RULE NO.25

11.A Switch in Power

He looks at me again before heading for the car.

Through out the ride to a near by restaurant,he steals glances at me.I am sure he is trying to figure out what is going through my mind.

When he finally pulls up in front of a restaurant,I release a breathe.Its not an expensive place.

Even if we have "gotten down" I do not want him to spend unnecessarily on me,when there are thousands of needy people out there.

As we walk into the place,i am assaulted by different smells and my stomach starts to growl.

We each take a sit and I look up to notice him staring at me avidly,again,and I smile brightly in return.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"I ask, knowing why already.

"What are you planning?" He asks back.

"Nothing"I reply honestly.Although,I was mad at first,but now it's all forgotten.He is just being overly suspicious.

I roll my eyes as he just continues staring at me.His facial expression is one of complete puzzlement and it has me holding back a laugh.

I like having this upper hand, keeping him guessing.Its amazing.

Before he can say anything,our food is dropped in front of us and we dig in without preamble.

As soon as we are done eating,he settles the bill and I call a waitress standing by a table and order something for Grace.

Before he can bring out cash to pay for that too,I stop him and bring out cash, wanting to pay for it by myself.

He presses my hand on the table,still holding the cash and stares at me, frowning lightly.I know what he wants to say so I stare back, frowning too.

Two can play at this game.I can wait all night,all week even.

So,we are staring at each other,in the middle of a busy restaurant,hands held and wills at a stand off.

We were like a set of Texans at a shoot off, waiting for the first one to make a move.

"Excuse me ma'am,I really need to complete your order so I can finish up on the other table" says the waitress, sounding a little pissed.

I don't reply,still staring at Ray,this time arching a brow.The arrogant son of a gun reciprocates the gesture by arching a brow too!

Ha! I'll show him.We continue to stare at each other.By this time,the waitress is already tapping her foot impatiently.

I arch a brow again,as if silently asking my opponent to give up,if not for his arrogant self,but for the impatient waitress, because I do not plan to lose.

He looks at me thoughtfully and then shakes his head,I know he thinks I am a lost cause.But I do not give a penny in hell because I won! I won him in a battle of wills,who would have thought?

Giving him a smug look,I pay for my order, making sure to apologise to the waitress as she hands me the package.

I stand and walk out of the restaurant,feeling like a boss ass bitch,with Ray following behind  me.

I should already know by know that a person like the BriMan will never let me have the last laugh.Never.

As we get into the car,I drop the package I have with me on the back seat and fasten my seatbelt.

After a while of driving,I notice Ray hasn't looked at me once since we got in and I start to wonder why.What is the arrogant ass cooking up? I know for sure that I pissed him off by refusing to let him pay for what i got for Grace.But why should he be? Grace is not his responsibility.

Before I can ask him what is wrong,he pulls up and asks me to come down of the car.

What? How does he expect me to get home?I have even no idea where I am.What in the blazing hell is wrong with him?

"Get down!" He says in a strained voice.

"What is fucking wrong with you?! Where do you expect me to go from here? It's fucking dark outside!" I yell, almost at the top of my voice,I can feel tears streaming down my face.

This was too good to be true,the universe has had it's fun at my expense,and like always I am left with nothing.Why tease me with a taste of goodness and take it all back? Why?

So,I toughen up and reach for the package at the backseat and he just says;

"Don't"

Just like that,don't? Really? He is mad because of the food? Kicking me out because of food that I paid for?

Fine! He can have it,he can bloody shove it where the sun don't shine.So I open the door and practically jump out of the car.Before I can even take a step,I hear him close the door to the driver's side.

Maybe he is coming to give me a shove since I apparently am not leaving fast enough for him.

For the first time I look at my surrounding, trying to figure out where I am and find the shortest way to my house from here.

I am a bit surprised to find that we are parked under a huge tree and it's so dark because the branches of the tree span out wide and the leaves are so thick.At least the pink lipped,fresh faced arrogant son of a gun had the decency to spare me a public humiliation.

As I try to step out of the shadow cast by the large tree,he reaches forward and grabs my arm.

I start to squirm and kick at any part of him that I can reach,but I am no match for this big brute of a man.

He effortlessly grabs me and slams me against the side of the car and uses his muscled body to hold me in place, using his big hands to hold my hands above my head as he leans in to whisper;

"Now you will listen to what I have to say"

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