I like her??

Christopher(p.o.v)

When I teased Erika at breakfast she turned all red like a tomato, she looked so cute with all the blushing but apart from all the teasing I really wanted to thank her for all that she has done for me, so after Mr.Simon left I thanked her sincerely and told her that she doesn't have to feel embarrassed about what happened last night...

She nodded with a small smile and left, she is so shy and easily gets nervous which makes her cuter, I went back inside the house and saw her working in the kitchen, I sat in the living room holding a book which i got from Simon's library and started reading it...

I tried so hard to concentrate on the book but couldn't read at all, I kept watching Erika when she was cooking, her cute face, beautiful eyes, and long hair. How could someone look so pretty and innocent I thought and smiled...when I took a glance at her again she was drinking water...a little bit of water spilled out of her pink lips and fell on her chin making me gulp, what's wrong with me?? why am I gawking at her like a pervert ... I scolded myself smacking the book on my head and looked away...

Later i watched her walking here and there doing some work...while I was reading leisurely sitting in this small beautiful house surrounded by greenery. For the first time in my life, I felt relaxed and happy, I felt like a normal person free of worries... so is this how an average person's life is?? what I wouldn't give to have a life like this I thought...

I don't know what am i feeling for Erika but I am enjoying each and every moment when i am with her i thought watching her ...

After some time she brought me the medicine that Mr.Simon has prepared for me, she looked nervous while handing me the glass, I noticed that she is always nervous around me, even though I like her shy nature I wanted her to be comfortable around me so I decided to communicate with her more...

I told her that I would teach her these three days while we will be here, it's true that I wanted her to catch up with the rest of my team but is that the only reason I am doing this?? why am I doing all this?? why am I trying to keep her close to me always?? i wondered...

After a few minutes, she appeared with a small notepad and a cute pen. she sat on the couch beside me keeping some distance, why is she always afraid of me, I might have scared her with my behavior I thought to myself and started explaining the topics required for our project...

During the class she sat beside me while I was explaining something, she didn't notice how close we were but I really felt happy when she was not nervous around me, later when I noticed her staring at me I teased her again suppressing a laugh to which she easily got intimidated and blushed...

After some time she went to prepare lunch, I immediately missed her presence while she was away, I felt like she was doing a lot of work all alone so i thought of helping her and went to the kitchen .she was stirring the soup with her beautiful slender hands...

I observed her closely and noticed that felt that she is like a glass doll with a fragile body. I always get this feeling of protecting her whenever I see her delicate self, I felt like hugging her from behind...

what?? what's wrong with me?? why am i thinking like a pervert?? i shouldn't be thinking of my student like this right?? i questioned myself, while I was having my own mental debate I saw her chuckling seeing me...

I couldn't stop myself anymore so I went and stood behind her, a light breeze has blown her hair onto my face intoxicating me with her amazing scent,i just wanted to stay like that forever but she noticed me standing behind her and tried to move away from me...I didn't let her away by locking her between me and the kitchen counter...

"What's so funny Erika??" I asked her my lips almost touching her nape, she sucked in a breath and turned around facing me" umm...nothing sir, it's just that the kitchen is so small for you...it..it kinda looked funny seeing you in here," she said suppressing a laugh, i smiled back seeing her cute self...

When I smiled she stared at me with her big green beautiful eyes, I felt like she was staring into my soul captivating me, I was so lost in her beautiful eyes that I didn't know what I was doing, I leaned closer to kiss her but she looked nervous and her face turned red with blushing, so I just kissed her red cheek and came out ...

After coming out of the kitchen i came to my senses and realized that i have just kissed my student...i kissed her?? I actually kissed her?? what's happening to me?? do I like her?? or am I attracted to her??

Erika(p.o.v)

He left kissing me all of a sudden, I felt heat creeping up my cheeks making me blush harder, I touched the cheek that he kissed and stared at his back with my eyes wide open...

