The Strange Girl Episode 17 – 18

👩THE STRANGE GIRL👩

📝By Obianke Prosper

📚Chapter Seventeen📚

🌀🌀LINCOLN POV
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Immediately, she finished speaking my mouth went agape as fear overwhelmed me.A princess with powers??

Oh my lord! I let a stranger into my house and I didn’t even get to find out more about her,I didn’t even consider her as a stranger I considered her as my friend,i made her feel welcomed in my house but she didn’t even try to tell me who she is.

A princess? Not just a princess but one with powers….what is she saying? What does she mean?

I am feeling so confused with all this and my trust for her is slowly decreasing.It’s slowly fading away..

“Nice guy…?”.She whimpered, trying to touch me but I took more steps backwards.I was scared of her!!

“Please..!”.More tears rolled out of her eyes and her dark eyeballs immediately changed to beau blue eyes which completely made my heart beat louder.

Who the heck is she? Where is she from??

“Please…don’t treat me like this please”.She didn’t try to touch me this time,she only stared down at her feet looking so sad.I really wanted to hug her and tell her all was going to be fine but trust me,I couldn’t move myself to do that.

“Belle…”.I finally called and her now beau blue eyes stared at me.I didn’t call her Bel,I couldn’t!

“Why did you hide this from me? Why didn’t you tell me that you were a princess with strange….powers? Why didn’t you trust me? What were you afraid of?”.I thundered questions at her though I felt pains in my throat but I didn’t care,I wanted answers to these questions.

“I..i thought you will throw me out when you get to know.I thought you would hate me and that is the last feeling I ever want someone to feel for me especially you.I don’t want you to hate me…I would die,I will kill myself”.She said,cleaning off the tears on her cheeks and at that moment I felt sorry for her.I felt like I reminded her of something she was trying hærd to forget.

“Belle..”.She cut me off quickly before I could say ‘am sorry’.She was looking angry now.

“Why do you think am here instead of that useless kingdom I belonged to? Why do you think am here with you rather than being in a kingdom with foolish maids and guards around me? Of course,I didn’t choose to be here, I didn’t even imagine myself to be here but they..do you even know what they did to me. Fine! I am a princess or should I say I was a princess but to hell with being a princess,they never treated me the way i liked instead they treated me just the way you did few minutes ago.They told me they cared about me but I never saw the care in their eyes.They..”.I cut her off,realizing she was getting so angry.

“Belle,please..”.She interrupted me again.She wasn’t yet done!

“Nice guy”.She sniffed,her eyes red and swollen from crying. I felt bad for making her cry.

She have stayed with me for days now without harming me,she also saved my life once and now I was making her feel like i hated her already.Gosh! What did I do?

I opened my mouth to say something,anything but I couldn’t say anything.My mouth felt sealed when I heard her next words which left me stunned.

“Thank you for giving me a house to stay,for making me feel loved,thank you for everything but one thing I hate is seeing you look so scared..of me.I can’t stay here anymore,am so sorry” She said ruefully and ran out of the kitchen before I could stop her.

“No! Please,belle! Wait! Stop! Please! Am so sorry”.That was the only words coming from my mouth as I ran after her.She continued running until she got to the guest room and then she went in before locking the door with the key.

I just sat close to the door begging her to open the door but she didn’t,I only heard her weeping and my heart melted.

Oh,dammit! Am to blame for all this,if only i didn’t make her feel so sad.If only..

Remembering,i always had a spare key of the guest room lock which was in my room right now,i dashed there and found the key on my wardrobe.I took it and went back to the guest room.I ins**ted the key into its lock turning it sideways and the door opened.

I walked in and saw Belle on the bed crying her eyes out,she was laying on her stomach on the bed and her hair was scattered all over the bed.

“Belle!”.I called and sat on the bed but she didn’t even stare at me.

“Leave me alone,please”.She sniffed,sitting on the bed while glaring at me.

“Am sorry,Bel.I didn’t mean to make you sad or angry,am so sorry”.I apologized and she smiled a bit.

“It’s okay.It isn’t your fault,it’s mine.Am just too emotional”.She faked a laugh and I nodded.

“And am sorry for making you get emotional,it’s my fault too”.I said and she shrugged.

