Once And Always

Chapter 3

I try to move my lips apart from his but he again holds me tightly and continue kissing me with force. I understand what it means. We don't have to reply to this man.

"Hello?" The man asks again, loudly this time. But we don't respond.

He surely gets pissed off when he yells, " Get a room, you two!"

We don't stop until the sirens are no longer heard. Once they are gone, I push him away with both my hands and he gets up.

"What the hell is wrong with you!" I shout at him. Although my inner soul actually liked what he did but I know very well that it was inappropriate. All I know about him is that he's extremely sexy and there is something very serious going on with him right now and I've put myself in trouble by helping him out. That's it. And that's surely not enough to lead us kissing each other.

"Get in the car. The tyre is fixed." He orders and I obey. My face is boiling with anger and my stomach is dying of hunger. All thanks to my argument with Maria over basic human rights which did not let me put sufficient food in my belly. I let him drive the car this time as I feel my head spinning.

"I'm hungry. Can you at least stop by the nearest restaurant and fetch us some food?" I ask him, my tone is more like ordering him rather than requesting him.

"I will when I find one." He answers coldly and I roll my eyes at him. Few more minutes spent in silence as I watch out the beautiful nature around, trying to figure out how I get rid of this man.

"Well, this can't go on like this." I finally say.

"What?" He asks, his eyes focused on the road, not even bothering to look at me once.

"You kissing me like my soulmate half an hour ago and then You acting like none of it ever happened." I explain, "And also you driving my car and acting like you're the boss here... it can't go on like this." I add.

He sighs and shake his head. It's clear that he's bothered by my statement but I don't give a damn. I'm the one who has risked my life helping someone who is so cold and bossy and doesn't even deserve it.

"What do you want?" He asks.

" I wanna know you. I want to know who you are, where you're from and whom you were running from? Because what if you're involved in one of those crime shit and I get....." I try to to explain him my actual fear here when he says, "I won't put you in any trouble because of me."

"And how do you expect me to believe that?" I ask him back giving him a chance to roll his eyes on me again.

"Now that's your problem." He replies coldly.

"Fine." I say. I know this conversation is not going anywhere. I'm still stuck in God knows how much bigger trouble at the moment. Few minutes of silence pass by and we are finally standing in front of Mc Donald's.  We drive through the takeaway lane. Jack corrects his hoodie, making sure his face can't be seen.

"Hello, ma'am. What can I get for you?" The lady asks gently.

"Two Crispy Mac burgers.. actually make them three." I correct, ordering one for him too. "And two cokes. That's it." I tell her and she hands me the slip. Our parcel arrives a few minutes later and Jack starts the engine and get back to the road.

The car is filled with the delicious smell of Mac Crispy and without wasting a single minute, I open one box and start feeding myself. I'm glad that Jack prefers not to disturb me in between my meal and keeps his eyes on the road because I'm really not in the mood of an argument. When I'm done, I sanitise my hands and turn on the radio button.

"POLICE HAS BEGUN THE SEARCH FOR THE CEO OF THE BIG WHEEL COMPANY, JACK TOMLINSON, WHO WAS ARRESTED FOR MURDERING HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND MISS REBECCA JONAS A YEAR AGO." The reporter's voice echoes in the car.

"THE SOURCES TELL US THAT HE WAS LAST SEEN IN FRONT  OF A CAFE IN SEATTLE. THE PRISONER WAS DRESSED IN A SUIT AND A BLACK HOODIE."

No way. No fucking way!

"CITIZENS ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM THE POLICE IMMEDIATELY IF THEY FIND SOMEONE DRESSED IN A SUIT AND A HOODIE. THE POLICE HAVE ALSO STARTED TO CHECK EVERY CAR THAT DRIVES THROUGH THE MAIN HIGHWAY. IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE CRIMINAL WONT BE ABLE TO RUN FOR LONG. FOR MORE UPDATES, STAY TUNED____" I turn it off.

I look at the person sitting next to me, who is dressed in a suit and a hoodie. His hands are tightened over the steering and his eyes are focused on the road. No matter how calm he tries to look at the moment, I can tell that he is as angry as me.

"Stop the car." I order him. My feet and hands are already shaking with fear.

"Samantha.."

"STOP THE CAR I SAID!" I yell this time. I can feel the heat radiating from my cheeks and sense the sweat in my palms. This is the first time in my life when I'm hating the idea of helping people on the street.

"I won't." He says calmly and takes a turn in a forest. This guy is disgusting! I punch the door with my hands in anger. But he keeps driving through this dark forest full of  cone shape trees until we reach a small house somewhere in the middle of this place.

It's a small house made of fine woods but looks very tempting. Who cares though? Jack unlocks the car and I get out immediately. The anger has made me forget that I have been sitting in the car for like eight hours now. My feet are sore and suddenly I fall on the ground.

"Ouch!" A cry escapes my mouth as my elbow hits the edge of a sharp stone and starts to bleed a little.

"Shit!" I murmur to myself. Jack comes around me immediately and tries to help me stand up but I push him away.

"Get off!" I snap, my eyes filled with tears and hatred for him. "Don't you dare come near me!" I shout and pull myself together and get up. Even though my knee and elbow hurts like hell but the situation I'm in right now hurts more than that. And it's all because of Jack. Jack Tomlinson. The CEO of the biggest company in the country. I wish a beast appear from nowhere and eat him alive!

I really do.

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