"Achhooo" Sophia let out sneezes one after the other, sniffing she tried to get back to the work but her headache and unwelcomed cold was not letting her bring these to bear enough.
When she woke up in the morning, she was feeling slightly under the weather and wanted to have ease up at home and recharge her batteries but she wishes so, she couldn't afford it.
Having toast and fried egg with coffee to open up all her sensations enough, she had tablets for her killing sore head and running nose and was off to the gallery. Once there she sat at once to complete her work but she felt as if drug she had to bring relief to her is not at all acting, of course she has to take some rest for them to show their action.
At lunch she skipped her meal to catch a wink and let herself mitigate but, when she woke up after an hour or so, her headache was also back on duty.
When evenfall arrived, without delay she stuffed her bag with her belongings and decided to go to the café at once and have some rest there when customers are not around and today not to make any extra bouquets, other than being ordered to. Getting bus to there, she walked hurriedly in the direction of café and when almost there she raised her lids and she found the familiar tall, muscular delineation and for some reason she felt at comfort as well as troubled, catching glimpse of him in front of her very own eyes.
Noah was busy in his office with his continues meetings, managing oversees executive teams and dealing with clients. He had a long day and was about to go for a meeting with Board of Directors when he remembered he didn't had his luncheon yet.
When he checked his watch it was ten minutes from clock's hand to hit 5 o'clock, and then he took into account that his sweetest honey works in a cafe and he can use this as an excuse to have a meal with her.
He drove at the direction of café where she works but reaching there he came to know that she has still not reached the shop so he leaned over the glass wall rummaging in his phone to check his schedule left to be done by today when he felt curious stones staring at him.
A beautiful smile crept through his heart onto his lips and keeping the cell phone in his pocket he raised his head to find his spell caster who had completely clutched his heart around her fingers, wearing a off white loose top and fitting denim with chestnut hairs secured in a messy loose bun was standing a few walks away from him, staring at him with her big round hazel eyes.
He stood there, that very spot, not moving both his legs from the spot and pearly eyes from her hazel one's. After having battle of eye to eye for few minutes, Sophia dropped her head with her cheeks turning crimson red in colour because of the gaze his mysterious dark deep eye held.
She walked near him and spoke "Good evening Sir, what brought you here?"
"Are you fine?" Ignoring her question swiftly, Noah threw his question at her. "Sorry sir?" Sophia asked in confusion.
"Are you alright? You don't seem so." He asked again clearing her confusion. Sophia realizing answered him "Just a bit cold."
"You should have taken a day off."
"I can't, I am fine." After a pause she spoke again "Sir, what brought you here?"
"I came here 'cause I am hungry." Noah lazily gave her answer.
"Huh?"
"Café. You work at?" He indicated by tilting his head at the direction of the café.
Looking at it's direction she spoke "Oh! Please sir proceed with that, I am going in to join my shift."
"Come with me and have a bite. You can't ride my car but at least join me for a nosh- up?"
"But I have to join my shift sir. I am sorry" Sophia tried her best to break free from the situation.
"I have already talked with the manager regarding your late joining. Come." Noah said so walking in the direction of the cafe's door to enter.
Sophia watched at his back entering with her mouth agape and in surprise thinking 'what more power does this man possess.' Since he already had talk with manager and finding no way out she had no other option but to follow him.
She entered with small steps behind Noah and when her eyes met with other waiters working in the café she discovered them already looking at her, wondering how does she managed to catch the attention of Noah Taylor, but one hard look from Noah was enough for them to divert their eyes from his little angel.
When reached counter, Noah asked Sophia in loud and clear voice "What would you like sweetheart."
And the only term caused her have blush spread all across her plump fair cheeks reaching the length of her nose and she replied in a low voice.
"A cup of coffee."
"That's it?"
This time around Sophia didn't replied but nodded her head. Looking at her reaction Noah let out a loud sigh and spoke "Go and get a seat, I'll be joining you shortly."
Sophia went to a seat that was corner as one side covered by staff cabin's wall and other side had glass wall to give view of a garden nearby.
