Chapter 43
Hanging up the phone, I lie on the bed as if I had lost my soul.
My mind's in a mess. Was that his girlfriend or wife? Am I the other woman?
No, he denied it last time. So what exactly is my relationship with him?
Being the other woman is the last thing I would do. He assured me that he was single, so I felt like I wasn't the other woman. But I guess I was wrong.
I don't want to be the other woman, so I refuse to see myself as one. But in others' eyes, I am.
I've been called a slut a lot lately for no reason. I always thought they misunderstood me and wanted to belittle me, but now it seems like they were right.
Sean gave me this job, and I thought he was just helping me as my classmate. I never wondered why he would help a classmate he hadn't talked to in years. It's my punishment that I may lose my job and fall out with Sean.
Harrison kept a cool head when I was scolded. Maybe he feels the same way as the
people who insult me.
My phone keeps vibrating. When I see the caller ID, I almost burst out into tears.
In the end, I decline the call and turn my phone off.
I don't want to think about anything now, nor do I want to care about Harrison. He doesn't see me any different than the people I hate.
In the middle of the night, I feel that the doorbell has been ringing all the time. Fortunately, my mother is too old to hear it. Otherwise, she would have been awakened.
Through the peephole, I see Harrison standing at the door. My heart skips a beat. Why is he here? Shouldn't he spend a wonderful night with that woman?
I don't say a word, and he doesn't stop pressing the doorbell. I'm really worried he's gonna wake up my mom.
"What are you doing here?" I open the door a little.
He doesn't answer me. Instead, he squeezes through the door and pins me against the wall.
In a panic, I ask, "Harrison, are you crazy?!"
He scares me a little, both when he is a gentleman and when he occasionally loses control and does something intimate to me.
I'm scared I won't be able to control my heart.
"Why didn't you answer my phone?" He asks in a deep voice.
It can't be denied that his voice is very pleasant. It's hoarse, deep, and charming.
But I still don't like it when he confronts me. "No reason. I just didn't want to."
"I have a reason. You want to hear it?"
I bite my lips and glare at him, though I can't see anything in the darkness. "Harrison, you clearly know how much I hate being the other woman. Why are you making me do the last thing I want to do?" I tell him the truth without weakness or fear. He knows me very well, so I don't need to hide anything.
I press both my hands against his chest and give him a hard push. When I see him hit the shoe rack, I feel incredibly good.
But my pleasure didn't last long. The sound woke my mom up. She turns on the light and asks what happened.
"Mom, I hit the table." I explain.
Mom reminds me to be careful and then turns off the light. I breathe a sigh of relief.
"You lied to your mom?" Harrison walks up to me again.
"Should I tell her you're molesting me here?" I deliberately retort.
I can't stand the way he doesn't care about anything, because I can't stop myself from caring about him.
Since he's here, I want to see what he's gonna do. Anyway, I'll never believe a word from him. He's living a double life, isn't he?
My reaction does not piss his off. He explains, "My friend answered my phone. I tried to call you and explain, but you turned your phone off."
"I turn it off every night when I go to bed."
"I thought something happened to you, so I came here. You're not touched at all?"
So he came here because he thought I was in trouble again.
I'm no longer that cold, because his tone of grievance kind of softens me.
But I'm not gonna forgive him that easily. "I called you because I never called you before and I had nothing to do. After that, I turned my phone off as usual."
"How did I not know you had this habit?" Harrison pretends to be surprised.
My face turns red in an instant. Thank God he can't see it in the darkness.
I answer seriously, "I have to work tomorrow, so I can't be disturbed."
He suddenly hugs me and says in a tired voice, "I haven't eaten anything since I got off the plane. I'm starving."
"What? Where have you been?" His words successfully attract my attention.
Turns out he flew out today to sign a contract, and he came to see me before he had dinner. I don't know why, but I actually feel sorry for him.
I was gonna take him out to dinner, but he said it was too late and he wanted me to make him some instant noodles.
Then, I sneak into the kitchen in the middle of the night and make instant noodles for him.
The next day I woke up to the constant ringing of my alarm clock. When I open my eyes, it's already dawn. Holy sh*t, where is Harrison?
I fell asleep while he was eating instant noodles yesterday. I don't know what happened after that.
Why did I wake up in my own bed? Is what happened last night a dream?
"Come here more often. I'll be at home every day." My mom's voice rings out.
With a bad feeling, I rush out barefoot without changing my clothes.