Diana’s POV
“Damn it” I laid back against my bed.
My head hurts and I don’t know if it was because of the excess alcohol I took last night. Ever since Sylvester dropped me off I haven’t heard from him.
I want to give him a call but I don’t want to seem clingy so I’d rather not dial his number.
I scrolled through my call logs, low and behold Branden’s name appeared as my last caller.
“Holy shit!” I widened my eyes in amazement, my heart sank immediately. And i appear to be the caller.
“Oh no! what the hell did I say to him? what did we discuss? Damn it! I spoke to him during the period I was at the bar. I must have dialed his number while I was drunk” my face went beetroot red as I swallowed down a gulp.
What do I do now? I knew I should have never drank, I just suspected something was going to go wrong.
Damn it! I need to speak to Evelyn, she needs to help me figure out what to do.
I picked my brown leather jacket and a purse, I need her advice or admonition on this issue. I know for a fact that I could never face Branden alone, I wouldn’t know what to say to him particularly because I don’t know what I said to him last night.
My intentions of detaching myself from him was specifically because I needed time to quench this feelings I have for him and to heal from the rejection but what happened last night was going to put a hole on my already made up plan to seperate myself from him.
I really hope I didn’t lay curses on him or say something embarrasing about myself.
“Gosh!” i exclaimed.
I pulled the door against me. Right before my eyes was Branden. His eyes flashed with anger and resentment, his wrath became more apparent as he shot me an icy stare.
Shit shit shit! Mortified to see him I lowered my gaze. A chill ran down my spine as my heart began palpitating.
is he here because of what I said last night? I don’t know what I’m going to say to him, should I apologize or walk away? In my anxiety I forced my frozen legs to move me away from him.
I don’t know what to do but I’m definitely not ready for a conversation. Just as I walked past his huge figure in terror, he held my hand and pinned me against a wall.
“How dare you!” he yelled furiously.
“Branden leave me alone, we are on the streets” I yelled back confidently irregardless of the fact that my fear took over me.
His huge figure covered me completely, I was unable to escape him like I always did.
“How dare you call me late at night and go out with my younger brother” he gazed down at me with anger in his voice.
Oh my god! how did he know? who told him? Did he see us together? It’s way worse than I imagined. I thought he was here because of our conversation over the phone but it appears to be that he saw Sylvester and I together.
What were we doing? Oh no!
“Why do you care if I went out with your brother?” I asked.
His face went blank and he stared into my eyes, it felt like he had gone deep into my soul. His expression was completely unreadable. I froze as he kept his eyes on me.
“Stay away from him or any other man” he ordered authoritatively.
Why does he want to boss me around? I don’t answer to him, Is it because of his intimidating aura? Does he think he can just control me?
“Why?” I questioned and watched him turn his back on me.
“Why?” I yelled again.
He walked over to me and pinned me back against the wall. Paralyzed once again I could no longer command my legs to move.
“What do you want from me? Why are you restricting me from going to other men” I asked, unaware of the source of my boldness.
“Because I love you and I have no interest in sharing you” his words forced their way into my eardrum.
I stood, flabbergasted and amused at the words that came out of his mouth. My jaws dropped as he walked away, stepped into his car and drove off.
I was not only amazed but confused. Did those words just come out of Branden’s mouth? I walked back into the apartment and sat mortified.
*****
“I don’t understand, he said he loves you? the same dude that pushed you away? Nahhh” Evelyn questioned over the phone.
I picked up a cereal from the cabinet in the kitchen and released it’s content on my plate.
“Well that explains all the creepy stalking. Did he track your phone to that bar?” she added.
“What does he want from me after rejecting me? I mean it’s not like someone can just fall in love overnight. I wish I knew what I said to him over the phone, I would have avoided all this” I took a spoon of my cereal and began chewing it slowly.
“My question is why were you getting drunk in a bar with Sylvester? I thought you hated him and if you were trying to get your mind off Branden his brother isn’t the best option you know?” she said.
I rolled my eyes as i took more spoons of my cereal.
Asides pressurizing me to get a man she also had this hard character of always scolding me.
“C’mon I just wanted to get fresh air and atleast chill, besides he apologized for all the things he did he’s more sensible than he was before so I just forgave him, you don’t expect me to keep hating on him” I said.
“Branden hasn’t called me ever since, should I call him and apologize? I really don’t know what to do” I added.
“Why on earth do you want to apologize to him? He doesn’t have any right restrict you from meeting other men when you both aren’t together. He should be the one apologizing for tracking your phone and stalking you, I mean that’s invasion of privacy and it’s unacceptable. Don’t be blinded by love Diana, I need to go now we’ll talk later” she said right after ending the call.
Is it possible that his feelings for me began to spring up when he saw me with another man? Or is this a plot to get me?
I’m too confused, should I avoid him more and come back to him? I still love him so much and I can’t deny or suppress that love.
It was unreal to think Branden would track my phone just to find me, it’s invasion of privacy but I wasn’t bothered about that.