And that's the tea, sis.

Did the ending of the previous chapter seem familiar?

I'm sorry for such a late update, my mind had been in a haze and whenever I tried writing for CC I would just blank out. So here we go.

• Chapter Sixty Five •

I sat in my hotel room, perched up on the plush bed with a bowl of spaghetti on my lap. Sixteen Candles played on the TV and I stuffed my face with carbohydrates while the chilling air of the night blew the curtains about. My mind went back to the things Harry said; opening up about his past, confessing his love for me because in one fleeting moment he managed to mend my broken heart. I will admit that in the moment he told me he loves me, I just wanted to straddle his lap and kiss him senselessly. What hurt me more, was not his past or what he had with Brielle, it was finding out that he fucked his receptionist while I was a few feet away.

"Hello?" I answered the room phone, the ringing of it brought me back to reality "Anna, hey. How are you? Are you okay? Did you speak to Harry?" Gemma's voice rushed through the speaker and I sighed softly, "Hey Gem, I'm fine and I did speak to him" I heard her grumble something under her breath "He messed up, didn't he? God, I'm going to strangle him. He may be my brother but he can be such a douche at times" She said in an irritated voice and I chuckled to myself "Gem, it's fine. Don't stress too much about us, we'll work it out eventually" I said then whispered the last word to myself.

"What happened?" She asked and I bit my lip with fear that my voice may tremble if I spoke next. I took in a deep breath as I blurted everything that happened between Harry and I in the last few hours. "I'm going to kill him" Gemma stated and I shook my head then realized she can't see me "That won't be necessary. Gem, you don't have to worry about us, we can handle our own problems. All you need to do is relax and prepare for the arrival of your baby and your wedding day" I sighed "She's right, babe" I heard Shawn's voice in the background, they're probably cuddling on the couch right now, the thought of that made me smile.

After everything that Gemma had went through in her life, because of Cole, she's found so much happiness and I'm glad it's with Shawn. I may have not known her for years but I have gotten to know her enough in the last 2 months. We bid our goodbyes and I continued stuffing my face with spaghetti before falling asleep. Tomorrow is another day, I wonder what it will bring. As I lied in bed, my mind started to reel with the occurances of today, once again, my heart had thudded so loudly in my chest that I feared Harry might have heard it. The distraught look on his face, flashes through my head, taunting me and reminding me of how I left him stranded in that penthouse.

I panicked, it was my first instinct - to let go and run. I stared at our hands, Harry's large one engulfed my small one like a warm hug, I shook off his grasp and stood up, making my way towards the door "Anna, where are you going?" I held onto the doorknob as Harry spoke from behind me, his voice wavered and I could have already imagined his bottom lip start to tremble as my back faced him "I... I need to go" I stuttered and stepped out the penthouse not before taking one last glance at him. My feet took me down the hallway as it led to the busy streets of Manhattan.

Following that, I entered my hotel room and fell onto the bed in deep thought. My chest felt lighter, almost as if I was being suffocated before - in Harry's presence. Everything just overwhelmed me. I wondered if I did the right thing by walking away, who am I kidding, I did. It was wrong of me to walk away from him like that. I jumped off the bed, grabbed my phone and made a beeline for the room door, with my mind set on seeing Harry tonight. "Harry?" I gasped finding him standing in front of me as I opened the door, his hand had formed a fist as if he was going to knock on the door. "What are you doing here?" I averted my gaze from his tear stricken face, his beautiful green eyes were bloodshot red.

"I came to see you, I didn't like the way things ended off and I want to make them right. I mean I did, by telling you everything but it still felt incomplete" He started and I stepped aside to let him inside, I closed the door behind us and my heart started to thump loudly in my chest. "Say something" He stopped pacing and played with his bottom lip, his left hand clenched and unclenched at his side "Where's Noah?" I asked "He's with a nanny" I nodded and took a step forward, the distance between us decreased with each step "Harry, what you did, what you admitted hurt me deeply. I felt betrayed and I knew that nothing was ever between us yet it still felt like it. What's to say you won't go behind my back in the future and fuck another of your employees?" I spoke softly, a sob cracked through my voice.

"I won't, I promise I would never do that to you, ever again" He shook his head and rushed out his words "Anna, I love you so much. I don't know what I was thinking when I did that. I was mad, no, I was fucking livid at Simmons. I just acted on impulse and whenever I do, someone gets hurt and this time it was you. I promise to you that I will never hurt you again" The sincerity and compassion in his words made me let out a shaky breath "Anna, do you love me?" I looked up at him from keeping my gaze fixed on the crucifix chain that nestled between his collarbones "I do" I felt a tear slip down my cheek and flinched slightly when Harry's hand reached up, his thumb brushing my cheek as he wiped away the tear "I do love you, Harry" I confessed and the raw pain in his green orbs morphed into a sparkling happiness.

"Then that's all I ever need" He said before his lips came crashing down on mine, I could taste the saltiness of his tears on his mouth as I responded to the kiss. His arms wrapped around my waist and jerked me closer to him as I went on my toes, my arms went around his shoulders to keep my balance. "You're all I ever need, Anna. Do you forgive me?" Harry pulled away, slightly breathless as his eyes held a hopeful look "I do forgive you, this is your only chance Harry. I've been through a lot of pain in my life and I finally reached a stage in it where I'm happy, I don't want to lose that. I don't want to lose you" I cupped his cheek, my thumb tracing patterns on his skin.

See, I told you it'll get better. You have no faith in me </3
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the chapter. The drama doesn't stop here.

All the love x