Falling for the Badboy

Chaos

Aileen pov

I laid on my bed looking at the ceiling in deep thought. What can I do to change his mind? He's my only hope to get back my allowance. What should I do?

I dialed Jude's number and he picked up immediately.

Aileen:Um, this is Aileen
Jude:I know
Aileen:Do you have Daniel's number? I really need it.
Jude: Daniel?Who?
Aileen: Daniel Sal...Sale...Anyway, the new guy
Jude:Oh, Daniel. I don't have it. Why do you...

I didn't let him finish his sentence when I hanged up. Who could have his number? Eunice .
She picked up immediately.
I cleared my throat and started.

Eunice,hi
What's up, Aileen?
Can you send me Daniel's number?
Shouldn't the question be 'do you have Daniel's number?'
Whatever. Just answer the question.
What's your relationship with him that you now talk to him after school?
I don't even have his number so what relationship are you talking about?
Ok,if you say so
Do you have it?
There's no way I have his number. We're not that close.
Shouldn't the answer be yes or no?
You're really...

I ended the call.
Who could have it?
The class president. I was about dialing his number when I remembered something. He's out of town. His mom passed away so he hadn't been in school for months. I can't call Myra,the assistant because we literally enemies.
Members of the football team. I only know Tom and... Jude's brother. How could I have missed that?

Then I received a text from Jude.
'This is Daniel's number. I got it from my brother'
And I smiled. Finally.

I called his number but he didn't answer the call. I called him five times more before he answered.
'Hello, who's this?' I heard his voice.
I cleared my throat.
'hi, it's Aileen '
And there was silence.

'Who the hell is... Aileen?Aile...You?' I could sense he was shocked and I held back my laughter.

"Why the fuck are you calling me and how the hell did you get my number?' He asks
I replied 'It doesn't matter. Can we talk. Where are you?'
I heard a voice saying "Welcome to Mira restaurant "
Is he working?
'I'm at work and I'm busy. What do you want to talk about?'he asked
'You know what I want to talk about 'i said to him

"If it's about the tutor thing, forget it. I won't do it' he said and hanged up without hearing my reply

I got up,opened my closet and grabbed something to wear

I'll go talk to him directly.

Daniel pov

I hanged up on her when I saw my boss coming.

"Have you served that table?"she asked pointing to a particular table.

"Yeah. I mean,yes ma"
"Good. Have you finished writing the list of what we need?"she asked

"Not yet"I showed her the paper
"Still on it"I added and she walked away and I sighed in relief. She's a hot tempered woman.

Then I saw someone's hands knocking on the table I was using. "Welcome to Mira restaurant"I said without looking up.
"Have a seat and we'll attend to you"I added.

"I don't mind standing"I heard that voice. The voice I heard not long ago. A voice I knew too well. I lifted my head up to see her with a mischievous smile on her face and I bit my lip in frustration.

"What do you want and how the hell did you find me?"I ask

"Overheard someone mentioning Mira restaurant on the phone"she said and I sighed.

"Is she your friend, Chris?"my boss asked approaching us.
Friend?
"Um,no.. she's..."Aileen cut me off.
"Good day, ma'am. Yes, we're friends"she said with a smile.
"Come over here. We need a helping hand. Can you go serve that table?"she asked Aileen and her eyes widened.

"Me?Serve...look, ma'am..."my boss cut her off by taking her along.
I'm done for.

Aileen pov

She gave me two trays of food to give to her customers.
"Ma'am,I can take them one after the other"I said when she insists I take two trays at once.

"That'll take a lot of time. Just go. My customers are impatient"she gave me a gentle push and I nodded.

I walked to her customers taking little steps because I was wearing heels so I did my best to try not to fall but luck wasn't on my side.

I missed my steps and I fell with the food pouring on the floor,some spilled on my shirt. Shit.
I looked at Daniel whose eyes were ready to split fire. He was mad. All the customers had their eyes on me and the boss... I've fucked up.
The customers I was about serving left saying they could no longer wait.

"What the hell just happened?"his boss asked looking at Daniel who stood next to me.

"It was my fault. Daniel has nothing to do with this"I said facing the ground.

"Daniel?Is that..."he cut her off

"She always mistake me as someone else. It's Chris"he said and glanced at me.

"I just lost two customers because of your clumsiness. I've had enough"she said in anger. She looked at Daniel and said

"You're fired"

Daniel pov

We were in the streets walking and I didn't know what to tell her. I felt like screaming at her but I just kept quiet.

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have come to your workplace. It's my fault"She said in a low tone

"What good would blaming yourself do?I already lost my job. My source of income"I said in a harsh tone then added. "It's not your fault"and she laughed awkwardly.

"I was feeling bad for no reason"and I stopped in my tracks then started at her.

"Of course, you should feel bad. I just lost my job because of you"and she gave me a weird look.

"You just said it wasn't my fault"

"Did I?"and she gagged.

"You could make more money if you tutor me. I can pay you any amount"she said,her eyes looking mine.

"Is that why you ruined my job? How can you wear heels to serve customers food? It's like you did it on purpose"I said

"I said I'm sorry. I didn't mean it. I shouldn't have come in the first place. Sorry"she said in a low tone then added."I'll take my leave now"
She tried to leave but I stopped her by asking.
"How much can you pay?"she turned to me with a smile tugging at her lips.

"Eighty thousand dollars"and I gasped in shock.

"What the... Eighty thousand dollars?To tutor you?"I ask and she nodded
"So, will you do it?"she asked and I released a deep breath.
I never wanted to be involved with her. With that money,I could pay Mom's medical bills and take care of Abby.

"Fine,deal"and she grinned.

I vowed to stay away from things that'll get me in trouble and right now,I think I broke that vow because anytime I'm around her, I'm in trouble. I don't know why I feel that way and there's something about her that makes me want to know her more.

"Gosh,I never wanted to be involved with you"I said out loud

"What do you mean by that?Back in school,you said something similar. You said you'll never tutor someone like me. What did you also mean by that?"She asked

"You just have this thing around you"I said

"What thing?"

"Danger"and she looked at me like I'd grown ten heads.

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