𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝗜 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗧𝗼 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗠𝗲 (𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘈𝘜) ❶

Chapter 14

Steve picked Natasha up at her room in the morning as usual, when she emerged from her door, his eyes searched every inch of her body.

"Red, what's going on?" Steve asked. "You're crying."

"No, I'm not."

"Don't lie to me. Your eyes are red and swollen." Of course he knew she was crying. He saw her yesterday and he wanted to check up on her. He wanted to know whether she would tell him the truth or not.

"Yes, I was crying last night." She replied, not looking into his eyes so he grabbed her chin and forced her to look at him.

"Who dared hurt you, Nat? I will track him down and kill him myself."

"Then you have to go to Russia to do it." She said. "He's my ex-boyfriend Alexei. Our relationship didn't end well. He's still trying to make me go back to Russia." She sighed and looked at her phone. "Now I have to change my phone number again."

Steve looked worried, "Is he stalking you or something? How many times did he call you?"

"Ten times since I've been here."

"Just say the word and I'll take care of it for you."

"No, you don't have to, Steve." She said. "I can handle it myself."

"But if he keeps calling you like this again, you're not gonna cry every time he calls you, right?"

"I don't know."

"Nat."

"I don't want to talk about this!"

"Fine, but if you can't handle this shit anymore, just tell me and I'll take care of it." She could tell that he was angry, really angry about Alexei making her cry. And she knew that in his mind, he was already planning something.

"Don't do anything stupid, Steve." She warned. "Let it go. It's my problem."

"You're gonna drag this, I know you can't let it go yourself."

"I'm trying! Trust me!"

"What do you feel about him right now?"

"I hate him so much for making me cry!" Natasha exclaimed."And I have a date tonight and now I look like shit." And then the subject changed immediately. Steve's curiosity peaked,

"Again?" He asked. "We barely spend time with each other, not to mention that you barely show up for the group dinner. By the way, you look pretty as always, Nat."

"Thanks for the confidence boost but we spent too much time with each other, Rogers." She replied. "I need some private time."

"So you are seriously dating someone."

"You could say that."

"Who is he or she?"

"I'm not gonna tell you."

"Aww, come on! Just give me the name."

"No way. I want my relationship to be without your remarks."

"I'm just looking out for you. I know most people in this campus and I can give you my approval."

"I don't need you approval."

"I don't want to see you get hurt by some random guy, Natasha. You're my friend and I'm always looking out for my friends." He genuinely said. You can say that it all came out from his protective side. "Besides, if he did hurt you, I would knew which leg to break."

"Thanks…but I'm not gonna tell you."

"Ooohhh, so secretive, are you?"

"Yep, you're never find out."