Corporate Prince

Chapter 73: Pushy

Ana held back the tears as she walked to the bus stop and got on. If she's no one, why can't he answer? She gritted her teeth as the bus took her back across town. Why did he lie? He gave her that smile. My smile. Yet, she's no one? Ana wanted to punch something. Preferably Seto. When she got home, she quietly put her mom's package on the table, then went up to her room. She felt her phone buzzing. When she saw it was Seto, she hung up before it could ring out. Sitting on her bed, she grabbed her pillow and screamed into it so that it was muffled. Why can't he tell me? And it's none of my business? If he saw me talking to some random man and smiling at him, he'd get possessive, so how come I can't? Jerk. Asshole. Shithead. Amin-chan!

The tears finally pushed their way to the surface. It felt like there was a stabbing pain in her chest. She sat there and cried for a good while until she calmed down. Her eyes felt raw and puffy from the crying. There was a knock at the door.

"Yes?" she called out.

Her mother opened the door and smiled. When she saw Ana's face, she paused, but then grinned wider. "You have a visitor. I'll leave you be."

"What? What do you mean, a visitor...?" She trailed off when her mother left and Seto walked in. He had changed out of his uniform and into jeans and a black turtleneck. Seto looked a little shocked when he saw her face. He really has no frickin' clue what he did, does he?

Seto seemed hesitant, but came in and closed the door. He stood awkwardly in front of it.

"What? Why are you here?" Ana snapped. She did not like being cornered in her own room.

"You said you'd tell me what was wrong instead of avoiding me next time." He grumbled. "But you ran away and hung up on me."

"The fact that you can't even figure out what you did wrong is part of the irritation." She glared at him.

Seto's mouth twitched, and he crossed his arms. "What did I do wrong for you to get so mad?"

Ana could normally rein herself in and explain calmly, but she was too mad and hurt. Instead, angry tears started flowing again. Seto's shocked and panicked reaction would have been funny, but she was so mad that she couldn't feel anything but pain.

"You lied to me," she hissed.

He uncrossed his arms, and his brow furrowed. "About what?"

"You said... She wasn't..." Ana was having a hard time talking through the tears. "You said she wasn't important."

"I don't think she's important!" His voice was unsteady, as he seemed unsure how to take her reaction.

"Then why... Why did you smile at her?" Ana's eyes narrowed and her vision blurred. She couldn't properly see his reaction. She closed her eyes and rubbed the tears away.

"Smile at her? I didn't smile."

She looked up at him and glared. He seemed confused, but that didn't make her feel better. "Yes, you did! You smiled at her. You don't smile that way to anyone but me. So, how could I not assume that she's important? Obviously, she is if you gave her my smile. So, yes, you lied. And then you tell me to mind my own business?"

"It's really not your business." Seto frowned at her. "And I don't remember smiling at her."

"You did!" Ana felt the tears coming harder. Seto seemed even more uneasy. He looked to the side and seemed to be trying to remember something, finally he seemed to realize something.