Amber’s POV :
“Y…Yes!”, I said while turning around to look at him. His eyes shifted to my lips that were stuck between my teeth.
I smiled at him and waited for him to speak. “Why are you here so late today?”, he asked while looking at his own hands.
“Umm…I couldn’t make it to my shift on time today as I was busy working on my college project. So in order to make up for it I am working late”, I said while passing him his drink. While he took the glass from me our fingers touched and I swear I stood there frozen for a second.
His touch sent shivers down my spine. Seeing Ryan today at the bar after I have been stalking him on social media for a week made me very nervous.
I didn’t know how to react and what to say in his presence anymore. I stood there like a maniac staring at my own fingers that made contact with his, seconds ago.
I thought of making some small conversation with him but he seemed least interested to me. This made me feel sad and I thought that maybe he needed some alone time.
So I then went to attend some other customers. While I was talking to Shane who is a regular customer and also one of my good friends, my eyes averted to Ryan and he was already looking at me.
He motioned me with his fingers and I made my way towards him. “Can we talk?”, he asked while rolling his glass causing the ice cubes to swirl around.
I looked behind me thinking that maybe he was talking to someone else but finding no one else around, I knew that the question was directed towards me. “Me?”, I asked him while pointing at myself.
“No. The clown behind you”, he said while rolling his eyes at me. “You know I hate this attitude of yours”, I said while taking a seat next to him.
He just smiled at me and asked my best friend to make a drink for me as well. Ethan looked at me while raising his eyes and passed me his ‘not so famous’ smirk.
I smiled a little at him before my eyes decided to focus on the gentleman in front of me. “What do you wanna talk about?”, I asked him while taking a sip from my glass.
“Tell me about yourself!”, he said while resting his elbows on the counter. I choked on my drink when I heard him saying that.
He patted me on the back and I must say, in any ordinary situation this would have made me relaxed but in the case of someone whom I was already crushing on, it wasn’t doing me any good. To top it all, it just made me feel worse.
My eyes watered and seeing me in this state, Ethan rushed towards me and handed me a tissue and a glass of water. He glared at Ryan and said, “What did you do?”
Ryan looked at him with utter surprise and said, “I didn’t do anything. I just asked her something and on that she just choked on her drink.” Ethan then looked at me to know if he was speaking the truth and I just nodded in response.
Once I was back to being a normal person, Ethan went back on doing his job. “So…you wanna tell me what exactly I said that made you choke on your drink?”, he said while looking in my eyes.
“I just felt it strange that you wanna know about me”, I said truthfully. He nodded at me and I couldn’t exactly figure out as to what he was thinking about.
After a few minutes of silence I asked him, “How does it feel to be a millionaire? Like to be above everyone else, to have such fame and to have an indeed perfect life!” He looked at me for a second before setting his drink aside and said, “Money doesn’t buy happiness!”
I waited for him to continue but there was nothing else spoken on his part. “What do you mean? Do you mean what I just understood?”, I said while looking at his face that was now looking at a couple that were sitting in the corner.
They looked so close…so in love! “Love makes you full. Regardless of all the money you have, you will be unhappy if you don’t have someone whom you love, to spend it on”, he said.
I could sense him getting tensed on the topic and honestly I wanted to know more but I thought against it. Like who am I kidding?
This is Ryan Parker. If he is even talking to me, that should be enough for a stupid college girl like me.
I shouldn’t even think about crossing my boundaries. I looked at my hands that were folded in my lap, trying to keep my curiosity to myself.
But then he spoke again, “You love someone so much and they claim to be in love with you. It feels like a perfect little love story. You give them everything you have and it makes you feel complete. Everything works out just fine until one day life decides to fuck it all. Suddenly, out of the blue, one day the person who meant everything to you is no longer the same person you were in love with. Your world feels shattered. You are ready to turn the world upside down just to see them crazily in love with you again. Now tell me, can money return this happiness to the man?” He looked at me and all I could see were his grey eyes immersed in sadness and defeat.
I nodded my head in denial to his question. After hearing what Ryan had to say I couldn’t hide the one thing that came to my mind.
“But why are you talking about all this? You have a wife who is so beautiful, so perfect and she loves you so much. I have seen your videos on net and I have never seen a celebrity couple so much in love”, I said while remembering the videos of Khloe and Ryan while on their vacation to Hawaii and the video that one of the media companies posted wherein Khloe and Ryan were dancing in one of the balls, completely mesmerized by each other. “Did you stalk me?”, he said while passing me a smirk.
I hid my face behind my hands and said, “Out of all the things that I said did you find only this bit of information useful?” He chuckled loudly before taking my hands away from my face and said, “I don’t blame you actually. If any sane person gets a look at this, she will be tempted to dig into further details”.
He pointed at his own face and I fake gagged at his reaction of boasting about himself. We both bursted into laughter and just then I saw my manager approaching us.
I straightened in my chair and seeing me, Ryan turned around only to be met by my stupid manager. “Don’t you have work?”, Mr. Harris told me while keeping his composure calm.
I was about to answer when Ryan spoke, “I told her to leave her work and sit with me.” Just when Harris saw Ryan, he completely changed.
