Miranda POV
We walked into the shopping mall to pick somethings. I needed to get a birthday present for someone... More like a bribe...
Luckily, Skylar volunteered to drop me off. I was almost at the door way when I saw him looking as handsome as ever holding the starring wheel with his shirt rolled up to his elbow. Focus Miranda!
The thing was... he wasn't coming with me and I needed him to, cos he'd have a better idea on what guys want.
"Not coming?"
He stared at me confused. Adorable!
"Common, I need you to help me out, ok". He didn't say a word and just stepped out of the car, locking it behind him. There was audience whenever he passed... My sugar baby!
Get a grip woman!!!
I shook my head to stop my messed up thoughts and try not to stare too much.
We met company as we got in.. The PW were there... Seated at the VIP section that had a view of everything going on in the place. Unless one looked closely no one would notice them cos they were dressed casually and with masks. They were served hot coffee cos obviously the manager and the shop attendants recognized them. Naturally we made eye contact but we didn't exchange pleasantries in order to avoid suspicion.
Skylar was of great help and of course I was proud of my company who turned heads but at the same time conscious of the stares from the ladies...
Finally picked the right present and was on my way to pay when...
Clash!
Gasp!
"Am so sorry! Am so sorry sir!"
One of the attendants had accidentally spilled coffee on on Skylar! And he was frozen on the spot...
"Am so sorry sir" the female attendant was so pale as she watched the coffee dripping down his body. I was already furious as I stared at her while Skylar had his eyes slightly shut as he calmly exhaled.
Another attendant came to clean up the mess while she kept apologizing.
"It's ok" he calmly said. Immediately the manager rushed out.
"I am so sorry for what happened.. um... Sir if you would allow it, I'll have your shirt dry cleaned immediately". I was a well known customer here and the manager was aware. His shirt was anything but good... The brown liquid dripping down his white shirt was so obvious.
"Let them handle it" I told Skylar and the manager and the attendants agreed. Slowly, he unbuttoned his shirt...
It came off..
Pin drop silence...
Clang!
Sound of a dropped key...
For the next 10minutes there was a deafening silence.
Hot damn!
Right in front of me was a shirtless Skylar who was looking like a whole meal served on the table without fork and knife!
He was much better than I imagined..
From the broad shoulders to the man boobs which I swear I would suck on given the chance..
The freaking ripped abs! Are they eight! It looked like a roller coaster.... I had the biggest urge to run my fingers down them!
His pants were dangerously low... I could even make out his beautiful "V" outline!
He stood there tall and powerful looking! My throat ran dry...
The female attendant was lost as her eyes kept roaming all parts of his body not hiding what was actually going on in her mind just like every girl in here. They were not even trying to hide the fantasies they were having with his body right there... Just like me...
I could swear that no other guy has ever had me messed up like this guy. And for the first time since this incident, call me shameless but I was grateful for the coffee spilled on him.
Meanwhile the guys were in shock and pure admiration!
Who won't be? He belonged in the museum.
Flawless! Gorgeous! Beautiful! Yummy!
These were the words stuck in my brain as my eyes refused to blink.
Can those pants..
"Can those pants get any lower?" Someone shouted from across the hall, a woman.
Exactly what I was thinking.. when did my mind get so dirty?
"100 thousand box if it goes any lower!"
What! What's happening?
"200 thousand dollars if it goes lower!"
"I'll make it 300 if it does!"
"$500,000 if it comes off!"
"I'll make it a million if you strip!" All eyes turned to the voice, it was the manager. He was reading from his phone.
"That's from one of our VIPs".
The place was literally filled with women and girls with a few men.
"I don't do guys" he said in that deep voice of his which never ceases to have an effect on me while he looked at the manager who happened to be a man.
"It's a she.. but doesn't want her name mentioned but asked for your account number".
Skylar exhaled and faced us.
"Ladies.. am not a stripper ok"
"Gosh! That voice!"
"Can I at least get a shirt or something?"
"NO!!!"
That was the loudest rejection I've ever heard and suprisingly I was a part of it...
Obviously.. no one wanted that to be covered up! Who knows when another opportunity would come?
