After she had handed over the heavy luggage to the flight attendant, she thanked the lady in charge of her stuff and then turned around.
When she turned around, she heard a lady laughing pretty loud as she snorted at the end of it.
She was about to say something when she looked to her side to find two (2) familiar faces holding hands as they walked towards a plane and stood in front of it.
Taking off her glasses as if she hadn't seen well, she smiled yo herself as she muttered;
"Well, isn't this a surprise...!"
Turning to look behind her, she told her chauffeur that she would be back in a minute.
After giving him some assurance and he was pretty much assured and convinced, he gave a nod and watched her go.
The old man made a phone call as his eyes didn't leave Temi's walking figure.
"Oh, Ethan...Yes...Yes, I'll marry you!"
And then the whole airport resounded with very loud applause.
As she walked over towards the two youngsters, a sad smile appeared on her face...
But the smile was but for a moment as they were both yet to expect something so sudden...
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As the two walked hand in hand, they looked at each lovingly...
Passerbys would normally think of them as a young couple who are deeply in love...
Was it just an act?
Walking hand in hand with Ethan, Olivia rested her head on his shoulder as she used her other hand to hold onto his arm.
She couldn't believe it...
The guy that she had been so much in love with since when they were still little...since the time they had met...was finally here beside her...
And he had also loved her too from the onset but had never admitted it...
At least that was what she thought.
Speaking of the guys on whose shoulder her head rested on, she raised her head to look at him, only to find Ethan deep in thoughts.
"Ethan?" Olivia called.
"Hm?" Ethan muttered as he turned around to face her.
"What are you thinking 'bout?"
"Nothing!" Ethan's reply was fast.
Olivia frowned as she pouted.
"You didn't let me finish?" She whined as she complained.
Ethan frowned.
"Let you finish?" He asked.
"Wasn't that the only question you wanted to ask?" He asked, sounding annoyed.
Olivia turned her head away, ignoring what he had said as she thought for a while.
After some time, her face brightened as she pulled out her phone to check out her Instagram page...
She had bit-checked it since that stupid anonymous writer posted irrelevant (but true) facts about her...
She wanted to make sure her fans drowned out the voice of that person and she was pretty sure they did.
But as she opened the app on her phone, she was greeted by a lot of posts of a lot of people on her post.
She smiled when she saw the result...
People were still hitting on the anonymous person...whoever it was.
But then her face went from bright to dull when she saw that the people began to support the anonymous person instead of her!
She couldn't help but frown at the situation online.
People that were hitting on the anonymous writer suddenly turned against her!
She couldn't help but groan.
But then she thought of something...
Tugging at Ethan's hand, she brought her phone forward to show him the positive result of the post.
"Ethan look!" She said.
Ethan willingly turned to look at her phone.
"What is it?" He asked.
"The result of the post is outstanding...!"
"Look at the number of people that are waiting to hear the good news!" She said as she began scrolling upwards the screen of the phone.
"Hm...that's nice!" That was all Ethan could say.
He didn't show any sign of interest as he had his mind on another thing...
Olivia noticed something was off, so she asked;
"Is something the matter?"
Ethan didn't even bother answering her as he had his head lowered.
Olivia frowned as she straightened her body to stand up straight as they walked, unlocking their twined fingers as she crossed her arms over chest and turned her head to the side, away from him as she said;
"Don't tell me you're thinking of Temi...?" She asked.
"Don't you think this is...wrong?" Ethan asked as he paused at the last part.
"W...what d...do y...you mean...?" Olivia asked stuttered as she asked, turning her body away as she walked away.
"Why are you even doing this?" Ethan suddenly asked before she could finish, finding her stutter extremely irritating.
Olivia turned her head to look at Ethan in surprise.
"I knew it!" She exclaimed.
Ethan looked at her in confusion as his brows furrowed.
"Knew what?"
"You're still in love with Temi, aren't you?" Olivia said angrily.
Ethan's eyes softened when he heard her name. But it was only for a moment as he looked away and said;
"I don't know what you're talking 'bout...!"
Gasping, Olivia's hand flew to her mouth as she silently exclaimed;
"I knew it!"
"Stop making guesses Olivia...!" Ethan said as he rolled his eyeballs at her.
"Don't ignore it...it's the truth...!" Olivia exclaimed at his face.
