Chapter 8

Alora’s car drives in hurriedly in the parking lot and pulled up as soon as she got the nearest spot. She looks back at Niall and thought to herself that she might be paying way too much for the paint she ruined.

“ Now how can i get you upstairs all by myself? huh!” she said frustrated. Alora knows she could get a guard but he might also be curious about who the masked man is….. what now?.

“ If only i could do it right…. here” her eyes widened after an idea just popped up in her brain. She quickly gets off the car and locks it before heading for her apartment.

As soon as she reached inside, “ Now what do i need?” She said to herself pacing around as she collects the aid kit and other necessities. She glances at a pillow and thought to herself that he might need it because of how uncomfortable the back seat may be,“ Yeah this will do”, and rushed back to the parking lot to save the stranger she barely knows.

As soon as she gets to her car, she opens the front door and sit on the passenger’s seat while placing everything she brought on the driver’s seat. She took the pillow and placed it on the side of his head to put him on a more comfortable position.

Something tells her to take off his mask and see how he looks like but another thought reminds her that she should just let the person show himself only if he wants to, so Alora chooses the latter.

Setting her seat on a laying position, Alora starts cleaning Niall’s wound on the knee. “ There… that’s better” she said right after placing band aids on his wounds. But she looked at his face and realized though he has a mask on, he must have bruises on his face that would need aid too, “ Now how the hell will i deal with that?”… after giving it a thought she decides to take it off “ please don’t hate me for this”.

Just as Alora took off the mask, she freezes on her position as she looks at him. “ How come?” she said more in a whisper. What would the president be doing disguised and without protection in the streets?, only he can answer that but for now he needs to be taken care of.

Alora gently cleans his face and applies medicine on his wounds. Without a lie she noticed how enticing his face looks like, Is his heart as beautiful as his face?, “ Mom was right… Barbra sure is a lucky woman” she whispered to herself.

It still hardbelieve the man in her car right now is president Miles Lewis. Just before she is done applying the medicine on his last wound, the car door suddenly opens.

“ Alora did you just…. OH MY GOD!!” Zariah screamed, Alora quickly put on the mask back on his face while Zariah just shut the door perplexed with what she just witnessed. Alora got out of the car instantly to face her dramatic best friend.

“ Zariah…um… what are you doing here?” Alora found herself nervous towards her friend. She knows she was in an awkward position sitting with a guy that is laying on the backseat just to clean his face, and to be honest the seat barely had enough space for her.

“ Girrlll worry not… you go back to what you were doing, see you inside” Zariah scream whispered to her while giving her an evil laugh.

“ Zariah! it’s not what you think for God’s sake” Alora tried to clarify helplessly. “ Yeah yeah, tell me that later” Zariah said as she faded heading for the elevator.

Alora groaned in frustration face palming herself. “ Great… just great, now i will have to explain myself for the next century for Zariah to believe me”.

She heads back to the car to just finish what she started anyway. This guy is already trouble as it is. Just as the door opened, Alora quivered with shock by the site of Niall who is seated straight giving her a deadly glare.

Before she could recollect her attention to reality, he swiftly got out, pinned her against the car, and looked deep into her eyes. He noticed that she is the same girl he met last night, could it be she is spying on him? he now more than ever knows the are very few people in his life that can actually be trusted.

“ What did you see?!!!” He growled with a low tone as his eyes pierced straight into her eyes. Alora just stared at him, his orbs to be precise…. he looks like a person who tries to intimidate her but also has a hint of fear?, ‘ What is he afraid of? What could the president of Ocrya possibly be so terrified of?’ Alora couldn’t help but feel a sense of remorse for him on whatever terrifies him.

“ I won’t ask this again… WHAT DID YOU SEE?!” he shouted to her face, this time he brought her back from her frozen world but she still couldn’t open her mouth to say a word, instead she shook her head in denial.

It is crystal clear that he does not want to be seen by anyone or anything, the last thing she wants is to irk him further to the throat.

“ You won’t like it if you lie to me…you never met me, and no word to anyone “, right after saying that, Nile just left without another word. Alora watched him leave without being able to utter even a single thing to him.

Is it a dream? did she just meet the president?, and why is he so scary and intimidating instead of thanking her? what is he up to? “ God what did i just get myself into?, you know what? you’re right. I never met you and never will for God’s sake” Alora let go of a long breath trying to recover from what just happened.