He had given her the whole day off with pay and he even had a dozen of red roses to their apartment with a cute card, wishing her a happy birthday. Yes he had planned it all out, over the dinner he would give her the necklace and later he would tell her he was Inlove with her and ask her to marry him, Alex was feeling exicted about it as he drove to his apartment.
The moment he walked in, the hair on the back of his neck stood up, something felt terribly wrong, calling out her name and not getting an answer he walked into the bedroom, he stopped in the doorway, the blood in his vein turned ice cold, his heart felt as if it had stopped beating when he looked at the sight before him.
Daphne was packing her suitcase and he saw tears in her eyes when she looked up at him.
“Alex” she said, her voice was look and it shook, ” I was hoping to be gone by the time you get home”
“Gone? Where are you going to?” His voice cracked, Alex tried controlling his emotion.
“I don’t know yet, I just have to leave”
“It’s your birthday Daphne, I was taking you out to celebrate, I don’t understand what is happening, I thought things were going great, we were prefect together, and the sex was great, communication was great, we got along and enjoy the same thing” pacing back and forth, Alex ran his hand through his hair.
“Daphne I just got home and found you packing, you were going to leave me without telling me, No explanation, just walk away as if we never happened? Why are you doing this Daphne, why?”
She continued packing, not wanting him to see the hurt in her eyes, ” it’s just over Alex, I can’t stay here any longer”
In his rage he went over yanking the suitcase, threw it across the room, all the clothes scattered everywhere, ” No I won’t let you go”
“You can’t stop me”.
“You can’t go anywhere until you tell me why you are leaving”
Waking over to the dresser, she picks up a small box and show him the diamond ring, ” I was getting out your clothes to wear for tonight and I found this, I told you not to fall in love with me and what exactly has been keeping us together is the contract and nothing else”.
“I never told you I was Inlove with you”
“Then why the ring?”
He closed his eyes wishing he had hidden it better, he wished he had never bought it in the first place, ” alright Daphne, ever day I try so hard to supress this, I try so that we will not have any misunderstanding and we will continue to be together like we use to, Iam in love with you Daphne, I have been for a long time, I wasn’t going to give you the ring until I knew you love me too, that was why I kept it”.
Daphne sat down on the bed, the tears fell, ” I really care about you, more than I have for anyone else, I don’t believe in love because that is the promise I made to myself never to fall in love again, I told you that and you said you felt same way”
Going over he got down on his knees infront of her, taking her hand in his, ” I did feel same way from the beginning until I fell in love with you, I know you love me Daphne, so why can’t you admit it?”
“Stop Alex, just stop” she said, getting up, grabs her purse and rushed out.
He caught up to her before she could open the door, ” Daphne wait, you can’t leave me like this, it can’t be over” tears Sting his eyes as the realization of what was happening became real and clear to him, his voice shook as he felt a sharp pain in his chest.
“Alex please, don’t make things any harder than it has to be”
“How can it get harder? I love you more than life itself, give us a chance Daphne, give me a chance to change your mind about love and marriage, I don’t know what might have happened in the past, and Iam not going to force you to open up to me, it’s alright Daphne, but I know iam going to make you the happiest woman in the world, okay, just stay with me, I will never mention love again I swear to you”
Seeing his tears flowing, her own started flowing, it was killing her leaving him, but she had to, Alex had always been a Playboy from onset, and she knew it was hard to change a Playboy, Daphne could not bear the thought of thinking if her husband was having a mistress or seeing the strings of women he had slept with in the past.
“Iam sorry Alex, I never wanted to hurt you, but it’s over” she reached up and wipe the tears from his face, ” you will find someone else who will love you back, now that you know you are capable of loving someone, be Happy Alex, I will never forget you”
He nodded looking down, ” I will never love anyone else, and I will never stop loving you and I will do everything possible to win you, so if you have to go, then go. You still have your job if you want it”
“I don’t think that will be possible, but thank you” she reached into her purse and takes out a key, handing it to him, ” here is your key, I will send someone for my things later”
“Wait! I have something for you, it’s your birthday present, I was going to give it to you tonight over dinner” he reached into his pocket and hands her a small wrapped box.
“No I can’t accept this”
Taking her hand he placed it in her hand, ” take it, do it for me. Where will you go?”
“I think to Ellie’s place until I figure out what I’m going to do”
“Oh” was all he could think of to say.
“Holding the gift tightly in her hand, Daphne felt hot tears rushing to her eyes, ” you will find someone better than me, goodbye Alex”
“Bye Daphne, take care of yourself, and if you ever need anything, call me”
When the door closed behind her, he felt as if his world had just ended, the sudden realization hit him, she never trusted him enough to be in a relationship with him talk more of being married to him all these years they have been together.
His heart was broken, he had lost her, the woman he was really Inlove with, his fuck buddy, his Daphne.
Sitting down with head in his hands, Alex broke down and cried.
The End.