"And so what?" Ethan asked with his arms in the air.
Olivia went silent.
"And so what if I like her?" Ethan asked again.
"So you won't even deny it the teensiest bit...?" Olivia asked.
"No...!" Ethan said as he shook his head.
"No, I won't!" He said firmly.
Olivia felt hurt...
No...
She didn't just feel hurt...
She 'was' hurt...
With what Ethan just confessed.
"And I don't know why you're doing this..." He said again.
"But whatever the reason is...I'm not just gon' sit around and wait for it to manifest!" He said firmly.
"So...you don't love me?" Olivia asked, in a puppy tone.
Ethan shook his head.
"No!" He said firmly.
"Like, not even in the slightest bit?" She asked again.
"Not even a crush...?"
All through her questions, Ethan shook his head in negation as he kept repeating;
"No, no, no, no, and no!" He said for the last time.
Then Olivia's started quivering. And before Ethan knew it, she began sobbing silently.
"Olivia?" Ethan asked helplessly.
"You gon' cry?"
"If that's what you gon' be doin', no guy's gonna ever want to marry you...!" And before he finished, Olivia rested her head on his chest as she sobbed away.
Ethan, helpless, let her cry away as he stood there helpless.
People stopped to look at them, but he would only smile as he would wave at them, saying;
"She's fine...She's fine...no need to worry...just overflowing happiness...!"
Hitting his chest hard as she pulled away from him, Ethan held onto his chest, Olivia screamed;
"I'm not okay!"
Then she got people's attention.
Pointing at him, Olivia screamed;
"How could you say that?"
"How could you? Why would you? I love you...!" And then she began to cry.
Ethan was shocked.
What was she doing?
Grabbing her arm as he pulled her close to him in a manner that would not attract attention, Ethan asked between his teeth;
"Olivia, what do you think you're doing?"
"Since you don't love me, I'm going to get back at you!" She whispered back and then went back into acting as she cried and screamed;
"Leave me alone Ethan...Let go of me!"
Ethan was stupefied as he held onto her arm tightly, not letting go...
"Ouch, he's too strong...he's using his strength to hurt me...Ow! he's hurting my arm!"
Then more people gathered around.
"Hey young man, let go of the pretty lady...!" A security guard called sour to Ethan.
"Aren't you ashamed of hurting an innocent girl...?" An old lady said as she eyed Ethan.
"Don't mind him...boys like him don't know the value of women...!" Another woman chirped.
"I wonder what kind of generation are coming up these days...!" One woman said.
"I tell you..back in our days, we never experienced this kind of molestation...!"
"Don't be surprised, the parents are responsible adults...!"
"Are you sure it's not the parents that let him off the hook...?" Another woman asked.
"Because these days, it's the children that train themselves not their parents anymore!"
Then the people started gathering in from every angle, as some even began whispering among themselves.
Ethan was both confused and stupefied.
Turning to Olivia, he grabbed her by the arm as he whispered in a coarse voice;
"Olivia, I don't know what you're doing, but you better stop it right now, because it ain't gon' get you anywhere...!"
"Not until you admit that you love me and you're just trying to push it all on to Temi!" Olivia demanded.
Ethan's eyes widened in shock as he asked;
"What?"
"Olivia, what are you saying...?" He asked.
"Admit It!" Olivia demanded.
Shaking his head in disbelief, Ethan whispered;
"Olivia, you've gone crazy...!"
"Crazy for you...!" Olivia responded in a dreamy tone, with dreamy eyes.
Ethan looked down at her in surprise.
Looking into her eyes, he couldn't help but shake his head at the thoughts that began creeping in, before finally, he sighed and said;
"Okay...please...!"
Olivia gasped as if she had heard something shocking.
"What was that?"
Ethan looked at her narrowly.
Olivia made a cute face, making it difficult not to suspect her.
"I said...please...will you...!" Ethan said slowly.
"Marry you?" Olivia exclaimed.
Ethan's eyes grew wide in shock.
"Olivia...?" He called in between his teeth as he looked left and right from the corner of his eyes.
"What are doing?" He asked.
"Oh, Ethan...Yes...Yes, I'll marry you...!"
Then out of nowhere, an arm spurn Ethan around, to receive a hard resounding slap.
'Pa!'