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Later that same day, Louis placed a call through Sylvia's line. "Hi Sylvia, please I'll like to see you. Can you come over or should we meet in an eatery?", Louis said as Sylvia received his call.

"Is something wrong?", Sylvia asked in a worried tone.

"No. Nothing is wrong. I just need to see you for something important. I want to tell you something." He answered pacing around the room.

"Uhmm,OK. I'll be there in thirty minutes." She replied.

"Very well then, I'll be expecting you", he said and hanged up. Louis huff and covered his phone with his palms and tapped on it continuously pacing around his parlour.

'Calm down,Louis,calm down. Take a deep breathe and calm down',he told himself breathing in and out thrice and gave a big sigh.

Thirty minutes later a knock on his door startled him. "That must be her", he whispered to himself. He adjusted his short and shirt,took a deep breathe before breathing out.

The knock came again startling him. "Hold on...I'm coming", he yelled back. Still calming his nerves,he walk towards the door. "Who's there?", he asked.

"Its me Sylvia", she answered.

Louis unlocked the door and opened it with the appearance of Sylvia. She was putting on a white Adidas pants with a peach color armless crop-top and a White converse. She was putting black Gucci face cap which was covering her Brazilian hairdo. She was wearing a baby-pink lipstick on her lips. "Hi", she greeted a dumbfounded Louis who was in a gape. She smiled at him.

Louis gulped. "Hi...come...in",he stuttered making way for her to come in. He shut the door and stood there for a moment taking countless breathe in and out.

"Louis?", she called making him startled.

He turned around and stare at her. "Yes?", he answered.

"Why are you standing there?", she asked given him a suspicious look.

"Sorry. I..was..shutting the door. Please sit over there." He replied walking towards her.

Sylvia glance at him for a moment with a furrowed brow before taking a seat on the three-in-one couch.

Louis came and sat on the arms of the chair creating some distance between them. Louis couldn't start the conversation he had invited her over for.

"So,you said you have something you wanna tell me. What is it?", she asked ignoring the space between them.

Louis rubbed the back of his neck glancing all around his sitting room. "Yeah,would you like to have anything like a drink?", he asked ignoring her question.

"No,thanks. Just tell me what you have in mind?", she replied with a crossed leg and placed both hands on her knees.

Louis knew there's no way he'd divert her attention anymore,so he gulped harder making his Adam apple to bobble. He stood up from where he was sitting and then closed the gaps between them. Now the two were sitting on the same couch,just an inch apart.

Sylvia raised a brow at the motion. She removed her leg from the other and sat aright staring at him. "Its everything OK, Louis?", she asked on seeing him in his nervous state.

"Yes,yes. Everything is fine." He answered with a grin.

"You don't look it,you look nervous. What's wrong? Is Raymond OK?", she asked looking worried.

Louis grin changed to a frown on hearing his best friend's name. "Raymond is fine", he answered with a twitched jaw.

"OK, that's good. So what's wrong then? Was he here?", she asked again.

"No,haven't heard from him. What is it about Raymond? Why are you still thinking of him? Do still love him?", he asked coldly given her sharp glares.

"Of course no! Did I ever told you I love him?", she asked back.

"No. But you're thinking of him right now." He replied back with a scowl.

"No,I'm not. I was thinking something bad happened to him that got you all nervous. And I was also thinking he came here to start up a fight with you,that's why you're this way." She explained.

"Well,he wasn't here." He answered curtly.

Sylvia furrowed at his response. "Hey, calm down. Why are you so upset with me for asking after him by the way?",she asked.

"Because I'm in love with you!" He yelled back.

Sylvia was awestruck. She gasp in shock and covered her  hand on her mouth and stared at him.

Louis stood up and ran his hand through his hair pacing around. He went to the parlour window and stood by it with his right hand on his waist and the other at the back of his neck. He stood thinking of what next to do. It was an awkward silence.

He blamed himself for letting his heart fall in love with her. 'It shouldn't have been this way,I shouldn't have fallen for my Buddy's ex. But he doesn't love her,why am I guilty for loving her since he couldn't. How did it all happen so fast? Why does it....'he trailed off when he felt a tender touch on his shoulder.

