Michael sighed. In his head, the pictures of their ti when they were in the Uni appeared, as sa as in Jacqueline's mind.
The university ti had been an important part of their lives. Michael Mackenzie was a very popular star of the university with his handso elegant appearance and social status. Everything that made up this man was so perfect that it was unbelievable.
The man had never walked alone without a beautiful female by his side. Jacqueline at that ti always wondered how he managed his schedule with all the won tried to catch his attention.
His handso, charismatic sex appeal made Michael Mackenzie never free from having "dating".
Their families had known each other from business and later, they had beco close friends. Giving Jacqueline the opportunity to et Michael at various parties since she was thirteen. The young Michael was into parties and campus activities, but lazy at studying. The young Jacqueline was a bookworm so they ended up studying in the sa class at the university.
His mother then asked Jacqueline to help to tutor Michael sotis. At first, she did not want to do it because she was secretly feeling uncomfortable when being close to him. But Jacqueline had to do it in the end because his mother was so nice to her.
That made him and her being friends ever since. So Jacqueline was Michael's close friend and private tutor, making many girls jealous of her at that ti. Because she was the only woman who was seeing him most often, almost every day included weekends when he had to pick her up to his house for studying or he ca to her house to do it when he felt want to change the atmosphere.
He dated a lot of won, but the only woman who had never co across his mind as a woman for dating was Jacqueline. She believed he put her in a different corner of his mind as his close friend, only.
"Do you rember Hunt?"
He asked her, pulling Jacqueline's mind back to the present ti.
"Yes. I do. He was one of your friends. Why?"
She rembered the man with glasses who was very friendly to her. He was in Michael's gang. But one day she had heard Michael stopped being friends with him. That was when they were in the senior year.
"He liked you. He asked if he could date you or not. So I said no."
Michael rembered that day. He had an argunt with Hunt. The man was stubborn and kept telling him how much he liked Jacqueline. She was close to him and was his tutor. So, Hunt was thinking that Michael could be his golden bridge to the pretty blonde hair woman who nobody could date.
It was Michael who stopped every man to date her. He was overprotective when it ca to Jacqueline. His mother had ordered him to do so. She was fond of Jacqueline and asked him to look after the young pretty lady which Michael did not mind to follow his mother's request. She was his close friend so he was willing to take care of her for sure to show his gratitude for her kindness about teaching him Maths.
Jacqueline raised her eyebrow up in a surprise gesture. She had no idea if a man had to ask Michael if he wanted to date her.
"Really? Why was that? I didn't have a clue he liked ."
Jacqueline mumbled. Michael turned to look at her face. Their bodies are warm and he was touching her hand softy. She was still slim after all these years. It could be because of her outdoor activities did her good, or it could be her genes.
"That ti I didn't know the real reason why I had to protect you from every man. I was thinking you were so young and innocent. I didn't want you to get into trouble with n. I felt as if it was my responsibility to take care of you. And that was the reason I told myself. Another reason I used for supporting my behavior was that I had to follow my mother's request."
He told her. She looked at him and blinked. To Michael, he always felt like she was the sa girl when she was eighteen.
Jacqueline did not know what to say. At the university. She hardly had male friends. But she did have one friend who was not in Michael's gang. His na was Ken.
"So, first ti, when Hunt told he wanted to ask you out. I said...No, I didn't allow him. He wasn't happy about it but I did not care as I was so arrogant as you know . The second ti, he went to you, did he?"
He turned to asked and Michael could not help himself to sniff on her soft hair. She slled so good, the way he always rembered. Jacqueline blushed for what he just did, but she lay still and tried to ignore it.
The man seed to forget about his chest pain already. She hoped he was going to be alright. The light from the lamp on the side-table was dim, but they still could see clearly. Now he raised her hand to put on his chest. She could feel his heartbeats. At least it was still working.
"Yes, I guess. I don't rember much about him. But I heard that you hit him or sothing."
"Yes, I did. I thought he was not good enough for you. And we argued. He started the fight first. So I jumped in and he was out of my group. That ti I did not know that my behavior was called jealousy. "
Jacqueline listened to him intently. She was surprised to know about this. It was the story from his side. And the man had never realized it himself. Her heart was pounding to know he had feelings for her since then.
Michael lifted her hand to kiss gently. She did not protest. He was delighted that she was here lying down next to him, very closely and he could kiss her hair and her hand now. He intended to kiss her more places but everything had to go slow. He wanted to give her ti to get prepared while she was listening to him confessing his feelings to her. He kissed her palm and her fingers, one by one.
Jacqueline felt her goosebumps all over her body as his soft lips touching her skin.
"Um, how are you feeling now? I an your heart."
She asked. She was still worried about his illness.
"It seems a little better right now. But still not one hundred percent. Let tell you more. In case I die any minute tonight"
he said and used his trick to scare her just like before. She hurried to put her other hand on his mouth to stop him.
"Don't say that word again. I don't want to hear it."
Jacqueline told him and now he gathered both her hands his big hands. She had to lie on her side and face him. So he also turned. Now they were facing each other.
"I am glad to know that you care about a little. I love you so much, Queen. I am a stupid arrogant man who was very slow at realizing my true feelings and my own heart. And I have to lose you to realize it. It's the worst punishnt I have received for it."
He said and bent down to kiss her forehead.
"Let tell you more about it. As you know I was a bad wayward man and you were a very opposite to . I was really bad that I dated a lot of won but I kept my eyes on you all the ti without you knew. It was only Ken, who I could not stop him to be close to you. Then the way you treated him, making very unhappy at that ti. Because I thought I was the number one man in your life. And when we graduated. You told that you were going to date him. I was shocked and I did know what to do. "
He said. Jacqueline rembered that ti. The way she had fallen in love with Michael secretly and he had never turned to look at her as a woman. He only saw her as his friend and sister. So when they all had graduated, Ken asked to be her boyfriend. She liked him as a friend. He was a very good man and a good friend all those years.
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