“So,what’s your name? You never told me”.She said,with a smile.

“It ‘s Lincoln”.I said and we both smiled.

Forgetting that we didn’t turn off the gas cooker.

📚Chapter Eighteen📚

🌀🌀LINCOLN POV
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After we both smiled at each other,we both smelt something burning and Belle stared at me with wide eyes.

“Um,Lin did you turn off whatever you turned on in the kitchen. Like that thing…”.She said and I gasped.

“Oh…my! I didn’t, i will be right back Bel”.I said and dashed to the kitchen only to see that everywhere was covered in smoke, though the smoke blinded my vision but I easily located the gas cooker with my eyes half opened.

I turned it off carefully as I could,then I stared at the pot filled with burned Noddles on the top of the gas cooker.I tried to take the pot away from the gas cooker but immediately I touched the handle of the pot, i yelped as pain shot through my arm and I quickly removed my hands from its handle.

“Lin…are you fine?”.Belle asked as she entered the kitchen but that was when I realized she called me Lin instead of Lincoln.How sweet!

“Am fine,I just wanna take the pot away from the gas cooker but it isn’t working out”.I said,hoping she could see me very well cause the smoke was still in the kitchen though it was slowly fading away.

“Oh,okay.I can help but please where is the gas cooker?”.She asked and I rolled my eyes,realizing she might not know what it is.

“It’s right here”.I pointed it to her and she nodded walking closer to the gas cooker.

She touched the handles of the pot and gently wrapped her fingers around it and before I could count from Zero to two she had already dropped the pot on the floor.

I gasped!

How was she able to touch a hot metal with her bare hands? That was so impossible and besides her fingers don’t look like it was burnt.

“How did you do that,Bel?”.I asked and she smiled proudly.

“It’s nothing actually,it’s just something I can do”.She said and I nodded,amazed.

I had to clean the pot since it turned to a very blackish colour and and also wash off the burnt darkish Noddles laying in the pot.Belle offered to help and I let her help me with the pot.

“Am sorry Lin,I think it was my fault the kitchen almost got burned”.She apologized and I stared at her.

What’s she apologizing for? It’s clearly not her fault.We both were there in the kitchen and we both left forgetting to turn off the gas cooker,so we both should be blamed not just her.But anyway I said;

“Why are you suddenly calling me Lin instead of Lincoln?”.I said and she smirked.

“I should ask you that question.Why did you call me Bel instead of Belle?”.She asked.

“Well,i don’t even know why maybe because I love the shortened form”.I said and she smiled.

“Me too,I don’t know why but I do know I love calling you Lin”.She said,making a confused face.

“Oh,really?”.I winked at her and she blushed.

“So have been thinking,why don’t we take a stroll along the street so that I can get familiar with the environment”.She said and I nodded.

“That’s a good idea,Bel. We should go now,right?”.I asked and she nodded sharply.

“Of course..but is this clothes on me okay?”She asked and I pulled her cheeks playfully.

“You are always beautiful in whatever clothes you put on,Bel”.I said and her cheeks heated up again.

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The cool breeze blew on us as we strolled along the street,we brought some ch¡ps and Belle won’t stop complaining on how sour they tasted.Well,they do tasted sour but she should please stop complaining.

Few minutes later after all her complaints,a car stopped close to us and a man came out of the car.He approached Belle and I watched them with a frown.

“Hi angel”.He smiled and Belle gave a confused look at the stranger.

“Any problem?”.She asked.

“No,not at all.I just saw an angel walking on foot and I decided to take her home in my car”.He said and Belle frowned slightly.

“Am sorry but I don’t need your help,thanks anyway”.Belle said trying to walk away but he blocked her way.

“Actually my name is Philip,am the manager of Logan’s cooperative bank.Here is my business card,call me anytime you like so that we can get to know each other and maybe become a thing”.He said,licking his already w-t l-ips as he shared at Belle lustfully.

“Come on,man! Go get yourself a room,you stink”.I said,angrily smashing the card the ground.

He looked maddened with anger but I didn’t care,I rolled my eyes at him and wrap my hands around Belle’s neck only to give him the impression that I and Belle were already a ‘thing’.

At that moment his eyeballs turned bloodshot.