Too Late
Pierce’s POV
Kelly shove me away. She doesn’t wanna see me anymore. She didn’t even believe me when I told her that I’m in love with her. It was all too late for us. I was too late when I realized my feelings. I couldn’t bring back the time, but I want another chance to make things right. I was already with the person I should end up with, but I ruined everything because of my stupid feelings for Lexi.
“Where have you been?”
I paused right after I entered my house. It was a new house given by my mother as a gift after my engagement with Lexi. She doesn’t want to live in the same house where I used to live with Kelly and I don’t want to live there because in every corner of that house, I can see the woman I married.
I swallowed hard and looked away. I walked towards the kitchen and she trailed me, asking the same question.
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“I’m asking you, Pierce. Where have you been? You didn’t come home for days. What’s wrong with you?”
I didn’t come home because I spent those days in the house where Kelly and I used to live. I tried to weigh my feelings and there was only one answer I could get even if I tried questioning myself over and over again. It was all Kelly. She was the only answer to my misery.
“Pierce!” Lexi screamed after she lost her temper.
I drank water before I faced her. “My head is aching, Lexi. Let’s just talk
tomorrow.”
“I don’t care about your headache! Answer my question now!”
I clenched my jaws. Kelly would worry about me and make me drink my migraine medicine whe ver I tell her I’m having a headache. Lexi and Kelly were very different and I couldn’t compare them because in every aspect, Kelly was and always better. Why didn’t I realize it sooner?
“Did you meet your bitch of an ex–wife again? Huh?”
My forehead creased as I looked at her, “Will you shut up? I said I’m having a headache and you’re making it worse!”
“I DON’T CARE, PIERCE! WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME? WHY ARE YOU
HURTING ME WHEN YOU USED TO TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME?”
I was lost for words. I swallowed hard as guilt ate my conscience. Yes, i told her I love her but I was too stupid to say those words in the middle of longing for my ex–wife. I gave my word to Lexi. I told her that I will keep on loving hér and give her the life she deserves but I didn’t know that while I was trying to fulfill my promise to her, my feelings for Kelly would surface helplessly.
Tears rolled down her cheeks, making me feel guilty even more.
I took a step closer to her and gently wiped her tears. She was a victim of my stupidity. Just like Kelly, I hurt them because my feelings were messy. Everything is my fault so I have no one to blame but myself.
“Shh! I’m sorry. Stop crying now…”
“No! You better tell me what you have been doing these past few days, Pierce! You met with Kelly, right? You think I won’t know? You think I’m blind and stupid? You are already engaged to me-
“Exactly!” I couldn’t help but argue. “We’re already engaged. You asked for an expensive engagement ring, I gave you that. You asked for a grand
engagement party, I also gave you that. What more do you want, Lexi? I already gave you everything-”
“An heir! I want an heir, Pierce!”
Once again, I was rendered speechless. I don’t know what to say. Because of what she said, I suddenly remembered Kelly being pregnant with Klay Carver’s child.
I didn’t know she would end up liking him when she hated him before. She’s now carrying his child but my feelings for her remained the same. If this is not love, then I don’t know what to call this.
“Your grandma wants a great grandson, Pierce. Your father even said we should conceive an heir, but you’re not cooperating. It seems like you don’t want me to get pregnant and it’s so frustrating!”
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