"I'm sorry,I know you don't love me and you never will,after all I'm your ex's best friend which I understand quite well", he said in a husky tone without looking back.

"Can you at least look at me?", she asked in a soft tone.

He obeyed and slowly he turned to look at her but his gaze quickly fell and he looked away.

"Please look me in the eyes,I need to say something to you and I can only say it if you're staring into my eyes". She said tilting his chin.

Louis eyes which was filled with anger and hurt slowly fades to that of emotions and affection when he looked into her eyes.

"I want to say...", she gulped and continued,-" I feel the same way too".

He scoffed. "C'mon,Sylvia. Don't force or lie to yourself about you feeling same with me. I know you...."

"I do. And I really mean it when I say I've fallen for you too." She cut him mid sentence.

Louis raised a brow at that. Immediately he cupped her face in his palms and stared into her eyes. "Tell me you're kidding?", he said.

"No,I'm not. Its funny that my heart beats faster whenever I hear your voice on phone, stay beside you,or even thinking of you got me feeling like a teenage girl who just fell in love with her first boyfriend", she replied in a serious tone but got smiles on her face while saying it.

Louis face lit up and he placed a kiss on her forehead. "I love you. You might wonder when it all started", he paused and took her two hands into his and held on to it. "-I started feeling this love thing after that night I picked you up from the club to my house. From the moment we did my house chores together to the sex we had. I thought it was just a one time thing, but after that day I couldn't think of anyone else but you. At first I couldn't figure out what it really is I feel for you,but last night I figured it out after my Buddy saw us".

He took her face into his hand stared deep into her eyes. "I'm in love with you Sylvia, I can't stop thinking of you every passing day", he said and captured her lips into a deep and long kiss before she could say anything.

There was ecstasy in the kiss that got both of them moaning into each other's mouth. She pulled him close to have a better position of his lips.

After the long kiss,they broke apart still holding each other hands.

"Uhmm,so what are we going to tell your Buddy now?", Sylvia asked nervously.

"Don't worry about that,I'm going to fix things up with him. I'll apologize to him before I tell him about what we feel for each other. OK?", he asked touching her cheek.

She nodded with relief and smiled.

"Good. Now,tell me,I wanna know what makes you fall in love with a guy like me..apart from the fact I'm so cute", he said emphasising on the so  and  waggling his brows.

Sylvia smacked his arm and replied. "Stop feeling yourself too much,its not like you're too dope."

"Of course I am. Do you know how many girls are dying to be mine? Of course you wouldn't know. And well,now I have someone to call mine." He said with a wide grin.

"Indeed." She replied with a blushed cheek.

"Awwn, you're blushing." He said and pulled her to a hug and placed a kiss on her head.

After few minutes he released her from the hug. "So,tell me how and when did you had feelings for me?", he asked.

Sylvia's cheek heat up again. "C'mon,do you really have to know?", she asked sheepishly.

"Yes,ma'am", he answered with a smirk.

"Sorry,sir. That's not your duty to know." She replied with a bow.

"No way,you have to tell me", he said given her a playful glare.

She chuckled. "I like when you're like that", she replied grinning.

"Really? You'll see more now then if you don't tell me." He said and gave a fake frown.

She chuckled more. "Its fits you more that way",she replied.

"Oh,I see this isn't working. I know what's gonna work faster." He said and started tickling her before she could ask what. He took her to the couch and continue tickling her.

Sylvia was laughing hard to the point her eyes were becoming teary. "Ple...ase...stop", she begged between laughs.

"If only you'd tell me when your feelings for me began", he replied without stopping.

"OK...I'll...tell...you..just...give..me a break", she said between laughs.

Louis paused and gave her a breathing space while he was still on top of her. "I'm listening", he replied with a smirk.

She held his gaze and said. "Right from the moment I told you about myself and you never judged me but accepted me for who i am. The feelings started there but I was denying myself of it".

" But right now I can say it to you..", she paused and pulled him close that their lips were an inch from each other. "-that I love you", she continued and then she kissed him with her every being.

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