Chapter 9 Unwanted guest

The father and daughter duo went down the stairs for breakfast. Maurice climbed down the stairs and made her way to the kitchen to prepare breakfast. Noticing that she was dressed up, Kristal couldn't help but ask.

"going somewhere?"

"hmmm." Maurice answered simply.

"Oh....Okay. Enjoy" Kristal replied and headed for the fridge.

"breakfast is ready, you can warm it when you're ready to eat" Maurice said and sent flying kissed to Lucas who smiled.

As soon as she left, he turned to face his daughter who was braiding her hair.

"I'll be going to the office today, what should I grab for you?" He asked as he took a sip of coffee.

"oh, anything you feel is okay for your firefly......cus she seems to be losing her mind" she added the last part inwardly.

Lucas smiled and nodded his head before going to the dining room. Kristal tagged along. Soon after, they finished breakfast and Lucas went to work leaving Kristal home alone.

She was about to head to her room before her door bell rang.

"dad couldn't have forgotten anything right?" she thought as she turned to face the door. The door bell rang again making her storm to it.

She was about to say they weren't expecting any visitor before she saw Mateo standing at her door step with a chocolate bouquet and a get well card through the spy hole.

"What are you doing here?" she questioned with annoyance as she opened the door slightly.

"I'm visiting my girlfriend..." then he asked "won't you welcome your boyfriend?"

Kristal glared at him. "what boyfriend? You are typically a stranger that I met in school! How'd I end up as your girlfriend? Stop being delusional!" Kristal face palmed as she made way for him to get in.

"now that's a good thing to do!" Mateo remarked as he walked into the house earning am eye roll from her.

"dear Girlfriend, you can't get rid of me" he said as he made himself comfortable on the couch after he had dropped what he brought on the table.

"who did you bring those things for?" she asked as she pointed at the bouquet.

"for my girlfriend of course" he replied with a smile.

"I know you don't know me, so I'll like to tell you that I enjoy my privacy." She breathed.

"Which is why I've come to make your boring lifestyle interesting!" Mateo exclaimed.

"gosh I didn't sign up for this!" she thought inwardly.

"How'd you get my address?" She asked.

"I have my ways" he replied with air full of arrogance as he crossed his legs elegantly.

Kristal rolled her eyes and asked again "did you stage what happened to you?"

"A lot has happened to me, so be specific" Mateo muttered.

"the gang....." before Kristal could continue, he interrupted her.

"was it when I fell in love with you at first sight? Or when you saved me from the hands of my bully?"

Kristal's face turned pink in embarrassment at the first question. "your bully? You are the bully! Did you plan it!?"

Mateo stood up from the couch and approached the fuming Kristal slowly making her retreat in her steps.

"what makes you think I planned it?" he asked with a smirk.

"well...uhhh...you don't seem to have a good reputation....I guess" Kristal replied nervously earning a small chuckle from him.

"aren't you a smart one!" he praised her "you figured it out already! I thought I had planned it well. Anyway, I bullied them into bullying me" he said and went back to his previous position leaving Kristal standing.

"why?" she asked with raised brow.

"I plan to make you mine" he answered with a sinister smile which shook Kristal to bones.

"Sorry but I don't do relationships" Kristal deadpanned causing Mateo to laugh hard.

"Whatever, suit yourself. I'm going to sleep" she added and turned to leave for her room.

"Great idea! I couldn't sleep because I was trying to find the perfect chocolate for you...still you didn't take it...you didn't say thank you... now I want to sleep!" Mateo sulked as he grumpily folded his hands.

"well I didn't ask you to buy me chocolates did I? You can sleep on the couch if you want to sleep. Don't follow me!!"

*You've been a negative influence to me!* she thought bitterly.

"Kristal, you're not an introvert. You just want to keep to yourself. I'm not having a negative influence on, I'm making you a talkative" Mateo grinned.

Kristal who was about to leave paused on hearing him. *did he hear my thought?* she asked herself *nah...is a coincidence* ignoring his remark, she talked to her room.

Outside her bedroom

She placed her hand on the door knob before she felt Mateo's presence behind her.

"What are you doing here!?" she questioned angrily.

"Going to sleep" he replied as he walked past her and made his way to the bed.

On getting inside, he examined her room.

"Nice colour blend" he remarked noticing the weird colour combination in her room.

"why did you go for red and blue though? Don't you girls love pink?" he asked her but she ignored his question and laid on the bed.

She tucked herself in and was about to sleep before she felt the space next to her sink causing her to groan.

"why are you after my life?" she asked as she stared at the ceiling.

"I'm not after your life. I'm after your heart. You don't expect me to sleep in the living room. On a couch. I'm too valuable for that!" he replied.

"you could have picked someone else to go after. I don't even know you for crying out loud" she lamented.

"Are you going to whine all day or sleep with me?" he asked as he turned to face her even though she wasn't looked at him.

She ignored his question and turned to face the other side of the bed.

After awhile, Mateo sighed deeply. Slowly, he got up from the bed and walked to the other side so he can have a look at Kristal's sleeping face.

"I know you hate this but I can't help but feel the urge to make you mine...to protect you*sigh* please let me" Mateo caressed