Tell you what?
Tell you what?
"What?" He asked her, his voice was still soft.
"I don't like you." She said honestly, taking him by surprise. He really hadn't expected that.
"Why?" He asked in amusement. "I already figured that out though." He shrugged.
"I'm glad you know that already." She answered and moved away from him very slowly so their bodies wouldn't brush.
He didn't make any move. He simply watched her quietly.
"Aren't you supposed to thank me for saving you?" He asked when she began to reach for the door.
"You didn't save me from anything." She snapped.
"Ungrateful?"
"Call me whatever you want." She was about to open the door but stopped to look at him. She wanted to settle this once and for all.
"What is up with you? Why do you always look at me like this?" She asked, seeing how he was still staring at her.
"How?" He asked innocently.
"The way you are looking at me right now. Look at the mirror and see how your eyes are. That's what I'm saying."
He chuckled but looked at the mirror when she pointed at it.
"Ah! You're talking about this look?" He turned back to look at her. That is how I look at people who interest me." He explained with a smile.
Mia raised a questioning brow at him. "I... interest you? Are you crazy?" She asked in annoyance.
"You do. It's fun watching you squirm under my gaze. You always act like you did something wrong." He crossed his hands in front of his chest.
"Are you by chance guilty of something?"
Mia eyed him. It was obvious she was talking to a crazy person. "You should stay away from me if you do not want trouble." She warned. She wanted to tell him all she had to say and hoped he would listen to her and stop those creepy ways of his.
"I know what is wrong with you." He suddenly said.
"What... do you mean?"
"Why you feel the way you do about me."
"I feel nothing for you."
"You do." He said confidently. "It's not the first time. I've had one of my previous girlfriends act the same way you do whenever she saw Leo. There's this way you feel when you look at me because I seem to remind you of him. And because you like him a lot, you hate me for being identical to him because in one part of your mind, something keeps trying to tell you that the man beside you may not be your boyfriend but his twin and they are probably messing with you...."
"You're saying nonsense!" She interrupted. "Just stay away from me. Or else... I am going to get you arrested."
"For? You know, you always act tough when we're having a conversation but I noticed how nervous and politely you've been acting in there. It would be nice if you behaved the way you behave with me to everyone else, or better still, treat me nicely like you do others."
"Mia...?"
They both heard Leo's voice call outside the door. She guessed he must have heard her voice. So she reached for the door.
"What are you doing?" Louis asked when she began to open the door.
"Going out, of course."
"You aren't bothered he may misunderstand? You are locked in here with me. I'll distract him while you make your escape.."
"Don't be silly. I don't need any favours from you."
She scowled at him before opening the door.
Leo had heard a voice which sounded like Mia's inside but hadn't been sure until he saw her when the door opened.
"What are you doing in there? What if someone sees you?" He asked before taking her hand to pull her away from there and into the hallway.
"I don't know how to explain all of this to you right now, but I saw your mother and I ran into the nearest room I could find." She said quickly before pointing at the restroom.
"That wasn't a very smart move." He said with a small laugh.
"Who were you speaking with in there—"
"Hey!" Louis suddenly came out with his ruined blazer draped on his arm while looking completely like Leo.
"Him.." Mia said awkwardly.
Leo only narrowed his eyes at his brother before nodding.
"Let's go." He held Mia's hand tightly and led her away from there.
"I thought you said you didn't like Louis?" He asked quietly as they kept walking.
"I don't. But I was stuck in there and when I heard his voice, I thought he was you." She sighed.
"He didn't try anything funny with you, did he?"
"Of course not. He was explaining some theories about why I dislike him and like you. He's really weird."
"You told him you didn't like him?" He asked in surprise.
"I told him. But it seems he knew that already." She shrugged.
"If he annoys you, let me know immediately. I'll put him in his place." He said seriously.
"I will. Thank you." She replied with a smile as he led her inside a room upstairs and went towards the socket on the wall to plug his phone.
"What were you doing all day that you couldn't power it?" She suddenly asked.
"Oh.. since it's usually not possible moving about with my laptop, I most times use my phone to edit some photos and videos. The App has been running since morning. Whenever I get a little opportunity, I use it to edit and also, while waiting for you to get dressed, I also got busy editing our video and totally forgot about powering it until the drive here. So you see?"
"Our pictures? Can I see them now?" She asked hopefully but he shook his head.
"That won't happen. I won't show you until I am done. So be patient." He pat her head gently while she pouted sadly.
"Are you going to tell me now?" He asked as he looked around the empty room. "It's just us both in here."
"Tell you what?" She asked in confusion.
"The deal with my mother. I noticed you seem to be hiding from her."
Mia bit her lower lip before confessing.
"Honestly, I've never been this nervous in my entire life."
"And I wish there is a way I can escape meeting your family to talk about myself tonight. Especially your mother, we didn't meet in a nice situation."
"I'm listening." He said patiently before sitting down on the bed then gestured for her to sit down beside him.
"It was on the day I went to the Park. The Park I collapsed, remember?"
He nodded.
"Well, I was a little pissed off with everything. I worked for hours and was also sick but because I didn't work for the complete hours, my pay was cut. It was frustrating. I needed money badly. But your mother... she... she called me a liar." Mia bit her lip again before looking down.
"My mother did?" He asked in surprise.
"And.. I tore the paycheck and was kind of rude to her." She continued without answering his question.
"When I saw her earlier, I thought she was finally going to want to have a chat with me to know where she first saw me cause I am pretty sure she didn't buy my explanation earlier, so I panicked when I saw her and had to hide. I.. don't want to mess things up for you Leo." She said sadly.
"If this has to do with just me, I promise you I would have been very nonchalant about it but this is your family. One of the top families in the country. I don't want bad rumours to spread about you because of me or people to look down on you, or for your mother to compare me with Cherry and look down on all the girls you'll ever choose for yourse...."
"Mia..." He suddenly interrupted her with a hug.
"It's okay. Let me worry about all that. Hmm?"
"Are you sure?" She asked in a choked voice. Struggling not to cry.
"You should know by now how capable your boyfriend is." He said in a light voice that made her smile and nod. "I believe you."