Forbidden Love novel Chapter 14

It’s been a few days, but it feels like weeks, months even. I haven’t spoken a word to Elijah. I was hurting. I wasn't enough for his parents just like I wasn’t enough for my parents to keep me. The amount of times he tried to speak to me through text messages and when he picked Jasmine from school. I would dismiss him.

I still treated Jasmine as I treated everyone single on the kids, but every time I looked at her I saw his eyes looking back at me. Am I overreacting? Maybe I should speak to him and let him know how I felt when everything went down.

No. I won't reach out to him. I'm going to do all the things I need to do today. I continued on cleaning my room as I debated on reaching out to Elijah. As soon as I finished cleaning my room my phone rang.

“Hello?”

“Hey sis, how are ya?”

“I’m fine Charlotte, I've just finished cleaning my house.”

“All of us are worried for you. The twins even miss you.”

“I’m fine-”

“Don’t even start with that bullshit. I know you’re not fine. You’re hurt that his family didn’t accept you in.”

“I don’t want to talk about it. I have to go. We will talk later.”

“Aisha, don’t you dare hang-'' I did exactly what she didn’t want me to. I’m always pushing people away. I went on with my day doing nothing. The more I thought about it, the more hurt I got. I can’t believe I was this stupid to believe his family would accept me.

I started eating food as I put on the movie Twilight. Halfway through the movie I heard a knock on the door. I open the door without looking through the peephole. I stood there in shock. It was Elijah.

“What are you doing here?”

“I came here to talk to you?”

“About what?”

“Well are you going to let me in?”

“Um.. Yeah, come in.” I led him to the couch as we just stared at each other without saying anything. I really wanted to feel his touch.

“You look beautiful.” I blush, turning away.