Chapter 24 Heart that can melt ice

Chapter twenty-four
Following my heart, I bend my head towards her, to kiss her.
"Are you trying to kiss me for the fourth time? You must want a death wish," Jones says suddenly, startling me. I look at her opened eyes and heave a relieving breath.
"What do you think you are doing, scaring someone like that!" I yell in anger. It's not really like I'm angry. She just could have let me kiss her before waking up.
She sits up, "What were you about to do? Going around kissing girls?" Her anger overshadows mine.
I sigh and look away," I don't believe I'm getting scolded for doing good," I murmur loudly for her to hear. I look back at her," I was trying to check your heartbeat, nothing more," I lie, in the heart of it.
She smiles now and I must admit that she does have a nice smile. I suddenly can feel the increase in my heartbeat. Somehow, I doubt if Jones can't even hear it. Why is my heart rebelling? It doesn't even make any sense. I clear my throat and look away, "What were you doing in the mall anyway?" I stand and help pull her up. Men, she's short.
" I came to get something and forgot my phone. I came back and was locked inside"
I look at her now, at her innocent but cute face. Why is she suddenly looking so cute," Are you that dumb! Didn't you know the mall would close when you entered? Is the phone more important than your life?"I scream at her. What's she trying to say? How can someone do something like that? Doesn't she even care about her life? What if I didn't come here? What if I didn't want to enter the hall?
She frowned and looked away, "I don't know why you are so upset. This is my life"
Is she kidding me!
" You want my mall to be ostracized? Do you think people will still come here to buy something if they discover that a corpse was brought out of the mall? And besides, don't you love your life at all"
She looks up at me now," I didn't know it would take me so long to find my phone. And thank you for saving me but can I leave now?" she says but didn't even wait for an answer before walking out.
This lady! What does she even take herself for? She acts as if she's in control of her life. Well, she is. I'm just saying she should be safe and alive for her brother and her mom. Gosh, I don't even understand all these thoughts.
"Hey!" I scream after her. She wouldn't answer or stop. I race towards her and pull her to a stop, "Where do you think you are going tonight?"
She sighs noisily with huge frustration. Even I am frustrated at the way my hormones are reacting. Apart from me, I want to stay so close to her, perhaps to even kiss her again but the other part wants to stay arrogant, "You've rendered your help. What else do you want? My life?"
I sigh too, "If I want your life, would I save you in the mall?"
" Then let me be!" she screamed, suddenly frightening me. What kind of a lady screams like this? She's not even reserved one bit. No wonder she doesn't have a boyfriend.
"Hey! I'm only trying to help. It's very much late already and you are suffering from night blindness. How will you cope?"
She looks up at me now with some kind of expression I don't understand. All I can say is her face softens and she's looking at me with that gaze that can melt ice.
"Thanks. Will you close the mall or what?"
I let go of her hand now," I wanted to get some things. I don't know if you can wait for me or we should just leave now"
She smiles slightly," We can enter the mall together"
I smile too and turn around, "Do you know you are too stubborn for a woman?"
She walks beside me, slowly. I slow down to meet up with her pace," Sometimes, we need to change fate"
I look at her. What does she mean by that?
"Well, I don't expect you to be nice, especially to someone like me". I smile at that. I don't expect that either and I seriously don't understand why I'm so kind to her. Can you believe I feel like kissing her? I've been thinking about it all, I've been hiding her for the past week. I thought the lust would fade. Maybe I need more time.
"Well, Save the thanks. I have something for you actually," I say and wink at her.
Jones
I look away and smile. I don't believe and can never imagine Dave would remember something like that? But I'm grateful. I mean I might have been dead by now. What will happen to mom and Sam? God, I can't start imagining it.
We enter the mall and I stop by the door. I delve into my bag for the watch I brought because of Michael. Hopefully, there will be a way to present it to him. But seriously, I wonder why Dave is so kind to me.
He walks back to me with a basket full of some beverages, "Are you ready?" I ask him
He nods and looks down. I follow his gaze towards the wristwatch I'm holding. I clear my throat and keep the watch in my bag, "Let go then."
I walk out and he follows behind. He walks to my side quickly and switches on his phone flashlight. Again, I'm fascinated and surprised. Why will Dave do all this? I mean the Almighty Dave.
"Get in the car," he says and enters the driver's seat. I walk to the other side and enter the car. I look at Dave and give him short scrutiny. Fresh, cute, handsome, and sturdy. Michael and Dave look so different, yet so similar. There's this particular aura around them. Why do I suddenly feel like these two know each other?
"Here," Dave cut into my thoughts. I look at him, then back at his outstretched hand that held a document file.
"What's this?"
"It's the ownership document of your father's house. I'm handling it back to you"
What! Am I dreaming? I take it from him and open it. I stare down at the papers and a wide smile evades my mouth. I look back at Dave, "Thank you so much". For the third time that day, I wonder why Dave is acting so strange.
"Good. You just won a ticket to free things from Dave. Thank your lucky star", he says and starts the ignition.
I smile again and jubilate. I still can't believe Dave is giving this back. Well, he has lots of money. I'm telling you that this guy is so rich. He can donate millions and won't even realize that a dime is gone.
"I didn't do this for naught. You have to give me a treat," Dave says. He didn't look at me as his attention was focused on the road ahead of him.
I nod, then remember he isn't watching, "No problem. I will try"