Chapter 31: Chapter 31

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There are no rules when it comes to love. You just try to let love surprise you, because you never know who you are going to fall in love with, you never know who is going to come into your life__ and stay.

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Javier's POV

"And then I told her I loved her, in Italian language”I said smugly as I took a bite out my apple.

"Wow man, you are so gone, hooked line and sinker”Clyde said laughing we were having our usual morning chat over the screen and I was recounting my yesterday to him, my wonderful yesterday. "She's gonna Google it"

"No she won't”I said sitting up straight.

"I would if I were her, my curiosity won't let me sleep a wink, that's torture man"

I groaned, "she's not ready, she's not ready to know that I love her, she's still just getting over Sam and this is not just the right time for me to start professing my undeniable love for her"

"Then why did you tell her?”He asked me with a calm studying expression.

I signed looking at my half eaten apple, "I wanted her to know I loved her"

"She still doesn't know you know?"

"Ah fuck it!”I threw the stupid apple across the room, this apparently wasn't thought through. I heard Clyde's laugh booming through the screen.

"I hate you"

"I have enough love in me to go round thrice”Clyde said calming his laughter. "When I first met Carina, it was like Love at first sight"

I looked at him, are we really doing this? He going to tell me about his love life, no please. But he didn't get the message, if he did, he ignored it and continued to torture me.

"She was with you then and it was like, you can't steal your friends girl, bro code stuff. But I knew you didn't like her and she was just going to be added among your list of conquest. I was willing to be the annoying best friends who tagged along with his friend to all his dates, cancelling all plans of a promising night and butting in, in all conversations”he smiled at the memories and I smiled too, then it didn't take a seer to know Clyde liked Carina.

Then he face changed to scary serious, making me frown and attentive to whatever he wanted to say, "If you love her man, do everything humanly and even wizardly possible to make her love you too, because Love is a one time opportunity, you've got it, you keep it. You lose it, you lose it"

I gulped this is scary, love is scary. "How are things going on with you and Carina?"

He smiled, "Fine fine dude, fine fine"

We burst out laughing.

"Am back!”Megan shouted as I heard the penthouse door shut close "please don't show up without clothes, I beg you"

I chuckled, Megan's been trying announce her arrival in order to not to witness any towel episode again.

"Without clothes? Javier what have you been up to?”Clyde asked trying to hide the amusement in his voice, I already forgot we were talking.

"Bye”I said shutting the laptop before he could utter another word and turn my cheeks red. I grabbed a T-shirt and headed out of my room, I was taking a day off the office today and so was Megan. We had a lot of things to work on and learn after our meeting with the German directors yesterday.

"That's was fast”I said as I entering the parlour, Megan looked and me and let out a breath, then checked me out, she always did that and the funny thing was that she couldn't hide it, I always knew and I've made it a thing to always dress smartly in front of her. I raised my brows at her and she quickly looked away, I smiled, she's so cute like that.

"Yea, fortunately the laundry room was empty”she said as she carried the bunch of neat white sheets and headed into the room.

I was about to go jogging when Megan arrived the hotel this morning planning on finishing all her maid duties before we start our office duty, she went to do the laundry when I was going to take my bath and now she was done.

"When is Susan's surgery?”I asked her, the thought just popped into my mind, I'd have to release Megan then because Susan is very important to her.

"A date hasn't been set, she's still undergoing series of tests and we don't have the money yet”She said.

Hmm the fridge is almost empty, I need to go grocery shopping, we need to go. I took out a bottle of water and walked to the room, "is money the problem?"

"Nope, even if we had the money, the surgery wouldn't be done yet until the tests are over”Megan said while making my bed, I could tell she wasn't happy about it all and it's really sweet to see her care about Susan this much.

I nodded gulping down my water, "just know am always here”I said then she looked at me smiling a little, I didn't like seeing her sad at all, "if you need me all you have to do is say, Javierrrrr”I said mimicking an old lady's chirping voice. That made her laugh, really hard, I smiled, nice one.

