8 Not attracted

Olivia noticed the hesitation there but she still smiled, "well, any friend of Kane is a friend of mine."

"Thank you. I hope to see you around sometimes" she smiled and faced Kane "so, what do you say?"

"How about we plan it some other time Priscilla, I already promised to take Oliver to a night club and I know you wouldn't like to join and besides, we are almost done here."

"If you say so. I will call you some other time then" she turned to Olivia "it's nice meeting you Oliver."

"Same" she replied. Priscilla waved them goodbye and left the restaurant. Olivia turned to Kane then, "alright, spit it out. Who is she, an ex or ex crush, which one?"

"None of them."

"Then who?"

"My betrothed."

"Shut up!" Olivia exclaimed, "no kidding."

Kan shook his head "I'm serious."

"So what's happening? You guys don't have chemistry."

"No we don't. I have been against the marriage since I found out."

"So you aren't gonna marry her?"

"Never."

"What does your family have to say about your decision?"

"Nothing. The arrangement was made when I was six and she was just a few months old. We grew up to find out about it and I have been against it since then."

"What about her?"

"Well, she hasn't tried to make a big deal out of it. She didn't say yes neither did she say no. I guess she is kind of happy that I rejected since she can't say no to her parents. The wedding has been put on stall since then. According to our parents, they said we should take two years to get to know each other and after then, if we still don't want to marry each other, we can forget about the marriage."

"How long has it been now?"

"Actually this year will be marking it two years."

"Damn, which means your deadline is almost up."

"It's not going as fast as I want actually" he dropped his cutleries and dabbed at his mouth with a napkin "I'm never going to marry her and she knows."

"That's clear to her, I guess."

"Whatever" he looked around and signalled for the waiter to bring the bills.

They left the restaurant soon after to the night club. Olivia has never been to a club before but there is no way she was going to let Kane find out. She tried as much as possible to blend in which she succeeded in doing. A lot of girls flirted with her and Kane but Kane was not interested in any of them while Olivia took her time to dance with anyone that came their way.

They painted the picture of a reserved friend and a wayward friend. It wasn't long, Olivia returned back to Kane drunk, "serves you right" he commented nonchalantly.

"Of course, at least I'm having the fun of my life while all you do is to sit here and drink alone. Man up dude" she said drunkenly.

"If it means looking the way you do now, no thank you" Kane replied as he casually sipped from his glass.

Olivia rolled her eyes "whatever man. I'm going back to the dancefloor."

"I wouldn't advise that" Kane said but before he could finish saying that, Olivia was gone and he could do nothing but sigh.

Later that night, Kane had to help Olivia to his car while he chided her softly, "I told you to stop drinking but you wouldn't listen, now look at you. If Grace sees you like this now, I wonder what she will think of me" he helped her sit in his car gently, even he doesn't know why he was so gentle with her. He shut the door and got in the driver's side before pulling out into the already lonely streets.

He sped to the Herrington's home, his eyes constantly glancing at the sleeping Olivia, he just can't name it but something about this new friend of his keeps pulling him closer to him. Kane's eyes fell on his friend's lips and he can't imagine why a guy will have such tempting lips. His lips appeared soft and peach in color, he really want to caress it. He shook his head to shake off the thought and he concentrated on the road.

Kane parked in front of the Herrington's gate. He got out of the car, input the password of the gate which he had memorized since he was little and opened the passenger's door, he helped Oliver out of his seatbelt and just when he wanted to help him out, Olivia's head fell on his shoulder and her scent traveled to his nostril, damn, since when does a man smell so good? He thought. He removed her head from his shoulder and gaze at her face, how is his jaw so smooth? Kane wondered. Has he never shaved? Yes he knows he is way younger than him but his face really is appealing. His eyes fell on her lips once more, shit, how can his lips looks so tasty and how come he is so handsome asleep and what's with his flushed face?

Snap out of it Kane, dammit, how can you be checking out a follow man like that? You must be drunker than you thought, he told himself. Just help your friend into the house so that he can rest and for God sake please, stop imagining how soft his lips look. He helped Olivia out of the car, he put her hand over his shoulder and helped her to the gate. Something tells Kane he could carry her bridal style since Olivia was so lightweight. But he can't imagine the shock that will appear on Grace's face if she see him carrying her nephew like that and also, Oliver's embarrassment when he will find out tomorrow.

Her scent kept traveling into his nostril, she has a nice scent mixed with alcohol, he tried his best to shake off the scent. For crying out, this is a man like him, he can't, no, he shouldn't be thinking about him like that. They got to the front door and he pressed the doorbell. Seconds later, the door opened "good evening Evelyn."

"Who is that Evelyn?" He heard Grace asked from inside.

"It's young master Kane and Oliver" Evelyn replied.

"Oliver" Grace said and walked to the door, she was shocked to see Kane supporting her niece "oh my God, Olive-Oliver" she called worriedly "what happened Kane?"

"He had so much to drink. Sorry I didn't stop him" he smiled.

"I doubt he would have listened if you did anyway. Thank you for getting him back home. Evelyn and I will get him to his room."

"You sure? I don't mind taking him up. A drunk man might prove to be too heavy for you two."

"Ah, you are right. Evelyn, why don't you rush up and make sure everything is in order in his room."

"Yes ma'am" Evelyn left for the stairs.

"Follow me Kane" Grace said, she knew Olivia wouldn't want Kane finding out about her little secret so she decided to make sure that everything was okay. When they got to her room, Evelyn had already arranged everything and Kane also wasn't in the mood to check out the room, he carried her to the bed and helped her lie down.

"Should I help him out of his clothes?" He asked casually.

Grace and Evelyn were alarmed but they didn't let it show, "no it's fine, just put him on the bed. He will take care of himself in the morning" Grace said.

"Okay then" Kane replied and straightened up. They left the room and went downstairs. Grace walked him to the door, "good night Grace. Help me tell him that I will not let him drink in my presence anymore."

"I will do just that" she chuckled "say hello to your mother for me."

"I will. Good night."

"Good night Kane" she watched him walked towards the gate before closing the door with a sigh.

Kane turned back when the door closed, his eyes subconsciously went upstairs to the window of the room he just laid down his friend, the friend whose lips was messing with his mind. He don't know if it was his imagination but he think he saw the look of alarm in Grace's and Evelyn's eyes when he offered to undress Oliver. But why would they be alarmed? He is a man just like him and he bet Oliver would prefer him undressing him than any of the ladies, right?

He let out a deep sigh and continued his walk towards the gate. He shut the gate and it locked automatically, he walked to his car and got in, his eyes went to the window again, come on man, you are not attracted to a man for crying out loud. He told himself and started the car before driving off.

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