My Sexy Billionaire

Chapter Eight: We did have fun, girlfriend.

Myra’s POV

There was a storm last night

I got scared of the wind,

Vigorously slapping my window

I fell asleep, holding dearly the teddy you gave me,

You came in my nightmare

And you left me standing in the storm

Alone and afraid of a thousand things

Frantic fists colliding with the door

My heart leaped

How could I have guessed it was you behind those marble doors

Seeking shelter from the storm

Old habits die hard

A certain urge to please you

To tell you no, to say goodbye

To suprise you, I had to please me

I will never forget the look on your face

When I banged the door shut and walked away from us

You will never understand why

I had to choose me over you

Only then did I finally heal

-Ernie Orla.

After listening to a mental health meditation podcast, I wore my running outfits. As much as I wanted to be early to work, being emotionally stable to take on some work load was even more important.

The last three days had been terrible and the sexy as sin man who I had done my possible best to run from and forget showing up to be my next door neighbor was not fun in any way.

At the very least, I wished I could wind back time to before I booked the vacation rental.

Since I lived in an upscale area, it was perfect for morning runs since every where was usually empty and calm. I had noticed that more people opted for the gym that came with the rent. I, on the other hand, preferred outdoor exercises.

“At least something feels good.” I murmured closing my eyes as I felt the cool and damp morning breeze on my skin. My mind flashed with the memory of the kiss from yesterday as if trying to remind me of something else that felt good.

Something that felt so good that it was currently taking up every restraint in me to not turn around and knock on that door.

I take the run slow and steady at first with my Sia playlist blaring in my ears. A call interrupted my music some minutes later and I slowed down subconsciously to find out who was calling at such an early hour.

No way would I have expected the name that flashed on my screen… Daniel.

My fingers hover, torn in between in ignoring this and sticking to the promise I had made last night or to pick and hear what the bastard had to say.

Finally, I couldn’t hide my curiosity and picked the call.

“Myra?” His familiar voice came out in a whisper which made my brows furrow, why was he whispering, ‘was he okay?’ I wondered before catching my thoughts.

He didn’t deserve my worry.

“Yes? What’s the matter Daniel?” Without intending to, some bit of venom filled my words.

“I’m so sorry Myra. I’m so sorry.” Daniel’s voice still in an hushed whisper came through making me stop running completely.

Sorry? After proposing to another girl.

“I know you are mad at me, I sure do deserve it but you have to believe that I’m really sorry. I’ll do my best to make this right for us babe.” He said in a rush and something about how he sounded and his words felt very wrong to me.

“What are you talking about Daniel? You are engaged?” My words sound like some sort of question and I can’t deny that I also want to hear it from him, want to hear that what I had seen was nothing but the truth.

“Believe me when I say it’s just temporary. I’m doing all these for us Myra.” He continued and there was no way I could miss his bull s**t now.

“Daniel, you are the worst person on earth and I hope she’s a terrible enough person so that she at least deserves the scumbag that you are.” I should stop now, I really should.

Yet, the pent up anger and came pouring out all at once and I couldn’t stop it.

“I wouldn’t be here waiting Daniel, I deserve someone better than you and your bullshit so if you for one moment think that I’ll be here moping behind your silly ass and hoping you come back to choose me, then you are way more stupid than I thought.” I ended the call and the water works started.

I was certain a part of it was because, somehow, I had hoped he would realize I was the one for him until I had realized how terrible the past one year had been.

I didn’t just lose him, it was a long time coming from now….

My speed is much faster and Elastic heart by Sia is blaring even louder in my ears as I channel all my anger into the morning run my speed a lot faster than normal.

It’s barely five minutes when I have another call and I was about to lament at the coincidence when I see Daniel’s name on my screen again. I rejected the call without a second thought. I wasn’t doing that again.

However, after the fourth rejected call, I ended up picking hoping I don’t have to listen to the same bullshit from earlier.

“I thought you weren’t going to pick, you think you are some so important girl that any guy would look back at? In case you forgot already, I was your first everything other than popping your cherry. If you were so desirable, I sure as hell shouldn’t be the first person that gets all that firsts.”

My fists clenched tightly at his words but I make no attempt to stop him. I would like to see how far he could go. How far he went would determine how quickly any strings he had still tied to my heart would snap off.

“You don’t want to wait but I can bet there won’t be anyone else trying to be with you also. I might as well do you a favor some years from now and make you my mistress.” He said snidely.

“You have always been delusional Daniel. I was going to break up with you at the vacation rental. I didn’t want to tell you because I imagined our relationship had meant something more to your sorry ass that always needed my brains and money.” Even though this was bullshit, I seemed to be spinning the lies well enough and I didn’t want to stop.

“I was trying to let you off easy and Yunno, introduce you to my new boyfriend. Unfortunately, you canceled on us. Which wasn’t so bad since we had more than enough fun.”

“So if you would please take your sorry ass away from here, I have a day I would like to start without your negative karma affecting it.”

My whole body sagged along with my shoulder as soon as the call ended. I had no idea where the balls or courage had come from, but I was glad.

At the very least, it didn’t make me look as pathetic as he thought.

“We sure did have a good time at the vacation house, girlfriend.” An annoyingly familiar voice drawled out behind me and my whole body stiffened in fear.

Since when did he get here?