"Thanks Javier”she said looking at me with sincerity written all over her face.

I leaned on the door frame, and winked "No problem"

She looked stunned for a moment then started laughing again, "that pose is so not sexy if that's what you are trying to do"

I frowned, "liar, I bet it made you wet"

She opened her mouth to say something, then shut it, then opened them again, then shut it. It was my turn to laugh hard. "Am joking Megan come on"

"Well, it didn't. Now leave me, am busy”she said turning away from me and resumed arranging an already perfect bed.

You don't need to pose to make me hard. Smack! Javier get your mind out of the gutter, another cold shower and you might just get pneumonia.

I walked up to her really fast and grabbed her hand forcing her to look at me, she had a surprised expression on her face, "Let's go grocery shopping"

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"I think this one is better”I said looking at the meat bag in my hands.

"Nope this one is”Megan said holding up another meat bag.

"This one looks better”I told her bringing it closer to her face in case she wasn't seeing well.

"This one smells better, take a sniff, go on”she said trying to get the meat close to my nose.

"Eww go away, am not good at judging raw food base on smell”I told her, my nose wasn't that accurate.

"I can smell really well and you don't judge food base on looks”she said.

"Says who? everything is judged based on looks”I countered back, does she even hear herself, looks is everything and am a living proof.

"Nope, I disagree Mr”Megan said waging her finger at me, I wanted to smile buy that could make me lose this argument. "If it smells bad, It’s a complete No No, smells count more than looks"

"You know, it won't even look good if it smells bad”I pointed out.

"My point exactly”Megan said.

"How is that your point, it's my point"

"I was going to that before you pointed it out"

"I chose this one"

"No let's go with this one"

"Am the one whose gonna eat it"

"Am the one who is going to cook it and get blamed if It’s bad"

"Oh just pick one already”an old lady said smiling at us.

"Or both”the old man she was clinging unto also said as they left smiling and whispering 'young couples'. I looked around and almost everybody there was smiling weirdly at us.

I cleared my throat and looked at Megan, she was blushing and looking at feet while shifting from one to the next, I smiled at her she's was making this too cute. "We can take two, am taking mine”I put it in the shopping carriage and walked away, adjusting my hoodie.

Megan and I bickered some more and shopped a lot, I found out a lot Megan preferences, we were opposite in some things but we also liked a few things together, I had a lot of fun shopping with Megan.

Megan's POV

"Am finally getting a hang of all this”I said smiling, Javier have been trying to teach me more about the company and how contracts are handled, yesterday a German director asked me a question and I really couldn't answer, Regina had to come in and save me. I don't know how Javier found out but he decided to educate me today. For the past two hours, we've been at it and I was finding it all difficult to understand, but pretty boy was really patient and taught me really well.

"Of ofcourse am the one teaching you, I never teach people, you should be honoured”He told me.

I smiled, anything and everything fuels Pretty boy's ego, "yes am very honoured that the great Sir Javier Altamira is educating me on professional_"

"And meat”he chirped in smiling proudly.

I laughed this time, yes Javier's meat wasn't bad afterall, it was just as good as mine, "yes professional and meat matters"

He stretched out his hand, I raised my brow at him, "it was nice tutoring you friend"

I smiled shaking his outstretched hand , "it was a pleasure learning from you pretty boy”we held hands for a while looking and smiling at each other, he started moving closer and I got butterflies in my tummy, is he going to kiss me? Yes please. Our face were inches apart then__

Thunderstruck!

"Ahhhhhhh”I shouted as I jumped into pretty boy's arms.

He wrapped his hands around and after a few minutes, he laughed, "you are scared of thunder?”

I let him go immediately, "No, I was just surprised I didn't expect that"

Stupid thunder, it just ruined an almost kiss, wait, thunder? Rain? I got up immediately and ran to the window, it was raining heavily.

