Lousy Morning
1292 Words
"have you thought about leaving arsenio's mother's restaurant to work at my restaurant?" mia asked.
sofia didn't answer quickly. it was normal for him that every time they met, his mother would ask him about it. frankly, he is comfortable working at faye's restaurant, why did he move to a new place? even though it's a family owned restaurant.
"sofia, i'm your mother, i need you more than faye," mia said calmly but intimidating through her eyes, "remember. the sooner you get out of there, the better."
sofia still refused to respond, and as was customary, her mother left immediately. he let out a small breath.
"you won't stop working at my mom's restaurant, will you?" arsenio asked hopefully.
sofia rolled her eyes. she is not in the mood to pour her worries over to him. rather than that, "get your hands off my hips, sir." sharp sarcasm.
"what if i don't want to?" arsenio loudly challenged back, giving sensual caresses there.
"you ...!"
"arsenio~!!!"
"huh?" sofia and arsenio suddenly turned their heads at the same time they heard the flirtatious scream.
not far from them, a woman in a black tank top and jeans shorts was seen running with an expression as bright as the morning sun.
"cin-ah!" arsenio couldn't finish his sentence, he already jumped at him—hugging him with all his might until he lost his balance and fell down with him on top of him.
"i miss you so much babe~!"
"baby!?" sofia screamed in shock. not only that, she also got to witness her new husband being kissed right on the lips in front of her, "arsenio!" powerless, he shouted.
arsenio who initially froze, realized and immediately acted to end the kiss, "hey, get away from me, cindy?"
sofia tapped her foot dissatisfied with her soft tone of voice to cindy who was casually kissing another woman's husband.
'did i just think arsenio was my husband!? no way!'
sofia is now angry because she feels cheated by arsenio who said her relationship with cindy was over.
"why should i? i know you miss me too~" cindy said cheerfully while deliberately tightening her hug.
"you know i'm married, don't you?" arsenio asked desperately reassuring him.
"that's right, he is married, and his wife is behind you, miss," sofia said sharply.
arsenio gave a small smile of support, but was immediately lost to a death glare from him.
"oh!" cindy remembered something, guiltlessly, she glanced at sofia over her shoulder, "you mean your fake marriage to make me come back to you? yeah, i remember."
"what!?" sofia is really raging right now. is this the hidden reason why arsenio agreed to marry her? how did cindy know that!?
arsenio realized he had woken up a sleeping lion seen from sofia's eyes that seemed to want to 'eat' it, "cindy. get away from me." this is not the time to be playing around.
cindy wanted to get away from above him, but her arms were still wrapped around his neck.
"cindy. i ask you not to say anything strange," arsenio warned seriously, "sofia..."
"what!?" sofia couldn't stop herself from yelling, her heart was burning hearing and seeing all of this firsthand.
"cindy and i are not like that." arsenio began to explain, "you know how i feel for you." he continued shyly.
"i didn't see her when her tongue was down your throat!" sofia snapped before slamming the door in front of them, "why do i have to be like this?" he himself was confused as to why he lost control of seeing them.
like ...
like...he's jealous...
'impossible! impossible! i'm mad that he messed up my heart after telling me he loved me last night, but in the morning he's still in touch with cindy.'
sofia should see it coming since the first word that came out of arsenio's mouth when their little reunion was cindy's name, "ugh." he couldn't help but groan in frustration. he wanted to go to work but knew the two lovebirds were still outside.
"sofia..."
sofia rolled her eyes hearing his voice after the door closed. he refused to look at each other knowing what to do next, "no need to worry, i'll go, you can be alone with your little vixen here. i don't care."
arsenio tried to touch his tensed shoulder with his hand, unfortunately it was immediately pushed away roughly, "sofia, was it not clear last night? i myself am confused why he did that to me. i am a victim." he didn't enjoy it at all even.
"don't lie. then why does he know about our marriage?" sofia asked irritated, when she heard the taunts from cindy, her self-esteem seemed to be crushed.
arsenio doesn't want to say it because it's the same as he is digging deeper into his secret, but he also doesn't want any misunderstanding between him and him, "cindy ... knows all about our relationship including my feelings for you all this time."
"you mean?"
"he even knows about your illicit relationship with dominic, so i'm not surprised he knows our marriage is fake," arsenio continued with a worried expression waiting for the explosion to occur.
"what!?"
"before you get mad, let me give you one other fact." arsenio hastily said seeing the look in his eyes he was about to 'kill' him.
sofia suppressed her emotions, and managed to say softly with emphasis, "say. it."
arsenio breathed a sigh of relief given the chance to explain, "cindy sees you as her rival that's why she hired a detective to find out all your secrets, and you know the rest."
sofia didn't think she had been followed by someone all this time. he knows that every time they meet, cindy always gives a death glare, but he thinks it's just hatred because he is arsenio's closest friend, it doesn't have a deep meaning, "still doesn't explain why he kissed you all. love!" he shouted with all his heart.
he hated being toyed with like this especially with the intention of destroying his relationship with dominic.
sofia increasingly lost control, not satisfied still want to vent the pain in her heart until without realizing it, her body was hugged tightly from behind.
"sofia, the only one i love now is you. you can decide about other matters, but please, only trust me when it comes to my feelings," arsenio whispered desperately in his ear, "i've loved you since junior high school."
sofia gasped.
junior high school?
that was long before they became roommates!
"trust me, okay?" arsenio again pleaded, this time his voice soft with caution, "every inch of my body is focused solely on you. sometimes it's hard to bear it hurts."
sofia's body relaxed slowly, her confession unconsciously made her heart feel loose after feeling tight and burning. she doesn't fight back when the hug ends to have her body turned to face him.
"here."
sofia who still felt swept away by the confession she said quietly looking at the card with the phone number? "what's this?"
"my new number. you can call me if you need anything, like going to eva's place," arsenio explained, "i want to stay with you as much as i want, duty calls. i have work to do. you don't want to have a hard life, do you?"
"arsenio!?"
in a rare warm atmosphere like this how could he say such things to her!?
"who doesn't need money, sofia?" arsenio asked simply, "even i need money."
sofia tapped her forehead. this is what makes him sometimes wonder why she fell in love with him.
arsenio gave another hug, his hands playing with her blonde hair lovingly, "i won't run away again, sofia. you don't have to be afraid anymore."
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