The Ex

Arabella got home and she starts getting ready for Chase to come over to help her with her bedroom. She decided to clean the entire house, getting rid of any trace of her ex-husband Ben.

“ God answered my prayer. I cannot believe I’ve not only gotten rid of Ben who is cheating on me, but I’ve also bumped into my high school sweetheart.“

A smile creeps up on Arabella’s face. She loves astrology and anything to do with soulmates and to her. This is a sign that good things are going to happen for now on.

“ okay, so I’ve got rid of 99% of things that either belongs to Ben. That reminds me of him now I just need to make some coffee and wait”

Four hours had passed and it is leading up to 5:30. Arabella starts to get nervous because the passage whom she dated seven years ago is coming round her house to help her and to catch up.

Before today, she didn’t think that she would ever see him again they never made plans to meet up after six form or anything. She just thought it was a goodbye forever.

“ Ugh, I hope I don’t look a mess I do not want to give him bad impressions of me.”

*ding dong*

The doorbell rang Arabella walked towards the door and looked through the eye hole, and there he was chased Nightingale 6’4, you can barely see his face. The only thing you can see is his neck, his Adam’s apple poking through before she could open the door, he bends down and looked into the eyehole and smirks deviously.

Arabella blushes out of embarrassment and makes a way to the door handle to open the door she takes a deep breath before opening it.

“ Jesus Christ Chase. you scared me there was literally no need for that” she jokingly says.

“ hey, it’s not my fault, you are standing at the door for two minutes, not letting me in” chase replies

“ okay I guess that’s fair enough welcome but take off your shoes, I have slippers I can get you.”

Arabella Hurries off into the closet of the bathroom to bring, Chase some shoes. Chase start to wonder around her apartment.

“Shit, she wasn’t joking when she said that she is a professional what she does. This apartment is amazing, never fought in 1 million years she would get as far as she is now I’m proud of her”

Arabella walks in with slippers, and before she walks towards chase with them, she admires the tall man whose shoes today looking out of her glass windows. In her head, she is thinking that she could’ve had this if they stayed in contact. I’ve been together for nine years if they didn’t break up and it makes her upset.

To herself, Arabella says “ This is just reminding me that today I caught mine has been cheating on me.”

“ oh you’re here Arabella, I was just wondering around I’m glad that you made a living for yourself the apartment looks”

Arabella doesn’t answer him. He notices tears streaming down her eyes. And he walks towards her with a Lightfoot.

“ Hey Bella, are you okay?” chase concerningly asks

It’s a silent, she doesn’t answer him, and without hesitation, chase walks towards her, and pause it in for a hug, whispering in her ear. “ Hey whatever

you’re upset and crying about you can talk to me. I’m here now.“

Arabella looks at him and starts to cry, as if it’s just her home now that she is out of a Five-year relationship.

“ I don’t want to be a burden to you. We came here to catch up not to see me cry“ Arabella says whilst tears are falling down her hours.

“ Bella, you know I don’t care about that if you’re crying of course I’m gonna be here for you I do understand it might be hard to open up to me after I suddenly left and we didn’t have contact with each other but I’m here now”

“ none of that is your fault we broke up it was mutual there was no hate towards us. It’s okay it’s not that it’s just a fact that 48 hours ago I had everything I wanted, and now I have nothing. I mean for God sake, I had to buy a new bed because my husband is cheating on me with another woman on it. How pathetic”

“ Bella, that’s not pathetic you’re not pathetic it’s understandable and let’s just say you won’t have to worry about him anymore“

She looks intensely in his eyes with confusion .

“ what do you mean I don’t have to worry about him anymore?”

“ Okay before you think anything no I do not kill him. He just don’t live in England anymore”

Arabella giggles “ I wasn’t thinking that you killed him chase but that wouldn’t be such a bad idea”

“ oh, thinking about it now maybe killing him will it be in a better option for me?“ Chase sarcastically, said.

They both break out in laughter for a five minutes it’s just silence, no one speaks, all you can hear is their hearts beating.

“ so explain it to me Bella what was your relationship with Ben like?”

“ well looking back now it was definitely a red flag. I was the one who paid for the wedding. He obviously chipped in a little bit but to be completely honest he didn’t have a stable job”

“ and you stayed with him?”

“ of course I did I loved him, and when I was at my lowest when my parents died in a car accident-“

Chase cuts over his eyes widen.

“ wait your parents died. When was this?”

“ well it was four years today before I got home and caught him cheating I was at their grave”

“ are you serious? Oh my God, I’m so sorry after we sort out your bed and stuff I want to go and see them“

“ yeah when I found out he was the only one there physically that helped me so I guess I was kind of manipulated into thinking. He actually cared about me but anyways I paid for most of the stuff and he didn’t have a house. I paid off his debt. It was a way of me being thankful to him for being there for me.”

“ wow, and even after all of that he still went out of his way to cheat on you know when that he probably wouldn’t find anyone as good as you“

“ oh, I’m flattered for the compliment, but apparently I am not that good if someone could just cheat on me like that you know“

“ Bella, I would say I do you know, but I personally do not because. I never cheated on you. I don’t know how anyone could cheat on you”

“ me neither, but things happen anyways like I was saying looking back it was quite toxic. He would barely answer my texts and he was very possessive at first. I thought it was in a cute romantic way, but I wasn’t even allowed to go out in a dress”

“ Arabella, are you telling me you stayed with someone like that? You know I care about you It might not seem like it cause I was away for a very long time. However you stayed with someone that you hated in high school“

“ I know I feel so stupid I was just swayed by his acts of service, you know that’s my love language.”

It goes silent none of them talk, but chimes, are ticking in chases head.

“ chase, I know that look, please don’t do anything stupid“

“ I won’t to do anything stupid, but I feel sick talking about him, so can we please sort out what you wanted to sort out?”

“ yes please, let’s do that”

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