The day dawned crisp and clear. The golden rays of the sun poured through the glass windows of Danica's room.
Danica stretched her body as she was waking up. She had a smile on her face, she had a good sleep last night.
Now, she was lying on the bed for a while and something strikes her brain.
[ Wait a minute! Where the hell am I ?? ] she thinks and gets out of the bed abruptly.
"Where am I ?" She mumbles
She grabs her head which was heavy and aching badly due to a hangover.
[ Yesterday I drank too much, I guess ] She thinks
" With whom I was drinking, by the way?" she mumbled.
[ First, I need to find out whose house this is ] she thought and left the room.
She was astonished by seeing the house.
"It's so big and classy" she mutters inwardly.
"I am jealous" she adds "This is bigger than my house"
She entered a room that was in the vicinity of the room in which she spent last night.
That room was quite wide and organized. It was quite simple yet eye-catching. She strolled through the room and was looking at books that were old but were kept neatly as if they were brand new.
"The owner surely loves his books very much" she mumbled.
TAK...TAk...
She heard a noise as if a door was opening.
She turned back and screamed.
"It's me Danica" Alfred said holding her arms.
She opened her eyes and saw Alfred's face.
"You startled me" she said and sighed
She then removes his hand abruptly which held her arms.
"You are up already" Alfred said
"I thought you will wake up late" he adds
Danica was about to reply to him, but, then she realized that Alfred was naked. He had just wrapped a towel around his waist.
She couldn't take her eyes off his chest that was so sturdy and muscular.
Then she turns back and closes her eyes.
"What happened? " Alfred inquired
"Shameless!" She said while flinching "Just go and wear something. How can you stay naked like that in front of a girl?"
Alfred smiled
" Okay okay" He said
"This is my room" He added
"Do you want me to wear clothes in front of you?" he asked with a smile.
[ You pervert! How can you be so shameless?] She thought
She was about to speak her mind, but, then her brain gives her flashbacks of the kisses that Alfred gave her when she started to fight.
[ Control Danica, don't get angry. Deal this guy with patience ] she was trying to tame herself.
She didn't want her day to start with that pervert's kisses.
"No" she said
"Wait! I am leaving. You can change when I leave" She adds
"Okay" Alfred chuckled.
She leaves the room, hiding her face.
Alfred loved teasing her like that. He loved to see her expressions every time.
She went to her room.
"I need to leave as soon as possible" she thought.
[ Mom and dad might be worried ] She thought
Now again her brain lights up and she realized something.
"Wait! I was tipsy yesterday. What I said to that pervert?" She mumbled to herself
[Did I confess my feelings? ] she winced as she thought about it.
"N..No way !" she said banking her hand against her head.
[ I need to ask him directly ] she muttered in her mind.
Alfred was standing behind her, Looking at her expressions.
[ You are cute ] he thought and smiled.
She turns back to head towards his room, but, Finds him already standing there at the door of her room.
"Come , Let's eat together" he said
"No, I won't" She replied "First you need to answer my question"
"Danica this Is my house, not your Company" he said patiently.
[ Calm down Danica, or else he will kiss again] She thought
"Okay I --" she said
Before she could finish her sentence, he cuts her short and speaks "You can ask anything to me, I will answer them all. But, first, have your breakfast"
"Okay, whatever !" she said and left the room
Alfred followed.
[where should I turn -- Left or Right?] she thought
"I guess you know my home better than me" He said
"...."
"Come by my side, I will lead" he smiled and answered her
She had no choice, but to follow him.
**********
Paul arrives at Nina's home.
He rings the bell and Nina opens the door. As she discovers Paul, she closes the door abruptly.
"Hey Nina" Paul said keeping his hand on the door "Please open the door"
"What are you doing here?" She asked him behind the door.
"I wanted to give you something" Paul replied
"What is it?" she inquired.
"Just open the door, everyone is staring at me as if I am an intruder" He said
Nina opens the door finally.
Paul enters her house promptly and closes the door behind him.
He hugs her from the back and gives her a small white silvery box.
Nina was surprised to see Paul being so nice to her and now he was even giving her gifts.
He places his chin on her shoulder and whispers in her ears.
"Take it, babe" he said
[ Eh...what? Babe ?] She was surprised.
