Chapter 41: You'll regret this.

" Let's go to the study Tommy" I stood up and walked away quickly.

" Goodnight Lisa," he shouted as he rushed towards me, I slowed down my pace to wait for him. 

" Come on, man, wait up" he shouted in my direction laughing. 

" Are you kidding me, Tom? " I shouted the moment we entered the study looking at him annoyed.

" You're in love with her Xavier. " Tommy said looking at me.

" What...? " I didn't realise  he was going to figure it out so quickly.

" You heard me bruh, you're in love with her. " He was smiling "It's nice to see you finally fall in love with someone " He continued happily. 

" I don't know what you're talking about Tom. " I turned away from him immediately, he could tell I was lying if he looked into my eyes.

" Look at me and say that." He urged but I wouldn't. 

" Come on man, it's of no use." I  ran a hand through my hair as I sighed. 

" What do mean it's of no use? " He asked  with an eyebrow  raised.

" Even if am in love with her, she only sees me as the wicked old man who forced her into marrying her. " I explained as I took a sit.

" Come clean with her then, tell her you're  Xavier Scott." He said simply.

" It's not that easy Tommy, how about Sofia? Am engaged to her remember? " I asked frustrated. 

" Fuck Sofia, you wanna give up  your chance at happiness just because of a stupid promise? " He was angry now, I could practically  see the anger but hearing him call the promise I made to the old man a stupid promise I couldn't  help getting angry too.

" How can you call a promise I made a dying old man stupid?" I asked back angrily.

" What do you want me to call it then? The old man knew you didn't love his daughter and often encouraged you to find the woman you would with all your heart so how could he ask you to promise to marry his daughter all of a sudden?" Tommy was so angry he was pacing about now.

" There's nothing I can do about it now Tom. Why are you taking sides with a girl you just met today? " I knew I made a mistake saying that the moment it was out. That was the problem with words, you can take it back when you let it out.

" Really? Am taking sides? You can't see I only want you to be happy? Okay then. " Tommy said.

" It's not like that Tom" I shook my head. It made my heart ache, I knew everything he said was true but how do I break a promise I made to her man who helped me when I ran for my life, a man who was there for me like a father?

" You'll regret this Xavier." He said before storming out of the room before I could say anything else.

When he left, I covered my hands with my face trying to take a deep breath. My feelings for her grew with each passing day she spent in my house, even though we didn't talk much I felt satisfied knowing she was in my house. She made my heart beat each time I saw her and when she came close to me... 

I closed my eyes, but I could still see her, her smile, her hair. How I so wanted to see her leave her hair loosed. I'd only see her leave her hair down once, the day she didn't know I was going to be back home. She felt so relaxed with her hair loosed down and her transparent singlet. I was smiling as I thought about how she tried to run away. I wished I could just smile for myself even if it's just once, seeing her smile at Tommy so genuinely made my heart ache. 

' Should I just divorce her now? How long can I hold these feelings? How long can I control this jealousy? ' But I knew divorcing her would mean me giving up my revenge against her father and I couldn't, I had to make him pay for what he did. 

' How on earth did I end up falling in love my the daughter of the man who betrayed my father? ' came the questions again. I thought I was going hate her, I never planned on hurting her but I never imagined I was going to fall so hard for her. I just wanted to take her away from her dad and make him miserable thinking he got his daughter married to an old man because he couldn't settle his debts before finally destroying his company.

I stayed there thinking for a while before getting up and going to my room to take a shower. Tommy was still upset so I left him to cool down a little. I  took my shower before going to Tommy's room to check up on him.

" Where the hell did he go? " I murmured after checking his room and not finding him there.

I turned around and went to the living room but wasn't there either, I was about to go back upstairs when he came walking out of the kitchen carrying cake on a plate with a fork and juice in his other hand. Tommy loved cake so much he would eat it when he was happy and also when he was sad.

" Yo, thought you'd be in your room." I walked towards him and sat at his side. But he didn't say a word, I smiled instead. That was Tommy.

" Silent treatment? Bro? " I asked as I waved my hand slightly.

" That's not what am doing. " He finally said.

" Then what are you doing? " Tommy and I acted like kids, it had always been like that for us.

" Am just so angry I don't  know what to say to you." He was picking  on his cake now.

" Am sorry okay?" I apologised. 

"It's alright, I know I was being too nosy." He said quietly. Tommy was a cheerful person and I hated it when he got upset.

" Am sorry I made you feel that way, Tom. Your dad did a lot for me and I don't know how I can just break a promise I made to him so easily." I tried to explain.

" For goodness sake bro I don't hate my sister, my dad and I may have our differences but I don't hate my sis for any reason. I would be more than happy to have you as a brother-in-law but not at the expense of your happiness." Tommy said in a matter-of-fact tone. Tommy just wasn't a friend, he was a brother and I knew he only wanted me to be happy.

Tommy and Sofia were step-siblings but even though Sofia was a hard person to deal with Tommy never had any issues with her. He loved her a lot.

Tommy hated his dad a lot, he was a womaniser and had gotten Tommy's mother pregnant after getting married to Sofia's mom.

He took responsibility for the pregnancy  and made sure to send enough money to Tommy's  mother to take care of him but Tommy still grew like he had no father which made him hate his dad.