He used to hate her

Chapter 30

" He left without ordering anything?" Sofia stood next to me as Xander left the dinner.

" You? Why are you supporting him? I'm trying so hard to forget him."

" I'm on the right side. I know how much you loved him and now you are backing off because of the memory loss and his planned wedding. Why can't you fight for him?"

" I'm afraid something wrong will happen. Nothing comes easy in my life. Or won't come at all. I don't want to feel heartbroken in the end."

" You are imagining a lot of worse situation. I can't change you unless you change your mind," Sofia left me with those words and I got back to work without letting her words deep inside my mind.

When we both reached home, Xander messaged me. Finally, he got my number too. Original content from NôvelDrama.Org.

Xander: Hey, babe. Are you back home?

Me: I think you wrongly texted me. I'm not your babe

Xander: Oh, but this is my babe's number and she is the one who's holding the phone.

Me: If you are trying to change my mind, it's not working.

Xander: It will work. Sooner or later. I will wait for it.

I typed and erased, typed and erasing. I'm not sure of what I should type. I don't want him to marry Veronica and his memory loss is the only thing that keeping me from changing my mind. I locked the phone and slept.

.....

" What are you looking for?" Sofia asked me as I kept on staring at all the customers.

" Nothing. Just going to serve this coffee," I told her, getting out of my non-stop thoughts.

" Nothing? Do you want me to believe it? I know you are waiting for Xander to come here." She simply said with a grin.

" No, I'm not. Are you imagining stupid things?" I firmly said and got to do the works. The whole ended in a flash and there's no sign of Xander in the dinner.

Maybe it's good for both of us.

Now, it's already 10:00 pm and literally, all customers left. All other workers have left the dinner to expect the owner. Sofia and I have to finish cleaning the plates and we can leave.

" I feel like we are alone here. Where's the owner? Are we the last person leaving the dinner." I asked Sofia, almost finished cleaning all the plates.

" He said he will be back in some minutes. He didn't say where he went. When he's back, we can leave. I'm so tired of this job. Maybe I should wait outside for his arrival." She said, leaving the kitchen.

The silence and the darkness from the window are kinda scaring me. I finished my work and stood facing the table and the few leftover vegetables in it.

I waited and waited lost in thoughts. Suddenly, I felt someone's hands on my waist. I screamed and before I could turn, the voice spoke.

" Hey, it's me," I heard Xander's voice as my body relaxed. What is he doing here? I expected him to see me as a customer, not inside the kitchen.

" Who? You should probably say your name,"

" You know who? Your boyfriend?" He said, leaning his head down and kissed my neck.

" You shouldn't be here, Xander. The owner hasn't left the dinner yet. And Sofia's outside the dinner. Didn't you see her?" I questioned him while I let him kiss me.

" Yeah, I saw her. She looked mad looking at her watch and waiting for someone. I sneaked inside before she can spot me. Fortunately, you are still here,"

" That's good that you find me. Now, leave before I get fired again,"

" Maybe you should resign and stay with me. You don't need to work hard." He said, gently touching my lower lip with his hand. No, no, no. I should stop him.

" You need to leave before someone..." I turned towards and stopped the sentence in half. I don't know what happened next but I'm kissing now. I made the first move.

" I missed this," I whispered, kissing him again.

" Me too. We still have three days. Say 'yes' now, the wedding will be cancelled." He asked me again but I couldn't think about anything but his lips.

" What the...you two can't be making out in the kitchen. The owner's back here. He's already on his way." Sofia freaked out looking back and forth.

" Shit, how are we going to get you out?" I broke the kiss and looked at the window. That's the only option to send Xander out of here.

" It's easy. I will walk out of the kitchen and say 'hi' to the owner," Xander said, taking a step.

" It's not funny, Xander. I will lose my job."

" Yeah and then you will stay with me."

" You need to use the window, Xander. Go, fast," I urged him.

" What if I don't want to go?" He started, opening the windows as slow as he can.

" I want you to go. Come back tomorrow but now leave." I told looking outside the kitchen for any sign of the owner.

" Whether you want it or not, I will come back tomorrow. How about a kiss? Will you kiss me again tomorrow? I will leave now," He asked, testing Sofia's patience. She's madly looking at us cause her job might even affect her if he doesn't leave.

" Okay, I will try to do whatever you want. Now, leave,"

" That's a good deal. Bye, babe," He jumped out of the window fastly and got out of our sight. Sofia let out a sigh in relief.

" Thank god, we are not losing our job. Then I know you are going to change your mind one day. Why refusing it now?" Sofia asked me. Does she believe I will change my mind?

Finally, we are back home and the first thing I did was messaging Xander.

Me: Hey, are you back home? I'm afraid if you made it back? I know the jump wasn't that long.

The message was seen the next minute.

Xander: You care about me. There's still a chance for me to change your mind.

Me: Noted. You are safe. Now, bye.

I left the chat without replying to what he said. He's still determined. I'm still trying to be stable in my decision.