My Crazy Housemate: What Makes You Happy - Chapter 262

Jeremy’s eyes almost fell out of their sockets. His whole body was stiff as his brain tried to process the fact that Chloe had just initiated a kiss. Their first kiss! His first kiss!!

He was a very handsome guy and always got the attention of females and males alike, but he was really guarded especially because he was bullied a lot when he was younger. Also, he wasn’t really interested in anyone until he met Chloe. Unfortunately, the first girl he liked had a boyfriend, aside from that, she had erected a big wall around her that was impenetrable, so he had never thought that a day like this would come when she would let him inside and even kiss him willingly! He didn’t even have enough time to feel her soft lips before she drew back.

Slowly, she pulled away to gauge his reaction. He had been unresponsive to her kiss so her face colored from embarrassment and she looked away from him.

“I… am sorry… I shouldn’t have….”

“What was that for?” He asked, going to stand opposite her. His gaze was soft but his tone wasn’t so she was thrown off guard as she thought about the best explanation to give him.

“Uhm.. I… well..”

“Do you like me?”

“….”

“Is it because you are not in your right state of mind?”

“….”

“Or because your emotions are all over the place and you are trying to vent it out somehow?”

His tone began to turn accusatory so she eyed him while still looking very embarassed. “Why all these absurd assumptions?”

“You call it absurd?” He asked with an annoyed scoff.

“I don’t know what you see me as. One time you are happy around me, next time you try to accuse me of being with you for your money and body. You asked me to stop working for you, you wanted me to stay away from you but then you hugged me earlier, told me not to leave you and not to like Katie and now you’re kissing me? Am I a joke to you? Do you think I am easy because I like you?” He raised his voice angrily.

Chloe was dumbfounded because she hadn’t expected him to react this way. He looked really angry. Yes, he was correct but it hurt her that he was making it look like she was messing with him. Now, she perfectly understood how he felt whenever she accused him of being around her because he had an ulterior motive.

“I don’t think you are easy.” She assured him.

“Really? Then maybe I am stupid.” He spat out. “Maybe I am, because even after everything you have done to me, after breaking my heart and making me feel like shit, I still care about you. I still worry about you and I still love you. Maybe I truly am stupid—”

“Stop it!” Chloe said, tears dropping from her eyes.

“Just… please… stop it.” She pleaded desperately.

He finally calmed down when he noticed the tears in her eyes.

“I’m sorry, okay?” She started. “I don’t even know what to do or where to start from. I am a complete mess!”

She buried her face in her hands and began to cry. “I wish I was bold enough to make some decisions for myself.”

“You moved out of your parent’s house right?” He asked softly. Even though no one told him, he was able to deduce it when Mia talked about changing rooms. He also remembered what Mia had said about how her family tried to control them.

“That’s a major breakthrough for you.”

“But I’m scared. I feel like I won’t be as lucky as Leo. What if I regret this and run back home because I am a coward?”

Jeremy sighed. He was angry with her only a moment ago but now he was worried about her again.

“Just give me time okay? I need… to get used to all of this. Please?”

Time? Time for what? Did she mean she was going to date him?

He didn’t ask even though he was curious. He sat down beside her and pulled her into a hug, letting her cry on his shoulders.

That evening, Mia and Jeremy made dinner for all of them including Chloe and Ellie. They talked about random things until it was late and Jeremy returned home with his sister. Ellie was excited about Chloe being closeby now and promised to see her everyday after school which Chloe agreed to since she was practically Ellie’s friend now.

Mia and Chloe didn’t have much to say to each other so they went to their separate rooms.

Being all by herself now, Mia began to feel lonely. It was already more than 24 hours yet, Leo hadn’t called her. She had even tried to call his local number but as expected, it didn’t go through. She began to worry too much that she couldn’t fall asleep so she decided to look around the room.

She had been in here a couple of times but hadn’t really checked for anything so she first looked at their pictures on the wall again. When she was done, she went to his vanity table and opened the drawers.

“I am invading his privacy right? This is wrong.”

She said and was about to closed the drawer when her eyes caught a small photo album. Out of curiosity, she took it out and opened the first page.

It was a picture of two teenage twin boys. A broad grin appeared on her face when she realised it was Leo and Louis. She had never seen a picture of him when he was younger so she took the album with her to the bed and began to flip through it. She was quite excited until she got to a page and the smile quickly disappeared from her face. She recognized the girl in the picture, smiling while holding Leo’s hand. It looked like she had won a dancing competition and Leo was also smiling happily.

She could literally feel the bitter taste of jealousy in her mouth and instantly flipped the pages until she got to the last page and stopped.

The picture looked like it was taken in the dark. It was the back of a girl wearing an all-black outfit. The picture was taken at night and the surrounding looked crowded.

She furrowed her brows as she observed the picture closely. “Why does this look familiar?” She wondered before taking the picture out.

“This is not…” She paused and turned the back of the picture. On the back, the date, time and venue was written down with a little note: I will never forget you.

Mia looked at the picture again, this time, she looked really surprised. “This is… ”

Just then, her phone rang. She still looked a bit distracted but once she saw it was an international number, she picked it up immediately.

“Leo?” She asked first.

“I have missed you, Mia Lucas.” He replied weakly.

She almost cried from relief when she heard his voice.