Noah came back after placing the orders and sat beside Sophia in a chair. Sophia was conscious about his presence but didn't turned her head to look at him, kept on watching out of the glass wall and he kept on staring at her without batting his eye lids. Seconds turned to minutes and Sophia became impatient and finally looked at him only to find him shamelessly staring at her even when she found him staring at her he didn't moved his eyes instead opened his mouth lazily to ask her "How did you fell sick? Your nose is coloured with a tint of red."
"I don't know." She laid him not wanting to accept that she took cold shower that causes her to fall sick.
"You are lying sweet. Not good with that." He replied back chuckling. "So? You acted in a way something to cause it, isn't it?"
She remained silent when Noah spoke again "Come on Sophia tell-"
But before he could complete, waiter arrived with their order and she looked, once at waiter and then at Noah.
"I know it's self service type of café but what can't buy some extra bucks?" he let his brain thoughts out with a smirk.
And his this statement made Sophia think what kind of belief does this man have but again she thought that she already have had made wrong presumptions for this man and she should not take this any further.
She looked down on the table and there were many plate du jour that filled the table. There was medicated elderberry tea, corn fritters sausages rolls, wagon wheel slice and many more which she had seen after ages, causing her mouth to water immediately and her stomach growled hungrily because of being empty.
"I have ordered way too much, help me finish these all."
Although Noah already heard her stomach ravenousness growl but decided not to comment on that and give her some privacy with that.
"But before that have this tea."
She looked at his direction and thought about the way he sweetly cares for her and give ministration to every little details.
She murmured softly "Thank you."
And took the cup of tea to finish it off.
"So you gave it a thought?" Noah's this question caused Sophia to cough and pour little tea she had in her mouth. Immediately getting up, Noah rubbed her back to calm her cough down, passing her tissues and to shoot the liquid out of her wind pipe. And slowly his mind drifted to her lower back where he wanted his hands to float to but somehow he tried his best to control his mind by thinking 'not the correct time. It will come and I will be free to do what so ever I wish for.'
When she was calm enough he sat back in his chair and asked her "Was I to headlong?"
"No sir, it's just that I had tea in my mouth and to answer you I opened it without thinking. Sorry"
"Don't be. Unavoidable circumstances these are."
After some moment of pause he spoke again as if his heart was ill at ease to know her
line of thinking, how long will he have wait? How much more of days he has to woo
her?
Clearing his throat he spoke "You didn't answer me?"
Gulping down Sophia finally opened her mouth to answer him "Sir, this is all new for me. I have never had any boyfriend, for bye we have quite a large age gap. I will need some time to think."
"Are you calling me long in the tooth?" Noah chuckled and for the first time in his life he was not exasperated for someone commenting on him rather was amused. Other than having chats with Sophia in a casual form which he doesn't have always, he was also happy from acknowledging the certitude that she had never been in a relationship with anyone.
"No sir, it's not like-"
Before she could complete herself he interrupted he.
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"I know don't be embarrassed. Look Sophia this is first time for me too. I have never been in a relationship till date but it's not like I have never touched anyone. But don't you want to give me a chance, or to be precise us a chance?"
Noah decided to come up true in front of her because it's not like he is not famous in name of being playing banging game with every other girl in the town and by now she must be aware of his debauchery.
Moreover he is not proposing her to marry him. Just few days and they both will get the desired destination and that's it. They both can go to their own ways.
After a long thought Sophia spoke again "Sir, can I take few days please?"
Noah let out an angry sigh, what is she waiting for? Today or tomorrow the end results are going to be the same.
In fact she should be honored that for her he had already rejected hundreds of girls since two months and she is not done with her tantrums.
But somehow hiding his anger beneath his sweetest smile he replied "Of course sweetheart. You may have all you time."
'Cause when I will have my time over you, you won't get a moment even to breath.'
"Come on have your food." And after that they had their meal in silent, not a complete one because once or twice they talked about here and there, basically related to
Sophia.
"Don't you want to know anything about me?" Noah asked with inquisitiveness, for she hasn't asked him a single question.
"No, Samuel have already told me what to be known by me about you and what he haven't told is your personal matter and I don't think we are close enough for you to open up that side of yours to me yet."
Sophia kept everything truthfully in front of him and as for Noah his mind stuck in Samuel, he knew that this boy is the boyfriend that hangs around her best friend but he was not aware of the fact of him to be this close to Sophia where he made her aware of the facts she should be about him.
