Carter and Athena are mortal enemies. From the first moment their eyes met, they disliked each other immensely. It was HATE AT FIRST SIGHT.
They could not stand the mere sight of each other, even being in the same room, the tension was overwhelming...
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Chapter 25
Athena's POV
"Yeah... yeah... really? Huh? What? What did you say again?"
I was half listening, faking a smile and pretending to show interest in the conversation with anyone at the table. I was slightly annoyed also of the same question that everyone kept on throwing at me, am I okay?
They were all concern about my breakup with Zion and all I could do was nod and gave them a little smile. Thanks God, Zion could not attend the party. His sudden trip to Japan saved us the humiliation. It was still too fresh and people just wanted to talk about it.
'You should start yoga Athena, it's a good remedy for broken heart.' or 'You want to hang out with us tomorrow? There's too many gorgeous bachelors in the club.' or 'Have you seen Erkenci Kus? Watch it, it helped me a lot when I broke up with my ex. Can Yaman is so yummy!"
How I wish I could shout at them that I was not thinking of Zion at all. I almost forgot about him already. Aside from the 1% of my brain who thought that the food was really delicious and wished I could have another slice of that moist chocolate mousse, the 99% was occupied with the man sitting at the other end of the table.
Darn it, I could not help myself... Carter was at my peripheral vision all the time. My mind was not helping me at all. There was this argument inside my brain that kept me insane. The left side telling me to ignore him and whatever feeling I had for him. I was just wasting my time and energy since he did not feel the same way. And the other side was hoping, telling me that the feeling was mutual. It was evident on the way he looked at me, the way he acted... and the way he made me feel. Like a... very precious jewel.
But why didn't he contact me? I waited for his call, or even a text message. He knew my number, my email address and my social media accounts. But not a single 'hi' 'hello' or 'Are you still alive?'
I wondered what he was up to, or dad was right that he just gave me time to heal after my break up with Zion... hmm, most probably. Or he was just too shy to ask. I remembered Emerald telling me during middle school, that Carter was a coward when it comes to girls.
Hmm... let's see about that. I softly drummed my fingers on the table, thinking of ways to approach him.
"Athena, did you hear me?"
"Huh?" I turned to Aaron Latsis who was sitting beside me. He said something but my mind was too occupied that I did not hear him.
"Do you have any plans tomorrow night?"
"Oh! I... I don't know." I looked at Carter who drained his glass of wine and talked to the attractive fifty-year-old widowed woman sitting beside him. "But I... I probably be very busy. It's one of my close friends' birthday... my dad mentioned about a family outing and... yeah, I almost forgot, my grandma will arrive tomorrow... I have to finish the painting I started this morning, it's going to be my gift to her... and I have to feed my turtle at nine... " Oopss, I realized I don't have a turtle.
