Chapter 15: Chapter 15

Chapter 15

‘’Good morning, beautiful?’’ he greets startling me, his acorn brown eyes speckled with hazel twinkling like a black garnet, under the moon while staring right into my soul. I have no words to respond to that and if I do, then my lips cannot just open up to mouth the words at the moment. ‘’Hey, it’s wrong to stare in such a lecherous manner.’’ He says once again when I keep making a sheep's eyes at him. He winks at me and I shy.

His hands are squarely propelled in his pockets. He looks edible.

‘’Um … good morning, sir?’’ I say nervously and turn on my heels to walk away. I don’t go far before he speaks behind me.

‘’Sir? Did you just call me that? Are you okay?’’ he asks making me to stop at the entrance but I don’t turn to look at him, my arrogant stalker.

I am trying so much not to burst a hearty laughter. He is used to me calling him Harrison and maybe he is truly surprised by me calling him sir.

‘’I have never been better, sir!’’ I respond still facing the direction I was headed to.

Someone clears their throat dramatically and when I turn to look, madam Aliana is standing there, looking all good, smart and well-groomed.

I turn my gaze off her. She must have heard my sarcasm towards him. I wonder how much she knows. What he has told him about me and what his plans are.

‘’Everything okay?’’ she asks quietly.

‘’Yes, ma’am. I was just headed to the kitchen to help Janet with some work.’’ I say looking at the gentleman standing at the door.

He looks handsome. I don’t know where he slept but he is all smart in his official wear. He must be going to work right now, maybe that’s the reason he is all dressed up.

‘’So, go.’’ She dismisses me calmly. ‘’Come in Harry. You are really early.’’ She notes very politely. I spare the Harrison guy a glance one more time before walking away in a quick move. I wonder why he is here this early. I don’t want to speculate anything, I just want to understand his being here.

‘’Does he usually come here very early? Or is it just since I came to the city and to this house?’’ I ask Janet when I walk to the kitchen without looking at her in the eyes. She might just decipher my looks right now and that’s not exactly good for me.

‘’Who are you talking about, Clara?’’

‘’Cut the crap, Janet! Does Harry …’’ She cuts me short.

‘’Aah! You talking about Mr. Harry? Not exactly. I mean I know he used to come here but this new way of him taking breakfast here every morning, started when you came here. I bet that nigga loves you so much. He must be breathing you, walking you, dreaming you and even …’’

‘’Stop! You are making me feel weird. What is there about me to be loved by him? I am not here to be loved but to work and achieve my goals someday.’’

She laughs sarcastically on the same. ‘’Keep convincing yourself. Your facial expression shows otherwise, you should look at yourself in the mirror, then know if that’s what you really are saying from deep inside you.’’

‘’What do you mean?’’

‘’You love that guy, Clara. I don’t need to be a genius to realize that you do. You fell in love the very first day you came to the city. Remember that day Luke rescued you from his grip?’’ I nod when she asks that. ‘’you were already in love, babe. In fact, that wasn’t necessary, you would have just done it by yourself. You shouldn’t be too hard on yourself. Loosen up a little, just a little bit and you will understand yourself. Don’t beat yourself to death about it, it isn’t a bad thing, okay?’’ I don’t respond to that. I walk towards her in small and unsure steps. I pick the hotpot she is holding in her hands and turn to walk away. ‘’Watch your steps, girl.’’ I don’t stop. I walk away totally ignoring her.

She is speaking like she has some experience. Well, I don’t give a hoot about whatever she says or thinks. She is entitled to her opinions, right?

‘’I walk to the dining room, he is still standing there, at the same spot where he was when I walked to the kitchen. I swear he looks super good and my heart tickles every time I look at him. I ignore him completely and after placing the hotpot on the table, I turn on my heels to walk away. I need to go back to the kitchen to pick up more food.

‘’You know it is rude to ignore your visitors, right?’’ I fake a smile towards him and I swear his, is a genuine, bright and beautiful smile looping and undulating on his lips. I love it when I see a bright smile, it gives me hope.

‘’Welcome Mr. Visitor, my bad. I didn’t mean to ignore you.’’ I tell him sarcastically, I scan the room in a swift move and I am glad when I cannot see madam Aliana because that would mean her noticing how rude I am to her visitor.

‘’Cut the sarcasm, Clarita. It doesn’t suit you.’’ I smile despite myself. He is such a crazy chap. I love the escape of my name from his lips. I don’t see the reason why he would be asking me to welcome him when he normally sits his ass down without me telling him.

‘’If you don’t welcome me nicely, I will …’’

‘’Do what, Mr.?’’

‘’Do this.’’ I don’t know how fast he makes it to where I am standing but the next thing I notice is his lips pressed on mine. He is doing it savagely and ferociously. I am tempted to return the kiss but I shun the urge, I don’t kiss him back totally. When he pulls away, my palm lands on his cheeks and I run away to our bedroom banging the door behind me.

Torrents of tears are falling freely and don’t do anything to keep them at bay. I am really feeling bad about this. I don’t think he was supposed to that.

‘’Hey, I am sorry.’’ His voice flows through my ear. I have no idea how he came in here and to be honest, what he just did isn’t nice at all. I thought I had locked the door but it seems otherwise.

‘’How did you come in?’’ I ask angrily and he keeps quiet.

‘’I want to know if you forgive me. It wasn’t my intention to kiss you. You have been such a tough nut to crack and I wanted to find out how it felt to kiss you.’’

