Chapter 31: chapter 31

Ela's POV,The vender was happiest seeing us calm, "Thank you. Here are your rolls." Having a bite, I started, "Where do you and Sam work?"Kylen let a chuckle, "I guess, your question must be what work do we do.""Just a polite way of asking.", I shrugged my shoulders."Hmm. This tastes good.", he said."It has to.""Well, we have our family business to take care of. My dad looks after main branch. Sam watches the secondary branch while I take care of subsidiary financial unit.""What business is it?""We manufacture mechanical bare parts for rockets, spaceships and satellites.""Wow. So next time I see a rocket or satellite launch on news, it would be made up of the parts built from your company.""Most likely.""I would like to see the factory!""You can visit any time. I'll take you there, some day."We continued to stroll."Dad plans to hand over his company to Sam, infact."I was surprised to hear that. But Kylen seemed to be cool with his father's decision."Sam's bossism will be the funniest for me.", he grinned, and I chuckled."Your love life?", I asked, aiming the bin, to throw the wrapper.Kylen pinched his forehead, "None.""What?", I widened my eyes as the wrapper landed in the right bin. My aiming skills have improved."Never been in a relationship?"Looking back at him, "Nope. Not that lucky I guess.", he walked ahead."One-night stands?", I was quick and quite bold to ask. I bit my tongue looking around. "Had during teens and early twenties. Not anymore. I hate it now.", he shook his head, "I don't like being played with or without emotions. Seeing Sam's love life, I have learnt lessons too."I was stunned, astonished and amazed. His words carried weight! I recalled Kylen's dad saying he never got any girl to home."Who was she at your guest house, the other night?", I asked, little curious.Kylen looked at me with a smirk, "I knew you would ask.""She's my friend as well as my colleague. We were in hurry that night because she had to return home to take care of her sick toddler and husband. There was an issue in management to be resolved, and we were running out of time, so I lashed out at you."I was bewildered."Ask her. She will answer your questions better than me.", his eyes were still on me."Well, why did you run away from your wedding? I mean, you practically used me to elope.", I shrugged my shoulders, "I also saw your dad forcing you. Was it for business purpose?""No. No. My dad doesn't believe in those business proposals and all. He just wanted it to happen as he thought she was perfect for me.", he kicked a stone, "I said yes, initially, to this wedding, because I never cared about love life. As the wedding approached, I changed my mind to not to marry her. It irked my dad a lot. But then you happened, and you solved my problem just like that."Both of us laughed."Fair enough. How can you have such a simple life in LA?""I wished it was simple.", Kylen pressed his lips."Why is it not?""You have reached the limit of asking questions.", he showed me his watch, "It's ticking 1 AM, already.""Last one, please.", I pleaded.He sighed, "Shoot.""What about your mom?"Kylen looked down, "She left us. I-. I mean- I was eight, when she died cause of a medicine overdose, that is what they say. I don't have much memory of spending time with her.""I'm sorry to hear that."The silence accompanied as we walked."Nor. I don't know if you would believe me."I paused while his serious gaze fell on me."This is first time ever in my life, I have let someone know me other than my family.""Are you flirting with me because men usually keep saying that?"He sensed that I was teasing him, Kylen winked at me, "Probably I'm.""But I'm aware that I don't flirt with a random woman.", he added, and my smile stiffened. Damn! He is good at this."So, I'm not a random woman in your life??"He played his fingers with mine,"Miss Messy, don't mess me up with your stupid questions."It felt like I had understood him better than ever. Yet he would remain a puzzle to me. And my instinct says he will volunteerly open up with me more in following days.I halted the game there, by joining his hand.While walking back, I spotted an ice cream parlor. And it was still open!Kylen was quick to observe my mischievous expression. He shook his head, saying, "Are you mad? In this frozen night?""YESSSS!"