His then wicked smile was now replaced into a meek one. It looked as if the tiger had been tamed.
“Oh! Mr. Parker. I am so sorry. I just didn’t see you”, he said while shaking Ryan’s hand. Ryan passed him a fake smile before he looked at me.
We were both looking at each other before Mr. Harris spoke again, “Amber, you can leave now if you want to. I will tell Davis to work on your behalf.” I looked at Mr. Harris with my mouth wide open before Ryan fake coughed to bring me back to my senses.
“T…Thankyou Mr.Harris”, I said, my eyes still wide in shock. Once Mr. Harris went back to ‘I don’t know where’, I turned to face Ryan and he was already laughing at me.
“How is this even possible? That jerk doesn’t allow us to leave early even if it’s our birthday or if we are halfway to death”, I said while resuming my position back on the seat. Ryan raised his non existing collars and gave me an expression to tell me it was his greatness that melted a stubborn bitch like Harris.
I wanted to mock him for being an ass but I knew he was right. “So are you leaving?”, he asked me while getting his card out from his wallet.
“Umm…yes! I have college tomorrow”, I said while getting up from my chair. “I can leave you wherever you want to go”, he said while putting his wallet back in his pocket.
“I will take a cab. You don’t need to do this for me”, I said while resting my hands on my hips. “It’s too late for a girl to get a cab. I don’t mind dropping you off. It’s not like I have to walk with you till your place. No doubt, I wouldn’t mind doing that too. You are a nice company”, he said while shoving his hands in his pockets.
I blushed at his words and before he could notice it I made my way to the kitchen. “I am leaving”, I said to Ethan while kissing him on the cheek.
“With Mr. Sexy ass?”, he asked while ogling at me. “His name is Ryan Parker and yes, he is dropping me off”, I said while taking my bag and overcoat lying on the table.
“Looks like someone is offended because I noticed his ass. Don’t worry baby, all I can do is observe it but you my girl, you do have the chance to enjoy them in many possible ways”, he said while sucking his finger in a seductive manner.
“You are gross Ethan. For heaven’s sake, he is married. For all we know, he might be planning to have a baby”, I said while trying to hide my tomato red face. “Planning to have a baby with you for all I know”, he said smirking.
I threw a spoon at his way before running out from the kitchen. “Have a fun night babe”, he screamed behind me.
Ryan was standing outside the bar while scrolling through his phone. “Ready?”, he said when he looked at me.
“Yes”, I said before following him to his car. We made small talks on the way to my dorm room and by the end of our little chit-chat session I got to know one thing about Ryan and it was that he was a very soft person by heart.
After we got out of the car on reaching my dorm, he waved me goodbye and I stood there watching his car get lost in the starry night. I couldn’t believe that Ryan came till here to drop me.
I stood on the pavement reminiscing the talks we had. But there was one thing that I couldn’t get out of my mind and it was the sound of his laughter.
It was like music to my ears. The one that I could hear for the rest of my life.
It was serene and calm in its own possible ways. I made my way to my dorm room and I felt relieved to see that my room mate wasn’t there.
No doubt that Nina and I shared a good bond but just for today I would like to have the room all to myself. Just then my phone rang and without even looking at the name, I knew it was Ethan.
I took a deep breath before answering his call.
Me : Yes boss!
Ethan : Details please.
Me : Nothing happened Ethan. We just talked about my college life and then he shared some of his college experiences with me.
Ethan : How dumb of him man! Who wastes a meeting like this?
Me : A gentleman that Ryan Parker is!
Ethan : You could have initiated it Amber. Stop disappointing your teacher for god’s sake.
I laughed thinking of him rolling his eyes at my words.
Me : I wanted to tell you something. At the bar today, Ryan told me how happiness cannot be bought with money. He then continued saying how you can love someone just to lose them in the end. He looked heartbroken to me. I wanted to know more but I couldn’t muster the strength to ask him.
Ethan : Amber, crushing on a famous personality isn’t wrong. But, don’t even try to think that you are a part of his life. Your worlds are different and whatever happens to him is none of your concern. They are big people and they know their way around if something turns against them. I don’t want you to get too much involved in him just to get your heart broken in the end.
Me : Yes. You are right I guess. I forgot my limits and thought that maybe I am in a position to ask him questions.
Ethan : It’s okay Amber. Now take some rest. We will meet tomorrow.
After talking to Ethan, I just laid on my bed and stared at the ceiling for like forever. What if I am thinking too much?
What if Ryan is just a gentleman to drop me at my place? Why the hell am I thinking that there is a slightest chance for us?
What are you doing to me, Ryan Parker? I closed my eyes thinking about all the thoughts that ran in my mind and soon I drifted into sleep.
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Heya guys! This is the first conversation wherein Ryan gives a hint to Amber that he isn't happy with Khloe. Do you think that Amber will heed to Ethan's advice of staying in boundaries with Ryan or will she just lose her mind again the next time she sees Ryan again? To know more, stick to the next updates. My next update will be on Friday. Do vote for my story and also share it with your friends and family. Bye! Have a nice week❤