"Why?"
"Cos there are no more clothes here". He raised an eyebrow at the female attendant who said that. I stared at the manager beside me who was about to say something when the notification sound from his phone caught my attention and I couldn't resist the urge to take a look..
"Get rid of every male clothes in there! Burn them if you have to, I'll pay for the damages."
I was shocked. As if that wasn't enough another message came in...
"Mr. Fred, I do not want to see any piece of clothing from here on his body... I'll take responsibility for the inconveniences".
"Unless you want to loose a VIP don't let me see any material on him!"
Messages were sweeping in, in their numbers some threatening to leave while others simply made a demand and I could tell who some of them are from the texts.
"Hello.. a top.."
"They're all on lockdown! I mean booked, all of them!!"
"Excuse me?"
"Yes sir"
"All of them?"
"Yes sir"
Skylar looked at me before looking back at the manager while running his hands in his hair in frustration...
Long story short.,
Everyone died...
Right now I was in a car with a shirtless man as the driver... My eyes won't just let me be..
His fingers griping the steering wheel did things to me...
The way his hands played on it while doing a reverse... Got me thinking of a lot of things...
"We're here!"
"Huh?"
"What were you thinking? I've been calling you for some time now".
"Sorry I was thinking of something".
"Don't let it disturb you. I would have given you a hug..."
"Yes please!"
"But... I don't want to cause a misunderstanding between you and your husband since am shirtless.."
And for the first time, I regretted being engaged. What is wrong with me?
Chen POV
Am gonna kill this MF! How dare he!
I was still punching the hell out of him when I heard a voice scream my name and as if on impulse I stopped midway punching the half conscious idiot whose nose is obviously broken. I stood above him and looked around and saw people looking at me in shock. Well that's because I've never been involved in any fight before. I was known as a lover not a fighter... My body was numb to the pain from my obvious bleeding knuckles due to the amount of pain my heart was passing through for some weeks now. And the same person responsible for it was standing just a few meters away from me, looking at me with unbelief and horror. I scoffed, she was the reason I was like this even though it's not her fault but my stupid heart who choose to fall for my bestie!
I've tried to get her off my mind but I only end up in pain and I try to get rid of the pain by drinking and getting wasted but it really wasn't helping. I only forgot for a while but she was always on my mind...
The fact that I couldn't stay close to her was heart breaking but seeing her looking at me with horror just like everyone else was like death to me..
I shouldn't be feeling so hurt by now cos I was already in pain but I still did. It was like a piece of glass stuck in my flesh and won't come off no matter how much I try to get it off.
I left the scene to avoid anymore pain..
Finally alone and in a quiet place just like my heart. I took a large gulp of my drink. This should be my 9th bottle since today but I was still sober.. it was already 9:00pm and the stars were very few and dull..
"... Just like my life.."
I took another swing at my drink while imagining her face in the sky. After spending almost a week without seeing her I actually got to know how important she was to me and how she was the colour in my life cos everything was dark and plain. I miss her but I understand good girls like her want nothing to do with bad guys like me.. but I miss her like crazy.
Breathing in and out from my mouth I grabbed my drink to take another swing when a pale arm caught it and threw it aside crashing it in the process. I sprang up ready to deal with anybody that dared intrude in my life. I was getting violent these days.
Immediately I got up, the face that met with mine dispensed all the anger in me. The ranging storm in me was as calm as water and for the first time in so many weeks my heart was at peace..
But my heartbeat wasn't cos slowly it was picking up a race but my face was expressionless.
"What are you doing here?"
No response. She grabbed my arm and starred at my bleeding knuckles which I already forgot, she looked up to glare at me and funny enough I found it cute but still got scared cos I knew what she was like whenever she gave me that look..
I was pushed back to the seat while she applied first-aid on it.
"Thanks" I mumbled but she still said nothing while starring at me.
"Why are you doing this to yourself?"
No response.
"Chen"
No response.
"This is not you"
I scoffed.
"My bestie is not letting me in on this! Was never like this!"
And I lost it! Bestie? Who the hell wants to be your bestie? That name really left a painfully bitter taste in my mouth.
