Chapter 48

I haven't been in a good mood in such a long time. But after finding out that the young woman with Shawn at the retirement party was none other than his half sister, no one could put me down.
That is of course until i waked out of the office and saw Lucy Chaw at her desk and remembered that she had kissed Shawn. But other than than, i was fine.
Marcy turned out to be a great person. She's super chatty and refused to let me go until she had her fill. 
Shawn, instead of reading the reports i gave him, just sat there and watched his sister and i bond. It was super weird. And as much as i happen to like his little sister, i wasn't a big fan of his for constantly messing with my feelings.
After i managed to escape and finished up my work, i visited my parents real quick and went home. I was honestly dreading the awkward silence and the intense romance tera-novela between Oliver and MC waiting for me at home.
As usual, i took the stairs to out apartment and unlocked the door. I walked in to a total silence. The difference with last night is that Oliver was sitting on the couch and MC was nowhere to be seen. I walked closer to Olly to see that the TV was turned on but the sound was put on mute and Oliver was just staring at he moving figures with absolutely no interest.
"Hey..." I called out and caught his attention "you okay?" I asked and he stared at me for a few seconds before nodding his head.
"You sure?"
Oliver gave me another nod before he turned his attention back to the tv. He was watching protectional wrestling without the sound? Creep.
I dropped my bag on the floor and reached out for the remote control and increased the volume until i heard the commentators shouting and exclaiming every move the wrestlers made in the ring.
Oliver briefly glanced at me before he turned his attention back to the tv screen.
I thought about asking him if MC was back from work but quickly shit the idea out because i didn't want to upset him more than he already is.
As we were silently watching the women wrestlers slap and punch each other, my phone pinged and i reached over for my bag to fish my phone out.
I opened my phone to see that it was a text form Iven.
"Dinner and a movie. Tomorrow night of you're up for it. 😘"
I looked at the text and flopped back on the couch.
"Iven?" Oliver asked without taking his eyes off the match.
"Yeah." I answered before looking down at my phone.
"I'm in." I quickly typed the text and threw my phone on the coffee table in front of me. 
"Do you want to talk about it?" Olly asked.
"Do you?" I fired back and quickly regretted it when he turned his hurt eyes over to me.
I sighed out loud and turned back to the tv.
"Iven...I really like him. He's a great guy and he cares a lot about me. I care a lot about him too. I'm just, really confused."
Oliver stared at me for a couple of seconds before he looked down at his hands on his lap.
"It looks like you and MC have a lot in common."
"What the hell is that suppose to mean?" I asked knowing well enough what he meant.
"You both have people who care for you in your present. But you're both tied to the people in your past so you end up hurting the people that care about you now.
"I don't know about you and Iven but what i do know is that I love MC more than that jerk could ever care. But she'll never look my way because she is tied up with her feeling from her past..."
"That's not what I'm doing...wait...you love her?"
Oliver looked so broken when he stared back at me. He nodded his head.
"I do. But it doesn't matter now, does it?"
"It could." I tried to reason with his but he shook his head.
"No. It can't. And you are doing the same thing to Iven. You're either in love with Shawn or you're not. Don't string him along like MC did me for too long. If you don't see yourself with Iven, then be honest with him now and go back to the boss. But if you don't see yourself ever getting back with the boss, then tear all the bandages quick and move on with Iven."
His words shock me. Wow.
I turned my eyes over to the tv only to see that the match was over and i didn't even get to see who won. Not that i was fully focused on the previous match. And i couldn't focus on the next few either as Oliver's words kept playing in my head over and over again.
Just as another match ended, i heard the MCs' bedroom door open and i glanced over my shoulder to see that she as all dressed up.
I looked at her up and down before glancing over to the tiny clock next to the tv and then back at MC again.
MC wore a small black dress that stuck to her figure like a second skin. She had her long blake hare tied up in a tight bun at the top of her head and was high and tall with long high heels. To finish off her looks, she added a tine scarf around her neck and a small black hand bag.
MC had her makeup done neatly as well.
She stared at me and then at Oliver- who hadn't even turned to look at her once.
"Where are you going at this hour?" I asked and she playfully rolled her eyes.
"Dinner, mom."
"Don't talk to me in that tone, Young lady."
MC chuckled before glancing over to Oliver again. She looked disappointed that he didn't even acknowledge her presence but he shut us both up with hsi next words.
"Your date called..." My head snapped over to his direction and well as MCs' "he wanted to tell you that he will send you the address on your phone. He also said hi."
Oh no.
I turned to look at MC who was pale as a paper. Her date- who I'm pretty sure is Chris by the way- must have called the house phone instead of MCs' number and talked to Oliver instead.
I was definitely sure that Chris was doing that on purpose. Because if he wanted to talk to MC, why not call her on her own Phone?
Now i understand why Oliver was even more moody and upset earlier.
The awkward silence was so deafening as MC stared at Oliver's back and i looked between the two.
Soon enough, MCs' phone ringed and she looked down the see who it was.
She didn't pick up the phone though. She just swallowed past the lump in her throat and with a finale glance at Oliver, she walked out the front door.
As soon as the door shut, Oliver's tense shoulders relaxed a little and he looked sadder that he did just a couple of seconds ago.
"I'm sorry." I whispered but he just smiled at me.
"It's fine. I'll be fine. You'll be fine too. Its not like they are the only people we can fall in love with."
"Yeah." I nodded my head enthusiastically.
"But they are the only ones we want to love." He whispered again and with a less enthusiastic voice, i answered.
"Yeah."
Oliver bumped his shoulder against mine before changing the channel and raising the volume.