Chemistry

The look on Karima's face was an indelible one, one I would never forget. 

 "What did you just say, Mira?" She raised her brows. I nodded reassuringly, "Yes, but it was nothing. Dude just had a few questions to ask me and then.." my voice trailed off.

I could sense how badly she wanted to leave what she was doing and come over to me, but then I had gotten what I wanted. The look on her face said a lot already, that she knew who Judah was and the kind of person he was.

"But...I hope you are okay, you are not hurt anywhere?" She inquired and then I smiled broadly. "I am fine, Karima."

The reaction said that there was trouble lurking somewhere and as it was, it was a matter of urgency. 

There were so many confirmations to her true identity. Any normal person would have asked me to go to the cops to file a suit against whoever kidnapped me but she was not doing any of that.

A few minutes later, she called me to the kitchen counter to eat. We were both silent throughout and on my part, I just savoured and enjoyed the meal.

 "You cook so well, ma." I released a random compliment but I got no reply, so I looked up at her and realized she was actually lost in thoughts.

"Karima." I called again, jerking her arm. By natural default, her body jerked gently as I jolted her out of her thoughts. 

 "What are you thinking about?" I asked casually.

 "You, Mira." She replied plainly, surprising me. "And...what about me?"

She sighed softly. "It's nothing much, I will sort it." She replied conclusively and I had no other grounds to keep her talking. The night caved in with an convenient silence and minds bothered with questions.

The next morning was soon here and I had to prepare for work. I knew that I was already lagging behind a whole lot and I earnestly prayed that nothing crazy would happen that day.

Karima was at my doorstep the moment I was done, the energy was so different from before and she was literally all over me. 

 She pressed the elevator buttons before I did, pushed the glass entrance door of the complex door open for me like she was my bodyguard or something. Fine, it was okay to do that but she was too extra.

We were on our way to the resort with her when a car suddenly crossed ours. It took a lot for our car not to summersault because Karima had to match the brakes so as to force the car stop.

The moment the car stopped, after hitting our heads on the wheel and the dashboard, we raised it, grunting in pain.

 "What the hell." Karima cursed as she opened the door and got off, I did the same too.

We matched towards the other car angrily, really wanting to know what had happened that made them act that way.

 The car windows were tinted so we could not see the driver easily. Karima knocked on the driver's side window aggressively and then the driver winded it down.

"Hello, bondservant." Judah sat there, greeting with a smirk-like smile on his face. I furrowed my brows, what did he want this time around.

 Karima really hid her honest reaction well, not wanting to make it so obvious that she knew who it was but he was quick to burst her.

"What to pretend like you don't know me? Because your lady is here?" He continued and she frowned deeply. "This is not the right way to go about things, young lord." Oh, she was going to let her identity go now.

"What do you know, bondservant?" He raised his brows, obviously teasing her.

 "Please, stop calling me that." She said politely but he sneered and then faced me.

"Hey Kierra." He reached out, waving. 

 I returned him a glare. "Don't call me that, either. My name is Mira." I corrected him and he frowned slightly.

"What's with you two?"

"We should be asking you that question. Must you be violent? A simple, "Can I talk with you?" will do. Did you have to cross us like that? Want to see our deaths?" I nagged out of annoyance.

"Chill, chill. This is how I do my things, I ain't no Jordan, please."

"Why are you here? You went into hiding a long time ago." Karima chipped in.

 "Yeah, because I wanted to and now, I am also back because I want to. What does it matter to you?" He seemed to be taking offense at that point.

"I don't get what you mean by--"

"Oh, of course you do! Quit the pretence." He retorted sharply, not even letting her complete the statement. I smelled some kind of beef between them too, from Judah's part obviously.

"I just came to see your face, Kierra. We will be meeting a lot from now on, and look forward to it."

 "I would never." I snapped and he smirked.

"By the way, warn that asshole to stay off my neck. I am sending you because you both seem to have crazy chemistry."

"What chemistry?" I scrunched my face. 

"You know that best." He replied dismissively and ignited his car, then he drove off, leaving us wondering on the road.

I turned to Karima, with an expressionless expression. "I promise to explain everything later." She said to me, and I could see guilt written all over her face. 

 "It's fine, Karima." I responded and then we returned to the car.

It was good that she was also ready to tell me things now, and I prepared my question mentally because there was a whole lot I needed to know. The issue between Jordan and Judah, the reason why Judah had beefing with almost everyone, more information about she being a servant to me, who and what exactly the reigns were. I wanted to know all, and I could not wait for the time when she would let everything out to me.

The time was getting nearer and my time was running too.