CHAPTER 52- Elijah’s Jealousy
CHAPTER 52–Elijah’s Jealousy
KYLIE’S POV
“you’re not coming in?” I asked when he dropped me off at my apartment building without making a move to come on in
“I don’t think I’d want to leave if I go in there, to be honest,” he said and shrugged in a way I considered to be cute. “Okay then, maybe some other time.” I went on a whim and rose on my tip toes to kiss both his cheeks.
“See you around,” I said to him, and before I could step away, he grabbed me by my waist, pulled me in, and planted one on my lips.
“good night, Ky.”
I walked on clouds all the way to my front door. The day had been much better than I envisioned it, and that hard conversation about Elijah? It had been so therapeutic, and I didn’t even know that I needed it.
I found my keys and opened my front door, with the plan to simply shower and hit my bed, but what I saw quickly caught me off guard.
“Elijah?” I questioned in surprise and nearly dropped my bag.
“Hello, Kylie,” he said, his legs folded where he sat. I wasn’t seeing a ghost. But I had been walking on clouds only moments ago, so was I seeing a ghost?”
“How did you even get in?”
“Let’s leave that for now. I promise I didn’t do anything that requires you to feel unsafe.”
“you’re in here without my permission, without me letting you, that’s more than enough reason to feel unsafe if you ask me.” I walked to the dining table, and he followed me.
“you’re safe, Kylie. I wouldn’t do anything to put you in harm’s way.”
“I see,” I said, dropped my things on the table, and turned to him, my eyes narrowed and my expression ready to kill.
“so, I turned my back for just a moment, and all of a sudden you’re with a new man, going to the park, having a damn good time.”
“Are you… are you stalking me?”
“maybe.”
I looked at him feeling very scandalized, and couldn’t believe what I was hearing now.
“you’re crazy,” I said and made to walk past him, but he was caught by the arm.
“Where do you think you’re going?” he questioned, and I tried to tug free from his grip, but he was too strong, and I narrowed my eyes on him.
“Are you out of your damn mind?” I asked through gritted teeth.
“maybe. Maybe I am out of my damn mind. But you brought me to this point.”
“I brought you?! You are the one who called me your friend, and if my memory serves me correctly, you were the one I saw surrounded by all those women at night at that old infirmary. But somehow, I am the bad guy for choosing myself this time?”
“That’s why you went out with him?” he asked softly, and slowly let me go.
“What?” I asked and tugged my hand free when I felt his grip loosen.
“You went out with that bloke because I called you my friend? Because you saw me last night talking to my pa- to a group of women?”
I narrowed my eyes at him and turned away from him.
“I don’t really care like that.”
I heard him sigh and felt his arms wrap around me.
“Leave me alone, Elijah. I’m tired.” I said and tried to pry his arms off me, but he only held on, breathing in the scent of me.
ay blend, because it seemed like what you wanted. I was “I’ve missed you, ky. Missed having you like this poly cafedy only trying to respect your wishes. I didn’t exp Successfully unlocked! with the Matthew bloke. Didn’t expect you to be kissing him. How do you think that makes me lei:
I sighed when he pressed a kiss to my neck. Somewhere, subconsciously, I remembered the plan not to try to hurt Matthew. But in Elijah’s arms, so caught up with how he made me feel, all–electric and magnified, I couldn’t help but feel like that was already a lost battle.
CHAPTER 52 Elate Jealousy
‘you’re no good for me” I heard myself say.
“And the Matthew bloke is?” he asked, and bit my lip, and found the strength to slowly come out of his hold.
“he is “I said honestly, he doesn’t lie to me, or make me wonder, or leave me guessing what is actually true or not. So yes, Matthew is good for me. More than you’ve ever been to me”
“I leave for only a couple of days, and you’ve already brainwashed yourself into thinking you’re better off without me.”
“I didn’t brainwash myself into anything, I only began to see more clearly. So thank you for giving me space.” space that you asked for, so why are you making it look like I chose this between us?”
“I think a part of you chose. I mean, there were all of those moments I kept asking for the truth, I kept trying to know more, but all you did was leave me in the dark.”
“I did try to tell you the truth, and it was too much for you. Have you ever considered the fact that leaving you in the dark has been for your good?”
“for my own good? Yeah right. Just.. Just go, Elijah. I’ve had a long day, but an equally good one. Don’t come out here trying to ruin things for me.”
‘ruin things for you? Is that what I do now?”
*apparently.
He looked at me for the longest time, before walking toward me and placed both hands on my hips.
“All that I have done, when it comes to you, has always been to protect you, to keep you safe. I would never… never do a thing that puts you in harm’s way.”
“I know that.” I said in a whisper when he placed his forehead on mine, “but it isn’t about that. It isn’t about not being put in harm’s way, because I know you would put yourself between me and whatever could hurt me. But what happens when you‘ re the very thing I should be careful of? What happens when you are the danger? What do I do then?”
“It’s nothing like that, Ky.”
“Well, I don’t know.” I said and shook my head, “I don’t know, and as long as you keep me in the dark, I will never know.”
ELIJAH’S POV
had to go. It was what she said she wanted, even though both her body and her eyes said two different things.
“damn it!” I groaned out and punched a wall so hard, that the walls cracked, and my hand stung.
When I gave Kylie it wasn’t because I wanted her to find comfort in the arms of another man, it was because I wanted to come back better.
But now she was sputtering all of the rubbish about him being good for her, and a part of me feared that.
I considered having a word with the Matthew bloke. More than a word, so that he could know he was trespassing, and I wasn’t okay with it.
And if he refused to take a step back, I was more than ready to take the next step, by using action instead of my words.
I knew where the boy lived, I knew how to get in, and I knew exactly how to get my message across.
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