She then tries to get herself out of his hug, but, Paul hugs her tighter and she fails.
She accepts the gift and opens it. There was a beautiful shiny diamond ring inside it.
She smiles now.
"Will you accept me as yours?" Paul whispered in her ears
"Will you marry me and be mine forever?"
Nina's eyes were now filled with tears. She was overwhelmed with joy.
"YES" she said with a big smile.
Paul turns her around and holds her close to him.
Tears rolled down her cheeks. He wipes her tears gently and says "Don't cry like this dear, I am not liking it"
"..."
He then lifts her and takes her to the room. Keeps her on the bed and bumps on her.
"I am sorry" he said tucking a strand of her hair on the backside of her earlobe "It took me three years to realize that I love you"
She looks away.
He gave her a soft kiss, she kissed him back. He then stops abruptly.
"What happened?" she asked keeping her hand on his cheek
He gets off her and sits on the bed.
"What's going on?" she inquired
"I don't know how I will face Danica" he replies
"Since now everything is clear between us, I guess I need to disclose my real identity to Danica, but, I am scared" he adds
"I will be there with you" Nina said, keeping her hand on his shoulder
"Okay then, tomorrow is the Product Launch Event, before that event, we will disclose everything to her" he replied
************
Meanwhile
************
Danica followed Alfred, cursing him at his back.
"Stop cursing else I will kiss you again" he said and chuckled
[How did he know I was cursing? Does he have eyes on the backside of his head too?] she was perplexed
They arrived at the dining area that was adjacent to the kitchen. Danica pulled a chair and was about to sit, but, Alfred stops her
"Wait" he said
"I will pull the chair for you" he adds
He then pulled a chair and said "Sit"
"What you want to eat?" he inquired
"Just bring whatever you have, I am leaving anyway" she replied
"No, just tell me, I will cook for you" he said and smiled
"W..what? You will cook?" she was surprised, her eyes widened.
"Yes" he replied
"You know how to cook?" she asked with popping eyes
"yeah I do"
"Okay" she looks away now
[ I have to leave, dad and mom might be worried about me] she was thinking fast
"You don't need to bother yourself so much" she said
"Just bring some sandwiches, It will do" she adds
"Okay"
"I will be right back" he adds
After few minutes he returned with a plate in his hand
"Here is your sandwich" he said keeping the plate on the table
He then pulls a chair and sits beside her
"Why are you sitting beside me?" she asked with brooding eyes
"This is my house, so, I can sit wherever I want" he answered
Danica didn't want to get into an argument with him, so she didn't say anything further to him.
"Where is your plate?" she asked
"I won't eat" he said
"Then what will you do ?" she implored while eating her sandwich
"I will watch you" he smiled and said
[ Oh god! no way, How dare he say that] she thinks
She was about to say something furiously but didn't.
[ No Danica don't say anything, control your anger, else again this pervert will kiss you. Tolerate him for a while, you are leaving anyway] she thought
she looked away and flinched.
she starts eating the sandwich again.
He was watching her intently and smiling.
[ I wish I could see you by my side every day like this] he mumbled in his mind
She was feeling shy and weird at the same time.
"Ahem...I wanted to ask something" she said to distract him
"What is it?" he replied
"What I was saying last night? Did I say anything strange?" she asked
"You don't remember?" he asked -- still looking intently.
" NO"
[ So she doesn't know anything. Should I tease her again?] he thought
"You told me everything" he said and grinned
Her eyes widened as she heard that and she glanced at him now
"E...Everything?" she asked with popping eyes.
"Yes, You told me everything"
[ I knew it! Aish.....I guess I confessed. It's so embarrassing] she thought and flinched.
"Look those words hold no meaning, okay?" she explains
"I wasn't conscious of what I said. I don't like you, okay?" she adds
[ So, that means she likes me too. ] He thought and smiled
"No, It was all true. When a person is drunk, he speaks the truth" he said
She stands up abruptly, her cheeks turned light pink -- she was blushing but at the same time she felt embarrassment
"Shut up!" she said "I am leaving"
"You look so cute when you blush" he said and chuckled
She looked at him as he said that and was about to smile but retrained it.
