CHAPTER FIVE

SAMUEL'S POV

I watched my princess till she alighted from the plane and was out of sight. I turned around to take out my bag as well only to find Liam staring at me weirdly

I completely forgot that i was here with him

Chuckling inwardly, i asked him 'what?' trying to play it cool cause i already know the questions and teasing to come swirling in that mischievous mind of his

"Dude!! Like what the heck just happened? Did she just hug You !? And You allowed it to happened with some goofy ass smile and dazed look ." He fired at him looking confused but amused at the same time

I wouldn't blame him considering my behavior towards women

No woman has ever come close to even an arm brush with me, like ever and not even my female friends except family. So i get his confusion considering i only knew my angel for a few hours and we already hugged and cuddled .

Whoa!! Good thing every seat has a sound proof air layer for conversational privacy and to layer off disturbance from other passengers. So you can't hear conversations from people in front or behind you except the seat beside you

"Well lets just say..." I started telling him with a sigh to put his mind out of its misery of suspense

Holding onto his right shoulder to add more more weight to my words, i added "I can't wait to see her again"

His laughter brought me out of my daze as i stare at him waiting for him to tell me what's funny

"Wait Sam !! Are you being serious?" He asked coming down from his laughing high when he saw that i was not partaking in his amusement

"Did i give you a reason to think otherwise?"

"Whoa i thought you had snapped out of your 'i don't women' phase" He said with finger quotes

"Especially since she's such a beauty" He added with a sly smirk trying to piss me off

"whatever man, it wasn't a phase. I just happen to like it that way and now i have gotten a reason to break the rules" I told him firmly as i finally took out my bag from the cabinet

I walked out of the plane with Liam walking closely behind me still murmuring about how he couldn't believe what happened. I just waved him off

After going through all the security formalities, i am now seated in the backseat of my car with Liam going home.

Liam and Ethan who is my driver slash bodyguard slash good friend as well were catching up so i tuned them out. Smiling to myself , i thought back to my plan earlier on #operation keep in contact

FLASHBACK

I took her right hand in mine smiling as the plane began it's descent making her turn and look at me. She looked surprised that i was holding her hand so i just winked at her making her blush

I just continued admiring her face as long as i could without coming off as creepy but guess what ? I'm not the only only cause she was also looking at me well into my eyes actually and smiling so cutely making my smile grow bigger than it already is

As they say all good things come to an end, our moment was cut short as the plane came to a stop

"It was nice meeting you Princess and thanks for keeping me company" I told her sincerely as i let go of her hand begrudgingly

"The feeling is mutual Xavi and the pleasure is all mine" she replies smiling but i could swear that i saw a different emotion pass in her eyes but it was gone before i could read into it . Could it be that she is also sad about parting ways with me as well ? Never mind!! Cause i don't plan on letting her go that easily either

As the passengers started to file out of the plane, i stood up to help take out her bags from the luggage cabinet as the gentleman i am

Meanwhile, she turned to take out her purse and phone from th seat cabinet so i took that opportunity to take out my business card and put it in the front pocket of her backpack where i could tell she kept her phone charger in.

END OF FLASHBACK

I was pulled out of my thoughts roughly when i felt my arm being poked repeatedly

I turned and saw Liam grinning mischievously

"What ?" Irritated , i just snapped at him Like can't a guy have a moment to think to himself?

"Dude we've been in the driveway for the past five minutes and I've been trying to get your attention from whatever world you were lost in" He said smiling not bothered by my outburst

I know what he's thinking and if he has his way i would never hear the end of it form him and the rest of my family

That's when i looked out and saw that we were home already and my mom was already making her way towards us. I mentally facepalmed myself cause now she's going to ask questions as to why we stayed for too long in the car and knowing Liam , he will spill the beans based on his assumptions to rile me up even though he wouldn't be far from the truth

Ignoring Liam's mischief ,i got out of the car to meet my mom half way leaving him to take out our bags. Serves him right for being a pain in the ass

