Blame It On Pride

C h a p t e r T w e n t y - N i n e

Y/n's POV:

Gathering our belongings, we were prepared and ready to leave, I am going home...

My phone rings and Rafe's gaze sets on who is calling, his eyes darken immediately once he realises who it is, 

'Hey,' I respond, as a teem of chuckles and praises follow, 

'Hey, you are finally coming home right?' I hear JJ exclaim, as John B. in distance recites in appreciation, 

'Yes, yes I am.' I respond, chuckling, perfunctorily I glance at Rafe, his eyes are sternly on me, his jaw clenched as he indicates for me to hurry up, 

'Finally-we've missed you so much Y/n,' JJ responds, 

'Yes, and we stole a car as well!' John B. exclaims as I hear Sarah swatting him, 

'You did what?' I ask, my eyes widening, Rafe is impatient, his arms folded, 

'Y/n, I'll go without you, if you don't hurry.' He says, 

'It's alright Y/n, everything is under control, we will return the car.' Pope reassures as everyone snickers, they are not returning the damn car, are they?...

'I have to go, I'll see you all soon.' I mutter, as Rafe picks up all of our luggage and opens the door for me to exit, 

'Alright-yeah, we'll see you soon Y/n, waiting for you.' JJ says, as all of them say their goodbyes and I hang up, 

'They are losers.' Rafe scoffs, closing the door as we walk down the corridor towards the lift, 

'Why, are you jealous?' I taunt as he smirks darkly, 

'Don't flatter yourself, just feel sorry for you, you had so many options and you chose them.'

'I didn't choose them, we became friends because we understand each other and there's a thing called 'fidelity', heard about it?' I ask as he glimpses at me, frowning, 

'There's also a thing called 'being pathetic', heard about it? You know it personally, don't you?' He asks rhetorically, as I scoff, 

'Don't you dare ever scoff at me.' He demands, as we walk into the lift, 

'Or what?' I tease, he tilts his head and smirks, 

'Or I guarantee that you will never get the best orgasm ever again or more specifically, orgasm in general.' He responds, chuckling, of course he decided to humiliate me by rewinding on what I said at that damned club...

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Reaching the airport, we stepped out of the car, the ride was tense, we didn't talk at all, just accidental glances and eye contact at the traffic lights...

The same jet is there, 

'Will this pilot die as well?' Rafe asks the lady holding a clipboard as the pilot's eyes widen, 

'Pardon?' The pilot asks as he steps closer, 'What happened to the previous pilot?' 

I chuckle as Rafe smirks at me, 

'Nothing happened to the previous pilot-'

'Keep reassuring him, however we all know that his eyes were not open,' I taunt as Rafe chuckles beside me, the pilot is now refusing to step in, 

'Ms. Y/l/n and Mr. Cameron, you didn't have to...' The lady says as we both chuckle, 

'Yes we did, he's just a pussy.' Rafe states as he gestures for me to step into the jet and he walks behind me, 

After meticulous reassuring and myriads of 'they are frivolous', the pilot finally stepped into the cockpit, starting the engine, 

'Nonetheless, we would like to say thank you for your cooperation, we truly appreciate the time you dedicated to help us and if you ever require anything, contact us.' The woman says, smiling, 

'No problem,' I respond, smiling, 

We say our final goodbyes and eventually, she leaves the salon and we are on our way home.

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Rafe sighs heavily and steps closer to me, sitting right beside me as he inspects me reading my book, 

'Yes?' I ask as he frowns, 

'Recite it out loud.' He demands as I narrow my eyebrows, 

'Sorry-what?'

He exhales, 

'Do I have to repeat myself?' He asks, 

'If I asked 'what', then I'm sure that what I meant by that-'

'Y/n, you talk a lot, just read out loud the damn book.' He commands, fine, if it means that much to you, Jesus...

'Chapter twelve, she was on her knees, beseeching...' I instigate, however the thing is, I can feel his eyes intensely on me rather than listening to what I am reciting...

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After a while, we were already on chapter thirty-four, the plane begins to land as I finish off the final sentences, 

'After all, she hated him wholeheartedly...' I finish and glare at Rafe, he's already looking at me, my lips scorch apart as I find myself being unable to loom away, as if I am glued to this position, he sighs heavily and places his hand on my cheek, his cold fingers ignite against my skin, he looks deep into my eyes and mutters, 

'Y/n, I still hate you, even after this...'

His lips then crash on mine as I respond with the identical courtesy, my hands creep to his hair as he pushes me closer, this kiss felt so much different, it feels like it is our...last...

He groans in affliction as we pull away, his eyes on mine, I feel a faint tear curling in my eye as he inhales deeply, he brushes my cheekbone with his thumb and eventually, he removes his hand once we have officially landed, the ardour and vehement in this final kiss was indescribable...

'We have successfully landed...'  The pilot announces, however it feels distant, as if it's ablur and all of my attention is towards Rafe, everything seems distant except us two, he shifts out of the seat and begins to walk towards the door as it opens for him, he glares at me one last time and then...he walks out of the purlieu...