"It’s raining Javier”I exclaimed.

"Yes, it is, want some tea?”He asked carefree.

"How would I get home, it's almost late?”Oh no, am trapped here, in this penthouse, with__

"I don't think you can go home now, just call"

"And stay here?”I asked, with him? Wow, Santa came early this way, a whole day with Javier?

"Do you have another place to go?”He asked me while preparing two cups of tea.

"Nope”I replied trying not to sound too excited.

"You don't want to stay here?”He asked taking the cups and approaching me.

"No!”I answered too quickly, "I'd love to"

"OK we could watch a movie, what do you think about teen wolf?”he asked handing me my cup of hot tea. I nodded, I loved teen wolf.

"I thought you didn't watch movies?”I asked remembering the last time he came to the house.

"I don't but in moments like this, I do”he smirked then went into his room.

I texted Rita, telling her I won't be home, if the rain doesn't stop soon, I've have to spend the night here. Am not excited, am not because nothing would happen and nothing would happen because sadly we are just friends.

Liar, you are excited because even though we are just friends, it Javier, every moment, time and minute with him is precious.

My eyes were trained on Dylan O'Brien as I blindly reached for the pizza, we been silently watching the movie on Netflix and eating the lovely pizza, I've been stealing glances at pretty boy for sometime now, he looked so beautiful illuminated by the screen light, I've never seen a more handsome man.

My hands touched something that was definitely not pizza, I immediately retracted my hand when I realized I was touching Javier's fingers, I blushed looking at him and when he looked back, I looked away. Oh God my cheeks are so red, am suddenly feeling hot and my heart is about to jump out.

"It’s the last slice of pizza”Javier declared. I looked and it truly was the last slice of the juicy pizza. "I should have it"

Why? I want it to, the last slice is always the best slice. "Why? I should have it, you already ate enough"

"Shouldn't you be watching your weight? Don't you think It’s enough?”He asked raising his brows at me.

I gasped, how dare he, "am not fat! Am not a model but I have a good body"

He gave the believewhatyouwant look, "OK"

"Stop it, am not fat!”I said unconsciously feeling my stomach, good body is also a criteria in getting jobs whether big jobs or little jobs, they usually judge your body whether they tell you or not, because of this and other crush related issues over the years I've tried to maintain a healthy fit and good looking body, I couldn't even get fat even if I wanted to, no matter how much calories I consume, I always burn them one way or another in my numerous jobs. "I can't be fat"

"OK yea, I just really want to have this pizza, please?”He asked giving me the puppy dog eyes, who could say no to that cute face?

Me.

"No”I said and with that I grabbed the pizza and stuffed it into my mouth quickly, pretty boy gave me a dumbfounded look and I smiled at him triumphantly through my full mouth, then he did the unexpected__ he came close to me and bite off the other end of the pizza sticking out of my mouth, our lips touched and when he pulled away, my eyes were opened wide in surprise, he smiled and licked sauce off my lower lip before going away. I couldn't move, I couldn't chew, my head was a mess, my heart was beating crazily and the butterflies in my stomach were throwing a party.

"Yummy, nice idea Megan taste better this way, the best part of pizza is the part eaten off your best friends mouth”he said as I willed my head to turn and look at him, he licked his lips and smirked. I forcefully swallowed the half eaten pizza in my mouth, Javier would be the death of me.

I was snapped back to my senses when the power went off, apparently the rain has increased to a storm, falling heavily with ice, Darlene was scared of rain storms, I just hope she's alright.

"I'll be right back”Pretty boy said as he stood up and left, I came down from the chair and curled myself on the fall, everywhere was so dark.

"Am back, where you scared”Pretty boy said placing a lighted candle on the table and lighting the second.

I nodded, I didn't feel like denying right now, I really don't like the darkness, bad things happen when It’s dark, really bad things like sexual harassment, an almost rape, things_

"Hey, am right here”Javier said with his hands on my shoulder, I smiled at him, how could i forget, I was with pretty boy, my hero. Even in the dark, he is going to protect me like he did before, am safe.

