mind stays off of Isaac. I survived 19 years of my life without him so I can survive the rest of it without him too.

"Why the hell didn't you tell me that Emilia has a freaking hot best friend?" Jax asked as he stormed into my office without knocking.

"I told you a thousand times to not come into my office without knocking first yet you still do it. And how the hell do you know what Myra looks like?" I asked him.

"Come on it's not like I could interrupt you fucking anyone in here again" Jax said referring to the one time where he did catch me fucking one of my flings in here.

"I asked you a question. How do you know what Myra looks like?" I asked and he smiled.

"I was in the flower shop to talk to Emilia" he said casually like it wasn't a big deal. I quickly stood up as I heard him say that. What did he wanted to talk to Emilia about? And why did I feel jealous about the fact that he just saw her when I haven't seen her in over a month almost two actually.

"Why did you want to talk to Emilia?" I asked him trying my best to control the anger that I felt towards him. Why does he always have to get involved in my business when it has nothing to do with him.

"I noticed that you haven't been acting like yourself lately and you just won't talk to me about so wanted to ask for her help since I know you have a soft spot for her" he said.

"I don't have a soft spot for her. We broke contact a few weeks ago because I'm not interested in her" I replied and immediately felt bad for these words because I knew they were far from the truth.

"Keep telling yourself but I know that it's just bullshit. Do you know how bad she feels about all of this? You made her feel like she's worth nothing other than a woman you could fuck and then dump right afterwards! She doesn't deserve that!" he said and raised his voice at me. The audacity this guy has. I know that he's right but he's not one to talk about using women because he's the master in that field.

"Are you fucking serious right now Jax? You're telling me it's wrong to use a woman just for sex when this is all you do every day? Stop being a hypocrite and stay away from my fucking business!" I shouted at him but he was left unbothered.

"I would stay away from your fucking business if you weren't so fucking stupid! You literally hurt her damn feelings because you're too scared to admit your own feelings towards her. But if that's how you want to continue living your life go ahead. I'm sorry for wanting to help you it's never going to happen again" Jax said.

"Just get the fuck out" I replied not in the mood to argue with him.

"Why is everyone kicking me out today" he mumbled under his breath but left without another word.

I laid my head on my desk and took a few deep breaths as I processed the conversation that just took place. I knew that Jax was right but at the same time I can't get myself to let Emilia into my life again because I knew that the outcome would be even worse than it is right now.

I heard the door to my office being opened again without a knock.

"I told you to fucking leave" I said without looking up expecting it to be Jax who wanted to annoy me once again.

"Since when are you allowed to speak to me like that young man?" I heard the familiar voice of my father say and quickly looked up.

"I'm sorry dad I didn't know it was you" I quickly apologized. Insulting my dad usually never ended well which is something that I learned by heart during my teenage years. That man is the scariest person I know. Besides my mother of course.

"What is your fucking problem?" my father said out of the blue and I looked at him in shock. I was surprised to hear my father use those words but it was obvious that he took advantage of the fact that my mother was nowhere near us to confront him with it since she hated it to hear him swear in front of us.

"Pardon?" I asked not knowing where he was going at.

"I overheard you conversation with Jax" he said and I groaned. I didn't want to have this conversation again. Especially not with my father who I can't just send away like I did with Jax. I didn't reply to my father's question and my father being the impatient man he is asked further questions.

"I thought you really liked Emilia. I didn't expect you to bring a random girl you just wanted to sleep with home to your mother" my father said.

"I do like her. I just can't- I don't want to hurt her" I replied truthfully and felt relieved when I finally said it out loud.

"Is it because of what happened back then?" he asked me not daring to mention their names. We haven't said their names, at least not when I was present ever since the car accident. So I simply nodded. I didn't want to remind myself of the sight that played in front of me whenever I thought about the car accident. Or the words that were thrown at me afterwards.

"Isaac me and your mother told you multiple times that what happened to you wasn't your fault. There's nothing you could've done when the other driver hit you. It's his fault not yours. Don't give up your hopes in love because of what a random bitch told you" my father said and I slightly had to laugh at his uncommon choice of words.

"I didn't lose my hope in love I'm just afraid that I would hurt Emilia the way I hurt them as well" I said.