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< RESTAURANT >
It wasn’t until he stopped in front of the restaurant that she realized that he wasn’t taking her home.
“Why are we here?” She asked getting off the bike while he followed suit.
“To eat,I spent the afternoon watching after you at the infirmary that I skipped my lunch ” he replied walking into the cafeteria while she followed him.
“I haven’t been able to thank you for helping me, wh@ťěver you buy will be on me” Chloe replied pulling out her wallet only to see that the money there isn’t enough.
“What? Don’t you have enough money?” Bryan asked.
“I didn’t carry enough money with me” Chloe replied putting her wallet into her back pack.
“Just admit that you don’t wanna pay me back but wh@ťěver, It will be my treat, poor girl” he mocked even as he ordered ice cream for them both.
“You said you skipped lunch and this is what you are willing to eat?” Chloe asked starring at the mint ice cream in front of them.
“It is, I enjoy having ice cream especially this flavour” Bryan replied spooning the ice cream.
“Wh@ťěver” she murmured before taking her spoon to eat her ice cream and once again she missed the strange look Bryan had on his face.
“Aren’t you eating?” She asked when he put down his spoon.
“Am not that……” He stopped when he suddenly got a call.
He picked up his phone to check the caller only to stare at Chloe who was busy with her ice cream.
He stared at the caller again and then at Chloe and slowly he answered the call.
But when he was about to speak, the call got cut.
“What? Is that one of your girlfriends calling?” Chloe asked and that got him starring at her.
He stared at her for a quite some time that she began feeling uncomfortable.
“What? Is some thing on my face?” She asked.
“No, I just think you look lovely” Bryan said which got her chuckling.
“That’s a old line and you’ve got to come up with some thing new to get my attention which you will never get in years to come and besides, I think it’s time you stop this crazy act of yours, I know you aren’t into me. People might start getting the wrong idea ” she said.
“Why? Are you worried about Leo” he asked.
“I don’t give a d@mn about what Leo thinks, I just want a quiet life which I hope you will grant by leaving me alone. You and Leo” Chloe let out fiercely.
“So what you are saying now is that you feel nothing for Leo?” Bryan asked while she snorted in disgust.
“I stopped feeling any thing for him long ago and…..” She stopped when she got a call.
“It’s from mom, you need to take me home now or should I just take the bus?” She asked.
“No, I will take you home just like I promised” he replied getting out of his seat while she followed suit.
After paying for the ice cream they hardly touched they both left the restaurant.
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< NEXT DAY~ M&M ACADEMY>
Chloe was heading to her next class when she got a text from Bryan.
★ MEET AT THE SCHOOL ROOF TOP, HAVE GOT SOME THING TO TELL YOU★
What’s with him? She thought as she took the stairs which led her to the roof top.
She found him seating on the empty bench there sipping a can of cola.
“What is it? I have a class soon” she said on getting there.
“Have a seat and join me” Bryan suggested.
“You aren’t deaf, I told you that I…..”
“I heard you perfectly and so don’t you address me as deaf again” he said now looking angry.
“Fine, what do you have to say?” She asked.
“It’s about a puzzle am trying to solve” he said while she rolled her eyes at him.
“What sort of puzzle?” She asked even as he got off the bench, walking towards her.
“It’s about a girl, a girl who is pretending to be some thing she isn’t” he said now standing in front of her.
On hearing that Chloe looked away from him nervously while she gulp down an imaginary spit.
“Then I hope you get to solve that puzzle cause I won’t be able to help you with it, have got a class to attend” Chloe told him even as she turn around to leave.
“You aren’t the real Valerie right?” He asked making her freeze where she stood.
Slowly he got to where she was and stood in front of her.
“Who exactly are you?” He asked which got Chloe dropping her phone in shock….
To be continued ✌️✌️✌️