Chapter 16

"Well shouldn't I have just let you fall... Junniper" he said as I pushed away.

"What are you doing here Dave?" I asked with anger in my eyes.

"Well isn't it just rude for you to ask that to someone who just saved your pretty face from a fall hm" he said as he touched my cheek with his finger.

"Don't touch me!" I said as I raised my arm to punch him but someone stopped me. I looked behind and it was Noah.

I tried to let go but his grip was too tight. He faced Dave and smiled "Is something the matter sir?"

"Oh nothing. you must be.. the boyfriend of.. this lady" he said with a smile. the fakest smile I ever fucking seen. "Take care of her. She tends to wander off places she shouldn't be in" he looked at me in the eyes and stared into my soul. His grin was purely intentional.

"Thank you sir. we'll get going" Noah told Dave.

He took my arm as he was practically pulling me away from Dave. I was just glaring at Dave till I didn't have him in my sight. We arrived at the gate of his house, let go of his grip and pushed him.

"What were you thinking?" I asked angrily. "He was in front of us! We're just going to take him to the agency and were done!"

"Yeah and after that the whole society will know that were underground agents. There is no way he won't refuse a fight especially from you" He explained. "We still have to get ready. We've got a week of preparing for our battle. Our battle, Anette, not just yours. What you did back there almost exposed your identity." I felt my eyes dropping tears. I went in the house and rushed to my room and cried.

I took my clothes off because I was planning to take a shower but my tears just keep falling. I lay on the bed.

Why am I even crying? He's right. I'm so stupid. But I just can't stop crying. I just want to spend more time with him so I wanted this mission to finish as fast as possible. He's not staying..

I held my pillow tight and felt my sweat everywhere. I guess I really should take a bath now. I took the towel from the hanger and reached out to the doorknob of the bathroom when someone knocked on the door.

"Hey. It's me" Noah said. "I wanna talk" I remained silent. "Anette?" He'll soon think I'm not here so he'll go. "I'm coming in"

Wait. Did I lock the door? I heard the door started opening. Shit shit shit what do I do? Uhhhh uhhh I saw a bottle of alcohol on the top of my desk. I took it by my hand and as he was about to see anything it hit his head and he fell on the ground closing the door again. I rushed to the door and locked it.

"S-sorry! I-I was naked! S-so I-I had to" I stuttered.

"O-ookay, L-let's talk later then!!" I heard his footsteps rush in the hall and a door shut close. I feel sweat all over my face. He didn't see me right? Ugh this is embarrassing. I said covering myself up with my towel. I better take a shower now before something else happens.

After I took a shower, I fixed myself and heard my phone ring. I took it and saw Vilea calling. I answered it.

"Heya V what's up?" I said.

"Hey are you busy?" She asked. "Are you home?"

"I'm at Noah's place. I plan to be here for the week since I have to prepare for our mission. Why you ask?"

"Nothing. I just thought you were at Cherry's place. I haven't heard from her since yesterday" I thought to myself too. Cherry never missed a day without purely annoying me about her new love life and now when I'm the one to brag I couldn't even snap a conversation.

"Me too. But I texted her yesterday and she said she was fine. She's doing great living alone there" I explained.

"Oh. That's great. I'm actually quite worried about her. Okay I have to hang up since the cat's getting wild." What cat? She doesn't even own one.

"What cat?" I asked her. Then she whispers throught the phone. "Altair.. He been annoying me for more attention every second. The only time he pauses is for a break to the bathroom.."

"Well that seems.. annoying?" I said as I let out a chuckle.

"I know right. Well gotta go." She says goodbye and we both hang up. I put my phone down and using the towel to dry my hair a bit. When my hair dried up a bit, I decided to go to the kitchen to take some snacks.

I opened the fridge and took the last root beer there is. As I opened the can with that sweet aroma of the root beer, I heard a voice calling from the stairs. "ANETTE! ANETTE! ANETTE!" He was rushing going down the stairs.

"Hey! Hey! Careful! You might fall!" I told him. He rushed to my side and he was shaking. I put my drink down and asked him what's wrong.

"T-There's a cockroach in my room!!" He said purely embarrassed by what he said. I'm trying to keep my laughing self away from this serious situation. "What? A cockroach? You're afraid of cockroaches, I get it, but you're human. A cockroach is a teeny weeny pest. You can crush it with your foot." I tell him.

"That's you! Not me!" His voice suddenly softens, as though he was really frightened.

"Come on. Let's go to your room. I bet you won't see them anytime soon" I told him patting his head. As we went to him room, he walks normally now. I guess that's because I'm already with him. As I open the door, I see that his room was a pure mess. I guess because of the freaking cockroach lurking here.

"Where is it?" I ask him, carefully not making noise as we enter his room. He holds my shoulders as he hides behind me. "Last time I saw it was on the bed"

"Where?"

"The garments" He answers. I went in front of the bed and removed the blanket and pillow on it. Where's the cockroach he keeps telling me about? I ask myself.

"Hey Noah. I don't see any cockroach. Have you—" I was talking then I heard the door closed, I heard the knob flicked closed. The slam of the door gave me an uneasy feeling. That.. there wasn't really a cockroach and he just took the oppurtunity to get alone with me.. in his bedroom.

"No, darling, I haven't seen the cockroach. I just see you, and me, alone here, in my bedroom" I hear him say as I frankly hear his footsteps coming closer. I look behind and he already closed the gap between us, wrapping his arms around me.

"Well, don't you have an ulterior motive of bringing me here after a work out?" I teasingly say as I run my fingers on his back. I can feel his body twitching as I poke spots on his back. Then pushed me making me tumble on his bed. With my back laying on the bed, he goes on top of me, obviously smelling the hell out of me.

"God, your scent just drives me crazy" He says in a seductive tone. "I might not hold back.." He gently caresses my cheeks making its way to my neck downwards.

I didn't know he has a fetish for scents like I do. Seems like he doesn't know I do to. Just lying on his bed makes me crave for him even more because of his smell that I've been living with for three days. Oh Noah.. I might not hold back either..