Chapter 60

60 Talks of Love

“So?” EROS replied without a care.

So, he knows...

“Why don’t you talk to her properly? Even if...even if you don’t like her, you should still give her a proper answer,” I said sternly.

I hated to admit it, but I didn’t want to see that girl get hurt this way. She’s still too young to be disillusioned about love...

“I already did,” he replied.

“Huh?” I said, not understanding him at all.

“I said it all in that song. If she’s too dumb to understand it, then that’s her problem,”

That song...as in the song that he wrote for her performance?

Unrequited love indeed...

.....

While I was standing there piecing the story together, EROS had already walked ahead of me. Why that why he wrote that song for her and her band?

“EROS...” I called after him.

He didn’t slow down to wait for me at all. Why does he seem so mad when I’m the one who should be feeling mad? I had no idea what was going through his head. When I finally caught up to him, I was completely breathless and panting. We were standing on an overpass overlooking a large intersection close to the station. It was late and there were not a lot of people out and about anymore and we were the only ones standing there side by side. I bet he doesn’t know how much I struggled up the stairs to catch up to him here.

“EROS...” I panted his name as I gripped the railing with my hand to steady myself.

After a while of silence, EROS was the one who spoke up first.

“I wonder...if it’s really necessary to write and sing about love for me to become even more famous...” he said in wonder.

His question caught me a little off-guard. Was that what he had been worrying about?

“I guess there are many people who like love songs and romantic movies. Your songs will reach more people that way,” I replied with what I thought.

“Are you one of them?” he asked after turning to look directly at me.

“Umm...I guess...” I mumble softly.

“What do you like about love songs?” he asked curiously.

“I’m not quite sure but...I guess love is supposed to be an emotion that everyone can relate to. People yearn for love, right?” I replied thoughtfully.

“You don’t sound very convinced,” EROS replied as his eyes narrowed at me.

Well, for me...

“I’m not yearning for it, and I don’t miss it,” I stated truthfully.

“You’re strange...” he commented directly.

“And you’re a pervert...” I shot back.

As if he wanted to agree with my accusation, EROS held my face in between his hands as he crushed his lips down on mine. His hands on my cheeks were warm and so was his lips on mine. He kissed me tenderly until I found myself moaning softly into his kisses. When the tip of his wet tongue probed my mouth, I parted my lips to grant him entry. EROS’s tongue plunged into the depth of my mouth and danced around passionately with mine as our deep kiss warmed me to the core.

“I’m sorry for using you earlier...but I really did want to kiss you,” EROS apologized and confessed all in one breath.

He just did it...again...

He just kissed me.

Before I could start complaining about it, his phone started to vibrate, and EROS took a look at the screen. I had a good guess about who was calling.

“You should take that. Mark’s probably worried sick,” I said.

“No way. He’ll burst my eardrums,” EROS replied without hesitation.

With a mischievous grin he showed me his phone screen which showed around 50 missed calls from Mark. I took out my phone and found that I had a similar number of missed calls from Mark too. Being too wrapped up in the concert and spending time with EROS in general, I didn’t take my phone out of my handbag to check.

We looked at each other and burst out laughing. It was the first time that I saw EROS laughing and truly enjoying himself.

...

I stood in front of the headquarter skyscraper that was home to Brandon’s Renox empire. The sun is too bright today honestly, and the dress and suit that I had on was too tight around my chest area. Did my boobs grow bigger, or did I get fatter? Justin had taken money out of this case’s budget to get a dress and matching suit tailored for me to make a good first impression for my first day working for Brandon.

Due to my own laziness, I had used the old measurements from one of my tailors instead of dropping by to get my body measured. This overly tight dress was the result of that. I breathed out and prayed that I would survive the day without fainting.

The sound of my phone ringing snapped me out of my thoughts. Glancing down at my phone’s screen, I wasn’t surprised to see Brandon’s name. With a soft sigh, I connected the line.

“Where are you?” Brandon’s demanding voice spoke through the phone.

If I wasn’t standing right in front of his building, I’d probably be in deep trouble right now. Brandon was very serious and discipline about being on time. It wasn’t like I was late but within a few minutes I would be.

“I’m standing right in front of your building,” I replied.

“Why are you standing there? Come inside. I’m already waiting for you in the lobby,” Brandon said with a hint of irritation in his voice.

I rolled my eyes at his authoritative tone before I knew that I wouldn’t get a chance to do so for the entire day today. My heels clicked on the steps of the building as I walked up the few steps leading to the building’s entrance. The lobby was luxurious with a very modern vibe as expected of a leading technology company. The name and logo of Renox was proudly displayed on the wall inside.

–To be continued...