New neighbor

Emma

The question came out without much thinking. It seemed more like I had always had that question on my mind the moment he stepped into the meeting room this morning. Was he following me? I may be paranoid but his car was enough evidence that he wasn't an average man, much less the penthouse.

Instead of answering my question, he ignited the car engine and began to make his way out of the street I grew up in.

"You don't want to answer" I wasn't asking a question; it was a statement.

"True, but since you are curious about me, I will give you two chances to ask me any question but first, you have to answer mine" Liam stated and without giving me time to process his words, he went ahead with asking me his questions.

"Are you mad at me for leaving before you woke up?" His soft voice held genuine concern which made my stomach flip and heat rise up to my face in remembrance of how disappointed I was when the maid told me their boss had left. But only a fool would say the truth, besides I am sure to him, it was just a one-night stand.

"How can I be? It was a one-night stand" I tried to keep my emotions away from my tone, and my face to the front.

"I heard you asked about me though, when am I returning, where could I be?" Clearly, he was trying to tease me, his tone and playful smirk pasted on his face were clear evidence of that, sadly for me it was really getting to my nerves like he wanted.

"I had to be certain I didn't sleep with a ghost"

"With the rounds we had last night? Not even an insect would ever forget what they saw us do much less we who felt it"

Oh my goodness, I shouldn't have had him bring me home. He speaks without a filter, it's harder to keep my cool with him than with Charles at this point.

"Can you not bring up-"

"It's not yet time for your questions princess"

The heat had begun to rise to my face. I would never get used to this nickname, no one ever called me that, no one ever gave me a nickname. But there he was blurting out such with a flirtatious tone.

"I will take your silence as an answer, you were really disappointed at not seeing me when you woke up"

I turned to him to argue but he beat me to speaking.

"I have two more questions, instead of arguing, you could save your strength for a truthful response" He stated casually while he turned the steering wheel, driving onto the main road.

I tried to calm my racing heart by taking a deep breath and picking up a sealed water can from my bag before opening the cap. I couldn't let him get under my skin.

"Second question…" He hesitates, I could see from the side of my eye that his smirk had become wider.

"Do you want to be my girlfriend?"

I did not only choke on water, I spat it all over the driver before I could think. Who would be able to maintain composure after such a question? It was impossible for me, my stomach flipped and my heart skipped a beat.

"How can you ask such?"

Did he forget who we are, did he not know the rules of his new workplace? What in the world is this man's mission? I would think it was to ruin my remaining time of existence, certainly, he wanted to give me a heart attack.

"Why can't I? I like you, You are pretty, crazy in bed, and pretty much single now"

The heat intensified in my face, and I couldn't help but begin to fan my face with my hands. Crazy in bed? His words rang in my head continuously and I hate myself for feeling this way.

"We cannot be in any sought of relationship, one; I don't like you, two; workers are not allowed to date each other at the company"

"One; lies, your face is literally strawberry-colored right now, you certainly have some kind of attraction for me, if not you wouldn't have had sex with me without knowing my name"

I swallowed hard while my heart tightened in the constriction of my chest. If I were to be real with myself, he was right, I would never sleep with a stranger, much less a man I knew nothing about but there was something about him, something that pulled me last night. But I hate that he was right, I hate the confidence he had.

"Second; You dated your team leader and the both of you are doing well, you've not been fired"

"Because it was a secret relationship, and it began before I got into the company" I rolled my eyes at him but as always he had something to say, he never lacked a response.

"We also met before I got into the company,"

Does he really not fear the rules of a company he just got into? The first time I learned about that rule, I almost broke up with Charles because I didn't want to be fired on my first day, but it's his first day and he's so casual about it.

"I'm not talking to you anymore, drop me off at the train station, I'll return home myself," I spoke with exhaustion, unable to bear listening to him any longer. Neither my heart nor my mind could handle it anymore.

"Not doing that"

Certainly, if I pushed, we would continue arguing and I was tired of it, so I let him drive me home and I didn't bother to ask him my own questions. So maybe it was easier to just sit still and say nothing.

"You are not going to ask your questions?

I don't answer. I wouldn't speak to him again, in fact when I get back to work tomorrow, I will seek a transfer to another team, I cannot stand Charles much less him.

I must keep my distance away from him.

Thankfully, we reached the apartment building in no time. I wasted no time stepping out of his car and headed to my floor, not bothering to use the elevator. It had been bad for some weeks now and it would be a waste of my strength trying it out.

However, the second I reached my door front, with sweat trickling down my skin, my chest heaving as I was panting, the elevator dinged open and an overwhelming annoyance sprouted within me, to make it worse, the person that stepped out from the elevator was Liam.

"Are you following me?" I almost yelled. It was nine pm, and everyone was back from work and probably trying to rest but I couldn't contain my frustration anymore.

He smirked and stopped in front of the door before mine, pulled out a key, and inserted it into the lock.

It cannot be. It is a worker's building but I would have never imagined someone that used an Audi sport car and owned a penthouse to be living next door to mine.

"Who said I'm following you, this is my house" He nodded at his door before pushing it open.

"I guess we will see each other often," Liam said with a smirk before walking in and shutting his door, while I was left in misery. A few hours ago, I was certain I could keep my distance away but now, the sex god lives next door.

This is going to be harder than I thought.