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"Miss," Charles said as he parked his car... "My name is not miss! my name is Gina!" Gina spat out and covered her mouth when she felt the urge to puke again... "I should have stopped you from drinking," Charles muttered under his breath... She still refused to tell him where she lived, and now they were parked somewhere along the road... He wanted her to sobber up, but it didn't look like she would any time soon... Instead, she looked like she was trying her best not to puke in his car... "If I start my car, then I will take it as you want to go to my apartment... since you refused to tell me where you live...gina" He said, the name was oddly unsettling to him, like he had heard it somewhere but he couldn't place his head on where he had heard it before... Gina immediately tried to unhook her seat belt, and Charles helped her do. she rushed out of his car immediately her seat belt was off and he came out his car quickly also... she needed fresh air... this was what happened when someone binged on drinking in the afternoon... Charles shook his head and smiled at her.... "I should hold your hair back for you then," He said in a low voice and helped Gina hold her hair back as she pucked... he held it till she was done, and then he led her to a close by small store... "Wait, here, I will be right back," He said to her, and thankfully, she didn't argue with him... she sat there waiting for him till he came out of the store with a bottle of water and some candy.... He opened the bottle of water and handed it to Gina... she seemed to have sobbed up a little, thankfully... "Here, drink this," He said... Gina took the bottle of water from him and drank quietly from it... Charles sighed deeply and sat beside her... he opened one of the candy and gave it to her also... "This should stop the urge for puking for a while." Gina was a bit hesitant before she took it from him... he heard Wad Clearer now even though she still felt a bit dizzy. She remembered who he was and how drunk she had been a while ago... She almost face palmed herself when she realised she had puked at the side of the road in Broad day light. She just hoped no one she knew recognised her. It would be a complete disgrace... "Shouldn't you be at work...won't your manager be angry with you when he realises you left and took a drunk customer with you" She said in a low voice when she was done with the candy... she still felt awful but not enough for her to shut up... "I don't think he would. not unless he wants to get fired, " Charles replied to her and smiled at her... she looked confused at his words, and he didn't try to clarify her confusion... She knew he was just being nice and didn't want her to drive when she wad wasted... if he meant any arm, they wouldn't he seated here and he wouldn't have bought her a candy and bottle of water, that was unless he had a motive... No one was ever nice to her without a motive... it was either they wanted something from her which always involved her father or her money... It felt odd for someone to be nice to her... "Why did you help me? You could have left me alone... I could have called a taxi, if I couldn't drive or you could have called one for me" Gina asked... he definitely had an ulterior motive... maybe he took videos or pictures of her... "I could have, but you refused to tell me where you live, so what was I supposed to tell the taxi driver... you didn't look like you were in a state to call one yourself, " Charles responded... "Why should I tell a stranger like you where I live..." Gina retorted and scoffed... the smile on Charles face became wider... couldn't she just say thanks like ever other normal person... why was she trying to look for an ulterior motive behind his action... "I should have known you were up to something when I saw you in the parking lot," Gina muttered, but Charles heard her... "Up to something? Like what? Could you give me an example?" He said to her, and Gina glared at him... why was he talking back? People like him never seemed to know their place. They had ways of infuriating her to her core... "Did you take pictures or videos of me when I was drunk!" She accused Charles, and jaw almost dropped. that was the last thing he would ever think of doing. He didn't even know who she was... "Why the hell would I do that?" He retorted, and Gina stood up abruptly... shs staggered, but Charles immediately held her hand and helped steady her... and her heart rate quickly... she immediately shook his hand off.... "Don't touch me! you could have taken pictures to blackmail me into giving you money... people like you would surely do a thing like that" Charles couldn't believe what he was hearing... was she serious right now? "Blackmail?" He said in an unbelievable tone.. "Yes blackmail..." She said, and he couldn't help but laugh, she was one of the funniest people he had met in his life... "I would never blackmail someone I just met... I would never blackmail anyone, gina... you are funny..." Charles reached into his pocket and took out his phone... He opened his phone gallery and handed his phone to her... Gina stared at the phone. This strange bartender was handing to her and ahd grabbed it from his hand... their was nothing about her their.... she checked for a few seconds before handing his phone back to him... She cleared her throat and fisted her hand beside her... "I was just being careful," She said and couldn't swallow her pride to apologise to him... "Where is my bag?" She said to him and started to walk away... shs gritted her teeth as she walked away towards where his car was parked... Charles chuckled as he followed after her... She had piqued his interest... who was she that she was so paranoid about blackmail... he wanted to know who she was and know more about her... Gina almost gasped when she saw the car he had... this couldn't possible be his car... how could he afford such an expensive sport car... maybe he wasn't the owner... she convinced herself... "Let me drop you off... I doubt you can get a taxi from here" Charles said to her... she turned to look and him and slowly nodded because she knew he was right.... she would have him drop her close to her boutique... "Are you really a bartender?" Shs asked when they were both inside the car... "No I'm not... I'm more like the owner" He said to her and she immediately regretted all her words she had said since she met him... she had just simply embarrassed herself... she told him the address to her boutique and became silent after that... She had to learn yo control her temper... Gina scolded herself internally... she hoped that day wouldn't come when her hot temper wouldn't lead her into trouble...