The first red flag

Ella's POV

Something is not right, I am sure of it. The look that Felix and that woman gave each other, it's obvious they knew each other. I am sure about what I saw.

“You again.” I hear Felix saying. It is like he was surprised to see her. What was going on between them? I could not help but wonder. Jealousy was running right through me and I felt like slapping the lady right away. How dare she stare at my boyfriend like that?

Felix too was just there staring at her. He did nothing to stop the stare. “Did I hurt you, madam?” He asks that instead. I feel anger burning inside me. How could he do that while I was just standing there, staring at them?

“Babe, can we go now?” I find myself saying in an angry tone.

“Of course, baby, let's get out of here.” He says. But his facial expression said otherwise. It's like he wanted to continue standing there to stare at her.

“What is going on babe. Do you know this lady? I could not help but ask. Felix was totally distracted by her. I swear, I have never seen him this way ever since I met him, this is the first time to see him affected this much by a lady.

“ Yes babe, I have seen her today at the office. Actually, this is the second time we are bumping into each other.” He says. I chose to believe him because I didn't want to upset myself. I wanted to avoid spoiling my mood. We were having a great time already, spoiling the mood now will be tedious.

“There is no problem, can we go now, it's getting late already.”? I say to him in a serious tone now. He obeys and we start going. He has never behaved like this in front of me before.

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We get home. All this time we had not said a word to each other. This was so unlike us. I decide to just forget about the incident. I didn't want to get myself angry. Because of something I wasn't sure about.

“Are you still mad at me, babe?” I hear Felix saying. I pretend not to have heard him.

“Babe, can you please stop this.”? He says coming to me. He held both my arms and looked straight into my eyes.

“Babe, let's stop all this. You know how I feel about you. I will never have those feelings for another woman, and you know that perfectly, babe. So, can you stop with all this jealousy? It doesn't suit you at all.” He says, smiling.

“Are you sure.” I ask him.

“Of course. Have you forgotten about all our dreams babe? I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I want us to fulfil all our dreams together.” He assures me.

That was what I wanted to hear, and I think it calmed me down. Anyway, I needed to forget about the moment.

“I'm not angry, babe, I was just disappointed. But it's ok now. Let's forget about the incident, babe. It's getting late and tomorrow you have to go to work. I don't want you to be late, so it's better we go to sleep.” I say to him and he agrees. It was already 12.00 am. He had few hours to sleep, and I know how he likes to extend his sleep.

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Even in my dreams, I just can't seem to forget about the lady. Was she going to take my Felix away from me, or was I just overthinking? I just hoped it was just one of my insecurities. I was just afraid of losing him because he was already a big part of my life and I just could not imagine my life without him. I will never wish us to separate. I will never allow that to happen to me.

I just can't sleep with all the thoughts running through my mind. For once, I wish I had just stayed indoors tonight, I would not be going through this at all.

I get up to get some water from the kitchen and when I come back to the bedroom I find Felix already asleep.

“Felix is mine forever and there is no one that could ever separate us.” I say to myself.

Felix's POV

What is wrong with me today? I wonder. Something was fundamentally wrong. I just could not seem to forget about the lady. I just wished I will bump into her tomorrow. I wanted to see her again.

Even though I had assured Ella that nothing was going on. In my heart, I was so confused. I could not understand what was going on with me. The lady had perplexed me. I mean, was it crush at first sight? Because it was definitely not love.

I hear Ella getting up from the bed and I see her going out of the room. I bet she was not getting any sleep, just like me. I could not stand it, she was going through all of this because of me. I did not want to hurt her even a bit, but that was precisely what I did earlier.

When I had bumped into the same lady at the movies. I just froze there, admiring how beautiful she was. For a moment, I forgot all about Ella, I could not even remember that she was standing right there besides me.

There was something special about the lady, and I was interested in seeing her again. I just hoped I will see her again at the office today. I was eager to know more about her. My whole mind and being wanted to be with her. This was so disturbing.

Ella comes to check on me and I pretend to be asleep. I want her to rest and forget about all that had happened earlier today. It was not necessary anymore. I was sure I will figure out my feelings, and I am sure Ella is the one I will always be with.