Chapter 7 Lyra

• Lyra’s POV.
• I stood at the door way with glaring eyes as I stare back at Ryder.
• “What do you want?”
• “come on, Lyra. I had to come see you after you refused to pick my calls or return any of my messages” He complained and I snorted.
• “Well, that’s because there is nothing to talk about with you, so leave” I yelled at him and even tried to slam the door on the stupid grimace on his face but he reacted way too fast as he quickly placed his shoes in between the door, stopping me in my obvious attempt.
• “What the hell?” I yelled even louder as he practically forced his way inside, by passing me by the door and walking straight to my living space.
• “Get out of my house right now” I screamed, following him from behind.
• He turned around and faced me once he got to his destination. “point of correction, babe. Our house, not your house. I fucking paid the rent remember?” He said and I arched a brow. “Yeah, that’s right. So you might want to keep your voice down, let talk this thing out like two reasonable adult”
• “Two reasonable adults you say?” I stated, not quite believing my ears. “You stopped being reasonable when you thought it was fun to cheat on me with another woman” I so reminded him just in case he has forgotten. I mean, it’s being a couple of hours since so I won’t be surprise if he says he can’t remember.
• I watched him shift his weight from one feet to the next. “Look, I’m sorry, babe. I know I made a mistake but you know it’s you I love not her” He said lamely with a sad pout on his face and came and stood beside me before he tried to touch me, I flinched out of his reach, feeling disgusted with the thought of being touched with those filthy hands of his.
• “Don’t fucking touch me. Just get out of my house right now before I call the cops. Get out!” I threatened, meaning every damn word.
• I took a step towards my phone placed on the small rectangular table in the middle and he quickly grab it out of my reach.
• “Give it back, give me my phone, Ryder” I demanded and he only chuckled at me like a psycho.
• “You want to call the cops huh? And tell them what? That you caught your boyfriend cheating and you want to break up with him? Well, newsflash, I also want nothing to do with you” He said and I gasped, completely stunned with his show of stupidity. I mean, would you look at that, for a moment there, I thought he was truly sorry and just a little push and he is out showing what an asshole he really is.
• A round of applause people.
• “So you are also here to break with me?” I asked with a bored expression just to egg him on and he continued.
• “Yeah right, you fucking heard me. I’m breaking up with you, Lyra. I’m tired of you and your boring lifestyle of work to home and home to work with absolutely nothing to show for. You are a complete pain in my life I have endured with for years and God be so merciful, now we can both go our separate ways”
• He ended his little outburst and I couldn’t help but arch my brow at him. “So all these years, you thought I was boring, borriiiingg?”
• He made a gagging sound before glaring at me, “You were borinnngggg, Lyra. Gosh, I can’t even begin to tell you just how much I have had to put up with this long”
• “well then, I guess that makes two of us but if you are expecting me to give you a list of your flaws I have had to put with then I’m sorry you are getting none from me. You will just have to go have a closer look in your mirror to see it for yourself” I said and watched his mask crack a little.
• “Now, get out and I don’t just mean it like out of my house but of my life and space too. Now go!”
• Ryder hesitated for a moment before he closed the distance between us, his eyes narrowing back at me. “You are fucking out of your mind if you think I’m going to leave here without every single penny I have spent on you for the last four fucking years of your life. You owe me, Lyra. You owe me really good and if my calculation is right? It’s should be around fifty thousand in cash minus the ones I gave you in kind” He ended with a quick eyes flick at my chest and I cringe.
• “What the fuck are you talking about?”
• He gave a careless shrug, “Last time I checked, I spoke English not Spanish and you heard me just as clear because I was pretty loud for you not to have heard me, so pay up and I will leave” He said, offering me his palm.
• I swallowed hard before letting out a quick breath while trying to wrap my mind around the crap he just said to me. I mean, has he gone mad? Or just trying to tick me off really good because, he sure as going to succeed if he doesn’t stop right now and get the hell out of my house.
• “Look, Ryder. Maybe you don’t know this or just don’t care but I have had more than just about enough of you today so I’m going to ask you one more time to please leave my house” I said just as calmly and he took a step back from me then another step before dropping onto the sofa, his eyes peering back at me.
• “Maybe you didn’t hear me the first time or you just pretended not to have heard me but you are owing me fifty grand. Pay me up and I will leave. How is that?”
• “So you are serious?”
• “As serious as a heart attack, babe” He said just as slowly with a fist placed against his left breast.
• I held his gaze for a moment, searching for just about anything that proves to me that he was kidding somehow but found only the ugly truth staring right back at me.
• This can’t be. I mean, where would I get that amount of money to pay him back. Even if I sell off my van, it won’t even amount to two thousand.
• I was still caught up with the thought in my head that I didn’t realize he was now standing an inch away from me until I felt his hand cup my cheek gently and I froze, completely startled by him as I peered up to look him in the face.
• “We don’t have to do this, babe. You don’t have to crack your brain so much trying to find some money you don’t have and might never have. I mean, instead of fighting, why don’t we just kiss and make up and forget this ever happened. It will save you the stress of looking for money and me from looking for another girl. So we good?”
• The proximity was so close that I could literally smell his breath and it’s just as disgusting as the words coming out of his mouth. I will be so damned if he think I would still be dumb enough to kiss that mouth and put up with his bullshit.
• “Now you listen to me, yes I heard you the first time but somehow I thought maybe, just maybe you were just being you but then it’s obvious you weren’t. I’m going to get you your money. I don’t know how but I will. Now get out”
• I tried to shove me and he grab me by the hands and pulled me into his chest as he leaned over and began to whisper into my ears, “You stupid, bitch. You don’t know what you’re up against do you? Well, good luck with finding fifty thousand in a month because that’s all you have until you get thrown out of here. Now fuck off” He seethed and then let me go roughly and I went stumbling backward before regaining my footing on the ground once again.
• “I need more than a month”
• He scoffed at me, “A month is all you will ever get” He threw my phone at me before walking out the door and leaving me to stare right after him, wondering what in the world just happened.