Irresistible Love novel Chapter 8

For the umpteenth time, I looked at myself in the mirror to check my look. Nervousness glide up my body as I looked into my reflection. I was wearing a royal blue with thigh slit dress for the evening. Alex had told me that he would be taking me out on a date today. But it wasn't the first time that he made me such a promise. All those previous promises were not fulfilled and that was the only reason why our relationship turned out to be like this.

I found myself pacing around my room as I waited for his car. I looked up towards the wall clock to check the time and it read seven in the evening.

"It's already seven. I guess he is no-" my little conversation was stopped in the middle when I had the doorbell ringing. Immediately a smile broke onto my face as I ran up to the door and quickly made sure to fix my hair and dress before inhaling deeply and slowly I opened the door only to face a person whom I didn't even recognize. The smile faded away from my face as I looked around searching for the person whom I wanted to see but found no one except the guy standing in a tailored black suit before me.

"Yes?" I asked giving him a small smile.

He smiled showing his dimple as he brought his hand forward and handed me a bouquet of roses and a small card in it. Before I could ask him about it he bowed his head and left the place with me standing there with the bouquet in my hand. Inhaling the fragrance of the freshly plucked roses I smiled as I opened that small card placed in the bouquet to read: Beautiful flowers for a beautiful lady ;)

"What?" I chuckled reading the cheesy lines.

"What's wrong with him?" I muttered as I looked at the bouquet in my hand with a smile plastered on my face.

"Nothing's wrong with me" a voice spoke up and that made me squeal startled when I saw none other than Alex standing before me as he buttoned his suit and smiled seeing my reaction.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you," he apologized and I shook my head no.

"No. It's okay. I was just caught off guard,"

"You look beautiful today," he said out all of a sudden and like a flash, I looked up at him surprised for the second time of the day.

"Why do you look so surprised?" he raised an eyebrow to which I shrugged my shoulders and smiled back in reply.

"Wait! So you want to tell me that this is the first time, I have ever complimented you?" he asked and I narrowed my eyes at him in reply.

"What? What a liar! I have done it before-"

"When?" I asked and he was cut off in the middle as he held his collar and tried to remember.

"Oh..." was the only thing that came out of his mouth as he recognized his mistake.

"I'll try to pay attention to all these from now on," I heard him mutter but that made me chuckle.

"It's okay. You don't have to," I said as I walked back in and placed the bouquet in a vase.

"So did you like the flowers?" he asked as he followed me inside and I looked back at him and nodded my head yes.

"Relieved" I heard him mutter.

"So shall we?" he asked as he forwarded his hand for me to take and I placed my hand in his feeling his warmness and we walked out of the apartment after I locked the door and towards his car. As we sat in his car I couldn't help but notice what he was wearing. He chose a grey colored suit for the evening and had his hair styled backward. All of a sudden a scene flashed before my eyes when I looked at his styled hair. All of a sudden I felt as if I had seen the same hairstyle but that person wasn't Alex.

"Ivona?" Alex held my hand as he looked towards me while driving seeming worried all of a sudden and I realized that I was holding my head gasping for air.

"What happened?" he asked and I shook my head no.

"Nothing" I whispered and took in deep breaths and rolled the window down wanting to feel the air.

What is this?

Why do I keep having these weird memories flashed before me again and again?

Are those things somehow related to my past?

"Ivona!" I was shaken out of my trance by Alex and startled I looked towards him to find him already looking at me. I realized the car has already come to a halt and we had reached our destination.

"Are you alright? You don't seem fine to me? Should we go back ho-"

"No! I'm alright. It's just I keep having a headache, again and again, these days," I lied and looked out of the window averting his gaze.

"What? Why did you not tell me about this? Should I take an appointmen-"

"No," I chuckled "It's okay. I am fine," I smiled and got out of the car before he could come out and hold the door for me.

"Hey! I thought I was supposed to hold the door for you," he narrowed his eyes at me as he looked at me from the other side of the car.

"Oh sorry. Should I get back in?" I asked and bit down on my cheeks trying to hold back the smile. He stared at me for a second and rolled his eyes slamming the door shut.

"Forget it!" he replied and I shook my head at him as I made my way to his side and he offered me his arm to hold and I entangled mine smiling up at him.

"Thank you for your kindness," I mocked and that made him a smile.

"Whatever," he said and we walked into the restaurant.