Michael's POV

I've been in meetings all day and when I finally get back to my office, I see I have eight missed calls on my phone all from a private number and whoever it was hasn't left a message or voicemail which is really weird since whoever it was clearly wanted to get hold off me. I'm about to leave to get some lunch and my phone rings and again it's from a private number and this time I pick up.

"hello?"

"Michael?" A female voice quietly says "yeah, who's this?" I frown confused "it's me. Please don't hang up"

"who's me?" I say a little irritated "Lisa" she mumbles and I don't say anything for a moment shocked she'd call me after all this time. "Michael? Are you still their?"

"um.. y-yeah I'm still here" I say shakily "what do you want?"

"I was wondering if we could talk.. About us"

"there's is no us. Don't call me again!" I frown about to hang up and she continues talking "Michael, please? I know you must still be angry with me and I completely understand, but I need you to know I'm so sorry for what I did and..."

"angry doesn't come close!" I snap cutting her off "I'm sorry. Can we talk? I really want us to work this out. I know we can move past this"

"there's nothing to work past! We're over don't call me again!" I snap shakily down the phone and hang up as she's about to say something.

I can't believe Lisa called me after all this time and to be so casual about it. It's taken me so long to get over her and now everything just come flooding back to me. I can never forget or forgive her for what she did, not this time. I gave her chance after chance and she still continued to fuck me over and I'm not gonna let her do that to me again I'm not got let any woman do that to me.

There's a knock on the door and and I quickly wipe the tears from my face and compose myself before opening it. "you ready for lunch?" Randy asks "mhm" I nod faking a smile and he looks at me for a moment "have you been crying?"

"no, I just got a bit of hay fever" I lie which he see's straight through and closes the door behind us "what's happened?" he asks concerned and I tell him about Lisa calling.

"dude, fuck her! And whatever shitty excuses she has this time. You don't need someone like that in your life"

"I know that and I don't intend to have her or any woman in my life"

"well maybe not now. But you'll find someone someday. There's the right person out there for you somewhere" he smiles through pursed lips. "all women ever do is fuck me over and whoever I meet is gonna do the same thing Lisa and the others did. I'm never putting myself through that again" I shake my head "Mike, your 25 trust me one day your gonna meet a woman who's beautiful and sweet and..."

"and then I'll wake up" I shrug cutting him off "not all woman are like Lisa" he shakes his head "look, I know she hurt you and..."

"didn't you wanna go for lunch?" I cut him off not wanting to speak about this anymore and he nods and smiles through pursed lips taking the hint and quickly drops the conversation.

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Leanne's POV

Since we both have the morning off Mia and I decided to go shopping and so far we've been having a really good time. I love our shopping days because it's the only time I get to feel normal again and be just like everybody else which is an extremely rare feeling I get these days.

"how hot is this!?" Mia smiles a me showing me a red dress that's caught her eye "yeah, it'll really suit you" I smile still looking through some clothes "what about you?" She smiles "I haven't found anything I like yet" I shrug. There are some nice clothes here, but everything this store seems to sell is either really tight or revealing and I get why Mia brought me here, but it'll be nice to have some casual clothes too. The only casual stuff I have is one pair of jeans and a hoodie which were the clothes I was wearing when I got here. I did have more, but my aunt Mary threw it all away and made me get new stuff because she said they made me look to young and I have to try and look older. "well I'm gonna go try this on, I'll be right back" Mia smiles and goes towards the changing rooms and I nod still looking around the store and suddenly hear a familiar voice

"Leanne? Oh my god! We haven't seen you in weeks!?" Gemma a girl from my old high school and my once best friend shouts rushing over to me "hey, how's it going?" I smile awkwardly at them. "it's going good. How have you been. We haven't heard from since your parents... You know. What happened? you just disappeared and your phones been switched off" Katie another old friend says "I um... I went to live with my aunt. She lives pretty far"

"so your at a new school now?" Gemma asks "mhm. It seemed easier to change school rather than traveling so far everyday" I lie "so how come you haven't called us?"

"I lost my phone and I haven't had your numbers" I lie yet again. We continue talking and Gemma gives me her number and I give her my new (fake) number.

As we're talking and catching up, Mia walks over to us "are these girls bothering you Leanne?" She frowns "oh, no.. These are some friends from my old high school" I smile through pursed lips then turn to them "and this is my um... Cousin, Mia" I fake a smile. "nice to meet you all, but we're kind of in a rush" Mia says taking my hand and quickly walking out with me "I'll call you later and we can catch up properly!" Gemma shouts to me as Mia and I are leaving and I nod faking a smile.

"what the hell are you doing!?" Mia frowns at me and I look at her confused "you can't talk to those girls again. Ever! Did you really give them your number?"

