“Ouch! Damn it!” Maya sighed while holding her right ankle. She misstep and hurt his ankle. She looked back and saw her psycho ex-boyfriend come running.
“Why can’t he just left me alone...” she stood up and hurried to the fancy restaurant just in front of her. She stepped in, hoping that the crowd would make her ex thinking twice about running after her there. Just as her start to feel more at ease, the head waiter of the restaurant stopped her from rushing in.
“Afternoon miss, may I help you?” the staff at the front desk stop her. Maya was anxious, she take a look in the restaurant. She narrowed her eyes to look properly. There! She spots some help.
“Yeah, my boyfriend is over there” while pointing at the table far at the right. Biting her lips, she keeps on praying that the staff will let her in.
The staff then smile and ask the waiter to assist her to the table. “Mr. Brooks, your girlfriend is here”.
Maya blushed. ‘This man is so handsome!’ she thought. When she’s pointing at him just now, she couldn’t see properly and randomly pointed at someone who was sitting alone. The man then turned to her.
“Ah… Really?” Greyson tried to figure out the situation. He took a close look at Maya. Tapping his finger on his cheek as he thought. Maya couldn’t handle the pain on her ankle anymore. She could barely stand. She looked at her ankle, it was swollen and hurt badly. She couldn’t hide the pain anymore. It was all over her face. Greyson noticed, he stood up and quickly pulled the chair beside him and said “Hey girlfriend, come, sit here” he said and smiled gently.
Maya sat quickly. The pain was too unbearable. As the waiter walked away, Greyson took out his phone and made a call. “Nina. It’s okay, you don’t need to come here… Hmm... Yeah… My girlfriend is here right now” said Greyson while looking at Maya. He smiled a little just to tease the poor girl. Maya was listening to the conversation and felt a little embarrassed. She was already embarrassed from the start when she referred to a stranger as her boyfriend. She needed to explain. As soon as Greyson hang up the phone, she turned to him. “Hmm, Mr. Brooks, right?” she caught the name when the waiter addressed him earlier.
“Please, just call me Grey” he replied. “First, thank you so much. The thing is, I rushed in here because I was running from someone.” Maya started to explain herself.
“Oh Okay. So, how’s your leg? Let me see” Greyson pulled her chair and turned it towards him. He lifted Maya’s leg and put it on his lap. Maya was surprised. She quickly pulled her leg hastily and accidently hit the chair. “Ouch... Sorry… No, I mean, it’s okay, I can handle it” Looking at her reaction, Greyson couldn’t help but smiled because he found her reaction was cute.
Greyson shook his head and turned to call a waiter. “Do you have an ice pack?” he asked the waiter. “Yes we do. Please wait a moment, sir” the waiter said as he goes to find the ice pack. Greyson turned back to Maya.
“So, miss….?” Greyson asked. “Maya. Maya Duke” she replied while smiling.
“Beautiful name, it suits you. Though at first I thought you’re an Isabel or maybe a Catherina” he joked. From the moment she stood in front of him, he couldn’t resist to glance at her face because she is pretty. So pretty! He tried to hide it but his smile almost gave it away.
Maya blushed, it shows so much as her cheeks turn red. She looked away to hide her face.
After the awkward moment, the waiter came back with an ice pack. Greyson held out his hand as a sign for Maya to put her leg on it. She hesitated at first but end up doing what he asked as Greyson keep on insisting. “It’s a little swollen now. What happened?” Greyson asked Maya while applying the ice pack on her ankle. “I was running from someone and sprained my ankle. I thought it was nothing at first, it didn’t hurt as much so I continued running to avoid him and ending up, like this.” She pointed to her swollen ankle. “So, who is this ‘him’?” he asked again. She looked at him and answered “My ex-boyfriend” awkwardly.
“Oh… so, EX-boyfriend” Greyson emphasized on the word “EX” and smile slightly. “So any plan for a new boyfriend?” Greyson asked jokingly. Maya just deniably shaking her head and look at her swollen ankle doesn’t feel like answering the question. Maya was just playing with her nails and frowning, thinking why is this stranger asking so much personal questions when they only have just met.
“No..?” as Greyson keep on talking, a female figure approached them. The woman suddenly sat on the chair in front of them, Maya looked so confused. ‘Who is this woman’, she asked herself. She looked so gorgeous and beautiful. She had long blond hair. She was wearing a cream coloured blouse matched with a white blazer. The black skirt matched the top perfectly, making her look stunningly gorgeous. The woman smiled and asked “So baby, care to introduce her to me?” as soon as the women spoke, Maya quickly pulled her leg from Greyson’s lap. She looked puzzled. ‘Baby?’
**Hi readers, this is my first novel and please note that English is not my first language. Feel free to give me any feedback regarding the story. Love to hear from all of you.
