AFFAIRS (c.h.)

Three

Naomi

Friday 1:53 pm

The whole thing was looking like it was going to be a success. Just a couple more minutes and we'll be out here. Away from him and his glaring eyes, away from his overly cheery wife and their cute kids.

"We like you so much Naomi!" Rose giggled to herself, holding onto her little back pack. In which she packed crayons, a coloring book and small juice boxes.

"I like you to Rose, so so much" I stooped down to Rose's level a bit and gave her small little tap on the nose.

"When are we going to see you again" Ethan asks while swinging my arm in his. Before I had a chance to answer Vanessa stepped in, "oh sweetie you'll be seeing her everyday, we hope to see you everyday?" Vanessa then says in a questioning tone.

A smile grew on my face as she got excited. "Of course! I have no problem with that. I can even come in tomorrow." Vanessa smiled back. They walked to the front of the restaurant where I began to say goodbye.

"Do you drive?" Calum asks stepping closer so his must scent could drift up my nose. "I do but I don't have a car, since I still go to school and stay in a dorm I have to utilize a good portion of my money on that. I'll just call an uber"

Calum shook his head, "you can ride with me, I'll take you back home" I felt the need to oblige. I think I still need to know a little more about this guy before I go hopping off with him.

"It's fine really, don't want to be a bother" he scoffed, "I'll be seeing you everyday I don't think a 20 minute car ride is going to be bad" I shrugged as Ethan began to tug on my arm.

"My wife will be busy so I'll have the kids with me, I think they really want you to go" I looked down at Rose as she nudged her brother. As if on cue they both gave me their best puppy face.

I gave in and smiled, "fine I'll come." I sighed as they giggled happily.

Calum let me lead the way as if I knew which way I was going. "It's over here Naomi" I made a U-turn and he now led me to a sleek black Range Rover. I stopped and stared at it for a moment.

It look so expensive and new, I almost didn't want to touch it. "Are you coming?" He looked back at me lifting Rose into her car seat.

I nodded and went over to lift Ethan into his seat, I buckled him in and slid into the front seat.

Which so happened to be some nice and also expensive leather. I was so mesmerized by all the beautiful features in the car that I hadn't noticed he was talking to me.

"Excuse me?"

"Would you like the air on?" He repeated a little slower this time. I looked away from him not being able to look him in the eyes that long. "I don't really have a preference, i like both either way"

He didn't reply to my statement, instead he proceeded to turn the air on low and roll the from windows down half way. I shook my head and rolled my eyes a bit.

"Hm SCU?" (Santa Clara University)

He asked pulling up on campus, "yeah, it wasn't my dream college per say but I'm still happy I got in and that I got to live on the west coast."

"What's the school you wanted to go to then?"

I played with a loose string on my shirt thinking back to my rejection letter, "well it was USC, but the tuition and their letter of rejection kinda blew my shot" (University of Southern California)

"Oh...it couldn't have been that harsh" she sat up in her seat pointing in the direction he was supposed to go. "I was only a letter grade down from an A in AP Math and took time out of my busy life to go to summer school for a week to get that grade raised just so I could at least make a good impression. They skipped over all of that and looked with all the wrong reports. Tried explaining but my behavior was quote on quote "Wild and the attitude was not needed" so I gave up on arguing with such a "sophisticated and prestigious school."

He stopped the car and put it in park as I grabbed my bag, "Well it's only their lost" I smiled and turned to see the kids fast asleep.

"Well thank you again, it was very kind of you. But you didn't have to turn the air on and roll the windows down. It's just a waste"

"Not a waste for me, you said you had no preferences and that you liked both so gave you what you wanted" I shook my head.

"It was no problem, I will come to pick you up tomorrow morning? Yes?"

"I'll just take an uber it's fine"

"You don't know where we live"

"Oh right. I just don't want to keep using you"

"You're not using me, I'm offering." He replied looking straight his watch. I didn't want to keep him waiting so I decided to take his offer and let him be on his way.

"8am. Don't wake up late" he said making look down at my feet and think back to earlier.

"Yes sir" he gripped the wheel a little tighter and nodded before driving off.

Not even a goodbye.

I walked into the dorm room tired and sleepy. "Ooh who was that?" Stella asked moving away from the window. "Just my boss"

"Is he cute?" She asked leaning on the pillow, "I don't like I should say he is but yes he is. He's so fucking fine. Okay I'm done" she laughed.

"Too bad he got a wife huh?" Stella laughed. I sighed playfully into the pillow.
"Too bad"

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