Chapter 32

JAY
Today's has been a crazy day. I did what I did not think I'd be able to do. That's to confess my feelings to Carla. What I wasn't expecting was the back story to why she's in this line of work. Now I know, and it makes me so angry to hear someone did that to her for such a long time with no mercy. They turned her into a monster, now I understand her better. I actually want her more now, I can't help myself. I don't know if I'll be able to stop her from doing this job, but I'll try.
She deserves to live a better life and be happy even if it's not with me. Now I kinda regret ever getting involved with Davina when someone like Carla is on earth. All the same, I'll try my best in the next six months to make her a better person. People shouldn't judge her without getting to know her first or what she's being through.
"There's someone at the door." She said weakly closing her eyes.
I understand she's tired, I got up and went to the door. I opened the door to see one of the hotel staff standing in front of me.
"Good evening sir." He bowed.
"I didn't order for anything. So what can I do for you?" I asked him.
He nodded, "Yes sir, I was asked to give you this invitation by the hotel occupants. It's a birthday invitation and he wanted to invite you."
I raised my brow in amusement. A birthday invitation, who the heck is this?
"Give it to me." I said.
He stretched the invitation towards me. I shut the door without even saying anything and opened the invitation. It's from Beatrice and Damien, they're celebrating his birthday party together. That's tomorrow, how come they didn't inform me before. Why are they even sending the hotel staff when they can come themselves?
I took a look at Carla and she's already asleep. I'll inform her tomorrow, she's tired and I shouldn't disturb her sleep. I dropped the invitation on the table and strode on the bed. I laid beside her watching her sleep, she's really beautiful.
Who wouldn't end up falling for a woman like this? She has just gone through so much in her life that she deserves to be happy. My only issue is falling in love with the wrong person the second time. She may never feel the same way for me which is obviously true. All the same I'll live in the moment, at least I loved someone amazing after Davina. I was able to forget Davina, I'm thankful to Carla for that.
THE NEXT MORNING
I woke up before Carla did. I took my bath and left the suite to get her some things. I've decided to let my assistant do my meetings for now while I focus on making Carla happy. Who knows, anything can happen. I went to the shopping mall at the hotel. This hotel is the largest and covers most part of the island so it has a lot of things.
I got the things I needed and had it sent to her at the suite. I also ordered her breakfast before she woke up, I'm having breakfast with Nelly. He's been on my neck for quite a while now because he wants to have breakfast with me. He says he feels jealous of Carla. Silly idiot.
"And he finally came. Should I start dancing or jumping now that you're here?" Nelly joked as I got to the restaurant.
"You're an idiot Nelly." I glared at him, sitting down.
He already ordered the food without waiting for me to arrive and place my order. He knows me so well that he can order what I like during the mornings, but he should have waited still. So annoying.
"You didn't even wait for me to arrive before getting the food. What if it gets cold? Just because you're so rich doesn't mean you should waste food." I told him.
He raised a brow, "Are you okay Jay?"
I began to eat, "Yes why do you ask?"
"Since when did you start caring about food getting wasted? You're changing drastically and I'm scared. Are you about to go broke?"
I hit his head with my spoon.
"Stop saying nonsense Nelly. Nothing's going to happen in that manner."
He shrugged, "Then are you going to tell me why you're so calm and quiet? You're not as grumpy and cold as before."
"Eat Nelly."
"Hmm... Must be that beautiful chick huh?" He teased.
"Just shut up and eat Nelly." I said pretending to be annoyed though I'm not. The only thing that's annoying is the fact that he called her the beautiful chick.
"I'm right then. It's her. Tell me the truth Jay, are you in love with her? I've never seen you keep a girl for so long. There must be a secret to it and I'd like to know what it is." He demanded.
I stopped eating and glared at him.
"Can't you just be quiet Nelly? We can always talk after I'm done eating. Why must I do it now? Such a jerk."
He chuckled, "You know I'll ask you as soon as we're done eating, and you can't escape."
I shook my head. He's my best friend after all and I'll tell him everything that is going on with me.
•••••
"You're joking right?" Nelly asked with widened eyes.
"Everything you heard is true." I replied him sipping my drink.
He stared at me unable to say anything. Then he slapped himself, Nelly is hilarious. He likes to exaggerate sometimes.
"It's not a dream. You finally decided to let Davina go and fall in love with someone else just when she came back into your life?" He asked.
I frowned, "Did you have to bring Davina into this? She's my past and I already told her that. Besides I decided to forgive and let go since I found love elsewhere."
"But this love is not ready to accept you. Seriously bro, I don't want you hurting yourself the second time. I think you should accept Davina's love in this case."