"of course not. And why can't I talk to them?"

"why do you think!? That's your old life and you need to leave them in the past. It'll only make things harder on yourself"

"but.. "

"but nothing" she cuts me off "trust me Leanne, I'm saying this for your own good. This is your life now and you need to forget about everything from your old one. It'll only hurt you more" she smiles at me through pursed lips and I don't say anything "it's not like your alone. You have me. The other girls and your aunt. It's not like your alone" she smiles and I fake a smile through pursed lips not wanting to discuss it anymore. I understand why Mia thinks it's best I never talk to them again, but those girls were my best friends once and I wanted so badly to go with them and just hang out at the arcades or having pizza and movie nights like I used to "c'mon we really do have to go. You have a client booked in 20" Mia says bringing me back to my miserable reality.

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We get back just in time and Pete the guy who's 'booked' me is waiting. "I've been waiting ten minutes" he frowns "but you weren't supposed to be here until 2:30" I mumble "don't get an attitude with me bitch. I paid good money for you. Try being a little more grateful" he frowns and I nod seeing Mary frowning at me from the corner of my eye. I've dreaded Pete coming all morning because he's such a horrible person and as much as I hate even breathing the same air as him just like the others. I know if I say something or they complain I'd have to deal with Mary.

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Michael's POV

During lunch Randy and I talked alot and after speaking to him I'm feeling alot better and relaxed, but when I get home that relaxed and confident feeling Randy has spent all afternoon helping me with quickly goes away the second I get home.

"how did you get in here?" I frown confused seeing Lisa standing up from the sofa "I still have my keys" she smiles shyly "the place looks different since I was last here. It's nice" she says looking around "why are you here?" I frown confused. "I told on the phone. I want us to be together again, like we used to be"

"why? Did the other guy run out of money? Or did he finally realise your just a gold digging whore?" I shrug sarcastically "actually I left him. I know what I did was wrong and I'm truly sorry for that. I never loved him. I've only ever loved you and I still do and I know you still love me too"

"I want you too leave" I say pointing towards the door and she starts moving closer to me "do you still love me, Michael?"

"I want you to go" I mutter "that's not what I asked you" she smiles putting her arms around my neck, moving her lips close to mine "do you still love me?"

"please don't do this" I mumble "I take that as yes" she smiles "lets just forget about the past. we can be happy again. Just me and you" she whispers onto my lips and out of nowhere where I crash my lips hard against hers, kissing her roughly as we lead each other into the bedroom.

We practically throw ourselves onto the bed and Lisa gets on top of me, kissing me deeply then starts making her way down my body, quickly undoing my pants and I groan as she releases my throbbing member stroking hard and fast on my shaft "s-stop" I stutter pushing her away just as her lips were about to touch my tip. "y-you need to go" I stutter getting up adjusting myself "what's wrong? I thought this is what you wanted" she looks and me confused "are you serious!? This isn't what I wanted! What I wanted was for us to be married and raise a family and be happy. Not have my wife lie and cheating on me and tell me I'm gonna be a father and..."

"and I'm so sorry for all of that. I truly am and I know I messed up, but I made a mistake and we can work through this and...."

"N-no y-your not gonna do this. I'm not gonna let you hurt me again" I stutter backing away from her. "and I won't. baby I love you and I promise I'll never..."

"just get out of my house" I cut her off "baby, please?"

"are you fucking deaf!?" I snap grabbing her arm pulling her towards the door "get the fuck out of my house! I'm not gonna let you or anybody else do this to me again!" I say shakily "I want my keys back" I frown stopping at the door "but..."

"but nothing!" I snap taking the keys from her pocket "we're divorced and this is my house not yours and NO! I DON'T love you. Not anymore. now get the fuck out!" I yell practically shoving her out the door and slam it shut behind her then drop down on the floor and burst into tears, thinking about how stupid I was for almost letting her do that to me again.

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Leanne's POV

After scrubbing  at my body trying to get every last inch of that man off of me. I head to my room and immediately burst into tears "awww, Leanne sweetie. You need try and pull yourself together, if Mary sees you crying like this... You saw what happened to the last girl" Mia tries to soothe me, but with no luck "oh my God! Can you please shut that little cry baby up already" Emma says walking past our open bedroom door "jeez, you've been here weeks now get over it" she rolls her eyes and walks off to her room. And Mia turns back to me "I hate to say this sweetie, but Emma's right. You can't keep getting upset like this. What if this happened in front of a client?"

"it didn't and it won't. I did all the tricks you told. How to block it out and stuff" I sniffle "well you need to block it out all of the time not just for and hour while your with a client" she smiles at me through pursed lips "it's getting, late we should probably get some sleep" she sighs going over to her bed and I nod wiping my tears and close the door then make my way to bed.