"Chen what's going on with you? What's wrong?" She stood up while looking at me.
"DON'T EVER CALL ME YOUR BESTIE AGAIN!"
Shock was written all over her face as she stared at me. I stood up to meet her eyes just a few meters above her.
"You wanna know what's wrong with me?
It's YOU! NINA, YOU! I can't eat properly or think properly. I can't even get girls to take my mind off you properly! I can't do anything right cos my heart won't let me! I can't remember the last time I went to class! Heck! I can't even remember the last time I ate anything! All because of you! I can't think straight cos you're stuck in here like a nail and am trying not to think of you, but it's not working!
Bestie?
Don't ever call me that! I want to be more than that, I want you to be MINE! And mine alone but I don't want to be a burden to you cos girls like you tend to run from guys like me just like you did the last time I saw you..
And you know what... It hurts... It hurts right here cos I LIKE YOU!
I FREAKING LIKE YOU NINA AND IT'S DRIVING ME CRAZY!!!! I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO COS YOU'RE DIFFERENT FROM OTHER GIRLS. I've never been so lost when it gets to a girl and I.." I was cut short in shouting and confessing to her by a soft weight on me. She hugged me.
She wrapped her arms tightly around me while her cheek was pressed to my chest. I was in shock as a little lady pressed me to herself as if consoling me.
"I... I... like you too Chen. It's hard keeping it all inside. I ..like you too... Like .. crazy..." she said with a whispered shy voice, with a little stammar in her wordings. I felt her hold tighten on my clothes.
I froze for 2mins straight.
She..
She likes me...
She really likes me!
Words cannot begin to describe how I feel. I feel like someone just poured a bucket of cold water on my flaming being and finally I was at peace..
I returned the hug... Like my life depended on it.. and it did. I was with the girl I liked nothing else mattered.
We stayed in each other's arms for God knows how long and we didn't care. It was only until she sneezed that I became conscious of the weather. She was one of those people with cute sneezes.
"Cold?"
"No"
"Like hell you are" I unwrapped one of her hands and held it in mine. It was cold as ice, then came another sneeze and another.
"That's it we're going home". I hailed a cab that took us straight to my house.
Nina POV
He held my hand throughout our ride home and won't let go even after we got to his place. I confessed my feelings to him and am so glad it's off my chest but my heart was still racing and butterflies were still dancing in tummy cos of that confession. Chen had feelings for me! It made me so happy and nervous too. How am I ever gonna look him in the face. Why is he suddenly looking more handsome than normal since his confession and he was suddenly being possessive, which is unlike him. He didn't even let the driver look at me. Not that I mind.
What does that make... Wait!
Am I now his.. girlfriend ?
But he never asked..
Nelson POV
I picked up my phone.
"Hello"
"Hey wifey"
I took a good look at the caller's id, sigh..
Why am I even bothered? She's very capable of such a thing. My girlfriend is calling me her wife..
Sigh..
"Why am I the wife?" She giggled
"Cos I say so... And cos you're just so cute!
You don't like it?"
No response.
"Nelson"
No response.
"Nelson"
No response.
"Baby"
"Yes" she burst out laughing. I joined in cos I have no idea how I answered in a twinkle of an eye...
"So you want me to call you baby?"
No response. I was too shy to respond and my face was a bright red!
She laughed.
"Gosh! You're so cute. Wanna come over?"
"What? It's late, this is 9:30pm".
"So?"
"Is there a problem?"
"Am I your first girlfriend?"
"Yeah"
"Wow! Ok what do you think couples do by this time of the night?"
I gulped nervously...
Is she...
Valarie...
You won't be the death of me...
"Is... That necessary?"
"Yeah. Sooner or later you would do it so why not now?"
My palms were sweating.
"I'll give you 20 mins, don't keep me waiting. Bye baby" she blew me a kiss and cut the call.
What the hell am I supposed to do???
I've never done it before!!!
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Who knows what Valarie is planning?😏
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Wrong answers only😏😏😂
Me:. They're going to pray 🙏😂😂
You?
What do you think about Chen and Nina?
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