Chapter 21 21: I love you

Novie slammed the door opened and ran upstairs, but before she could close the door, she heard her mother shouting at her.

"Novie, where is your brother" Novie rolled her eyes and shouted back.

"He went to the forest" then she went to her room and closed the door behind. She sat on the bed while her hand clenched her chest.

Her heart is pounding so hard that she could feel the vibration of it. She cleared her throat and tried to calm her nerve but her blood was rushing throughout her body.

She had never felt this feeling, the adrenaline, and excitement that were shaking her body, she bites her lips and stood up. She walks back and forth and tried to think about her action.

(Ok, He kissed me and I kissed him back)

Her eyes widened.

(I kissed him back!!!)

She slumped her body on the floor and pull her hair.

(I kissed him back!)

Her eyes shut, (So is he, my boyfriend, again?) she asked herself.

(No! It can't be) she talks to herself like she's a psycho who escaped the mental.

She got up and walks to the window to check if Ken has turned off the light. She opened it to peep but Ken was also looking at the window, staring at her window's direction.

(Gosh! He saw me) thinking that, she slammed the window closed and sat on the floor.

(Why did I even look?) she tugs her hair once again.

"Ok, Novie, you are thirty, not thirteen, stop acting like Taylor Swift in her 'You belong with me' music video" she murmured silently as she walks back and forth.

Suddenly her phone buzzed, she looked at it and saw Ken's number. She might have lost her phone but Ken's number tattooed in her mind.

(Goodnight) after reading it a silent squeal let out from her throat, her mind fuzed with all the mix feeling she had inside.

The next day.

Novie got up like a zombie, she walks downstairs without a soul and her mother noticed it.

"what happened to you?" her mother asked and handed her a coffee.

After the aroma scent entered Novie's nose, her blood rushed, and she immediately drank the half of it, her tongue numbed by how hot the coffee was.

"hm.. coffee is the second best thing in the world" she murmured silently but her mother heard it.

"what's the first?" Novie gulped and widened her eyes, she was not expecting for her mother to hear it. It meant to stay in her mind

She avoided her mother's eyes and stood up.

"need to shower" she finished her coffee and rushed to the toilet before her mother can ask more question.

In the next house, the whole kitchen was a mess.

Ken pressed his lips together and looked at his phone. He searched a way to make a simple breakfast, but he turned the fire too high that the egg burnt.

He took the pan and put it in the sink.

"Damn it. I will just order breakfast." Then he dialed his sister number.

"Daniella, I need you to find a restaurant that can deliver to Ander's house" he spoke without greeting her. He never experienced ordering food through phone and have it delivered to his place

His brows snapped when he heard giggling in the other line.

"stop it, Evan. Someones calling." He poker his face and turned it off.

"Damn it." He curses and searches for a restaurant. He was about to dial the number when someone knocked on the door. He walked towards the door and opened it, his lips parted a little, shocked to see Novie standing.

He gulps after seeing her clothes.

She's wearing a green polo and green slacks, she looks so simple yet attractive.

He cleared his throat and smile

"Good Morning" suddenly all his problem flew away. The woman smiled at him and handed him a mug.

"I told my mom to include you in our food. So you can eat with us whenever you want and ahm. I just came here to say that" Novie lowered her head out of embarrasment and Ken finds it amusing. He looked outside to see if someone is around, seeing the place empty, he pulled her body inside and immediately sealed their lips.

He closed the door but Novie stops his hand.

"I can't be late at my work" he stared at her, she was blushing.

He sighed and embrace her when he smelled her scents, his eyes shut.

"let me drive you" then he stared at her and saw that her cheeks were still blushing. He wants to laugh but knowing Novie she'll probably get more embarrassed

"I have-"

"No Novie. I'll drive you, wait here. Let me get my keys" saying that Ken left her.

After Ken's figure disappear, Novie smells the burning scent around the house, she walks to the kitchen only to see the mess

The plates are everywhere and there's some spilled oil on the floor; she looked at the sink and saw a bowl full of raw eggs with eggshell in it.

Her eyebrow rose. When she hears footsteps, she looked back and saw Ken.

"Ken you don't have a maid here so you will need to clean this," she said while pointing at the dishes. She looked at him and saw the confusion on his face.

"I've never washed the dishes." He replied

Novie creased her brows, "well you're not driving me to work today. Clean this please" she walks to the door to leave but Ken stops her.

"can I pick you up later?" Novie gulped, she can see his grey eyes so clear because of the light.

"ok" she replied shoer and walks to the front porch, before her feet set on the ground, Ken spoke and that made her look at him.

"I love you" her face shifted to his direction not minding that she missed rock on the ground

BAM!!!

Her body fell on the ground while her face kisses the dirty soil.

She could not get up out of embarrassment. (Why do I always fall down every time, he says that) she asked herself.

She wishes for the ground to transform to quicksand and suck her in, or for Ken to forget her existence.

She was praying in her head when she felt his strong than holding her body.

Novie sat on the ground and looked at her shirt, it was raining yesterday which made the soil muddy.

The mud was all over her body and her face. She looked at Ken with a pouted lips while the man's eyes were full of concern.

"are you ok? Did you get hurt" he took her hand and looked around checking for bruises.

"I am all right but my clothes are not" she wanted to scream, today is her third day at work and she can't go with a dirty uniform.

"do you have an extra? Maybe we can call the school that you will be late today " Ken spoke in a concerned tone while removing the mud from her face.

Novie hit his chest with annoyance and complain, "don't say that again " she spoke faintly.

The man wrinkled his brow and removed the leaf on her hair.

"I will say it anytime I want Novie. I lo--" he was interrupted when Novie covered his mouth with her hand, making it muddy.

Ken gently took her hand away and breathed.

"we are both dirty now." He stated in a low voice.

Novie twitched her lips and looked at his chest, her hand was printed on it. Ken stood up and extended his hand to help her get up.

Then he gazed at her and grinned.

"Let's go take a shower together" he winked while his lips curved up a mischievous smile.