Chapter 3
Damon's POVThe mansion was as breathtaking as ever but somehow it all felt kind of strange to me now.I've been away for so long but I could not call my house my home anymore... I had to share it now with Jessica."Darling, this place is gorgeous!" She screamed, stepping into the mansion and admiring the rich designs."Thanks," I said. "But we would have to change some things around here soon, I don't like some of the designs," she announced."Hold on! I like everything just the way it is," I objected.I tried to steal a glance at Vanessa who has been quiet since we stepped into the house. We picked out everything in this house together and it was perfect.I knew she wouldn't like us changing anything here and I didn't want that either. We had so many awesome memories together in this place and I felt I was betraying it all by even just the mere thought of Jessica in this place.Now she wants to redecorate?! Well that is something Jessica won't definitely have, no matter how much she whines about it. "But babe! I want something else," Jessica whined, looking at me with those puppy eyes, but I wasn't bulging a bit."No Jessica, it's perfect just like this," I concluded."Okay, okay, I guess I could manage it, come show me around sweetheart," she requested."Alright," I said, but she was already holding on to my arm. I looked behind at Vanny, telling her to wait a little bit for me. While I went in to show Jessica around, this brought back so many memories I had tried to suppress when I decided to give Jessica a ring, but now I could not hide it.What exactly was I doing?! Taking care of my responsibilities that's what... but it all felt so overwhelming.Seeing Vanessa again after so long was amazing. When I hugged her it felt so good. Gosh! I missed her in ways she could not imagine.I wanted to ask her about the boyfriend she told me about and if they were still together. Last I heard they were having issues but since I got engaged to Jessica I couldn't bring myself to ask her about her relationship, because that would lead to her asking about mine and I could not tell her then.It broke my heart to hear that she was in a potentially serious relationship but I couldn't really do anything about it. I wanted to scream "Vanny wait for me!" But I couldn't. I didn't want to lose her completely just because I wanted her all to myself.Then Jessica came into my life and I thought it was an easy escape from my heart ache, little did I know she was a ticking time bomb. Jessica was possessive, whiny, extremely materialistic, vain to the core and full blown crazy!I knew she was only with me because of my money and my looks, still I stayed with her until I couldn't anymore. Then I decided to break things up with her but after a while she came back with a surprise I could not ignore.I was always about doing the right thing, even if it costs my happiness and oh how unhappy I was! The weight of it all was so overwhelming but somehow I carried it all with a straight face and a made up mind. There was certainly no going back from this.We entered the theater room and it brought back memories of all the time I spent there with Vanessa. She was the movie lover between the two of us. I could never sit still to finish a movie but somehow she always made me stay and watch her favorite romantic movies with her.Sometimes she even saw a movie more than once but I couldn't never bear that toture with her. Once was enough for me. I had so many options that I really could not bear re-watching a movie when I already knew what was going to happen.But I did have my select few favorites though that I could watch with her mostly because of the characters in the movie or a particular actor in it.This was our special place, I definitely could not share it with Jessica. Jessica was more of a reality show person and did not fancy movies, someone about it being scripted… well news flash Jessica, so are reality shows.Sometimes I wonder what goes on in her pretty head because some of her ideas are nearly embarrassing. But I was with her for a while and we had fun…. Now I couldn't get out.When we got to the swimming pool she insisted that she needed to go for a swim immediately, she loved the water, it was somehow disturbing how she could never stay away from it.Plus she knew she looked gorgeous in a bikini and she loved to show it off. She begged me to join her in the pool but all I was thinking about was Vanessa waiting for me. "I'll be back Jessica, make yourself comfortable" I told her, before dashing away hoping Vanny hadn't lost all patience and left me to myself.I saw her sitting down in the twin chair on the balcony. We usually came here to have a quiet time together. I knew she was trying to process it all, but I couldn't tell her what was going on, she would go full crazy on Jessica if she found out. She was that protective.She looked so beautiful even though I knew she probably had not had her bath this morning. She always looked more beautiful without any makeup and without even making any effort. I eventually summoned up all courage I could and walked towards her. "Hey Vanny, sorry I kept you waiting for so long… just wanted to get her settled in," I said.I couldn't look her straight in the face, I might slip up and say something I did not want to."Hey Damon, try explaining to me what's going on here?" She asked, going straight to the point.I almost forgot how direct she could be sometimes."I'm engaged!" I said, trying to sound normal, when nothing was.She looked straight at me but I fixed my gaze behind her. She kept quiet for a while and then finally said, "Welcome home Damon, I need to head out now," she sounded tired and frustrated.As she was trying to go I held onto her arm and quietly pleaded,"Please don't go Vanessa.""I don't understand you right now Damon but you know where to find me when you are ready to talk," she said.She removed my hand from her arm and quickly walked away and I couldn't stop her…. I wasn't ready to talk yet.Chapter 4Vanessa's POVThe drive back to my little apartment was a complete blur. I was in a state of disarray and I couldn't run to anyone for comfort… That was Damon's job… to comfort me whenever I was down, but now he's most probably in the warm embrace of another woman, completely oblivious to the massive heartbreak I was dying of.When I got back I discovered that my apartment looked as terrible as I felt, how wonderful!I just wanted to go back to bed and sleep away my sorrows, but who was I kidding?! In my current state, sleep was the last thing I could do.Just then my phone rang, I checked the screen… just when I thought my day couldn't get any worse behold it was Peter calling.I contemplated not picking up the call, to let it go to voicemail and forget about it, but then I would be punishing him and he didn't deserve it, he didn't deserve any of this, he didn't deserve me."Hey babe," I said, after I finally decided to pick up the call."Hi Vanessa, how are you doing?" Pet
Chapter 5Vanessa's POV"Hey sleepy head, what did I just say?" Mr Steve asked.It took me a while before I finally realized that he was actually referring to me. "Uh?""I didn't say uh, I'm asking you what I just said, " he stated. "I'm sorry, I wasn't really paying attention," I admitted, and I could hear the low laughter of others in the lecture hall. "Well you better start paying attention or just leave if you're bored," he said and got back to talking about whatever he was talking about.Why did I even come to class today! I knew I was not in the right space for this still I forced myself here just to make a complete fool of myself. I wasn't paying attention to the lecture.. I couldn't pay attention. I was completely disoriented and I'm sure the sweatshirt I was wearing hasn't been washed for days and smells awful but I didn't care.I have been this way since the breakup with Peter but I was this way because of Damon. I could not focus because I didn't want to face reality.
