Ch. 7. Attention

Here you meet the spoiled princess of a bigwig father, I'm glad to be a waitress rather than a spoiled brat.

I didn't want to open the mystery that I was this city's second wealthiest person's daughter. Otherwise, paparazzi won't let me live in peace and this will make my life hell, then, I'll be in rest in peace(R.I.P.).

Being a waitress doesn't mean that I would endure her baloney, I'm not gonna let this comment pass by me.

"Clara, my dear friend, your father's advertising company wanted to approach me for being a model of their year's biggest project. Please, tell him I'm busy, and you will be the model." Barbie made an innocent face.

This drop-dead gorgeous girl has reserved the seat of my role model in sarcasm from today, I'm the biggest fan of Barbie.

Clara pouted, "I thought she is just a waitress, you won't mind a little fun on your birthday."

Was I an innocent and shy girl?

No…! Then, why was I silent?

I never needed someone to take my stand or to have my back.

I'm capable enough to protect myself.

I banged on her, "Clara, I'm a waitress. No, a proud waitress! I'm working for my bread and butter, at least I'm doing a good job. Yeah, I feel inconvenient here not because I'm a waitress, I don't give a fuck about people like you, it's just that I don't like parties."

"Learn to respect people's choices, and yeah, I've got my back so I don't need someone else's shelter," I turned to face Barbie, "I'm sorry if I've offended you in any way but I'm alone dominant on this kinda girl."

Barbie was glaring at me with wide eyes and an open mouth, I made my move forward and marched towards the door.

Barbie shouted with delight, "thank you so much, girl! You made my day, I'm a foodie, love you!" And blew some kisses in the air for me.

"Love you, too! I loved your sarcasm more than your elegance," I yelled and kept walking, and didn't give pain to my neck for turning back.

Now, when finally the day is ending, I'm feeling fatigued, I'm off to work now.

I called Mrs. Fennimore to let her know that I've delivered everything to her special customer's place.

His home was in my neighborhood, so I walked for fifteen minutes and I was home. I directly went into my room and collapsed on the bed and closed my eyes.

I was about to sleep when Fiona knocked on my door, "Lia, what would you like for dinner?"

Oh, Goddammit! My sleep was more important than the food for now, "I'm having a horrible headache, please, don't wake me up again. I'll show you my pretty face in the morning, good night, Fee!"

Fiona cares too much for me, "but you should at least have…." I intruded, "Fee, please, not today! I need sleep only."

And finally, I slept, good sleep is necessary for your sanity, health, and mood.

Lack of sleep can stop your mind from functioning well.

The next day, I got a warm, fuzzy feeling, sleep invigorated my mood. After finishing my wash-up, I changed into my gym clothes and absconded for the gym.

Today's mission was to find out the guy who dared to call himself my boyfriend.

Olivia gave me a tight-lipped smile, maybe she knew that I was on my mission, and it's gonna burn her out.

I started with the stair mill, after fifteen minutes, I stopped and searched for Olivia, she was helping someone with the Pec Deck machine, I went over there.

"Morning, Olivia! Yesterday, I was drained but today I'm as fresh as a bloomed sunflower. Let me examine the CCTV footage again!" I crinkled my eyes and nose.

She looked skeptical, "Liliana, you should ignore these boys, don't give them your valuable attention and time!"

I got this, this boy was someone from the gym for sure.

A male voice impinged into my ears, "you know what, Olivia, some girls are dying to get the attention of the boys, hence they come to you over and over to ask about the same matter so that they can attract the boys, and show off their popularity."

Olivia's face went blank, she closed her eyes and pressed her lips, and lifted her forearms in the air. I smirked and exhaled the breath heavily from the nose.

I couldn't see the face of that man but his voice was quite knowledgeable but his words made me tremble with fury.

"Once a wise person said that one should mind his business only, once an intelligent person said that you should not judge anyone until you don't know the circumstances and the person but I guess, you don't have a mind so how could you even be a wise man?" I snickered as I finished.

The guy stopped, and turned to face me, "Lia? You?" His mouth fell wide open.

"Mr. Casano, you?" I raised my eyebrows.

"Do you guys know each other?" Olivia took a step back.

I had no idea how a person could have two faces?

I thought he was a gentleman, tender-hearted, and real person but he was a feigned and hypocritical person. I'm never good at judging people, I just see the positive side but when they show their evil side, I feel hoodwinked as a human.

Flames of anger shot through me, it plunged me into despair, I battled the urge to recoil, so many emotions were stabbing my heart.

"I just realized that I've heard the voice somewhere and I snappily stood up to see… I thought you were another girl who craves attention, you um Lia, um…, I just, I'm…," he stammered and gasped.

However, I came back from the deep-diving of emotions, "I thought you had real personality, and I'm glad to see your true side, how you judge people is just stupendous!"

I gazed at Olivia, "do you wanna come over with me or should I go alone?"

"Of course, I'm coming!"

I checked the footage and found a tattoo on his left arm, now, it's a walk in the park. But I admire his mind, he wore a mask and a hoodie so that it was a complex task to find him but he didn't know that he was playing with a rock.

From a compact space, I looked at every guy who was present at the gym, and I found him.

"Hey, you! I liked the fragrance of the perfume, from where did you purchase it?" I remarked in a flirty tone.

The guy was jovial to see me smiling, "I thought you would kill me when you will find out that it was me."

I punched his face, then, slapped, "you know what, I have a mind, I didn't want to strike the wrong person, I wanted to make sure if that jerk is you or not."

I wanted to beat him to the death but Olivia rushed to me and stopped me, "you can't do this to him just because he called himself your boyfriend and gave you a small present."

"Is it that small matter as you have just stated, Olivia? Are you out of your mind? Maybe it isn't a big matter for you but for me, it is. He hurt my dignity, I'm not gonna leave him just like this," I cried out.

"I know, Liliana it's a big matter but my dear, try to understand one thing that you can't kill someone, it's illegal, and as I'm seeing the rage inside you, I'm not sure if you gonna leave him until he starts bleeding."

The guy was not speaking anything, he was just listening to whatever Olivia and I were saying.

I looked at him, "remember one thing, I'm not made for love and dating. You owe me an apology."

"I'm sorry, Lia!" I couldn't see any shame or regret in his eyes, his eyes were shining with something which I couldn't detect but it was indeed not a shame.

"It's not Lia for you. Never dare to come across me, and never show me your muddy face. And yeah, don't you even think about playing with me again, you don't know how I'm!" I warned him with my best manners.

Before he could say something, I left that area and spotted Mr. Casano standing there, which means he enjoyed the show. I went back to where my bag was, I picked up the bottle from my bag, and took a big sip.

From the corner of my eyes, I noticed that Mr. Casano was coming in my direction, I packed my bag and strolled outside of the gym.

"Lia, listen to me just for once! I'm sorry, Lia! Please, I didn't know it was you...stop, Lia…" I heard his words but I didn't want to see his face, too.

I was mad at….leave it, I didn't even wanna think about him.