Essence of my life

Chapter 3

Days passed by as Caitlyn joined in her new job. Everyday Jackie tried to flirt with her and everyday she just cut him off. He was getting frustrated by her nonchalance and that was distracting him. There had to be something which he could do!

It was night already, past the closing time. She was staying back late for something and he just couldn't make himself leave without her. Everyday he asked her if she wanted a ride home and she would politely decline him showing him her car.

Only if she didn't own a car!

Or, what if her car had a flat tyre?

He smirked. That was perfect! She couldn't say no to him and he could finally give her a ride back to her place. He dialled to the security in the lot and asked them to execute his plan. Mortified to say in the least, however they had to oblige and keep quiet at the same time because he paid them.

I feel like a perverted stalker! he thought.

"Miss Mackarren?" he called as she packed.

"Sir?" she halted her packing, looking up at him.

Same old expressionless face of hers. And it drove him insane!

"I was wondering if you need a ride home," he shrugged, trying to act as cool as possible.

"As I always said, sir," she slung her bag onto her right shoulder, "I have my own car, but thank you."

"Right," he made way for her to walk out but immediately followed her. They walked in silence and the elevator music filled in for them for the time being.

Jackie hoped that the guards had done their work by now and left no clue whatsoever as to who had done that. The building was eerily quiet and Jackie could swear that he saw Caitlyn flinch for a fraction of a second!

Holy cow! This lady does have emotions in store but doesn't really show it! Is she giving him the sign of no interest or is she generally like that? He needed to find out! Never had he ever found a woman this amusing before. It felt like he had to know her, else he would die out of frustration! But, what made that woman so amusing to him?

He made sure to get her parking slot beside his car, so that they could at least walk together for that distance. When they got closer, he saw his work done. Well, they actually overworked! They gave her 4 flat tyres!

She frowned as she walked to her car and her pace slowed down. Jackie made sure to capture all her expressions as he might not have the chance to do that again.

She stopped in front of the car and leaned to see the tyre. Yes, what she feared the most was true. She hurried to all the other tyres and saw that they had no air too. She had to hail a cab home now!

Jackie stood in front of his car and watched her with an amused expression. If she was worried, she was definitely not showing it! And he wanted to see her worried. Or any other expression for that matter!

"Is there anything wrong, Miss Mackarren?" he walked to her as the gentleman he is. Or was.

"Looks like my car ran out of air all at once!" she frowned in suspicion.

"What are you gonna do?" he prolonged.

"Hail a cab, sir," she responded.

"Cab at this time?" he frowned. "That is not safe at all, Caitlyn!"

He called her on a first name basis and she was taken aback by that. Never in all these days has he ever tried to call her Caitlyn. And because of him, no one ever dared to call her that either. Her name from his lips made her feel weird. She was almost thinking if Caitlyn was really her name or not!