Stepping out, the morning sun almost blinding her. Using her purse to shield her eyes, she paused, u sure of what to say to the man walking in the distance. Nathan aware that she's not behind him stopped "Why did you stop? Are you planning on standing here?".
Raising her eyes slowly, she meets his deep gaze, her heart suddenly beating faster. The sun casting a shadowy glow on his face.
"I'm leaving"
"I'll drop you off"
"Oh no! I don't want to inconvenience you" She quickly objected. " Do you want the world to think I can't take care of the woman I slept with?" He asked cooly.
Remembering what transpired the night before, she felt her face heating up. Unable to keep his gaze, she quickly lowered her eyes . Nathan chucked lightly her at her reddened face.
Standing not too far, is Oliver, Nathan assistance. Not believing his eyes.
The boss can smile? Am I dreaming?
Nathan suddenly turned heading towards the sleek black maybach car not before glancing over his shoulder " Follow me." Bella raised her head and felt reluctant to follow him. But thinking about Claire who is still in the hotel lobby and will obviously come out any moment, she dragged her feet to move .
Inside the quiet hum of the vehicle, Nathan is busy on his tablet. Bella is staring at his side view not knowing how to strike up a conversation. Oliver is stealing glances at them through the mirror.
Bella is still shocked from the confrontation in the lobby.
Why did he speak up for her? Why did he defend her?
"Mr Fisher, why did you do that?" Bella breaks the silence.
Nathan doesn't look at her right away " Do what?"
"Speak up for me earlier. People will talk. Don't you care about your image?"
" They always do . I don't care" He replied with his indifference demeanor.
" But you don't usually get involved in this like this. Especially not for people like me" Bella said softly.
She wasn't the typical meek girl, but dealing with the mother and daughter duo has left her drained.
Finally taking his eyes from the tablet. His deep blue eyes looking at her " people like you?".
Nathan knows she is tougher than she looks. There's a lot of strength and resilient underneath this soft demeanor and I will peel the layers off one by one till I see your true self.
Bella looked up to meet his deep gaze. Something flickering in her eyes but it was gone quicker than it came. This didn't go unnoticed by the man's calculating eyes.
Trying to lighten up the awkward mood "So ... Do you always offer personal chauffeur services like this" She said smiling softly.
Oliver chuckled but tried to cover it up with an awkward cough.
Nathan returns to his tablet, not responding.
Another beat of silence, she shifts in her seat, glancing at him "Drop me anywhere, I'll take a cab home" She told Oliver.
"Are you tired of this personal chauffeur?" Nathan suddenly asked glancing at her .
Bella stares at him eyes wide, mortified. She didn't know he will take her joke seriously
"But you don't know where I live" .
"Give the directions to Oliver". The rest of the ride was filled with silence. Bella is clearly unease, slowly biting her lips .
Every minute in the car feels like a nightmare. How can someone be so handsome but clueless on basic human interactions. She felt like palm facing herself.
Getting to her apartment, Bella quickly dashed out "Thank you Mr Fisher, bye". She sprinted after saying that.
Nathan finally looked at her fleeing back.
"Cute"
"Huh?" . Oliver is clearly shocked. Did the boss just called miss Bella cute?
Wait! Am I hearing properly? Ugh I think I need to go get my ears checked.
Clearing his throat " Boss, Where to?"
"The office" The man cold voice rang out
Does the boss have personality disorder? How can he change his temperament so quickly.
Brushing his thoughts aside, he drove the car to the company.
Back at Bella's apartment.After peeping from the window and seeing that Nathan's car was gone. She breath a sigh of relief.
Why is my heart beating so fast?
Suddenly her phone rings, checking to see her best friend Precious Martins calling. Precious and Bella both went to the same highschool and university. When they graduated, Precious decided to pursue her acting career overseas while Bella stayed back in the country.
It's been 3 years since they last saw each other, basically because of time difference and Precious busy schedule. Precious is the quick temperament one while Bella is the warning before action one, both complimenting each other.
"Hey girl , I miss you so much" Precious voice rang out. Chuckling at her act of cuteness " I miss you too, how's the work going over there?" Bella asked while trying to remove her black heels.
After everything that happened this morning, she forgot she wore high heels. Pulling it off now, her feets were throbbing with pain.
"What? You mean she did all that? Ughh that bitch, she's lucky I'm not in the country, I would have gone and knock some of her tooth out" Precious said angrily.
Bella laughed. Remembering how troublesome precious was in school. " Remember you're a star now, you can't result to violence all the time" Bella said
"Ooh look who's talking, have you forgotten how you beat those bullies back in high school?. Whoever saw you will think you're an angel, they don't know you're worse than me!" Precious sneered.
When they were in high school, some set of bullies made it their life goal to torment her. Having had enough, after school that day, she and precious waited for the bullies outside of the school and beat them to a pulp. The bullies came to school with their parents and she and precious had to be suspended for week because the damages on the bullies were not little.
Going down the memory lane, both she and precious burst out in laughter.
"Fine.. fine, I won't say anything again" she said smiling.
"So tell me, How was he in bed?. You know I've always dreamed of sleeping with someone like Nathan. Their body, their strength, their....."
"Shut up!" Bella scolded. Her face turning beet red thinking about last night.
"Okay.. okay, I'll let you rest but I need the details later " Precious said clearly teasing her and laughing.
Having talked for a while, they both promised to talk to each other later.
Hanging up the call, Bella dashed to the bathroom to clean up.