“However what good did it do, son?” his dad’s voice was getting choked up now. “I missed out on a number of the greatest years of your life, all as a result of I didn’t know what to do to get your belief again. I ought to have been higher.”

Bryan patted his dad gently on his shoulder. “I’d have saved the grudge with you without end, Dad. However Romai taught me that I ought to be taught to make things better.”

“That Romai lady,” his dad’s face broke out into a large smile. “, you picked a very good one. She looks as if she has your greatest pursuits at coronary heart. I wager she’s a fantastic girlfriend.”

I felt myself blushing as I listened to their dialog. Particularly after final evening, it was starting to really feel like the 2 of us had been in an actual relationship in any case.

“Ah, it’s a bit extra sophisticated than that,” Bryan frowned. “I imply, she isn’t my girlfriend.”

“What?” his dad was confounded. “I assumed… however the two of you…”

“No, Dad,” Bryan insisted. “ I can’t have a girlfriend proper now. I’m too targeted on sports activities.”

His phrases broke my coronary heart and killed any hope inside me that this might turn into one thing extra.

Right here, I had thought issues had been going so properly between us.

Not with the ability to hear extra, I rapidly left and locked myself within the lavatory, tears now threatening to spill out of my eyes.

I knew I had no proper to be upset. Bryan had by no means really instructed me that he needed thus far me. It was simply an association that the 2 of us had. However my abdomen dropped as his phrases rang out in my ears.

Was I actually that dangerous that he couldn’t take into account me for an actual relationship?

I had caught actual emotions for Bryan, and the longer that I stayed on this faux relationship, the extra my emotions had been going to get harm.

Chapter 16

Bryan

“Properly,” my dad pursed his lips, diverting his consideration again to the grill. “You need to actually give it a shot. She looks as if a pleasant lady.”

A small smile shaped on my lips as I thought of Romai. Over the previous couple of days, we had actually grown nearer to one another.

“Possibly sometime,” I replied, “However the timing needs to be proper.”

“You sound like fairly the heartbreaker,” my dad laughed.

“ I realized from the most effective,” I quipped again, being a bit of extra sarcastic than I had supposed.

This weekend had been nice for my dad and my relationship. However there have been nonetheless some grievances from the previous that I held onto. I suppose they might solely go away with time.

“Don’t say that,” my dad frowned. “Let’s be taught to bury the hatchet. You’ve confirmed to be the higher man than me by coming over right here. After I take a look at you now, I do know I ought to have tried more durable with our relationship.”

“I do know; I’m not attempting to be bitter anymore,” I sighed, remembering what Romai had instructed me in regards to the significance of getting your mother and father round. “It’s simply generally…”

“I do know, son,” he put a comforting hand on my shoulder. “You don’t have to clarify it. However we’ll get by means of this. Now, I simply want you begin getting together with Samantha too….”

“That is likely to be asking an excessive amount of out of me,” I chuckled, considering of my annoying stepmother. “However for you, I’ll strive.”

“That’s all I can ever ask for.”

After we completed grilling, the meals was served on the desk. My dad sat down, rubbing his fingers eagerly.

“I’m famished! Let’s dig in,” he mentioned as he started plating.

“The place’s Romai?” I requested, trying round. I spotted that I hadn’t actually seen her all afternoon.

“Oh, I noticed her in the lounge earlier,” Samantha replied, taking a chunk out of the grilled greens.

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