Live with him?

Allie's POV

I was not patient for him to finish his sentence before sauntering out of the room with a thudding heart.

Aaron did not skip to give me that suspicious glare that made him cut off whatever he was about to let out, but I made sure I eavesdropped to hear his first utterance.

I huddled my left ear to the wicket, my butt pointed north side after I had made sure no one is moving towards the passageway just then, I heard him holler at his father

"Why did you refuse to use your medications?! Are you planning to kill yourself? "

I huffed at his rudeness. Spoilt brat!

Till today, I still don't have any idea why these two, father and son don't seem to get along. It's a quizzical and logical something which I got no answers to.

I puffed out, relieved that he did not hear a dim of our conversation. Although my heart was still whipping non-stop, my clarification made my breathing subside a little.

I thought I had passed through moments of being a scary cat for this man, guessed I was wrong, considering my dialogue with Mr. Smith earlier, I was bound to be spooked immediately after Aaron dashed in.

I walked away from the door and stepped down from the staircase slowly and steadily towards Mrs. Smith who was busy with her phone. A thought struck me again and right there I started feeling jittery. I decided to do what came to my mind. I plumped heavily on the divan to get her attention.

"Ooh, Allie" She presumed, her usual warm smile plastered on her facade. I exhaled in relief like the Aaron situation too. I thought she might have overheard us too.

Delighted that there was no rationale for me to feel uneasy, even though guilt still washed over me at the thought that both Aaron and Mrs Smith had not figured out my supposed deal.

"Have you seen Aaron? " She asked, interrupting me from my jam-packed brood.

"Yeah, he is with Dad" I answered, unlike before, whenever she asked about him, I always gave out a displeased utterance while she would smile at my umbrage. After some minutes of hesitation,

"Mum" I called.

"Huh"

"What is it you want to discuss that has Aaron concerned about it? " I polled, curiosity getting the best of me.

"Nosy huh, just wait ok"

"ok," I breathe nervously.

I pulled out my phone from my back satchel, scrolling through the messages if I had gotten a missed call or anything from my boss, but I was disappointed to find out I was removed from the employee's group chat.

I held up my head after a dominating figure ascended the staircase.

"You need to relocate," He let out before sitting on the couch.

I knew it was related to yesterday's incident.

"I thought we were over this Mum" I grimaced, averting my gaze from her

"You were confiscated yesterday. Was that not enough reason for you? We are not even supposed to be the ones to suggest you should relocate" Aaron muttered in frustration.

It's my life. Why is he so worked up about it? I don't like the notion of Aaron interfering in this. I just dislike this man.

I adjusted my position on the couch to sit up before I replied, "And if I ever want to confide in someone about this matter, not you Aaron, you can't be and would never be my last option"

"You know what you are? You are an ungrateful bitch" he cursed, unconcerned about his mother's presence.

Yeah Arrogant and disrespectful. I will show him he is not the only one that has a bad mouth.

"You just called me unappreciative, then what are you? An arrogant, and stupid wench who doesn't think about other feelings before making decisions." I insulted Jude. I watched the way his eyes twitched in shock which made me feel at ease.

"I would never be your last option, but you invoked me when you were in menace yesterday. How much I regret picking up your call" he reckoned, his eyes brewing red.

Satisfied that my statement earlier actually hurt him. I calmed down when I realized he was my knight last night. "But Dad said he is fine with me living there, as long as I am happy" I enunciated, switching to the main topic for our gathering. It seems Aaron wouldn't let his pride down easily.

"And that dad of yours was not cognizant that you were abducted." he pointed out.

"I'm not talking to you" I responded tiredly, hoping he won't interrupt me again.

"Mum, I will be fine. I promise"

"No, you wouldn't." he disagreed.

"Dad would.."

"Dad this, Dad that! Just shut it already. Mum is only looking out for you. Just listen to her for once" Aaron groaned in disgust. "It's really difficult for me not to think there is nothing more than what we think is going on between you and that Dad of yours," Aaron snarled, gnashing his teeth in anger.

Mrs. Smith unconsciously spat the water in her mouth out. She was surprised by her son's outburst but I was infuriated that she didn't say a word.

"You must be crazy. You must be out of your mind. How can you, gosh oh my God!" I blabbed, not able to find a distinct word to reply to his absurd statement.

How obnoxious.

"Who the hell thinks like that? You are too dirty-minded. What are you? 16, 19?" My nostrils flared. I stood, breathing heavily as I placed my hand on my waist.

I fear to admit to the fact that this was the same person I was supposed to lure into getting married. Damn! I wouldn't recommend him as a husband material to my enemy.

"You don't have to react this way if my statement isn't genuine" Aaron taunted, further pleased that he had finally hit me at the right spot.

"I..." Mum was about to interfere before he cut in with the most spontaneous remark.

"I'm sorry"

"Sorry?" I scoffed, my whole body boiling before I conceded that he just apologized.

"Huh"

"Hmm… I said sorry ok. I went too far. Now sit down let's talk this over. I need to get to work" He said, pinching the bridge of his nose nervously.

Just like that, I melted like a heated ice and looked over it. I grinned internally when thought of a new way to discourage mother and son from their suggestion.

"What about my job?" I requested, knowing that they were unaware that I was fired.

"You were fired weren't you?" I was stupefied when Jude answered.

"Ho.. how did you figure out about that?" I stammered.

"What matters is that you are fired" he scoffed, throwing me a mocking glare.

Ashamed, I stared at Mrs. Smith, but she pretended to be thirsty as she lifted the glass mug to her lips.

I refused to back down as I queried "Were you stalking me?" I was enraged at the thought of him admitting to that.

"Did you just say stalk?" Aaron heckled, rubbing his index fingers on the space in-between his lips and nose.

"Who are you to be stalked by me?" he mocked further.

"That's enough Aaron" Mrs Smith intervened.

"If you did not stalk me how did you discover that I was fired" I challenged him furiously.

"Ok, ok that's enough honey. This was not the reason why I called you two. Can we just talk on this and get over it," Mrs Smith signed, frustrated too.

"Don't you think it's unsafe for you to live there, Allie honey? Considering what happened the previous day,"

I nodded, understanding her worries. But the forte is "Where do I relocate? "I don't want to go back on my words that I would always be on my own, independent.

"I would resettle somewhere else,"

"Where?" she inquired with a raised eyebrow.

"A place close to where I reside"

"Ooh ok, leaving that aside. What about work?"

"I would go job hunting"

"Job hunting?" Aaron cracked, but I ignored him, pretending to be focused.

"You can't go job hunting for now if you want to. Who knows those people might be back again and it seems it was leaked that you can be a prey to us" She explained, worrying at my condition.

"Just give it a reasonable thought, if you don't want to give me answers now, I can always wait dear." Mrs. Smith assured.

"What should I think about?"

"You can't go roaming about dear, it's not like we are indulging you to work without more effort or stopping you from being on your own. It's just a job opportunity. You work and if they are impressed which I believe you wouldn't disappoint me, you are rewarded" Mrs. Smith tried to convince Raina to accept the job opportunity.

"You can just grab it Instead of being treated as an outcast by those people" She continued.

"If I ask you the excuse on why you were fired. I'm very sure there is no valid reason, and that's because they don't know your worth" She lectured me while I listened carefully.

"If I accept the job then where do I live?"

"Live with me," Aaron muttered.

"Pardon?" I said with furrowed eyebrows.