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Chapter Twenty Four
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2020-09-01 19:36:06"Can you at least hear me out?" James pleaded in a calmer tone. He used a hand to rub his neck and paced a few times before taking Joyce's hand and took her to his living room.
She couldn't say anything. All she found herself doing was looking at him go about before settling on the large table at the center of the room before her.
"Joyce, I really don't know how to explain this to you for you to be really convinced,"he started and met her eyes, but she didn't utter a word so he continued," Vivian and I are just friends. Nothing more. I don't know what she has planted into your head but they are all lies,"he said, and when she opened her mouth, probably to protest, he made her swallow her unspoken words by holding her hands.
He must confess,he loved the feeling. "Joyce, I love you," he revealed and watched as her gaze shifted from their hands to his face and he nodded in confirmation that he meant what he said. "I really do love you."
She could feel the sincerity in his tone and could see the genuineness in his eyes,but she found herself speechless. She couldn't say a word. The words that had somehow formed in her head before had disappeared. She only looked intently at him with parted lips.
James could see she was assimilating his words. She was probably processing and settling them somewhere in her heart. But as he looked at her parted lips, he could think of no other thing than the supple feeling of those twins brought him. He wanted to taste those again and never let go till dawn. But he wouldn't dare. He knew Joyce. She was probably still angry at him one way or the other. He didn't want to be pushed away for the second time but even if she did, shouldn't he just go for it the third time, and maybe the fourth too?
"I love you too," it came out as a whisper from Joyce but he could have heard, given the gap between them. James suddenly looked expressionless though, before transforming into a bit of sadness and curiosity.
He thought he heard her say something but he was too lost in the thought of the wonders he could do with her lips to actually grasp what she said. He became sad and curious. Maybe she didn't say anything after all. She was probably going to reject him. He let go of her hands and rose to his feet.
Joyce followed him with her gaze and watched as he sighed and opened his mouth to talk.
James uttered, "It's okay if you don't love me."
Joyce's mouth dropped open. What was wrong with him? She was about to ask him if he had a hearing problem when he continued.
"I will give you time to —," he was saying.
Angrily, Joyce made a hard expression. "You didn't remember to tell me that you have a hearing problem, James," she voiced out angrily.
He looked confused. "What! What are you talking about?"
Joyce rose up, faced him and crossed her hands over at her chest, but didn't say a word.
James tilted his head to a side as he tried to remember anything she could have said. "Oh! You said something but I didn't hear it. Can you please tell me again?"
"Never mind. I'll just go get my phone and get out of here," she informed, already pissed. She made a move to leave by turning around and going to his room to take her phone, but he got in front of her and hindered her from doing so. "How could you not hear me telling you that I love you too? Do you have any idea how much courage I had to muster up to say that? What am I even saying? Why am I explaining this to you? I owe you no explanation. Now, get out of my sight," she rushed.
James smiled. He could not figure out why he loved her that much. Perhaps, it was the way she talked as if she owned the world. He couldn't help not staring at her lips as they were moving so fast as if there was something hot in her mouth.
How he loved those twins!
"This is my house, Joyce," he replied with a smile. He was jumping for joy within him now that he knew she loved him as well. How could he missed that? He badly wanted to watch how those lips will carve out those words to him.
"Oh, yeah! This is your house,"she couldn't believe she forget that for a moment." Then, I will get out of your sight,"she voiced and matched upstairs to his room to get her phone.
He didn't try to stop her again when she descended and made for the door. He watched her go and decided to go talk to her sometimes later when her anger would have been cooled. He knew her too well than to follow her and mess things up that it already was.
He went back to the couch and had his seat. He rested his head on his palms and sighed. He admitted for the first time that he sucked at courting ladies. Should he have let her leave like that? But, what was he supposed to do?
"Oh, I really suck at these things," he groaned to himself.
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