𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝑶𝒇 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆

Hide & Seek

AVA

If daydreaming is an Olympic sport, then I will be the fucking champion of my country. For two hours, I have taken residence in our university library taking a book with me pretending to be reading.

The words seem to be swirling in all directions doing weird mating dance with each other. I gave up the pretense of reading long before the memories of him started haunting me.

Ever since he left my room after bringing me home, I haven't seen Eli. That was two weeks ago. Fourteen days of constant imagination about how he must have looked while sleeping on my couch.

To make things more complicated, I feel the ghost of his presence looming wherever I go.  I'm sure the gaze that keeps following me everywhere belongs to the person I once crushed on hard and not the creepy stranger.

Despite knowing the feel of his gaze, I had thought that the stranger is him when my blood was buzzing with alcohol. I keep reassuring myself that was a drunken mistake.

Or subconsciously you wanted him to know and you took the first chance you got. Admit it you're still the same girl who crave for his mere attention.

Never. I have let the girl back in London, I promised myself that I will not go behind any boys even if he is scorching hot like him. Also there are high chances if Eli got to know about someone else following me, I am afraid he will inform my parents and I will be packed back to London on the next flight.

The thought of going back to home, waking up to my parents everyday and giving them a sneak peek of my terrible life makes me sick to my stomach. Honestly Cole Nash and Silver Queens Nash deserve a much better daughter than me. I'm trying my best to be the better version of myself and I have merely started gaining control of my life even if it as light as a thread.

"Hello to the girl from club" the voice snaps me back to reality and Mr. Green Eyes is smiling at me.

"Hello to the generous patron" I say keeping my voice low.

"Are you calling me that because you forgot my actual name?" he sounds offended. 

"Mmmm..let me think. What was it again? Ha... oh yes. Ashton Smith, is it?" I pretend to be thinking his name, even though I remember very well.

He chuckles making the librarian to glare at us. We both quickly avert our gazes back to our books waiting for the man-in-charge to move away from us.

"And here I thought I left an everlasting impression on you" he sighs. 

"Don't flatter yourself, Smith"

"Ashton is fine"

I offer him a small smile before actually reading my book. We both remain silent for another half an hour focusing on the task at hand. I lift my head to find Ashton looking at me, he quickly averts his gaze after getting caught.

"Is something on my face?" I purposely keep my tone teasing and wiggle my brows.

"Just waiting for you to introduce yourself"

Blinking at him, I think about our first meet when I refused to give him my name. I can't help the smile from breaking into my face.