Embrace My Heart

Chapter 09

CHAPTER 09

"Are you trying to avoid me?" asked Liam. I looked at his striking grey colored eyes and shook my head in refusal. He kept staring back at me. The unending stare game was on. I couldn't take my eyes off him and I am surprised how I ended up meeting him again. Most surprising thing was that he was standing some inches apart. The proximity between us was making my heart throb. "Why are you asking this?" I asked in a puzzled tone. I stood where I was and looked at him. He smirked and shifted a little more close to me. I wasn't feeling comfortable so I tilted my head to a side and waited for him to speak. "Don't you know why?" he murmured and continued, "it's because I saw you walking in the lobby and I very well know that you saw me but instead of greeting me morning, you were running away from me in the other direction." I turned my head to refuse but my eyes caught his and I got dumbstruck. I so wanted to shift or move for some space but I couldn't find energy in me to do so. "I.. gu..uess you s..saw some..someone else. I am sure," I said as I found words to say. He shook his head and said, "I wonder why you are stuttering. Stop lying."

I looked at him and found him gazing at me with a stern face. I sighed and gave up as I said, "I am sorry for ignoring you. I thought I won't meet you again so I had this misconception that you won't be here and while I was passing by, I thought it's just my hallucination." "Why did you feel I won't be here?" he asked. I looked at him and rolled my eyes as I said, "I checked." He gave me a ambiguous look and asked, "what did you check?" I was so irritated by his not-so-smart questions that I felt there is a need to roll my eyes again. "Duh? When I got back into bus I saw you weren't there. Then again, when I got down from the bus I looked around everywhere but I couldn't see you anywhere. So I assumed you were a staff from that hotel we had our lunch. Now you tell me, won't you feel the same way like I did?" I asked in a bored tone. "You were looking out for me?" he asked astonishingly. When I heard him ask the blood within me dried up like a dessert. Did I just confess something? "Is it because you like me?" he asked with a smirk. I looked at him and gasped. "You are..."

*Tring*

"Ah, no that's wrong. I don't like you," I yelled as I woke up suddenly. I squeezed my eyes as the pain in my head hit me badly. The noise of my alarm kept on buzzing and annoyed me. I took the alarm and shut it. My room went into pin drop silence. "Umm," I opened my eyes and looked around. I was in my room. The curtains were in the place in the same way as it was yesterday night. It was stark dark. Only a night bulb was glowing. I realized what happened a moment ago was just a dream. I sighed and lay down on my bed. Why did I dream about him? I don't like him but I definitely have a crush on him. I took the pillow in my arms and crushed it. He is so annoying. I wish my dream comes true and I get to meet him once again.

*Yawns*

I hardly slept. Yesterday night was a nightmare for me. This is all due to that moron yet breath-taking Liam. When I received his gift, I was flustered to a point that I couldn't sleep well. This is for the first time someone so handsome ever presented me something. And that note. His words still bothered me but in a good weird way. It brought a smile to my face. I feel like a cupid has hit me. "Ah! My God. I don't know what I am saying. I seriously need to get him out of my head," I hit my head as I said. I got up from the bed scratching my head and headed towards bathroom. The moment I entered, I felt refreshed. Looking at that bath tub made me feel good. No Liam, no worries. I sighed in relief and put the fresh clothes on a hanger. I started the tap so that tub can be filled with hot water. Till the time I waited for the tub to fill, I went out and made a cup of tea. I exceedingly wanted to drink coffee but since there wasn't any time left for being choosy, I drank tea. I took the newspaper from the doorstep of my room as I drank tea. When I was done I went for bath. Quickly I took my clothes off and got into the tub.