Dying in silence

Fontana’s Pov

“What the heck?!!…”someone shouted from behind and I quickly moved away from him.

Darrel looked at me and quickly composed himself.

We turned around and it was the guys.

What?.

I blushed in embarrassment and threw my face away.

What the hell?

How did they even enter here and when have they been standing there without us knowing.

Why did they have to enter when we are in that position.

“Uhh… Darrel, you didn’t tell us that Fontana will be coming over”one of them said.ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

Wait…

He knows my name?

How?

I turned to Darrel and he seems somehow uneasy.

He folded his lips in and moved his gaze on me.

“She didn’t…. I mean, she just came… uhm…”he stuttered nervously…

Did he suddenly lost his voice with that little contact between us done while ago?.

“I didn’t tell him I’ll be coming over”I chimed in.

They turned to me and furrowed their brows.

“Okay, so, I didn’t tell him I’ll be coming over, I just appeared, I mean, suddenly appeared at his doorstep”I explained, avoiding their eyes which are pretty uncomfortable.

“Oh”they muttered.

I nodded my head with a gulp then looked over at Darrel to see he was also staring at me.

“Uhm, we’re preparing beef soup, you can stay and have some with us, right?”I quickly turned to the guys and asked but regretted my words immediately cause I won’t like another company other than Darrel.

“They can’t, right?”Darrel quickly answered.

“We will…”one of them said and Darrel scoffed.

“Alright, just go to the living room while we wrap up what we are doing here”he added.

“We?, I thought you will allow your little guest here to entertain us”another guy scoffed.

“She’s learning how to prepare the soup from me so she can’t go to the living room with you guys, sorry”Darrel replied and whispered the last part.

The guy rolled his eyes and walked away.

“I smell something fishy but sweet here and I wish I could just join you guys”one of them said.

“Just shut up and leave”Darrel scolded and the guy threw s shrewd wink at me then left.

“You seem like you really want us away”another said before leaving.

“Geez, you shouldn’t have asked them to stay”Darrel rolled his eyes.

I just nodded nervously.

“Hey”he suddenly called.

I turned to him and he gave me an apologetic look.

“I’m sorry, I lost control”

I nodded slowly and moved my eyes away from him.

I didn’t expect him to say that.

Cause, it’s a thing we both wanted.

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*How can you be so good”one of the guys – Mike, who I’d just learn about his name complimented as he sipped the soup from his spoon.

“He’s always good with everything. I kind hate him for that”Kyle joked and I smiled.

“The soup isn’t even that good, it’s a little bit salty and somehow, bittered”Harry said derogatorily and dropped his spoon.

“Uhm?, I think it’s perfectly fine though”I replied him as I scooped another one inside my mouth.

“Don’t mind him. His state right now isn’t that good so there’s no way the soup won’t taste bittered in his mouth”Mike said and Harry glared at him.

“Okay, so, Barbie. Can you give me your phone number?, huh?, I want us to get to talk like this some other time”Mike faced me and said then slided his phone to me.

Hm.

“Sure”I replied.

“Wait, don’t tell me you’re going to give him your number”Darrel scoffed.

Huh?

I turned to him and he had a redened face already.

“You don’t really have to give him”he added and took his face away from mine.

“It’s no problem though”I shrugged and turned back to Mike’s phone then started punching my digit on it.

“All done”I said and stretched Mike’s phone to him.

Darrel suddenly nabbed the phone from me and erased the number which I’d just typed in.

What?.

“What’s up with you, man”Mike asked.

“Nothing, you can have your phone back”he said and returned his phone back to him.

“Fontana, do….”Mike tried saying..

“You should be on your way now, Fontana. Remember you said you have to branch somewhere on your way back”Darrel cuts in.

I didn’t remember saying something of sort to him.

“When did I said that?”I asked.

“Uhm… anyway, that doesn’t matter. I’ll escort you to your car”he replied and quickly stood up.

The guys and I just stared at him.

“Will you stand up?”he muttered to me.

I dropped my spoon and stood up..

“Let her finish her soup, at least”Kyle said but Darrel paid a deaf ear as he dragged me along with him gently.

We got out of the house and he let go of my hand.

“Why did you do that”I asked.

“Nothing”he smiled.

I scoffed and shook my head.

We walked towards the gate and he opened it and I stepped out.

He followed me to my car and I unlocked the car and got in then bade him goodbye.

“Bye. We will see tomorrow”he smiled and closed the car door.

I started the engine and drove off.

I wonder why he’d acted like that earlier though.

*

I drove inside the mansion and everywhere was damn silent, very silent.

It’s not like its usual.

I parked the car at the lots and got down.

I walked towards the mansion and was more than surprised when I didn’t sight any maid or guard.

I opened the door and heads turned to looked at me.

Okay..

This is freaking me out.

Why are all the guards and maids aligned in here. What are they doing.

“Where are you coming from, Ana”

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