FEAR

The next day after Clara went home, I had an important meeting in a company not too far from where she lives so I decided to pick her up when coming back but I couldn't go with my car in order not to cause attention because people will know it is me. My driver who I disguise as a cab man to Clara, took me the company before we headed to Clara's house and waited for her. After waiting for so long and Clara didn't come out yet, I picked up my phone to call her when I saw her coming out of her house with her sister.

If there is one thing I noticed, it is her sister's resemblance with someone I know from a distance but I couldn't figure it out so I ignored. When Clara noticed the cab man, a frown suddenly appeared on her face, at that moment I knew she wasn't going to enter and it happened just as I thought, she passed the cab man and refused to come into the car even after he called out to her severally and begged her to get in she remained adamant. I finally slide down the windows and asked to get in but she still refused not until I threatened her. While we headed home, I noticed she was angry with me when she ought to be happy with me.

"Such a stupid and stubborn girlfriend" I mumbled and she turned to look at me with a glary eyes. I took a quick glance at her and quickly removed it when I saw her eyes burning in anger.

" Why are you mad? " I asked her moving closer to her but she shifted away from me. Every attempt I made to know why she was angry didn't work so I had to do things my way and the best way I know how to do it. I pulled her to me forcefully and grabbed her waist, making sure I held it tightly.

As usual Clara tried to free herself but she couldn't. "If you look again consider yourself a dead meat" I told the driver when I noticed he was looking through the mirror. I turned to look at Clara again and demanded to know why she was mad but she refused to talk.

" Why do you always threaten people with death?" Clara asked me looking at the driver who was looking scared while he tried to make sure he doesn't get a glimpse of us. I ignored Clara's question and kept on persuading her to talk to me, but she was still adamant so I left her alone after so many failed attempts. I just couldn't figure out why she was angry with me when she ought to be happy that her boyfriend came to pick her up, if only she knew how long I waited she wouldn't be mad at me. We finally got home but Clara headed to her room instead of mine

. " What the heck is wrong with you?" I shouted at her while she walked hastily to her room, going through the back door without even looking at me. " Is this what being in a relationship feels like? Is this what loving someone feels like?" The best thing to do at this moment was to let her be I guess, I mean I have tried my best and done my part. On getting to my room, I hit the bed immediately, it was quite a stressful day today and a good time rest was all I needed.

The aroma from a food close by woke me up, it was already late in the night maybe because I was hungry that was my reason for perceiving an imaginary dish in my room. Surprising, there was actually a plate of food on my table, just beside my bed.

"It must have been Clara, no one else other than her would dare come into my room without getting the permission to do so. " If she wasn't mad with me, why the change of attitude?" I said aloud, walking over to check the type of dish she brought, it was my pasta, my favourite. At this point I couldn't picture what was in Clara's mind, neither could I tell if she was angry with me because it doesn't seem like it any longer.

"What if I go and find out what's wrong with her?" There wasn't time for contemplating, I dashed out of my room, running down the stairs in search for Clara. The first place I headed to was the kitchen but she wasn't there meaning that she must probably be in her room all by herself. This isn't Clara something is definitely wrong with her. "Have any of you seen my girl?" I asked the maid while going through the second door, leading to the maids quarters. They all shook their head consecutively, like it was planned which got me more worried about Clara, they must have hurt Clara, who knows?.

"I can't believe I let Clara stay alone, what was I thinking?" I shouted and increased my pace. I have been here before and could still remember Clara's room very well so it didn't take me time to locate the room. Without knocking, I barged into the room but there was no sign of Clara, at that point my heart skipped and fear gripped me for the first time. Even in my dying state, fear is the last thing I would feel, that's why I am the almighty Leo, I don't get scared of anything but because of Clara I did.

I got on my knees, not knowing where to begin searching for Clara, I called my guard to arrange a search crew and look for her. " What have done? How could I just leave you?" Tears were threatening to drop from my eyes but I held it back as much as I could, I mustn't be seen crying.

"Those mother f***er!" I screamed, when I remembered how the maids reacted when I inquired to know Clara's whereabout, I was determined to torture each of them myself until they spill out the truth about Clara's whereabout. "If anything bad happens to Clara, I would kill them with my bare hands" I swore to myself and got up to leave when suddenly I heard the bathroom door creaked open, without thinking twice I immediately turned to look, hoping badly that it would be Clara. "Oh my!" I exclaimed when I saw Clara coming out of the bathroom, with her face displaying confusion.

. She had a towel wrapped around her body, her hair was dripping wet and water rolled from her cheek, down to her neck while she used another towel to clean it. " What is wrong with you" I said in a hoarse voice, nearly shouting at Clara, she moved closer to me and inquired to know what she did.

" Did I add anything you are allergic to in your food?" She asked looking so scared but trying to stay calm. I demanded that she come over to where I was standing and didn't take my eyes off her for a second while I waited.

" You made me worry about you, why were you moody when I came to pick you? I'm sorry if I annoyed, maybe I should have told you I was going to pick you up before coming over to your house and I'm sorry, but please don't make me worry about you like this again. Stay by side always. If only you know what I was going to do when I couldn't find you. But how is it possible that I didn't even hear the tap running or something?" Clara had an excruciating smile on her face, biting her lower lips while she listened to me without interrupting.

"Is it funny to you? " l moved closer to her, giving her a light knock on her head before collecting the towel from her and began cleaning her wet hair. Before I could say another word, Clara kissed me on my lips and waited for me to reciprocate, which I did after throwing the towel on the bed. I grabbed her laps and carried her to the bed while we kissed vigorously, my hands began to find it way around her body and she grabbed my hands and told me to stop which I did, but it seemed like she was angry with me again. When I tried kissing her again, she pushed me away, standing up from the bed. Unlucky for her, I was unknowingly kneeling on the edge of her towel so the moment she rose up with force, the towel let loose which made her scream with fright, but I quickly went ahead to give her the towel and gave her some privacy.
"I would be waiting outside" I told her before closing the door and letting her do her stuff, it was actually a funny scene and I couldn't help but chuckle instead of laughing.

A few minutes later, I heard Clara's voice and she told me to leave first that she was going to catch up with me claiming to be busy and was going to take time but I knew she was only avoiding me because of how embarrassed she was. I opened the door immediately and noticed she was all dressed up, doing nothing but fidgeting with her finger. Clara kept on avoiding eye contact with me while I dragged her out of the room and she had no option but to follow.