Chapter Twenty Five

The date with Edric was wonderful. I couldn't help but keep smiling as I walked back to my office. I went to check up on Constantine but he was not in his office.

I wonder where he could have gone to it was weird not seeing him in his office

I went back to my office but I was worried about Constantine's whereabouts. Constantine did not have plenty of friends his only friend I knew was Adrian and Adrian comes to visit Constantine in his office

Stop thinking too much Euli, maybe they stepped out for drinks

I did not see Constantine for almost three hours and he did not call or text me either for business or personal reasons. I was beginning to have this weird feeling in my gut that something was wrong

"God, please let nothing happen to Constantine I can't lose him now. Not when he has become an important part of my life" I prayed

Wait a minute!

"What if he was angry with me? Or he saw me with Edric?" I couldn't help but wonder

"No, no!, there is no way he would have seen me with Edric". I asked myself

Constantine never goes to the cafe across our building he always sends someone to get him coffee or a drink

" What if he was on a date there and he saw you?" my subconscious asked

Then he has no right to be angry with me if he was on a date. We were both doing the same thing and is not like I kissed Edric or slept with him. We just had a friendly date. Moreover, we agreed we can go on dates with other people.

I just need to calm down and wait until I see him before jumping to a conclusion

That's exactly what I'm going to do

When it was a minute after six, I had still not seen Constantine and he did not come to my office either

I'm going to his office

I went to his office and he was about to leave office. He was taking his jacket from his chair. When he finally looked at me, I saw a flash of sadness in his eyes but he quickly masked it off.

Something was definitely wrong

"Are you alright?" I asked him softly but there was no reply.

He just ignored me like I was not in the room with him. I was hurt

"Is there a problem?" still no reply and he walked past me but I held his wrist but he removed my hands from them. I tried to touch him but flinched away from my touch like it we disgusting

"Go home" he finally spoke

"I'm not leaving here until you tell me what's wrong and why you are behaving like somebody that just got his period"

I locked the door and rested on the door blocking him from going out

"I don't want to have this with you. I'm tired and I want to go home" he said angrily " so leave the door before I push you, I don't want to hurt you so just move quietly please"

"The only way I'm leaving this door is if you hurt me which I know you don't want to do. So start talking" I said "Don't we have a reservation this evening"

"I canceled it, I'm not in the mood to deal with anything now"

"Why is it hard for you to tell me what's wrong with you. I thought we had grown a little bit close to each other to share our worries. Why is it one step forward and ten steps backward with you" I screamed

"I don't have time for this," he said

"I thought we are friends" I screamed

"WHAT IF I DON'T WANT TO BE FRIENDS WITH YOU" he growled

I was stunned. What does he mean by that

"W-what do y-you mean by t-that" I stuttered

"Forget I said that. I didn't mean that"

"No, you can't just drop a bomb like that and then tell me to forget about it".

" Where did you do for lunch?"

Realization dawned on me. He saw me with Edric. So that's why he was angry

"You saw me right?"

His silence told me what I wanted to know

"What were you doing there?" I asked him raising my eyebrows

"My brother came to visit and he said we should have drinks there and I agreed only for me to arrive there and you were being all lovey-dovey with a man, you guys were holding hands. Is he your boyfriend?"

"It's not what you think, it was just a lunch date with my friend"

"A guy?"

"Yes. Can't I go out with a guy again"

"Who was he?"

"He is the guy from the ball, Edric"

"I told you not to call that boy but you defiled my orders"

"You can't order me around on who I can meet and who I can't meet. You don't own me"

"You are MINE," he said possessively

Where was all this coming from

"No, I am not yours. I was never yours" I said realization dawned on me

He was jealous

"Are you jealous?" I asked him with a smirk

"Yes, I'm fucking jealous. I don't want to see you with Edric or any other boy because you are mine alone. I don't share what is mine"

"I'm not anybody's property and besides we are just having sex with no strings attached so you shouldn't get jealous. I'm not sleeping with anybody but you"

"Well it's more than just sex for me"

"What are you saying?"

"I'm saying I like you and I can't keep pretending that I have no feelings for you"

The shock was an understatement for what I was feeling now.  Constantine liked me

"Y-you like me?"

"Yes, I do. You don't have to say it back, I just wanted to let you know my feelings"

"I'm stunned, I don't know what to say. This is not what I was expecting"

"I want to ask you a question"