novelraw Chapter 61: Forgetting Time
Chapter 61: Forgetting Time
Chapter 61: Forgetting TimeTalia carefully listened to Arthur’s voice outside, still unable to hold back her laughter.
After he ended his phone call there was silence for what seemed to be an eternity and Talia tried to sense if he is angry.
’Poor guy must have been laughed at by Jordan and will be totally embarrassed!’
Her laughter stopped abruptly when the door being banged and after she realised the punishments she might receive for pranking him, she wondered how to pacify him.
’He’d be so mad at me!’
"Come on now, open the door Iris..." Arthur’s voice was smooth as chocolate making Talia a bit skeptical.
"No! You’ll definitely get back at me," she not her lips. She got more scared as time passed.
" What? No I won’t!" he said firmly, "Iris, I’m cold! All my clothes are in your closet. Come on, open the door now," he spoke in a rather pitiful tone and she felt pitiful remembering he was wearing nothing.
Feeling sorry for the man outside she decided to open the door but being cautious, she turned the knob very slowly not making any noise and peeked out through an one inch gap to see his expression.
The moment the door opened, Arthur pushed the door open and Talia tried to close the door back and as expected, her thin arms were no match for his toned arms and he got in.
Ahhh!
She screamed and the next moment she was on the bed with him behind her pining her with a headlock.
"I’ll die! I’ll die!" she patted on the bed three times and he let go of the hold and still laid on top of her pining her arms that were flailing around.
"Do you realise what you did?" he grunted in her ear like an angry coach making her ear ring. That didn’t make her worried but the fact that she is now under his entire naked body made her feel a bit of fear. She heard men like to enter from behind and what if this angry beast tries something like that on her now? She cannot let that happen.
"I’m sorry," she spoke softly. He always falls for her meek look and so she decided to use it against him.
"Sorry for what? He laughed at me.... Jordan, that... Nerd! And then he told me not to look it up on the Internet in case someone hacks me and make the entire world laugh at me! He called me a five year old! A f*cking five year old!"
She pretended to wince a bit and even sniffed a little realising he was now raging mad.
" I was just saying what I know... How is it my fault that you don’t know biology either? How did you even graduate? " she spoke like her throat was stuffed and could feel his hold loosen.
’That’s right, Fred! I’m pitiful... Back off!’
She tried to turn and twisted her upper body and looked at him.
" Don’t tell me you copied Jordan even in the finals? " she opened her mouth wide in surprise.
Back then, she didn’t like biology and Arthur didn’t like studying all together and during monthly exams she’d just copy Jordan’s answers and he’d copy her.
Talia herself was a bit honest and would study hard for the finals and in the end she was the topper. But sadly, biology was always tough for her and she had short time memory loss regarding biology. She’d forget everything she studied the moment she finished her exam.
"What do you mean I cheated? I became the third rank holder on my own efforts!" Arthur decided to defend his honour.
How dare she blame me of being unethical!
Talia smiled in her heart seeing Arthur falling for her gimmicks. He slowly slide to her side and he still didn’t let go of her waist and lay beside her with his other hand holding his head.
"Peas are from family Fabaceae, irises are from Iridaceae family, octopus has three hearts, coral reefs are animals, mitochondria is the power cell of....", he went on adding and Talia felt her head spinning.
"Eww! Why do you remember all that?" she actually had goosebumps.
Seeing him looking back at her proudly, Talia curled her lips.
"If you know all these... Why didn’t you know that balls don’t fall off?" she puffed up her cheeks.
"Hmm..?" he was a bit ashamed himself too. It is odd how much he trusted her words that he stops even thinking.
"Why don’t you remember?" he asked trying to shame her. She used to be good at a lot of things. Studying was one too.
"I don’t have that great memory regarding science," she replied and she could see his eyes swirling with contemplation and as she watched, he blinked his eyes and it soon turned normal.
Surely, her memory is not good. If it was, she’d have remembered I was the one by her side that day. But it is better this way too. She forgot every unnecessary things happened back then in my house with my brother too. It’s better this way.’
"Bop!" she touched his nose with the tip of her finger seeing him getting solemn.
"Grr.." he tried to bite her finger while she dodged his hungry mouth.
"Why do you remember all those unnecessary and tedious names anyway?" she asked while carefully dodging his teeth.
"I have good memory somehow. Maybe I learnt it from my brother..." he said and looking deeply at her, he held her cheek and kissed her forehead.
It would be better forgetting certain things too. But he is unable too. He slightly envied her.
"Oh, those memory enhancement techniques?" she was intrigued. "It should be your brother Rod, right?" she asked looking at him. She could not understand his sudden change in expression.
"Hmm" he nodded.
"He is such an amazing person, right? Even Cyrus respected him. He should be great. I wonder why he chose politics too. If he joined some re
With no reluctance, he picked up her skirt and he gasped loudly startling her.
"It’s lace!"
"Get lost!" she pushed him away. Checking her phone, she got out of the apartment.
Prince Hypocrite! Here I come!
Talia sitting in the cab, looked at her dress and wondered how it was "sexy" as Fred claimed. She always dressed in a classy way and never went for glamorous or sexy.
Idiot!