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.
gaped
gone nuts?”
don’t have to be so rude now, Ariel.” He
and it landed on the wall, messing it up.
heck!” I uttered, staring at the part of the
-
up.
turned to Luke and moved closer to him. “What are
look like
into a war zone. Can we please
eyebrow. “And since when did this place become your kitchen.”
the times around here.
bother to
gave him a weird face.
his eyes downward, and I found his fingers reaching for
said,
flour. “But where’s the fun in that? Let’s make this a cooking show like no
I gave him a bewildered face.
into this guy these past few minutes?
the flour, but I stopped him.
down. “Luke, if you throw that flour,
off, throwing the flour all over the air. And here
a magical, flour–filled kitchen. Isn’t it beautiful?”
the flour, covering my face. “Oh, it’s beautiful, all right. But guess what? You’re
grinned. “I
“Say what now?”
clean you up.” Luke
“Don’t worry, sir.
look like a
made me
ean
let me clean up
“No, you don’t have to….”
course through my body the moment Luke’s hand firmly grasped mine, tugging me towards him. Before I knew it, I was pressed against his chest, the sticky flour from my body coating
this point,
I had no idea what was wrong with this man. He was definitely confused with his thinking.
me was nothing but hatred. Then on another hand, he would
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