I just stood there in shock like a statue without any moment for a minute then I heard a sound and turned around to see soup spilling out of the pan, I immediately recovered and switched off the stove.

what was he doing?? was he flirting with me?? but why is he doing all this when he already had a girlfriend ?? was he playing with me for fun?? but it felt so real when he looked into my eyes and he doesn't seem like a person who would play with someone's feelings...then what about caroline?? am I the other woman in this story?? grhhh...

I didn't understand anything and I couldn't figure out what Mr.Stone was doing so I just stopped figuring out what happened earlier and resumed cooking...

I finished the rest of the cooking in half an hour and it was time to serve lunch but I felt really nervous to face Mr.Stone alone, while I was thinking about what to do next I heard the sound of Mr.Simon's truck outside and sighed in relief...

I saw him entering the house and sighed in relief...huh thank you god for sending Mr.Simon on time I thought to myself...

While I was arranging the lunch I saw Mr.Stone and Mr.Simon chatting about something seriously, Mr. Stone looked thoughtful for a moment while Mr.Simon sighed deeply shaking his head, I wondered what they were talking about so seriously...

"ohh...Erika u have prepared lunch already?? thank you so much dear.. I am sorry for letting you handle all the work alone" Mr.Simon said walking inside...

"Not at all sir...there isn't much work here at all and I am glad to help" I said smiling, he nodded and went to his room, I turned to see Mr.Stone still in some deep thought, what happened to him all of a sudden I wondered...

After some time while we were having lunch, Mr. Stone still looked serious and was not at all paying attention to the food, for some reason I felt worried and anxious seeing him like that and we had lunch in complete silence.

Mr.Stone went to his room right after lunch without talking, I wondered what might have happened that made him so serious but I didn't dare to go near him because of what happened earlier in the kitchen ...

Later I went to Mr.Simon's study to check his collection of course with his permission, there were so many books about plant biology and some local history books that I spent so much time without realizing the time.

By the time i have finished reading it was already evening, so i went outside the house for some fresh air to see that the sun was already setting spilling golden light all over the woods around us...

The village was located between beautiful hills and woods, there were a few small wooden houses located here and there with similar flower fences as Mr.Simon's house, it looked so beautiful that I felt like painting this beautiful scenery but unfortunately, I am not a painter...

While i stood there enjoying the view, i saw a few kids playing football nearby, they were so happy and carefree, they reminded me of Edward and jenny.I smiled watching them and remembered playing with Edward and jenny when i was in high school,i suddenly missed them and thought to catch up with them once i get back to the research center...

I saw a woman walking by, carrying fresh fish in a basket, seeing the fresh fish I thought of making some fish head soup for Mr.Stone which is good for his recovery but I don't know where she got them so I thought of asking her...

"umm..hello..excuse me..mam!!" I called her to which she stopped in her tracks and looked in my direction, I slowly walked towards her...

"Sorry to bother you...could you please tell me where can I get this fish??" i asked her showing the fish in her basket to which she looked confused, it looked like she didn't understand what i said"umm..fish...the fish in your basket ..where can i get them??" i asked trying my best using sign language...

Then she nodded like she understood what I was asking, she pointed towards the direction of the woods saying something in her native language and walked away. I didn't understand what she said so i just walked in the direction which she showed,i saw more people carrying fish in small baskets, after walking for some distance I saw a small creek where a few men were catching fish and selling them to the villagers...

It looked like I was their last one to buy since they started packing their stuff,I bought some fresh fish and started walking back, after walking for some distance I felt like I was going the wrong way, I got confused with the narrow paths and walked in rounds, I looked around in confusion and panicked seeing that it was already dark...

"Whoa...look at what we got here, are you lost darling??" someone said startling me and I turned to see who that was...

I saw three guys standing there eyeing me hungrily and recognized one guy among them was there with the gang who tried to kill Mr.Stone earlier, my legs started shaking seeing their hungry looks...

oh god... what have I got myself into...