✿ CHAPTER 43 ✿
AMELIA'S POV
3 days had passed by very quickly, and I hadn't heard from Leonard since that night.
I stayed up all night hoping to get a call from him...I felt my chest tighten whenever an hour went by without receiving a message from him. I tried calling but he busies my calls and ignores all my messages.
I couldn't sleep or eat...I was never this way...but this made me feel strange, I've never wanted his attention this badly.
It's not like we were in a relationship, I just felt at peace whenever I was with him.
I felt myself yearning for his touch.
I found myself daydreaming about him and comparing him to other people.
I find excuses to be around him.
I get flustered whenever I'm around him.
My face turns red whenever he looks at me with those eyes.
I act differently around him.
What could this possibly mean? That I loved him?
I just know I couldn't understand this feeling, but does he feel the same way? Looking at me with those eyes...
I found myself having thoughts about him not realizing how much older he is to me.
But I couldn't care less...the heart wants what it wants right? Falling for my father's boss...
I finally got dressed and got ready for class.
"Good morning, young miss," My chauffeur, Carlos, greeted.
"Good morning, Carlos, I'll drive myself today"
"Are you sure young miss?"
"Yes, I am... You can leave now," I forced a smile...
I had a bad feeling today,
I got into the driver's seat.
I was driving out of the house when Sofiya called me.
"Hey, where are you?"
"I'm on my way to school"
"There are no classes this morning, it was canceled"
"Huh? It was canceled?"
"Yes, so meet me at the café near our school...I'll be waiting there".
"Ok, I'm on my way" I disconnected the call.
I looked at my phone, and still no message from Leonard after I called him this morning
I sighed
When I arrived at the café, there were few people there, so it was easy for me to find Sofiya.
"Amelia!, over here!" Sofiya waved at me from afar.
I smiled as I waved back at her.
But just as I was about to approach her, I bumped into someone.
"I'm so sorry"
I looked up to see a very beautiful lady, her jet black hair framed her porcelain face, sharp cheekbones, and her eyes icy blue. She excluded an air, untouchable...as she looked at me, her gaze flickered over me for the briefest moments. Before walking past me into a car.
I was stunned.
"What just happened?" I asked myself... why did I find that woman so familiar?
"Amelia? Who was that lady?" Sofiya walked up to me.
"Ah, it's nothing...just someone I bumped into" We linked our arms walking into the café.
While we ordered our coffee I kept glancing at my phone.
Sofiya looked at me...
"What do you keep staring at?" Sofiya grabbed my phone.
"Hey!, what are you doing? !"
She began scrolling through my phone.
"15 calls and 11 messages?" she was stunned.
"Is something going on between you both, Amelia?" she raised an eyebrow.
"Sofiya I-"
"So why do you keep calling him?" she asked as the waiter brought our coffee.
"I just wanted to uhm-"
"Ah! a call! He's calling you!"
"Huh? He- he is!...give me the phone!" I grabbed the phone from her.
"What do I do?" I was nervous.
"You didn't expect him to call you after you called him a million times?" Sofiya sipped her coffee with her eyes wide open.
I took a deep breath as I answered the phone call, my hands were trembling and my heart was in my throat.
I didn't know why I was nervous!
"He-hello?"
"Where are you?" his deep voice came through the phone.
"I, I'm at a café near my college"
"Why aren't you in class?"
"Uhm- class was canceled this morning"
"Ok, I'm coming over"
"Now? To the café?" my eyes widened in shock.
"Yes...is there a problem?"
"Not at all"
"I'll be right there, there's something I want to discuss with you".
"But you-" The call was disconnected before I could say another word.
"What's happened? What did he say?" Sofiya asked.
"He's coming here".
"What! Now?".
"Yes...he said he wanted to discuss something with me,"
"What's wrong?"
"I- I don't know...I haven't heard from him for these past few days and now he calls me?".
"Let me ask you a question Amelia" Sofiya intertwined her hands as she looked at me with a scrutinizing gaze.
"What-what's wrong?".
"Do you like him?".
I was stunned.
"Why are you asking that?" I avoided eye contact with her.
"It's so obvious Amelia...you're head over heels for your fling!".
"No am not" I lied
"You know what...I won't press on this any longer, it's your life...you get to choose who you fall in love with" she sipped her coffee.
"But have you thought about this...he seems to be older than you are"
"I-I know" I lowered my gaze.