Chapter 54: The demon wont leave me

Xhani POV

I got to school early today, just so I could get some homework and assignments done before the school gets busy.

It’s been weeks now since I last saw Armani, he sure is mysterious. I do kind of feel bad for rejecting his help on the open day, but again, I have completely lost trust in all the guys now. I have my guards and walls up so high that it would probably take him decades to throw those walls down.

I was just completing my last slide of the assignment when I felt someone's presence behind me. I turned around and immediately my eyes met his.

Armani was standing right in front of my face; I could feel his hot breath on my lips, his eyes were searching for something deep in my eyes and he was frozen just like how I was.

We stayed there for a couple of minutes admiring each other perfections before I heard someone come inside the library, which caused both of us to look away.

I turned around back to my assignment in embarrassment when he took out a chair next to me and set down.

“Hi,” he said quietly.

I looked up again to meet his beautiful big eyes again, and with a gentle smile, I replied. “Hi”.

“I am surprised to find you here?” he asked while taking out his books from the bag.

“Yeah, I wanted to complete a few assignments before the day gets busy”, I said, still admiring him.

He saw me admiring him and with that he started smirking at me, making me get even more embarrassed.

“You look really beautiful under the sun”, he complimented me, knowing well that I was already blushing.

“Thank you, you do too”, I said, putting my head down and trying to focus on my assignment.

“What are you working on?”, he asked. I don’t think he wanted to stop talking, so feeling distracted that I was, I decided to go along with his questions.

“I have a PT assignment that needs to be completed by the end of next week, so I decided to complete it today since I have few hours to spare”, I said to him, “What are you doing here in the library, I never see you here?”, I asked him.

He looked at me again and smirked.

“Someone is keeping tabs on me”, he said with a grin on his face.

Blushing I turned my head around to take a long breath before I replied to him.

“I am not keeping tabs, I come to the library almost every day, that is why I asked you”, I said with a smile.

“Well, in that case, I am here because I needed some space to clear my head and finish my assignment for business management class”, he said as he opened his books.

From there we both studied silently, in the presence of each other, just as I was about to finish up, I got a call from an unknown number. I quietly answered the phone, thinking it might be from the gym when Zain spoke from the other end of the phone.

“Xhani don’t cut the call” he called out in frustration.

My hands went numb, tears gathered in my eyes, and losing control of my hands, my phone slipped out of my hands and dropped on the floor.

I just needed to be out of this place, why is she calling me I thought out loud.

Armani turned around and saw me numb and my phone on the floor, he gently picked up my phone and looked at the screen, it was an unknown number. He didn’t answer but just hung up.

Seeing my state, he lent me his hand gently picked me up, and took me to the corner of the library so no one could see us.

“Are you okay?” he asked as he took out his handkerchief and wiped my tears away.

I couldn’t speak, I was lost for work, but he held me closer to his chest, coaxing my back, making me relax in his arms.

“Shush, you are all okay, no one will hurt you”, he kept whispering in my ears.

After a long moment, I finally asked him, “Why is he back again torturing me”.

Armani eyes turned red, I could feel rage radiating from him, but he held onto me tighter and tried to calm his rage.

“No one will ever hurt you again”, he said it like a promise.

I dug my head deeper into his chest, calming down. And to my surprise, Armani didn’t let go of me, he held on to me, until I was completely calmed.

I gently moved back from his hold and put my head down in shame.

I never wanted to be this weak over a guy, and yet Zain has done everything he could to destroy me down to my core.

“’ Sorry, you had to see that”, I said with my low voice as I tried to clean myself up.

“Don’t apologize, I am glad to help”, he said as he took a step forward and put a strand of my hair behind my ears.

“So, who was that?”, he asked looking straight into my eyes.

I didn’t want to tell him anything about Zain, it is not something I want to discuss with anyone. Not even my best friends know this.

Armani saw my silence and said, “I’m sorry if I crossed my boundary? I won't ask again if it makes you uncomfortable”.

I loved how considerate he was.

“My ex, we broke up a few years ago, but now he's back and his been trying to get in contact with him, I just don’t want anything to do with him”, I said as I cleaned my tears.

He was about to say something when I cut him off, “Don’t ask why, what who, etc, I don’t like talking about him,” I said as I walked past him.

He let out a loud chuckle and followed me, we both came back, and I picked up my stuff and he did his, we both left the library, and he walked me to the PT class, we talked about fitness and workouts while we walked, and honestly he was very easy to talk to.

“Do you want to train together, I could learn a few things from you?”, he asked just as we stood outside my class.

I gave him a sweet smile and nodded.