In a billionaire's eyes

5: Raelynn

Chapter five: meet me in the park.

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"Are you sure you don't want to come?" Eddie asked.

I nodded. "Yes, I am sure."

"You know that California is a big town, and I am sure that we won't see him again," Eddie told me, and I looked at Theo, who looked confused.

"I was six," I whispered. "The kid doesn't matter to me anymore."

"Then, come with me, a nice escape before school starts," Eddie says.

"I'd rather stay here," I mumbled. "But have a safe flight, Ed. I love you."

Eddie and I were very close, but we weren't always like that. We used to fight and hate each other, but one night, when I was alone in my bedroom, an intruder entered my room, and Eddie saved me that night.

Ever since then, we became friends, and we had each other's backs.

"Okay," Eddie sighed. "If you need anything, you know my number."

"Of course I do," I smiled. "See you soon, Eddie."

"See ya," he hugged me and went to hug my parents. "I am going to miss you both, and Aiden, you're my favorite brother."

"YAY!" Aiden danced, smirking at me.

"He did not notice that I said brother," Eddie laughed, and he shuffled Aiden's hair. "Hey, you better take care of Rae and do not forget to take care of mom for me, alright? Anyway, goodbye, fam."

"Bye, Eddie," we all waved goodbye to Eddie, and we watched his friends walk with him.

"Are you sure you don't want to go with Eddie?" Mom looked at me. "I believe it would be good for you."

"It is too late anyway," I shrugged. "Can I go with Theo?"

"Okay," mom said the same time my dad said, "no."

Mom looked at Dad, and she chuckled. "You can, but don't be late."

"So, my word doesn't matter at all?" Dad looked at mom with an offensive look. "Rae, you're going home with us because it is too late to be with a boy."

"It is only seven," I groaned. "Dad, please."

"Rae, I am not going to repeat what I said!" Dad snapped. "You're coming with us whether it is seven or five."

"Listen, I will see you tomorrow, alright?" Theo kissed my cheek and almost kissed my lips when my dad patted Theo's shoulder.

"That's enough," dad said. "Now, let's head out."

*

"This song made me cry," Grace frowned on FaceTime.

"What song?" I asked, laughing at how sensitive she was, and that's what I loved about her.

"Rewrite the Stars," she replied. "Imagine loving someone your parents don't like, and the fact that you can't be with the person. It is heartbreaking, and I don't hope anyone goes through it."

"It still happens, which sucks since we are not living in the '80s anymore," I sighed. "Parents should allow their kids to date whoever they want unless it is a murderer or a rapist."

"You're right, I mean... I am living the rest of my life with him, not you," Grace rolled her eyes.

"You know that the parents worry, right?" Audrey's face pops up on the screen. "They are not sure if that man is good for them. Will he treat their daughter good?"

"But how will they know? They aren't in their daughter's shoes, and they don't feel the feelings we feel when we are with that person," Grace answered. "If you met the person, that doesn't mean you will know everything about him in a second. You have to live with him under the same roof to know more about him, and I don't know- we are still sixteen, for God's sake."

"You were the one who said something about it, i***t," I rolled my eyes. "Anyway, speaking of parents not liking your partners, I think that my parents and Eddie don't like Theo anymore."

"Oh my God, what?!"

We stayed for hours catching up, not realizing that the time passed until five in the morning.

Finally, I drifted off to sleep once I hit the red button on the bottom of my screen.

*

I woke up late, which made Theo angry, and he couldn't stop calling me. He pissed me off, which almost made me block him because I needed the sleep. After all, I slept at five in the morning.

"What do you want, Theodore?!" I grumbled as I answered the phone call.

"Where are you?!" He shouted. "Why haven't you been picking up?"

"Because I was sleeping," I responded. "Why are you mad?"

"Because you haven't been picking up," he scoffed. "I wanted to tell you to come over, but you don't care."

"Since when do you know that I don't care?" I huffed out. "As I said before, I was sleeping."

"You've been ignoring me a lot lately," he mumbled, but I heard him. "My parents were fighting again, and I hope yours start to fight to understand what I am going through, and I won't be there for you."

I was shocked, my lips parted, and my heart broke at what he said. How could he say that?

My family was going through enough already, so the fact that he said it carelessly made my heart drop even more than it dropped before.

He almost said something, but I immediately closed on him. Tears rolled down my cheeks, and I stood up to lock the door of my bedroom.

I moved slowly to the bed since the tears prevented me from seeing well, and I grabbed my phone. I turned the phone off and threw it onto the bed, and closed the curtains.

I sat on the floor while my back leaned against the bed. It wasn't a big deal, but it surely did mess up with my head.

