Chapter 101 - 101: The Truth

"Elle... are you hiding something from me?" this simple question put Elle's mind into chaos. Her system awakened and became alert. Her sleepiness that she felt a while ago disappeared like a bubble.

She was staring at Erick's dark brown eyes. Her body tensed up meeting his gaze.

'Did he discover something? Did he find out my identity? Did he notice something when he went to Charles' place? Did Charles tell him something or did I tell him myself last night and I just forgot about it?'

These were the questions running in her mind right now. Erick was observing all her reaction.

"I guess, I am right. You are definitely hiding something from me Elle." Erick spoke up again.

Elle didn't know what to response. Her expression betrayed her already. She forgot that she was put under the observant eyes of Erick right now.

"Tell me Elle. What are you hiding from me?"  Erick urged her to speak up as he noticed her nervous expressions and silence.

"Erick..." Elle was still hesitant to talk. She didn't know what to say.

'Did I blow up my cover? What should I do? Attack him and knock him down right now then flee and escape.'

Elle clenched her fist. She had a conflicting emotions right now. Can she really hurt Erick?

"How did you know?" Elle finally spoke up with her serious tone.

"Hmm. You told me the truth yourself. I want to confront you again since I think you forgot about it." Erick answered matter-of-factly.

"What are you going to do now Erick? Are you going to catch me and send me to prison?" 

Elle was now ready to fight back when Erick suddenly laughed at her.

"Hmm, I should be the one asking you that." Erick told her in between his laugh.

Elle stared at him with a confused look.

"What are you talking about?"

"I know the truth now. You told me everything when you were drunk that I kissed you before. Why did you hide it from me? You should have scold me."

"Therefore I should be the one asking you what are you going to do with me. Will you put me in prison for stealing your first kiss?" Erick explained to her what he really meant. He wore a mischievous smile on his handsome face while looking at her amusedly.

Elle was stupefied after hearing him. She was at loss for words.

'Sh**t, this guy was talking about our first kiss! He didn't discover my identity but he was talking about our kiss! I was worried for nothing.' Elle didn't know whether to cry or to felt relieve because of this.

Elle just stared at him with disbelief.

"You don't have plan to tell me what happened, right? You plan to hide it from me!" Erick was accusing her.

"Why should I tell you that? It was your fault that you forgot. If I didn't get drunk, you will never know it ever." Elle shot him a glare and she punched him in the shoulder.

"I am sorry, I was drunk that time. But I actually didn't completely forgot about it." He told her honestly.

"What?! Did you just pretend that you didn't remember?" Elle was starting to get annoy with him. She was about to punch him again but this time he caught her hand.

"Hey don't misunderstand. I didn't pretend that I forgot. It's just that I have some recollection of what happened but at first I thought it was just my dream." Erick smiled at her sheepishly as he explained to her.

Elle rolled her eyes. But deep inside, she felt relieved right now. It is better this way having confrontation about their kiss rather than having confrontation with him regarding her true identity.

She didn't have to lie and deny it since Erick already learned the truth about their first kiss. What he didn't know right now was that she also remembered their passionate kisses that they shared when she was drunk.

She stood up and wanted to flee from him in order to avoid further confrontation with him. But before she could do that, Erick grabbed her hand immediately to stop her from leaving.

"Hmm, where are you going? We are not yet done talking. Hmm don't think that you can escape right now." Erick said to her with a playful smile on his handsome face. He pulled Elle and she sat back on the couch beside him. Erick held her hand and he didn't plan on letting her go.

If this was just someone else, he already received a hard punch from Elle. But the one holding her hands right now was Erick. Elle sighed deeply and just stayed put in her position.

"You said you don't remember what happened last time when you were drunk." Erick spoke again. 

"Yes! Definitely!" She nodded and lied.

'Then I will make you remember.' Erick thought to himself as he smiled playfully.

"Are you not curious? You can ask me. I can tell you everything if you want to. I am not like you, hiding from me what happened when I was drunk, but I won't do that to you." Erick said while teasing her.

