Zoe's POV:

"Was it something I said?" I asked with a small smirk playing on my lips
"You must be crazy" Eric shouts at me leaving my already loose grip
"What?, all I did was try to talk to her" I said again still smirking at him
"Why did you come here?" He asked
"Why did YOU come here?" I asked back pointing an accusing finger at him

"You thought I'll let you see Chloe and then you guys would sort things out huh?, well no way, you're married to me so I own you now and you'll only see whom I tell you to see and do what I ask you to do" I continued before walking away from him.

He's not even man enough to control his wife, like, what type of husband let's his wife talk to him that way?

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Chloe's POV:

I ran wherever my feet took me and sat on a bench I saw by a pole. I was trying so hard not to let more of my tears fall as people would start to stare at me weirdly.

I started using my shoes to play with the rocks on the floor as my eyes were blurry with tears when my phone rang. I didn't really want to talk to anyone right now so I ignored it. It kept on ringing and I decided to pick it up not bothering to check the caller ID

"Hey, why weren't you picking my calls?, are you mad at me or something?" I hear Alec's soothing voice from the other end of the line.

Thank goodness, he's the person I really need right now

"A..a...Alec" I whimpered over the phone
"What's wrong?, Chloe are you...crying?" He asked concern evident in his voice
"Alec, I don't feel so good,I'm...." I say but pause as I cry some more
"Where are you right now?" He asked worriedly
"I don't know Alec, I don't know" I say still crying and he mutters something under his breathe before replying me
"Look around you Chloe"
"I'm sitting on a bench" I mutter
"That's not helping" Alec says again sounded frustrated. I turn around and study my environment
"The bench I'm sitting in is in front of a caffeine, ChocoBrown Caffeine" I said and he let's out a sigh of relief
"OK, I'm coming to get you now just give me some minutes" he says before ending the call. I decided to spend the few minutes it'll take him to get here cleaning my wet eyes and maybe counting red cars but then I got bored and I started counting the blue ones too.

"Chloe" I hear Alec's voice call from the other side of the road as he crosses over to meet me
"Chloe?, what's wrong?" He asked as he saw my face was still pale "wanna talk over a cup of coffee?" he asked again
"No, let's just go to your car please" I respond and he takes my hands in his warm soft ones and crosses me over to the other side where his car was parked

"So what's wrong?" he asked again as we were already settled in his car
"Well, Alec, Eric called me today and.............." I begin to explain everything that happened today to him including before and after Zoe arrived and how I tan away crying that lead me to the bend
"I don't want to be the one to tell you this but that was very stupid of you" he says.... not yelled....just said calmly
"I know" I mutter
"Why did you go and see him anyways? after all he did to you?" He asked
"I guess maybe, I still love him" I say to him
"O" he says and stays quiet for like ta minutes before he actually started the car engine and started moving

"Where are we going" I asked
"I'm taking you home, you need to freshen up and have some rest" he mutters that I would have barely heard him if not I moved a little closer to him and listened too attentively
"You're right, today was a bad day for me, I should probably be going home" I say but he doesn't respond. Just kept his gaze on the road.

We were in the car for what felt like years (considering the stinging silence) before we arrived at my parking lot. I got down from the car holding my purse and he just zoomed off, without saying goodbye, without waving, without looking at me, or saying he'll text me like he normally does, he just zoomed away.

How rude!!!

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Zoe's pov:

I got home and decide to call Aaron, I haven't spoken to him since my marriage with Eric and I'm sure he's mad at me

"Hello" I hear his tired voice from the other end of the line
"Hey baby" I say smiling even though I knew he can't see it
"What do you want?" He asked angrily
"Nasty?, you seem to be in a bad mood" I tease
"You still have time to tease me?, why aren't you busy with you little husband?" he snaps rudely
"I knew that's why you were angry, I'm married to him doesn't mean I love him, you know it's you I like" I say over the phone as sexy as possible
"Does that even make sense?, you love me but got married to that nasty good for nothing imbecile, I hope you actually have fun spending time with him and his family, you know you could have lived with me and we would have lived alone together no parents to disturb us, no old annoying grandmas, no...."
"I know Aaron" I interrupt him, I know exactly what I'm missing out on since I'm married to Eric and not Aaron but I don't want him to point it out
"Look I didn't get married to him on purpose I have a good reason for it, I swear" I swear to him
"OK, let me hear it then" he says waiting on the line
"Look, can you just meet me at the community park and we can discuss things, pls" I beg
"If you want to discuss something then let's go to the caffeine shop near the park, Chocobrown" he says
"Deal" I say with a smile of relief. I'm happy he agreed to see me again
"OK, Chocobrown, 4:30 sharp you're one second late and I'm gonna leave" he says and hangs up. I throw my phone on my bed before standing up and doing my happy dance.

I can't believe I'm going to see Aaron again.

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