"What up with this smile on your face this morning"
someone asked her then she quickly opened her eyes and saw Erica standing in front of her in her office
"what are you doing here," Kiara asked because she doesn't remember asking her to come over to the office.
"I saw your miss calls and I couldn't help but check up on you, so I decided to rush here as fast as I can... Are you okay?"
she asked her and made her way inside the office and sat down beside her
"By the way, I saw your car parked on the other side of the road.. what happened to it?" she added looking curious
"the car broke down on my way to the office and that explains why I was calling you but you refused to pick up my calls"
she answered and focused on her computer "my bad. I was downstairs that's why I couldn't answer your call... Hope you're alright tho" she asked her trying to check if she was okay.
"I'm fine" she answered then smiled. Erica didn't understand the reason behind her smile so she became curious and then asked "what's up with this smiles this morning?" "It's nothing.."
she replied "there is," she said again while bringing Kiara's head towards her direction "look, you don't know how to lie so you should say it out"
she told her then fold her arms "arrhh.. can't I smile anymore?" Kiara asked her pretending to be pissed off .
"of course, you can but this is a different thing..so talk... No wait, how did you get to the office since your car broke down?"
she quickly asked the moment her mind drifted to the bartender "taxi!" "taxi?"
She exclaimed "yeah why," Kiara asked her folding her arms and raised an eyebrow "I know you too well... The Kiara I know won't sit in a taxi so stop lying," she said also.
She kept looking at Kiara who suddenly became mute for a while.
"Talk I'm listening" she added "I'm busy I need to sort some documents out" she try changing the topic but Erica was smart enough so she knew what she was trying to do.
"your secretary can attend to that and besides, your meeting is somewhere in the afternoon so you have a lot of time.. so start talking before I hit you in the face".
Kiara didn't know if she should tell her about what happened between her and the bartender a moment ago.
She didn't know how to deceive Erica.
Erica is smart enough, so getting her to forget about the whole issue wouldn't be easy.
Erica won't let her be if she doesn't say something to her so finally decided to tell everything.
"He gave me a ride," she said. "Who?" Erica pretending not to know who she was referring to...
"him... I mean your.. friend" "why are you struggling with your words... just spill it out already"
Erica said while she sat well. "Ermm ... I mean the... bartender" Kiara spilled out looking embarrassed.
She looks at Erica who had her mouth open looking amazed then smiled.. "no way..."
Erica shouted then quickly held Kiara's shoulder "he offered you the ride right?...
How was it?...was it amazing..." Erica kept talking getting Kiara blush more...
She realized Kiara was blushing all of a sudden then she stood there staring at her.
"Kiara you blushing? Oh my god" "no I'm not.." Kiara denied taking her eyes off her.
She didn't know why Erica's words were affecting her all of a sudden.
She didn't even understand what was happening but she was just pleased anytime she remembers that moment.
"Was he touchy or you were?" Erica asked her bringing out her tongue... "Oh god am so excited. I wish I was there to see what happened"
she added... "Okay so tell me... Did anything happen between you two... I mean you had your usual fights right"
she asked her trying to fish something out of it but Kiara just nodded without saying anything.
She didn't want to tell her the whole thing that happened else Erica won't let her be with those silly questions of hers. "Nothing happened.. it was just a ride that's all.
He also offer to get the car fixed" she informed her and then smiled again.
"This explains why you are smiling this much. I think I have to call and thank him for bringing you safely to the office".
With that, she brought her phone out and called him but no one answered.
She called for the second time then the call went through... "Hi, handsome," Erica said then sent her gaze to Kiara who couldn't help but blush more.
"Thanks for today" she added "Come on it's nothing"
he replied "I happened to be passing by and I saw her there so I decided to help her out. Hope she's alright," he asked.
"of course she is... She's just being sneaky here" Erica told him and giggled.
"Okay, that's nice... I sent someone to get her car fixed so she should expect the car at her office any moment" he informed Erica and she nodded.
Kiara sat in her chair while staring at Erica who was also looking at her...
"aww.. thanks babe.." the moment those words came out of Erica's mouth, Kiara's mood changed.
The smile suddenly disappeared while and a cold face appeared on her face. Erica saw that and knew her friend became jealous because of the word she used...
"Well... Would love to have dinner with you at our house... Can you make it?" Erica asked him then Kiara's mood lighten up a little.
She knew she will get to see him again even though she wasn't the one who invited him...
Erica was glad her plan has worked on Kiara because she want to see if she will approve it or not but with that smile on her face, there was no need to worry about asking her for approval...
"Yeah sure. I will skip work tonight" he informed her.. "okay then.. will be expecting you," she said then hung up.
She folds her arms and stares at Kiara who didn't know she was looking at her...
"Come on babe on. Do you like him?" She suddenly asked her getting Kiara shocked "what!?.. no I don't"
she answered "I see... okay then I can have him to myself... He's cute and I'd love to hang out with him than probably d....."
She didn't finish her statement then Kiara stood up and gave her an eye which sent chills through Erica's body.
Those looks were not friendly and looking at them, Kiara is trying to tell her not to try anything of that sort.
She smiled and then shook her head before saying "umm. I got to go now... Need to go shopping and get prepared for tonight's dinner"
she picked up her bag and head towards the door "sorry" Kiara said from behind her while Erica nodded and left without a word...