Hope: Simple Love

Chapter Two

She politely guide me. We walked on the very back of the restaurant. I saw a mini stage where there is a live band singing some classic songs I don't know of. I smiled and clapped my hands when they finished their song while we passed by.

The waitress guided me to the balcony in the second floor. It was an open space with a very nice view of lights in the city. I am amazed by the view when we turned to a seperated table from the others. It has a glasses surrounded the table and chairs with some lights and plants hanging to it.

I saw a man who is fixing his silver watch and looked at my direction. He suddenly stand up and walk to my direction. He is wearing a plain white shirt and a sky blue slack pants. I immediately smelled his expensive perfume.

"Arnold..." he extended his arm with a cute smile.

I saw his dimple on his right cheek. I smiled back and gently accepted his offer to shake hand.

"Adaire..."

He then, pulled the chair for me to sit. I smiles and murmured my thanks before sitting down.

All throughout the dinner, he was very gentleman, sweet boy, cute and kind. We talked alot because we both like movies and all, and I think you can say that we both clicked on that part. I rarely got close to a stranger but since he was a bit of talkative, I got along with his all talks. He was funny too. He told some kind of funny stories when he was a college and we both laughed at that.

But when we were about to go home, that's when his true colors showed up.

We were walking to the parking lot. As we both walked down to the underground parking lot, the noises from his restaurant was getting far and far away.

"I brought my new sport car so I can give you a ride.." he smiled, but it different from the smile he gave inside the restaurant.

I hold on my purse tightly. I should not jump to conclusions just because of that. Maybe I saw his smile different because there's only a bit of light in this underground parking lot compared to the restaurant. Some shadows covered his forehead and smile, maybe because the light was on his back side that it creates a bit shadow on his face. Some of his body shadowed me. He lifeted his arm and I flinched in panic. I guess he didn't noticed it because he was still smiling that creeps my whole body out. He opened his car door that was behind me. He used his body to cover any escape choice. That was when I realized how big he was.

If I got angry at her and scream at this moment, he will probably and surely, knocked the hell out of me. That will just make my situation worst. I tried to calm myself down. I gritted my teeth and bit my inner cheeks before I came up to a quick decision.

I tried my best to smile back and politely reject his offer but I think my heart was beating too loudly that makes my smile and voice weird.

"N-no need. I.. uhm.." I looked to his sides nervously as my whole body became cold but still managed to finish my sentence, "texted Lynangel to picked me up so-"

"Oh! Come on! We were having a great talk earlier. Besides, didn't you dress up like that to seduce me?" he looked from my chest down to my exposed thighs like a maniac in a street.

He touched my exposed shoulders down to my elbows. My whole body started to get goosebumps and my knees started to tremble as well as my whole nervous system. My eyes got heated up and clouded by forming a tear on it. But I tried myself to hold my tear because it will never help me. I stepped backward to avoid his disgusting touch and looked at him with a disgusted face. He got angry at that.

"Just, get in while I'm being nice, you b***h!"

He then tried to shove my body inside his opened car. I tried my best to not get dragged but men are always powerful than a women. I screamed so loud that it echo in the whole parking lot. I don't know how it got so quite and I just noticed that there are no other cars here except the car besides us. My throat became dry and my heart starting to go wild inside my ribcage. I screamed again while praying that even one person who will showed up, I'll run toward the exit.

I tripped because of my heels when he holds my neck and squeeze it a bit. My body lost its strength and he was succesfully shoved half of my body to his car door when I heard a heavy and fast footstep. It sounded so slow yet so loud in my ear. I don't know what happened but my strength got back to my whole body just because of that sound. I used my heels and stepped on his expensive brown shoes which I complimented earlier with all my force. He released my neck and step backward while groaning in pain. I took that opportunity to pushed his body and I successfully made him fall on the ground. I, then, run toward that footstep I heard but because of my freaking heels, I tripped off and fall on the ground like a freaking helpless princess.

"You b***h! Come here and you'll get what you want!"

