28 The First Battle

Alice stared out of the window as Adam drove the car towards the resorts. Her heart was a mess while her fingers kept wanting to caress the necklace that he had given her. The flower...she wondered if it was a coincidence.

Actually the 'glory of the snow" was not such an exceptional flower. The only reason she loved it was because it used to bloom in winters dotting the white snow with it's own blue violet color. The flower brought back memories of the time her grandparents had been alive. The flower reminded her of the warmth and love they had showered her with.

But it was also the flower that her dream man had given to her when he had asked her to be his girlfriend. And similar to Adam, he had said that it matched the color of her eyes. Once again she had thought that it was because of her own feelings, she had let the imaginary man give her this flower but now she was starting to doubt everything. Was there a possibility that she was losing her mind? Because of the paranoia of falling prey to Samual, maybe she had conjured up this man and she was even now living in some sort of a dream world. She subtly pinched herself and then winced in pain but was reassured that this was not a dream however. But if this was a not a dream then how did he know to bring her a such a flower?

Well, she could ask him directly.. "Adam?"

Adam threw her a glance with a "Hmm?" and continued to drive but a triumphant expression entered his eyes. She had given in and was going to ask him.

And as expected, Alice asked, "Why did you choose this kind of a flower specifically? I mean the flower is not what one would call renowned."

"I told you that it reminded me of your eyes. But here is the thing, everyone calls you Ice Queen but that is not what I see you as. You are more like this flower, soft and beautiful but surrounded by cold snow."

Not used to compliments, Alice suddenly felt shy and turned away her head while her ears turned red. This man really knew how to sweet talk. Just how much practice did he have?

A wave of jealousy shot through her at this thought but she ruthlessly suppressed it. She was going to treasure this compliment and not let negative thought enter it. Of course she knew that she was called the ice queen. It was a moniker she had worked hard to earn. And there were times when she felt that she had not just earned it but had also become that.

To cover her shyness and happiness, she tried to change the topic but instead said, "You have a very vivid imagination. With my name Ice queen, if you wanted to give me a comparison, maybe you could have said "Snow princess" or something. Why compare me to a flower that will wilt eventually? I can be a princess if not a queen."

Unexpectedly, Adam replied, "You do realize that snow also melts eventually right? And a snow princess? You do realize that to become a snow princess, you would be the daughter of the snowman king! And every snow man has such a big round tummy. So a snow princess would also have something similar! From where do you resemble a snow man?" As Alice heard the most absurd explanation of her life, her mouth fell open and she could only stare at the man in astonishment. His IQ was probably lower than the room temperature! Who even said such things?

And then to make things worse, Adam have a perverted grin and continued, "Unless you are referring to the two beauties where the glory of the snow is now resting between them..."

Her eyes narrowing at the perversion, Alice was tempted to cover her chest with her hands. The man had a really dirty mouth. Turning her shoulders a bit, she did not care to reply and clearly indicating that she was ignoring him, she continued to look out of the window. But her red face had given her away and Adam continued to drive happily.

He was not a businessman but his IQ and EQ were all exceptional. He knew what his girl liked and she used to love saying such 'scandalous' things. She may have changed and forgotten him for whatever reason, but the naughtiness inside her had not changed..

He had already won the first battle from the way se had changed her form of addressing him. He was now Adam instead of Mr. Perry..

Throwing a pleased smile her way, he already started to plot the next battle. They were soon going to become the best of friends.