CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE:The Playboy Has Been Played.
I found her.
Ethan smiled at the lady who's seated looking at him with a mixed expression on her face,well,he couldn't blame her.
She was just about to eat and was just interrupted halfway to doing so.
He always knew that he would surely get to meet her again after their colliding incident at the central hospital,since that day his mind was not at rest.
Coupled with the fact that she was carrying the same blanket his mom had personally sewn for him when he was still a baby as he said that she loved knitting.
Was it a coincidence that she was holding the exact same blanket as his?
Was she his missing sister,if she was,where is his mother?
He had a lot of questions to ask the lady sitting in front of him,but one thing he noticed about her was that she hardly opened up to strangers and talked more about her family when she hardly knew him.
That's what gave him the initiative to approach her first and be her friend,she might likely open up if they were close right?
He hasn't told his father about her yet,so as not to get the old man's hope for nothing if she eventually turns out not to be his sister.
He needed to do this alone for now and maybe if it gets tough,he will call his father for help,but right now,he needs to be friends with this cute miss seated right now.
Cute?
Stop it Ethan!
He scolded himself.
"Excuse me?''She said, calling his attention back to her as he was lost in his thoughts while standing in front of her.
"Sorry I was out for a bit, do you mind if I sit?"Ethan asked politely, trying to sound nice so as she wouldn't tag him a freak or a stalker.
Hazel looked at him for a few minutes before she gave a nod of approval to him,not knowing what his problem was or why he would sit with someone he barely knew.
"Thanks"Ethan said, winking at him sitting in front of her while she rolled her eyes at him.
Rude.
That was the first thing he noticed about her,she was rude and he needed to be careful because saying annoying things to her she wouldn't hesitate to walk him out of here.
If only she knew who he was before she think about walking him out from here.
Not yet married!
He looked at her fingers to find it devoid of any ring,so he was safe when talking with him.
What he detest most was hitting on someone's wife,well,he wasn't actually hitting on her right?
He just wants to clarify something with her if only she cooperates .
"You know staring at a stranger' is quite rude"Hazel blurted it the word she has been holding in to say for ages,she didn't not know why he was assessing her.
Then what about you Hazel?
She noticed he was an elite just the way he was dressed,he was handsome she could admit but Zaiden was more handsome than him.
Stop it!
Why are you comparing them, you slut!
If he thinks she was going to sit here and listen to his rumpling about saying he was interested in her he was so wrong about her.
Like seriously,she hardly captures the fancy of the rich but after her encounter with the fairy godmother,they have been changes.
Changes that have her confused,not only was she confused over what's the matter with Zaiden,his brother was also an annoying person like his elder brother although she has found out what his problem was exactly.
But he gives her the creeps,she hardly points accusing fingers at anyone but she senses bad vibes coming from Zaiden's cousin.
And now sitting in front of her was another person who she doesn't know what his mission was too in her life.
Hazel averted her gaze from him while she started eating her food not caring to invite him,why would she do that?
He's a total stranger.
"You can be stingy when it comes to food,though I don't mind eating if you invited me to Join you"Ethan teased her and was amused with the way she raised her eyebrows at him.
He knew he was doing it wrong by disturbing her while she was eating it. But,you see he's desperate and besides they haven't said much to each other since they were here and he knows her type she wouldn't say anything to him as long as he doesnt ask.
"I wasn't planning on inviting you to join me either"Hazel dropped her spoon down,already losing her appetite from sitting down with him.
"What do you want?"She asked crossing her hand over each other to stare directly into his face,showing off her braveness that she was not intimidated by him.
Even though,he was an elite but she has seen better.
He smiled at her frankness,doubting if she was not the girl he saw at the hospital the other day,she rarely talked to him but today she was different.
She was outspoken and confident as if she had been expecting him,as if she knew that he was going to find her.
"Honestly,I don't know either,I just want to be friend with you"
"Friends?"Hazel asked back,her eyebrows raised the second time, assessing him from up to down trying hard not to believe what she just heard.
Living with Sunny has taught her a lot of things which have been helpful to her while growing.
This man here seated in front of her wants to be friends with her,for what?
She could read the lie behind what he just said. It was hard to see two people from different social backgrounds being friends and this handsome young man was trying to be friends with her.
This was such an open lie.
"Is that hard to ask?"Ethan said, giving out his best smile with the hope that she was going to fall for his charm.
Why won't she?
She was handsome and was rich,so why wouldn't she want to be friends with him?
Is she a lesbian?
No she doesn't look like one.
Snap out of it Ethan!
"I'm sorry but I can't be friends with you"Hazel said grabbing her purse ready to leave,he was such a brazen fellow.
She could read his body movement and noticed how he didn't fail to wink and smile at her.
Who does he think he is?
Probably the second Zaiden?
No, Zaiden could be a lot of things but trying hard to seduce a girl,No he isn't that way.
"Why?"He asked his demeanor changed instantly when he heard her reply,he doesn't actually know why she wasn't affected like the other girls were.
He couldn't believe that there was any lady out there who wouldn't fall for his charm,was she playing hard to get?
Oh! That's it!
She loves being chased.
"Because.."Hazel said standing up to walk in front of him,bending down to whisper to him"I'm not friends with playboys, sweetheart"she rasped to him standing up to see him perplexed at her guts.
She walked up and paid her bills,turning around to still find him seated in the same position but his eyes not leaving her for once.
She winked at him blowing him a kiss before leaving the all flustered Ethan to fix himself up.
"Remind yourself again Ethan,who's she?"Ethan muttered to himself,he wanted to be the playboy here but it seems like the playboy himself has been played.
Who is she?