His Beautiful Addiction

Chapter 443  Headlines

''Let's go inside. '' Xavier said, as he walked to hold her hand, but Melissa moved away from him, so he would not touch her.

''No need to go inside, say what you what to say here,'' she said, her voice almost breaking.

Xavier lowered his head, not knowing how to say the words he had prepared to say.

''I'm sorry. ''

Those were the only words that could leave his lips. And when Melissa heard him, she broke down. Although she had imagined how that day would be, she didn't think it would be this painful. How would he raise her hopes so high only to crash it to thousand pieces?

''I hate you so much!'' She said, all this while not turning to look at him.

''I'm really sorry, Mel. '' Xavier said again.

Melissa did not waste another moment outside with him. She dashed into her house and shut the door.

Xavier stood there for over ten minutes before getting into his car and driving out.

The next day he tried to talk to her, but she did not pick up his call. Neither did she pick anyone's call. She had told her manager that she was okay and that he should cancel all her appointments for the rest of the week.

 He let her be in the meantime. By the end of the week, Xavier woke up to his phone ringing ceaselessly.

''Xavier, have you seen the news?'' Xavier peeked at the caller before placing the phone on his ear again.

 ''What news?''

''Your breakup with Melissa, it's on the news. You both are trending right now on twittr, what happened?''

''I'll call you back,'' he said and ended the call. Quickly tapping on IG, the first post he was from enews!

''Hollywood's most adored couple break up after a romantic dinner over the weekend!''

Xavier sighed when he saw the caption.

These blogs would never cease to amaze him. Although he had expected Melissa to break the news, he didn't think it would be this soon.

He tried calling her again, and this time she picked up.

''Hey; '' she called, in a rather cool tone.

Xavier was quiet for a moment, then he asked; ''How are you?''

Melissa chuckled; ''I'm fine, and you?''

Xavier was surprised she had picked the call and was more surprised that she was not mad at him.

''I'm good. ''

''Sorry I didn't let you know about the announcement. I was just about to call you to let you know. I just felt that it was best we broke up in public too, so we can quickly move on with our lives. ''

Xavier was quiet for a few seconds; ''I understand; ''

 He paused for a moment and then he spoke; ''I'm deeply sorry about how everything turned out.

''Shh, you did nothing wrong. I should be the one apologizing for expecting more when you made it clear at the beginning that nothing was going to come out of it. So I am sorry, more especially for pushing you to a corner, so much that you had to buy a $150,000 diamond necklace to break up.''

She chuckled;

''How did you know the price?''

Xavier asked;

''Well, I searched it up. Wanted to know how much I could sell it for. ''

Xavier burst out laughing. Although he didn't want the sexual relations with Melissa, he still valued their friendship, and he was glad she didn't take it the wrong way.

''Well, just so you know, I told the press I broke up with you. So you have to bear the backlash, that's your punishment. ''

Xavier chuckled; ''That's fine with me. ''

Mel was quiet for a few seconds, then she asked; ''This is because of that girl right, the one living across the street. ''

''You saw her. ''

''Yeah I did. I had wondered why you had chosen this neighborhood of all places, but when I saw her it made sense. Do you like her that much?''

Xavier was quiet. He wouldn't say he liked Ari very much, but he knew he cared about her, so much that he cared about the opinion she had of him. He didn't want her to think that he was such a terrible person who he would treat Melissa badly just so he could get with her.

''I care about her a little. ''

''You won't buy a house across from your crush's house just for a little care. ''

''The house did not cost much and besides, I would rent it out once the movie finishes shooting,''

''I see. She's very cute. I wish you luck; '' Melissa said; ''Well, I have to go now, I have a lot of emails to attend to. Let's talk some other time. ''

''Yeah. '' Xavier replied and Melissa ended the call.

The moment he placed the phone down, his mom's call came in right after. Xavier rolled his eyes, as he tossed the phone to the side, not ready for her emotional tantrum.

But it seemed she had other things in mind because in about 2 hours' time, he heard the doorbell ring.

Walking down lazily, his eyes widened when he saw who was at the door;

''Mom! How did you know where I live?''

''I should ask you why you moved out of your house and into this place without letting your mom know.''

Xavier scratched his head as he walked into the house, Tiana following behind.

''My house is being used for a movie shoot, ''

''You have three houses. Why did you buy this one and in this neighborhood at that?''

''Mom! I do not have the strength for all these questions now. I missed you. ''

He smiled as he smartly changed the topic and went to hug her.

''You missed me and you haven't called in two weeks!''

''I was planning to come over this weekend. '' Xavier murmured in her arms.

''Why did you break up with Melissa?''

Tiana knew her son too well, and she knew he was trying to avoid the ultimate question and she was clearly not buying it.