"Okay, I will drop you, come" he adds
The day dawned crisp and clear. The golden rays of the sun poured through the glass windows of Danica's room.
Danica stretched her body as she was waking up. She had a smile on her face, she had a good sleep last night.
Now, she was lying on the bed for a while and something strikes her brain.
[ Wait a minute! Where the hell am I ?? ] she thinks and gets out of the bed abruptly.
"Where am I ?" She mumbles
She grabs her head which was heavy and aching badly due to a hangover.
[ Yesterday I drank too much, I guess ] She thinks
" With whom I was drinking, by the way?" she mumbled.
[ First, I need to find out whose house this is ] she thought and left the room.
She was astonished by seeing the house.
"It's so big and classy" she mutters inwardly.
"I am jealous" she adds "This is bigger than my house"
She entered a room that was in the vicinity of the room in which she spent last night.
That room was quite wide and organized. It was quite simple yet eye-catching. She strolled through the room and was looking at books that were old but were kept neatly as if they were brand new.
"The owner surely loves his books very much" she mumbled.
TAK...TAk...
She heard a noise as if a door was opening.
She turned back and screamed.
"It's me Danica" Alfred said holding her arms.
She opened her eyes and saw Alfred's face.
"You startled me" she said and sighed
She then removes his hand abruptly which held her arms.
"You are up already" Alfred said
"I thought you will wake up late" he adds
Danica was about to reply to him, but, then she realized that Alfred was naked. He had just wrapped a towel around his waist.
She couldn't take her eyes off his chest that was so sturdy and muscular.
Then she turns back and closes her eyes.
"What happened? " Alfred inquired
"Shameless!" She said while flinching "Just go and wear something. How can you stay naked like that in front of a girl?"
Alfred smiled
" Okay okay" He said
"This is my room" He added
"Do you want me to wear clothes in front of you?" he asked with a smile.
[ You pervert! How can you be so shameless?] She thought
She was about to speak her mind, but, then her brain gives her flashbacks of the kisses that Alfred gave her when she started to fight.
[ Control Danica, don't get angry. Deal this guy with patience ] she was trying to tame herself.
She didn't want her day to start with that pervert's kisses.
"No" she said
"Wait! I am leaving. You can change when I leave" She adds
"Okay" Alfred chuckled.
She leaves the room, hiding her face.
Alfred loved teasing her like that. He loved to see her expressions every time.
She went to her room.
"I need to leave as soon as possible" she thought.
[ Mom and dad might be worried ] She thought
Now again her brain lights up and she realized something.
"Wait! I was tipsy yesterday. What I said to that pervert?" She mumbled to herself
[Did I confess my feelings? ] she winced as she thought about it.
"N..No way !" she said banking her hand against her head.
[ I need to ask him directly ] she muttered in her mind.
Alfred was standing behind her, Looking at her expressions.
[ You are cute ] he thought and smiled.
She turns back to head towards his room, but, Finds him already standing there at the door of her room.
"Come , Let's eat together" he said
"No, I won't" She replied "First you need to answer my question"
"Danica this Is my house, not your Company" he said patiently.
[ Calm down Danica, or else he will kiss again] She thought
"Okay I --" she said
Before she could finish her sentence, he cuts her short and speaks "You can ask anything to me, I will answer them all. But, first, have your breakfast"
"Okay, whatever !" she said and left the room
Alfred followed.
[where should I turn -- Left or Right?] she thought
"I guess you know my home better than me" He said
"...."
"Come by my side, I will lead" he smiled and answered her
She had no choice, but to follow him.
**********
Paul arrives at Nina's home.
He rings the bell and Nina opens the door. As she discovers Paul, she closes the door abruptly.
"Hey Nina" Paul said keeping his hand on the door "Please open the door"
"What are you doing here?" She asked him behind the door.
"I wanted to give you something" Paul replied
"What is it?" she inquired.
"Just open the door, everyone is staring at me as if I am an intruder" He said
Nina opens the door finally.
Paul enters her house promptly and closes the door behind him.
He hugs her from the back and gives her a small white silvery box.
Nina was surprised to see Paul being so nice to her and now he was even giving her gifts.
He places his chin on her shoulder and whispers in her ears.
"Take it, babe" he said
[ Eh...what? Babe ?] She was surprised.