Should I say he's stupid or what? Accept Davina back? Why should I do that?
"I'll pretend I didn't hear that. Why would you advise me to do that if you don't want me getting hurt? Remember why Davina got close to me in the first place? Why do you think she's doing so now?" I asked him.
He shrugged, "I'm sorry dude but I'm telling you the bitter truth. I really like Carla, she's beautiful and amazing but then she's gonna hurt you. Unless you can change her, she'll never accept you. And that's gonna leave you on the edge again. You don't have to lose both ways."
"Thanks for the concern Nelly but Davina is a no go area for me. That's it, I don't wanna talk about this anymore."
Just then Carla walked in the restaurant, Nelly and I looked at each other. What's she doing here? How did she find me so fast? I thought she'd just be getting dressed and getting ready to have breakfast by now.
"Here you are." She said stopping in front of our table.
"Hey beautiful." Nelly licked his lips. I wanted to wipe the stupid smirk off his stupid face.
"Hello Nelly. Good to see you." She hugged him.
Just great. She already knows his name and now she's hugging him. That makes me uncomfortable even if he's my friend. I can't stand seeing her with any man, I glared at Nelly who got the message quickly.
"I would have loved to compliment you more but someone's gonna kill me with his evil glares. So I better shut up, you look hot though." Nelly said.
That's when I checked her out. I almost choked on my breath, why didn't I notice before? Is it just me or is she looking way too hot this morning? She's dressed in yellow tank top and black short that are way too revealing. A lot of men are glancing at her, even those business associates who are married. I sent them all hateful glares, they had to look away.
"You're free to say whatever you want. It's a free world. At least he came out to have breakfast with you without waking me up." She glared at me while taking a seat and crossing her legs in a sexy way. She's doing this to mess with me.
"But I ordered breakfast for you. You were tired so I didn't want to wake you up. I never thought..."
"I'd catch you sneaking out on me. I'm watching you, I didn't have the breakfast. I'll eat here instead." She cut me off.
Damn this girl is making me so nervous that I can't even face her anymore. Is this how I'm going to keep acting due to falling in love with her?
"Are you gonna order something for me or will you let me starve?" She broke into my thoughts.
Nelly smirked at me, he was enjoying the show. Of course Carla is making me speechless, this is not me.
"You can order anything you want beautiful. Breakfast is on me today." Nelly said.
She smiled flirtatiously at him, "Thanks Nelly."
"You're welcome."
Carla ordered her breakfast, I just watched her eat and chat with Nelly while I'm left out of the whole conversation. Jealousy crept through my whole body and I wanted to strangle Nelly but I controlled myself. As soon as she was done with breakfast, I dragged her out of the restaurant without her permission and sending daggers at Nelly.
"Let me go you jerk!" She yelled jerking her hand off once we got outside.
"What's wrong with you?" I fired at her.
She frowned, "That's my question! What's your problem?! You're always pulling me our of every conversation!"
"My problem is you flirting with my best friend. Stop doing that! I told you I can't take it!"
She pushed me, "You can't tell me what to do with my life! I wasn't flirting with him. You can't tell me to stop talking to everyone just to make you happy! This is why I can never stay in a committed relationship."
That made me stop, am I taking my jealousy way too far?
"I'm sorry." I said and walked away.
I bumped into Damien on my way, he seems to be in a hurry. I guess he's preparing for his wife's birthday.
"Morning Jayden." He said.
"Hi." I replied bluntly.
"You look upset dude. What's going on with you?" He asked noticing my mood.
Just then Carla passed by without saying anything to Damien or me, he understood what happened.
"Hmm... Women are quite complicated. What did you do to make her upset? I know you're not an expert at apologizing to women Jay. I also know you haven't kept a woman for this long since I've met you, so will you tell me what's going on? Maybe I can help." He suggested.
I sighed, "She's making things difficult for me. I can't stand seeing her with other guys but she won't stop talking to them. I don't know what to do with her."
He nodded, "This is a question of jealousy. You should do the same with her."
I gave him a questioning look, "Do the same?"
"Yeah. Make her jealous."
Make her jealous? Why do I feel like I'm wasting my time talking to my friends today?
"Listen Jay. If she's flirting with men, do the same for a while. Flirt with other women, act like you don't care seeing her with other guys. Try to keep it cool for a short while and see how she reacts. If she likes you, she'll definitely get jealous. But if she doesn't, then you are not meant to be dude."
I smirked evily. Why didn't I think of this before?
"Thanks Damien. You're a genius." I shook his hands.
He nodded, "I know. You're welcome."
Oh you're in for a treat Carla, let's see how this goes.