Chapter 32: Chapter 32

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You are always going to be the girl I want to take home to my parents_ Not for the night.

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Javier's POV

I don't like Megan's mum.

Everyone around her is so kind, and good, why does her mum have to be so different? I get that It’s not easy being a single mum alone, but she over did hers, she turned mean, hateful and wasteful. Nobody asked her to open her legs for a guy without protection. Well am glad she did, God bless the day Megan was brought into this world, because of that day, am happy now.

"All I need now is to get married, please my mum and forget about everything”Megan said sighing.

I couldn't see her clearly, only a part if her face was illuminated by the candle light she's been staring at.

"Can I ask you a question?”I asked her, I saw her head move in a nod fashion, "if I asked you to marry me, would you?"

She froze. I was really curious about that, I really liked Megan and if I end up winning her heart someday, I'd like to spend my forever with her by my side. Also she just said Marriage would help her forget and please her mum? She really loved her mum despite everything and I'm willing to do anything to wipe the sadness off I eyes, the question is, is she willing to do same?

She looked at me and suddenly I could see her face clearly, her beautiful brown eyes, looking directly at me, "Would you?”I asked again, as if hypnotised.

Hiccup.

Wait what did I just say?

Hiccup.

Oh no, I just asked Megan if she wanted to marry me. That's like a proposal. Shit, shit, shit.

"Ah the power's back on”I said realizing why I could now see her face clearly and creating a distraction as I grabbed the candle and scrambled to my feet.

Am not like this. Am never like this, what's happening to me. God am so stupid, am sure that pizza had something in it.

I could clearly hear Megan still hiccuping, she must have been very surprised, I grabbed a bottle of water and practically pushed myself back to the sitting room. I stood beside her and stretched my hand out, presenting the water to her. She silently took it and gulped down the contents.

"Megan”I called in my most authoritative deep voice, my chest was beating wildly as if I was about to have an epileptic attack__ I know that since I've seen someone experience it.

"Uh?”She answered slowly not even sparing me a look.

I gulped, "don't answer!”I blunted out. She shouldn't, this is not the way I want to propose and she might say no. I can't accept No.

"Huh?”She asked looking at me now.

I looked down at her, "you absolutely cannot answer, you shouldn't, that's an order!”I said so fast, am sure she barely heard me, talk about awkward, I looked away, "it_ it was inappropriate goodnight”I practically ran to the room, I walked so fast my feet hurt and I might have bitten my tongue from talking so fast.

Am so stupid, I've made things awkward.

I fell on the bed and massaged my temple, Megan would be the death of me. I couldn't sleep, I kept turning and squeezing the pluffyness out of my pillow. Was Megan comfortable? Should I have offered my bed to her? I wanted to but because of the awkwardness, I couldn't. I stepped out to go see her, she was laying comfortably on the large sofa, draped in blankets, I could tell she was awake due to the movements of her legs in the blanket, I smiled, she couldn't sleep too. She raised her head up as if sensing my presence, I tiptoed back to the room silently.

I came out again, later on and Megan wasn't on the sofa anymore, I moved to the kitchen and she was sitting on a chair smiling to herself and swinging her legs. I almost laughed, Megan was so cute, I wonder what she's thinking about.

"Hi”I said unintentionally startling her.

"Hi”she replied back, then carefully tucked her hair behind her ear. I smiled, is she flirting?

"You have drool on your face”I blunted out as I grabbed a carton of orange juice.

"I do not!”She exclaimed, touching her cheeks.

"You do, over here”I pointed at my right cheek, before taking a gulp of the refreshing drink.

"I do not, I wasn't even sleeping”she said wiping both cheeks.

I laughed, "then why are you wiping your cheeks?"

She slapped my arm, "jerk"

"Oww oww oww, that hurts”I said frowning at her as I touched my assaulted arm.

"There wasn't any droll, was there?”She asked standing.

"Nope, there wasn't”I confessed standing up to go back to bed.

"Jerk!”She shouted after me, I laughed, things were no more awkward.

I finished my juice and lay down to sleep, I took out my phone. Megan might be upset with me for teasing her, I know how to clear things up.

Goodnight Megan, go sleep else your beautiful face would be wrinkled up in the morning___ je t'aime (I love you)

~megan

I smiled to myself as I dropped my phone down and turned to finally sleep. I really love her, only her.

Megan's POV

I woke up to sore cheeks, I've slept so peacefully and calmly, after I saw Javier's text, I've been smiling all night, now my cheeks are sore.

Je t'aime, that's my new mystery word. Ti amo and je t'aime, two out of Ten. I went to through hell I order not to Google the meaning of Ti amo, I even had to give Dylan my phone to keep for the night in order not to Google it. It’s a mystery and since Javier wants to keep it a secret, I have to oblige else I'll ruin the surprise.

I think Javier likes me, no, he definitely likes me, he asked if I wanted to marry him last night? That's a proposal right? Am confused. He could have just said "Marry me”then I'd be sure It’s a proposal.

