Chapter Twenty-Four
“Charlie you have to calm down, you getting angry and that’s not even nice, please.” I pleaded, I could feel the goosebumps covering on my body like a second skin.
I’ve seen Charlie angry times without number and like I said before, it is not really a good sight to behold. I shifted backward as I spoke, trying to put as much space between us as I could.
“You’re shifting away because you’re lying, Eve.” He kept coming closer.
“No no no, that’s not true… I mean I’m not lying. You can ask Debbie…” I was trying to say.
“Tell me the truth,” he stretched out his arms, grabbing me closer to himself. “Are you falling out of the plan? Is that it? Do I need to find someone else to do this?” He held both my hands, trying to still my shaky body.
“I’m not lying Charlie, believe me. It’s just-”
“It’s just what?” He asked, his brows gathering together.
“They have cameras, his bodyguards have their eyes on me, Charlie I have a personal guard assigned to me and that nigga is always at my heel. I can’t risk exposing us that way,” i lowered my voice, hoping to calm him.
It worked. The gathered brows returned to their normal shape and the twist on his lips loosened. I felt a huge breath of relief escape my lips as his grip around my wrist lightened.
“I’m trying to get close to my personal guard, when I do, I could make him take off the cameras in my room. It might take a while, but you have to stop calling frequently, please.” I went on.
There’s something about Charlie that only I may know. Regardless of his giant nature, he was easily weakened with words. He is what you could call a big dummy sometimes and other times, he can be so dangerous.
“I would give you a benefit of doubt,” he released my hands completely. “But Eve if I sense betrayal from you, I promise you would hate double crossing me,” he sounded.
“Did you hear me?” He growled.
“Yes!” I whispered, rubbing my wrist, around where he had held them.
“I miss you,” he blurted suddenly, taking me by surprise.
“Umm… Right, I mean I miss you too,” I faked a smile.
“Come here,” he grabbed me closer to himself, taking my lips into his. It felt weird standing there in the school toilet and kissing him.
What felt even more strange was the unfamiliarity of his lips. If I was blindfolded, I would have swore I wasn’t kissing Charlie. How could just one kiss from Antonio change my taste buds and make Charlie’s kiss feel less intriguing?
He was in my thoughts again, Antonio. The kiss at the garden, the night when I was drunk on my bed, all those times when he just sat there In my room and watched me dress, making my body heat with the desire of wanting him close. Was he teasing me? Did he have any idea about my longings? Or did he share the same longings?
It was stupid the way I sent him off during our argument. Now he was probably keeping his distance to teach me a lesson. But if he really cared about me, why would he take my words so easily and leave just like that?
“What’s wrong?” Charlie asked as I sighed in his mouth.
“Nothing. I’m just tired. Can’t wait to be done with this and return to my usual life,” I said.
There was an atom of truth in what I had said. Somehow, this whole thing was becoming overwhelming. If I kept having this new feelings about the boss, then sooner or later I would be bound to betray Charlie. Which wouldn’t be a wise thing to do, as that would put my life in danger and I doubt Mr boss would bother coming to my rescue.
“I need to go back to class,” i pushed his chest away gently, when he leaned in again preparing for another kiss.
“Why the rush? I thought this was recess period?”
Just then the bell went off, signalling the end of the recess period. I couldn’t be more grateful hearing the sounds of it. I smiled wickedly at him, letting him no that it was a time up and I had to leave.
Without more words, I backed away until I got to the door that led out of the gent. I took one last look at the man that was supposed to be the love of my life. He winked and I closed the door, shutting him out of my view.
I held the door knob for a moment, taking a few deep breaths, thanking my stars for a successful meeting. After a minute, I traced my way back to the classroom, praying in my heart that Charlie exits the toilets before someone sees him. If he wasn’t the almost-giant that he was, I wouldn’t be worrying about him being seen.
The students are on casual wears and nobody would’ve been able to detect that he was not a student, but with his stature, he would easily draw attention to himself. Well, whatever.
“Eve!” I heard my name, just as I stepped into the class. It was Debbie and I was surprised to see her.
“Debbie!” I called back, ignoring the stares from the other students.
I walked up to her, hugging her tightly, as though we were two lost friends that had just found each other.
“You came! How are you feeling?” I asked, checking her out.
“I’m alright,” she was smiling widely.
“Girl you’re glowing. What’s up? Where’s Jacob?” I looked out through the window, expecting to see the car.
“He is gone,” she blushed.
“Okayyy, so he took you home to change into this?” I looked at her suspiciously.
“Come off it Eve, you’re becoming so naughty in thoughts,” she slapped me playfully.
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“Okay, I know you thinking we made out or even had sex, but let me stir your bubbles,” she leaned in closer, making it seem as though she was about to say something really nasty and didnt want the wind blowing it into the ears of others.
“Go on, turn over my bubbles if you want,” I joked, listening in anticipation.
“Nothing happened,” she whispered into my ears.
I waited for a brief second, hoping she had more to say. When she went silent for rather too long, I pulled my ears away and stared up at her, with a questioning look.
“Yeah, nothing really happened.” She repeated.
Now my bubbles were actually stirring. What did she mean by nothing happened? She spent a whole night with the same dude that had turned her brain last night and made her run in front of a car to be knocked down, just to do nothing?
“Not even a kiss?” I asked, my eyes bulging in disbelief.
“Not even a hug, Eve.” She smiled.
“I want to believe you Debbie, with everything in me, I really want to believe what you just said, but girl your look is saying otherwise. You’re literally glowing with excitement. Plus I saw the connection between you two, what happened then? Was he rude to you? I know Jacob can be really annoying most times.”
“Eve stop worrying, I’m fine. Last night was the best night of my life. And Jay was a sweet soul as I rightly predicted.” She giggled.
A teacher stepped into the class, disrupting our conversation. Debbie promised to tell me all about her night after school. She informed me that Jacob would not be able to come pick me, because he would be busy with something.
So we stood at the garage after the closing bell, waiting for Jasper, the same guard that had brought me to school. It didn’t take long before he arrived, he dropped Debbie off at her place before taking me home.
I ascended the stairs, thinking about the things that Debbie had told me about herself and Jacob. I felt genuinely happy for her. But my thought was interrupted by a strange noise as I got into the corridor.
I paused for a moment, listening for where it came from. It sounded like a female voice, like a crying female voice, low sobs. I listened carefully again, wondering what female could be crying around here, when I was clearly the only female staying in this castle.
Then I heard it clearly. It was not just a sob, it was a pleasurable sob. It was a moan from a female and the sound was coming from no other place but Antonio’s room. My heartbeat took into a frantic race as I approached the door that was slightly opened.
Was it what I was thinking? What if it is? My inner voice asked back. I was prepared to find out, so I went closer.