CHAPTER 57

In all the turbulence going on around them, jack simply took his muffin in his arms, holding her as gently as possible her carried her away from the scene hoping Alice would continue fighting so she wouldn't stop him from taking care of ayra.

Ayra was taken aback when she was suddenly swept off her feet but she relaxed against his arms as though it was home to the pleasure of Jack. "Where are you taking me? And you should bring me down now your arms must be hurting for carrying me for a long period of time " Ayra said though she was still enjoying the feeling of being in his arms .

"There is a small mortel down the street we will go there and you don't weigh more than a sack of grain sweetheart ".

Ayra pouted her lips "That's not true I weigh alot and why are you taking me to a mortel? Just take me back to the apartment in china town. "

" Your dress is ruined and you look a mess, it's a long process heading back to town " He said collecting the keys to a room with flourish as though he lodged into a hotel occasionaly. Ayra hearing him say she looked like a mess felt horrible , using her disarrayed hair as leverage she covered her pale face and remained silent even when Jack dropped her on the bed like she was a fragile vase and left the room. Seeing him leave she took a tired breath and got to work determined to look better before he returned, she checked the shower and thankfully it was working with hot water flowing from the tube ,after taking a relaxing bath she was faced with a dilemma on what to wear, she obviously couldn't put on her dress it was ruined gosh even her underwear wasn't spared from the brutal unfortunate incident she thought sulkingly. Self aware and uncomfortable she held on tighly to the tiny white towel provided by the hotel and sought to dry her wet curled hair hoping Jack wouldn't come back soon, but unfortunately the door opened at that exact moment, Jack materialised before her and their eyes met and held for the longest time before ayra quickly scrambled up from the small stool she had been sitting on and ran back to the bathroom.

Jack 's throat had literally dried up on seeing her on a tiny towel with her gorgeous hair all over the place, he knew ayra was beautiful but he had never seen her in her most vulnerable and natural form and the thought of another boy seeing her like this boiled his blood. Clearing his throat and praying for self control and discipline he knocked gently on the bathroom door. " Hey muffin c'mon out ".

Ayra peeped from the little hole and when she saw he was leaning towards the door of the bathroom she swallowed hard . " Jack I can't I - I have nothing to wear, and there is no available robe in the room please would you kindly get Ella to come here ? " .

" Don't worry muffin I bought a dress for you, here open the door a little so you can get collect it " He muttered stretching his hands and turning his head to the other direction .

Ayra did as he said and her heart turned away from its axis on seeing his kind gesture, within minutes she was out of the bathroom and of course he was patiently waiting for her. "Do you think she will be okay? " Ayra questioned trying to ignore his roving eyes on her body.

"Muffin you look amazing " He said standing five feet apart from her and smelling the vanilla scents of her shampoo, " And your hair looks all free and unhinged when let down " He tucked a stray strand behind her ears lightly .

"Oh I just washed my hair and the skirt is kinda of short but thank you for the outfit I appreciate ".

" It's a tennis skirt muffin it's meant to be short and don't thank me I'm doing my duties as your boyfriend " .

Ayra blushed Scarlet and repeated her question " Do you think she will be fine? " .

"Who? Alice? Christ you don't have to worry about Alice she's literally a bull, your sister should actually consider going into boxing. "

"No no it's not Alice I'm asking about, I know my sister can take care of herself in a fight her sucker punch is better than the most of the boys " She bragged.

"I don't know and I sincerely don't care about the well being of Natasha especially if Alice is right about her doing this to you, then she really deserves that beating and more. "

" Tsk everything is all ruined and it's all my fault, I should have been more careful ".

" Muffin it's not your fault and I won't tolerate you blaming yourself, you need to eat to refill your energy " .

" Jack I'm not hungry let's go back already, Alice would be searching for me at the moment and I don't want her to worry ".

Jack wanted to persist but remembered something then he nodded slowly " As you wish ayra " .

Ayra felt his automatic withdrawal from her, did she say something wrong? She questioned herself getting confused.

" Before we go Jack can I ask you a quick question? " .

" Of course ask anything " .

"Are you angry at me? " .

Jack was quite surprised , he wasn't expecting her to ask that question " What makes you think I'm mad at you? " .

"That's not fair you are throwing the question back at me " She whined.

" Hmm I'm not angry at you muffin I can never be even if I wanted to ,my heart can't control it's reaction towards you " .

"But you have been acting strange ever since the excursion, I even smiled at you one certain time but you didn't reciprocate " She accused starring at him right in the eyes " Just now I said I wanted to go back to town your eyes looked sad, jack please tell me if I offended you " .

Jack hated to see her this way ,all distraught and confused he hadn't realized the gravity of his selfish nurtured by jealousy actions of his on her but he also didn't want to admit to his intense jealousy, what if she thought he was too obsessed with her or got uncomfortable around him?.

" Muffin you did nothing wrong okay it's me "

" Please kindly explain? Jack I deserve an explanation " She cried.

" Okay okay I was bitter, jealous and maybe a tinnest bit angry at you " There he has finally admitted to his negative feelings.

"Why?" She questioned stepping close to him and reaching out for his arms.

" Forget it muffin it's stupid and silly c'mon let's go already " .

"No!! I'm not leaving this room till you tell me the reason for those invalid emotions you felt. "

"Invalid "? He asked his anger rising slowly "I wanted you to seat besides me in the bus fuck I even bragged that you would choose to stay with me but what did you do, you made me feel as though I meant nothing to you!!. "

" Jack I'm sorry ,I thought you wouldn't want me to seat next to you, I - I didn't want to be the type of girl that is always trailing after her boyfriend " .

"What the hell are you saying? I didn't want you to seat next to me and I bought all your favorite snacks for the bus trip peradventure you got hungry or the playlist I had downloaded filled with your favorite songs or the fac- ".

Ayra crushed her body to his " I didn't know I'm so sorry she muffled into his neck, sometimes I really don't know what to do or how to act like a good girlfriend it's my first time on the job " .

Jack chuckled gently rubbing her smooth back up and down in a relaxing motion, while his previously heavy heart diffused. " It's fine let's not hide our emotions from each other anymore " .

"Yeah and I'm sorry for saying your emotions are invalid ".

" Tsk you were kinda right my emotions are valid but my behavior towards you are not my love " .

"I am so glad this accident happened " Ayra muttered raising her head from his shoulder and reaching out to touch his face but stopped midway .

Jack held her fingers and touched it to his face " Why will you say such, I'm angry I wasn't there to protect you " .

"It's fine Jack, I'm all fine now and if this hadn't happened I won't have known the content of your heart and you won't have known mine ".

" That doesn't mean the person behind it won't go unpunished " .

Ayra frowned her face " Do you really think Natasha was the one behind this and I wonder what's happening in the factory at the moment " .

" I really hope alice is wrong about her though but c'mon let's go find out " .

" No let's eat first and prepare for the litany of questions awaiting us " .

He smiled widely and kissed her forehead

" Your wish is my command my lady ".