Were you mine?

Lea's POV

***present***

He was my everything.

My morning sun.

My brightest moon.

He was the reason I woke up and also the reason I went to sleep.

But there was a reason I had to leave him again. It was my choice. I could not drag him down. Not after pushing him to the top. He had worked so hard for what he deserved.

Could I not wait for a few more years? Of course I could.

That was the only reason I had left without telling him anything, because I knew if I told him, he would leave everything behind and follow me home.

I had switched my phone off. Talked to him once or twice and just made up excuses to say goodbye.

I had literally cut off all ties with him even though it was killing me from the inside.

It was not like it was the first time I was living away from him.

But his texts, his voice, those video calls kept me going.

But this time was particularly difficult.

I was also not keeping very well. Health wise. Perhaps because I was unable to eat properly and would vomit if I was too full. Locals like us didn't go to the doctor for such trivial things.

We took our herbs and teas. But honestly nothing was helping. My nights were sleepless and my mornings became restless.

The only reason I decided to come back to his city was because of the local news.

The headlines read something like this-

" Rising star spotted on the road. Accused of public intoxication and abuse. "

I wanted to believe those were rumors but the video footage showed otherwise.

My Jake looked miserable.

I had not left him for him to turn his life upside down.

I needed to talk some sense into him and I could not do that over the phone.

That was the only reason I had the courage to pack my bag and come to him, again.

It was very late in the night when I landed. I took a cab home.

Just when I was about to ring the bell I noticed that the door was slightly open.

" My silly, Jakey.... as careless as ever... " I was getting ready to scold him with one hand over my hip as I pushed the door open with the other hand.

The lights were off.

I struggled to turn them on because I had forgotten the switch.

My heart wasn't ready to witness what I was seeing.

My Jake, with no clothes but his brief, on the couch and that colleage of his, Rosa, on top of him, topless. I couldn't even see if she had anything on down from her waist.

"Jake... "

A faint gasp left my lips even though I didn't mean to say anything.

Rosa immediately turned towards me.

" I'm sorry... "

I have no idea why I apologised but I dropped everything that I was carrying and just ran.

I ran as if my life depended on it. I ran as if I was being chased.

I ran as soon as the lift hit the ground floor not even bothering to look behind whether or not I was being followed.

The world faded around me.

I was trying to win a race against time.

I was trying to unsee what I had just seen.

I ran and ran as fast as my little feet could carry me, across the roads and blocks.

I could hear a loud honking coming at me from somewhere but I was too disoriented to understand.