327 Just Got Dumped (1/2)

”I'm turning my back on you? Are you sure you're not talking about yourself?” Nora was taken aback when Ah-Si turned around to face her. His eyes held so much accusation and she couldn't even decipher what she actually had done wrong.

”Can't we just talk like the good friends that we used to be? Why are you letting a single mistake come between us?”

”Mistake? Mistake!! Why is it always a mistake when you say it?” Ah-Si was on the verge of exploding but he kept his voice down because they were in the middle of a bookstore. There might not be many people but he wasn't intending on disturbing others. ”Even after four years, I'm just a mistake to you?”

”That's not what I meant,” said Nora in a strained voice. ”You're engaged to someone else, I shouldn't have taken you to the room when you're drunk. I'm sorry! But trust me, what happened was not my intention at all.”

”Of course, it wasn't your intention otherwise you wouldn't repeatedly call us a mistake.” He sounded hurt and confused with his own feelings as he couldn't stop himself from speaking out. Holding her arms in a tight grip he looked at her dangerously, ”I told you that I broke my engagement. I told you that I'm in love with you. And yet in the morning, you said it was all just a mistake!”

Nora's eyes widened in shock. ”Y-you mean when you said all that... You actually meant to say it to me? Wasn't that just the alcohol talking?”

”Who else was there?” gritted out Ah-Si angrily.

Nora shook her head back and forth frantically. ”No, I mean to say... I thought you're drunk and you meant all those words for your fiance. That's why I was so confused. I never meant to call you or us a mistake. Do you have any idea how much I have loved you all these years?”

Ah-Si scoffed to himself at her words while she continued, ”I don't know what or how you misunderstood it but I never had any feelings for Dylan. The other day when he told me how you're still under the impression that I like him, I was shocked. I never tried explaining before because I thought it'll complicate our relationship if you knew that the one I love is you. How would I know that it will lead to such a big misunderstanding?”

Nora kept talking in a daze before she recalled something and looked back at him. ”Ah-Si, did you really mean it when you said you love me?” She tried to look into his eyes which he avoided. ”Tell me. Just once more. Can't you say it one more time?”

”What difference would it make?” he retorted in half-annoyance and half-dispair. ”You and I have drifted apart. We're no longer the same people.”

”But I'm still standing right there. I still am in love with you.”

Ah-Si sneered at her words. ”You have a weird way of showing your love then. Because if your intention was hurting me then you've perfectly done that.” He took a deep breath before saying, ”Besides I don't love you anymore.”

”Isn't it too late though?” Ah-Si shot back. ”Whether I love you or not wouldn't really matter at this point... I just want to spend my life with my daughter.”

Leaving Nora frozen still to her spot, Ah-Si turned and left the store without looking back at her. He didn't want to turn around, he knew if he did he won't be able to hold himself back. But he had to be strong. For himself. For his Ava.