"We're all familiar with the phrase 'no strings attached' but what happens when the strings are attached?"
Chloe is 17 years old. She's shy but talkative once you know her, she has one dream - to become a chartered accountant. There is, however, on...
"What?" Tina was shocked too. "But Paul never plays music for anyone except you."
"That's what I thought, too but seemingly I'm not the only one he plays to."
"So this girl, what is her relationship with Paul?"
"I don't know either but whatever it is, it is damn special." The realisation of what I had just said made me want to find out exactly what their relation was.
Paul's POV
This was all so stressful. After Chloe left I had told everyone to leave. I was pacing around the apartment. Chloe was replying to none of my texts.
Where could she have been?
Her friend, Tina, popped into my head and I decided to call her. I scrolled through my contacts but I couldn't find her number.
Fuck, I don't have Tina's contacts.
This was just great. Amidst all that, one question didn't want to leave my head. Why did she change her clothes?
The thought of Chloe taking her clothes off in front of someone else angered me. What on earth would make her change her clothes? I wondered.
I had drunk too much and I was actually sleepy. I tried to fight the drowsiness but then again, I knew Tina wouldn't believe anything I told her in a drunken state and so I went to take a shower before I went to bed.
In bed, I kept tossing and turning. I tried closing my eyes but all I saw was the look on her face when she saw me. She was disappointed in me.
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I was hoping to see her on the following day so that I could make everything clear to her because I did not like the conclusion that she had made about the whole situation. I was sure that she had assumed that girl to be my girlfriend but what she did not realise was that the only girl I wanted as my girlfriend was her.
I reached for my phone and tried calling her for the millionth time and it went straight to voicemail.
I hated this.
I hated not being in control of a situation. The thought of going to Tina's place crossed my mind but then again I did not know where she lived. As I was lying aimlessly on my bed, a thought that I had been trying to avoid occurred to me.
What if she wants out of the deal?
She wouldn't, would she? I didn't think she would. Chloe was a very smart girl. She knew what was at stake and she would not jeopardize her future like that. But I did not want to rely much on that assumption because you never know what goes on in a girl's mind.
I had to prepare myself for the worst.
I couldn't let her terminate the contract. Things were already going so well between my parents and I. They were very impressed with me and I was not going to let anything spoil that.
I was missing Chloe.
I went to her room and found it empty. I was not used to being alone in the apartment anymore. Chloe had lived with me for more than six months now and she had never slept out. The room smelled like her. Her bed smelled like and her and so did the pillows.
I liked - no - I loved Chloe's scent. I loved that everything in that room smelled like her. Her scent made me feel closer to her. I knew that I could not feel her presence and so her scent was the next best thing. I lay there in her bed. I missed her so much that it hurt. This reminded me that I had hurt Chloe.
But why was she hurt?
Come to think of it, I still did not understand why Chloe was hurt. It was not like she had never seen me with another girl before. It wasn't like I had never brought a girl to the apartment before.
What was Chloe's problem?
Did she not like me bringing girls over anymore? She should've told me that. This was all so confusing. Was she hurt because I was drinking? No. It could not be because of that because Chloe had no problem with me drinking and she had even asked me to bring a bottle of vodka the previous day.
Maybe she didn't like the girl I was with. Maybe they had a history or some shit.
She was hurt because she cares about you, you idiot.
I wanted to believe my subconscious. I wanted to believe that Chloe cared about me. I didn't want it to end there, I wanted her to like me. I wanted her to have feelings for me.
What if she did have feelings for me? What if the real reason why she was hurt was because she liked me and seeing me with another girl did not sit well with her? No, Chloe could never like a guy like me.
But what if she did?
A/N: Hello there! Just wanted to thank you for your unwavering support - keep at it. One more thing, do you think Chloe will want out of the deal? Share your thoughts, I love hearing from you.
