Temptation

Chapter 46

I didn't know for how many seconds we just stood there and stared at each other, waiting for one of us to make a sound, but it felt like an eternity.

"What the fuck?" Xavier whispered again, still not believing his eyes.

We hadn't talked since I freaked out in the coffee shop. We were pretty tensed, and I had been avoiding Agea and him for all the apparent reason. I was scared. I was afraid of their reactions when they learned I was dating Julian. I was afraid of my friends' judgment. However, him finding out like that was wronger than being truthful to them—the worse I had been avoiding faced me in that hallway.

"Do you want me to..." Julian wondered due to my silence.

"No, I got this. You can go." I gently caressed his arm around my waist.

"You are sure?"

"Yes, I will call you."

"Alright." He quickly kissed me on the lips and forehead before walking away. Xavier was watching all of our movements, mouth agape, soul confused and angry.

"What the fuck? He- he kissed you?" He looked back and forth at me, and the hallway Julian disappeared in. "And you kissed him back? What the?"

"Can we go talk somewhere else?"

"NO!!! FUCK NO!!! I need an explanation now!" Xavier never yelled at me, and when he did, his voice transitioned to his masculine pitch.

"Fine. Julian is my boyfriend." I went straight to the point. There was nothing else to hide. He saw what he saw.

His eyes and mouth opened wider, unable to say a word.

"This is a joke, right?" He lightly chuckled. "Where's the camera? Is this TLC? John Quinones is going to pop out somewhere." He dramatically looked around him.

"No, it's not. Technically, we have been dating for almost a month now." My tone was bland and calmed, yet I wanted to scream and pulled my hair.

He paused, staring at me like I was crazy. I knew his brain was exploding at that moment so was mine. My heart was beating in my temple. My throat was dry. I needed water. My neck, chain, and chest were itching, probably due to the cum drying on me. I also needed a shower. I had this knot in my stomach, and I wondered why I was feeling so anxious and scared, it was only Xavier, but I value our relationship so much.

"But yesterday-, you hate each other. You guys were fighting."

"It's a stunt. We keep up the same charade so no one can be suspicious of our relationship."

Xavier grabbed his phone off the floor and scoffed with disappointment.

"Xemina, are you fucking crazy? Are you telling me you're dating Julian? De Elvero? Did you forget who he is? Are you that desperate?"

"Yes, I am that desperate, and I know exactly who he is." I crossed my arms.

"Xemina, you're throwing away every fucking thing you work hard for, Julian? Are you nut?" I could hear him containing his anger; his voice was getting lower and less feminine.

"Oh, please! Everything I worked for is already on the verge of getting thrown anyways. You don't know nothing, Xavier, nothing about what is going on." I began to lash out.

"What the fuck are you even talking about? Yes, you're throwing your own life away. He is an Elvero, your father's competition and mostly now yours! How do you think Mark is going to react about this?"

"Yes, he is an Elvero, and you know what? Fuck Mark! Okay, I have been fighting the wrong person. Yes, we did things to each other, but he was never my real enemy. I was just blinded by hate. He is not the one destroying me! It's my own fucking people." I snapped, each word slicing the silent hallway; my tears were forming, my fists clenched.