"Samuel?"
Noah asked Sophia pretending not to know him and also wanted to measure the depthness in her heart she has for him.
"The girl you must have noticed with me the other day when you came to buy wreath.
He is her boyfriend." Sophia narrated, poor soul thinking Noah don't know anything about her.
"And your relation with him?" Noah asked with obsessiveness suspending over his dark
eyes.
"Sorry sir?" His question made Sophia utterly confused and frowning she asked him to repeat himself but he changed the subject.
"Does anyone like you here?"
She raised her lids to look at his face and a smirk was already plastered to his face and
he replied "Actually there's one boy who is staring at us from the moment we entered
here."
She turned her head in direction of Joseph and yes he thought 'I was correct after all.'
"You know that he likes you?"
"Yes sir." Nodding her head Sophia replied.
"And you didn't accept him."
She shook her head lightly.
"Why?"
"It didn't felt like."
"So do you feel like the vary much connection you are searching for with me?"
And this made her directly make an eye contact with his dark deep smoky-gray eyes
and she replied "Shall we get going?"
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"Of course, after you" And when she started to walk he clenched his fist in a ball, to
control his anger. Why does she always leave him every single time in the cliff hanging?
Coming out of cafe she turned back to face Noah who was standing just behind her.
"Sir I will be going, thank you so much for today. I enjoyed the food. Please drive back safely. Good bye"
"And my company?"
Sophia remained silent than words came out of her mouth stammering "I-I d-did,
thank you." And without waiting for his reply she ran in the shop.
He was amused by her reaction. How can someone be so cute and blush at every
sentence he speaks. He do like bold and mature girls but the tingling sensation she gives is beyond measure, drowning him more and more in his obsession for her and increasing his desires to possess and claim her completely in every way possible.
Letting out a cunning chuckle, he went to his car to drive back to the company. When clock strike nine, Sophia locked the door and handed the keys over to manager and started to walk in the direction of her apartment when suddenly she felt of being followed again. She started to walk in a faster pace when she felt a tap over her shoulder and she in fright mode ran but the strong arms held her hand and forced her to face the trespassers.
Turning back she saw Joseph standing still intertwined his arms around her hand and shoulder.
"Joseph? Leave me at once or consequences won't be good." "Sophia, I like you." Not able to contain himself anymore Joseph let it out.
"Are you drunk?" And when the realization hit her hard she started to wiggle in his
arms and after collecting every ounce of energy in her she pushed him hard leading him to stumble back a little and setting her free.
The first thing she asked after being freed of his clutches was "Joseph, you are the one
who has been following me from these many days?"
But Joseph was not in right state of his mind to give any of her answers. Instead of
answering her he questioned her back "Are you sleeping with Noah?"
And this left Sophia in utterly shock state and with tremble in her voice she spoke
"What?"
"You sold yourself over some mere meals? I didn't know you are this cheap. I can also
buy you a meal or anything you wish for I am quite rich."
Sophia kept on listening to his blabbering without saying a single word.
"But of course you must be wishing for someone as rich as Noah? Then I am sorry but-
"
Before could complete himself he felt a thunderous slap over his left cheek and that
was enough to bring him back to his senses.
"I thought you as my friend. My bad."
And saying, so she went in direction of her building with tears that she had been
holding on this long let free and soaking her cheeks.
Joseph stood frozen to the spot holding his left cheek with his palm and wondering what have he done. Ruined everything without any return.
Once home Sophia without changing her clothes or without having a single bite went
straight to her room crying out loud. She cried a lot, this is how world sees a girl who is alone, lost her parents, seeking for love and warmth as a poor orphan clinging over others, and if she made friends with rich people, as a gold digger and this is how she is
now being represented as.
She let all tears free thinking if only if, her parents would have been alive this all would have never happened, everything would have been perfect, beautiful. When next day arrived or one can say next evening arrived Sophia was still at her
home, not set her foot out for the whole day laying on her bed covered on sweat, heard her bell ring impatiently many times. Getting up from bed she went in direction and when opened the door found the familiar pair of dark gray impatient eyes and she uttered "Sir?"