ALWAYS AND FOREVER

Cross Pov

Once again I found myself sleeping outside my home, I just didn’t feel like going home, not when Katherine was there and acting like a crazy woman, she won’t believe whatever I say even if I tell her nothing happened with Ginna, and I didn’t want to explain either, I didn’t owe her anything, and whatever had gotten into me that made me change the contract we signed, I guess it off now because right now, I just wanted to be a free man, not trapped with a woman I didn’t even like, yes I admit that we were okay before but right now, no we are not, our marriage is just going to be what I wanted it to be from the beginning, a paper marriage only.

I didn’t have much work to do today at the office so I plan on leaving early, I had plan to meet up with Ginna, but because of the article that was released, I told her to lay low, the first thing I did when I got to work that morning called her to not bother to go back to work, someone might recognize her and harass her, and I didn’t want that, not when she hadn’t done anything, at first she had repeatedly said no but at last I was able to convince her to listen to me, and she had agreed, I sent her some money and told her I would help her get accommodation so that she doesn’t have to share a house or squat with anyone, we have been communicating since then.

“Dude? You forgot I exist,”

Dean announced as he entered my office, I didn’t know he was coming over and hadn’t seen him in a while.

“Sorry man, I have been busy,”

I said, getting up to welcome him.

“I see, may I ask with what?”

“Work of course what else will I be busy with?”

“Many things, let’s say, women?”

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I said sitting down.

“Why? I saw your photos with the pretty woman, who is she by the way and how did Katherine take seeing you with her? I was shocked though, I thought you were happily married,”

Dean said, I wanted to tell him to get lost but he was my friend, my only friend at that.

“She is an old friend and Kathy had been mad, she still is,”

“Dude, what’s going on?”

“Nothing, nothing going on, I went to the usual meeting with the executives, they had over women, and one of them was Ginna, I got dru…”

“Wait, did you just say Ginna? Your ex-girlfriend?”

“Yes her,”

“What? She is a hooker now?”

“Watch what you say, dude, she is not,”

“Sorry my bad, do what happens now? I know you still have feelings for her,”

“I don’t know man, I don’t know,”

“What do you mean you don’t know, forget everything I have been saying, you have a wife, you should do away with whatever feelings you have for your ex and focus on your wife,”

He said.

“Dude,”

“I am warning you not to do anything to hurt Katherine, she doesn’t deserve it, Ginna or whatever she is, itss history and should be left there, don’t ruin your home for her,”

“I haven’t done anything, why all the warning? And besides Katherine and I aren’t a love match, I don’t give stuck about her.”

I replied, I didn’t want to have this conversation, I already wish I met Ginna again before I got married to Katherine, I haven’t even done anything yet and my best friend is already warning me.

“You married her, slept with her, you made vows to her and until this ex turned up, you have been happy with her, dude, think about it, don’t make the mistake of treading your present life for a past life you hoped you had, I mean, you don’t really know this new girl, she just showed up, she is a complete stranger,”

“She is not a stranger, I know more than I know Katherine and besides, we aren’t even doing anything wrong,”

“Okay, but how do you plan or how did you explain to your wife about her?”

“I didn’t tell her anything,”

“Cross!”

He yelled.

“What is it?”

“Have you lost your mind? Are you really going to be like this? Dude, I don’t support you in this, just know that,”

“I don’t owe Katherine any explanation and besides even if I explain she won’t believe me because she thinks I lied to her,”

“Why would she think that?”

He asked, I honestly didn’t want to tell him because I knew he wouldn’t believe either but those intense eyes staring at me made me spill.

“The things, I spent the night out,”

“You slept out?”

He cut in.

“Can you let me finish please?”

“Fine, talk,”

“Yeah, I spent the night out, I had a little too much to drink and spent the night at the hotel, when she called the next morning I told her I was at work, which was true because I left the hotel early, but she didn’t believe, we had a fight and the next morning we got the photos which further cemented her doubts,’

I explained.

“So, did you sleep alone in that hotel room?”

He questioned, I let out a breath and shook my head no.

“Let me guess you slept with Ginna,”

“I didn’t sleep with her okay, I was drunk, I can’t even remember but she said nothing happened,”

I replied.

“Okay, so what are your plans on to fixing things with your wife?”

“I don’t have any, I haven’t been home for three days now, I don’t want her nagging me,”

I replied.

“Why haven’t you gone home?”

“I don’t want her to nag me okay, I like peace,”

I said, wanting this discussion to end.

“You are going to do what? Let that woman live alone in your house while you go about with your mistress?”

“Dean, stop please, Ginna is not my mistress,”

I said I didn’t like the thought of making the woman I love my mistress.

“But she will be, except you plan on divorcing your wife to be with her, which I don’t support,”

“Dude, right now, I don’t have any plans okay,”

“Alright it’s up to you, I am out of here, I don’t like the energy around you right now, better fix things Cross, or you might end up regretting and I won’t hesitate to tell you I told you so, goodbye,”

He said and zoomed off my office before I could stop him, after he left, I sat there thinking about what I really was going to do like he said, Katherine was my wife and Ginna was my past but the problem is Ginna and I had a history that I haven’t been able to forget for ten whole years, and Katherine and I have just been married for a little over five months, not to mention I had no feelings for her, my thoughts got cut off by the ringing of my phone, I picked up immediately when I saw the caller.

“Hey, Gin, what’s up?”

“Cross, can you help me? I need a place to stay, the girls I have been leaving with suddenly decided to move and I am stuck,”

She said, I wanted to ask her to use from the money I sent her to stay at a hotel but I decided to not, I guess it would be best for her to move in with me there were lots of empty room at the house.

“Sure, you can move in with me,”

I said, without thinking twice, I don’t see a reason why she can’t.

“What? Are you sure that’s okay? Will your wife not be mad? I don’t want any issues,”

She voiced.

“Don’t worry Ginna, I will talk to her, you can spend the night at the hotel today, and by tomorrow you can move in,”

“Alright, if you think it’s okay,”

“Yes, it is,”

I said, she thanked me and the call ended, I picked up my bag and headed home to face my wife, I had to at least tell her.

“What did you just say Cross? Who is moving in with us? Your ex-girlfriend whom you are still very much in love with and you want me to say yes,”

Katherine yelled, she was talking too loud and it got me pissed again, I don’t know why she can’t talk normally without yelling, I had gotten home and met her studying, I found out that she moved her things from our shared room and didn’t bother to ask her, I just told her I had something to tell her, I told her about Ginna and who she was and here we are.

“Well, it’s not like I am asking you, I am telling you, it’s my house and I will do whatever I want and invite whomever I wanna invite,”

I said.

“I am your wife! I am supposed to have a say in this and I don’t want her to live here,”

“Excuse me? I agree you are my wife, but don’t you remember our agreement? Stay the fuck away from my business and Ginna included, she is staying here and that’s final, if you don’t like it then you can move out,”

“Cross! If she moves in here then we are over,”

“We? There never was a we, you begged me to marry you which I did, you know this is not a real marriage and furthermore, if you leave here you don’t even have a place to go, without me your parents will chase you out, leaving will means going back to

“And you think the world revolves around you? Well think again, if that lady moves in here just know that our marriage is over,”

“Bitch, you don’t have anywhere else to go,”

“That’s what you think right? Well let’s wait and see, I am not going to be here with you and that woman, you have to make a choice,”

“Really, you are going to ask me to choose? Bitch you already know who I will choose and it’s not you.”