"I love you"

Priscilla glared at him. It took her few moments to register what he said and when she did, she spun around to face him. But one look at him and that smile tugging at her lips turned to a heavy sigh.

"What did you just say"? She asked.
Felix still smiling, repeated it and she sighed again, longer and heavier this time.
" You can't possibly mean that", she protested.
" But I do, Priscilla, with all that is in me", Felix assured.

Priscilla rubbed her forehead. "Okayy. Let's back up a minute; just hol' up. What are doing? Why are you doing this to us? We have such a wonderful relationship."

"Yes baby", Felix began, " and I'm willing to take this relationship to the next level. Darling I'm head over heels in love with you. I have truly fallen, deeply, in love with you."
Felix took some time to take in Priscilla's expression. It was a mixture of fright, amusement and anxiety. And Felix wondered why.

Priscilla put her hands on her head and said, "Lobatan!"
"Sorry, what?"
"I said 'lobatan'. This is the end, it is finished. At least you said you loved me. That was still okay; friends love, families love. But to be IN love with me, Felix that's a different case.And you just had to add a ring."

"Wait, don't you love me? I mean I'm not on one knee for no reason."Felix continued.
Priscilla shook her head and laughed a little, "In a minute, you'll realize that that is exactly what you're doing. If I can't feel the way I'm supposed to after you just dropped that bombshell, then I'm guessing...I...don't just love you."

Felix looked on, his face a mask of hurt and pain. Priscilla felt for him but she couldn't bring herself to go down this path and make them bought miserable. Better to end things now. They should never have even come this far.

Priscilla felt the need to explain. "This is the first time, you've told me how much you loved me. Heck! This is the first time you've actually said it. Please why did you have to ruin it with a ring?"

Finally Felix spoke. "How can you be so unfeeling and cruel?"

The pity she began to feel for him immediately turned to irritation and annoyance.

She replied him fiercely, "Bros, what's your issue? When you first met me you knew how brutally honest and insensitive I could be. But that didn't stop you then. In fact you said that it added to my charm. So now because I did not allow you put a ring on it, I'm cruel, abi? Let me tell you something, I get craze o! Don't try me. Let me not shepe fun e. Did I beg you that I want to marry ni?"

Priscilla hissed and turned her face to the side in order not to look at him. But at that moment she felt a pang of guilt. She faced him again. "I'm sorry, I was harsh. Look I have an idea." When she got his attention, she continued. "Why don't you box up that ring and keep it in your pocket. They are so many girls that would love to be with you right now."

She grabbed her coat and began to make her way towards the door. "Ummm...I'll tell our friends that we broke up; or better yet, you", she pointed to him, "broke up with me", pointing back at herself, "that way you can keep your manly ego and pride and whatever."

She was finally at the door. "Please think about seeing other people. And to give you a headstart, Anthonia, remember, my secretary, always had a thing for you." She winked and then left, clicking the door shut behind her.

Leaving a hurting Felix, still one-knee-d on the ground, wondering what the hell just happened.
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