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Mel

"Seb, I made your favourite breakfast." Seb walked towards the island as I waited for him to taste it. I'm not a cooking person but I like to prepare breakfast for Seb. It took lots of time to cook his perfect breakfast, mum helped me how to make a few recipes.

I pouted as he didn't say anything as he simply ate his breakfast while going through his iPad and emails. I ate my food in silence which I dislike.

Whenever I have my meal with my family, we always share jokes and laugh at our silly jokes. Rosell tries to steal food from plate just to irritate me. But whenever I have my meal with Seb it's like I'm eating with a complete stranger.

"Seb, its Sunday. Let's go out and do something nah."

"Where you wanna go?" He asked finally looking at me.

"There is this food fest and I really want to go there." I gave my puppy dog eyes as he chuckled.

"Okay, we will be staying for two or three hours." He replied.

"Thank you." He pulled me to kiss my lips. Seb doesn't have any negative news in the public. He never has seen with any woman in the public. I trust him so much and I know he isn't cheating on me.

"I think we need to use the bed before we get ready for your fest." I grinned as I felt his manhood pressing against my stomach.

"Yeah." I said as he gave me his famous smirk. I giggled as he started tickling my sides.

"I love it when you laugh without any care." He smiled as giggles left my mouth. I'm very ticklish on my sides and he knows that very well. We went to the bedroom of Seb's other hotel-condo.

"Seb, when are you going to take me to your condo?" I asked him.

"I don't live in my condo, so it's a waste of time to go there." I didn't say anything because his blunt answers rub in the wrong places, they hurt deeply. Sometimes I wonder why he don't see the plain pain on my face.

*

I wore my torn jeans and a brown crop top, with my hair open and vans. I looked at Seb who walked out wearing his usual outfit. I rolled my eyes taking my phone and wallet.

"Why did you wore those jeans?" He asked sternly eyeing my outfit in disgust. 

"Seb, I like to wear casual clothes and I like whatever I wear." Seb and I always have arguments about my clothes. He doesn't like torn jeans, to him I should wear decent clothes like frocks and dresses. I should look classy like him but to his bad luck, I'm not a fan of dresses and classy frocks.

I opened the car door as Seb spoke with someone on his phone. I waited patiently for him to get inside. Ending his call he opened the back door, for some reasons Seb never drove the car. His driver whose name I don't know drives.

I looked out of the window as he worked on his laptop, I smiled as I looked at the various people who are also going to the same fest. It was a short drive as the hotel is very near to where the fest is happening.

"Seb, we are here." I said putting on my shades. It is sunny outside.

"Hmm." I grunted my teeth getting outside the car and waited impassively for him to step out.

"Seriously?" My mouth parted a little bit when I saw him stepping put with a black mask covering his half-face and remaining is covered by his shades. 

"There are so many people."

I let out humourless chuckle rolling my eyes "Sometimes I feel like you are hiding something huge from me which is why you don't want anyone to see us together." I couldn't see his expression because of that mask and shades.

Exhaling heavily I walked into the fest, I want to enjoy my day. I don't want to end up feeling bad and sad. I first walked towards the cotton candy stall.

"You want one?" I asked Seb but he shook his head negatively.

"Your loss."

"One please." I asked the lady politely. Seb was about to pay but I paid the lady before he could. He didn't say anything because he knows I don't like it when people pay for my food.

"I don't understand why you like loud places..." Seb spoke as I ate my cotton candy. "Loud places makes you forget about all the worries, I like to forget my worries and enjoy among everyone." I tell him.

"If you have worries, you need to have some alone time." 

"Seb, everyone's method of dealing with their worries and problems is different. I like to go to loud places while you like to stay alone. If I stay alone my mind becomes depressed." I didn't get any reply from him nor I expect one.

We walked to different stalls and I tried different cuisine, spoke with the stall owners about the cuisine. I even joked with a few people as they were easy going and funny.

"When we are going to leave?" Seb asked.

"Seb stop asking the same question for every ten minutes... If you want to leave you can. I want to enjoy the fest and its vibe." He frowned when he saw the look on my face. 

We were standing near a magic stall when we heard a voice calling Seb. "Sebastine? What are you doing here man?"

I turned around to see a tall guy in casual clothes looking at Seb and me with surprise. I felt Seb tense beside me which is strange. When Seb didn't say anything the guy turned to me.

"Hello, I'm Harris." I shook his hand.

"Hi, I'm Melody."

"You are?" He looked at me and Seb.

"I'm Seb's girlfriend." The guy's eyes widen dramatically looking at Seb and me.

"Harris, I will meet you in the evening." Seb said looking at Harris and I stood there not understanding anything.

"Wait, who are you?" I stopped him and asked.

"I'm Seb's best friend." I looked shocked turning to Seb as he glared at me. He removed his shades now.

"You said you don't have any best friend." Now I'm pissed at the fact that Seb lied. Harris who heard that gave a tight smile before leaving to where he came from. Seb looked at the way Harris walked and his tense shoulders relaxed

"I need to go now and I will talk to you when I'm back."

"Are you serious?" My voice raised. People who were standing near us turned their heads to see us making Seb groan in annoyance.

"Don't make a scene Mel, I will talk to you when I come back." Shaking my head, I left him putting on my shades.

"Mel...Mel... stop." I didn't care that Seb followed as I stormed out to hire a taxi but I don't think I will find a taxi.

"Mel, I'm sorry." Seb pulled me into him as I looked away when he tried to talk.

"Mel, I really don't wanna hide anything from you. It's just that I'm not yet ready to make things serious. I'm scared that things will change when I make our relationship official and we can't have the privacy like we have now."

I looked him in the eye, "Seb, we have been dating for almost two years now. You are telling me that you didn't take me or the relationship between us seriously." He closed his eyes in frustration while I let out a chuckle.

"I thought we are serious about our relationship Seb, I really love you." I removed his hand on my arm and took a step back.

"I'm tired, Mel... I will meet you later. My driver will drop you." I looked away waiting for him to go away. We had arguments in the past regarding his friends and about his past but he never opened his mouth. He is very sweet and caring when it comes to me so I thought it's okay to give him space about his personal life.

I don't want to force him to tell me about his past because I know something bad happened which changed him into a workaholic. When I'm with him he smiles even though he has problems with my adventures and dressing.

We always have a good time but I get uncomfortable knowing the fact that he knows everything about me but I don't know anything about him. I called Lucy to p[ick me up. 

"You can go, my friend will be here." I spoke to Seb's driver. He looked unsure to go away. 

'It's okay, your master won't be saying anything and tell him that you dropped me home." I say, he nodded his head walking away. I waited nearly half an hour before lucy came. I opened the car door and got in not caring to remove my shades.

"What did the loverboy do? did he leave again?" She asked looking straight at the road. 

"I don't wanna go home." I tell her. She nodded her head, seeing her clothes I know she was going somewhere.

"Mavies and I were going to a house party. Engineering block kids and art block." I nodded my head removing the shades.