She then tries to get herself out of his hug, but, Paul hugs her tighter and she fails.
She accepts the gift and opens it. There was a beautiful shiny diamond ring inside it.
She smiles now.
"Will you accept me as yours?" Paul whispered in her ears
"Will you marry me and be mine forever?"
Nina's eyes were now filled with tears. She was overwhelmed with joy.
"YES" she said with a big smile.
Paul turns her around and holds her close to him.
Tears rolled down her cheeks. He wipes her tears gently and says "Don't cry like this dear, I am not liking it"
"..."
He then lifts her and takes her to the room. Keeps her on the bed and bumps on her.
"I am sorry" he said tucking a strand of her hair on the backside of her earlobe "It took me three years to realize that I love you"
She looks away.
He gave her a soft kiss, she kissed him back. He then stops abruptly.
"What happened?" she asked keeping her hand on his cheek
He gets off her and sits on the bed.
"What's going on?" she inquired
"I don't know how I will face Danica" he replies
"Since now everything is clear between us, I guess I need to disclose my real identity to Danica, but, I am scared" he adds
"I will be there with you" Nina said, keeping her hand on his shoulder
"Okay then, tomorrow is the Product Launch Event, before that event, we will disclose everything to her" he replied
************
Meanwhile
************
Danica followed Alfred, cursing him at his back.
"Stop cursing else I will kiss you again" he said and chuckled
[How did he know I was cursing? Does he have eyes on the backside of his head too?] she was perplexed
They arrived at the dining area that was adjacent to the kitchen. Danica pulled a chair and was about to sit, but, Alfred stops her
"Wait" he said
"I will pull the chair for you" he adds
He then pulled a chair and said "Sit"
"What you want to eat?" he inquired
"Just bring whatever you have, I am leaving anyway" she replied
"No, just tell me, I will cook for you" he said and smiled
"W..what? You will cook?" she was surprised, her eyes widened.
"Yes" he replied
"You know how to cook?" she asked with popping eyes
"yeah I do"
"Okay" she looks away now
[ I have to leave, dad and mom might be worried about me] she was thinking fast
"You don't need to bother yourself so much" she said
"Just bring some sandwiches, It will do" she adds
"Okay"
"I will be right back" he adds
After few minutes he returned with a plate in his hand
"Here is your sandwich" he said keeping the plate on the table
He then pulls a chair and sits beside her
"Why are you sitting beside me?" she asked with brooding eyes
"This is my house, so, I can sit wherever I want" he answered
Danica didn't want to get into an argument with him, so she didn't say anything further to him.
"Where is your plate?" she asked
"I won't eat" he said
"Then what will you do ?" she implored while eating her sandwich
"I will watch you" he smiled and said
[ Oh god! no way, How dare he say that] she thinks
She was about to say something furiously but didn't.
[ No Danica don't say anything, control your anger, else again this pervert will kiss you. Tolerate him for a while, you are leaving anyway] she thought
she looked away and flinched.
she starts eating the sandwich again.
He was watching her intently and smiling.
[ I wish I could see you by my side every day like this] he mumbled in his mind
She was feeling shy and weird at the same time.
"Ahem...I wanted to ask something" she said to distract him
"What is it?" he replied
"What I was saying last night? Did I say anything strange?" she asked
"You don't remember?" he asked -- still looking intently.
" NO"
[ So she doesn't know anything. Should I tease her again?] he thought
"You told me everything" he said and grinned
Her eyes widened as she heard that and she glanced at him now
"E...Everything?" she asked with popping eyes.
"Yes, You told me everything"
[ I knew it! Aish.....I guess I confessed. It's so embarrassing] she thought and flinched.
"Look those words hold no meaning, okay?" she explains
"I wasn't conscious of what I said. I don't like you, okay?" she adds
[ So, that means she likes me too. ] He thought and smiled
"No, It was all true. When a person is drunk, he speaks the truth" he said
She stands up abruptly, her cheeks turned light pink -- she was blushing but at the same time she felt embarrassment
"Shut up!" she said "I am leaving"
"You look so cute when you blush" he said and chuckled
She looked at him as he said that and was about to smile but retrained it.
"Okay, I will drop you, come" he adds
