102 CROSSROADS OF EMOTIONS
ARIEL’S POV
“And what are you doing here?” I aksed Luke, raising an eyebrow.
“I just came to help you out,” he answered, looking around. “I thought you might need a hand.”
“Thanks, but I’m good. You can leave now.” I turned back to the ingredients, to focus on the preparation of the food.
“If I can remember, this is my house.”
“Fine. Stay then.” I said nonchalantly.
As I was about to chop, Luke moved closer to me and grabbed a tomato from the table, observing it.
“What are you doing?” I asked. He didn’t give me a reply. Instead, he took a carrot from the table as well.
“Luke….”
He hushed me, placing his fingers on my lips, looking into my eyes. And as he stirred closer, I began to move backward, all these done in silence, until I found myself leaning against the wall.
“You love complaining.” Luke said softly. “Why?”
I didn’t say a thing as I kept staring at him. I didn’t know if my lips were sealed at the moment, but the power to speak, was not there.
After a gaze that seemed like eternity, Luke moved backwards, laughing silently. He budged nigher to the ingredients, and started doing only God knows what.
“Luke!” I shrieked at him. At this point, my voice came back.
“What?!” He yelled back. But kept on carrying out his nonsense.
“I’m trying to cook here. Stop doing shit with those ingredients!” I bawled at him
He shook his head, with a grin. “But Ariel, you know I’m just enhancing the flavor with my expert tossing skills.”
“Tossing skills? This isn’t a salad, Luke! Get your hands off that tomato!”
“What’s the worst that can happen? A little veggie rain never hurt anyone.” Luke threw a carrot at me.
and gaped
gone nuts?”
be so rude now, Ariel.” He smirked, and threw a tomato in my direction.
well, and it landed on the wall,
the part of the wall which
-
up.
closer to him.
it look
kitchen into a war zone. Can we please save the food fight for another time?”
an eyebrow. “And since when did this place become
of the times around here. So yeah, it’s my kitchen.”
you can’t even bother to let me
gave him a weird face.
his eyes downward, and I found
“Like I’ve said,
handful of flour. “But where’s the fun in that?
him a
this guy these
do shit with the flour, but
my eyes down. “Luke, if you throw that flour,
off, throwing the flour all over the air. And here I was,
kitchen. Isn’t it beautiful?”
slowly cleaned the flour, covering my face. “Oh, it’s beautiful, all
“I
“Say what now?”
me clean you up.” Luke moved extremely close to
treaded backwards, “Don’t worry, sir. I’m
look like a
because you made
ean
let me clean up this mess,
my head. “No, you
him. Before I knew it, I was pressed against his chest, the sticky flour
pulling me even closer to him. And at this point, I felt a surge of butterflies
and I had no idea what was wrong with this man. He was definitely confused with his thinking. And he had no idea where
nothing but hatred. Then on another hand, he would begin these actions, making it look like there
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