Chapter 248: The End

Malachi didn't know how long he held Melanie for.

But since he was feeling more than a little responsible for breaking her heart, he didn't complain or make any moves to leave first.

After all, she was the victim in all of this.

She had been taken advantage of, and he didn't want to punish her any more than she already had been.

But he couldn't just make himself stay with someone who he didn't love or trust.

Not after all of the wonderful women that he was already with were showing him everyday just how much they cared about him and the family they were building.

He just wanted to move on, and keep Melanie as another close friend.

"I gotta say, you're really surprising me here, Mel. I thought I wasn't your type anymore." he tried to make a joke, hoping that would lighten the atmosphere a bit.

Mel finally wiped her face of tears and grabbed him by the ear.

"I-I only said that because I didn't remember all the things I loved about you! I can get past your manwhorish looks now!"

Malachi's brow visibly twitched and he tried to keep a forced smile on his face.

'Somehow, I think she was nicer to me before I got my powers. At least then she used to lie to me and tell me I was cute.'

While Mal was remembering the good old days, Melanie got a sudden idea and bit her lip anxiously.

Before Malachi knew what she was doing, she took her hand and placed it directly over his crotch.

"Mel!" The first thing that Malachi did was push her hand away, but she took it upon herself to remove her towel in the hopes of seducing him.

"I know that we can't be together... but I want to rewrite my first time and give it to the person who I actually should have in the first place."

"Melanie, stop." Mal denied firmly.

"Just once, Mal! I promise that I will never have feelings for you again if you just help me move on! I know that it's selfish of me, but... I just want to not feel like a victim for once..!"

Malachi's pupils trembled visibly as he watched Melanie fight to touch him again.

Though he knew what the right thing to do was, the visible desperation in her eyes made making that decision so much harder.

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Her eyes were a very noticeable blood red and there were tears coming out of her eye of the same color.

Her hands were wrapped around Malachi's neck so tightly that he couldn't breathe even if he wanted to, but he made no move to stop her.

"Why... do... I... smell.. a bitch... on...

you..?"

"Nadine, I-"

Her voice became softer and significantly more broken as the tears running down her face increased their deluge. "Did you cheat on me..? On us...?"

Malachi's heart was being stomped on for the second consecutive time today.

"No... of course not."

He touched Nadine lightly on the forehead and showed her all of his memories from the last two hours.

She had a minor headache before all of her heartbreak turned to guilt, then sadness, then sympathy.

"Oh... darling, I'm-"

"It's fine, I get it. Seeing you broken hearted like that... makes me really glad that I didn't go through with it."

Malachi and Nadine held each other on the floor of the bedroom without saying a word or turning on a light.

The only sound that could be heard was the beating of their own hearts and the occasional exchanged kiss between the two.

"...Will you talk to me about it?"

Instinctively, Malachi had almost told her no.

After all, things were the way they were.

There was no amount of talking that was going to change it, no words spoken that could undo the past.

However, just this once he was feeling a little bit more inclined to open up.

"Yea... Just promise me you won't start crying again, alright?"

"I promise."