"I am sorry Aria, I can no longer be with you."
Those words struck Aria so hard that she felt her stomach hurt. "What do you mean Chris?" Chris and Aria had been together for four years. It was a blissful relationship for the first two years. The next two years, Chris had begun to keep his distance from Aria. Aria had noticed, but she did not want to believe that the man she had been with for more than three years had lost interest in her.
"Aria, you have been really sweet to me and I will be grateful for that forever but, I just seemed to have fallen out of love for you. I am sorry." Chris spoke to her with a straight face not hiding his real emotions. He could have at least looked sorry.
Aria tried so hard not to let the tears that had already formed, fall down. She looked at the sky and chuckled bitterly. "You have fallen out of love with me." She looked at him again and this time, the tears flowed down freely. "Chris, do you think four years is a joke?"
""Aria, I am in love with someone else. And that is the person I want to marry."
"What?" Aria could not believe her ears. "You were with somebody else all the time we were together?"
Chris sighed and rolled his eyes which made Aria tighten her fists. She was on the verge of giving him a hard punch.
"I wanted to break up with you months ago. I just did not have the heart to do so. She knew about it and even told me to take my time to break the news to you. She is so understanding and that's one of the things I love the most about her." The moment he was talking about his new partner, his face softened and Aria knew there was nothing she could do.
Aria closed her eyes and stood still. All the wasted years with him. She started dating him when she was twenty three years old. She was already twenty seven and it was her biggest wish to get married. She wanted to get married to Chris. Most times, she would daydream about her and Chris getting married, with her first walking down the aisle and Chris tearing up looking at his beautiful bride.
All of her dreams came to an end In minutes. She opened her eyes after a while and found Chris looking at her impatiently. He wanted to leave her there at the moment. "Okay" was all she said simply.
Chris simply nodded and immediately walked away, leaving her at the park alone. He had asked her to meet him at the park they usually went to when they were both so in love. They made great memories together in the park. The same park was where he had asked her out and with joy in her heart she said yes and she had her first kiss with him in the same park.
It was the same park where he ended the relationship and left her there crying silently.
THREE MONTHS LATER…….
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Aria to her own surprise was moving on so fast from Chris. A month into their break up was hell for her. She could not even focus properly on many things. Her step mother, Martha, and her father, John, were acquainted with Chris. When the Moore company owned by Chris and his family was almost crumbling, Aria was there for him all the way and her father even partnered with him to get the company back on its feet.
Aria decided to go to a club to unwind and forget about Chris. Yes, she was trying to move on, at the same time it did not mean she did not miss him and yearn for his presence.
Aria went to the club alone after work. She drank half a bottle of whiskey before she was dead drunk. She could not even get up from the seat. She laid her head on the bar table and was almost asleep when she felt a touch on her waist.
"Hey pretty lady, what are you doing here alone?" A deep voice whispered into her ear. The person also reeked of alcohol so strongly.
Aria raised her head. She could not see the person's face as everything was blurry and she felt her head spinning. She knew he was going to take advantage of her drunken state, but she could not do anything at that moment. "Stay aw-st-away far-from me." She could not even form words properly.
The man smiled mischievously. His eyes scanned her long milky legs that were more exposed because her skirt had moved up. "I can't stay away from this beauty you know." He came closer and his hand landed on her thigh. Hie licked his lips when he felt how soft her legs were. "You are so sexy. Come, let's go have fun pretty. My car is very much available." He took her by the hand and supported her out of the club.
Aria could not do anything. All she could do was murmur, "Let me go" to the man who did not care. He just wanted to have his way with her.
"Come on girl, you will like me so much. I will give you premium pleasure." He looked around and saw that there was no one and he smiled evilly. He was going to have his way with her, dump her by the side of the road and drive off.
Aria tired hard to struggle off his grip. "Let me go!" She was dead drunk but she knew she was not safe. She was not just going to give her body to a random man.
The man gritted his teeth and pinned her on his car. "Be still lady! He opened the passenger seat and as he was about to push her into the car, someone abruptly pulled Aria from the man's grip.
"Hey! Who are you?" The man asked surprised at how strong the person pulled the lady from him.
"She obviously does not want to fuck you. Why are you forcing her?" The man said calmly.
Aria had landed on the man's chest which was hard but also comforting. She felt a sense of safety around him. She looked up at the man and she could not see him clearly. But she knew he was really good looking and his voice was really attractive and sexy.