Silence stretched between us as I focused on the beautiful glow of the candle fire, beautiful, warm but dangerous and harmful, it had a red and blue flame, nice combination, if__

"Tell me about yourself Megan”pretty boy said, bringing my thoughts away from the fire.

"Uh?"

"Tell me about yourself, your life, your moments, I'd like to know my friend better”he said turning to face me, he legs folded up like mine.

Myself? My life? My moments? I don't know where to start from, my background and history is pretty pitiful and jam packed with good and bad memories. "I don't know where to start from”I confessed.

"Umm”he said thinking, "how about your parents, background, your first work, when did you start working?"

My parents?__ I don't think I can_

"You don't have to talk about anything you don't want to, just tell me about you Megan”he said as if reading my thoughts.

I looked at him, Javier had been so nice, kind and dear to me, no need to hide anything from him, if I plan on winning his heart, I'd have to be real, no faking.

"My parents_ I only know my mum, I don't know my dad, all I know about him is that_”he is tall and brown haired. "Is that he is tall and has brown hair, my mum said it was a one night stand at a friends party when she was 19, she got pregnant and had to break up her relationship with her rich boyfriend thinking my father would own up to his responsibility, but he didn't, he denied the pregnancy, mum ran away from home because she didn't want to cause more problem to her parents, she stayed in a convent until she gave birth to me, she returned home to met her parents grave, she started working in night clubs to earn money and continued to lose promising suitors who didn't want to marry a single mother”I paused, mum's life must have been really hard then.

"She continued to take care of me and continued to sink into alcohol, gambling, club life and so on, I really don't know of any other background, my first work? My mum always sent me on duties to help people deliver things, I think those things were illegal but I didn't really know that at my young age of seven, those people would pay me little coins which I was allowed to keep for myself while I submitted the big money to mum"

"One time she didn't return home for 2 days and I was almost dying of hunger, that was when I got my first job, a flower girl”I said smiling, I remember my little self running round the streets of New York selling roses and other bunch of flowers, I really had fun selling flowers because at the end of the day, I always had money and a nice scent all over me.

"Mum returned and I found out that she had just been released from jail”I remember the first question she asked me when she came home, 'you are still alive?”It didn't hurt so much then because I was so little but now it did.

"Mum urged me to do other works in order to survive, she said she didn't have the money to continue caring for me, I took other jobs of clearing peoples lawn, gardening, house cleaning, and even newspaper delivery, I was practically feeding my mum and I and she got into more debts and debts, some I had to settle by myself, every penny mattered, no matter how small"

I looked at Pretty boy and he was looking at me with a stoic expression, I couldn't tell what was going through his mind, so I continued.

"I couldn't finished schooling because in college, I flunked. I couldn't stop working and still afford the bills, college fund, electricity bills, phone bills, feeding, rent, everything was on me and mum kept bringing home debts, I had to quit school and save up for a while, my memories? I have pretty good ones, my time with Elvis, Sam, Rita, the twins and Susan where happy ones, because of them I got to have a birthday party, my motorcycle, and other fun stuffs, my prom was also memorable, although I didn't go with the person I wanted, I had a lot of fun with Luke, after prom we painted our grumpy evil physics teacher's black car, green. You should have seen her face, priceless”I said laughing this time. I looked at pretty boy again and this time he had an amused look on his face.

I sighed, "all I need now is to get married, please my mum and forget about everything"

Javier nodded, "should I ask a question"

I nodded.

"If I asked you to marry me, would you?”He asked in a calm collected voice.

What?! Did I hear right. I looked at him eyes wide and I couldn't see him very well but I could tell out his serious expression.

The power suddenly came back on, and I saw his blue staring into mine.

"Would you?”He asked again.

Hiccup!

Hiccup.

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