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Chapter 36 – Dirty Little Secret

It didn't take me long to find the room I was looking for, and when I finally arrived, I didn't bother knocking. There was no time for manners right now, so instead I grabbed hold of the door handle and flung the door open, praying that I had caught Jesse in time, before he had gone down to the beach ready for the wedding. There was no way I was going to be able to tell him in front of all the wedding guests. Despite everything, all the arguments, how I truly felt, I still knew he was a nice guy deep down... well, or so I had thought.

Luckily for me, he was still in his room when I threw the door open. Luckily for me, as my eyes connected with him and the other person in the room, realisation dawned on me for the second time in the last few minutes, and I shook my head back and forth, the smallest of smiles growing on my face. It was weird that what I was watching didn't affect me in the slightest.

"You know, it's strange that this doesn't surprise me at all," I sighed, my arms crossed over my chest as I watched Jesse pull away from Selena mid kiss, his suit jacket on the floor and his shirt completely unbuttoned.

So now I knew why Jesse had been so keen on inviting Selena to the wedding. He probably thought he wouldn't be getting any from me as we'd be apart before the wedding because of the 'superstitions', so he invited her to quench his thirst. Nice...

If I had discovered this a few days earlier, hell... even hours earlier, I would have been completely heartbroken. But now it just made me realise that what I was about to do wasn't going to be so hard, after all. Not to mention it made me realise that I was making the right decision.

"Ella, I, I can explain, this wasn't supposed to happen, it was an accident..."

"You mean like, you tripped and she fell?" I rose an eyebrow, amused. I couldn't believe how calm I was being. Even though I was here to call off the wedding, surely it was going to click any minute that he was cheating and I was going to freak out.

"No," Jesse shook his head frantically, buttoning up his shirt as Selena straightened her slutty purple dress out, "But it's nothing really, just a little harmless..."

"You know what, I honestly don't care, because you've just made what I'm about to do a hell of a lot easier." I shook my head, my eyes moving to the woman and narrowing. She was too busy staring at Jesse, her own expression angry... obviously she was pissed off by the fact he'd just said she and him were nothing, but still, it helped to glare at her, "Would you mind? I'd like to speak to Jesse alone."

"Be my guest," She sneered, looking down her nose at him. I smirked as she picked up her bag and strutted from the room, stopping when she got to the side of me, "If I were you, Ella, I wouldn't keep this one for too long."

"Oh, don't worry, I won't," I shook my head, smiling at her ever so lightly. I had no idea how I was talking to her like that. I didn't even feel angry with her over the fact that she had been getting it on with my fiancée behind my back. I was even a tad bit grateful that she'd given me a good reason to end things.

I waited until she had disappeared before I turned back around to look at Jesse, wondering where to start. Of course I was angry with him... but I couldn't exactly use that as an excuse to call everything off, especially seeing as I hadn't been that faithful either. It wasn't like I'd kissed Randy, he had kissed me, but I had never really stopped feeling for him the entire time I had been in a relationship with Jesse.

"Ella, I'm so, so sorry..."

"Don't," I interrupted harshly, "Just don't bother, Jesse. Nothing you're going to say right now is going to change what I'm about to say, because I'd made my mind up even before I found you with her. That's the reason I'm here."

"What do you mean?" He asked, his voice low as he began to move closer to me. From the look in his eyes I knew he already knew what I was about to say... and why wouldn't I, after what I had just seen?

"I mean..." I sighed, my eyes connecting with his as he stopped only a few inches in front of me, "That I can't marry you."

"You what?" He screeched, his voice like ice. I should have expected this. In fact, before everything with Selena, I had expected this... but how dare he after what I had just witnessed? "You're joking, right?"

"Do I look like I'm joking?" I glared back, my anger beginning to flare, "I've had doubts about our relationship for a long time now, but I kept my mouth shut and played happy families, hoping that once we were married everything would be fine... but I just can't do it. We're not right for each other, Jesse. If our arguments weren't enough to show us that, then what just happened definitely was."

"Bullshit. This has nothing to do with our arguments, or Selena, or anything between you and me. This is all about Randy."

I shook my head, realising that my worries had been true. Jesse knew exactly how I felt about Randy, and he probably always had. No wonder he'd always had a problem with him, and vice versa, too.

"Maybe it does, but why does that matter?" I shrugged.

"It matters because you're pissed at me for Selena when you haven't exactly been faithful to me, either."

