Chapter 06

" Jane, you? Please come inside, Where are your manners, Addy? Won't you even tell guests to come inside?"

Hearing his mom Adrian came back to his senses. 

Guest! He had no idea they were about to have a guest. That's too this particular girl! Was he missing something! 

"Hello auntie! Aunt Mary sent me to give you this. I should come later probably. " 

" Don't even think about that. Come inside" Kathy dragged her inside without even letting her finish. 

' Jane!' So her name is Jane! Hmm, Nice name." Adrian thought in his mind.

Whispering her name from his mouth gave him an odd type of satisfaction! Even made it sound better, at least to him. 

"What am I even thinking? Maybe I really need some food." He murmured.

Adrian followed them gradually. He had a lot of unanswered questions in his mind which needed to be answered.

"  Everyone, this is Jane. She is my friend Mary's relative."' Kathy started introducing her to everyone. 

Suddenly all of the eyes were on her. Everyone was extremely welcoming to her but she wasn't very comfortable with all of the attention she was getting. Smiling awkwardly she started fidgeting her fingers. 

The man who received the door probably wasn't very happy with her presence. The way he was looking at her she couldn't figure out what he was exactly thinking but she could easily understand he wasn't being really welcoming.

It's not that she had come to stay here or meant to interrupt their family time. 

" Take a sit Jane, have breakfast with us". 

A woman probably in her early 30s smiled at her gently. Though she was sitting on the chair, still Jane could figure out from her posture that she was tall. Her confidence was only adding up to her beauty.  Next to her was a man probably of the same age. Even though no one mentioned, anyone could easily understand that they were partners.

Everyone present there was really good looking.  Even though Jane was never concerned about her looks, she couldn't help getting intimidated. 

' What are you thinking? Come sit '. 

' Ye..yeah." She took a seat beside the same woman who invited her to join them.

' Sir, do you need a special invitation sir?' Following her gaze, Paro looked behind and found the man came and took his seat without a word. Now he was facing her directly which made her more uncomfortable.

Adrian kept looking at her without really bothering about his surroundings. For the first-ever time, he was seeing her so closely. And she looked even more beautiful from this close. 

The way her eyes were shining, how her lips curved into a gentle smile while talking to his mom and sis-in-law he could watch this for hours. He kept devouring her through his eyes.

Suddenly his eyes fell on the mole near her upper lips and the other one on the exposed portion of her neck. Just like that his innocent way of admiring her was gone. 

Those small details were provoking his dark thoughts again, creating havoc in his mind, and a very known emotion awakening from his chest going directly into his south region. 

" Shit! Not now! " Adrian took a deep breath and started gulping water to calm his mind. 

Keeping the glass down he felt relaxed a bit but realized all the pair of eyes were on him.

Did he again miss something? Oh, God! 

"Why are you looking at me like that? Did I miss something?" He tried sounding as calm as possible.

"I asked you, why are you only having water instead of having your breakfast?"His father frowned. 

For the last one week he had been seeing his son, and to his surprise, he was absent-minded even while working, something which was never expected from him. Since his teenage years Adrian had the mind of a cunning businessman.

Once his out of the box thinking saved their company from a huge loss. On that particular day Mr. Johnson decided his youngest son would be the future CEO of his company. He surely kept procrastinating to take charge of the company, but he was extremely serious about his work. 

He never saw him absent minded until a few days ago.  Even now he was behaving weirdly. 

" Addy is doing a lot of things nowadays which are beyond our understanding, uncle." Even Adrian could reply to his dad Samuel ended up taunting him. 

"Don't listen to this idiot, Dad. I was just thirsty, what's the big deal?"  He rolled his eyes.

" Of course, you were! " Samuel chuckled.

Adrian pinched him as roughly as he could and looked at him angered. 

' Ouch! ' Samuel hissed.

"You two! Concentrate on your food."  His mother declared. 

"So Did you make the dish?" Samuel shifted his attention to Jane. 

" I ... Well yeah. but Aunt Mary helped me out."  She smiled at him genuinely. 

"Well I must say, it's as sweet as you." Sameer winked at her playfully.

Adrian frowned seeing how she blushed hearing that cheesy comment of his idiotic friend. He didn't know what it was. But he didn't like the exchange between them. 

 "Thank you.I…"  

" What dish? I didn't get any. Give me some." without letting her complete Adrian interrupted. 

"When did you start having sweet dishes!" His mother looked at him, puzzled. 

Shit! In his desperation, he had totally forgotten he didn't eat sweets at all. 

' I do. On weekends, sometimes.' He lied smoothly.

Luckily his mother didn't ask any more questions.  

"It's nice." He complimented her. What he wanted to say was that it fucking awesome, but he would look too desperate doing that.

"Thank you." 

He looked directly at the source of the mild feminine voice.

Did she just talk to him? For the first ever time! Suddenly he felt his heart running at an inhuman speed. Even though he knows it's just for courtesy, who the hell cared? For the very first time, she acknowledged his presence. Wasn't it enough? 

A genuine smile spread through his lips. 

