Chapter 4

Buzz! Buzz!! Buzz!!!

Buzz! Buzz!! Buzz!!!

Angel was awoken by the sound of her alarm. She had set the alarm on time as so not to miss or be late to court.

"Alright, alright, alright I'm getting up." She mustered, hitting the alarm unconsciously repeatedly to make the buzzing stop.

"Oooh... that's cold." She was faced with a gush of cold breeze from her window. It was practically freezing out there. She gritted her teeth as she quickly rushed to shut the window. She massaged her two arms with her palms to feel warm. Her body was filled with goosebumps.

She forced herself to the showers despite the cold. After awhile she was out and dried up. She went and stood in the mirror with her hair wrapped with a white towel and so was her body.

"You're beautiful... You're courageous... Be confident... Be fearless... and don't let them see your weakness." She recited to herself, trying to prepare herself for the worst situation which could be her on the verge of loosing everything that belonged to her father.

"Ok... I think this will do. Now to what dress that'll make me look like I own the case." She said, scattering her wardrobe until she ended up with two choices of dress. She took quite some minutes trying to decide which would look better on her but couldn't make a decision.

"James, I need you up in my room right now, it's an emergency." She dialed James. And in less than two minutes, James was at her door knocking.

"What took you so long?" She asked rhetorically. "Nevermind, I don't need you to answer that."

"Over here." She said, dragging James to the standing mirror. "Now... Which one says... Am confident?" She asked, pulling out a red and a black gown. She put each in front of her so he could decide which looked better.

"That one." James said pointing at the red, designers, long gown with turtle neck which reached her feet.

"Red makes you look powerful and fearless, so am positive that's the one." He concluded. Angel was dazzled with his compliment.

"Ook... Thanks, just give me a minute." She rushed to her dressing room and after a few minutes she was out.

"Sooo...how do I look?" She asked with a warming smile. The dress was a perfect fit. It hugged her body right from her neck to her knee and loose on her foot. It brought out her sexy curvy waist. James was dazzled, his eyes loved what they saw and inside him he desperately desired to hold her in his arms.

"Well, aren't you going to say anything?"

"You look stunning."

"Well... not the look I was going for, but that'll do." That was her way of saying"thank you." She put on her hills and went reaching for her purse when she stepped on her gown and tripped, falling towards James who was also trying to catch her from reaching to the floor, but the speed at which she fell made it impossible for him to catch her. James reached the floor first, before she falling on him. they felt the deja Vu. In her mind, she asked why she kept falling back into his arms and he's always there trying to catch her.

When they finally recovered from the fall, they found themselves staring directly to each others eyes. It was rather ironical how lively Angel felt inside but on the outside, her body felt completely lifeless. She felt a tingling sensation all over her body. She had many thoughts running through her mind.

To James, his wish to hold her came through, but even at that, he couldn't embrace her. He went completely mute and motionless. His heart beat faster like it had never beaten. They were like that for some moments when James finally raised his hands and was reaching for her cheek. Angel's heart skipped, it was racing so fast that she started having thoughts.

The heat she felt on his body made her mind go crazy. She was actually burning with desires, but she wasn't sure what she desired most, the soft looking red lips in front of her, or his perfect body. And as their chest pressed against each other, she could feel his heartbeat against hers.

"What are you doing?" She asked, quickly pushing his hand away.

"Well, your hair is all over my face."

"Oh... Well... This is awkward." She stammered. She felt embarrassed. She actually thought he was reaching for a kiss. Her gaze met his again, and she felt strange that she quickly released her body from his.

"I'll go prepare your ride." James said lowering his head, then rushed out. He couldn't look up to address her because at the rate his heart was beating, he was so scared to meet her gaze once more.

"Wow." Angel said holding her chest. She wasn't sure what she just felt but she was sure not going to pay attention to it like she has been doing to other men. Ever since the tragedy, she has never been the kind to let her heart control her or get in the way of her business affairs.