Chapter 11 - Night Out: Mysterious Neighbour

Back home, the two young women worked on decorating their apartment all the afternoon. Lost in the boxes, Fidelia received an unexpected phone call:

"hello"

"Hey pretty, how are you doing since we last met at the airport?"

Acknowledging the person at the end of the phone, Fidelia put on a seductive smile that Alex did not fail to see. She could immediately understand what was going on, her friend was surely talking with someone she set her eyes on. She always had that smile when she wanted a man!

"Oh, it's you! I am fine, I have been busy moving to my new place all day, what about you?" Fidelia was happy, she was herself wondering when that call will come and here, he was calling her.

"Pretty busy too, but today I decided to call the most beautiful woman in my contact list and ask her if she has time for me tonight!" Christ wanted to meet Fidelia so bad since he saw her at the airport. That day when they landed, he didn't even have time to talk to her again, she had disappeared as soon as she was out of the plane. Luckily, they have exchanged their business cards.

" Oh really, how considerate you are, so what can you do for that most beautiful woman? She kind of wants to explore Lin City at night."

"Well, she's knocking on the right door, I know all the good places where she can have fun. You want me to pick her up at 8:00?"

"Ok, let us see how you have fun here. My apartment is in the sud-est residential area, I live in building 8,"

When Christ heard her address, he thought it was funny because his boss just lived in the apartment same building!

Alex, for her part, watched her friend looking for the clothes she needed to wear for her date all excited, with a big smile on her face and had long forgotten what she was doing before the call. Fidelia noticed her friend's curious look, "What? It's my destiny calling, remember? I should not keep her waiting, should I?"

"Oh, then the seduction mode is activated again. Do you want me to help you with your clothes... sexy concept?" Alex was always the most enthusiast when Fidelia had a date.

"Yes, please." Fidelia knew that Alex will want to do that, it had become her job since a long time, and Fidelia was always happy.

Alex always enjoyed dressing her friend, she was her favourite model and her muse when it came to designing clothes. For her part, Fidelia trusted her choices, she had never disappointed her until now because every time she had a beautiful style.

Thus, they set about preparing, leaving behind the decorating work they had started.

At 8:15 pm when Christ called to let know that he had arrived, Fidelia was all set and ready. She was wearing a knee length red dress with a pair of black stilettos, her makeup was bright, the central part was her lips which were coloured in bright red. When Christ saw her, his first thought was that she probably was not really dressed up for a club, she looked too classy. As she walked towards him to get into the car, Christ saw the back of her dress. He could not help but gasp at the sight that met his eyes. It was a backless dress, her back was completely exposed and it was simply mesmerising to Christ who swallowed his saliva at the sight.

A gesture that did not escape Fidelia eyes and made her giggle slightly. As Christ watched her get into his car, he somehow knew she needed more than a simple evening out and thought he should give her something she would not forget.

Abandoned by her friend, Alex felt hadn't the strength to finish the decoration of their house, but since she didn't have anything to do, she continued. She wondered alone in their big apartment dispirited, it was an exhausting day for her despite how she looked. She felt lonely after being at the cemetery and her encounter with her sister did not help either.

At the end, she decided to stop redecorating, it was not fun without Fidelia anyway. She went to the balcony of her room to get some fresh air and clear her head, the view at her terrace was magnificent. The lights of the buildings shimmered like stars could be seen, showing how beautiful and lovely the city was.

Since she was in a residential neighbourhood away from the tracks, there was a peaceful silence. That night, the sky also offered a beautiful moon. Alex looked at the view from her terrace while listening to music with headphones. There were sounds of "the love you left behind", a song by Michael Schulte. She looked sad and melancholic at the thought of her family and her father who had left her.

On the terrace next door, in the dark, a man stood watching her silently. Seeing this her so sad with tear-filled eyes, he could not help himself but be a little companionate "I do not have a handkerchief for you, but I am a good listener, do you want to talk about it?"

Hearing a voice near her, Alex jumped up all frightened and looked from right to left, looking for the person who was speaking. He had a deep but very soothing voice and spoke in a very calm and composed manner.

"Who is this?"

"You are probably my new neighbour. No one has used this balcony before." The man said instead of answering Alex question.

"Oh, I am sorry if I disturbed you..."

"Why are you? you are in your own balcony in silence enjoying the view? I should be the one to be sorry for disturbing you! I often come here when I need to clear my head, I am usually alone, it's good to have the company of such a beautiful woman. I imagine you are here to change your thoughts too?"

Alex just heard the man without saying a word. She couldn't see his face at all, and she wasn't confortable with that.

"What if we help each other, I'll tell you what's bothering me, and you'll do the same? We can find a solution to each other's problems... How about that?" the man continued.

Alex frowned "What makes you think I have something on my mind? Maybe I am just here to enjoy the view."

"I do not think this kind of view is beautiful enough to make a person cry."

Elliot was known as cold and very aloof person; one look was enough for him to terrify the people around him. He was very domineering and did not have the habit of talking to people or even taking the time to get to know a person personally if it wasn't profitable to him.

Only his family could see his caring or funny side. For example, when it came to his sister, he became very passive and let her do what she wanted, like a good little brother. But in front of other, it was hard to see him even smile.

And there he was in front of a stranger, negotiating a small talk. So, he surprised himself when he made this proposal to her, thinking "um interesting, so I can actually be interested in other peoples?" He looked at her in the dark waiting eagerly for her to talk to him.. He was curious about how that unexpected encounter would turn out.