My Better half

CHAPTER 5

Jealous

Alex hopped into the back seat of the car, with his personal driver behind the wheel. He could not wait to see Lia. It's so crazy that he saw her yesterday and even spoke to her for hours as Kayan before they went to bed, but still missed seeing her face already.

The ride to the college did not take too long. Within ten minutes, they were driving into the vast compound of the college. Alex recently transferred to this college.

He wanted a very nice school to advance his knowledge in his tech, and ended up meeting Lia at the reception while he did his clearance. Ever since that moment, he could never stop thinking about her.

And as though the universe planned it, he ended up being one of her students. The course was meant to be elective, not necessary, like a sort of club, but because of Lia, he ended up going into the class full-time.

No matter the discouragement that came from Ray over his choice of getting her to date him, he did not stop. In a way, he knew he was wrong, but could he help himself? He doubts that, and it has happened.

Hopefully, the day would come when she would finally know about him and she would be angry with him. He sighed as he stepped down from the car, heading for Lia's office.

He straightened up his shirt and knocked on the door. “Come in” he heard her voice from within

Slowly, he turned the knob and stepped in to find a man holding Lia's hands. A frown quickly appeared on his face. His eyes remained on their hands for a while until Lia finally understood what was going on and pulled her hands away from the man.

Both Lia and Alex knew this man very well. Mr. Anderson, a lecturer in the college. He always loved pestering Lia. He has asked her out so many times that it was hard for him to count, and who knows, it might be more because he was not here right from the beginning.

“Mr. Anderson, I have a student here. Can you leave, so I can attend to him?" Lia said, clearly upset.

Seeing her upset made Alex even more upset. He took a deep breath as Mr. Anderson glanced at him before walking out of the office because he felt like holding him by the collar and giving him a thorough beating for touching his wife.

Lia gestured for him to have a seat, and while he did that she spoke. “Alex, have a seat. We have to wait for Sophia to arrive" she said.

Sophia was the upcoming actor who was present during his presentation. The lines on his forehead increased. What does she mean by waiting for Sophia? How does Sophia come into their tour? He hoped it was not what he was thinking.

“Ma, why should we wait for her?” he asked politely

“Oh, she would be the one to take you on the tour” Lia replied

“The tour?”

Lia nodded.

“But I thought you-" Alex went silent

He did not know how to convey his disappointment in getting that information. That was not what he planned. He wanted HER to take him for the tour. If possible, bond a little bit.

Lia took her eyes off the book in front of her and glanced at him. The lines on his forehead had not dispersed, and then she understood what he wanted to say.

“Oh, you thought I would take you?” she asked

Alex turned to her and reluctantly nodded. Maybe there was hope for change. Lia smiled, still holding the book. “I cannot, unfortunately. I have papers to mark and assignments to look through, so I can't"

“I could help you with it," Alex said without thinking and unfortunately, Lia did not think too much of it as she smiled

“Thanks for the offer, but I can handle it," she said

Alex nodded and sat quietly staring at her once in a while. He felt more than dejected. First, had to get upset or should he say jealous by seeing Lia and Mr Anderson together. Then, his supposed date with her was cancelled because she ended up having so many things to do.

He cancelled his plans for this, but... He sighed, followed by a knock on the door. “Come in," Lia said, taking her eyes off the book to the door

Sophia walked in, dressed beautifully in a white gown. Her brown hair was poured down with twin waves. She looked absolutely beautiful, but her beauty did not make Alex less annoyed that Lia was not heading with them to Hollywood.

He wanted to cancel the tour, but it would be weird, and he did not want Lia to start suspecting anything just yet. If she did, she might find out about his deeds before he was ready to say anything and might even call off their marriage, and he cannot let that happen.

So when Sophia was ready to leave after speaking briefly to Lia, he did not utter a word and just followed. During the ride, Sophia tried to make conversation with him, but Alex brought fought his indifferent attitude.

This was the attitude he loved to showcase whenever he was in a meeting, to not feel intimidated by them and show them he was the head. He was angry and jealous all at once. For him, that was a terrible combination.

Within a couple of minutes, they were in Hollywood, walking around. Sophia kept on talking and talking as they walked. Introducing him to different people that they met. People he did not care about.

Now and then, he would glance at his wristwatch. He could not wait for this miserable tour to be over. He could not stop scolding himself for this mistake.

Ring! Ring!

His phone rang. He took it out of his pocket and glanced at the caller ID.

“Dad," he said after answering

“Come home. Now" his father's voice sounded through the speakers of the phone.

“Is there a problem?”

“I said come home”