Chapter 8.2
1992 Words
The next day, the girls leave the house early. After we ate and after they help me take a bath and do my routine, they were fetched by the company van. According to Sassy, their schedules changed and now, they start work early and go home late. I didn’t tell them about my date with Silas because they were frantically moving a while ago because they have too much on their plate right now. And besides, I feel like keeping this from them for now. They're too busy and I don’t want to distract them from work.
I was busy applying lotion after putting my make-up when I heard my phone.
From: silas_k216
I'm here.
Huh? It’s just 9:40 and he's 20 minutes early. But it’s okay, I like people who knows the value of time.
I need to hurry now. I fixed my 'The Beatles' white shirt and tucked it in my fitted jeans then added a Gucci belt for style. I put my plain black face mask, wallet and cellphone in my Chanel sling bag while putting on a white Gucci Slip-ons. I can't wear rubber shoes because my left ankle is still covered with bandage.
Lastly, I put on my black shades and sprayed perfume before going out the door. I can walk without crutches; I just need to be careful and I can’t run or carry heavy things. My ankle hurts sometimes but this happens to me multiple times already so it’s really not big of a deal anymore.
After closing the gate, I saw Silas leaning on a black Range Rover. He's wearing a mustard hoodie, jeans and white shoes. I can't see his face clearly because he’s wearing a black cap, shades and face mask. He’s so fully clothed that even I wouldn’t recognize him.
He opened the passenger door and helped me go inside. I'm fixing my seat belt when he opened his side of the door. He removed his cap, face mask and shades before starting the engine.
"How did you enter the village?" I started the conversation while putting my shades and bag in the dashboard.
His car is very clean, huh? The chairs are light brown but most of the interior are black. I thought his car’s going to be messy, but I guess I was just stereotyping.
"I called one of the producers I know who live here. I asked for a visitor pass," he answered while driving seriously.
He looks so handsome while holding the steering wheel with one hand while his other hand is resting on the window. I did not hold back and stared at him deeply. He's even touching his lower lip with his thumb! He looks like he’s thinking about something deep.
He suddenly turned his eyes at me which shocked me. But I didn't avoid his gaze, I continue to stare at him until he was the one to avert his gaze. Duh? Why will I back down when I like looking at him.
"So, where do you want us to go?" he suddenly asked while his eyes are fixed on the road.
"I actually want to buy a car," I answered.
I’ve been wanting to buy my own car. One of the reasons why I can’t go out every Sunday aside from the reason that I don’t have a family to visit is that I don’t have a car. I can ask the drivers from the company to drive me around but I will surely be monitored and I don’t want that. For once I wanted to get away from H&H, even for just a day.
"Do you even know how to drive?" he asked while laughing.
"No. But that's why you're here right?" I answered him truthfully. I don’t know how to drive because I haven’t had the chance to learn, and I don’t have a car!
"Fine," he clicked his tongue. "I'll be your personal driver for three months," he looked at me then smiled. I smiled back.
We were talking about random things when the car stopped in a building.
"A Car Expo is currently being held in this building. You'll have a lot of choices here," he said while fixing his seat belt.
We both wore our mask and glasses to avoid getting recognized. I was checking my face in the mirror when he suddenly put his cap on my head. I looked at him with questioning eyes.
"Wear it," he said then fixed his hoodie to cover his head. I smiled then we both got out of the car. We look so weird because our faces are covered. Good thing, we're wearing nice clothes so they wouldn’t suspect as holdapers or something.
We rode the elevator and then get out on the ground floor. We were greeted with noise because the place is jampacked with people. The whole floor is filled with different models of car and there’s a stage in the middle where the salespeople are situated. I almost jumped when Silas put his hand on my lower back. He escorted me towards the cars. What a gentleman.
There are chairs everywhere so he got one and led me to the sides. He nudged me to sit then stand in front of me, blocking me from everyone. He put his hands on my side then put his face near mine. Wow, I think I’m out of breath. Heaven.
"What do you want?" he asked me while surveying the surroundings.
"You," I jokingly answered which made him look at me.
"what do you want for a car is what I mean," he said while rolling his eyes.
I laughed because even though he’s wearing glasses, I know that he’s rolling his eyes at me. Such a snob.
"Heavily tinted, black and ordinary," I answered while smiling widely.