Chapter 6Damon's POVI was going to commit murder real soon and it would not even be my fault.Jessica was making me miserable and she seemed totally oblivious of her actions. Living with her was suffocating and I couldn't take it anymore. I felt like I was haunted and that could even be an understatement. During the day I had to face Jessica and her constant whining and at night I dreamt of Vanessa and could not sleep. "Damon, come do my back," Jessica yelled.By that she meant I should come rub some sunscreen on her back but either way she always found a way to make sure I was right by her side. And don't get me started on her obsession with the swimming pool! She has been there literally every single day since we got back and she has somehow managed to make it impossible for me to enjoy swimming as usual. I just could not understand her extreme love for the water especially now, she said something the other day about needing enough Vitamin D or something like that…. And I was
Chapter 7Damon's POVI could finally see her but still I was at loss for words…. I wanted to say a lot, so much, but I wasn't really sure where to start from. I have thought about this moment for so long and I actually planned it! With the help of our mums of course. It was hard spilling my guts especially when Vanny'smum was coincidentally at home when I got there, but I had to, Mrs Monday was no stranger anyways, she practically raised me up with my mum. I told them everything, I confessed my love for Vanessa to them and even told them about the fight I had with Jessica and the reason I was engaged to her in the first place and hoped they saw reason with me on why I could not go on living a lie. I expected them to support me full on without objection but I should have known better. My mum always stressed on the impression we left with people and she sure made it clear that she didn't like the way I ended things with Jessica. Yes she hated that I was living a lie and yes she th
Chapter 8Vanessa's POV"Uh" I said, and yes I'm someone that says uh a lot…. it's just the best word I can think of in circumstances like this. "Yes Vaness, I'm done with her," Damon said. "But why, what happened?!" I asked.Don't get me wrong, I was never in full support of the whole engagement thing with perfect Jessica, but still I thought he was happy…. I mean he must have been if he could go as far as putting a ring on her finger!I however was not ready to jump at this news yet until I fully understood what exactly was going on between the two of them. "I was never in love with her, Vanessa, I just went along with the engagement because I had to", he said."You had to? Why?" I asked.He wasn't making any sense at all. I mean who gets engaged to someone they did not love. This was definitely not the Damon I knew. Yes he was too kind and selfless for his own good, but I didn't think he could get engaged just because he had to! Like what sort of excuse was that! He looked at
Chapter 9Vanessa's POV It was perfect! Seeing that movie with him brought back so many beautiful memories I almost forgot about. I was a sucker for romance movies so I held on tight to him and cried when the moviegot too emotional, or maybe I was just trying hard to feel closer to him.He just laughed at me but still wiped away my tears each time before shaking his head then focusing on the movie. I loved the way he looked just focusing on every detail about the movie, it was like he was trying to study the characters and absorb each scene with precision. It was cute. I especially love to see him like this every single time we watch a movie together. He wasn't the loud type of person when watching a movie, he was more like the kind of person to tell you exactly how the movie went 5 years later with annoying accuracy, perks of being a genius I guess."Why are you being so emotional today?" He said, chuckling quietly as we were still in the cinema. The movie was coming to an en
Chapter 10DamonShe was having so much fun and I didn't know how it easily rubbed on me. Of course I chose to play the dance game but not because of what she thought. I chose this game because I loved to see her look competitive for something so playful. I loved to see her funny dance moves and her always futile attempts at beating me. Still I never actually gave her the chance to win, mostly because I didn't believe in letting someone win out of pity. If she was going to win me then she has to up her game. After I won the game as expected I had to buy vanilla ice cream for her, just so she would at least stop scaring me out with her bloodshot stares. "So you're trying to bribe me right?" She said after grabbing the ice cream from me."Oh far from it Vanessa, I just thought you needed something soothing after prancing around on that machine" I chuckled. "Now you're just trying to make me angry all over again" she pouted.Well I just couldn't help it, she needed to watch herself
Chapter 11VanessaHis lips on my skin sent electricity running through every part of my body. I imagined how his lips on mine would feel like and all of a sudden my face felt hot and I could tell I was blushing real bad. I looked straight at him and thought about how lucky I was to have even known someone like Damon Philips. He was so compassionate and caring and I'm sure he was already thinking of a million ways to make Peter suffer for breaking my heart. It's funny that he doesn't have a clue that I broke up with Peter because of him, because he was the one I was in love with, not Peter, and I couldn't continue living a lie, even after I finally knew about his engagement. Now he is no longer engaged and I am definitely single, but where exactly does that leave us? Well nowhere actually. He was still my best friend and he had no clue that I wanted him to be more than that. His gentle kiss on my hand was all I needed to stir up my mood. I smiled a little and tucked my hand awa