Chryxso sat facing Mayu away so she can't see his face as he spoke. The sound of the coins clanging and rolling off the table can be heard as silence enveloped the room. What trick is he planning to do again?
She walked towards the guy and fumbled with his forehead. He did not react nor did she feel any fever.
She just shrugged her shoulders and picked up her wallet. Oh well, I must be just dreaming. She collected the scattered coins and ammassed her paper bills, laying it neatly on the table.
There goes all my allowance for the rest of this vacation. This person is a shrewd businessman!
"There, that's five thousand-fifty. That's already more than renting a bedspace here. Don't raise your charges anymore, I'm still jobless as you see and I won't be able to pay you any more than this." Until my brother send my allowance, she thought.
He turned his swivel chair towards her and she saw that his eyebrows are furrowed together into one line.
"I don't need that money!"
"Oh, sorry!" she immediately picked the money from the table. Who knows when he'll change his mind again. Men.
"I thought I heard you say you're charging me for my stay so I gave you that money. I did not mean to annoy you or anything. Maybe I'm just hearing things."
"You're not hearing things. I did ask for a payment."
"Then why are you refusing my payment? I don't understand your way of thinking. I'm paying you but you're still mad. I don't know where to stand anymore."
"Maybe you didn't hear that I asked you for a date." her jaw dropped. So I wasn't hearing things after all. He's really sick.
"Did you hear me?" he bellowed to her.
"Huh? Ah." Is there any medicine for this kind of illness.
"Man, Yumi. Can't you just say yes." he looked so frustrated and desperate, she stepped back.
"Uh-"
"Yumi!"
"Uhm-"
"Yumi!"
"Wait. I'm thinking!" the roared back. She can now hear the loud beating of her heart. Duh, what's happening to me? Am I also sick?
Chryxso wiped his face with his hands and tried to relax on his seat.
"I don't know if you have noticed it. Well, you obviously don't. I'm starting to like you okay." She remained quiet. What was that all about? She regained her composure quickly as well.
"Hey dude, don't be like that." she replied jokingly.
"Don't dude me. I'm trying to work out what's happening with my feelings right now. Mind you I don't like the feeling." she looked at him with with evident shock and smiled bitterly.
What did he just say? She was absolutely hurt. He just confessed his feelings to her and he also ruthlesly took it back. She may not feel anything for him but hearing him say those words, she not felt something within her - rage.
"That's really insulting you know that?" She tried to reply to him in the calmest way she can. He suddenly realized what she's thinking.
"That's not what I mean."
"Well you sounded like it. Mind you, I don't like you, too! Go ahead and date youself. You conceited jerk!" then she marched out of his office. Out would have been better if he collected money from her, she wouldn't be this angry.
She just felt the rivulets of tears in her face as she walked away. No, I can't be crying like this. He doesn't deserve it. Still feeling miserable and upset, she sobbed.
That monster, is he that high and mighty?
Am I not lovable? Do I have a bad attitude? Did I wrong him in any way?
Well I wronged him before but we're friends now. Hold on! We're not friends! I don't like him.
She furiously wiped the tears from her face. I won't cry for you. You don't like the feeling of liking me? Then, I don't like you, too!
She's so mad she could not organize her thoughts. She immediately thought of her brother and dialed his number just then, seeking consolation.
"Hmm?" she heard his soft murmur and it calmed her nerves. My brother will always be my sweet pill.
"I did not leave the Arestas," she confessed. Her chest felt lighter now that she told him the truth.
"Oh?" he just replied. She can hear him typing away in the background but she still kept talking.
"I think the patient is now okay. Can I go home now?" she probed, suddenly nervous. What if he doesn't want me to go home, too!
"Can't you accommpany him until his operation?" she grimaced. I just walked out on him, I can't go back. Give me some face!
"It's okay. Don't mind it. Do you need me to come over and fetch you?" he worried when she did not respond.
"No! I'll wander around a bit and then go home. I'll keep you posted." If my brother finds out she got hurt like this, he'll worry more. And so she decided to just leave this place first and go home on her own. He fell silent on the other line before he spoke again.
"I miss you." she smiled. Me, too!
"Mmmm."
"Call me tonight."
"Yeah," she hung up the line and went back to the mansion. Her nerves has calmed down now so she needs to think clearly.
Kristoff closed his phone and smiled to the woman he's speaking with.
"A day would not be enough to cover everything. I'm glad you're okay. Let's schedule the next session on..." his gaze drifted to the calendar.
Mayu heard a soft knock from the door of her room. She's already at the mansion and currently packing up her stuff. It's just better to leave than to keep on staying.
She knows that her feelings have also started growing for the guy for some unknown reason that she doesn't like now. Since he already told her that he didn't like his own growing feelings for her, then why should she stay and continue liking him? She's not a masochist.
She already conceded to the fact that she's attracted to the guy and is happy to know that he's also started to develop special feelings for her. But that doesn't chnage the fact the she felt so insulted when he rejected his growing feelings for her.
It's as if he just wordlessly let her know that she doesn't deserve to be loved. Why? Am I so hateful?
Her mood grew sullen when she saw Chryxso's face on the door. I really won't have a second of peace on this place.
"Can we-" she did not let him finish his sentence anymore and closed the door in his face.
If he doesn't like what he's feeling right now then she's more repulsed to see him. She won't allow this simple attraction to grow deeper and she won't accept it if she eventually falls for a guy like him - a certified jerk.
Grandfather Tony has already arrived from his business affair but asked for more time to spend with her own grandfather . She decided to extend her stay for a little more time but if this is the reception she would get, then she'd rather go home.
Her growing feelings will definitely fade away since it has not even gotten any nurturing yet. She heard another knock on her door.
"We're talking," Chryxso walked inside her room, not letting her close the door on him again. Her lips parted open, gobsmacked at his audacity. His stubbornness is just wow!