Chapter 5 Why do your eyes look so much like that of a girls'

I let Nathan show me around and discovered he was very popular with the ladies. They all wanted to get closer and Nathan also wanted to go ahead and meet them but I dragged him back.

I was sure he knew the name of every single girl in the company but I was shocked to hear him say he had a girlfriend. It was unbelievable and my face told him that.

"Hey, I'm sincere and also faithful!" My jaws dropped. Who in their right senses would believe that? "Hey, that hurts my feelings." He said. "I may look like a pervert but trust me, I wouldn't dare to cheat."

I thought for a while. This sort of guy was faithful, so why exactly did my family break up again?

"Do you love her?" I asked which surprised him and also myself. A question like that, coming from a girl like me, I know, it's hard to believe. He smiled.

"Yes, I do!" He answered

"Well, will you marry her since you love her?" I asked further. I wanted to know so badly because, topics concerning love were very very, important to me.

I looked at him like I would kill him if he answered wrongly. This of course, he found strange.

"Erica, what's with you? I didn't expect you to be so interested with this topic. What, did you get your heart broken?" He asked clearly trying to shift the topic to me.

I opened my mouth to say something but didn't utter a word. I paused my lips and looked away.

"Just...forget I said anything." I said and checked the time. There was twenty minutes left. "I'll go ahead!" I left, heading straight for the elevator. I pushed the button and got in. I stared at him as the elevator doors closed. I bet he must have been confused.

Once the elevator doors were closed, I bit my bottom lip, trying not to cry. Sure I got my heart broken, but it wasn't by a boy, it was my parents. A tear rolled down my cheek and I quickly wiped it off.

"These damn tears won't leave me alone. Fucking emotions!" I cursed and punched the elevators wall really hard.

My knuckles didn't break but I was sure they were bleeding under my gloves but I didn't care. They would heal in a couple of days anyway.

Time was up and I needed to report to Oscar's office. I knocked and got a response. He was still sitting behind his laptop when I walked in.

He looked fully engrossed with what he was doing and I didn't want to interrupt. He waved me off to sit down for a while. I felt nervous as I quietly went to sit.

'I thought he said he would be done in two hours' I thought and took a peek at him. His working expression was to die for. 'He's such a good looking guy' I couldn't help but feel attracted. This was the first, no second guy that made me feel...shy.

My cheeks were tainted with a light shade of red and my heart beat kept increasing and pounding loudly. I was scared he would hear it, so I quickly looked away while trying to calm myself down.

'Calm down Erica' I kept telling myself but I just couldn't resist. I turned to peek one last time but this time, I met his eyes; they were definitely brown not black.

His sharp piercing gaze didn't make me shiver or flinch this time but instead, it felt different.

"This kid, you've been staring at me since you walked in. Is there something you want to say?" He asked

'Oh no, he caught me' I avoided his gaze feeling guilty and scratched my face with my right index finger. "Um, no, not exactly!"

"Then, is there something on my face?" He further asked

"No, no! Your face is perfect!" I blurted out without thinking and he raised an eyebrow at me. He must've thought I was weird.

"My face is... perfect?" He looked at me expectant.

"That's not what I meant. Your face is pretty no, handsome... No, your face is..."

"Enough!" He slammed his hand on the desk which frightened me a bit. He looked mad, why? It was just a compliment.

I suddenly recalled what Nathan warned me about.

'Damn, Nathan told me to be careful with my words. Am I in trouble now?"

"Do I look like a joke to you?"

"No, not at all!" I shook my head

"Then how is it so easy for you to mock me?" He glared at me and I could feel those eyes of his, pierce into my soul.

Though I was scared, I took in a deep breath, stood up and walked up to him.

"I really didn't intend to mock you and I didn't, but honestly..." I couldn't help but smile. What exactly was up with me today? "...your face is indeed perfect!" I said but his gaze didn't lighten up, so I added. "Your looks are extraordinary, I'm pretty sure you've heard it a bunch of times so let's not work ourselves up for this, please!?" It didn't seem like a plea but I hoped he'd see it as such. Silence fell on us.

"Boy, why do your eyes look so much like that of a girls'?" He asked breaking the silence but seriously? After all that, that was the only thing he could come up with?

And what was it about my eyes being that of a girls'? Was that the only thing about me that was similar to a girl to him?

"Yes! You look like a girl with those eyes!" He said and my eyes twitched. Whoever said I wasn't? I sighed

"It is what it is!" I stated while shrugging my shoulders.

"Let's get going. Get prepared to face danger!"

"Don't worry boss, where there's danger, there's Dale!" I grinned with confidence. After this, I'd be two million rich, wasn't that great?