Suddenly he felt like his leg was touching something soft. Before he could figure out what it was, Jane who was sitting on his opposite side looked at him with eyes as big as soccer and started coughing hysterically. 

Only then did he realize it was her leg that he ended up touching accidentally.  Without granting him any time to take action she pulled her leg at a lightning speed and put it as far as she could.

Even though Adrian didn't do it deliberately, he didn't like how she just snatched her leg as if he was untouchable! Frowning, he looked at her.

Paro really couldn't understand why the man was looking at her as if she had done something wrong. She felt like he wanted her to leave as soon as she could. 

But only if she knew!

"Okay, auntie. I'll take my leave now. Thank you so much for the breakfast."

"Thanks to you too. The dish was really good." Kathy replied genuinely.

Formally smiling for one last time, she took her leave.

"The girl is really cute. No?" Samuel asked Adrian casually. 

Now Adrian suddenly found him genuinely irritating. 

' Why do you care though?' His voice clearly did not attempt to mask his irritation.

"I was just saying. Why are you bothered by the way? As if …" Suddenly something struck Samuel's mind. 

He looked directly into Adrian's eyes. 

"No !! Don't tell me that the girl you were talking about is this one !!" He expected Adrian to deny him. But when he didn't say anything, it took Sam just a moment to realize the truth.

 He took some time to digest the fact. This girl! She looked too innocent for Adi!  He had been seeing his best friend since childhood, and he could confirm that she was definitely not his type.

"Are you sure ?" He asked again just to be confirmed.

"Sure about what ?" Adi asked lifting his eyebrows. 

"I mean is this the same girl that you were talking about?"

Adrian felt slightly offended hearing him.

 Why was his friend so reluctant to admit that she was the one he saw? How could he forget those honey brown eyes running through his mind all the time! 

" I am ."  He confirmed, slightly smiling staring at the door she just left through.

"What are you two whispering since then? Do you want to sit here all day ?" Kathy looked at them sternly.

"Nothing aunty, we were talking about our work." Samuel stated, looking at Adi. 

' Auntie, who is that girl ?" Samuel asked , curiosity lingering in his eyes.

 Hearing him, Adruan looked in his way.

"Oh, she is my friend's relative. She lives in the apartment on the other side of the road. Such a sweet girl! "  She kept praising her. 

"Oh, that's nice. So how old is she?" Sam again asked, not ready to drop the topic yet. 

Adrian was too annoyed by his friend now. What the hell was he trying to do?

Kathy looked at Samuel suspiciously. 

"Aren't you too curious, my boy? She is preparing to get into medical school.  Whatever her age is, she is too young for you, so if you have anything going on in that mind of yours, leave it there. Don't try to act on it. "

Everyone present at the table, including Adrian, looked at his mom surprisingly. She is an affectionate lady, that's for sure. But She could be really tough if she wanted from time to time.

 Whatever it was, they couldn't remember when they last saw her being this protective about someone who wasn't a part of their family. 

"No, no auntie I was thinking the same thing. She is too young for me. Don't worry, I meant no harm ."

The way Samuel pressed on the word

 ' Too young '  it wasn't very difficult for Adrian to understand that it was meant for him. 

His heart already sank when he heard his mom. So she really was young, and probably forbidden for him. 

Everyone started leaving the table. Adrian was about to move but his wrist was caught by his best friend. 

"You heard what your mom said right?" 

"I did. Chill bro. It is just an infatuation. Will go away in no time. You know me right ?" 

That arrogant signature smirk was back on Adi's face. 

Sam won't have believed him, but he knew that there was no chance Adrian could feel something for someone rather than infatuation. So whatever he was saying made sense. 

" good." He replied shortly.

Adrian left for his room in no time. He wasn't in any mood for any conversation further. He  already made a fool out of himself at the breakfast table. And whatever he said to Sam was right.

 It had to be right!  What could it be rather than a mere infatuation? 

But deep down he was worried  that he really didn't mean whatever he said to his friend.

Suddenly his mind again went back to his little moment with that girl, he couldn't help but felt his heart beat increasing just thinking about that moment. A genuine smile was adorning his face. Totally forgetting how his mother just gave a warning to his friend against having any kind of interaction with her .Even though it was not meant for him but that won't change the situation either.

But wait, why was he smiling like a fool ! Wasn't he thinking just on the previous night if he met her again he would end up bedding her! And there he was! Acting like a lovesick teenager whose crush just got to know about his existence! 

Pulling his hair with both of his hands he tried to put some sense in his mind. 

"Focus Addy focus. You are Adrian Alan Johnson. How can you behave like this!" 

He concluded in his mind, first he will be close to her, and then would end up getting her to his bed. Probably she was already of age, even if she wasn't it is only a matter of some months. He will wait till then.

" Welcome Jane! Welcome to my world. You have come to me, now there is no going back!"

After all, Adrian always got what he wanted, and this time too there won't be any exception. 

Only if he knew, sometimes things go in the exact opposite direction of our plan, and it takes a lot of time to rectify our mistakes. Probably a lifetime!