Under His Protection

Laura knew he was baiting her because he did not believe she could take care of herself. He thought she was this delicate girl that needs protection from time to time, she vow that moment to show him how strong and independent woman she had become who needs no man to gaurd her, she was about to kick him in the groin when he is totally unprepared from her attack, but in an instant swift movement Michael was already standing at her back with her hands folded in her back, he placed his other arm across her neck.

“See?” He said softly in her ears, his hot breath tickled her ” what are you going to do when your stalker do this?

“Let go of me this instant Michael” Laura demanded vehemently trying so hard to escape him, Goodness! “How can I get away from him?” She thought.

” I won’t let go of you until you learn your lesson young lady, you need to know that you are in a serious trouble, when your stalker manage to tie you down like this only God knows what he can do to you” his breathe fanned her neck making her shiver. She tried to detached herself from his his embrace, wrong move! As she struggled to be free from him, her behind got contact with a certain part of his anatomy.

“Keep moving like that you will awake something and that is not a good idea, I must warn you”

Laura felt her cheek burn at the image, she tried to act composed for the sake of her dignity ” I think you’ve already made your point, you can let go of me now”.

Thankfully he finally heeded and released her, Laura automatically placed a distance between them as she massaged her wrist, not because it got hurt from his dead grip but the burning sensation from his touch. “So do you really intend to stay?”

“Yes and you can’t do anything about it, your father personally asked me for this favour to look after you until that bastard was caught, and after that you do not have to suffer in my company anymore. I will gladly leave you alone in peace with your beau”

His words were exactly the one she wanted to hear from him and yes she felt slightly annoyed, could he be stating that he would once again leave after this thinh is resolved?

“Japhet is not my beau”

Michael smiled bitterly looking away from her ” probably not now but soon enough, I believe he already made clear of his intentions towards you awhile ago, the man has a thing for you but I must admit there is something shady about him that i cannot pinpoint.

Laura’s eyebrows knitted together ” what an awful thing to say Michael, japhet is an honorable man who came from a good family, besides he is liked by everyone”

“Including you?” He asked cynically, his eyes were obscured by his long lashes, that was why she could not see the emotion in his eyes.

“And for the record princess, just because he came from a good family doesn’t automatically make him a good person, there is still a shade of him he has not shown publicly”

Laura shook her head in resignation “Enough of him Michael, let’s call this a night” she walked past him.

Michael stared at her before he spoke again ” One more thing before we call it a night, I know I don’t have the right to ask you this but think of it as a curious old friend back home”

Laura exhaled ” what is it?”

“Does he have a chance?”

She frowned ” who?”

Micheal eyes were unreadable staring at her ” Japhet”

There was a glimmer of hope lit inside her, however she tried to extinguish it’s fire as soon as it started ” Don’t go there Laura” she cautioned herself. Suddenly she felt her lip dry, she ran her tongue on her lower lip watching how Micheal eyes followed the Erotic view.

“Why do you want to know?”

He shrugged putting his hands in his pocket ” Just curious, that is all”

Laura nodded and stared at him for a moment, she did not know how to respond to his question since she wasn’t expecting him to be curious about her relationship with Japhet ” Well I don’t know, iam not sure yet”

Michael smiled sadly, her answer proved japhet might still have a chance with her ” I hope he will take good care of you the way you deserve”

There were hidden emotions in the depth of his georgous eyes that she could not fathom, was he jealous of japhet?

“It is already late, let’s continue tomorrow. Tonight I will sleep on this couch to make sure that shadow in your window will not come back”

Her eyes widen at his statement ” Are you crazy?” Do you think I will let you sleep here?

He eyes her impatiently while sitting on the couch as if he was talking to a impudent child ” Do you think I will leave you alone here? What if he decides to come back, what will you do? Your infamous kick-in-the-groin? Heck! It did not even stand a chance at me, who knows if he is a trained assasin? He can pin you down in no time and do something very bad to you”

Laura shiver at his words, her eyes darted back to the window ” But…”

“Go inside your bedroom now” he cut her off lying down on his back while still looking at her ” Go in princess before I personally put you to bed which in my opinion is a very good idea with a bad consequence”.

“Good morning princess”

Laura stopped from looking hef apartment door and turned sideways to look at the familiar voice of the man mirroring her gesture of locking the door infront of him.

She frowned at him questioningly ” Did you just come out from that room Michael? What the hell are you doing in the apartment next door?”

Michael made a gesture of dangling the apartment key infront of her with a self satisfied smile on his handsome face ” Starting today, I will be your new neighbor”

Laura stared at him with her mouth hanging open, she didn’t think she heard him right and probably need to clean her ears again because she swear to God she heard say something like he would be her new neighbor which means he would be living next to her.

“What did you do to the previous owner of that room? She asked him intriguingly. ” Did you kill them so you could get the apartment? Did you bully them to give up their home for you?”

Anger flashed in the depth of his eyes, Laura silently cursed herself seeing she had probably hurt his ego unwittingly because of her harsh remark, but she could not help it since it caught her off-gaurd because of the sudden turn of event.

“Do not categorize me with the likes of your rich friends who restort to bullying people to get what they wanted princess, for your information it’s been over six months since the last tenant reside here, this unit has been for lease over four months”

“Oh” Laura exhaled, she could not help the hear that spread through her cheek, she got it wrong even when she did not mean to hurt him. ” But why do you decide to lease that unit?”

Michael shook his head with a mocking smile ” You seriously don’t know?”

Laura shook her head in return, looking at him with questioning eyes, ” Don’t Tell me you did this because of the stalking thing, Michael”

“Of course”

She eyes him with worry, ” Do you think this is a good idea? I mean the price range of this apartment building is quite high and I don’t want you to spend all your money for a pricey place just because you want to protect me”

“Don’t worry about me princess” he reassured her with a smile, ” The salary I get from your father is more than enough to afford this apartment times three, besides it is not the best option for me to continue sleeping in your living room every night. I don’t want people to have the wrong impression if this continues”.

Upon mentioning the pattern they adopted, Laura couldn’t help but blush at the image in her head, it’s been three days since his first sleep in her living room when he saw the shadow in the varenda and from then on her had been doing so until last night.

Never in her wildest dreams would she ever think this could happen to them, she and Michael had been inseparable and for the past few days they have been sleeping only feet away from each other whereas in the last they avoid each other like plague.

Laura shook her head remembering everything, this was the last thing she expected when she choose to become independent and launch her career as a fashion designer and model in a foreign country. She never thought that her life would get crazier, this stalker thing was giving her headache and scare sometimes and there is this man….