CHAPTER THIRTY FIVE

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Adonia couldn't feel more ordinary in the jeans and yellow t-shirt she was wearing. Jordan too was in a jean and a stripped t-shirt.
Very casual of him.
As a movie director, he was mostly found wearing a suit.
They were in another city for a short vacation because they knew how difficult it would be for them to hang out together in the USA without the media getting a whiff of it.
First, they got coned ice cream. Adonia got the vanilla flavour and Jordan got the mint flavour. It was quite funny how they could eat a simple ice cream together and feel comfortable amongst themselves.
Adonia always had a fridge stocked with ice cream. Flavours of every kind so she never once got a cone of ice cream.
'Do you like it?" Adonia asked as she swiped her tongue over the ice cream. It was incredibly delicious and she had no idea that even conned ice cream could taste that good.
'I don't know." Jordan said, 'I've never tried coned ice cream. I don't know about anything but I like this feeling.."
Adonia looked at him with wide eyes, 'What do you mean, feeling?"
Jordan smiled briefly, 'I'm not sure.." He trained off and Adonia tugged on his arm, 'Come on!" She said while staring at his face, hoping if she made him uncomfortable enough he would just tell her what he meant. However, Jordan was not like that, he only said what he needed to."
'Well.." Jordan thought about it for a moment, 'Feeling ordinary I guess. It makes me feel more human."
Adonia immediately thought of the best idea ever.
She grabbed his hand and led him to another section on the pack. She made him sit on a swing a Jordan looked at her, barely harbouring a stern expression. He thought she wanted to him to do something extraordinarily exaggerative. Who could have thought that she only wanted to see him swing.
He sighed and held the sides of the swing for support.
Adonia cheered and clapped. She got him to give in!
'Ready?" She asked and Jordan only sighed and didn't say a word. It was embarrassing enough that a grown man like himself should ride a swing. He had no idea what to say.
He didn't want Adonia to know that he liked the idea of swinging too.
As though reading his mind, she grinned and easily pulled him along with the swing backward.
'Are you ready?" She yelled out and Jordan tightened his lip and didn't say anything.
'Whatever!" She yelled out loud, 'Ready or not, here I go!" She pushed the swing forward and Jordan moved along with it, his mouth visibly parting in wonder and excitement. He hadn't done this in a long time and it showed.
He almost teared up but didn't. He held the sides of the swing and watched as he moved back and forth.
Like his life, it was a rollercoaster of all sorts of problems he had to go through and sitting on the swing while it moved him forth and back made him feel as though he was sitting on his problems.. putting them to a rest for sometime.
That was what he thought and that was how he felt as well.
The corner of his lips went up in a smile as he looked at Adonia who was cheering madly for him.
'Go Jordan!"
'Go Jordan!"
'Go Jordan!"
'Go Jordan!"
'Go Jordan!"
'Go Jordan!"
This went on for a while and he didn't get tired of it. It had been a while since he last saw someone get excited because they were looking at him.
It made him feel kind of warm inside.
Next, they explored the zoo and Jordan would not stop with his witty remarks telling her about how she looked like a horse.
He tried to be as polite as he could but his words ended up sounding wrong so he apologized and took her to the movies as an apology.
They watched an horror movie and Adonia didn't get emotional or cry, she only ate her popcorn and randomly looked at him whenever a death scene happened. She was even checking on him to see if he was okay!
They hurt Jordan's ego but of course, how could he ever admit that?
Next, they went to a farm and this time, Adonia had her revenge. She called him a cow and said he wasn't a literal cow that it had more to do with his inherent traits such as calmness etc.
This time, Jordan didn't even get offended. In fact, he was amused.
Even though he'd taken her to see a movie, she still found her way to take revenge. And just like that, the day ended.
He truly wished it didn't.
They borded a plane and chatted all the way back. When they landed back in Usa, Adonia didn't feel weird because she felt her and Jordan's relationship would be less tense from now on and she wouldn't have to worry to much. As for the media, they wouldn't have anything negative to say since she was just walking with her director.
A taxi that Jordan had called earlier was just a few minutes away from arriving. He wanted to take Adonia home but all of a sudden, he received a phone call.
It was from one of his contacts.
'Hello?" He said.
'There's a big problem sir."
Jordan was never a fan of fairy tales.
'Speak!" He snapped.
'David is threatening Amelia with a sex tape he has."
Jordan's face shot up in surprise, 'WHAT?!"
'It's true! He threatened to post it online and ruin her image. I tried her phone but it's not going through.."
'Thank you for telling me this," Jordan ended the call and was about to leave when he remembered that Adonia was still next to him.
'Oh," he scratched the back of his neck, 'You should get going, I have to take care of something important."
Adonia didn't get to say anything because he was now talking.
'You should stay here and wait for the driver to pick you up, bye." And without another word, he turned to leave.
Adonia sighed. Just when she thought things were great between them.
One phone call and he was off. He didn't even think about it twice.
Adonia sighed again, she really thought they had a great time together and she really felt connected to him but it was like her feelings were not reciprocated.
Right, Jordan was a busy man but.. he should've at least said something instead of just running off.
He didn't even give her a reason for disappearing. He just left.
She had no idea why she was angry or annoyed. He was Jordan after all.
But at the park..
'Are you ready?" She had yelled out but he didn't respond.
'Whatever! Ready or not, here I go!" She pushed the swing forward and Jordan moved along with it, his mouth visibly parting in wonder and excitement.
'Go Jordan!"
'Go Jordan!"
'Go Jordan!"
'Go Jordan!"
'Go Jordan!"
'Go Jordan!"
Right, despite all of her cheers for him. He didn't look one bit excited. Maybe he didn't enjoy the time with her abroad and she was the only one who felt connected to him.
'What a mess," She muttered under her breath and a taxi parked in front of her.
'Are you Miss Adonia? Sir Jordan asked me to pick you up." The man informed her and Adonia bite down whatever she was going to say.
Adonia sighed, of course he did. He didn't even want to have her around for a second longer. He immediately sent someone to pick her up. She should have known she was forcing the feeling too much and she was reading meanings into things that were simply not there. She was doing exactly what she promised not to dop anymore, it was sick of her to do that.
Just thinking about it made her annoyed and a little disappointed.
How could a single phone call get his attention and he had to go like that?
Very annoying.
Adonia entered the taxi and drifted into space thinking about all the time they spent together. Did it really mean nothing to him?
Then she remembered.
He was freaking Jordan. There were many girls that were attracted to him.
He saw many attractive girls daily and she was just one of those girls..
But, how could it mean nothing to him at all? That was very weird.
Ugh!
It was best to stop being silly, going forth and back with her words it's was only causing her to feel worse.
Perhaps he regretted hanging out with her?
'Miss we're here." The driver said, snapping her out of her thoughts.
She was home and she didn't even freaking notice untill the driver told her.
Oh Jordan..
What was that man doing to her?