4. Bra and Panty

[Tanya]

The greatest actor on earth? It's Kieran Smith, he acts even better than Will Smith cause why the heck would he look so serious, so honest and so kind while pleading with me back in his office.

Yeah, I also can't forget when he said he wants to fix things.

Fix things?

God, I really don't understand this Kieran guy anymore. He is just so unpredictable.

I grabbed the tv remote control to change the show playing on it, but the truth was that I wanted to pour my anger on something and the remote was the next thing my hand could grab.

I pressed hard on the buttons, and pressed again, and repeated the action till I heard a voice.

"You know if I had not bought toys for you as a kid, I would have thought you were going to make the remote control your new toy"

I dropped the object on the table close to me and sighed. I forgot mum was here. She sure knows how to be cruel with her comments.

"I thought you were supposed to be at your fiance's place?" I said, sitting upright on the armchair.

"It's not bad to check on my daughter, is it?"

I didn't say anything to that. I glared at the tv still thinking about Kieran. "Mum, you remembered that company you told me about?"

"Yeah? Kieran's company" She said.

Why am I not surpised she knew it was Kieran's company? It must have been why she had told me about it weeks ago, pushing me to apply for the post of a secretary. Everything makes sense now.

"So how did it go?" My mum inquired gently.

"I'm gonna be working for the asshole" I muttered, obviously upset.

Mum scowled at me. "You are using the 'A' word for your step brother?"

"I didn't mean to use the word" I lied.

She thinned her eyes at me. "Is there something I need to know?"

My heart thumped at her question. "Something like what?"

"Like the real reason you fainted after you saw Kieran"

I coughed out loud involuntarily "Oh" I shrugged like it was nothing. "I wasn't ready to meet anyone. I was shocked I was actually going to have a step brother when I never had any brother in my life"

My mum smiled softly at me. I think my explanation made sense then.

She stared at me "But you faced him again without passing out"

I almost passed out again.

"I guess you can face him another time?"

I shrugged a shoulder "I guess so" I said slowly.

"Okay good" She beamed "We are going to John's place together"

I snapped my head to my mum's face and I swear my neck almost broke. "Mum, I'm not going"

She frowned. "Why? We'll have lunch as a family and after that we can go shopping, just the both of us. You need new, beautiful clothes for your new, beautiful job"

I shook my head at her firmly.

She stood on her feet smartly and I did the same to leave but she swiftly grabbed my arm. "Let's go. The driver has been waiting for minutes" She dragged me with the strength I was not surpised she's got. My mum is a very strong woman.

I moved backwards, groaning, while she pulled me foward.

"We should not be doing this again, Tanya!" She said in frustration.

This is exactly how she used to dragg me as a child whenever I don't want to go with her to meet her past boyfriends.

"You're not a child anymore, you're now a lady for God's sake" She groaned, not releasing arm. "If you don't come with me, I would call for some really strong men to get your ass into the car" She threatened.

I knew that wasn't an empty threat, so I stopped struggling, breathing heavily.

Few minutes later, I was at the backseat of John's black porsche, driven by one of his drivers.

My lips were jutted out and my arms folded across my chest. I felt like crying. What if I see Kieran again?

Mum glanced at me and shook her head. "You never changed"

I think that's true.

As a child, whenever mum succeeds in making me sit in her car to drive me to her boyfriend's place, I purse my lips and fold my arms across my small chest to show that I was upset about the whole 'meeting the boyfriend' thing.

I shut my eyes but not my mind. My heart was pounding unhealthily at the thought of seeing my ex bully smirking darkly me, and his eyes twinkling with unreadable meanings that makes me shiver.

****

Now, I was in the bedroom provided for me at John's place, taking a rest and glaring at nothing in particular. Staying in the same house with Kieran was making my blood boil.

Maybe I'm dramatic, but it's just how I feel.

I heard a knock on the door and I got up in anger to get it opened for whoever was there.

When I opened it, I saw Kieran standing, a hand in the pocket of his jeans and the other hand casually at the back of his head.

I rolled my eyes and tried to shut the door on his face but he held the edge of the door to stop me from slamming the door.

"Clara sent me here" He said, quickly stepping in and shutting the door gently behind him. "She said uh...." he paused, eyeing my chest.

"She said what?!" I snapped.

"She said it's time for lunch" He answered, bringing his eyes back to my chest.

I'm beginning to think my chest is the lunch with the way he's staring at it.

"And after lunch you guys are going to the mall to get some-" He paused, his gaze lingering on my chest. "Your bra is distracting me"

I frowned "My...." I glanced down at myself and saw that I was in my lace balcony bra. I felt heat crawl up from my neck to my cheeks.

I have taken off my shirt angrily when I entered the bedroom and I was comfortable in my bra that I forgot to put on a shirt back.

I stared displeasedly at Kieran like it was his fault I was in my bra. "Get out" I ordered pointing to the door.

He knitted his thick brows "What? I...."

"I. Said. Get. Out" I was still pointing to the door, my expression stern. "NOW!" I screamed.

"Okay, geez" He rotated his body to the door, taking slow, casual steps towards it. "Nice bra by the way" He said and stepped out.

I slammed the door, and rested my back on it, breathing in and out loudly.

Fuck Kieran Smith!

He had to see me in my bra.

I quickly grabbed my shirt to put it on before anyone knocks on the door again.

Minutes later, my mum had come to the room herself to make me come down for lunch, but I told her I was feeling sick and rushed to the bathroom to fake a throw up action.

She didn't believe me because she knows me too well. She knows a lot of my tricks.

I didn't come out of the bedroom till she left as I didn't want her to drag me down the stairs and embarrass me in front of my ex enemy who happened to be my step brother.

Hours later, there was another knock on my door, and I checked my outfit before opening in annoyance.

Kieran was there again, stretching some shopping bags of different sizes towards me. "Your mum said you were feeling sick and couldn't go shopping with her today, so with her permission, I ordered some clothes and shoes for you" He said kindly. "I hope it's okay with you"

I eyed him with mistrust, trying to comprehend the reasons he's being so nice towards me since he became my step brother.

"I don't need anything from you"

His lips parted and his eyes twinkled with mischief "Your mother would not be happy you're rejecting gifts from your stepbrother"

With a huff, I snatched the bags from his hand and slammed the door on his face.

Asshole.

I threw the bags on the bed and screamed with my eyes shut. "Ahhhhhrrrrrr!"

I opened my eyes and did a breathing exercise.

Kieran is not going to kill me.

He is not gonna kill me.

I eyed the bags on the bed and started with the smallest bag, but what I saw made me pause to ask myself 'what is this?'

Bra and panty set of my exact size.

Oh, this guy is so dead and I can't wait to appear in his bedroom to give him a piece of my mind.