Feel the Way You Feel, My Love

Natalie jerked in shock at his severe tone and shied away from his interrogative glare. “What do you mean, Stanley?”

He raised her chin and forced her to look right into his eyes. “Don’t play dumb, Nat. You know what I mean.”

Natalie did not like how Stanley was treating her. An irritated frown spread across her brows, and she pushed him away.

However, Stanley wasn’t going to give her a chance. He increased the pressure and pressed his fingers against her chin, preventing her from moving at all.

But Stanley was relentless. He moved closer to her, and his exasperated breaths beat against her cheeks. “Why, Nat? Why? Why must it be Shane Thompson? Why can’t it be me?”

Natalie looked up at him in complete shock. “Stanley…”

“I’ve waited for you for five years, Nat. I’ve always thought you’d fall for me one day. I was there by your side, waiting for you to realize how I feel. That’s why I’ve never forced my feelings on you. But what did I get in return? You fell for him just two months after you got back…” Stanley buried his head into her shoulder as he vented.

Natalie’s lips quivered at his confession. Her emotions were a mess, and she did not know how she should respond to Stanley. “I’m so sorry, Stanley. I really have no idea about how you feel towards me.”

could do was apologize. She had always taken Stanley as her best friend—nothing more

She would never trade their friendship for

never told you anything. I thought one day you’d come to realize that I have loved you all this while. I waited for five good years—and all for nothing. You end up falling for Shane. Nat, do you know how much

bit her lips without another word. She had never seen Stanley like this before. The veins on his temples bulged and pulsated as his indignant glare

a complete stranger. Stanley had

lock of her hair. His

Natalie’s spine as his chilly voice echoed in her ears. She forced

inch. “I’m not, Nat. I know exactly

as his gaze wandered and finally stopped

up loving someone else. I’ll not give up

forced his lips on hers and kissed

dead

when she finally came around. Yet,

lips, making his way into her mouth. But just as Natalie almost burst out in tears, a solid punch landed on