Alexander Lopez

Alex POV

I am Alex. I am a playboy. I am ruthless and mostly heartless, as people say.

Nevermind their words. Even if the rumors are true, they don't know the past and so being told, they can't understand the present nor the future.

I had a great life since I was born. I have amazing parents and never needed anything. My life seemed perfect, but I always felt that even if I had all the things I wanted and needed, there was a whole world out there that I was missing out on. I wanted to experience life without being held back. My parents always wanted us to be successful and study. My father would tell me that what I felt I wanted is not the type of life that o would want to live. What would he know though. He married my mother straight out of high school. So did my dad’s best friend. They had their wives through college and actually shared an apartment together. Once they graduated college they both started their companies. So they really never experienced the things that I wanted to experience.

But I made a huge mistake after high school. I dumped my best friend and girlfriend. I was not like my friends. I wanted to experience everything life had to offer. I was young and arrogant and thought I should be with different people and party to get all of life’s experiences. All my life experiences did was change me. Not for the better though.

Most women were with me for what I can offer them. Money, shopping sprees, sex. There was never a connection or that spark that I felt with her. I screwed it up so bad. I know that things will never be the same with her. I know I am not good enough for her. Once we graduated college we went to work for our respective companies. She will be taking over for her dad and I will be taking over for mine.

I still remember the look on her face the day I told her that I wanted to experience everything life had to offer without being tied down to a person. She was shocked and hurt. I could see the sadness in her eyes. I told her that she was still my best friend and that will never change. She was beautiful. She has only gotten better looking with age. We are now both 23. We share the same birthday. I feel like our parents almost planned that since they are best friends they figured we would be too. They were right. But I changed. She had also. She had become more independent and powerful. She was also beautiful. She was never skinny, but she wasn’t fat. She was curvy and sexy.

I don’t know if it is because she is my best friend or ex but I still felt protective over her. I mean even if we don’t talk like we used to anymore, I still consider her my best friend. There are things she knows about me that no one else will ever know. She was my confidant. We went to the same college. She was friends with my friends and their wives. She still is. I don’t think she talks to them as much as we have all been busy with work and such.

My sister and her are still close. They text and talk everyday. Their relationship was more of sisters. They are always there for each other. Not only that they literally tell each other everything. They got really close after everything happened between us. They hang out, take trips together, and to be honest it makes me a little jealous sometimes because I miss my best friend.

My sister is over tonight and we are having dinner. She is telling me about her life and how she is tired from all the wedding planning. She got engaged about 6 months ago to an amazing man. He really loves her and treats her like his queen. My mom though was so excited to plan the wedding I think she is driving my sister crazy.

All of the sudden she receives a text message and she gasp and suddenly has tears in her eyes. I am now concerned.

“Hey, what happened? Is everything okay?” I ask her.

She looks at me and says “Umm, I have to go. I will talk to you later. Sorry to cut this dinner short.”

I get up and say “Hey what just happened? I am worried now. Please tell me what’s going on”

She looks at me and said “Remember I told you that Bella had a boyfriend and she was trying to make it work because he was a sweet and nice gentleman?”

I nod. I never really liked the guy. He just seemed off to me. Bella and I got into an argument about him because I wanted to protect her but she went off on me and said “I don’t tell you who you should date. You clearly don’t care about my opinion so why should you care about mine” That kinda hurt but it was the truth. She never told me anything about all the women that I was with. I know she saw how I would take women to my dorm in college, but she never said a word. She just smiled and was kind to any date I had. She was never petty or mean. She was genuinely classy.

My sister continues “Well, she walked in on her boyfriend balls deep into his assistant when she went to meet him for dinner. She was early of course but she had a bad day at work and wanted to relax and have a late dinner with her boyfriend but got the surprise of a lifetime instead.”

“Wow” is all I can say. Why would someone cheat on her. I mean I know she is still a Virgin. She is dead set on waiting til marriage. But I mean if you can’t keep in your pants while you are in a relationship then why be in one. That’s why I don’t do relationships anymore. Everyone just wants to use you and wants something from you.

One of my friends went to college a year ahead of us. His girlfriend was in our grade. He remained faithful but she didn’t. She basically told us when we caught her with another guy that “What he doesn’t know won’t hurt him.”

Well, he came back a week earlier than expected to surprise her, but he himself was surprised. After that, he became a playboy himself. He has never trusted women after that. I went to visit him on campus one weekend and saw how he was living and the freedom he had and I wanted that. I felt suffocated with the things that my parents wanted for me. I want to take over the family business but I wanted to be free first before I became a business man. That weekend was the catalyst for ending everything with Bella. At that point we had only been together for 6 months. Graduation was only a month away. By then, I had finally made my decision to give her the same freedom. But she kept studying, hanging out with friends. She went on a couple of dates in college but nothing ever stuck.

“Yeah, so I am headed over there now. Sorry again, we can plan another dinner.” My sister says bring me out of my thoughts.

“Okay, I love you! Let me know if you guys need anything!” I say and hug her. Then I walk her to her car. She gets in and drives off.

I am sad for Bella. I still care about her. She is still my best friend even if we don’t talk as much anymore. We see each other every other week for our families dinners. We have family dinners twice a month with her family. We have been doing it for as long as I can remember. We also have a meeting tomorrow at her company. Our families still do business together and meet once a month to discuss where the business is at. I can lie she is great at the job and will do amazing when she takes over. I wonder if she will show up?