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?”

rude now, Ariel.” He smirked, and threw a tomato in my direction.

it as well, and it landed on the wall, messing it

heck!” I uttered, staring at the part of the wall which

  1. up.

closer to

it look like

Can we please save the food

since

cook most of the times around here. So

even bother to let

him a weird

his eyes downward, and I found his fingers reaching

snatched the ingredients from his hands promptly. “Like I’ve said, save this food fight for

in that? Let’s make this a cooking show like

I gave him a

seriously, what had gotten into this guy these past

to do shit with the flour, but I

my eyes down. “Luke, if you throw that flour, I

throwing the flour all over the air.

flour–filled kitchen. Isn’t it

it’s beautiful, all right. But guess what? You’re cleaning

“I wish.”

“Say what now?”

me clean you up.” Luke moved extremely close to me.

worry, sir.

look like a

made me

ean

up this

“No, you don’t have to….”

through my body the moment Luke’s hand firmly grasped mine, tugging me towards him. Before I knew it, I was pressed

pulling me even closer to him. And at this point, I felt a surge of butterflies in my stomach

couldn’t take my eyes off him, and I had no idea what was wrong with this man. He was definitely confused with his thinking. And he had no idea where he

possess bitterness for me, that the feeling he had for me was nothing but hatred. Then on another hand, he would begin these actions, making it look like there was some passion for me right

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