SUFFOCATING

CHAPTER 7 

His deep and suffocating eyes looking at me, clearly confused with how I obviously ignored him when our eyes, already locked.

“I get that you can’t seem to stand the sight of me, but for you to ignore me, makes me think that this new found hate is not so simple.” I couldn’t utter the right word to counter his straightforward approach, so all I could do was simply try to act dumb and ignore his statement.

“So, what brought you here, Mr.?” I could see he was amused, he lifted his brow and a small knowing smirk formed at the corner of his lips.

“Just like everyone does here. So, are you about to leave?” He probably wants to invite me out, but I don’t want to deal with him now. As much as possible, he should be far from me, too far, I wouldn’t know he even exists.

“Ah! No, I just… arrived actually” I lied without batting an eye, but I was playing myself for a fool since he could see from my body and work out attire that I’ve been hitting it off at the gym for quite a long time now.

“Really?” he asked with his voice filled with doubt, he even eyed me from my head down to my toe, his eyes lingering at my chest full of beads of sweat.

Without even feeling an ounce of guilt, I coolly wiped it off and nodded my head at him, planning to do another set with a heavy heart.

“That’s great, I was just planning to do another set, shall we go?” If I could bite him off out of irritation, I would. He was trying to catch me with my lies, but I won’t let him.

I wouldn’t be the same famous and feared lawyer, if I can’t back the words that come out of my mouth.

“Sure,” I uttered through gritted teeth.

And so under his lead, I had to endure another hour and a half with my usual routine and I could say, the man was pretty serious in catching me. In the end, I was on the verge of collapsing when he came over with his annoyingly playful smile that I could say was pretty handsome.

Women all over the gym had been ogling at him, trying to catch his attention and I could say, I am not one to lose in this aspect since men and women a like have been looking at me too.

He pulled his shirt and wiped the sweats dripping in his face and nodded at my direction.

“I’m going to head out and get coffee, come on, I will treat you at Heivers, if that is still your favorite place I guess?” The moment I heard Heivers, the word no seems to disappear at the back of my head and all I could do was stupidly nod in excitement.

It’s not that I can’t go there myself, it’s just that, it takes 3 months to book a table in that place and I have been in love with their coffee ever since I could remember.

If given the choice, I would rather miss a flight than miss a chance to go there. Heivers has always been my comfort place, comfort food.

I could book myself a table there, but given its popularity now compared before, 3 months of waiting would be an understatement. And I can’t wait that long.

“I recall, you always loved going to Heivers, it was your place, but hearing about how preoccupied you’ve been for a long time, after you graduated, started working under your father’s corp., and dealing with all your clients, I assume that you haven’t had a chance to go there again?” It was annoying that what he said is true, after I graduated, I barely even have time for myself, and I bet he too, is busy.

The difference between us is that he is the boss of his time and he could do whatever he wanted, meanwhile I work under my father, though I am his daughter, I do not like using that connection and authority to have better resources and workload than my peers.

It is already enough that they regard me in the same level as the honorable family that I am from.