We couldn't go to her place since Jasper and the other guys needed to do something important so they can't help to the shop. I sighed as I leaned my body to the counter while waiting for the customers to arrived. Theo walked to my direction as he wrapped his arms around my shoulder and asked, "What happened yesterday?"
I hummed while looking at him and back at the customers. I can't take this anymore, I can't lie to him. He's my best friend so he needed to know. I pushed his arms away from my shoulder as I walked to the kitchen to get Jungmin's attention.
"Can you replace me at the counter? I needed to talk with Theo." Jungmin nodded as he hoisted from behind. I went out of the counter while pulling Theo with me and sat on the chair, beside the glass window. I mustered myself to calm my heart down before telling him what was happening.
"Okay? Are you going to tell me or not?" I sighed and nodded.
"But promise me that you'll give my freedom after telling this to you okay?" He stroked his chin as if he's thinking about my offer. I raised my brows while waiting for him to respond.
He chuckled.
"What do you say?"
"Okay." I frowned when he lifted his left arm and his other hand was placed to the chest.
"I, Theodore Fryxell, solemnly swear that I'll give her freedom after telling her situation right now." I stood up just to hit his head multiple times. He winced when he caressed his head.
"I'm sorry, just carry on." He said as he gave me a floor to explain.
He kept on nodding while caressing his hand, restraining his anger inside him as I kept telling what happened on the past few days. He was unhappy at my situation when he didn't there for me to protect me as I said to him, I don't want him to worry about him and kept following me from where I go. He has a life as I too and we can't protect each other and as a matter of fact, he lived with Justin far from where I live. I can't just accept that he needed to escort me back and forth. We don't know what was the consequence after he escorted me.
"I know you're worried about my reaction but you should just tell me and not lie to me Mia. You are like my sister and my best of friend so I can't help to think that I'm useless friend." He sighed as he leaned his head to the table.
"I'm sorry, Theo." He just nodded and smiled.
"That's fine. I'm not mad at you, I'm just pissed off of myself but If it happened again next time, you should tell me. It's not a request. It's an order." I nodded.
As he walked out, I leaned my head on my arms which was resting on the table while looking outside of the shop and I noticed that she wasn't there, standing in front of the shop. However, the people were passing by the shop either, they were alone or they were with a bunch of friends. Some of them were swimming at the clear blue beach.
I remembered the time when we always went to the beach just to catch some shells and mini crabs and I also remembered that my sister Amaia, didn't like to sand so she kept herself at the car or sitting on the rocks. It was a happy moment but when my sister died, we couldn't do that anymore. My father weaken his immune system as my mother needed to take care of him but we all overcome the pain even if my father died last year. I wish they were here to see a successful woman as I am today and to guide me whatever decision I made.
"What are you thinking?" My body quivered when I felt a cold onto my arms. I lifted my head up as my eyes landed into a perfect living doll man. He gave a cold coffee to me as he sat in front of me. I smiled as I accepted the coffee and took a sip of it.
"Thank you." I said as I took a glance outside but this time, the woman showed up. She was sitting on the bench which was located near from the shop but one thing I noticed was that she was just watching at the beach and when she noticed that I'm looking at her, she startled and walked away.
"Who was that?" I turned to see Christian.
"It was a woman, who was following me last few days now."
"What?! Who was that?"
"She began to followed me after you escorted me to the shop and she was pestering me the whole two days. She also gave me the letter and I think he's pertaining to someone. Someone she knows." I said.
"Are you okay? Did the woman hurt you? Did you reported her?"
"I'm fine Christian. Thank you for asking." He sighed a relief when knowing that I was safe.
My heart dropped as a blush formed around my face when he held my hand and said, "Thank goodness, you're okay. I woudn't imagine if something happened to you."
"I… Do you want to see the woman?" I asked when I changed the topic immediately and stood up but he grasped my wrist to stop me.
"Where are you going?" I pushed his hand away from my wrist and ruffled his hair.
"I'll show you the woman that I talked about." He nodded as I walked to the pantry to get the envelope out of the locker. I went back to the table and gave the envelope to him.
"What was this?" I signalled him to open the envelope to see for himself. He raised his brows as he slowly opened the envelope as he slid off the paper. I examined his reaction when seeing the information of the woman but he was giving me a blank face. I can't determine his feelings when he studied about the woman. Did he know her?
"C...christian? Are you okay?" He didn't answered, he kept on looking at the information and the picture without saying anything. I remained in silence while looking at him which was totally awkward.
After a minute, he slid the paper inside the envelope as he gave it to me and sighed. He buried his face onto the his palm as he kept sighing.
"Christian?" I called him again yet he didn't answer. He quivered when I tapped his shoulder to get his attention. He looked at me and he was really pale.
"C...chri—" I flinched when he slammed the table that resulted to get the attention of the customers and backed away, leaving me behind, confused.
Suddenly, Theo looked at me when he saw me walking to the counter and strolled inside the kitchen. Theo gave the food to me as he sat beside me.
"What happened?" He asked
"I don't know what happened but when he examined the information of the woman, he backed away and left without saying anything."
"Hmmm. I guess he had a bad day." He said but I just shrugged off as I slid off the picture of the woman. I was really curious about her when seeing the reaction of Christian a while ago.
Were they related to each other?