“Don’t worry, she loves you but just needed a little time to come around”Armando said seriously and Emiliano nodded and got up from the bed. He was still in pain, but he was happy to have seen Sia caring about him even though she denied him multiple times. He didn’t like Armando’s way of dealing with things but at the same time now he knew that his wife hated seeing him in pain.
“Are you going back?” Emiliano ignored Armando’s words and asked the important question, and Armando sighed as he walked to the window and shoved his hands in his pockets. Emiliano understood his silence and walked to him and stood beside him.
“Yeah, early tomorrow… you can stay here if the hotel isn’t good enough”he remarked and Emiliano nodded. The huge mansion was theirs both, it was an old hideout where they used to come and promised to bring their wives someday and well here they were.
“What’s the rush, stay a bit more… I’m sure there gotta be something for us to do in this city”that was the problem, he and Armando never stayed in one place together since Armando had huge matters to take care of back home, and hence Emiliano was used to it all.
“Don’t you find it funny… she’s everything I wanted in the past”Armando remarked with a faint smile and Emiliano nodded knowing very well what his friend meant. Back when they were just teens, they always talked about the kind of women they would marry. Armando had an aggressive possessive kind of personality, and therefore he preferred a wild woman, not just any woman but a badass girl for his wife or girl and Emiliano wanted a simple kind-hearted girl, but now it seemed the opposite. Armando found himself a kind-hearted woman who needed time to adjust to his aggressive side and well Emiliano got Sia, a wild tigress with an attitude.
“Haha I know, and I think I like it”he chuckled and walked back to the bed and sat down. Armando shook his head and moved away from the window down and walked around the room. A significant amount of silence fell in the room that neither wanted to break but Emiliano decided to say something.
“Is he alright? It’s been a while since I saw him”Emiliano asked and Armando who knew how he was referring too turned to him and nodded.
“Still the same… you should call him sometimes”he muttered and Emiliano nodded just as there was a light knock on the door, and it opened as Sia walked in holding a tray with a bowl on it. Armando looked at her and grinned and this time Sia didn’t show him any attitude as she walked to Emiliano.
“Erin is waiting for you”she informed him and Armando nodded and walked to the door before he stopped and spoke.
“Mrs Alvaro… please take care of him… He’s delicate.”
“Yes”sia replied with a faint smile which Armando returned and walked away, closing the door behind him. Sia had her eyes to the door and slowly turned to Emiliano who was no sitting on the bed, and she walked to him.
“I… I brought soup”she didn’t know what to do, but now she had to take care of him, Emiliano nodded and patted on the space beside him for her to sit, and hesitantly his wife compiled and made her way to him with the tray and sat down.
“I’ll… have it”he muttered and tried to take the bowl of soup but Sia didn’t give it to him but shook her head.
“I’ll feed you… you handsome seem injured”she said without looking at him and Emiliano felt guilty, he should have seen through what Armando was planning to do, that way he would have stopped him which was too late because now he was certain sia thought he pulled another cheap stunt just to have her back.
“Please… forgive him… He’s like that… he shouldn’t have done that”he tries to make some sense into everything but whatever he was thinking about sounded lame out loud.
“It’s okay… here”she raised the spoon to his lips but Emiliano took the bowl from her and the spoon.
“I’ll feed us both”saying that he sat in a comfortable position facing sia and prepared to feed her, of course she was shocked but by what Erin had told her downstairs a few minutes ago she wanted to say something to him but dropped the idea.
After both had the soup Sia helped Emiliano to lie back down on the bed, and she took the tray back to the kitchen. It was really late, and hence she grabbed her phone and made her way downstairs. The mansion interior was insanely mesmerizing, and the air was cool, just the way she liked it. She didn’t get time to see outside but by morning she would explore the mansion.
Sia put the tray in the sink, switched off the lights and opened her phone only to find many missed calls from rhea.
“I’ll call her tomorrow”she muttered and prepared to head upstairs by saw someone outside since the left part had huge glass windows all the way down and in the garden, she spotted Armando and Erin hugging tightly, and she smiled but knew Erin had no choice than to play along.
“Poor Erin”she mumbled in a sad tone and rushed upstairs.
By the time she reached the bedroom, she found Emiliano sleeping, and hence she looked around and decided to take the couch. She was still thinking about everything, and hence it was best they didn’t share a bed.
Sia walked to the bed to get a pillow and right as she was about to grab one Emiliano held her hand and slowly raised his head and looked at her with blurry eyes.
“You can sleep here I won’t do anything”he mumbled such that sia could barely hear him, but she was close, and therefore she heard him.
“The couch is better”she replied but Emiliano groaned as he tried to sit up and sia immediately crawled on the bed to help him out but stopped right in the middle only to realize what she was doing.
“I’m okay… this side doesn’t have anyone who owns it… you can take it”he gestured for the right side and sia shifted her eyes to the spot and was helpless.
“I’ll be back”she said and got off the bed. Emiliano watched her as she walked to the bathroom and closed the door. Time passed by slowly and Emiliano was still awake as he waited for Sia and after some time the door opened, and she came out drying her hair and dressed in a white bathrobe reaching just above her knees. She looked beautiful, he thought with a smile as he watched her dry her hair while standing in front of the mirror. He couldn’t help but keep his eyes on her without wanting to look away. She was like a dream, and he feared if he closed his eyes she might disappear. Sia finished with everything and since she had no clothes she decided to sleep in the bathrobe robe, at least it was dry and comfortable.
“I’ll turn the lights off”she informed him and the lights went out leaving only the moon lighting the room faintly due to the large window.
Sia crawled on the right side of the bed awkwardly and laid on her back. She didn’t know why the feeling was different, it wasn’t the first time she had shared a bed with Emiliano. However, things had changed. Sia sucked in her breath knowing full well Emiliano was on the other side but to her surprise the man moved to her and rested her head on his chest and wrapped his arm around her. Sia was startled, but the man exhaled deeply and mumbled something she didn’t hear.
“At least I’m allowed to do this”he murmured leaving Sia perplexed. She had the urge to push him away but he tightened a grip on her.
“I missed this… I missed the feeling of you in my arms”he murmured again and Sia felt his heartbeat against hers and knew the misery both were feeling.
“J… just for tonight…”she whispered, not sure why but she found herself hugging him back so tight that she heard him moan a little. Emiliano rubbed his face against her exposed chest and sia bent a little and planted a kiss in his hair, tears lingered in her eyes, was she punishing herself by staying away from him?
“Yes… just for tonight”he mumbled and closed his eyes.