Chapter 218: The Bird Was Confused
"I reflected on that and I realised that I should have vocally conveyed my feelings to you, than by that forceful means that frightened you, Ellie," with his hand on his heart, Archibald said, his gentle gaze trained at Marcella. His words were filled with sincerity and Talia could feel it.
Talia could feel her sleeve held by Marcella’s pearly white fingers, clutching hard.Talia looked at Marcella with her peripheral vision and noticed her moved to tears.
Well... If my man apologised this sincerely, I would forgive him too.
Talia’s thoughts skipped to Arthur and her lips curved unconsciously.
"I hate you still. I don’t like you calling me Ellie... My name is Marcella. Marcia is what everyone calls me and Ella is fine too... But Ellie... It seems like it’s the shortened form of Elizabeth."
Marcella spoke the truth. This guy and her sister were friends for as long as she remembered. They were inseparable (unless both of them were busy fornicating). Whenever her sister forced her for ’outings’, this guy would be there too. She’d personally seen him flirting with women and she never cared.
But then in the past couple of years, he started calling her ’Ellie’ and started following her everywhere. At first she was wary of him since she was her sisters friend and probably secret lover but he was very helpful for her in dealing with other homosapiens, which she was very terrible at. Also he brought the best puddings and sorbets for her each time. So she let him stay around her.
She could feel in the past few months, she started to rely on him more and expected him to be around her. Whenever she couldn’t find him, she’d feel heavy in her heart, like when her research failed at the final stage.
And oddly, after that...she hated it when he called her ’Ellie’. She also didn’t like to see him smiling and laughing her sister either.
Isn’t she married? Why is he grinning like a Cheshire cat? Can’t he get over her?
Don’t blame her. She tried to control these feelings. But it only got worse. She wanted to be near him... Closer to him. But when he was closer, she’d feel like she had arrhythmia.