🪩 ·˚ ༘ ┊CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO ! ˊˎ
face to face heart to heart
( real life )

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𖤐 — MANAGEMENT BUILDING

THE GLASS OFFICE ROOM FILLED WITH A LONG TABLE, CLOVERS ENTIRE MANAGEMENT TEAM SAT STARING AT HER "so, no more sturniolo?" her main manager asked

she looked at him, a slight glare. showing her annoyance as she rolled her eyes "yes, no more sturniolo. or rowen" she added softly "rowen? wait why?" her social media manager asked, furrowing her brows

"her and chris... fucked apparently.. she wanted him, and now i'm being called a man robber because i ruined them... even though i never knew" clover laughed, rolling her eyes

"so, are you.. angry with him?" the head man asked, raising an eyebrow, his eyes widening as from behind clover he saw the three triplets walk out of the elevator

"more hurt than anything" clover shrugged, watching her teams expression switch into nervous happiness "what are yall-" she turned slowly, and the world went into slow motion

he wore his black hoodie, the black hoodie they had their first kiss in. his hair was messily combed and his beard had clearly been trimmed only that day

she was speechless, there he was. on the other side of the glass office box with his brothers stood a man who she refused to admit she loved.

matt and nick both found her first, matt held a slight guilt in his face while nick was blankly looking at her. "what is he doing here? what are they doing here?" she asked, quickly turning her head to her team

"the triplets recently let go of their old management and.. we picked them up" her manager explained, sheepishly smiling as he stood up "and you didn't tell me? what the fuck." clover spat out

"clover, listen this is business, and although our loyalty has always been to you and our other clients it's never a bad idea to take in other clientele" her manager explained, stating at her like she was stupid

chris had still not noticed the girl. the three boys walked into the conference room, just as clover stood up, ready to leave

chris looked up from the floor finally, for the first time since he had stepped foot out of the elevator and looked at her. eye contact held while the room went silent. while his eyes were full of regret, and possible sorrow hers were filled with rage

"i was just leaving." clover said, pushing past her manager and out the door and towards the elevator. nick and matt both stared at their stupid younger brother "are you gonna chase after her dumbass? go!" nick demanded

chris nodded his head before running after her, managing to somehow make it into the elevator before the doors closed

clover swore the universe was against her

"oh hell no" clover said, going to stop the doors and open them. chris grabbed her hand "clover, listen to me" the elevator music played softly as the number counted down from 17 "why? because you're mister truth all of a sudden?" she scoffed out

"because i need you to hear me out for once" he argued

15.. 14

"i should never have heard you out, i lost you and rowen because no one would tell me the truth" she yelled

13.. 12

"i would have told you the truth if you asked. you know that, i really did change" chris tried to convince her

but the slow elevator wasn't enough time for that

all he needed to do right now was tell her the truth

11.. 10

"rowen meant nothing to me, you have to believe that, she was a crappy one night stand and someone i had absolutely no interest in" he realized how bad it sounded once it left his mouth

that was her best friend after all

9.. 8

"then why not tell me?" clover finally asked "because you already thought terribly of me, and i truly didn't even know you guys were friends until the party where we left together, she came in with you and i was confused. she asked me to leave with her that night and told her off"

7.. 6

"no, by then she knew about you and me.. she wouldn't have" clover shook her head "you're trying to make yourself feel better" she added

"can't you just fucking listen to me for once? how are you gonna believe a random girl who told you in the middle of your birthday over me?" he asked

5.. 4

"because you still haven't given me any reason to trust you fully. blocking girls on your phone doesn't meant anything. i'm sure now that i'm gone you unblocked everyone, right?"

3.. 2

"what? fuck no! i'll pull out my phone and show you right now. i've told you time and time again, no one is you, swear to god you never trusted me, right?" he scoffed out, rolling his eyes

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"oh fuck you" she spat out "i did start to trust you, you ruined it for us." "me?" he laughed as the elevator doors opened

"yeah, you. who else? did i ever lie to you?" she asked, and he went silent. she stood there, waiting for an answer "well? did i?"

he was still silent "no" he sighed out, she nodded her head and turned around "i'm not gonna be your toy to play with chris" she told him as she left the elevator "well i wouldn't love a toy"

she paused, looking back at him to make sure she understood him correctly "what?" she asked

"nothing, no reason to trust me, right?" he shoved his hands in his pockets, and that's when she noticed the necklace he wore.

it was the necklace he gave her. he hadn't returned it, or given it to someone else

he wore it, close to his heart. right with his. the necklaces were where they belonged. together

"yeah, no reason to trust you at all." she sighed out after the doors closed, and he returned back up to the office floor

it was only then that she opened the messages that she had been avoiding for the past couple of weeks

the texts where chris told her he loved her for the first time

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8 more & summertime

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