Elle wanted to punch this shameless guy. 'Is he trying to tell me everything so that I will be embarrassed in front of him? He wanted to tease me! Argh! I promise to myself I won't get drunk again if he is with me!' Elle told herself.

"Okay, you can tell me everything." Elle said to him while raising her brows.

Erick chuckled before he started to tell her what happened. He was like a mother who is reading her child a bed time story and Elle was just listening to him with her poker face. She wanted him to believe that she really didn't remember anything.

"When I arrived from work, you were sitting on the floor and leaning your back at the couch. You already drank so many beers. You were totally wasted." 

Elle bit her lip since she really admitted that what he was saying was true.

"Then I ran to you and you hold my face while saying 'OH, here comes my handsome savior!' Erick immitated the way how she told him those words.

Elle's face started to heat up from embarrassment. Elle glared at him 'Why did you have to immitate even the way I said it! It was really embarrassing!'

Erick laughed when he saw her sharp glare. She was annoyed. Erick continued telling her the story.

"When I stopped you from drinking another beer, you got mad at me and you said that I don't have the right to lecture you since girls have also the same right to drink and get drunk." Erick laughed again as he remembered how Elle acted when she was drunk.

"You even remind me how you took care of me when I am drunk. That was the time you told me everything about our kiss. You told me how dangerous I am when I get drunk. You also said that I tend to kiss someone that's why you warned me not to get drunk especially if I am with other girls."

"You also complained to me how you hate me for not remembering our kiss. It was your first kiss and I stole it. You even asked for Justice since I forgot all about it. You were really talkative that time." He stared amusedly at her before breaking out into laughter.

This time, Elle couldn't hide her embarrassment. Her face was now blushing, as red as a tomato. She was gritting her teeth.

'Why did you have to be detailed in telling those things?!' Elle was trying to maintain her cool. She just smiled at him awkwardly and let out a forced laugh.

Erick was enjoying the moment. He was observing all her reaction and he noticed something from Elle. He was laughing inside, seeing Elle's blushing face like this.

He wanted to know what will be her reaction if he told her how she kissed him and how she demanded for more.

"Did you know what happened next?"

'Damn! It looks like he is about to tell me about how I kiss him. Elle just calm down and just feigned innocence. You didn't remember anything!' Elle reminded and convinced herself.

Erick was about to tell her what she did when in the last minute he changed his mind and he tried to twist some of the details about what happened. He smiled wickedly inside. He wanted to tease her more.

"Do you remember when you asked me whether you did something wrong and I said yes and no. YES because it was true you did something and No because it was not wrong. Now I will tell you what you did."

Elle just nodded. She already conditioned herself how to react once Erick mention to her their kiss for the second time around.

Erick leaned closer to her and whisphered to her ear using his husky voice "You wanted justice and you wanted to get even with me so you pinned me down on this sofa. And like a hungry wolf you attacked me and kissed me passionately. You bite my lips as my punishment for forgetting our first kiss."

Elle's eyes widened as she heard what he just said. She didn't expect that and so she forgot all the reactions in which she already conditioned herself to do. She lost her cool.

She suddenly pushed Erick and said

"You are a liar! A great liar! That is not what happened. I didn't pin you down in this sofa! I just hold your face and kiss you! WHO's the hungry wolf? You are the one who bite my lips, not me!" Elle said to him without thinking. She was really annoyed with him.

It was too late when she realized that she committed another mistake as she acted on impulse. Erick was dumbfounded with her sudden reaction. He didn't expect her to react like this.

But when he realized something, he recovered quickly from shock. Now he was grinning at her widely.

"So that's mean, you remember everything. You are just pretending that you forgot about it but the truth is you clearly remember everything about our kiss last time!"

This time Elle froze on her spot as she realized her mistake. Erick smirked at her as he stared at her intently.

'Damn! I am doomed!'

Before he could further ask her, she stood up immediately and ran towards Erick's room and locked it.

Erick just stared at the closed door of his room before he burst into laughter.

"She remembered everything!  She didn't forget our kiss." He mumbled as he was rejoicing inside.