"Ordinary?" his forehead creased.
"Yes. A car that won’t catch anyone’s attention," I just want a simple car. The one where the owner’s just a simple person and not a celebrity.
"Okay. How about a Lexus?" he asked.
"Is it like your car?" I'm a novice when it comes to any type of vehicles. Which actually explains why I don't drive. Kesha is the one good in cars, she even has her own collection.
"No. Come, let me show you."
He helped me stand up. We look like an old couple because we’re so slow, a turtle would pass us at this point. I told him that we can walk faster because I can handle it, but he refused. Even though the car we want to see is just 20 meters away, it took us almost 15 minutes to go there. It's okay though because he’s so near me that I can smell him. He smells so good as always.
"This is a Lexus RC-350," he said while looking at the car.
The white paint of the compact two door car is gleaming through the light. It looked clean and heavily tinted.
"You want to take a look inside?" he asked in which I nodded. He raised his left hand as a signal and a minute later, a salesperson came our way for assistance.
The salesperson immediately opened the car door after Silas asked him to. He helped me enter the car and sit on the driver’s seat while he sat on the passenger seat beside mine.
"The RC-350 is equipped with vertical G-sensor for, Differential (TVD) with three operating modes, Standard, Slalom, or Track, front and rear coil-spring, mono tube gas-filled shock absorbers and ball-jointed stabilizer bars," the salesperson explained to me while the windows are open.
He said a lot of things, but he doesn't need to sell it to me more because I already like the car. Silas suggested it so I'm sure it's good. The salesperson finished explaining while Silas helped me out the car.
"I want it," I told him while smiling. I saw the salesman smiling on the sidelines because he has commission for this sale.
"That was fast, huh? So, you want the black one?" Silas ask but I shake my head.
"No. I changed my mind. I want the white one," I said while smiling.
"Why?" he asked while his forehead creased. He might be wondering why I changed my mind.
"I thought you want the black one, so we’ll match," he exclaimed which shocked me. But I recovered fast and smiled at him again.
"Yours is black, mine's white. Opposites attract. We’re meant to be," I exclaimed which made him laughed. I laughed with him. I made him laugh!
The salesperson led us to their office and then the process of purchasing a car began. After signing multiple papers, we finished the process then rode an elevator to go to the third-floor parking.
"Are you sure that it's okay?" I ask him while fixing my seatbelt. The car would be delivered to him. I don’t know how to drive and he’s my personal driver so I think its just right that the car will be on his place.
"Yeah, you don't want them to know that you own a car now, right?" I told him about how I don’t want H&H to know that I own a car. I just want something that they can’t control.
"Thank you," I smiled at him and he smiled back. We remove our face mask and shades before he started the engine.
"Where do you want to eat?" he asked. Its lunch time already and I feel hungry.
"Picked a restaurant with VIP area though. It’s hard to eat with a face mask on,” he exclaimed while chuckling.
"You know what? I want sweet potatoes!" I’ve been craving one but it’s carbs, so I’m not allowed to eat it.
"W-What?" he asked while his forehead creased. He might be wondering why of all the food we can eat; I chose sweet potatoes. "Please...." I looked at him with pleading eyes and pouting lips.
"Fine," he finally agreed.
We looked for sidewalk vendors that sells sweet potato. We found one immediately and Silas went to buy. I was so excited when he returned so I took one immediately. I peeled the sweet potato and ate with 'gusto' even if it’s still hot.
I was in my third sweet potato already when I became thirsty.
"Water..." I asked him for some water but he doesn’t have one, so he went out again to buy in the near convenience store.
I continued eating when the potato I was supposed to put in my mouth landed on my shirt.
"s**t," I exclaimed while looking for a tissue.
I searched the compartment in front of me and I saw some wet wipes which I used to wipe my shirt. I was supposed to close the compartment when something caught my eye.
There were photographs neatly stack beside a power bank. Because of curiosity, I took the pictures.
There were mostly pictures of Silas with his family. There's also a cute photo of him with his dog, I think. An adorable portrait of him and his twin sisters also made me smile. They look like they are very close with each other. I continued to look at the pictures one by one because Silas looks so happy in them. But I wish I stop instead.
I saw a picture of Silas.
With a girl. Kissing him on the lips.
With a handwritten caption below.
'Love of my life'
- Writer
