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Chapter thirty nine: Old friend

"Henry!" Ember beamed as she ran over to the muscular man at the door. Henry chuckled and picked her up in his arms, twirling her about is if she was a feather. "Ahh look how grown up you are Em " he chirped with a toothy grin.

I smiled and walked over, my arms instantly outstretched "come here you big hunk" with that Henry did the same and picked me up off the floor. Spinning me around and then finally putting me back to the ground "and there is my beautiful best friend"

A blush powdered my cheeks as I bit down on my lower lip. Henry had really gotten muscly since his role in superman- he looked ravishing. Gulping saliva I turned away and began to make a cup of tea as he is obsessed with tea.

"Two sugars love" he instructed as I poured the hot water into a mug. "Okay Mr demanding" I shot back which made him grin even more.

It was lovely to see Henry especially after what happened with me and Evan, seeing an old friend during old times really does settle a broken heart.

"Ember baby can you go play in your room for a few minutes whilst me and Henry catch up?" I asked her sweetly which made her nod and skip off with her baby doll in hand.

"So.. tell me all about it" Henry said coldly "I want to rip that piece of shit in half"

I smiled sadly "so.. we met up after seven years after he abandoned me. At the time when I saw him he was dating Emma but it was for Ember anyway. Not me. He was angry for me keeping Ember a secret and we had our little bicker blah blah" I started to ponder on with my mug pressed to my lips.

"The first time he hurt me was when he started flirting excessively, telling me he loved me and how he wanted to have sex with me. You get the idea. Just to go back to Emma after she has been hitting him for god knows how long"

Henry had his head in his hand and he was burning his eyes through me with full concentration. "Wow.. Emma was hitting him and he still went back?"

I nodded and ran a hand through my hair "then he flys to Missouri out of the blue and punches a guy at a club because he was jealous. Funny right?"

Henry widened his eyes "his jealousy hasn't changed then-

"Well we slept together" I chuckled which made Henry open his mouth in shock. "You slept with him after all of that?"

I shrugged "it was the scotch and cocaine.."

Henry inwardly scolded me by how his eyes creased in my direction but I brushed it off.

"We decided since him and Emma were quits that we could try be in a relationship again. And wow it was amazing Henry, I felt on cloud nine. He stayed in Missouri for several weeks before returning back to Los Angeles"

I shakily took a sip of my drink as the tears built up "then I get a phone call two days later and he is caught kissing Emma.. I just can't believe it" I admitted with a heavy heart.

Henry pulled me in close and rubbed my back in circles comfortingly "honestly Maeve you need to end things for real with this asshole. Look at how he treated you in the past too? All the mind games and fuck ups"

"B-but I love him" I croaked as a single tear rolled down my flushed cheeks. Henry's thumb caught it and rubbed it away which I was thankful for.

"I know but he is not right for you. Just let him be a dad and be done with it" Henry discussed with sad eyes. "You know you could get a guy ten times better for you"

I scoffed "honestly Henry I don't think highly of myself. Sometimes I get these dark thoughts that make me want to do bad things.. if it wasn't for Ember I really don't know what would of happened" I admitted with a shaky breath. I hadn't said that out loud before but truthfully my mind was hurting.

"Maeve you know you always have me. Please don't go through this alone" Henry affirmed as his voice cracked. "I didn't know you were hurting so badly"

I chuckled and tried to lighten the topic "it's fine.. it just shows how stupid I am"

Henry shook his head and held onto my shoulders "you're not stupid at all but I do have an idea"

This piqued my interest so I tilted my head playfully "what's under your sleeve superman?"

"it may not end well but what about fake boyfriend part two?" Henry said with a grin which totally caught me off guard

"H-Henry we were like sixteen that's insane" I said with my hand clasped over my mouth.

Henry leaned into the sofa "but it worked didn't it? And even if it doesn't we can give him a taste of his own medicine"

The idea wasn't awful but could I truly be that childish again? I'm a grown woman. "I don't know it's just very.. insane" I commented again

Henry raised his hands in defence "look it's your call. We don't have to but think about how Evan would react. I'm a celebrity myself now and all it takes is one photo. Guaranteed he will be eating out the palm of your hand"

"Henry you're such a shit stirrer but I love you" I mused with pursed lips. "Sure why the fuck not, means you get to stick around for a little longer and you know how badly I need the company. You also get Ember off my back for a few minutes a day which is a relief"

Henry pinched my cheek "that's my girl now let's come up with our plan"

Jesus.. a plan This was unexpected

Revenge can be sweet