I look down at my ringing phone and sigh.

"Yes, i think so, i don't know what to do anymore" i respond with a frown.

"Do about what?" asks a farmiliar deep voice i had hoped to never hear again.

I turn around and see Angelo approach us, walking very casually in his black jeans, grey v neck tshirt and black leather jacket, paired with black boots. He has a pair of sunglasses on him, so i can't actually read his face.

My heart beat picks up immediately and for the first time since i have been here, i feel like i shouldn't have come. I don't know why, but he always makes me feel like i don't belong. He makes me nervous and insecure and i hate it.

Ally sighs, "Just some guy that has been stalking Mary, i really think that you should just..... " Ally starts to explain innocently.

"Ally!" I cut her off. I don't want to share my business with him.

Ally looks at me then him and then back at me again and frowns.

"Sorry, sorry, i just got carried away, am really sorry" she appologises.

"You have a stalker?" He ask anyway, with no shame at all for inteffering in a private conversation and i actually glare at Ally for indulging him but bless her soul because she actually grins at me guiltily and gets up.

"Am going to go check on my husband, excuse me" she says hurriedly and dissapears.

"Well?" His voice brings me out of my thoughts as i stare at Ally's dissapearing frame and remember that this is the same man who said i was nobody and has done nothing but take negative jibes at me either directly or indirectly ever since we met.

Deciding my next move, i stand up to leave aswell, but he steps in my way and blocks me. He is much taller than me, so i have to look up to see him with him being so close.

"You have a stalker?" He asks me again. His pushes his shades to the top of his head and his brown eyes make direct contact with my blue ones, making it clear he is serious with his question this time.

His aura is intimidating and unconsciously, i bite the nail off my thumb, a habit i haven't done in years, and shake my head at him.

"No, don't mind what she said, its nothing really" i reply after finding my voice again.

He raises an eyebrow, creating wrinkles on his forehead and just stares at me. I want to walk away but hold his stare defiantly.

Just on cue, my phone rings again and i look down at it in my hand and find it's the same number again, Eric's, number.

Before i can decide what to do next, he grabs the phone from my hand and answers it. shit.

"Hello" he speaks into the phone, squinting his eyes slightly.

Hey!!! How dare he?

I try to reach for it, but he keeps one hand firmly around my forearm to keep me away from him, an action that seems so effortless for him but his tight grip on my bare skin exhits his strength and the direct contact on my bare skin is slightly......distracting.

"Who the fuck are you, you are the one calling?" he growls into the phone and it gets my attention once again.

What is he doing? That is not his place to interfere

Angelo!!" I protest, trying to get the phone from him again and he snaps his eyes at me as soon as his name comes out of my mouth and it causes me to blush, i swear i feel his grip on my arm grow even tighter.

"Listen very carefully because i don't like to repeat myself. Don't call her or bother her call again and this ends here, contact her, and this will end badly for you." he grunts, his eyes never leaving mine the whole time and then he cuts the line.

I stare at him wide eyed and mouth slightly open and i see the corners of his lips twitch into a slight smile as if he finds my fury amusing.

"Who was that?" he asks, narrowing his eyes at me, as if i owe him some kind of explanation or something and looking down at me as if am some kid he is scolding for bad behavior.

Who does he think he is?

Realising he will probably keep asking me questions like the lawyer he is, i sigh in fustration and follow after Ally.

*

I watch Marianne make her angry strut back into the house, and realise my heart is actually beating faster than usual with excitement.

Taking out my own phone, my eyes still on the door she dissapeared into, i call Kyan, he is fast and efficient, the best Private Investigator i know.

Why am i doing this? i don't know, just going by impulse at the moment.

"Hey, take down this number and check it out for me" i say immediately he picks up.

"Sure man, what do you want to know?" he asks, sounding like he is in the middle of a meal.

"Everything, as soon as possible"

"Got it" he hangs up. Despite our proffessional relationship, we are friends and have hang out a few times, but i like how we are able to seperate business from pleasure.

Walking back into the house, i find Mary with Rita, Liz and Lu in the kitchen. She steps up to me to get her phone back and i hold tight, Almost tempted to raise it above her head so that she can't reach it, but i don't want to make a scene in front of the others.

"Very mature" she scolds me when she fails to take it.

I suppose she is not a fan of me, not that i can blame her anyway, considering i haven't been very pleasant to her in the past, even though she didn't make it easy for me to do so in my defence.

So i get why she seemingly can't stand me but i don't like it. I don't like to be ignored, i do the ignoring.

"If he bothers you again, let me know" i tell her, offering her protection. She tries to pull it away again without saying anything but i hold tight, not without her response.

I want her to respond, hear her voice, maybe say my name one more time like before, i can't deny how good it felt to hear my name coming out of her mouth and that little blush she got immediately afterwards.

"Thank you" she finally whispers, probaly just to get her phone back, but i find that i like hearing her talk. I like the sound of her voice.

"What? I didn't get that?" i lean forward so that our are faces are closer, too close.

Her blue eyes twinkle in anger or is it excitement, i can see the nice pink of her lips, and as she brings her tongue out to lick them unconsciously, my attention is almost glued there, until i notice how her chest is rising up and down with every heavy breath she is takig. She starts to blush again. Her body is reacting to me, and i like it.

"Just give me my phone " she pouts, and folds her hands over her chest like an actual kid, the action pushes her boobs higher up her chest but i refuse to let my eyes linger. I finally hand it to her.

"You are welcome" i say and she frowns again, turns around quickly and walks away, her departure leaving me to immediately regret giving it to her so quickly.

Shaking my head slightly, i finally look around the room and notice the other ladies had stopped whatever they were doing when i walked in the kitchen and are watching our little exchange intently, but they all immediate look away and continue what ever each was doing when they noticed me looking.

Walking towards the window, i see Nick and Ally lying on a pool side bed outside, they look relaxed and he doesn't seem to be in any hurry to leave.

I guess i can kiss the trip to the country club goodbye.

They look happy........content.

I can't help but wonder what it would be like to have something like what they share.

"Thank you" I hear Marianne say and turn around in time to see her by the door before she walks out after having caught my attention.

I suppose they could be worse things than hanging out here for the rest of the day.