‘’Your findings.’’

‘’Hey, I know I took you by surprise. I did it against your will and that you didn’t even kiss me back but wow! That was the best kiss ever. I felt heavenly. I know I shouldn’t have done that but I don’t regret anything I did. It was the best I have ever done. Your lips are soft and …’’

‘’Stop! You are not going to rant about some shit when you have offended me!’’ I shout and he eyes me licking his lips sensually. I realize there and then that he is making very small steps towards me. ‘’Don’t move, or I will shout.’’ This guy literally thinks that I am his toy that he can play around with.

‘’I am used to that phrase from you. Shouting can never be of help to you. You need to find other avenues to take care of your problems. I can assure you that shouting isn’t anywhere close to the list.’’ Wow!

I really thought that the arrogant Harry had left him but it seems not. He is still arrogant and boastful. He just kissed me a few minutes ago and now he thinks shouting will not help me?

He walks towards me in sure steps and before I know it, his hands are rubbing my back soothingly. I want to ask him to stop but I can’t. I don’t have the guts to do it because, despite the fact that I hate what he is doing, I am really feeling good.

‘’Why did you do it?’’ I ask in a pure whisper.

‘’Do what, Clarita?’’

‘’The shit you …‘’

‘’It is not shit. It is called kissing. I feel like you cut me short. You should have let me finish it and I wonder if you could still be feeling like it was shit.’’ He licks his lower lip sensually. ‘’Don’t tell me it was …ooh! my God! Your first kiss? I stole your first kiss?’’ He behaves as if it is important to steal a girl’s first kiss.

‘’What does it matter if you did?’’

‘’I feel flattered already. I cannot explain what I feel to you because you wouldn’t understand. Being your first kiss only means that I am going to be the one and only. To answer your question, I did it because I really like you. I feel like you like me too but sometimes you confuse my emotions when you turn wild towards me.’’

I don’t feel disgusted. I feel somewhat relieved. Whatever he has in his shitty mind is bullshit. Now he thinks being my first kiss makes him to be the only one I will ever have?

I wish him all the best.

‘’Can I ask you for a favour?’’

‘’So long as you will not ask me never to attempt that again.’’

I am not sure if this guy is joking or if he is serious. I don’t like him being so authoritative towards me, I just want him to stop coming here because he is messing me up. I am bothered with what is going on so, I stand on my feet and start to walk away but he clasps my wrist.

‘’Don’t go away. Please stay and hear what I have to say.’’ See what I am saying? One minute, he is this humble dude and the next minute, insanely arrogant. He is begging me to stay and to me, that is like winning some sort of lottery but I wouldn’t wanna get used to it. He could be doing it as a test for my patience.

I turn to look at his charming eyes and I swear my heart softens without him working any harder for it. He smiles a bit and I pull my gaze away but he cups my face with his strong warm palms bringing my gaze back to his.

He holds my gaze long enough to let me see the shimmering and the glimmering in them.

‘’What do you want?’’ my voice is soft in volume and lower in pitch. I am surprised he hears my question.

‘’I want you to stay. Don’t go anywhere because I need you.’’

‘’Why do you need someone like me? ‘’

‘’I had explained why right?’’ I shake my head. ‘’Okay, I want a friend in you, that’s the first thing. Second, the very first time my eyes landed on you. I couldn’t take my heart away from you. I saw you and boom! I knew that finally, God had brought someone to spend time with me. I wanted to hold you from going with your cousin but I couldn’t do it. I have since then wanted to spend each day with you but you keep sending me away.’’ He explains humbly. ‘’I remember trying to erase you from my heart but guess what! My heart kept you safe. I couldn’t bring myself to forget your face.’’

‘’What exactly do you want?’’ he looks me over for a long second. I don’t know why but my heart leaps with joy and when I look at him again, he is full of smiles and his brown eyes sparkle and scintillate with love.

He brings his forehead towards mine, he rubs both gently and I don’t make any efforts to stop him. I just wanna see where this will take us. I close my eyes when he keeps looking at me and the cracking sound of the door startles me.

Janet takes in our position and she shakes.

‘’Um … madam Aliana is calling you, Mr. Harry.’’

"Sure," he says and takes my hand gently pulling me towards the dining. I pass a quick glance at Janet and her palm is over her mouth. I wonder what she is surprised about. I am about to protest but he stops on his track.

‘’Do not make me carry you to the dining.’’ When he says that, I know how shameful that might be to me so, I follow him willingly.

‘’Aliana,’’ he calls and madam Aliana turns to look at us. She is seated at her usual sport enjoying her breakfast in peace. I try pulling my hand from his grip but he is stronger than me.

‘’Yes, Harry.’’

‘’Can I take Clarita somewhere? I promise to bring her back in a few hours.’’ He asks obediently looking at madam Aliana.

She smiles sweetly before she shakes her head. ‘’Do you want to go, Clara? It is not my decision to make. If she is willing to go with you, it is her off day, so, she is free to do whatever she wants and that includes going with you.’’ I keep quiet for some time before I respond. I am about to say no to him. I don’t think I wanna go with him.

My guess meets his delightful and endearing eyes and I change my mind immediately. His charming eyes softens my heart.

No doubt.

‘’Will you, Clara?’’ I nod uncertainly. I don’t know where he is taking me but I believe that he might take me back to the ranch to learn how to ride on a horse.

His gesture of opening the car door for me is quite sweet.

I love it.

He pulls out smoothly.