Chapter 3

Jianna

"So, why did you break up with me?" I finally ask him, my heart pounding a bit hard in my chest, "It doesn't make sense to what you did, Christopher, and you just expect me to forgive you? I honestly don't believe that I owe you a damn thing. You really hurt me, and you made me feel like a complete idiot. You made me feel like I was never going to win a damn thing and when I thought that I met the person that I was going to end spending the rest of my life with."

"I know." He murmurs, sitting across from me as he keeps his distance, "I'm sorry that I didn't tell you the truth, but I had to tell you how it was. I know that you wouldn't believe me, but I had no choice but to let you go. There was so much happened at the time, and I knew that there was no way that I would be able to protect you. It would be a bad thing if I ended up allowing you to stay where you would end up getting hurt."

I could tell by the look on his face that he is telling me the truth, but I didn't know what to say about it. It made my stomach churn because I honestly didn't know what to say or do. I wasn't sure if I could believe him because I honestly didn't know what was going through his head anymore. I couldn't believe how he was treating me like he did me some kind of favor. Like I was going to forgive him for something like that.

"I'm sorry, Christopher, but I honestly don't think that I'm ever going to be able to forgive you for what you did." I murmur, seeing his expression fall, "You hurt me too much and I know that the only thing that I can do is make sure that this is going to happen. I need you to keep your distance from me because there's no way that I'm going to allow this to happen. I hope so at least."

His expression shifts, "have you found someone else?"

"No, I haven't met someone else, this is a boundary that I'm putting between us." I murmur, folding my arms across my chest, "You might have been able to hurt me like that but I'm not going to put up with that stuff anymore. I don't trust you and I can't allow you back into my life the way that you want to be. I wish that I could but I'm sorry. I can't do it. I won't do it again. I'm sorry."

"It's probably for the best." The big alien murmurs, folding his arms across his chest, "If it happened that way, then I'm sure you would have ended up regretting every second of it especially if he hurt you in that kind of way."

Christopher looks up at him, glaring at him slightly, "What is your problem, Elio? Aren't you supposed to convince her that she should give me a second chance? You know how much I love her."

Elio rolls his eyes and I swear it feels like he is trying to undress me with them, "why am I going to ask her to date you again when you're the one who lost her in the first place. I hate to even say it, but you should have thought what you wanted from her when you broke her heart. I'm sure her seeing you right now isn't helping her either. Don't you think?"

Christopher looks at me for confirmation if that is how I'm feeling, and I end up nodding my head. His expression shifts to rage, and I couldn't be sure what was going to happen next, but I did know that there was going to be no way that I was going to put up with his shit for much longer. I can see how he is feeling as he jumps to his feet and storms out of the cabin, slamming the door shut behind him. It makes me flinch slightly because I have never seen him act like that before. He is obviously upset that this is not going his way, but I don't know what to say to him. I don't know how to make him understand that it just has to be this way.

Elio moves towards me where he takes the spot that Christopher had just been. I look at him curiously, wondering what he is going to say. I couldn't be entirely sure, raising an eyebrow at him as I'm trying to figure out what is going to happen between us because he is looking at me like he is going to eat me. Maybe he might actually eat me, but I don't want that to happen right now. I'm worried that maybe this might turn around and bite me in the butt if I'm not careful.

"What do you want?" I ask him softly, raising an eyebrow at him, "I'm not going to give Christopher a second chance even if you asked me to. I don't trust him, and I don't want to be a part of his life anymore. I didn't even want to see him right now but of course, everyone had to go against my wishes like always."

His expression softens slightly and his lips curve into a smile, "Don't worry, I don't want you accepting him back either. I was more so curious to see if you'd be willing to maybe think about being in a relationship with someone else… Someone like me."

I stare at him with wide eyes, processing what he is saying, "you can't mean that, aren't you two related?"

"He is my brother but I'm not going to be a fool like he was." He corrects me, shrugging his shoulders, "I know what I want and that's it."

I had a feeling that he was telling me the truth, but I couldn't be sure what to do about it at all. I guess we're going to find out what happens next.