Love curves and heartbreak novel Chapter 20

Chapter 20: Empty words

He was as if nothing had happened. Nothing out of the ordinary.

Nothing major had happened, he came back calm and confident… and I was a nervous wreck.

Ethan is fully dressed in his usual formal look, navy blue pants, white shirt and a blue sweater, his hair combed, perfect as always. While I’m dressed in yesterday’s clothes and his shirt, which is too big for me. A strong contrast in appearance.

“You’re up and… dressed,” he says in surprise after looking at me for a few seconds, pausing at his shirt on me. Did he think he would find me asleep, lazy?

What’s the matter with him?

Maybe he doesn’t even remember that he left the chabby girl in the room. That must be a shame for him!

This case must have been a slip, a big mistake… a not very attractive girl in his bed. And yes, I’m not wearing his shirt out of love, but because I have no other choice.

“Yes, I thought the flight was about to leave, so I better get ready, right?” I say serious, trying not to show my true feelings, the disappointment, the anger, the sadness. The truth is that I feel like garbage.

“Right… I just have something important to do… you know… I mean…. how…?” he explains, waving me to the door, as if he was making excuses as to why he wasn’t here. I gently cut him off.

“Okay… can we go? There is no time to lose, I want to be home as soon as possible.”

“Ahh… Y–yes… the flight leaves in a few hours, but I was thinking that maybe… you and…”

“It would be better if we left early, right? Surely the airport will be crowded, and we don’t want to spend another minute here… I imply, he has a fixed expression on his face.

I don’t wait for his response and take my luggage, my bag, and I’m about to go out the door, passing close to him.

I can feel his presence behind me, and as we enter the elevator, we remain silent, so close… trapped in this stupid machine. I looked at the buttons with their numbers as if they were the most interesting thing in the world.

He doesn’t say anything to me, but I can feel his eyes burning holes through me. It’s the most uncomfortable silence ever, but I just tell myself that I have to stay as far away from him as possible. It doesn’t matter what it takes. God this thing is slow!

I’ll be home soon, and then… I don’t know…in the following days… I’ll think about how I can manage not to see him anymore. Maybe I could look for another job, it wouldn’t be easy, but it’s not the only job in the world. And as for Lily… I could pretend to be sick.

That all sounds like a lot of work and effort. For one fucking night! A great and hot night, but still… just one night, a few hours of pleasure. You shouldn’t sleep with colleagues at work, because this happens!

When we get into the taxi, fortunately the driver is one of those who likes to talk and talk and I, for the first time in my life, am the most talkative person in the universe. I answer every question he asks and even smile while Ethan is glued to his cell phone.

We arrive at the airport, and we look for the airline counter, I walk faster than ever. Within seconds, we are attended to, and they confirm that the flight is leaving.

“Sorry… there aren’t two seats available together…” “No it can’t be… we must be together…” he says and I panic. “Ethan, surely the flight is chaos… and this nice lady is doing her best to accommodate all the people who were left out yesterday… including us” I say and she smiles.

“Thank you for understanding… the flight takes off shortly, look after your gate. Thank you and good day… next!” she says.

I don’t know if it was luck or what, but I am very grateful.

“Prissy, are you okay?” Ethan asks, I listen to him but pretend to look elsewhere.

Yes… yes… just… fine, I’m fine…” he sighs and looks nervous. Please don’t tell me about yesterday, don’t bring up that subject, please, please.

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Chapter 20 Empty words

I… I wanted us to talk because yesterday…” he begins, and I interrupt him.

I know the talk: it’s not you, it’s me, I made a mistake, I don’t know what happened, I don’t know what I was thinking.

“Sorry, I totally forgot… do you mind if I leave you for a moment and go look at the shops? I remembered I promised to buy Suzy a souvenir

“Suzy?”

“My best friend and roommate. I didn’t get her anything. She loves Seattle…”

“I can come with you” he says, taking his suitcase and seems determined.

It’s just, you know, girl things, boring things I say casually, and he looks at me with this strange expression and wrinkles his forehead.

‘Also….. Clark is looking for you, something related to a contract… I tell him and he nods slowly.

I just…” he says.

Tll be here in a minute” I assure him and leave dragging my suitcase like a crazy.

I wandered around the shops alone and saw absolutely nothing. I really wanted to sit in a corner in a fetal position and cry.

Or better yet, that the airline would put me on another flight, a later one.

If it was to another country or continent, even better.

I saw Ethan from a distance, sometimes working on his computer, sometimes looking around. He would have a frown on his face, and sometimes he would close his eyes.

How did this happen? How did the passion of last night disappear? At one point we were kissing madly and now… we are two strangers again.

As I heard almost the last calls of my flight, I appeared out of nowhere.

“Prissy…” he was yelling, looking for me, waiting at the boarding gate.

“Sorry… I got lost, but I found what I needed a complete lie.

‘I bought some breakfast… you must be hungry he tells me and offers me a bag with some pastries in it. I try not to think that this is a very thoughtful gesture on his part. Damn man.

“Oh thanks… but I already ate‘ I say. Another complete lie. He gives me a stunned look.

Within seconds, we are on the plane, far away and I went to sleep after my much–anticipated breakfast.

*Miss, miss…” someone wakes me up, and I see that it is the lady next to me. I don’t know how long I slept

“That man over there wanted to talk to you,” she tells me, pointing to the other side.

You must be kidding me.

Ethan approaches, towering in the hallway, his hand resting on the back of the seat in front of him. Strands of his blond hair come loose and sway across his forehead, almost into his eyes, as he leans in to speak to me.

My God, this man is determined to torture me. Wasn’t it enough that he slept with me last night and then acted like it was nothing?

“Ethan… what happened? Is there any problem?”

“Prissy… I just wanted to… are you okay?” he says, giving me a meaningful look again.

“I’m fine, thanks. Resting a bit before arriving.”

“Yes, yes of course… you need to rest a bit because yesterday… it was a busy day” he says almost stammering.

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Chapter 20 Empty words

Is it a joke? Did he really have to say that? The lady sitting next to me gives me a surprised look. Don’t be so surprised, ma’am. It is not what you think. Well, it is… but it’s not that simple.

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