I looked back to see him walking with his long steps towards my position. I thought that time that I was really hopeless. That I let the opportunity to be gone just because my legs trembled and my heels broke. And because of that, my tears started to come out from my eyes while I stared at the man who looks like a monster coming at me. I closed my hands tightly. I looked back to where I hear that sound but few seconds passed, there wasn't any shadow or signs that there was a person.

"You think you can run? No one will help you here because I owned this freaking place. So get your ass in my car!"

"Ahhh!"

I screamed when he grabbed my hair from the back. I looked up to him while my face is crying. I shake my head helplessly. That's where I saw a light infront.

"Who's there?"

A very firm voice echoed in the whole place. I raised my arms and tried to reach that voice. But the light coming from I don't know where block my vision of that person.

"s**t! What is he doing here? I told those guards to never let anyone here! Useless craps."

The man who grabbed my hair, let go of it and start running toward to somewhere. I coughed because of an unknown reason and tears can't stop falling to my eyes. Then, I hear a sound of the car roared and passed besides me. I looked at it and prayed that it will explode soon and kill that man.

The light follow that car for a moment. I get the chance to look at that person holding the light. That person was a man. He wore a suit and a slack with the same color of his coat. He shadow almost touch mine even though he was still a bit far from me, that only tells how tall and big he is.

When the car of that bastard turned to the main street, the light focus on me once again. But in relief that the bastard was gone, spread on my whole body. I lost my strength and black filled my vision as my body slowly falling down. Before my body touch the cold ground, someone grab both of my shoulders and lean my weak body to its own body. I smelled a strong perfume but instead of irritating my nose, it soothes my tensed body. Because of that, the warmth of that person spread like a wild fire to my cold and shivering body and warmed me up. It feels calmly and good for unknown reasons.

For a moment, I thought I lose my consciousness but I think I got it wrong. I heard the person who owns this warm body speak. Maybe because my mind was in hazy, I only heard some mumble. I blink and hold on that person arm who is trying to make my body straight. My forehead creased when I feel the arm that I am holding is firm and strong. I squeeze it one more time to be sure.

"Miss? Are you okay?"

I blink my eyes for several times and feel if my body is still scared or trembling. But, my heart was beating fast but I didn't feel any weird emotions. My whole nervous system was calm and no signs that I experienced such a dillema a few moments ago.

I looked up when I heard a monotone yet firm and manly voice. I first saw his adam apple that is protruded on his wide yet beautiful neck. My eyes traveled to his strong chin, proud and tall nose then to his deep blue eyes that are now looking staight at me. His eyes were like a set of blue elements. It was so beautiful but dangerous. I flinched at that. That eyes make my whole body and mind awake. I put down my hands on my lap and gulps a couple of time. I looked around and saw some men in black surrounding the area.

What is happening? Did I fainted or what? But I am still in the parking lot. And...

I looked around once again. I looked at the nearest man holding a radio on his hand. There's sound coming from it but I didn't understand it at all. He then came to the man who is holding me on his arms and lean down his bulky body and whispered something. I watched them whispered to each other. And that's when I notice.

I stared deeply at the man who saved me. He was talking to the man in black, nodding his head. While he moved his head, his hair on top was bouncing a bit. It was waxed greatly. I think, if I am not mistaken, that hairstyle is called slick back pompadour. Most of my men coworkers have that hairstyle. But, as I thought, hairstyle always work with the face. I let my eyes wander on his face for a split second while he is still talking to the man in black.

I saw how much of shadowed beard on his angled jaw and how it moved whenever he opened his thin wide red lips. I envied his thick pretty straight with a bit of curved at the end eyebrows. That brows really compliment his deep blue eyes which has a sharp shape. When I looked at his eyes, I reminded of the calm sea I like when I was a child. I remembered the sounds of the birds flying above the sea. The salty breeze of the wind and the peaceful sound of the crashing waves.

Then those pair of eyes looked straight to mine, and I don't know what got into me, but at that time, I thought, he will save my world.