But he could have also said it out of pity, since I was telling a sad story last night and I said marriage is something that can make me forget.___ Nah, am going to stick with the hypothesis that he likes me, when the time is right, I'll tell him I like him back and would love to marry him.

I didn't bother taking a shower, I just tidied up the house, made breakfast and left a note telling Javier, I'll meet him in the office.

"Meg, where have you been?”A voice said as I entered into my home.

I gasped and reached for my bat, then the light came on and I saw Dylan standing with his hands crossed in my living room holding my bat. I released the air I was holding in. "Dylan, you scared me"

"Wrong answer”he said, he had such a scary face on, I feared that something bad happened.

"Meg!”Rita and Darlene shouted as they sprinted in and forced me to sit on the ground with them.

"Tell us EVERYTHING”Darlene said, she couldn't even hide her excitement.

"There is nothing to tell, guys”I said, I lied, I have so much to tell, last night was epic!.

"You spent the night with Javier right? In his penthouse?”Rita asked.

I nodded biting my lip, putting it that way sounded__

"YOU SPENT THE NIGHT ALONE WITH A MAN?”Dylan screamed at my face.

Yep, sounded like that. "No, I mean yes, but no, not the way you are thinking?"

"How do you know what way am thinking, if you aren't GUILTY!”he shouted again pointing the bat at my face.

I sighed, "Nothing bad happened, we just ate pizza, watched a movie, talked, then went to sleep_"

"Together?”He asked again.

"NO! He slept in the bed, I on the sofa”I said.

"He didn't give you his bed?”Darlene asked.

"Nonsense, a young man and a woman under one roof, rain, movie, pizza and bed, that's all it takes and bam!”Dylan stressed.

"How would you know you are just 12”I asked wondering where this talk was coming from.

"Everybody knows that even a 5 year old knows that”Dylan said.

"Well nothing happened, nothing at all”nothing so serious.

"Try not to sound so disappointed”Rita said nudging me and laughing. I laughed too.

"OK now I believe you but don't spend on nights in guys house, please, come on Darlene, school calls”Dylan said pulling his twin up as the left. Rita followed soon.

I lay on the floor, nothing really intimate happened but I got a somewhat pizza kiss and proposal, all in all life is good. I got prepared for work and hurried off. I'm planning on giving Simba out to Rita, but she doesn't have the guts to ride him. I wonder what's so hard in riding a motorcycle, easy peasy.

I saw Louis on my way and he rolled his eyes before I hoped in.

"You could have just waited for me you know”he said handing a sprinkled doughnut.

"I knew I'd met you on the way, thanks”I tied my hair in a neat high ponytail, took a bite out of the yummy doughnut and moaned in appreciation.

"What's has made you so happy this morning?"

"Me?”Was it that obvious? "Oh nothing, I just had a really goodnight sleep"

"That storm was terrible, I couldn't even sleep”Louis said shaking his head disapprovingly.

I smiled eating more of the doughnut, he didn't have a goodnight sleep because he didn't have a Javier under the same roof, I did.

I got to work the same time as Javier, we were entering together.

"Good morning Megan”he greeted looking at me.

"Good morning Mr Altamira”I replied averting my gaze to hide my smile.

"How was your night?"

I looked at him, he had a serious boss expression on, "Splendid"

He betrayed a small that I barely saw before walking ahead. Louis gave me a questioning look and I just shrugged innocently and quickened my pace to meet his.

Crash!

"Oh am so sorry Sir, I didn't mean to, I didn't see you, please forgive me”a worker that I didn't know her name said as we knelt down to pick up the scattered flies and papers.

She crashed into Javier, oh no she's probably going to get fired now, wait for it...

"Teresa_”Javier started as he clenched his fist.

"Yes sir?”She answered visibly shaking, her eyes already pooled up with tear.

He unclenched his fist as he reached inside his suit and brought out a paper clip, the he squatted down and started gathering the papers and folders, "you shouldn't answer a phone call when you are walking and have your hands filled up, be careful next time I won't tolerate such accidents again"

My jaw and that of the other workers were almost falling off, Teresa was more shocked, she accepted the papers Javier handed to her and blinked twice, "yes_ yes sir, thank you so much sir"

He even flashed her a small smile before moving on, wow that was so sweet. This must be Teresa's lucky day.

"Is he alright?”Naomi asked coming to stand behind me as we watched Javier go.

"I think he is sick”Oscar said standing on my other side.

"Maybe It’s his birthday”Naomi said again.

"You think so, Meg is it?”Oscar asked nudging me.

"I don't think so, he is just in a good mood I think, wait why are you guys asking me?”I said finally facing them as pretty boy entered the elevator.

"Who is would we ask?”Oscar asked me.

"Umm I don't know, Regina? Why ask me?”I asked them.

They shared a smile. "No need to hide Meg, we all know you are the boss's girl”Naomi said.

"What?! That's_ that's ridiculous”I said, can they hear their selves, the boss's girl?, ha I wish.

"Aww, don't worry we ship you guys, you'll make the perfect couple”Oscar said as he and Naomi fist bump before going their separate ways.

