Night, the roads were getting more crowded with cars, causing a heavy traffic on the highway.Naevia sat quietly in her car, thinking about her father and their reunion. She was pleased with the fact that her imaginations of Arnold not caring about her, was not true but her mind playing a trick on her."You have your answer now Naevia. Father did all these just to protect you because of his love for you. He still cares about you. But..." Her happy face turned confused. " The way he blocked my line while I was trying to reach him the other time seems...strange to me. I just don't know why I feel..."HONK! HONK! The guard driving the car Naevia was in, blew the horn. Getting Naevia's attention back on the road.Due to the fact that she was lost in her thoughts about her reunion with her father, Naevia didn't realize that there was a traffic jam."Shit! How did we end up like this?" She asked the driver, facing the window and trying to figure out where they were."The traffic suddenly ap
Almost an hour later, Naevia stepped out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around her chest. She sighed out pleasingly, feeling refreshed."I really love a comforting and soothing bath after a long journey," Naevia confessed.She had another towel wrapped around her hair, in which she used to clean her hair properly."Phew! Damn, I've missed warm baths," Naevia said, rubbing her face with the towel and back at her hair.Her eyes fell on the bed and she noticed a beautiful red dress on the bed, with a rose flower and a letter on it.Naevia's eyes grew wide on seeing this. "What in the world is that? Is that for me?" She asked rhetorically, walking towards the bed.Naevia hung the towel in which she used in cleaning her wet hair, right on her left shoulder. She lowered herself down and picked both the rose and the letter.Naevia smiled while lifting herself up. She glanced at the dress then at the letter and flower. "This must be Zane's work. These days he behaves abnormally. I don't
Zane and Naevia chit chatted calmly together. They were halfway done with their food, but they were fully satisfied already.Though the conversation seemed weird for Naevia, she still liked it. It felt like she was talking to a friend.Zane was trying his best to keep the conversation between him and Naevia going smoothly. He really wants it to lead to something special.Zane placed his hands on the table, thinking of something else to say to Naevia. "Think of something else to get her hooked up with you Zane. Don't screw this up. The last thing I want is a grumpy wife tonight," he pondered.As he was brooding on what else to say, Naevia helmed her interest straight on the music player. It was playing catchy music that got Naevia bolted to it."Naevia, I want to..." Zane hung back when he caught a glimpse of Naevia tapping her fingers on the table, according to the beat of the song."Oh Wow! I love this song!" Naevia reviewed. Drumming her fingers heartily to the music.Detecting this
Naevia leaves the balcony, heading for the bedroom. She felt her eyes twitching and herself yawning. It was clear that she was feeling sleepy now. Naevia yawned and stretched out her arms, arriving close to the bedroom door. "Today sure was something," she yawned.She got to the door and placed her hand on the door knob, about to open it. She twists the knob and pushes the door open, but stops halfway through.Naevia looked towards the direction she just came from. She was thinking about Zane all of a sudden. Smiled, she sighed and navigated her head back at the door. Opening it completely and going in.She shuts it behind her and heads for the bedroom to change into her night robe.. Meanwhile, Zane was still at the balcony, looking confused and also unhappy. He was going through a mixed feeling."What happened? Why didn't everything go as I planned?" Zane asked himself confusingly.He lifted his head and gazed up into the beautiful, cool sky. He wondered what and where he had gone
Pleased to hear this, Zane decided to take Naevia to the target room. That's a place he hasn't shown or taken her to. But now was the time to do that."Alright then. After this game we'll both go there and have some fun," Zane said, offering Naevia the table.It was her turn to play next. Naevia gladly took the offer. "Let's make a deal. Whoever that wins this ping-pong game gets to take the lead during target practice," she suggested, scoring again."I like where you're heading. Deal my lady," Zane accepted Naevia's game plan. They both continued their game for forty five minutes, until the winner emerged successful. "I won!" Naevia cheered. Pointing at Zane proudly.Zane smiled and leaned his stick beside the ping-pong table. He clapped his hands and raised them up, saying, "Congratulations Naevia. You won this time around. We're even now. That means you will take the lead during the target practice." Zane smirked, lowering his hands down."Yeah of course. It'll be like the old tim
Naevia never expected such a question to come out of Zane's mouth. It left her bewildered that she wondered if Zane woke up at the wrong side of the bed."No, there's no need. I'm fine now. Let's proceed with the shooting," Naevia inferred.She wanted to leave Zane's side and resume with the target practice. But she's stopped by Zane, who takes hold of her right hand gently."I'm serious Naevia. Tell me what happened. It felt like you saw something from your past that triggered your emotions. Do tell me, I'll listen," Zane persuaded Naevia. Naevia didn't know if she should share it with Zane. But with the way he calmly requested to listen to her, it made Naevia feel happy."Okay then," she agreed. Lowering her pistol down and facing Zane.Zane, hearing Naevia's agreement to his plea, felt on top of the world. He had feared that Naevia would reject his appeal like the way she always does, but not this time.Zane still held on to Naevia's hand, and led the way out of the target area. T
Naevia's flashback ends. She still had her focus on the ground. Letting out a poor laugh."The first person I killed was the same person who trained me to be a strong fighter and shooter. I got to know he was a traitor. He even tried to kill my father. So I ended him right there," Naevia narrated the scene to Zane."Is that what got you so down out there?" Zane questioned Naevia. Referring to what occurred with her during the target practice.Naevia hummed to Zane's question. That was a response to confirm that it's the truth. Zane couldn't say anything else. He just stared at Naevia.After hearing all these, Zane felt sorry for Naevia. He never knew that her childhood was rough. It reminded him of his own childhood.Trying not to remember the pain she felt while shooting Felix, the guard who trained her at a tender age, Naevia sighed out and turned to look at Zane.She found him already gazing at her. She let out a smile and grabbed her glass of pineapple juice."That's in the past n
Naevia takes Zane to his study room and sits with him. She goes through the papers and thinks of what must be done.Zane, on the other hand, just sat there admiring Naevia as she went through the paper with so much zeal.He was happy with the fact that he quickly asked for her help before she walked away. This was part of his plan to get to know Naevia more.When the guard gave him the paper to go through it, Zane was thinking about what must be done. He noticed Naevia leaving and remembered Kelvin's advice.Zane quickly asked for her help. He was curious to know how good she was with works like this."From what I'm seeing here, I think shipping the goods would be easy if you take this route, "Naevia suggested, pointing to the paper."Well, if you say so, then that's what they'll do. I'll send Kelvin over there to direct them on what to do. He'll get the work done in a jiffy," Zane decided. Moving closer to Naevia to see what she's pointing at.Naevia feels the warmth from Zane's body