Chapter 333
"I wanted to speak to you alone about where we left off. From what happened to Mathias, how I left, and the wedding. It isn’t something I wanted to share with others so close to hearing us. Is he around?" Alexander asked, looking around for Zayne.
Why have this large group around Rose instead of being close to protect her?
"He is not here now but it won’t be long before he arrives. I have not thought about Mathias and I have tried to be understanding as to why you didn’t show up to the wedding. I was angry then and if your name comes up, I still wonder why you didn’t show but I will not hold onto it," said Rose.
Before Alexander thought they were in a good place Rose added, "It doesn’t mean our friendship is once as it was. I do not know if we have a friendship. You grew closer to Mathias over the years so it shouldn’t have come as a surprise that you felt conflicted."
"He was like a brother to me. It wouldn’t be the first time he screwed up and if Zayne had not caught him, Mathias would have kept troubling. I still think his punishment shouldn’t have been death but I can admit it was needed to stop him. I am sorry about the wedding," Alexander apologised.
"I thought of coming to see you but then I just couldn’t bear coming to see you marry someone else. It was childish, I know. I should have been there as your friend. Right now, I am ashamed to look you in the eye. I know we can never go back to what we had as children but I would like a friendship as close as back then."
"That was what I wanted when we reunited but we have tried to be friends. I have tried to be your friend," Rose said, knowing she tried her hardest. "I cannot keep going in circles with you. One day, you are my friend and another you leave because you cannot stand to see me with Zayne."
Rose continued, "There was a point where I thought that in another life had Zayne not reached me first then we might have ended up together. Now I’ve come to realise that I had those thoughts to make up for you being alone. In another life, I hope to find Zayne. He will always be near and you won’t get along."
"I can try to," Alexander offered. He could put up with Zayne just to be near Rose. "You are all that I have left to call family."