Adonis stared at her for a second, like he could not believe they were actually physically together in the same room, like he couldn’t believe she actually agreed to speak with him. He coughed, rubbing his neck as she stared at her shyly, “I know i’m stupid, i’m a fool and nothing could ever excuse what i’ve done but-” He saw the look she was giving him so he stopped, “Clara, I’m a said in dm like a real one, and I know it might sound unbelievable but I have proof.” He pulled up his phone, showing articles of himself, describing him as runaway and the high price for returning him where he is needed, with other information. “Every time when we were together, when I would run away or seemed stressed or not as passionately into our conversations it was because of this. My mother had sent me a text that my grandfather was coming closer to my whereabouts and I had to be careful, move or do whatever was possible to hide from him. My grandfather is also known to be a little.” Adonis did a cuckoo expression, “And I worried he would harm you, because he would think you were the reason I was not returning back, you were the person I was most attached too during our relationship. The person I cared the most for, I think back then I cared for you more than my own family and I’m a huge family man.” He chuckled but his voice sounded hoarse, “Everything was going so well till my mom with a panic voiced called me, telling me that he has heard of someone with your name and that she knew of my whereabouts and I well froze. That was the day I broke things off with you.” He explains running a finger through his hair, “I had hoped the breaking off thing with you would work to keep you safe and I could do that while still being your friend and not your boyfriend as I would be able to maintain a distant but safe relationship with you. But then I got another call about you and my grandpa, and then I stopped talking to you completely and to a lot of other people to deal with the situation. I wasn’t going to let him get to you Clara, I had wanted to tell one of your dads but I didn’t want them to know about my situation or involve them with business concerning the -------. Then after some time, my mom had told me that the Clara my grandfather had discovered wasn’t you but another Clara who had lied that she knew my whereabouts for a price and well i didn’t know what to do. I had wanted to text you, ask if we could hang, talk sht out as I make sht up about why I ghosted you when we were doing fine as friends who were once exes but I still had feelings for you and I wasn’t really ready to see your face or see the way I hurt nor did i want to keep lying to you. So I thought it would be best if i kept doing what I was doing till …” Till the carnival, he thought giving her an embarrassed look as he stared at his feet. “Look, I didn’t mean to basically kidnap you during the carnival but seeing you again… I had wanted to confess everything to you right there and then, get on my knees and propose we run away to some far away land, away from grandfather and away from all the troubles we had but that was a fantasy.” He chuckled once more, “I guess my life is basically a fantasy.” Adonis sighed, “Well, when you had said you wanted to go back, I was going to take you, I really was. But I don’t know if you noticed I got a text, it was about one of my grandfather’s men, was in school so I panicked and turned the other way using the carnival as an excuse. I knew you wouldn’t want to talk to me again after all that, but back then I had a lot of worries.” He was going to tell her about Destiny and Nevaeh but he wanted to give Clara time to process this information he just dropped on her before he spoke on his love life to his ex. Aahh, Adonis bitterly chucked in his mind, she truly was his ex, his ex everything; an ex friend and ex girlfriend because Adonis was stupid.