I looked back to see him chasing me. He was faster but it was easier for me to dodge the people lounging around.
I dashed for the stairs, my heart was doing a nervous dance in my chest, I felt the rush of adrenaline as I tried my best to get away from him.
I reached the other floor to see Klyee sitting on the table with a few of Christian men’s. Her head raised up like that of a hyna and she stared at me suspiciously for a second.
I ran past them and I turned to see that she had ordered the men to get me. I rounded up in the corner, there was yet another cafetaria in this one.
“Hello, are you okay?” Man asked.
His accent was rich and Irish. He was tall and broad.
“Hide me” I said squeezing myself in front of him and pointing to a door that seemed like the exit.
His legs moves towards the door without questions and we walked through.
I stood at the door and took a peek, Klyee was looking around the cafetaria.
“Are hiding from someone?” He asked with concern. “Is someone trying to hurt you?”
Thank goodness for the halo effect.
I could have been the one that caused the trouble, yet as I was attractive, I was the victim.
“Yes”
“Come, my cabin is over there ” he said pointing to the right.
I followed him without any questions. He opened a door and I entered.
His cabin was just the same as the one Jay slept in. But this things were scattered on the bed.
“Sorry, I didn’t know that of be expecting guests ” he said in embarrassment.
“Thank you” I told him for letting mein.
He smiled, his green eyes seemed to sparkle.
But then his smile disappeared.
“What happened?” He asked me.
“It’s just, someone ” I said feeling too exposed. “I’ll leave soon, I swear, I can leave now if you want ”
“What have you the impression that I wanted you to leave ”
I shook my head.
There was a package on the bed. It was wrapped in a brown cardboard box, it reminded me of the picture Talia sent me. What if Christian was lying, what if he slept with her.
What if he still misses them and he sleeps with them.
I slapped myself mentally but I could do no more.
When I woke up, I freaked out, looking around the cabin, forgetting where I was or the time I fell asleep in the first place.
I realized that a sound had woken me up.
“It’s protocol. We are going around each and every cabin, searching for a particular person” the voice said.
Very formal.
“There is no one here but me” the Irish accent defended.
I sat up and hid in a place they wouldn’t see me from the door. But, if they came inside, they would definitely see me.
I started panicking. I knew that this was Christian, no one else. He was trying to find me.
I ran to the window, it was wide enough to pass through and I couldn’t land on the balcony that stood about two feets away.
It was risky.
I could fall and land into the cold sea. I was still looking down contemplating.
“Please step away from the window, miss”
My shoulders sagged, I was relieved that they had caught me before I did something this stupid and also angry that they had caught me.
“Step away from the window, please” the voice repeated.
I moved away from the window like a criminal caught breaking out of jail and I looked at the guy that had let me stay in his room.
“Where are you taking her?” He asked.
I smiled at him.
“I’ll be fine ” I told him. “Thank you”
The man led me out of the cabin.
“Boss, I have found her”
I didn’t hear what Christian said but I knew that I would be seeing him soon.
It was already dark, I had slept since noon. My limbs felt rusty.
“Thank you” Christian’s voice broke through, he had the habit of talking to someone even through they were many feets apart.
“Sir” the guy said and he left around the corner.
“Yay, you found me again” I said sarcastically.
“Gawd… Jenna, where have you been?!” Kylee yelled but she hugged me.
I hugged her back.
“Are you hungry?” She asked me.
I smiled and nodded.
She took me past Christian.
“Klyee I need to talk to her” Christian said, momentarily stopping Kylee in her tracks, making me stand still also.
My chest caved, Christian was furious.
“Let the girl eat first. When she’s done you can holler at her all you want ” Kylee said and she resumed walking.
She took me to the top of the ship, it was beautiful, like a private yacht.
“This is the VIP area ” Kylee said as she saw me gaping wide mouthed at the place.
She led to me to round table that was draped with creame coloured table cloth. Christian appeared from the stairs and sat on a chaise lounge, watching me.
“You have a message, sir” Klyee said in Christian did not stand.
“It’s from Wayne, he says it’s important” Christian stood up and left.
I was hungry, famished even.
My hands shook as I rose the spoon to my mouth, the fact that the food was overly delicious, didn’t hell matters.
“So who owned the cabin you stayed in?” Klyee asked me curiously.
“A stranger”
“You look like you just woke up sleep” Klyee said accusingly.
“Yeah, I must have slept off”
Kylee looked dumbfounded.
“What… I didn’t sleep with him”
“He could have raped you, do you know how sexy you look in that” she said pointing at my very short skirt.
“He was nice”
She looked at me as if I was foolish.
“Christian was scared” Klyee snapped. “How si you feel when you just run away from him?”
Suddenly, Klyee felt as if she was the principal band I was being scolded.
“Do you think it’s fun, you do not see the way he gets warn you leave because if you see… You would never leave again”