The Couple novel Chapter 14

Celia

I approached him with slow steps. Don’t want to startle him or wake up any other family member in the house. He busted his cigarette, throwing it on ground and smashing under his feet. And stood there crossing his hands across his chest.

Just before I could reach to him and tap on his shoulder, he spoke.

“Speak. I don’t have forever for you to talk.” I was stunned. Does he have eyes at his back too?

“Umm,... thanks for not mentioning our first meet to J o… or else it would have been awkward for me to see her.”

“What are you even talking about...”, he frowned as he turned around and looked directly into my eyes.

“The party at my dorm in New York, when you came there to bring J and me here but returned early. What do you have alzheimer?” I don’t know if I am boring because he doesn’t even recognize me.

He was the guy who was staring at me that whole night and here I am obsessed one over him when he doesn’t even recognize me or our first meet when it was just a fortnight earlier. I was screaming his name in my bed last night. Stupid me.

“Hey, are you sleeping standing here?” he asked, waving his hand in front of me bringing me out of trance. I was staring at him and remembering how sweet he was that night. What did I do to him that he is so rude to me now?

“Um.. no. I was just thinking how rude one can be.” I spoke sternly, looking him directly in his eyes, challenging him once more don’t knowing for what.

“So you like rude and arrogant men?”, he asked me carefully, caressing my face and putting a loose lock of hair behind my ears.

“no… I can never like an arrogant and rude person like you.”, I spoke backing my steps and him closing in the space between us.

“So, it is just me then”

“What are you even talking about”, hardly speaking without stuttering with him standing so close to me.

“Who was satisfying themselves last night in their bed screaming my name…. ahhh”, he spoke closing the left out space between if there was even, mimicking of thinking hard.

He knows, was I too loud, did everyone hear me, did Jeanne hear me. Shit.

“Damn, you don’t have an idea how hard it was for me not to join you in bed. Trust me no girl ever complained yet.”, his breath brushed my ears as he spoke. This intimacy was turning me on again that I was ready to scream his name again.

But this statement of his made me sneer and push him away at that moment. I wanted to scream at him to tell him he can’t go to another girl now. How can he speak to me like this about another girl?

He is nothing more than just another man whore who leaves after fucking before dawn.

I pushed him away and walked without looking back and ran straight to my room. I don’t want to see him again. Soon will leave this house and will never see him again.

I locked the door and gulped down half of the bottle water. I wish I could change what happened at that party or could undo that party so I would have never met him before. It would have been easier.

I went to sleep but couldn’t get to sleep, thinking about the rudest boy of Cooperstown. If he wouldn’t have happened to be Jeanne’s brother, grandma Nicole’s grandson and Selena’s nephew I would have slapped him then and there without thinking of consequences.

As I was about to sleep, I heard a loud howl and was startled. It was loud and frightening, it was too loud to be a dog’s howl. Is there any wolf around? It has a forest around a bit far but no one told me to be aware of them.

I couldn’t sleep after that, it was hard thinking about having a wolf around.

It was morning but I didn’t sleep last night for even a second, knowing there might be a wolf outside scared the shit out of me.

I got enough time to get ready and go downstairs to help grandma and Mary. It was good to talk to them freely. How warm they are, I wonder what it will be to stay here for a lifetime with them around me.

It will be good but without that arrogant monster around. I don’t want to see him again. Atleast not after moving to my apartment.

I felt two eyes behind me in my direction while I was helping Mary setting up the table, daggering in my back and making me squirm. As I turned around I looked with disgust at those eyes, couldn't help myself. I can’t relax beside him now. He is an a**hole.

I turned around and took my seat quickly. Everyone started to come and took their seats around the dining table. I was yawning, staying up all night left me tired.

“Someone is too tired, it was too hard to get up early for someone.”, it was Mary who brought attention to me.