A ROYAL SURPRISE

🎀Chapter 8🎀

"A friend is someone who knows all about you, and still loves you"

- Elbert Hubbard

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I park my car infront of Burger King, desperately needing to satisfy my craving hunger of honey coated chicken wings.

I exit my car, locking it and making my way to the two double doors, before a sight I never thought my eyes would behold comes right into my face.

"Mateo? Loren?" I ask when I see the two of them holding hands and laughing, not bothering to mask the surprise in my voice

Their gaze snap to me immediately, and they freeze, as if they've seen a ghost.

What the actual hell?

"Uh... Eufy. Hi. Didn't expect to see you here" Mateo says first

"Oh I now know very much well that you didn't expect to see me here. Even I didn't expect my bestfriend to be a backstabbing whore"

"Oh Eufy please. It's not what it looks like" she says, her gaze downcast

"Its clearly not what it looks like. You're right. Because you seem to be acquainted too much with each other that you have been doing more than holding hands" I say, narrowing my eyes at her shameless betrayal. She has her hand on his arm, a clear flirting action, wearing a skimpy dress fit for a club than a walk on the pavement

But what can I expect? She's always been a skank. Bestfriend! I scoff at the word and thought.

"Okay whatever. We have been hooking up. And I was so glad he finally decided to leave you for me. A real woman. Who can give him anything he wants" she says, and if her gaze was to be a knife, I'll be in slits

What a nerve she has?

Her words are painful, sharp, thrown at aiming to hurt the opponent which is me, and they do hurt, more than anything.

"Yeah. I guess you're right. 'A real woman'. What you are is a slut Loren. You went behind my back and slept with my ex. So this was all what you were talking about. The a 'man will never leave you for no reason' talk. Well I guess you two deserve each other. Manipulative and fake. But let me tell you something Loren, the same way he was able to leave me for you, he'll leave you for another girl. A real woman, you say. Have a great life you two. You truly deserve each other" I say to them and without so much as a glance back, I enter the restaurant

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"What would you like today?" My favourite waiter asks

I'm too mad to check him out today, although, strangely enough, the soft smile sported on his mouth calms my heightened angry nerves.

After I order my meal through clenched teeth, I pay for it and go take a seat.

I can't believe those two. I thought she was truly my friend. I loved her like one. I trusted her. Although we were friends but didn't have that close-like bestie relationship all bestfriends have, I loved and trusted her. But she broke my trust and threw it away, telling me right to the face how insignificant and unimportant my trust and love is to her.

And Mateo, I thought he broke up with me because he no more wanted to be in a relationship, and all this while I doubted myself. Thinking it was something I had done wrong.

"Seems like you need a friend today" the waiter says, pulling me out of my trance

"Yeah I guess" I say, shrugging, not really in the mood to talk

"I saw that you know. The commotion outside" he says, gesturing his thumb towards the entrance

"It wasn't a commotion" I snap, rolling my yes. He flinches back in surprise and I realise my mistake.

Someone just wants to talk to me. A hot someone too

"I'm sorry. I'm usually not this snappy. This is the second time you've seen me 'not at my best'. I'm not this much baggage, but these past weeks have been hell. The only thing promising being my internship and my new classes at my medical college. And realising my boyfriend is getting it on with my bestfriend behind my back even before we broke makes me so angry, especially after dealing with a bitch from work." I say, sighing.

I spoke too much

"Wow. I guess I can't really blame you" he says and I mutter a 'thanks'

"I'm sorry. Forgive my manners. I'm venting out my problems to a stranger without even knowing as much as his name"

"I'm Ale." He says, not bothering to mention his last name, and I wonder why.

"Hello Ale" I chuckle softly, watching his grey pupils widen at the sound of his name coming from me.  "Enough about my life. What about you? What are you up to?" I ask him, taking a bite of my chicken, moaning in delight at how good it tastes.

I see him gulp at the sound I just made, and I smirk. Licking the pad of my fingers, I look at him beneath the hood of my lashes. His eyes are hooded with want and lust, looking intently at how my lips are latched onto my fingers, licking. Sucking.

The other things I can use this mouth for. Pregnancy hormones are messing with me. I'm being a strange tease and it's not fair, putting the man infront of me through misery. I stop.

"What do you mean?" He asks after clearing his throat, continuing the conversation

"Well, it seems someone like you doesn't fit in here" I say with a shrug

"Is it my looks?" He asks with a smirk

Cocky idiot.

He knows the effect he has on the female population, which if I were to be asked, is a lot of effect, more than what could possibly be comprehended.

"Partially. It's more than that. I just can't put my finger on it. It seems you're doing this as a cover up of who you truly are" I say and see his expression turn grim

So I was right. Realising maybe I pried too much, I immediately apologize

"I'm sorry if I triggered something. I don't normally read too much into things. I just felt.. I'm sorry" I say simply

"It's okay. I guess I just have that vibe. I better get to work. Don't want my boss to kill me now do I?" He says, getting up to leave as I shake my head at his rhetorical question.

Giving me one last lingering look, he turns out to continue his work duties as I finish up my heavenly delicious dinner.

It's been a long day, I deserve this!