With all her force, she pushed him then slapped him hard . He didn’t have any choice but to release her.
The nerve! Did he really think that I will just let him kiss me and expect me to enjoy it? She asked herself.
“Baby…?” He sounded a little disoriented because of her hard slap.
“How dared you?! Don’t you ever call me baby since we are not a couple! You broke up with me! Or have you forgotten?” she asked angrily.
Then they heard a man’s voice.
“Honey?”
“Eric!” She called him and released her sweetest smile.
His arrival was just perfect. She turned her back at Logan to go to Eric.
“Is there a problem?” He asked with a slight frown as he had his eyes behind her but she didn’t bother to look back at her ex.
Instead, she raised her cheek to him for a peck. Like her ex, Eric was also tall but Logan was probably taller by an inch or two.
“No, nothing. Let’s go to Heide so you can give your gift.” She suggested still smiling sweetly at his handsome face.
***
“Bro stop drinking! We don’t want you causing a scene here you know!” Simon complained as Logan continued to drink as if alcohol had just been invented.
“Well I have to admit that it was our fault that we didn’t tell you that your ex is currently dating someone exclusively.” Noel admitted.
Logan’s hand around the beer bottle tightened as he glowered at Annessa and the man she was with.
“Since when?” he asked in a steely voice.
He was trying to catch her eyes but his Annessa seemed to be intentionally avoiding looking at him. All he could see was her right profile as she happily chatted with her friends while she was sitting next to the man.
Simon sighed before replying. “Close to a month. We didn’t tell you because we thought that you are not interested to know.”
He cursed. Of course I am! You should know that I am still very much interested in her. She is mine!” He said through clenched teeth.
He was breathing shallowly as he tried hard to control his anger. He wanted to go to her and talked to her after he punched the man she was with on the face but if course he couldn’t do do any of those. Simon and Heidi’s parents were around so he had to agree with Simon that he couldn’t cause a scene.
“You can’t blame us for thinking that way bro! We noticed that you didn’t seem to talk about her…” Noel was interrupted when he angrily spoke again..
“Because I didn’t want to go back until it was the perfect time that was why I didn’t want to ask or talk about her. I was giving her time to heal and grow up!All those years that I wasn’t with her were pure agony knowing that she was furious with me! Now that I decided to come back for her this happened? She changed a lot and there’s a trash around her! Damn it!”
He couldn’t help being angry though he knew he was at fault. He broke up with Annessa because she didn’t want to have sex with him. That time he let his carnal desire get the best of him. He was shallow, he was admitting that now. But when they broke up and were separated, he soon realized that he was willing to accept her as she was. He could wait until she was ready to give herself to him. But knowing how angry she was when she discovered about him and Kristine, he lost the nerve to talk to her again after their confrontation where he saw how his sweet Annessa could be when provoked.
“He’s not yet her boyfriend bro! You can still do something to get her back.” Noel said to encourage him.
Logan angrily took another gulp while his eyes were never leaving Annessa.
“I will definitely do that! I didn’t come back here for nothing! She was the real reason for my return! She is mine and no trash can take her away from me! “ he hissed before he stood up.
“Bro wait!” Simon called him when he seemed to be walking to Annessa and company’s table.
They got up too to follow him.
***
“Want some more grapes honey?” Annessa asked Eric.
She was holding a plate with different fruit slices. Heidi and Jill giggled while looking at them. She just shook her head and took a grape.
“Thank you.” Eric said with a grin.
“Heidi!” Called a very cold voice.
The three looked up where the voice came from except her. She could recognize that arctic voice anywhere. That was how he sounded when she told him what she thought of him a few days after he broke up with her. She discovered that he bedded Kristine Salcedo who was the campus’ girlfriend immediately after their break-up.
“Logan!” She heard Heidi called him.
“I thought you want some grapes?” she asked Eric so he transferred his eyes again to her. He was of course looking at her haughty ex when like a king, Logan called her friend. She raised a grape to his mouth and he willingly opened it. She was not aware of the look of shock and worry among the others. She couldn’t see how grim Logan’s expression was as he looked at her and Eric. They also couldn’t see that Noel and Simon were holding his shoulders and arms to stop him from going closer to them. Logan’s face and neck were red from anger.
“We have to go! Happy birthday again sis!” She heard Simon said before they walked away.
A few moments after she heard that she turned her head to her friends.
“Aren’t you going to eat you desserts? “ she asked them with a smile.
She raised her left brow when she saw Jill and Heidi’s expressions. The former’s mouth was gaped open while she looked at her while the latter was shaking her head.
“Geez Anne you really have no idea!” Jill sighed as she took a slice of kiwi.
She just turned back to Eric and gave him a smile.
