Chapter 30
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ALIYA TORRES
'Is that too tight?"
He asked and I wanted to answer him with yes, the air was so tight, the tension was so tight, the proximity was so tight and my throat heck it was so tight that I could almost see myself fainting if he didn't pull away from me in the next few seconds.
I nodded timidly feeling the warmness of his cologne drift into the air. He went back to his seat with a scowl, locking his seat belt into the buckle and pulling his car from the driveway.
The drive to the market was even tense. He didn't speak and neither did I. When Mila told me that Ethan would drive me there I felt like cussing under my breath. Actually I cussed a good old shit under my breath.
The last thing I wanted was to face him or see him or even talk to him. I could already guess what was going on in his head. That I was a bimbo who took advantage that he was asleep and sick to kiss him.
'How was your weekend?" He suddenly asked and I stopped looking out the window to stare at him.
'Good", I replied wishing he wouldn't try to speak to me again.
'What did you do during your weekend?" He pushed and I glanced at him in surprise.
What did he want to know exactly? Or was this his way of trying to cut the tension of yesterday and the kiss?
'Nothing", I replied going back to look at the cars moving along the same speed we were.
'Ooh am sure you did quite a lot, Aliya Maria Fernanda",he said and I looked at him noticing the rather cynical smile on his face.
And the fact that he liked calling me by my three names didn't make it all better. It was as if he knew what went on with my weekend and he just wanted to verify what he knew.
'It seems you know about my weekend better than I, don't you think?" I asked cockily.
He chuckled. An irritating tense somehow cute chuckle.
'You know what I really dislike about you?" He asked and I didn't answer,"you really like playing innocent, don't you? Little Saint Aliya"
Was I offended? Yes, yes I was. Was I going to talk back? It wasn't worth it but I felt like correcting his ass.
I didn't understand him really one more moment he was the sweetest guy and the next he was back to his old arrogant self. I should have left him to deal with his cold the day because he didn't even acknowledge that without me he would have never gotten through the night with such a fever.
'Well I can't make everyone like me, can I? And you are right Ethan Carter,am no innocent saint and I certainly do not act like one", I spat.
'Sure you don't. I hope you had fun with your boyfriend this weekend. I b y he's dying for the days to go by so that he can see and-ooh I forgot ofcourse touch you again"
Son of a-!
I stayed calm. I looked out the window. I ignored him wishing that it was Jai driving me to the market and not him.
'What, cat got your tongue? I apologize if I hit a nerve but as I said if whatever business you want to do with your boyfriend-'
'He's not my boyfriend!" I exclaimed louder than I should have throwing my fists in mid air.
This was about yesterday, wasn't it? I had a mild suspicion he saw me and Ray kissing but I didn't want to believe it. And even if he did see Ray kissing me, what did matter?
'Ooh, so I guess I must have imagined some other guy kissing you last night on my driveway",he went ahead and said it.
I bit my bottom lip in frustration. He was my boss, I didn't need to explain my personal relationship to him.
'He kissed me", I huffed.
'Well if your not boyfriend stole a kiss from you why didn't you push him off you?" He asked seriously.
'Maybe you didn't stick around to watch me do it"
'Then who is he? I saw him back at the hospital too when your mom was having surgery"
God, was he spying on me?
'Gee, the same hospital where you started all this?" I asked sarcastically.
He did say a word and I took it as a sign that he would leave me alone. Unfortunately I was wrong because minutes later, he stopped the car by the side of the road and I gasped.
'What are you doing?" I asked watching us stop by the side of the road while other cars glided down the road. He turned to face me, his eyes blazing with fury.
'Who is he?" He asked again giving off the vibe that if I didn't answer him, we would stay by the middle of the road all day.
'My bestfriend okay! Ray is my bestfriend!" I exclaimed.
I watched him retreat back to his seat as if he were thinking what his next move was.
'Do you like him?"
What?
'Aliya, do you like him?" He asked again with gritted teeth.
'What does it even matter? It doesn't concern you!" I screamed.
'Ooh but it does. It concerns me a lot, I have to know who my employees are dating so that the next time they decide to visit my house in the wee hours of the night, my guard won't just shot them thinking they are thieves"
'Ray is not a thief", I clarified scornfully.
'Ray, so that's his name? It's the make bestfriends you have to watch out for. So again and for the last time, do you like him?"
'Yes. I like him as my friend", I huffed.
'Good. Was that too hard to answer?" He smiled cheekily, his leg stepping on the gas and we were back on the road again.
We didn't talk again but even from the corner of my eyes, I could his smug look and his eyes lit up with amusement as if he had won a big old Oscar award.
We arrived at the market twenty minutes later and I was more than glad to get out of his car and not see him again for the rest of the day.
I walked around his car, standing by the side of the road waiting for him to drive off. To annoy me, he also got out of the car and as I watched him, I hadn't anticipated that someone faster than the speed of light would pass by me, yank my purse from my hand and run down the road.
'Aliya, are you okay?" Ethan asked restlessly and I nodded,"stay here. I'll be back"
It took seconds to understand what had happened. I just got mugged and Ethan was running after the mugger in a very crowded market.