The Arrogant and The Tease

9- Distance Myself

Aldrich's POV

I was still at the hotel and I wanted to use the privilege of being Richard's friend to its maximum. It's not as though he was going bankrupt if I did that, so I will just do it. I had been gone for a long time and I didn't want to go home with my family yet. They would just insist on sending me off to marriage and I didn't want that, especially when my mind was filled with that woman.

The mall near the hotel was owned by a family friend. I went there to look for something I could give to my youngest sister. She liked presents even though she was no longer a child. She even had her own business located in C City. My family has been asking me to manage our family business already, but I am not into that kind of thing. I am already content with what I am doing right now and I don't really care if I won't inherit the company. All my siblings were all business enthusiasts and I know that the company would be in good hands if they were the ones who managed it.

Because I was by myself and I knew that Richard wouldn't come with me even if I asked him to because he was busy with I don't know, I decided to just stroll around and look for something else that might attract my interest when my phone rang. I took it out of my pocket and read Don's name. "What is it?" I asked him and I heard him chuckling..

"It's not as though you were with a chick that you sound like you didn't want to get disturbed." he said, and I'm sure that he was teasing me.

"Tell me what you need already, I am starving and I was looking for a place to eat." I told him. I am not really annoyed with him, he just has this annoying aura around him because he can tell when I am pissed with something or someone.

"Come on man, don't be so rude. Anyway, would you like to come with me to the club we visited? I have decided to go back for military service and am looking forward to being absorbed. I didn't want to be a reserve anymore and I wanted to do this as my career." He said. I was shocked to hear that. I thought he just wanted to pass time. That's why he decided to enter military service.

"What's gotten into you that you decided to do that?" I asked him.

"Nothing, man, I just thought that my life would have meaning if I did meaningful things," he replied, laughing.

"So you think being in the Army was meaningful?" I asked him and he chuckled.

"Of course, why do you think it's not?" he asked me.

" You know that you will be very far from home and your family. I thought you were more of a mama's boy. Aren't you afraid of not seeing your mother?" I asked him, laughing, and he laughed too.

"I don't know what you are talking about, man, but my mother would be very happy if I entered the army. She wanted to be there when she was young but my grandparents didn't allow her because she's a woman. So technically, I was actually fulfilling her dreams. You see how good a son I am?" he told me.

"Fine, what time?" I asked him,

"Seven man, ready yourself to get wasted because I have no plan on making you leave the club walking." he said,;See you later,"he added, and ended our call. I sighed after a deep thought. I think this would be better as I thought I wouldn't be able to think about that woman when I was alone in my room.

I had my lunch in one of the restaurants in the mall and decided to get back to the hotel after and take a nap. It was four in the afternoon when I woke up feeling hungry. I fixed myself and went down the hotel to fill my stomach in the hotel restaurant.

There were a few people there, so I sighed in relief that it was not too crowded, just like the other days I had been eating there. I ordered my food and was waiting for it when I noticed the person that had continuously appeared in my thoughts.

She was wearing a baby blue dress matched with baby blue flat sandals. Did she think that she was too tall to wear such footwear? She was laughing with the same man she was with when I saw her here last time. Are they already dating?

I got pissed knowing they had been together for a while now and were enjoying each other's company. How could she flirt with other men when she flirted with me back when we were in the auto care center? I thought that she was into me when she went there in a hurry, not minding how she looked just to see me. She didn't even wear a f****** bra and let me feel her b*****. Where did I get myself into?

My food arrived and I decided to focus on it solely so I could get wasted just as Don said without having an upset stomach, after. I really tried not to look at her, but I couldn't keep those stupid eyes of mine to myself. Maybe she felt that there was someone looking at her, so she roamed her eyes around and met mine. I knew that she didn't expect to see me there as I noticed her eyes widened.

She was maybe thinking that I caught her red-handed flirting with another man. Why the hell would I care about that? I saw the f******g man touch the side of her lips with his finger and I wanted to break it right there and then, but I held myself up. There's no reason for me to do it as she is not mine.

I looked at her intently and I'm sure that I made her nervous. I was so mad that I wanted to drag her out of the restaurant and take her to my hotel room and fulfill the dream that I was having with her. She averted her gaze and continued talking to that man that I had already chopped his hand 1000 times on my head.

I saw her stand up. Maybe she wanted to go to the restroom. I noticed her looking my way, so I decided to follow her. She was taking too much time and I was getting impatient when the restroom door opened and she came out. She bumped into me and as she looked at me, I felt like I was being hypnotized. What kind of power does this little person possess that could make me want her even more?

We exchanged questions and none of us wanted to give up. I tried to tease her by getting near her. But I end up losing the battle as she meets my face head on. She never backs down really. I told her that she would never have me and left her standing there. I was sure that she was pissed at me for leaving her hanging, but I am more afraid of myself. I might take her rally if I didn't distance myself from her.