Chapter 16: Chapter 16

XL

"You were with a woman?" I ask, careful to not let my voice break. Deep down, however, I know he wouldn't cheat on me.

Would he?

No, Axel wouldn't.

He rolls his eyes, like the child he is. "No, I wasn't. I thought you trust - why are we even talking about this? What is he doing in our fucking house?" he dismisses his actions and focuses on mine.

Ass.

"We kissed." Theo says nonchalantly and I open my mouth wide in shock. "We didn't!"

"You what?!" Axel roars and immediately lounges for Theo and in a moment I see through his plan - this is how he was going to prevent us from marrying, by getting Axel back in jail.

He forgot about one thing though.

I'm quite a smart cookie and I see through it all.

"Axel! Stop it! Just stop for one second if you love me, right now, and listen to me, and if you still feel like it, you can beat him up afterwards, I don't care." I plead, and magically he stops his fist seconds from connecting with Theo's jaw.

"You have five seconds." he says, his eyes seemingly black with rage, and I genuinely admire his power to stop and listen to me with all the emotions and thoughts that must be running through his mind.

"It was his plan - how to break us up. You're smart. Think about it." I quickly blurt out and he squeezes his eyes shut.

"I'm trying but all I can see is you two making out in my fucking head - it's overwhelming. How the fuck could you do this to me?!"

"He came here and I rejected him repeatedly and then he threatened me that he's going to wait for you to come and when you beat him up, you'd go to jail and he'd succeed. Just - think about it." I don't know what else to say to convince him. "I felt nothing, I promise; it was terrible and I did it only for you."

"Sorry I don't see how you kissing fucking Theo can be good for me." he does, though, he just won't admit it - I know him that much.

Axel lets go of Theo and spits on him, literally. "You're a pathetic excuse of a human being. A waste of fucking air. You're never going to fuck her and I'll personally make sure you're never going to fuck any other girl. Now get the fuck out." He pushes him out of the house. I almost feel bad for him, but he deserved it.

"And you - I don't buy all that shit. I knew you'd fuck me over one day." he turns to me. Standing here, hearing him speak like this is almost like we were back at square one, at the beginning of our relationship and it feels absolutely terrible.

"How can you even say that?!" Now I'm mad, too. "You let a woman bring you home after a night out, and you're here accusing me of cheating on you?"

"I didn't fucking cheat on you!" He yells with all his power at me and I start hitting him on his chest. "How do I know that? How can I believe that when all signs point otherwise."

He grabs my arms and lifts them away from him, looking at me with fire burning in his eyes. "You're right. All signs point at me cheating on you, because guess what? I did. You're just too naive to consider that it might be true. You're weak, Sophie, and I've had enough of it." He says and walks out the door, slamming the door shut behind him.