"How dare you," I spat back, my eyes narrowing, "I've never been anything but the perfect girlfriend. I've let you push me around for months, I've put up with your attitude, your arrogance, and not to mention you flirting with a whole other bunch of women before Selena... including Maria! When the hell have you ever seen me being unfaithful to you? I've pushed away my feelings for Randy for you. I've done nothing about his feelings in return because of you... but you know what, I'm not gonna do that anymore. Our relationship, and you for that matter, just aren't worth it."

"Not worth it?" He gritted his teeth, his hands reaching out to take a harsh hold of my arms, "I've been through hell and back for years because of how I fucking felt about you in college, I even got into the fashion business because of you... and now you're saying that I'm not worth it?"

"Did you really do all that for me, Jesse... or just to get back at me?" I shook my head, his grasp growing uncomfortable, "I think it's pretty obvious that I'm not the only one that wants out. You don't want to marry me... you don't want to marry, full stop. The only reason you wanted to be with me in the first place was because you wanted to prove a point."

Jesse didn't say anything, and I laughed humourlessly, realising I was right. He may have loved me in college, but this new Jesse... had done nothing short of use me.

"You want to spend your life with different women, and I don't judge you for that... but I do know that isn't me," I sighed, wanting this conversation to end, "I need a guy that's going to take care of me, Jesse, and I think what I just witnessed proves that you're not him. I'm sorry... but it's over."

I waited, expecting a sarcastic reply, but I didn't receive one. It didn't take long for him to remove his hands from my shoulders, and I sighed, knowing that I'd won. It had taken me a while to get through to him, but deep down he knew that what I was saying was true. He didn't want to marry me, or anyone. He wanted to live his life as a bachelor. It's funny how much he and Randy were alike right now.

Realising that our conversation was finished, I backed away from him and turned around, hoping that I could leave it there. I had somewhere else to be, someone else to talk to... and it wasn't like I had anything else left to say to Jesse anyway. He knew how I felt.

"So that's it? You just say the wedding is off, run off to Randy and live happily ever after? What about all those people down there that are waiting for us to get married?"

I span back around, a bewildered yet amused expression on my face. So, he was fine with the fact that I had ended things between us, but not with all the guests that weren't going to get what they came for?

"Don't want them to find out your dirty little secret, huh Jess?" I rose an eyebrow, sending Randy's patented smirk his way, "Don't worry; I'm not going to tell them, although Selena might have already. Anyway, I'll leave the rest to you. It isn't my problem; you can fill them in on everything. There's somewhere else I need to be." I shrugged, not waiting for an answer before I span around and left the room, closing the door behind me.

I let out a huge breath as I leant against the wall in the empty corridor, my body shaking from what had just happened. That was one of the hardest things I had ever had to do. Even if I was going to break things off with him when I first arrived, I had never expected to find him with another woman. Despite everything I did love him... maybe I wasn't in love, but that didn't matter. It still hurt knowing that everything we had planned, everything we had shared together, had been a lie.

It was still strange how calm I was being about it all, though. I had thought I would have burst into tears by now. Maybe I'd just used them all up talking to Pierre? Or perhaps I was just getting used to my life being crazy.

I'd just split with my fiancée, who was cheating on me, and now I was going to find my best friend to tell him that I was in love with him... yet somehow it just seemed like a normal day for me.

Taking in one last deep breath, I pulled myself up from the wall and began to walk down the corridor at a quick speed, realising that I didn't want to waste anymore time. I had waited seven whole years to tell Randy that I was in love with him... I really did not want to wait any longer.

A few minutes later I stepped out of the elevator, walked a few short steps down the hall, and stopped in front of the room which I knew my best friend was stopping in.

I had said only moments ago that I wanted to hurry and tell Randy how I felt... but now that I was there, stood outside of his hotel room, the nerves had really begun to sink in.

I wasn't sure why. He'd admitted his love for me, followed it up with a kiss, yet I was still worried about telling him the same in return. Perhaps it was just the seven years of built up tension that were getting to me?

Shaking my head, I wiped at my cheeks, hoping that my tear stains weren't too bad and that I looked slightly presentable, before I finally lifted my hand and knocked lightly on the door. I waited patiently on the outside for him to answer, but on the inside, it felt like a thousand bees were buzzing around my stomach.

This was it, I was finally going to tell Randy Keith Orton the truth... that he was the love of my life, and I wanted to be with him for the rest of it.