I abandoned my car and crossed the road in a jiff. I hurriedly stepped into the cinema, worried that I might miss her. She could be in any of the rooms watching a movie, and if she were, I would have to wait for two hours for her to come out of there. My eyes skimmed the whole floor and finally rested on her back. She was facing the board, nibbling on her index finger, pondering whether she should or shouldn’t watch a movie. Which movie? I couldn’t care less. As long as I get to talk to her and get to know her, it’ll be enough for me.

“Should I or shouldn’t I?” she mused.

“Whatever it is, I think you should,” I answered from right behind her. Then she slowly turned around to face me.

Her long and wavy brunette locks swayed as she pivoted. For that moment, my breath caught in my throat as my blue eyes locked with her hazel ones; sparks erupted in me.

“You think I should?” she asked, looking straight into my eyes.

“Wholeheartedly,” I replied softly.

“Which would you prefer?” she continued.

“Whichever your heart desires,” I bantered, eyes glinting.

“Hmm… Have you watched The Martian before?” she spoke again in her husky tone.

“Nope,” I smirked.

“Do you want a gist of it? I won’t tell if you hate spoilers,” she smiled.

For a moment, I was rooted to the spot by her carefree and beguiling smile. Man, I am hooked. Totally and unconditionally hooked.


My Curvy Italian Queen

I could see Kin was worried about me when I started picking at my food. It wasn’t the steak at all. Oh, Kin is an excellent cook for sure, the steak was done to perfection, but I just couldn’t ingest it. Each time I was reminded of all the trouble that the murderer took to threaten Mom and Dad, I just couldn’t swallow my food. But I also didn’t want Kin to fret, so I didn't argue when he suggested the salad.


After dinner, I decided to bring the tall stainless steel thermal coffee carafe to the centre table with mugs in the living room since all of us will probably spend the whole night brainstorming. I sat beside Kin in our two-seater; our ‘love-seat’ as we call it, while Miguel, Brian and Layla sat right opposite us on the three-seater.


“So, Brian, you said you have some leads,” Kin said, not wasting any more time dawdling.


“You wanted me to check the backgrounds of all the staff in your company, and I came up with a few unexpected results,” Brian said.


Chapter 76