chapter 17

****** Alexa To be honest, I was shocked when I saw Elijah here. I don't know how he knows that I'm here. When he asked me to go with him, at first, of course, I did not agree at all, but after he kissed me, I felt like my mind and my whole body felt something weird that made me just follow him, and now I don't even know where we were going. I am going to regret this for real. "Can you please tell me where we are going? If you don't have any plans, can you bring me back to the hotel because I'm so tired and now that you're here, it just makes me feel double tired? You know why? It is because you and your cocky personality never change, and that's what I hate most about you." I kind of nag at him, but he just drives to nowhere and doesn't mind if I talk to him. At last, I just lean my head back and look out the window. Just then, my eyelids felt heavy, and I just decided to take a nap while he was driving. When I open my eyes, I feel like the car doesn't move anymore. I straighten my posture and look outside. It's a huge lake, and there are also people who are picnicking with their families or partners. I look beside me to see Elijah playing with the phone and looking serious. I think he doesn't notice that I'm already awake. So, I cleared my throat, and that made him look away from his phone and turn to me. "You're awake." He said that and put his phone inside his pocket. "Why are we here?" I ask. "We're going to spend this whole day together, and I think this is the best place for us to spend it. It's peaceful and can also release our tensions." I looked at him in disbelief and then just got out of the car. He's right; it has a breath-taking view and makes my stress go away. Suddenly, I feel a hand snake around my waist. I was shocked, and I elbowed the person who held my waist. Then I heard someone groan and take his hand off my waist. I turned around to see who it was, and my eyes widen when I see Elijah. But it's served him right because he has no right to hold my waist like that. "Don't do that anymore if you don't want to get elbowed by me," I warn him, and I walk away and find a bench to sit on. A moment later, I can feel Elijah following me behind me, but I just walk to sit on the bench. He sits next to me and looks at me, smiling. "Why are you smiling like that?" I ask him, confused. "You're so beautiful, baby. That's why I can't stop smiling when I am looking at you." He answers. I just look away and try to make the thing not go awkward. "Alexa, I know you're still mad at me, but I also know that your heart is little by little wanting me back. I love you, Alexa, and this time I really mean it. I'm not going to act like I did three years ago. I promise." He said that, and I just took a deep sigh. "Do you think if I kiss you back, let you hug me, let your family take care of my kids, and spend time with you, I will already forgive you and totally forget what you did? You're so wrong, Elijah, because I'll never forget about it." I said to him: "I know your mind is saying a different thing now, Alexa." I look at him. "No. I'm telling you the truth and don't even said like you know everything about me." I feel like I want ttruth,p him in the facsaygthatow but I have to stand it because we're in public. I don't want people to see it. I hate to cause now,ma in public. "Alexa, I've already changed. I'm not the old Elijah anymore. You know what? I'm not sleeping with any women anymore because I didn't feel anything when I slept with them. Please trust me." I shake my head. "You don't sleep with any women anymore?" I ask and raise my eyebrows. He nodded his head. "When did you stop that, huh?" I question him. "Like two years ago." He said that, and I just nodded my head in response. "Then why do you keep lying to me now?" I ask him. "I'm not lying to you. I'm telling you the truth. Trust me," he answers. "Oh, then why didn't you tell me about your one-night stand with Dolly, the twin's nanny? Just stop lying to me; I'm not that stupid, Elijah." He looks at me in shock. "Ho-" I cut him off. "That's not important for you to know who told me this, but obviously you know who told me all this. The important thing is now, why didn't you tell me this thing? You said that you've changed, but the real thing is that you haven't. Two years ago? I think you hurt your head somewhere, which makes you forget what happened a few months ago." I look at him, and his face is unreadable now. "It was just one night, Alexa. I've already left her, and she's fine. You can see for yourself, right?" I scoffed. That's how cheap he makes Dolly. "How do you know she is just fine? You don't know how uncomfortable she was when you kept appearing when she was there, and I saw her expressions and gestures change when you were around. Look, Elijah, you can keep your bullshit behaviour, and I don't even care, but making a woman feel so cheap is not right. Do you think we women don't have any dignity? Yes, I know it was a one-night stand, but still!" I am so mad at him. "Alexa-" "I want to go back to the hotel now. Don't. Follow me. I can take a cab." I said that and walked away from him. Why do I always end up crying when I meet him? Stupid tears. Stupid heart. Stupid Elijah! ***** The next day I wake up when I hear the sound of a bell inside my room. Who the hell is disturbing me early in the morning like this? I huff and walk to the door, and when I open it, I see one of the hotel workers standing in front of me with flowers in his hand. "I'm not ordering any room service or those flowers," I said to him in my half-asleep voice. "Mr. Perkins asked me to give this to you." He said that and handed me the flowers. "I didn't want it. Throw it away." "But if you don't accept these flowers, Mr. Perkins said that he will get me fired from my job. So please accept these flowers." Elijah is really annoying. I take the flowers and then close the door. I might be acting rude, but it's all because of the man's name, Elijah. I throw the flowers into the small bin inside my room. I look at the time and then groan. It's already 10 in the morning. That's a good thing that I don't have an early appointment today. I open the curtains, and the light of the sun makes my room bright. I plopped on the bed because I'm still sleepy. Just when I'm about to fall asleep, my phone's voice comes into my ear. I take it under the pillow and look. Who is it? It's Elijah. Ugh, why can't he stop disturbing me? I want to block his number, but the twin always asks me to call him, so I can't. I blocked him once but decided to unblock him because of them. I opened his messages and read them. Good morning, baby. Did you get the flowers? How about we have our dinner together tonight? I'll pick you up at 7:00 p.m. I love you. "What the heck?" I said when he said that he wanted to have dinner with me tonight. I'm not going anywhere with him. I throw my phone on the bed and continue to sleep. 7:00 pm I'm just watching television and sipping my hot chocolate on the bed. A moment later, I heard a knock on my door. I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion and put my hot chocolate on the table before I walked to open the door. "Hey, baby." I was surprised when Elijah was standing in front of my room in his dark blue Armani suit. Oh, dinner! "I'm not going to have dinner with you. Bye." I closed the door, but he put his leg up to prevent me from closing the door. "What are you doing? Stop it!" I said, and he took that chance to make the door open wider and step inside my room. "Who asked you to come in? Get out!" I said, but he just walks in and sits on the sofa, looking at me. "I'm not going anywhere until you agree to have dinner with me." He said it and smirked. "I don't want to," I said. "So it looks like we're going to have so much fun in your room then." I open my mouth to reply, but nothing comes out of it. Then, I just stomp my feet and walk to the cupboard, take my dress randomly, and head to the bathroom. I slammed the door and put the dress on the counter. He's just so annoying and makes me pissed. After a few minutes, I get out of the bathroom and wear my heels. "I'm done. Let's go now." I said, and I just walked out of the room without waiting for him. I hear footsteps behind me, and I know it's him. When we arrived at the lobby, he put his hand on my waist. I try to get his hand off of me, but he just continues to hold my waist. In the end, I just let him go because I'm too tired to argue with him now. He leads me to his car and then opens the door for me. I glare at him and get into the car. He just smiled at me, and then when he got into his seat too, he drove away to the place where we were going to have our 'dinner'. I hate him! _________________________________________________________