He turned back so suddenly that their lips missed each other by barely half an inch.
"What were you doing?", he asked, shocked.
"I was just picking that pen up", lied Lucy, defiantly. She was glad that he had turned back and saved her from the temptation of kissing him .
She bent down to pick the pen. At that moment, her veil ( which she had wrapped around her head so that it would stop bleeding) came untied.
"YOUR HEAD! It's bleeding. How are you so calm right now?", asked Adrian. He had experienced much worse wounds but he had never thought that the girl who looked so fragile was behaving normally when her head had cracked open.
"Ah well, I will do some first aid", said Lucy.
"Are you an alien? How can you behave so normal with that wound?", he asked.
Normally, he never cared even while cutting of beautiful ladies' hands. He never felt any sympathy towards them and had never cared about women. But Lucy felt different... it was like he felt a sense of belongingness towards her ...as if it was his duty to protect her. He just knew that he could not see Lucy like that...it felt as if the wounds were on his body instead.
"It's ok. I don't mind", said Lucy," And I can take care of myself."
"Just shut up", said Adrian. He brought out the first aid box and applied the medicine as well as the bandage on his head. Then, he looked at her and found that she was smiling.
Either that smile was made for her or because of the fact that Adrian had never seen Lucy smiling so sweetly... but he felt a strong bond, and. attraction towards her. He was angry at himself for being attracted towards Lucy but he just couldn't help it.
Lucy, on the other hand, was also deeply touched by his behaviour. Although she still loathed him, but she just wanted to be there with him and remain there for an eternity.
"Get a hold on yourself, Lucy. He's just a garbage can", she told herself, furiously.
"You can go back, . You don't need to sit here", said Adrian, arrogantly.
"You are just a filthy hypocrite, for all I care", she said and went to the sofa, on her side of the room. She, then, pulled out a sleeping bag from her suitcase and opened her laptop. She wanted to complete the design quickly, so that she could finish the order.
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The clock striked two. Adrian closed his laptop with a yawn. He looked over at Lucy , who was still working and looking at the laptop with dead concentration. A strange feeling came over him. He did not wanted Lucy to work and tire herself but he knew that he had no authority over her.
"You can go to sleep", suggested Adrian, pulling his blanket.
"I don't need your stupid advice, thank you very much", said Lucy.
"She,s one stubborn girl", as he closed his eyes.