The Best Man novel Chapter 83

Olivia's POV

In the middle of the night, I was woken up by the sound of someone knocking constantly on my front door and I mumbled angrily still very much half asleep as I went to open, only to see Nathan leaning tirelessly on the door frame, holding my work file in his hand

"Babe?"

"Hey Liv", he said quietly, and I motioned he comes in, closing the door behind him after he dragged himself inside. He looked like he was hurt and bothered by something, and it worried not knowing why.

"Are you okay?", I folded my arms across my chest, and he started trailing his hands down my shoulders to my elbows

"Not really", he shrugged as he walked over to the couch and sat down, patting the space next to him so that I sat beside him but instead I knelt in front of him

"What's wrong sweetie?", I reached to touch his face and he leaned towards me, bringing his face closer to mine

"You know how I can't go to bed while something is bothering me, right?"

"Yeah?"

"It so happens to be one of days", he heaved a sigh. "I need us to talk about something"

"Okay, what do we have to talk about?"

"So, I was here earlier to drop off these documents you left at my place and I overheard you and Tristan talking"

Oh, God! No

No no no no no no no no

Sinking onto the floor, I closed my eyes to run my hand through my face and took a deep sigh. Today wasn't really a good at all for me; life was just dealing with my existence in all sorts of angles. If anything this was just a brutal match in the ring and I was choke slammed into the ground at every turn. Just when I think I can take it then bam- superman punch; the ultimate TKO meaning I'm just done for. Where do I even begin to approach this matter?

"How much did you hear?"

"Quite a lot actually", he scratched the top of his nose. "I didn't realize you had feelings for him"

"It was a long time ago Nathan, long back when we were still kids. I don't feel that way about him anymore. Right now I love him just like a really good friend"

"So you no longer have feelings for him?"

"No"

I couldn't even speak as tears welled up in my eyes, my lip starting to quiver, and I threw my arms around him

"It's okay", he whispered against my ear and that made me sob even more

"Thank you", I whimpered as we broke away from the hug, and he kept his arm around me

"What for?"

"For being so understanding about this whole situation. You're doing so much for me and I didn't know if you'd accept me or look at me the same way after this but-", I was still overwhelmed to continue, so I just shrugged my shoulders, hoping he will get where I'm going with this, and it seemed like he did.

"When I told you I'm not going anywhere, it's not because I feel obligated to or feel like I should do it for the sake of keeping all the promises I made to you", he grabbed my face in his hands and I took a deep breath to stop myself from crying

"It's because I want to stay by you, now and forever because I really do love you Liv, with everything I have, and I really want to make us work. So let's just leave what happened in the past, in the past, okay?"

"I love you so much", I sobbed onto his shoulder and I felt his hand stroke my hair softly as he locked me into his warm embrace once again

I felt him kiss the side of my face. "I know you do"