Masked Feelings

Chapter 70: At Chris

"Ross is sleeping on the couch" Chris told me. I walked in his house, looking at the huge mansion which looked bigger than the last time. I noticed Ross sleeping in the couch, with his mouth wide open and he was snoring, making me chuckle.

"Why is he sleeping on the couch?" I questioned when I approached the sleeping guy.

"I was in the living room when he came to tell me to pick you up. I guess he fell asleep here while waiting for us" Chris told me.

"You were still awaken at three in the morning?" I asked in disbelief. He nodded and pointed towards a pile of files.

"I may party hard but I work hard as well" Chris told me with a smirk. I rolled my eyes but still smiled. I sat on the couch and watched as Chris walked away. I wasn't feeling at ease. I felt like I was out of my place. After a few minutes, Chris walked back with a glass of juice.

"I need to get to my apartment" I told him while taking the glass of juice from him. Surprisingly, he scoffed, then shook his head.

"Damian and I may not be talking but he would still kill me if something happened to you. After hearing all the dramatic stuffs that are currently happening,I'm not letting you out of my house. It's near to four fucking am" Chris said, then stopped to take a deep breath as he was talking really quickly.

"Where am I sleeping?" I asked while chuckling. He smiled them pointed to one of the stairs.

"Any room on the left" He said. I nodded then made my way to the stairs. Was I making a good choice? Hell yes. Tomorrow, I'll wake up early and go back to my apartment. I walked up the stairs, feeling tired as fuck. I should have waited till seven in the morning than I should have left. But again, they wouldn't have let me. When I reached the first floor, I walked to the first room that I saw and opened the door. When I saw someone already sleeping on the bed, buttnaked, I quickly closed the room. Damn. That girl had a sexy ass. Okay. I'm going out of context. I walked the the room next to it, then slowly opened the door to find the room empty.

I walked in and simply stood in the room with my mouth slightly opened. The room was huge. It was kinda modern but with a touch of ancient times. The king size bed in the middle was decorated with a golden silk cloth hanging on the sides. The walls of the room was painted gold with little black designs on it. I walked to the bed, then let my body fall on it. The only thing that I wanted right now, was to get under the blankets and have a nice sleep. I quickly did that and put my phone on the pillow next to me.

After a few hours, I woke up with my phone ringing next to me. I looked at the time and noticed that it was six in the morning. When I saw Rose's number flashing on my phone, I groaned. As long as it was not Damian, I'm good. I slide the answer icon and put the phone by my ear

"Where the fuck are you?" Rose shouted, making me wince slightly.

"Don't shout" I mumbled.

"This morning, I woke up and walked in your room to see Damian sleeping there and I noticed that your stuffs were gone. Where the hell are you, Athena?" she asked then huffed in the end.

"Is Damian up already?" I asked, feeling the tension building in my stomach.

"No, he's not" she replied coldly.

"When he wakes up, tell him that I'm at Chris" I said.

"Who is Chris?" Rose asked with confusion.

"Just tell him" I said as I sat on the bed.

"But where are you?" Rose asked.

"Back home" I told her.

"But why?" she exclaimed.

"I had some papers to fill at the hospital because Thomas left" I lied and internally high five myself for the quick but good lie that I managed to create within seconds. "When Damian wakes up, tell him that I'm at Chris. I need to go" I quickly said and ended the call. I knew that If I didn't, she'd keep on talking. I got out of bed and made my way to the living room. I saw Ross sitting on the couch. Chris was sitting beside him, with some papers on his lap. Seems like they were working.

"Good morning" Chris said, without lifting his head from the papers. Ross did and smiled in my direction.

"You got some serious explanation to do" Ross said.

"later" I grinned.

"Did you sleep?" I asked Chris. I could notice dark circles under his eyes. He shook his head and finally rose his head to look at me. "I need to go" I told him.

"Did you even brush your teeth or wash your face?" Chris asked. I shook my head and grinned.

"I'll do that when I go home" I said.

"Do you want me to take you home?" Ross asked. I quickly nodded. I wasn't really in the state to take the bus. When I reached my suitcase, Ross quickly took it for me.

"Who's that sexy ass girl?" I asked to both of them. Chris snickered. "I saw only her ass" I stated.

"That's Jasmine, Athena" Ross deadpan. I blinked then nodded when I realized that there two were together at the party as well. They were most probably a thing. I turned towards Chris and smiled.

"Damian is most probably coming to pick up later, you talk to him, okay?" I said. His eyes widened. Seems like he was scared of Damian. He sighed then nodded.

"I'll try" He said. I nodded then walked out of the house, following Ross to his car.