Flawed Love

Not A Gentleman

Alex woke up in the morning as per his daily routine, got ready, and surprisingly, sat to eat breakfast with his family. The only reason he decided to do that was because he knew that today his beloved younger brother had left for college early in the morning and he would not have to see his annoying face at the table.

Don't get it wrong, Alex did not hate his younger brother. It was all because he did not want to get pissed off or get annoyed by him in the early morning. Alex simply didn't want to hurt that boy's fragile heart. After finishing his breakfast peacefully he went to his office at the headquarters.

As Alex walked into the office and sat in his chair behind the large magnificent table, his phone beeped. He had set his phone to ring differently when a close one texted, so when he heard it ring now, he immediately picked it up to check.

A small smile developed on his bright face the moment his eyes set on the phone screen.

'Kayara has sent you a message request.'

He thought about something for a while and finally accepted the request.

After a few messages to whom he thought was Kayara, he started to get suspicious. 'Kayara' agreed to meet him in one go. That spiked up his senses…'This isn't Kayara,' he found himself thinking. Nevertheless, he played along with it and agreed to meet her too.

His small smile slowly grew. He was smiling ear to ear without him realising it. He placed the phone on his desk and began preparing for the upcoming general meeting in the company.

After the hectic meetings and other things, he finally got some leisure time for himself in the afternoon. He picked up his phone and sent an address to Kayara.

He followed it by an apology and a little note that he would be able to meet her only at 7 because an urgent meeting had come in the way. He looked at the address once more and finally sent it. The place was not an expensive restaurant. No luxurious coffee shop. No, he didn't want to be like everyone else and show off his wealth, he already had thousands of other people doing that for him.

No. For Kayara, he had other plans.

Knowing Kayara and her feisty attitude, he wasn't expecting Kayara to agree with his request to meet at 7 without thought.

But then again, this girl caught him by surprise.

'Yes, sure! Can't wait.' was the reply from Kayara.

What! Alex's eyes widened in surprise. Again. She agreed in one go.

'Is this girl really comfortable talking like this? Or is someone else talking to me through her account? But who else it could be?' Alex shook his head, but he decided to not think about it too much. Maybe it was all in his head. Maybe Kayara was also looking forward to meet him after all.

...

"No way! I'm not going so late to meet him alone!" Kayara screamed in frustration.

"But Kayara, he's not the kind of guy you would feel uncomfortable with," Sophie tried to convince her.

Kayara said in a loud voice, "From my past experiences he wasn't that much of a gentleman too."

"Oh Kayara, listen to me. There is no need to be afraid, he will not do anything wrong to you. Trust me." Sophie told her in a soft and gentle voice. Please let this work, Sophie thought with all her might.

Listening to what Sophie had just said, Kayara thumped her feet on the floor and shouted again, "Why would I be afraid of him? I know very well how to cope with such bastards. But-"

"What 'but'? If you are not afraid then agree already. Kayara?" Anna said back, trapping Kayara in her own words.

Kayara didn't notice the mischief playing behind Anna's eyes. Oblivious to all that and blinded by her anger she raised a finger at them, "You know what? I'll go and I'll show you both that I'm not afraid of any Alexander Smith!"

"Great. You're giving us exactly what we want," Anna mumbled in a very low voice.

"What? Did you just say something?"

"No…no I didn't say anything," Anna said, trying not to smile at this cute innocent girl.

"Kayara you should get ready now or else you will be late," Sophie said.

Kayara huffed and went to her room.

In a while, she came back to the living room after getting ready, where Sophie and Anna were already waiting for her. She had put on a simple light pink floral dress that fell just above her knees. She wore black wedge heeled sandals, and left her long hair open. She did not put too much makeup on her face, just the lightest shade of pink lipstick and a little eyeliner. What she didn't realise while not giving too much attention to the make-up was that her natural beauty was now shining through.

Who wouldn't fall for her?

"You look beautiful, Kayara," Sophie smiled.

"I don't need to be complimented. I'm not going on a date," Kayara rolled her eyes.

"Does that mean you will look beautiful only when you go on a date with someone?" Anna teased her.

"Anna I'm telling the truth, I will break your head if you don't stop your nonsense," Kayara scolded her, still not out of the fire of the argument before.

Before Anna could tease her more, their conversation was disturbed by the loud horn of a car. All the three girls raised their eyebrows in surprise.

On going outside, they saw a black Maybach SUV car parked in front of their house. A familiar car…the one from the party. Alex's car.

"Who told him the home address?" Kayara breathed incredulously. This guy has no limits.

"We didn't tell. We swear!" the two replied in unison. Truth be told, they were surprised too.

Before Kayara could say anything, the driver of the car blew the horn again. This time more persistently.

"Go now. He's parked the car on the road," Sophie nudged her to the front, "All the best."

Kayara started walking towards the car but before she continued further, she halted and looked back at the two and shot them a glare. 'I'll deal with you two pests upon my return,' her dark rimmed eyes seemed to say.

Anna and Sophie waved their hands like they didn't notice her warning glare and gave their friend the sweetest smile ever.

Angered by their insensitiveness to her feelings whatsoever, Kayara stomped her way to the car, opened the door and banged it close once she got inside.

Making sure she was in, the driver started the engine and the car left the house for the night.

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