Chapter 10

Ocrya being the same old Ocrya is peaceful as the calm weather of a beautiful evening. But Alora’s mind has been kept in wonder world since the night she helped the ungrateful president. She knows that is why she never liked him or even dared to vote for him.

She throws her purse on the couch in her bedroom before she heads for a nice hot shower to get rid of the thoughts and terror she has by meeting this man.

So far her day went okay, work is still okay.

In the middle of heating her dinner the door bell rings. She hurriedly rushes to the door not paying heed to who it might be, she opened the door gently only to meet her real life horror standing tall right in-front of her.

Niall makes his way inside giving her the confident aura then stands in the middle of the living room looking at her intensely. Alora closes the door and quietly approaches him, knowing that he is here to say something but she does not even dare to flinch before he tells her what he came for.

To her surprise he just stared at her before steadily removing his mask right there and then. Alora was confused, wasn’t he the one who didn’t want her to see his face, why would he reveal it all of a sudden.

Niall took slow steps towards her as she took careful steps backing away from him not knowing what runs in his mind, “ Why did you lie?” He said sounding calm and less intimidating as last time but Alora just remained quiet distracted by every inch of his face that is alluring to her sight.

She looked aside for a while then widened her eyes discerning that he removed the mask to get her reaction. “ As far as i know, you are as talkative as i remember the night before last night, but you are suddenly mute huh?” he said with annoyance in his voice.

So he does remember her from the night she ruined his painting? Alora was surprised that he recognized her but she is always ignored or her presence somehow irritates him.

“ I-im… i’m sorry, i-i just… was scared” Alora tried to explain herself without pissing him off. “ You are sorry?” Niall sarcastically asked and he gave her a demonic smile.

“ Please Mr President… i-i really can’t tell anyone, i swear! just don’t hurt me” Alora pleaded with teary eyes.

“ What makes you think i will hurt you?, but you might like to know that you are still likely to get hurt by just looking at me then telling any breathing creature out there.” Niall explained with a plain face still pinning her by the wall, Alora gets confused by what he means but notice that he is dead serious.

“ I…I-I swear Sir, I swear… I won’t tell anyone. Not even my mom” Alora said in between tears as she trembled. Niall’s eyes glistened for a second hearing the word mom, and the view of this woman crying and looking vulnerable before him gives him a slight ache to his heart… he doesn’t want to see her like this.

“ I just want you to forget what you saw and never shall i ever hear it from anyone” Niall stated calmly as he stood straight giving her enough space to take a breath.

Alora nodded desperately knowing what might happen if she doesn’t keep her word. Niall leaves heading for the door way and all of a sudden the door opens but Nile was quick enough to divert his direction to the hall way.

“ How’s my favorite girl?!!!!” Zariah shouted at the top of her lungs as she made her way to the living room. “ Oh!…h-hey?” Alora awkwardly replied but Zariah barely noticed.

“ Why the long face…Had dinner yet?” Zariah asked but didn’t get a response, she looked up and saw Alora zoned out which made her chuckle. “ I see my girl is getting last night’s flashback, who’s the guy?… you’re lucky work got me busy that I am not milking you all the details about last night” Zariah teased.

“ He is no one, and we were not doing anything I was just helping him.” Alora nervously said as she eyes the hall way.

“ But maybe get to know him Alora, you held on to yourself for a very long time because of that moron of an ex you had…love is beautiful, personally i’m not in love yet-” Zariah stated with serious concern for her friend

“ And so am i… so let’s just drop this and for the umpteenth time, me and that guy have nothing going on” Alora said to her defense but her friend just gave her the ‘you don’t fool me that easily’ look. “ And what are you up to right now?” Alora asked curiously.

“ Oh i got a pile of work i want to complete… it might take me all night because i want to deliver first thing tomorrow morning before i go on an important story in Kotana”, Zariah simply replied as she arranged her working gadgets then headed to the kitchen cupboard to grab snacks.

“ Oh!… i see” Alora said realizing her situation with Nile. “ Are you okay?” Zariah asked again noticing how oddly her friend behaves. “Yeah…sure” Alora shrugs her off then swiftly went to the hall way and checked in Zariah’s room first incase he hid in there but he wasn’t any where in there.

Right after opening the door to her room, there he was standing mighty and tall by her window. “ How did you know what room to go in to?” She mastered the courage to ask. “ The room has things that prove it’s yours” he plainly stated as he turned to look at the framed picture of Alora with her mom and dad by the table.

“ Oh?… i see…Um.. my friend is working in the living room so i think it will be complicated for you to make your way out” She said nervously as she scratched her nape.

“ I can just mask myself and leave” he said as he headed for the door “No you can’t do that…. my friend will torture me with questions, yesterday in the car and today you coming out of my bedroom?” Alora said in a panic.

“ And why would i care about what you and your friend do to each other?” He glared at her but yet sounded calm.

“ I can’t keep secrets from her” she embarrassedly said avoiding his gaze. “ I’m sure she will doze off in an hour or two, so you can sneak out by then” She reassured him.

“ You want me to stay in your room in an hour or two? doing what exactly?” He asked with hints of annoyance in his voice.

“ Did you have dinner?” Alora forced a nervous smile but the latter just looked at her with a blank expression “ I’ll take that as a no, i’m starving too. Just give me a minute” Alora said making her way outside the room.