Chapter 28

**KAIA**

Alarms started going off in my head. Lava was pooling at the bottom of my stomach. My skin feels electrified. My heart was beating so fast because I never expected to feel this good about it when the situation was not right.

A lot of things were happening all at once during that moment, and when my eyes involuntarily closed, I suddenly felt like I had melted into the moment.

A loud, bleeping sound started to go off inside the elevator, causing him to pull away. I was still in the same state of shock; I didn't know how to react after he kissed me.

"Are you guys alright in there?" A voice sounded through the machine above, and Adrian slowly started to move away from me.

I quickly looked away while brushing the back of my arm against my lips and flipping my hair to the back.

The temperature in the room suddenly felt like it went up a couple of degrees, and I felt the need to get out immediately.

"Yeah, we're good." I heard him speak to the voice in the machine.

"Do you mind pushing the red button back in so you can get off? There are people out here waiting for the lift." The voice said,.

Adrian pushed the stop button back in, and we both felt the elevator moving again, and the arrow above the door started to show that we were headed up.

I could feel his eyes on me, but I didn't want to look. I was shocked and felt a little embarrassed about what just happened. I still couldn't even believe what he just did.

As soon as the doors opened, I immediately rushed out, ignoring the bunch of people waiting outside to get in.

I took the stairwell to go back downstairs and head straight to my dorm room. After what just happened today, I think I need to hide somewhere safe until I can get my head wrapped around the situation because...

WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED BACK THERE?

**OoO**

"Um, didn't you have a class today?" Amy asked from the doorway of my bedroom.

I pulled the blanket closer and hid myself underneath the covers.

"I fell sick." 

"As in morning sickness?" She asked, disbelief laced in her tone.

"Not like that. I'm just...not feeling well." 

She hovered by the doorway for another minute before sighing out loud.

"Okay, I'll see you later I guess. I'm going shopping. I'm just waiting for Adrian to get here because he's lending me his car keys." 

The mere mention of his name got me frozen in bed. Plus, now that Amy had mentioned that he was coming here, I almost had a heart attack.

It hasn't even been 24 hours since he kissed me in the elevator, and now we're going to be seeing each other again?

Shit!

I'm going to stay in this bed until he's gone. I am closer to being traumatized to deal with the awkwardness right now. 

"Do you really have to?" I heard Amy say to someone in the living room.

He's. Here

I sat up straight to listen a little more, hoping to hear the door close to give me the sign that he had left.

"I'm staying till you bring my car back without a scratch on sight." His voice resonated through the walls, making my heart drop to my stomach.

Please don't tell me he's going to stay here...

"Alright, suit yourself. Just don't touch anything, and don't bother Kaia because she's not feeling well." 

I heard him laugh from the living room, and it triggered my annoyance. The fucker was clearly enjoying this.

I heard the door close and then silence from the other side. That means Amy was gone, and he was still there. 

I was about to go back to sleep when I suddenly realized that my bedroom door was still open. Amy never closed it again when she walked out.

Dammit!

I slowly moved out of bed and tiptoed towards the door to close it before he could see me. But luck was not on my side today, because right when I reached for the doorknob, he leaned against the doorway, making me jump in surprise.

"You seem pretty normal for someone who's not feeling well today." He mocked while raking his eyes all over me.

I roughly grabbed the doorknob and glared at him.

"I am not in the mood for this." 

"For what?" He taunted while smiling.

"Dealing with your presence. Wasting my breath by talking to you. Enduring the pain of you disrupting my peace." 

He chuckled lowly while raising his brows.

"Disturbing your sleep would've been a lot simpler to say." 

I rolled my eyes and pushed him away from the doorway so I could close the door.

"Are you not feeling well just because I kissed you?" The question suddenly put me on hold.

My hand automatically released the doorknob, and he slowly pushed the door back while leaning on the doorway again and facing me with a serious look on his face.

"You crossed the line by doing that." 

He laughed sarcastically at me.

"Relax, it's not that deep." He responded before the smile quickly dropped from his face. "But it worked anyway, because you immediately shut up the minute it was over. You were giving me a headache by talking too much." 

His words were like a slap on the face, and something painful twisted inside my chest.

"Well, congratulations for being a dick by letting me know all that." 

I started to close the door, but he pushed it back and stopped me.

"Whoa, whoa, were you expecting a different reaction? Did you think something was going to change between us just because I kissed you?" 

He burst out laughing, and I suddenly felt the strong urge to slap his face. He was clearly making fun of me, and I hated that.

I hate that he caught me with my guard down and made me think that the reason he did that was because he liked me or something.

Granted, I was attracted to him before we got to know each other, but I stopped when I realized how much of an asshole he truly is. 

But that kiss had reminded me of that feeling again, and I fell for it like an idiot.

I pushed past him at the doorway and headed towards the bathroom to take a shower. If he was going to keep standing there, then I might as well be somewhere else just to avoid him.

I locked the bathroom door behind me, and a shaky sigh escaped from my lips. I hated that he affected me so much, as if the things he said weren't enough already.

He got me feeling confused about my feelings within a day, and that's what infuriates me so much because his intentions weren't genuine and everything was like a game to him.

I shouldn't have fallen for his tricks, but I do hate myself more because that's exactly what I did, and I was hoping for something to change in return. 

God, I feel so pathetic.