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I was about to knock again when the door flew open. Finally.
"Why you keep dis..." My words were stuck in my throat when I looked up and saw who it was.
What the hell?? Ryan is my next door neighbour????
"Fancy seeing you here Natasha." He said as his lips quirked up into a smile.
I was too dazed to talk or move. What is he doing here? Since when as he been living here? Is he actually my next door neighbour or he just came to see someone here?
Different questions circulated my head but I had no answers for then. One thing that I hoped was that he shouldn't be my next door neighbour. I would have to see him everyday and it would be so awkward between us considering our past together.
"Are you seriously ogling at me right now? Out here in the open?" His teasing voice snapped the out of my thoughts and I stared up, since he was taller than I was only to see him smirking.
Me, ogling at him, maybe I did before only because I was younger, stupid and in need for someone to help me forget my bad day but not today though. I wanted to tell him that but I decided not to. Only God knows how much that would hurt his ego.
"What are you doing here?" I asked instead.
"I could ask you the some question. You are the one that came, banging on my gate like I owed you money." He answered when he saw how serious I was.
"Wait.. don't tell me you live here." I said after I had taken in all he had told me.
"Okay. I won't." He answered with a sheepish smile dancing on his face.
My fears had finally come true. One of the people I had been trying to run away from was living here of all places, as my next door neighbour. It was really annoying.
"Did you follow me here? Wait, are you seriously stalking me?" I asked because when I moved in, this house was empty.
"Stalking you?? You see Natasha, the world doesn't revolve around you. Why would I move here all because you did??" He asked.
"Then why did you move here of all places?" I asked again, while giving him a suspicious look.
"Because it is closer to where I work." He answered.
"And where exactly do you work?" I asked, arms folded. I just couldn't believe all that he we saying.
"Why are you interrogating me.? With all these questions you're asking, one might actually think you are the one doing the stalking, not me." He said.
I was still having doubts maybe because I usually have trust issues but I don't care. It is really hard to trust anyone after all I have been through. Plus it didn't really seem like he is telling the truth right now.
"Okay. I'll try believing what you said." I muttered.
"Thank you." He answered back.
"Just tone down whatever it is that is making that noise." I said and was about to head back into my house when he suddenly held me back by my wrist.
"What do you think you one doing?" I asked angrily.
I never meant to be angry but him holding me on my wrist made me recall all the hurtful memories of how Jason used to cuff me to that bed and it made me very angry.
"I wanted to ask you something." He answered.
"You can do that without touching me." I answered before I forcefully removed my hands from his.
He seemed but by my action but I didn't care. No one in my family dares to hold me by my wrist. Not even Molly because they knew how bad I hated It. They only held my hands though.
"Why did you lie about your identity when I met you at your parent's house?" He asked after wiping the hurtful expression from his face.
"Are we really doing this now?" I asked.
"Yes. I wanted to know why you tried to chase me away." He said.
"It doesn't matter anymore. It's not like you left when I wanted you to leave." I replied.
"It matters to me. It was you who approached me at the club that day. I just don't get why you are trying to push me away now. Are you embarrassed of me?" He asked.
"Why would I be embarrassed of you?" I asked back.
"That day, you didn't want me to see your parents nor talk to them." He said.
"You still talked with them. Didn't you?" I asked. I was already getting really tired of his questions. Can't he just let it go?
'Why didn't you introduce me to them? You acted like you didn't know me in front of them. Till the extent that I was beginning to question if you were actually the one I spent the night with that day." He said.
"And what would you expect me to introduce you as to my parents? Do you actually expect me to tell them that I had a one night stand with you?" I asked.
"Don't blame me if I expected you to do that. Or at least act like you actually knew me so I wouldn't have felt shitty about myself. Or were you thinking they would be disappointed if they found out you slept with me while you were still married?" He blurted out without thinking.
I stared at him in shock. How does he know I was married? I'm really sure mom and dad didn't tell in that.
"Did you do a background check on me?" I asked angrily. His eyes widened like he said something he wasn't supposed to.
"I asked you a damn question!!!" I said. If I was a cartoon character, flames would have been coming out of my nose. That was how angry I was.
"Yes." He finally answered after being quiet for sometime.
"What gave you the right to do such a thing?" I was really furious.
"I thought I deserved to know." He replied.
"Know what?" I asked again.
"If Molly is actually mine." I stared at him like he had gone crazy. What nonsense is he spouting out? Or has he forgotten that he didn't release in me that night.
"Well, sorry to burst your bubble but she isn't yours." I said.
"You can't be too sure. She might..."
"I said that she isn't yours." I screamed at him.
He was startled at my outburst but I didn't care. I needed to drive some sense into him.
"I know you said the world doesn't revolve around me, I agree with you but my world does revolve around me so does my daughter. So I want to make this really clear to you. I don't know what's going on in that head of yours and I don't care but make sure you never come close to me or my daughter. I don't even want to see your shadow close to her. Ignore my warnings and you will face the consequences." I threatened before leaving standing there with shock and fear written all over his face.
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