Chapter Twenty-two— Trouble in paradise

"I feel like I'm dying and my insides are crumbling without you Kara." He slurs.

"WHAT?" I shriek.

Is he drunk?

"I don't know how to move past all this." He whines, his voice dripping with a lot of emotions, then hiccups.

He is clearly drunk.

"I don't think you are in your senses right now, Blake!" I exclaim.

"Listen! Please I know I did this to myself, but losing you was the worst thing that has ever happened to me." He begs

"Blake, I have no desire to reminisce about the past with you." I hiss over the phone

"I love you Kara,"he states, "and I need you in my life." He adds

"Just shut up! I am very much happy in my life with Alex." I snap

"Alex?" He asks

I ignore him and continue, "you do not get to come back into my life like nothing ever happened between us!" I say, my voice rising in frustration

"But you can't move on," he cries, "please don't do this to me, I will change. . . Hell, I have changed." He states, his voice taking a pleading tone

"I don't care! I forgave you but that doesn't mean that I will hear you say all these things. Just. Leave. Me. Alone." I emphasize

"Kara, please don't!" He drawls hiccuping

"You're clearly drunk." I state with a sigh

"I know, I know, but I miss you." He cries

"I don't want to hear any of it." I say angrily

"Kara please-" he starts

"Blake!" I scold cutting him off. "Don't bother calling this number EVER AGAIN!" I add as I hand up the call, and I am beyond furious right now. It was a mistake to forgive him.

Uggh! He shouldn't have called in the first place.

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Later that night, Alex had an urgent meeting so he could not make it to dinner. He did leave me a text, which is when I decided not to bother him about Blake's call.

My job is starting after the weekend, so I tried focusing on that but failed.

"Hmm, Netflix it is! Maybe I should watch a movie till Alex comes back and it will also help take my mind off Blake." I muse, searching for a perfect movie.

Nat Wolf's ' Death Note ' appears on the screen. "Hmm. . . Perfect." I thought. I got popcorn before playing the movie.

-An hour later-

Kara fell into a deep slumber as tiredness from all the unpacking took over her. After a while Alex came back home and saw her sleeping body on the couch.

"How did I get so lucky to have such a beautiful woman with me? She looks beautiful even though she is clearly tired." Alex wondered

Alex was about to pick her up but her phone buzzed. He looked at her phone and saw fifteen missed calls and countless messages from Blake.

"What does he want from her?" Alex muttered.

He unlocked it and saw the messages. He was utterly shocked to read what he saw, ' I love you Kara ', ' How he(Blake) wants her back in his life or how badly he messed up ', or ' you should consider giving him a chance. '

"Is this guy for real?" Alex thought to himself

Alex was losing it, so he put the phone down. He picked her up in his arms to lay on the bed and went to change out of his clothes. He saw some of the messages she had with Blake, and knowing that I was still in contact with him disturbed him. He came right by my side to lay down and pulled her into his arms in a protective way.

"Why is he even bothering her? I had no idea they were still in touch. I don't know if I should ask her about Blake. That guy has hurt my Kara beyond measure and he still has the audacity to say, ' He loves her!? ' " Alex huffs.

Unbelievable!

He sighs. "I should just get some sleep." He thought. He switched off the lights and kissed her before trying to get some sleep of his own.

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Kara's Pov

I noticed how Alex has been quite ever since he woke up. Maybe he is just tired, I thought.

"How did the meeting go?" I ask

"It went well."

"Was your dad there too?"

"Yep, the client was a tough one to crack, but we managed." He replies not making eye contact with me.

"Great!" I respond.

Is he mad at me?

"Are you feeling any less tired?" He inquires

"Yeah, better than yesterday." I state

"Good." He nods, "I am sorry I couldn't come home early yesterday and you had to do it all by yourself." He says

Is that what has been bothering him?

"No biggie! You have helped a lot." I say with a smile.

"I still feel bad about it though." He frowns

"Don't worry about it." I reply with a wave of my hand

As she spoke, Alex's mind drifted off. Should I even ask about Blake or not? I feel so conflicted right now. But I also don't want to assume anything wrong. These were the thoughts that ran through the mind of Alex

"You are suspiciously quiet?"

"Huh?" He blinks twice. "Sorry I didn't hear." He says

"Is something bothering you?" I ask, a bit of concern in my voice

"No, no, not really!" He disagrees stubbornly, not meeting my eyes again

There is definitely something wrong.

"What is going on with you?" I ask

"I could ask you the same." He muttered under his breath.

"WHAT? I could not-"

"Just nothing! Leave it Kara." He almost yells. She should have been the one to tell me about Blake.

"Hey! You know you can talk to me." I spoke then spotted closer to him and took his hand. "Please don't be like this, there should not be any secrets between us." I say

"Yeah? You sure about that?" His brows furrowed together as he spoke rather harshly.

Shit! That was too harsh, Alex thought

"Of course! Why wouldn't I be? Are you mad at me for something?" I pester

"I really don't want to discuss this Kara." He shakes his head. "Can we please drop it?" He begs

"No, I will not!" I say vehemently. "Talk to me. . . PLEASE!" I beg

"You should take your own advice." He mumbled

"What are you talking about?" I ask in confusion

"You hid about Blake!" He snapped suddenly.

Oh Damn!