Ayden and Micah were left alone once more after they saw Taylor and Eryna leave. Micah was still in daze, Ayden noticed his frowning face and asked.
“You look shocked? Are you alright?” He was worried,
“I thought Renya had left, but she was here,” Micah muttered.
“Left? Why would she leav—did you say something to her?” Ayden asked in a puzzled tone.
Micah’s eyes widened and he stared at Ayden, “I did not-I was just—“ Micah stopped.
Ayden heard him speak uncomfortably and the look in his eyes changed, ‘this, this can’t be, please no,’ Ayden had a bad feeling about what he was seeing, he wanted to brush off the feeling but it was getting impossible.
“Sigh! I-I will leave you alone then,” Ayden looked away hiding his sad face.
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Eryna closed the door of the meeting room behind her and she was surprised to see Ayden standing not far away from the door, he looked flushed. His droopy shoulders and wilted smile made him look like a sad puppy, he was looking at Eryna that made her a little worried.
“Are you okay? Did something happen?” Eryna approached him and asked.
Ayden didn’t answer and he kept looking at Eryna with a strange look, After a long time he decided to speak up.
“I am in love!” He blurred out. Eryna stood still blinking a few times before her lips formed into a smile.
“Why are you so sad about that? Shouldn’t you be happy that you are in love?” Eryna asked.
“She— I,” Ayden had a hard time speaking.
“So you want my help in courting her?” Eryna asked.
“No! It’s of no use!” Ayden muttered sadly.
“Why? Does she already have someone she likes?”
“No! It’s that I think someone close to me is attracted to her too—and, and I don’t want to hurt the person by taking her away from her,” Ayden’s eyeballs trembled, his nose was a bit pink and he looked like he was going to cry.
“Aw...that’s so sweet of you…” Ayden looked cute and Eryna wanted to rustle his hair because he looked like a sweet puppy but with their differences it would most probably look awkward, Eryna looked at the door that she had just walked in from and looked back at Ayden,
“Why don’t we talk while eating something good?” She asked.
“Hm…” Ayden nodded,
Eryna grinned and wrapped her hand around his arm and walked down the stairs, not knowing that a pair of eyes were glaring at them with a burning gaze. Micah had just walked out of his room to join Ayden as he had invited him out a while ago but when he saw them standing face to face talking to each other in a sweet manner his heart started burning, Eryna was looking at Ayden with sparkling eyes , he felt his chest tighten up. And when Eryna held Ayden’s arm Micah wanted to tear them apart with all the power he had, but he stood there motionlessly watching them walk away like a happy couple. He stood there like a statue for a while and then pulled out his cellphone from his inner coat pocket and called someone while stepping down the stairs slowly.
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“What do you want to eat?” Eryna asked Ayden,
“The usual,” he muttered, Eryna poured him some soup and some meat and vegetables, She then led the way and sat in the farthest corner to avoid people.
Ayden too walked behind her silently, they sat quietly and ate in the noisy atmosphere but suddenly all the voices stopped, and soon there was an oddly quiet room. Eryna looked around to see what was going on but didn’t notice anything because her back was towards the entrance door.
Slowly the calm atmosphere was getting loud but this time it was the sound of everyone gossiping, while some woman shrieked.
“What is wrong with them,” Eryna noticed their faces getting red for some reason, and just when she was about to look around completely she heard a voice.
“Ayden! I was looking for you, you said you were going to take me somewhere but I guess you are very busy,” Micah was standing behind Eryna as he spoke in a cold voice.
“I thought you said you weren’t coming,” Ayden spoke in confusion.
“Now I am here! Tell me where were you taking me?” He asked persistently.
“I wanted you to join me for lunch,” Ayden replied.
“Hm...I see! Now that you already have someone to eat with, I am no longer invited,”
‘What is wrong with this guy? Is he alright?’ Eryna thought inwardly.
“No, it’s not like that, have a seat, I will get you something to eat,” Ayden replied in a low voice.
Micah didn’t move for a few seconds and then finally pulled the seat beside Eryna to sit on. There were sudden murmurs accompanied by some shocked gasps when Micah sat beside Eryna. But they didn’t give much attention to it.
