Chapter 11 - He looks like trouble (1/2)

Sarah slept in and woke up exhausted. Most of the night she was tossing and turning thinking about her unusual experience previous evening which involved Omega.

Luckily, she didn't have morning class, so she spent the morning catching up on sleep and lazing in the bed.

~Tesla University, cafeteria ~

That morning, Aiden woke up with a strong desire to see Sarah.

During breakfast time, he entered the cafeteria and expectantly looked at people seated at each table. His gaze ignored several ladies who threw amorous looks toward him. He was disappointed by Sarah's absence. Suddenly he was not hungry. He left the cafeteria and went back to his room.

At lunch time, Aiden came back to cafeteria and in the same way as in the morning, he observed people seated at each table. His eyes lit up when he noticed Sarah sitting at a remote table by herself. He swiftly went and grabbed a random tray from one lady who just got it filled with food. The lady didn't seem to mind, as she ended up bragging to her friends how she bought lunch for him.

Aiden's gaze didn't leave Sarah as he approached her.

When he was few steps away, she lifted her head and their eyes met. 'She looks tired. Is it because of me?' He remembered their chats from last night, one as Aiden and one as Omega. He smiled. ”Can I join you?”

She blinked few times before shifting her things making space for him across the table.

He observed her for a second and decided to sit next to her. 'It's closer.'

As he sat next to her, Sarah was surrounded by his woody-floral scent. She subconsciously took a deep breath.

Aiden observed her face for some time. It's obvious that she is moved by him. Or is it? Every time he thinks that he captured her heart, she does something unexpected, something rational. Love-struck girl is not able to act so rationally. 'Why would I want her to fall for me?'

Aiden is team lead in White corp., company where his brother is a CEO. The work Aiden does is… sensitive. It involves research and hacking, sometimes what he does is not legal. The amount of work is recently increasing, and his brother tasked him with finding more people to join the team. Requirements are skills, and trustworthiness. Nothing of what they do should be leaked. Aiden was keeping an eye on students in several Universities across the US, when he heard that a rare prodigy joined Tesla University, he decided to come back from his hiatus.

Aiden's task now is to assess Sarah's skills, and if she is good, to see if she can be trusted before offering her a position in the team. For that, she does not need to fall for him. Actually, if that happens, it can cause additional complications. He told himself more than once to stay focused on his task at hand, but somehow, she invaded his thoughts. Aiden was excited thinking of Sarah being interested in him, and he could not help himself but to approach her with hope that his charms will work on her.

”Rough night?”, His voice was deep and mesmerizing.

Sarah acknowledged to herself that he is very handsome. She could describe his face with one word: perfect. His eyes are dark and bewitching, and it seems that he mastered the skill of stealing hearts of ladies with that devilish smile. Aiden's long hair loosely tied back exquisitely frames his face, making him look like he came from a beautiful old painting of some European royal. 'Everything about him looks like trouble', Sarah thought.

Sarah remembered their chat from previous night and felt panic rising within her. Last night, at the mention of 'wild imagination' she called him outrageous, and he ended up throwing all the blame on her implying that she is the one with wild thoughts about him. 'Does he really think of me as a girl with wild thoughts, or was he only teasing me? Why am I so concerned with what he thinks about me?'

”You look very tired”, he clarified.

'Oh, I'm probably just overthinking things.' Her expression softened and she faintly smiled. ”You could say so.” She remembered the project, ”Do you still want me to work on the project?”

”You didn't check your phone”, he said while putting a bite of food in his mouth. He frowned and looked at the food. 'Mac and cheese? Gross!' But he can't return the food, not in front of Sarah. Is he going to admit that he grabbed a tray without thinking just because he wanted to sit next to her as soon as possible?

”Something wrong with the food?” Sarah asked while checking her phone.

”You could say that.” He smiled helplessly. He hoped that she didn't notice.

Sarah looked at the message history and saw his answer 'Yes.' She was sleep deprived and her brain didn't work well, so she looked at him. ”Yes, what?”