Forbidden Love novel Chapter 14

It’s been a few days, but it feels like weeks, months even. I haven’t spoken a word to Elijah. I was hurting. I wasn't enough for his parents just like I wasn’t enough for my parents to keep me. The amount of times he tried to speak to me through text messages and when he picked Jasmine from school. I would dismiss him.

I still treated Jasmine as I treated everyone single on the kids, but every time I looked at her I saw his eyes looking back at me. Am I overreacting? Maybe I should speak to him and let him know how I felt when everything went down.

No. I won't reach out to him. I'm going to do all the things I need to do today. I continued on cleaning my room as I debated on reaching out to Elijah. As soon as I finished cleaning my room my phone rang.

“Hello?”

“Hey sis, how are ya?”

“I’m fine Charlotte, I've just finished cleaning my house.”

“All of us are worried for you. The twins even miss you.”

“I’m fine-”

“Don’t even start with that bullshit. I know you’re not fine. You’re hurt that his family didn’t accept you in.”

“I don’t want to talk about it. I have to go. We will talk later.”

“Aisha, don’t you dare hang-'' I did exactly what she didn’t want me to. I’m always pushing people away. I went on with my day doing nothing. The more I thought about it, the more hurt I got. I can’t believe I was this stupid to believe his family would accept me.

I started eating food as I put on the movie Twilight. Halfway through the movie I heard a knock on the door. I open the door without looking through the peephole. I stood there in shock. It was Elijah.

“What are you doing here?”

“I came here to talk to you?”

“About what?”

“Well are you going to let me in?”

“Um.. Yeah, come in.” I led him to the couch as we just stared at each other without saying anything. I really wanted to feel his touch.

“You look beautiful.” I blush, turning away.

“Thank you.”

“I am sorry for how my parents reacted to you and I’m sorry for not standing up to you. I feel horrible about it. I’ve been trying to reach out to you, but you kept ignoring me. I didn’t want what we had to end. I want you for the long run.”

“Elijah I.. um.. Yeah, I am hurt. I wanted to reach out to you badly but it hurt so much knowing that you couldn't even stand up for me in front of your parents. I felt betrayed.” I said, tears flowing down my face.

“Hey, hey, don’t cry,” He said, wiping away my tears. “I know what I did was wrong, I talked to my parents as soon as you left.”

“What did they say?”

“Nothing that matters. You’re important to me. I don't want this to end.”

“Neither do I, but I have one question. Please answer it honestly.” He nodded.

“Do you still love Lisa?”

“She is the mother of my child, of course I love her, but not the way you’re thinking.” I felt relieved, but a little upset.

“I understand.”

We sat in an awkward silence, which seemed like forever, but only for a few minutes.

“I want to take you on a date.” He finally spoke.

“What?”

“I want to take you on a date. I want to show you off to the world.” I smiled happily.

“When will we go on this date?”

“Tomorrow night at 7 sharp. Just me and you.”

“Okay, I would love to go on a date with you.”

“Good. I can’t wait.”

We sat there for the rest of the evening catching up with each other. I couldn’t stop thinking about the future with him and I. I think I might be going a little too ahead, but this sure felt nice. The longer we talked the more I realized I miss him so much. What I missed about him was his eyes. There is just something about them.