They were in front of her parents’ house. Eric opened the door for her and helped her to get off his car. “Thank you Eric” “No need to say thank you honey. You know how I like doing things for you.” He said with that cute smile of his. They were walking to the gate of their house. She noticed that her dad’s car wasn’t yet in the garage. Her parents went out on a date. She smiled to herself. They still go on dates a few days in a week which she thought was so sweet. “You always make me feel so special. Anyway don’t you want to go inside? We can have coffee or tea.” She offered to Eric. “Maybe next time. I know you have to be at the clinic early tomorrow.” he said gently and she just nodded. Eric had a lot of qualities which women would find nice. He was good-looking and had a stable job. He helped his father ran their business. They export bags and shoes for men and women. She hid a wide smile when he poc
After several seconds she realized something. Her ex had no right to make demands on her. He wasn’t only an annoying playboy, he was really thick-skinned . And now he was calling again. She angrily answered her phone. “Logan Contrero? Maybe you called a wrong numberbecause we don’t have anything to talk about since…” she began but she flinched when he cursed angrily. Her eyes narrowed and she was about to hang up on him again when he honked his vehicle's horn repeatedly. She panicked. It was almost 10 p.m. and for sure their neighbors would complain. “Stop! Don’t do that!” She shrieked. “You know the magic word baby…” He said while he seemed to be grinning before honking again. “Okay I will talk to you, you beast!” “Get down here! I want to see you! “ He demanded. She sighed in relief when it became quiet again. “No! We’ll talk tomorrow! !” She yelped when he made some noise with his car
Annessa just got out of her brother’s clinic. He was already the head surgeon of their derma clinics while she, on the other hand, managed them. “Miss Annessa, a certain Mr. Contrero wants to see you.” Ollie their receptionist informed her. She moistened her lips. She was well aware that Logan would come to the clinic even if she didn’t agree. She couldn’t do much actually since he would insist as expected. But maybe after tonight, that would all change. For now, she just had to make him believe that what he wanted was okay with her. When she defied him, the more he became persistent. “I already brought him to your office because all he female patients couldn’t take their eyes off him. I didn’t want any cat fight starting because of him.” Ollie’s lips twitched upwards on both sides.. She nodded. She knew what the receptionist meant. Women really drooled over her cunning ex especially now. ***
Annessa's brows knitted. The way Logan said that they should fix things because he wanted her back angered her. He sounded serious. He really didn’t get it that she didn’t want him back. “Excuse me?” she asked incredously. She placed her palms on either side of the table. She wanted to lift it and hit his thick face with it. His confidence was beyond her. “I said I want you back baby.” The man in front of her looked intimidating to anyone. He was hunkier. He was almost beefy but she wasn’t afraid of him. Over her dead body she would let him intimidate her. She straightened her back and raised one brow while still gripping the edge of the table with her hands. Logan’s eyes went to them so she relaxed them and just placed them on the table. She didn’t want him to notice that she was controlling her anger. The new Annessa was stronger and immune to him. “Now yo say that? It was you who ended the
Annessa was smiling because she wanted to enjoy her night with Eric. Tonight was a special night for them. “Thank you Mrs. Quintero, I will take good care...” Eric was interrupted when they heard a male voice. “Aunt Lexi!” The three of them turned to the newcomer. Her eyes squinted. Her ex was beaming but she knew that it was superficial. His eyes weren’t similing at all. It was her mom who acknowledged his presence. “Logan!” Her mother sounded happy to see him. She frowned slightly then looked at Eric who had a frown. She didn’t tell him about Logan yet but since he would be her boyfriend tonight, she had to explain everything. Logan kissed her mom’s cheek and she just rolled her eyes. He was showing Eric that he was close to her family especially to her mom. “Aunt Lexi, this is from my mom.” He handed her a medium-sozed box. “ Red velvet cupcakes baked by my si
“Are you okay?” Eric sounded really worried. His brows were knitted since the driver of the car which hit them was honking. She nodded though she felt a little disoriented from the impact. She wasn’t hurt but she was really shocked. “Okay honey. Stay here.” He said and he hurriedly got out. The driver was continuously honking so she decided to get off the vehicle too. “Oh no...” She mumbled when she recognized the car behind Eric’s. The honking stopped when the driver saw her. The windows were heavily tinted but she knew that it was him. “What the hell?! “ Eric angrily looked at the damage of his car. Logan came out of his vehicle with his jaw clenched. “Are you blind? Didn’t you see us? My car is white for Pete’s sake!” Eric couldn’t contain his annoyance. “ I lost control of the brakes.” Logan replied in a chilly voice but his eyes were on her. S
Annessa’s forehead creased when she heard Logan called him by his endearment for her. Instead of turning to look at him, she chose to go back inside. She held Danika’s hand. “Dannie, let’s get inside.” She suggested. Logan’s sister didn’t complain when she pulled her. “Baby let’s talk.” Logan’s voice was almost pleading. He blocked her way with his hunky body. She had to raise her face to look at him with eyes like half slits. She wanted to yell at him but of course she couldn’t. She felt his sister gently removed her hand from hers. “Anne, I think Darrin is right. It’s high time you talk.” She said before leaving them. She was about to follow her but her ex took her arm. She flinched and pulled it back. She turned her back on him and crossed her arms in front of her. She badly wanted to get away from him but having seen how determined he was, she was sure that she would just draw atten
Logan felt his face went numb and heat slowly crept up his neck. “What?!" he asked in a thunderous voice before he got Annessa’s arm as she was about to move back to the house. She tried to pull back her arm with. Her face was distorted. “Since when?!”He furiously asked.. He had felt murderous when he first saw them together at Heidi’s party and now his feeling was worse. He didn’t want to use his strength on her but he couldn’t control his rage. He held her arms with both his hands and she was almost on tiptoes since he was very tall. “L-Logan let me go.” He heard her say but he just pulled her closer to his body. While shaking his head from left to right he said ,“ I hope that you are bluffing baby.” “I am serious! Logan…!” He cupped her jaw with his right hand. She had a small oval face and with his big hand, he was almost covering her entire face. “Dammit! Do you really want me to los