Chapter 14

"Pardon me, miss and sir?" said the lady, and I looked at her and blinked three times." I'm guessing she's still in high school.

"Uh... Are you two... a couple?" the lady inquired, which caused her to look at her with wide eyes open. "Because if that's the case, you two could just share the chocolates. Isn't that what couples do?” she said with a bright smile on her face. What she said made me want to rip her smile off.

Both I and the stranger beside me turned our heads 90 degrees towards the lady in front of us.

“No!”

“Yes!”

As a result, I quickly turned my head towards the man beside me. I'd say I'm almost boiling with rage right now. He couldn't possibly do it. Regardless of how attractive you are, mister. I'm not going to give you this box of chocolates. We require this! This is necessary for our brain to function properly!

“What?!" I screamed in frustration, but he remained silent. I take a deep breath in and out before returning my attention to the woman in front of us. "Are you insane, miss? We are not a couple!" I was irritated when I turned to face the lady who was just creeping an awkward smile on her lips.

What makes her think that we are a couple? Tss!

“I’m sorry-” but before the lady could even be finished

"Uh... miss, we are a couple," the man beside me said, cutting the lady off from what she was saying and even putting her arms on my shoulder and pulling me closer to him, which caused my mouth to gape open and my eyes to widen in shock, hearing those words coming out of his mouth. “See? The truth is, I wanted to give her this box of chocolates but she was on her period and had been arguing with me since yesterday," he explained as he stood there with that wide smile on his face that made me want to rip it off and swear my blood was now boiling with rage and I desperately wanted to burst out.

How dare he could say that we are a couple?! When in fact we just meet right here, right now. And, period? Wow! I wasn’t even on my period! We both don’t know each other!

The lady took the last box of chocolate that I desperately wanted to buy for Bella and me. The strange man and I both followed the lady to the counter. I tried everything I could to get away from the strange man, but he wouldn't let me. We both saw the lady wrap the box after she gave it to the man beside me, who finally put his arm away, so I brushed my shoulder as if his arm had left a germ in my shoulder. How thick is his face to reach out and touch me? Are you feeling close?

My eyes unbelievably followed the lady’s hand giving the paper bag to the stranger just beside me as my mouth went gape open.

“What are you doing?!” I yelled.

“Stay strong to you sweet couple,” said the lady.

I felt my hand form a fist, and I begged someone to stop me because if no one did, I'd punch both this lady's and this man's faces.

"Miss..." I said, still trying to calm myself down, "First and foremost, for your information, we are not a COUPLE! Second, I don't know this man beside me," I trailed off, pointing to the man beside me, who was now holding the paper bag with the box of chocolate inside it, without taking my gaze away from the lady behind the counter.

"Third, we are total strangers to each other!" I added, but the lady just kept looking back and forth at me and the man beside me. In my peripheral vision, I noticed the stranger beside me smiling sweetly, as if he was insulting me because he had finally gained the lady's trust.

We are strangers to each other!

"Don't worry about her, miss. "My girlfriend just had a mood swing because she was on her period," he explained as he rested his arm on my shoulder as if we were close friends. Wow. Just...wow.

“I’m not on my period!”

The man beside me thanked the lady before dragging me with him, but before we could leave the store, I saw the lady wave her hand to us while smiling sweetly, as if she had indeed found us a sweet couple.

"May you two remain strong!" " I automatically rolled my eyes when I heard the lady say that. Tss.

When we finally exit the store, I quickly distance myself from the evil man who had stolen the box of chocolate that I was supposed to purchase.

"Mister who-ever-you-are," I said, calming myself when I faced him, and he looked at me as if he had no idea what had happened or what he had done a while ago. "How dare you say such a thing?" Don't you have any manners? I was the one who got my hands on that box first!" I yelled in front of him, looking him in the eyes and pointing to the paper bag he was holding.

"And you, too!" I trailed off and pointed at him, "You slide on the picture, and how dare you say we're a couple?! We just happened to meet right here, right now! We are strangers to one another!" God knows how I was boiling with rage and trying desperately to punch the man in front of me in the face.

Bella and I badly need that box of chocolate!

“Miss-” But I didn’t let him say any more words and cut him off.

"Do you realize how much my best friend needs that? We needed it because we were studying for our finals! We've come to take a break from going over so much information! But not you! This day has been completely ruined by you! If I fail my final exams and don't graduate, I'll do anything to get back at you and exact my revenge!" I swear my monologue made me catch my breath. But I'm glad I had the opportunity to vent to the man who caused me to be frustrated in the first place.

From the man's solemn expression, his laughter slowly filled my ears, making me even more frustrated. After what he's done, he still dares to laugh at me as if I'm just making a joke? Is he insane?

As I look at the man who appears to enjoy taking advantage of me, my brows meet.

“What are you laughing at?” I asked frustratingly.

When he was finished, he turned to face me and said, "Miss, I know what I did a while ago. I know I lied to the young lady, but I desperately need this box of chocolate," he trailed off as he looked at me, and I looked back.

“Oh! I thought you are not aware?” I replied sarcastically.

I let out a deep sigh and tickled my tongue against the side of my cheek before turning my gaze to the man in front of me.

"So... Are people like you?" I paused and scanned him from head to toe, "Likes taking advantage of people to get what you want?" "It's unfortunate that our world is becoming more toxic.

I'm not backing down because the man is staring at me. I'm not going to avoid his gaze because, in my years of existence in this world, I've learned that you have to learn to fight first. Don't give up without even attempting to fight. And as for this man, I'm not going down without a fight.

"I'm sorry for abusing you, miss. But in this world, people like to take advantage of one another to get what they want. If you don't want someone to use you, use them first."

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