Twisted Love

Chapter 9

Sierra’s POV

My trance of thoughts was so heavy that I didn’t even realize we reached the mall until Alex reached out from his seat and leaned in towards me – our lips only inches apart. My breathing hitched up – is he going to kiss me? I didn’t move until I heard a snap of the seatbelt.

Shouldn’t I be happy that he didn’t make any move at me? Why did I feel a little angry right now? Was I disappointed? Oh my god! Of course not! Pretty sure these feelings were my mind playing games with me due to the whole Elec situation.

Looking at the backseat I realized that Emma is already out and knowing that staying in the car alone with Alex is pretty dangerous after the move he just pulled, I rushed out of the car and towards Emma. We walked into the mall together and waited by the gate for Alex to park the car and get back with us.

Alex’s POV

What has got into me? Why does my heart beat so fast every single time she is near? Am I falling in love? Of course, I liked her and this was the only reason why I proposed the business offer to her dad. But after all those she said in the park and at her house, should I let myself fall deeper for her?

It pained me to realize that she doesn’t recognize me from 13 years back. How can one forget their childhood best friend, especially the one that promised to never forget her? But when it comes to Sierra, I wouldn’t say that it’s much of a surprise; she always managed to amuse people.

The day at her house, in the balcony, I was so bewitched by how elegant and breathing-taking she looked – her perfectly straightened raven black hair lightly blowing to the gentle breeze, how perfectly the rose gold colour gown suited her pale skin, and how her blue eyes turned warm, instead of the icy glare she always gave me while enjoying the nature – that I couldn’t stop myself from touching her.

The hug felt so right and comfortable like my arms were made just for her – as if she belonged here. But she had to amuse me again, by elbowing me.

Today, I kind of regretted my decision to make her sit in the front seat. She is such a beauty that no one could ever move their eyes away from her and like expected I was also having a hard time concentrating on the road; instead, I was concentration on all her actions and movements and I noticed that she didn’t seem too happy. Was it too much of me to push her to sit in front with me? Maybe I shouldn’t push her like that anymore.

Throughout the whole car ride to the wedding dress mall, her eyes were glued to her phone and she seemed conflicted about something; she was also texting someone and her eyebrows were knitted together. What happened? Who was she texting? Why did it make her conflicted and annoyed?

Curiosity got the better of me and I asked who she was texting, and I couldn’t help but notice that the moment I asked her, she immediately locked her phone and replied that it wasn’t any of my business. Hmmm… she was definitely hiding something. This is pretty suspicious. When I replied back, she ignored me and returned back to her trance of thoughts that were bothering her.

She was so busy thinking that she didn’t notice we reached the mall, so I quietly signaled mom to get out of the car so that I could tease her for a bit. The reactions she had towards my teasing are extremely pleasing.

I slowly inched closer to her face. Even though the closeness of our faces was bothering me, I still continued to inch closer to her, until she noticed me. When she finally noticed that our faces were only inches apart, her heartbeat started increasing and I could hear it. She stilled in front of me and closed her eyes.

Watching her reacting to my move like this, almost made me lose control. I knew that if I stayed close to her face one more second, I might kiss her. So instead I clicked open her seatbelt and returned back to my seat. When she finally opened her eyes, disappointment was evident in those bewitching blue eyes. And I know that I have an effect on her.

When she finally exited the car, I released a breath that I never knew I was holding. She had a much bigger effect on me than I had on her. After parking the car, I returned back to the mall and joined my mom and Sierra on the wedding dress hunt.

The first dress she tried out was a mermaid gown. It clung to her body ever so perfectly – bringing out all her amazing curves. The moment she came out from behind the curtains, I couldn’t take my eyes off of her, she was amazingly beautiful! All those thoughts about how I would rip her out of that sexy dress was giving me a huge bulge. The moment she returned back to the shadows of the curtain, I immediately adjusted myself so that she wouldn’t notice the strong effect she had on me.

After adjusting myself, I started looking around and noticed mom doing something at the corner and she had the second selection in her hand. When I reached close to her, she pushed the dress back inside the curtains to Sierra and ran towards me.

“I have something important to do. Don’t worry, I’ll be back in a minute. In the meantime, if Sierra needs something then help her out. You know what to do, son!” Saying the last part with a wink, mom rushed out of the shop. Mom surely did some funny business.

As if on cue, Sierra picked her head and started looking for mom with a worried expression….