My mind went off to the night before when I was on the call with my friends.

I remembered what Grace said.

"Maybe they found out something you still haven't," Grace guessed. "I am not an expert, though. I am just guessing."

"Maybe they just don't like him because they don't know anything about him," Audrey joined. "Why would they hide it from their daughter and sister, huh? I swear if my family hid something from me about my boyfriend, they would hear a lot from me."

I sighed and stared at the ceiling. Did my parents know something I don't?

All questions floated in my head like a boat in the sea, yet I didn't seem to get an answer to them.

Theo's words broke me, and it truly hurt my feelings. However, I knew that the pain was talking, and surely not Theodore.

Theodore would never say such a thing to me, but he'd say something he would regret later when he was upset.

I climbed up on the bed and buried myself under the blanket.

I need an opinion, but not from my best friends. I did not want them to know because I knew what they would tell me to do.

I was stubborn, and I was in love with Theodore. No matter how many times he had hurt me with his words, I still went back to him because that's what love was.

Love was accepting each other's traits and personalities. Love was deep, and you had to sacrifice many things for love.

I closed my eyes, trying not to think about Theo, even though it was hard not to think about him. He was my boyfriend, and I couldn't stop thinking about him.

I would die without him.

*

I was drowning. I needed someone to talk to, but I didn't want to talk to the girls because I knew their answers already.

"Break up with him."

"What are you still doing with him? He is a bad guy."

I love him. They did not understand that.

It was the morning, and I walked to the kitchen when I heard my grandma's voice.

I squealed and ran into her arms. I loved my grandmother's hugs and kisses. Even though I was sixteen, I longed for her hugs every time she visited.

We didn't have much time with her anyway.

"Nan," I hugged her with a grin on my face.

"Rae," she laughed, wrapping her arms around me. "I missed you."

"Trust me when I tell you that I missed you more," I told her. "Where is mom?"

"Your parents went to get groceries," she shuffled my hair. "So, how are you doing now without Edward?"

"I am doing great," I chuckled, sitting up on the kitchen counter. "Nan, I need to tell you something."

I told her what had happened between Theo and me. She was shocked, but she was nodding the whole time, making me know that she was listening.

"You're blinded by love, sweetie. I know that you love him, but you wouldn't die without him," she played with my hair. "Love is all about living and learning, so take it as a lesson that you deserve to be treated like the queen you are. I know that it is hard to leave him, but he is harming you, and that is not okay."

"But I love him," I frowned, feeling the tears build up in my eyes.

"I know you do, sweets," she smiled slightly. "But you don't want to be with a guy who wishes for your family to fight so that you'd understand what he's going through. So what if you put your family first? Isn't that how it's supposed to be? Imagine marrying Theo. Do you see a future with him?"

"I don't know," I mumbled, looking down. I was ashamed.

"Listen to me, Rae, you don't want to waste your teenage years with a guy who treats you like that," she comforted me. "You're still young, and every boy you meet will break your heart for sure, but that doesn't mean that the right person isn't there."

"For now, I don't think Theo is the right guy at all," she added, kissing my cheek.

I agreed with her, but I wasn't sure. I still loved Theo, and it was hard for me to think about leaving him.

"He made a mistake," I mumbled. "Everyone makes mistakes, so why can't he?"

"I am sure that he made plenty of mistakes in the past," nan sighed. "A mistake like this cannot be okay, Rae. You deserve a guy who knows how to talk to you, even when he is mad. Who will understand that you were sleeping and will not be as clingy as that idiot."

I chuckled when I heard nan call Theo an i***t. He was an i***t, but he was my i***t.

I was breaking every time I heard his name, but I knew that I had to break up with him.

I knew that Theo broke my heart because of him, but I still loved him.

I knew I loved him, and I didn't want my heart to hate me, but it wasn't right for me to stay with him.

How could I save myself?

It felt like it was only me holding tight, and it wouldn't matter to him if we ended what we had right now.

I felt like I wasn't good enough for him like he deserved someone else. I was lost whether to break up with him or stay with him.

I walked out of the kitchen when my parents came in, and I ignored their calls because I had tears fall from my eyes.

I was broken. I didn't know how to fix it, and the only thing I was thankful for was Eddie. I was grateful that he wasn't here.

I locked myself in the bedroom, and I grabbed my phone from the bed. I dialed Theodore's number and waited for his response.

After ten minutes of calling him again and again, he finally answered the call.

"What?"

I closed my eyes. Instead of apologizing, Theo was asking me what did I want?

"Meet me in the park in five."

I was going to apologize, but I didn't think he deserved it. I think he deserved something more.

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