STUCK IN TIME

(xxiv) Book 1: Chapter 19- Listening to his heart beat I fall asleep

Love cant be expressed by merely saying the famous three magical words. Love is a display of a million other little things and the one who makes you feel those is the one who actually loves you.

As expected, Miles has a table reserved and that too in a VIP corner of the restaurant where there are just few other tables and is not jam packed like the other floor. After dinner he says he has planned to take me some where else too. That is I guess where he will propose me. I have to tell him before that.

"I wanted to tell you something and ask you something." He begins.

"Yeah sure, what is it?" I ask as I sip on my drink trying to remain calm.

"Would it matter to you if I were like with some other girl before you? I mean.."

Holy shit! Is he going to ask me? And who the hell asks like that? He isn't that dumb. What should I say?

"...you know if I got carried away and you know 'something' happened-" He is interrupted by my coughing. Well that was reflex, IS HE FREAKING KIDDING ME?

"Are you okay?" He pours me some water and I give him a thumbs up after taking a sip.

"Miles? don't you think this conversation is premature? Who asks that before even asking someone to be with him?" I blurt out and then chastise myself. Can someone please pass me a duct tape so that I can shut up. It sounded like I just indirectly asked him to ask me out?

I hear few giggles from nearby and a suppressed laughter. Miles notices it too and we look around but the tables are a decent distance apart making them free from mutual interruption.

We quietly eat and after a while he starts with a small talk in which I join happily.

"Well I can see you two are related." I say laughing at something he tells me about himself which reminds me of Asher.

"Who two?" He frowns.

"You and your brother."

"Of course we are." He says looking mad at something.

We eat quietly for few seconds before he smirks at me. "Did you really do that?"

"What?" I ask feeling a little self conscious, I certainly didn't burb or something. What is he asking?

"Don't act like you don't know." He rolls his eyes still smiling.

"Can you please tell me what I did?"

"You were caressing my leg with your toes." He chuckles and I gape in surprise, What the hell?

"I didn't. Why would I do that?" This is embarrassing now.

"Because you want to check my patience. Come on Ayana that's unfair. I cant guarantee anything if you pull out attractive moves like that again." Wow. Open much?

"I didn't." I repeat.

He rolls his eyes again.

"Miles I did not do it!" I insist and he mock believes me. What the hell?

Okay maybe now is the time to tell him that I don't like him.

Just as I am about to speak I hear the sound of a sneeze, from neither of us followed by a curse from neither of us leading to a soft apology from neither of us.

We both look at each other with confusion. "Did you hear that?" We say together.

We look around confused and go back to talking.

"Look Miles I want to-" I start to speak but something brushes against my leg causing ticklish feeling. "Did you do it?" I ask him.

"Did what?" He asks.