“What do you want to eat?” Ayden asked while getting up. Micah gestured to him to stop and spoke in a loud voice.
“Tell this lady to bring me the food,” At this the whole cafeteria breathed in relief, Eryna paused for a second as if trying to get the information in her head,
“Are you not going?” Micah asked again.
Eryna gave him a forced smile as she saw many eyes glaring at her, “ yes, I am going. What do you want to have —Boss?”
“Nothing special, just bring me whatever is on the menu,” Micah replied,
“As you wish,” Eryna stood up and stomped her leg arrogantly and then walked away.
~ “sigh! I thought this bitch is trying to capture our Master Micah too, I am glad he still treats her as a servant,”
“Do you think Master Micah had such a bad choice to fall for a girl like her?”
These were the voices Eryna heard as she walked through the cafeteria. Eryna ignored them and picked up a tray to fill it with whatever she and Ayden had picked for themselves, but when she was pouring the soup her eyes fell on something special, and a huge smile appeared on her face.
‘Master Micah! I am sure you will like this very much,’ Eryna’s eyes shined with wickedness.
“Here, it’s on the menu today,” Eryna placed the tray of food in front of him with a huge smile, Micah didn’t look at the tray but his eyes were glued to her face,
“What? Aren’t you going to eat?” Eryna asked.
“Huh?...” Micah blinked a few times, “Yes, I am,” he looked away while Eryna took her seat again, she was trying to hold her laughter by biting into a carrot.
“This…?” Micah muttered, he seemed shocked, he lifted his head and looked around at Eryna’s tray that had soup, meat, some vegetables with fragrant side dishes, while on Micah’s tray there were Spicy fried peas, with minced garlic on the top and some fried fish decorated with hand picked broccoli.
Micah glanced at Eryna who was tomato red because of controlling her laugh, that made him realise that it was all done to annoy him.
“You did it on purpose?” Micah asked in an angry tone,
Eryna’s eyes widened and she looked at him with an innocent look on her face.
“What do you mean, Master Micah? I don’t understand.
Micah was taken aback by her acting skills and he paused to analyse the situation, but the twitching lips of Eryna, convinced him that it was done deliberately.
“You picked the things that you hate the most just to take revenge on me...right?”
“Gosh! How could I take revenge on someone like you, I rather die than do something like that,” Eryan spoke loudly.
Micah grinded his teeth and breathed in deeply,
“Okay...if that’s how we are playing, then.” Micah caught Eryna off guard and pulled away her tray, and pushed his infront of her.
“No!! This is my food!” Eryna growled like a wild bear.
“Not anymore,” Micah grinned victoriously and stabbed his fork into the slicked meat. Eryna looked at him with immense sadness, the tender meat was elegantly stabbed by the fork and the juice oozed out of it, Micah lifted the piece and took it to his mouth. This teeth bit into the piece and the flavour blasted in his mouth, making the frown on his face vanish and replacing it with a Joyous smile.
“No! Give me back my food!!” Eryna picked up her fork and stabbed the tray angrily.
“You have yours right in Front of you,” Micah blocked her hand and pointed at the all green tray in front of Eryna.
“Give it to me or I will call Grandpa,” Eryna replied.
“Haha! Do that, and what are you going to tell him? That I took away your food?” He reduced the distance between them and whispered it in her ears making her bones stiffen up, not only her but Ayden and the whole cafeteria was shook at what they had seen. “He would be happy if he hears something like that,” Micah chuckled at the end and retreated.
Eryna was let shocked for a while but then she smiled again, because she had another weapon to fight him with, she drew nearer to him and whispered in his ear.
“I will tell him that you cheated on me—with the hotel maid,” Eryna grinned, and this time it was Micah who was flushed. His eyes moved quickly as lighting towards Eryna, with his cheeks tinted red and his eyes wide open.
“What did you say?” He looked a bit pitiful at that moment, “ you still have that picture?” He asked.
“Oh yes I do,” Eryna picked up her fork again and picked a piece of carrot and bit into it arrogantly.