Chapter 283: Moving on (2)
"I am going to be a long way from Rafael in a few days. I don’t want to hear about Rafael from anyone and certainly not from you. You got your wish of us going home. We should go home without arguing. We have too much to deal with when we get home. I don’t need to add being at odds with you," said Annalise.
"Negative? I am the only one between the two of us thinking straight. Why can’t you see the problem in you falling in love with him?" Thomas asked, feeling the need to shake Annalise so she would go back to normal.
"I also know that there is a problem. We are from two different sides looking to kill each other. I am aware of that. I couldn’t help what I felt and I will not act like I didn’t care for him to calm your anger. Honestly, is it because he is considered our enemy or that you cannot stand someone else stealing your chance that you are so angry?" Annalise asked since she couldn’t tell which it was.
Thomas stepped back from Annalise caught off guard by the fact that she knew about his feelings. He didn’t think she had ever known that he loved her more than a friend. "How long have you known?" He asked.
"For a few months. I realised it too late. I wouldn’t have slept with you if I knew. It is something that I really regret. I don’t see you that way, Thomas. I appreciate that you are protective of me, but I have said time and time again that Rafael did not hurt me," said Annalise, wanting him to stop trying to push her to say something that wasn’t true.
She understood his concern, but she had been honest with how Rafael treated her. Was Thomas only going to stop asking if she said she was hurt?
"It feels like I am coming off as inconsiderate of your feelings right now," Annalise said, yanking on her hair to help her think straight. She felt like she was being mean to Thomas, but she was tired of hearing him go on and on about Rafael. "If your anger with Rafael is about your concern for my safety, I will apologise. If it is just you being angry to know there is a man I like, I won’t."
She didn’t have to keep listening to him speak poorly of Rafael and questioning her being hurt if it was all about him trying to stop her from liking Rafael. She was going to keep having her feelings for Rafael until they slowly faded away so she didn’t need Thomas’s pushing for her to forget Rafael.
She made the decision to return home and be away from the man she liked. Shouldn’t Thomas be satisfied with that? Why did she have to keep hearing about Rafael because of Thomas’s jealousy?