I hid my red cheeks as I hurried into the elevator, the boss's girl, not bad, if only I truly was Javier's girl.

"What took you so long?”Pretty boy asked as I entered the office with his coffee at hand.

"Am sorry, I got distracted”I said placing the coffee at his table.

"Why did you run off?”He asked.

"Uh?”Run off how?,why?

"This morning, I wanted us to have breakfast together"

Oh.

"I_ I didn't want to delay you and be late for work”I answered.

"We are having lunch together then”he said.

"Umm OK”I usually had lunch with Naomi and Oscar, guess I have to cancel, ugh this will further fuel their suspicions.

~*~

"One extra large burrito with sprite”Javier ordered as he loosened his tie, I looked at him surprised, "what? I didn't have breakfast"

"And they saw It’s me who is fat”I muttered.

"I can't be fat, that's like going against the law of the universe, impossible"

I scoffed, egoistic pretty boy. "When you are forty sporting a big beer tummy, hairy fat cheeks and flat wide ass, I'll remind you of this day"

He scoffed and frowned, then leaned closer, "that would never happen but just in case it does, big beer tummy, fat cheeks and flat wide ass, would become a thing and trend because of how awesome it looked on me"

"There is no limit is there?”I asked

He smirked and shook his head negatively as the waiter placed our orders.

"Is that why you ordered a salad?”He asked looking at my plate.

"Nope, I love salad and am craving for it right now”I lied, who on this loves salad?

"Good, else at forty you'll be sporting an extra large bouncy stomach, fat heavy hands, a huge ass that won't let you stand or walk, surrounded by cats eating cheese”Javier threatened with an annoying smirk.

I stabbed my damn salad wishing it was his stupid smirk instead.

"But I'll still like you”he added as he ate his large burrito.

What? He'll still like me? Meaning he likes me now and would still like me if I turned fat?

"What? You_ you like me”I asked liked a fool.

He chuckled, dropped his burrito, put his elbows on the table and looked at me directly, "yes Megan, I like like you"

Fireworks, fireworks are going off in my heart, head and stomach. Meg please don't ruin this with a stupid hiccup. Why are his eyes so beautiful?

I looked away and stuffed my face with the grass on my plate, he likes me. He really likes me, am not imaging things, he likes me. I looked at him and he was still staring, I quickly looked away and continued to stuff my face, what should I say? Inner Jesus help me now.

"You'll choke if you continue to eat that way”he said going back to his lunch.

I slowed down.

"You don't have to like me back yet, am not rushing into anything, just take things slowly and if you don't__"

"I do!”I blunted out fast.

"You what?”He asked me.

"I do like you back”I said, courage, that's all I need, "very much"

"Really?”He asked smiling broadly.

I nodded, am doing this, this conversation is really happening, It’s not dream.

"Good”that's all he said, good? I expected more, I wanted him to say something else. Then I felt it, his hand on my thigh as if searching for something, I brought my hand forward and he held it. A burst of warmness exploded in me, life is now complete.

We held hands under the table and ate our lunch in a comfortable silence, occasionally looking at each other and smiling.

"I was hero today wasn't I?”He asked me.

"When exactly?”He smiled at my question.

"When I didn't fire Theresa and instead helped and adviced her”he said.

"Yes, you were really a hero why did you do it?"

"Umm”he said pretending to think, "so you'll see me as a super kind and encouraging boss"

I laughed, Javier could be really cute and awesome sometimes. We talked about different things laughing and sometimes even disagreeing, but we continued to hold hands and he gave me a warm squeeze every now and then.

~*~

"And then I told him the drone wasn't cool and that I hated it”he said.

"Why did you lie?”I asked as we entered the office, we weren't holding hands anymore, we broke apart when we reached the office building.

"Because I really hated seeing the drone with him and not me, I was a really jealous kid then and I still am"

"Gee, thanks for the information”I said, something was really weird about the office, the place was unusually quite. I noticed a lady talking to Naomi, everyone's eyes was on her.

She wore a black plaid short skirt, a really nice milky shirt, her neck was adorned with jewelries, she wore really high black heels leaving her long legs exposed and her beautiful long platinum hair was flowing on her shoulders. I wonder who she is, she looked sophisticated. I looked at pretty boy and he also had a puzzled look.

"Can't you call him in, tell him Faye Perez is looking for him, It’s already past lunch”she said with her deep Spanish accent sounding a bit frustrated with Naomi.

Faye Perez, I've never heard of her. I looked at pretty boy and he was repeating the name silently, trying to jog his memory.

"It can't be”he said seeming to finally recognize the name.

The lady heard him and turned to look at us, then she started walking closer and stopped I'm front of Javier. She wasn't extremely mind blowing gorgeous but she was beautiful, she had big brown eyes and I could she dyed her hair by her dark roots.

"Javier Altamira?”She asked as she broke into a full blown smile.

"Faye”pretty boy said recognizing her.

I don't know why but a knot formed In my tummy as I looked at them.

They know each other.

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