Loving A Lie

26. Rainbows and Hopes

It was pretty dark,actually only dark,in the kitchen. I had decided to keep it that way to not disturb others.
But now it wasn't up to my benefit as I stood frozen in front of a dark form. I knew it wasn't Daniel. If he was here he was two weeks earlier .
Why would he come early?

Maybe he broke up with Carolina?
No.

Maybe he broke her pretty little petty head too.
Noo..

I stopped my train of thoughts.
They were getting wilder.
The dark shadow moved a step closer to me and a muffled sound escaped my lips as my eyes flew close automatically.
I heard the soft thudded footsteps of the person come closer to me and I stiffened further.
Run.
My mind screamed but my body was numb from fear.
I expected some hurt, pain to come to me.
Nothing.
I could hear person come closer with every step ,closing the distance between us.

I felt a pressing presence around me and before I knew a hand came up to my shoulder gripping it. My eyes scrunched up further.
Oh my God.
He's going to hurt me.
I waited for a exaggerated two seconds where my breath came in short heavy gasps and my head spun a little.
Two strong hands shook me and a muted screamed escaped my lips, echoing silently in the room.

I knew this touch. Relief and new kind of fear flooded me simultaneously. Fear of seeing him again. Of facing him. Things were not the same now.
A few significant epiphanies changed my course of seeing things. It made me fear about the future and the present. It made me worry. The previous fear of an abductor looked pretty mild now.
'Daniel.',the words escaped my lips even before I knew it.
My hands automatically came to rest on my heart.
I slowly opened my eyes and got caught in another pair of blue bowls of ocean.
'My God. Amy who else?' Daniel asked.
Amy. He called me Amy.
He had his jacket off. Front buttons of his shirt were open to reveal a masculine chiselled chest. I swallowed with relief and pain.
I love this guy. I just do. I'm ruined.
Love.
It echoed in my head before I could stop the words from forming in my mind. My heart stuttered in its cage and sweat beads were threatening to come.
My hands were sweating.
Huh. Wish it had been the killer and not him.
How was I supposed to face him...after...
I couldn't be sure but I was shivering slightly with a unsaid kind of excitement.
I loved this guy. We don't fall in love daily.
It felt magical and deadly equally.
I was so absorbed in my own wretched bliss that I took my time to register his face.
He had a shocked expression on his face which condescended to an angry frown.
'Why would you scream loudly? Who were you talking to?',he literally hissed.
'I was up for a drink and I wasn't expecting you...I mean aren't you early?',I was so shocked at his crude tone that I forgot to be angry.
'Are you implying that I cannot come back whenever I want or you're just upset that I'm going to ruin your week?',his voice was scathing.
It hurt me so bad. Here I was so happy that he had returned and in a second he had spoiled all my bliss.
'I thought maybe I had ruined yours.',I retorted.
'Why are you up so late?'
'Is that a part of your nanny curriculum too?'
'Amanda.'he closed his eyes ,pinching his bridge of the nose,' Go sleep. Its late.'
His bossy tone ticked me off.
'What if I don't? Would you throw me out of your house or would you make me do extra homework? Or ground me?'I said sarcastically ,hands lying threateningly on my hips.
'You are your own boss'
Huh?

'Then why am I here?'
I totally expected a rude remark so I was shocked at his next words.
'Because I want you here.' He said his eyes intense, jaw locked with tension or anger,I couldn't say.
His perfect features strained yet alluring.