Chapter Thirty

His Pov

I called her for like the hundredth time but she still didn't pick up. Jeez! What's wrong with her? Is she mad at me?

" Rio, Let this girl go" Corey said, he took a bottle of soda off the bar and sat beside me.

" She's never gonna love you Rio. Bitter but true" Canny said.

" How do you know that?" I asked,my heart in my mouth.

" That girl... I know her history. She's not... she just won't." Corey said.

" How would you know? it might be different with me" I said.

" No bro... it's only going to be perfect with you"

" Do you even know the guy she's in love with?" Richard asked

" No, I don't"

" Hey man! Why don't you just chill out a bit with another girl?"

" No I ain't interested" I said, my attention still on my phone.

" Natalie's very mad. I heard her talking about poisoning Anny" Canny put in.

" Empty threats" Corey said.

" Still, Anny should be careful"

" No worries she's safe. I won't let anything happen to her" I said.

With that conviction in my heart, we continued discussing, Anny still on my mind.

Her Pov

I opened the door wishing and wishing that it wasn't Rio at the door. Thankfully, it wasn't. Instead it was...

" Styles!" I called, a smile glued to my face.

" Hey Princess!" he said returning the smile. I stared confused at him for a while and then I asked,

" What are you doing here?"

" Came to see my princess" he said and I rolled my eyes even though I was clearly blushing.

" Where's Minnie?" I asked again.

" Uh... we broke up" he said. Woaw! That was fast.

" Why?"

" Well..." he sighed and I waited, still at the door.

" The girl was too possessive. I just couldn't take someone acting like she owned me" he said. Oh! I thought, quite some luck on my part.

" Aren't you gonna let me in?" Styles asked.

" Oh sorry!" I said and made way for him. We got in, I shut the door and then I offered him a drink.

" So do you wanna talk about her?" I asked as I sat on the sofa opposite the one he sat on.

" Nah! There's nothing to talk about" he said.

" How's Rio? Heard you guys are something" he quickly added. I shrugged, wondering how he knew about Rio.

" Well yeah! He's great" I said.

" Okay! Missed me?" Styles asked out of the blues. I smiled, if only he knew!

" You keep asking that question, of course I missed you" I said.

" Had to ask. You said I was bothering you"

" Oh Styles! I was definitely not serious. When I say you're bothering me, I actually mean the opposite"

" Oh really?" he asked, his smile reaching up to his eyes.

" Yeah!"

Just then, my phone rang. I saw it was Rio and rejected the call.

" You don't wanna take that?" Styles asked.

" Nah, Its not important" I responded.

" Okay! I'm guessing that's Rio" he said.

" How did you know?" I asked surprised again.

" Well just knew. So how's the relationship?" Styles asked. I rolled my eyes and shrugged.

" What do you mean by..." and he rolled his eyes and shrugged just the way I did making me laugh.

" I don't know Styles. He's just boring"

" Well... that's quite different from every thing I've heard about Rio"

" I am different on my own" I said.

" Okay!" Styles said. We sat silently for a while and then he did something. Styles got out of his seat and helping me up, he pulled me into a hug. My shock evaporated as I melted in his arms. I inhaled his awesome scent and it made me feel like heaven was so close.

" I wish I could remain like this forever" I blurted out before I could even stop myself.

" Really?" he asked as we disengaged the hug. I immediately regretted saying what I said.

" Why?" Styles added, " Are you falling for me already?"

" What no! Not at all, naughty!" I said. My phone rang again, this time it was Kyra.

" One sec! That's my sis." I said as I picked the call.

" Hey Kyra" I said.

" Anny, I'm really sorry love but I won't be able to come home today"

" Umm... okay! No problem"

" Really?" Kyra asked, sounding surprised.

" Yeah" I said suddenly feeling shy as Styles was staring at me all through.

" Oh honey! Thanks a lot"

" Sure!" I said, " bye" I added and hung up. Styles still had his eyes on me and he was smiling too. That smile that got my stomach flipping.

" What???" I asked.

" Nothing. You're just really beautiful" Styles said, I felt a blush creeping into my cheeks and I tried to hide it.

" Oh Styles! Don't flatter me!" I said and looked away.

" Oh look! She's blushing!" Styles teased.

" Oh shut up!" I said jokingly, throwing a pillow on the couch at him. He caught it and laughed heartily.

" Styles" I called.

" Hmm" he answered

" Would you spend the night here with me?" I asked. He looked a little surprised for a while but then he smiled.

" Well yeah, if that's what you want"

" Oh thanks Styles" I said almost hugging him but I got myself under control.

" And this is only cause I missed you"

" Awwn, I missed you too" I said blushing again. I really couldn't help it.

" I missed you more" I said.

" Are you hungry? Cause I am" Styles said.

" You want me to prepare something for you?" I asked. He shook his head.

" No, I wanna prepare something for you " Styles said and my eyes widened.

" You cook?"I asked.

" Oh I bet ya! You wanna try me out"

" Sure! Bring it on "

" Alright, you go to your room and I'll get into the kitchen "

" Ai'it" I said and ran upstairs. I felt quite happy, dunno why.

I collapsed into my bed after changing up and waited for Styles. All the while, I couldn't get him off my mind. And I found myself smiling too. Ugh! What's this feeling? I really don't get it, at some point it makes me hate myself and other times, like now, it just makes me feel so fulfilled. I mean he's an amazing guy, if only he'll just feel the same as I feel about him.

Styles walked into my room a while later, breaking into my thoughts.He had this sweet smile on his face and I couldn't help but smile too.

" Your lunch is ready" he said.

" Been waiting for like forever" I said

" Sorry hun, I just take my time in cooking" he said as he placed the tray in front of me. It was pasta, jellof pasta.

" Hmm... smells yummy" I said rubbing my tummy like a 5- year old girl. Styles chuckled. He handed me a fork and sat in front of me watching as scooped it into my mouth. I'm sure he wanted to see my first reaction and Boy! it was yummy, that I couldn't hide.

" Wow!!! This is delicious" I said

" Awwwn!!! Thanks. Told you I'm a good cook" he said and I smiled. I got to work eating the rest of the meal, with him staring at me with a smile on his face.At some point, I fed him which he happily accepted with another cute smile on his face. God! I can't help but like this guy. After eating,we talked for so time without interruption. The interruption finally came when my phone rang. It was Rio again so I rejected the call and switched off my phone. Dude doesn't want to let me be.

" Still Rio?" Styles asked, I nodded.

" Why aren't you taking it?" he asked again.

" Cause I don't think it's important" I said

" Oh! " he said and shrugged.

" What do we do now?" Styles asked.

" I dunno. Take me out" I said

" You mean on a date?"

" Yeah maybe " I said with a shrug.

He seemed to be thinking for a while and then he said,

" Nah not today. I wanna have the pleasure of cuddling you to sleep"

I smiled and made way for him to come join me on my bed.

" I'd love that" I said. He joined me and we both laid on the bed, his hand wrapped around my waist and my head on his chest.

" Nice sleep Angel" he said placing a kiss on my forehead and then I fell asleep.