Thirty-two - High - Liar, Liar, Billionaires

Chloe sucked in some air and turned, her heart pounding.

His eyes squinted at her. Her eyes fluttered as she tried to maintain some level of calm.

"Why do you-?" A loud kind of frog-like sound from his mouth interrupted his question causing Chloe to narrow her eyes at the man in front of her.

"Amir?"

Then laughter followed. Her eyes narrowed even more. "Chloe?" His shoulders shook as he laughed even harder. "Chloe? You have..." He laughed even harder, his back bending. "You have three heads."

"Uh?"

"And you also have a dick!" His mouth was slapped by his hand as he tried to control his laughter.

"Amir, are you high?" Suddenly, Agent Markings words about drugging Amir came to her.

"I don't know!" This time his laughter was louder.

She obviously wasn't going to follow his orders, but she was relieved that her gig was not up... yet. "Amir..."

"What?" His eyes which had turned puppy like looked into hers, his mouth still stifling the laughter.

"You are high," she said with a smile.

"No..." He laughed again.

Chloe broke into a short laugh and said, "Yes, you are."

"No... haha! I am not-" Like a rotating compass, his head tilted to and fro. "Oh."

"What?" Chloe finally set aside the device in her hand and turned off the running tap. As she did, she wondered how she didn't hear Amir approach or open the door.

She really was so close to being caught. She already had an excuse she would give should he recall her whispering but she knew she had to extra careful henceforth.

"You..." his hand came forth as though trying to reach her.

"Me what?" She certainly was getting amused.

"You are..." he staggered towards her. As he made it to her, his knees fell weak but Chloe caught him. A smile on his bedazzled face, he finally maintained a balanced state and his hand came forth again. This time, they cupped the side of her face.

"I am what Amir?"

"You are..." he exhaled. "Breathtaking." Softly came the word.

Chloe felt hammered immediately.

His other hand went to the other side. "So beautiful. And..."

"Amir..." She had no idea what to feel. "You are high."

"I know." His eyes went deeper into hers. "But I am being serious."

"Amir..."

A smirk followed. "I just want to see you happy Chloe. You are most beautiful when you smile."

The air became more and more tensioned especially with his low, kind of cracking voice that said those words.

Chloe wondered why on earth it was her damn luck to be in such a situation. She felt a little terrible that she had her heart- her eyes set on just Nathaniel. And that feeling might not get to be developed.

If there was one thing she was familiar with, it is rejection. And it hurts.

"Oh." He slumped onto her shoulders. "I want to par...ty. Par...tayy!"

"No." She swallowed her thoughts. "You need to sleep."

Then his head came up. "Can I sleep here?"

"But-"

"Please." His eyes were just so irresistably cute at that moment which was weird to Chloe who have seen a lot of high people sporting mostly red, bloody eyes.

"Uh..."

"I won't touch your dick. I promise." Chloe laughed and nodded.

"You can stay for the night."

Nodding uncontrollably, Amir turned and made for her room. Chloe followed him to make sure he wouldn't fall. And he didn't. Until he got to the bed.

He crashed into it carelessly and lay chest down.

Intrigued a bit, Chloe climbed onto the bed and sat beside him.

"Chloe?"

"Yeah?"

"Hold my hand please," he croaked.

Smiling softly, she wasted no time and lay next to him in the little space and did as he asked.

As a smile grew on his face, Chloe inwardly apologized to him. Because holding his hand was the most response she could give to his earlier coded words.

Chloe felt a stir beside her. But she was not ready to open her eyes.

Slowly, she felt him move closer until his face was inches away.

Then his hand followed and trailed down her face. "I am sorry," he whispered. "It was the only way to get it off my mind."

Chloe laying there just like that was beginning to fail. She was starting to react. So she made to pose like she was about to bounce back from dream world.

She felt him move back instantly. Stretching, she slowly opened her eyes. "Hey. You were high," she said with her voice croaky. She cleared her throat.

"Good morning to you too."

Chloe smiled and sat up. "You know how crazy drugs can make one right?"

He looked away. "I know."

Chloe knew she wasn't fair to ask but she still said, "Why did you do it?"

"I needed to get my mind off... something."

"Did that work?"

He sighed and ran his hand through his low hair. Then he looked her way, into her eyes. "No."

Chloe swallowed again. "I see."

"I was a mess yesterday, wasn't I?"

"You said I had a dick."

"What?" he laughed.

"You were weird."