"Welcome home dear, how are you ? Why did you take too long to get out of the car? Were you planning to go back without seeing your mother? Don't you know that your mom missed you a lot?!" She asked me but more like bombarded me with her questions while hugging me once i was at her arms reach

Called it !! And before i could even answer she continued

" How was your flight ? Are you tired ? Was it stressful? "

"I am fine mom" I finally cut her off

"The fight was ok Mom and i was ..." I was cut off by Liam who i didn't realize had already caught up with us carrying our bags

"Oh... the flight was superb Aunt, especially for our dear Samuel" He told my mom flicking his eyebrows suggestively

My mom gasped in surprise looking between Liam and I trying to see if he was playing a prank on her. The wheels in her head running to one conclusion .....

And thats about me meeting a girl

" Thats good news sweetie. Are you hungry? Cause dinner is ready and i left Selina to set the table" She took one of the bags from Liam and held his hand taking him towards the house leaving me behind and started asking him questions as well knowing that she probably won't get much from me about my angel

"So tell me about this special flight " She asked him turning back slightly to wink at me

Finally getting his chance , Liam started smiling widely

Not on my watch Bro!

I hurried towards them and stood between them putting my arms around their shoulders

"Hey....Mom...,What's for dinner? Ooh...let me take that it's quite heavy" I asked while taking the bag she was carrying as we reached the door

I know I know i just made her more suspicious about it but sooner than later they are going to know so i just postponed it for a bit

"SAM !!!" My sister screamed just as we entered the house and jumped on me giving me a tight hug causing the bag i was holding to fall

Like i said before, i only let the women in my family get close to me . And Selina is not just my Sister but my twin sister at that and we've always been so close growing up till date. I don't know if it's a twin thing or something but we find it hard to be far apart from eachother for a long time especially when i travel for work.

"I missed you so much Sam, you have no idea how bored i was without you here" she murmured snuggling into my chest the more like a koala . This has been our routine every time i come home from my long work travels but fun fact is that she is never bored and she's the social queen bee having friends every way she goes but she loves to be overly dramatic to prove her point.

So i left the bag with at the mercy of the butler and walked with her clinging on to me to the living room

Settling down with her on the love seat , i kissed her hair and ruffled it

" I missed you too so much Lina" I said hugging her closely

I don't know how long we stayed like that before my mom came in to tell us to come for dinner but i know she must have given us sometime so Selina could calm down

"You're both 22 yet you still act like you're 10"She added smiling at us fondly going back

"Come on Lina , i bet Liam is waiting for his welcome hug as well" I told her standing up and putting her down to stand as well

She laughed and walked ahead of me

"Sam, you know that i would like her right?" She suddenly stopped and asked turning to look at me with an eyebrow raised

"What do you mean?" I asked closing the distance between us trying to act nonchalant

"The girl that has been on your mind even at this moment as we speak" she said poking my forehead lightly dismissing my nonchalant response

I opened my mouth to try deny but she cut me off

"And remember you once told me that the time you'd be worried with me is when you've finally met her and you're scared that we wouldn't get along. And while we were sitting down, your mind was running miles and your heart was beating so fast and you were unconsciously hugging me tightly whenever your thoughts go negative. So thats enough for me to know whatsup with my upstanding brother"

She finished crossing her arms looking at me squarely to show that she had figured me out and daring me to say otherwise

I let out a loud sigh and looked at her

"Yes Lina, you're right. I've finally met her and i was worried if you'd both get along and thats if we meet again" I murmured the last part frowning at the thought

I was already rethinking the success of my plan, like what if she doesn't find it soon or ever as a matter of fact

"What do you mean 'if you meet again' Sam?" Lina asked looking at me worriedly

I huffed thinking of how to tell her about my now stupid plan

"Midnight chat?" I asked her instead remembering we have to head down for dinner now before mom comes back to drag us out by our ears and it's not a bluff

"It's a date" She replied understanding it wasn't the time now

Every time i come home from my travels , we go to the roof top garden at mid-night to talk about what we've missed in each-others life while i was away while sipping hot chocolate

"Sure it is" I laughed lightly pulling her along as we went to the dinning room