Chapter Fifteen: Her Choco's Real Parent

“Vince Aldred Garcia. Sleep it off and get her out of your head, please.” He scolded himself as he can’t able to sleep while thinking about her. He turned around his body almost three times in a row on his very own masculine king-size bed.

Thinking over a girl often is not a hobby of his. However, it just reminds him of all the instances that he always meets her. It started when she met her in the Chemistry class and then so on. Yet, contemplating the first thought. He really was the one who gets into her first.

Maybe because he was a little bored, and she was there as his doll to play with his clingy little flirtatious game. That he disturbed her sleepy and silent world. Though she ignored him two times consecutively.  

Thinking it over again, the instances that happened to them are like fate. Specifically, when she’s the one who found his little boy in the parking lot. Speaking of Chippy, he misses his playful buddy. 

The last time they were together was in the library. He brings him whenever he works there. Despite his supervisor disallowing pets inside the library. But because he is her favorite part-timer, Chippy is the only one who can roam around in his working area. 

One of these days, he surely meets him again with his newfound parent. That pretty schoolmate of his, Cara. 

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She woke up feeling awesome. She noticed her twinkly face when she opened her eyes, looking up at the nice ceiling of her room. While being fascinated by the dream that she had last night, even though she forgot it. But she believes it was a wonderful dream she ever had as she can’t able to move her body after a minute of waking up. 

When she realized she needs to go to school this early so she immediately rises from her bed and gets herself ready for today’s classes. 

She headed down and straight to the kitchen to feed herself alone. Her parents went again on a business trip to another Asian country. 

While eating her breakfast, she remembered Jean will fetch her today. She can’t have a ride as her car needs a check-up. So she asks her best friend to get her before she heads straight to her work. And because they’re both going to school.   

“Cara Nathalia, my dear. I cannot fetch you today because I have an urgent matter to do before going to work. You may rent a cab to go to school. I’m sorry.”

Her best friend nicely texted her saying, she has no choice but to ride in a taxi. Though her friend knows she hates the smell of it. So, taking a bus is her last option. 

She’s ready for school. Walking alone on the road is really not her thing. She always used to leave in a car. Even those days that she doesn’t know how to drive. Because her parents hired a bodyguard at the same time driver for her.

After learning how to drive and getting her license, she begged her mother to allow her to drive and get rid of her bodyguard. As she wants to live her own free life. Her parents allowed her later to think that she was no anymore a child.

She arrived at the bus station. A familiar car suddenly halted in front of her. The driver opened down the car window and offered her a ride with his familiar sweet smile.

“Hey, Cara. Get in. I’m heading to school. Let’s go together. Taking a bus is not an option today, you will be late for your classes.”

Before thinking about anything else. His inevitable charm easily fooled her. She realized she was already inside his car, embarrassing herself to death.

When she’s back to her senses after an awkward silence of getting herself in his car. She remembered the thing she was thinking about earlier when this car halted in front of her.

“Do you have a pet? I mean, are you taking care of a dog or any kind of animal?”

She suddenly remembered this car that Choco chased after the last time she found him. The last two digits of this car’s plate number and the color of it matched in her memory. She’s not that sure about it. But for her peace of mind, she finally asked the owner of the car.

“Why did you ask?” He simply replied.

“I found a wandering puppy last time at our school. I adopted him knowing the fact that he has an owner and had lost by whom. Sad to say, I have to return him to his rightful owner even though I’ve grown to love his cuteness and playful charm.” She said to him, feigning sad though she had the feeling that he really is the owner of Choco.

“Well, you can have him if the owner did not seek for him. As long as you can take care of him with your love for animals. I’m sure, the owner can surely be happy for him.”

So, he gave her the authority to adopt his puppy for her. Does he know already? Or she was mistaken that he is the owner of her adopted pet.

“Well, never mind my asking. Anyway, back to the topic you’re going to ask me about on the project. What about that?” She just ignored her thinking and change the topic to lessen the awkwardness inside his car.

“Can we talk about it later? I want to ask something that’s not related to our subject. Do you have a boyfriend?”

She knew it. She already leads him out of such a topic, but there he goes leading into an awkward topic that she hates the most. Yet answering it may satisfy his being nosy. 

“Can we also talk about it some other time? I think we’ll be late for school.” Thank goodness they arrived. She chose not to answer it leaving the question on his face as she got off the car.