6. My answer

Ariana's p.o.v

I was shocked and embarrassed over the kiss king had forced on me yesterday, was I that weak towards him?, How could I respond to him that easily. 

I was so upsent minded the whole afternoon, when Pete called me for dinner I went downstairs and almost fell down on the steps, I sat down next to Pete while king sat opposite me, we all began eating in silence. 

"How is the construction going?" Pete asked softly. 

"Well not bad, since I have a crew it will be faster to finish up" I answered then looked at king who was acting as if nothing had happened. 

He was calmly eating his food and avoiding my gaze, I felt my heart ache. 

How could he act like we didn't even kiss, I asked myself silently. 

"Ariana, tomorrow I'm going to drive around town, if you want you can come along" Pete said as I looked at king and found him staring at me, we locked our gaze for what seemed like hours when it was actually a minute. 

"Ariana" Pete called. 

King looked at me coldly then stood up, I felt like he needed to hear my answer before he left. 

"Well I would love to come along but I can't, I will be very busy, maybe next time" I answered quickly. 

"What of me, Am I welcomed?" A female voice asked as we all looked at the door, a beautiful tanned slim lady stood leaning against the door frame. 

"Karen" king called happily. 

She quickly ran to him and hugged him. 

I felt anger rise in me, why was I angry for no reason. 

"Why didn't you call to let me know you were in town, Pete would have come to pick you up" king said then he pulled back. 

I stood up without saying anything and went to my room, I got the work papers and put them on my bed then got on. 

Working was one way to completely forget about assholes like king, I tried to focus but failed, I angrily stood up and went downstairs, that drive Pete suggested wasn't such a bad idea, what i really needed was to go out for fresh air. 

"Pete!" I called loudly. 

"He is not around, he took Karen for a drive" king answered while he came downstairs. 

"Did you rest well in your room?" He asked then stood next to me. 

"Yes, why wouldn't I?" I asked as I faced him. 

"I'm glad you did" he answered with an annoying smirk. 

Was he having fun playing with me. 

"Why did you kiss me?, Are you that desperate as to want any skirt that you see in your eyes?" I asked loudly. 

He looked at me angrily for a minute then smiled. 

"Remember you gave me a challenge yesterday?" He asked. 

"I didn't" I yelled. 

"Chickening out before the challenge begins?" He teased. 

"No I'm not, I'm just not stupid enough to fall for your tricks like them" I answered with folded arms. 

He stepped closer, I was about to step back when I realized that I was somehow chickening out, I stood still, he closed the space between us and held my waist. 

"Why are you afraid of me?, Didn't you say that you were not as stupid as them?" He asked Softly while looking me in the eye. 

My heart was beating wildly, when he lifted his hand and gently caressed my face I felt my knees become weak, I quickly curved my arms around his shoulders. 

"You are so bold miss architecture" he whispered as I quickly pulled back. 

"See you later then" he said then walked back upstairs. 

I went out of the house feeling confused, what was i feeling towards that jerk, I was suppose to hate him, but every time he touched me I gave in. 

"Hey are you okay?" Pete asked startling me. 

"Sorry, its just that I was calling you but you seemed to be so deep in thoughts" he said as i cleared my throat. 

"Didn't you go for a drive with Karen?" I asked. 

"We were about to when something came up" he answered with a smile. 

Pete was the exact opposite of that asshole and yet i felt nothing for him. 

"Pete why is king such a jerk womanizer?" I blurted out then covered my mouth. 

He looked at me in shock as he stood still. 

"Sorry, you don't have to answer me" I whispered. 

"No, its fine, its just that you are the first lady to ever ask me that question, you kind of caught me off guard" he answered. 

"Sorry" I whispered again. 

"King hates to talk about his past a lot, because he was once blindly in love with a certain lady, despite coming from a very poor family, she was very cheerful and friendly, king met her at his company, by then she was just a mere cleaner, he took an interest in her because of how hard working she was, in no time they became good friends, after a year they started dating, king became so serious with her, he gave her everything she asked for and didn't ask for, he treated her like a queen and proposed to her, in a few months the lady changed for the worst, she started hanging around with bad company and parting late at night, i tried to talk to king about it but he couldn't listen, he was so much in love, as time went on she began bringing a certain man in his house, he saw everything but choose to act like he was blind, he then decided to marry her, on their wedding day she rejected him in front of everyone claiming she wasn't in love with him and that he had a weak personality, she went on to say she was in love with some other guy, she left him standing alone at the alter in tears, he was so broken, for two years he spent his time mostly in his room, one day he just came out acting all different, he began partying, sleeping around and drinking badly, aunty and uncle let him be because they understood how he felt and his behavior wasn't affecting the company, his past ruined him" Pete said as I felt very bad.