She came into the house and stretched already the feeling the stress of the day taking effect on her body.
“Oh,” she let out a groan and sat down on one of the chairs to rest for a while before she goes upstairs.
Just then her phone rang and she shuffled her hand inside her bag and finally found it then checked to see the caller which brought a frown on her face.
She placed it on her lap and leaned her back on the chair she was sitting on and tried to understand if the caller was real or it was just her tired mind playing tricks on her.
“This can’t be him,” she said aloud “Maybe he wrong dialed,” she told herself and decided to ignore it.
She checked the time on her watch and nod her head. He wouldn’t be home till around seven or eight which gives her about an hour to freshen up and sleep.
Then her phone rang again and she put it in her bag and closed her eyes so she wouldn’t be tempted to answer it.
It stopped and she opened her eyes and looked at her bag then let out a breath of relief before her phone rang again and deciding on just picking it up she brought it out of her bag and picked it up without checking the ID.
“What do you want?” she said.
“Huh, I just wanted to ask if my best friend was home already” she heard Sofia’s voice come through the phone and took the phone from her ear to see the caller was Sofia and not him.
She didn’t know why she felt bad that he didn’t bother calling again after that one time he called.
“Oh… hi, sorry. I thought it was… never mind, how are you doing?”
“I am as good as you left me, Max called that he would be home soon so we wouldn’t be alone for too long”
She cleared her throat and nodded.
“That is good to hear, did you finish up the watermelon I cut up for you?”
“Yes, nurse.” they both chuckled for some seconds before stopping.
“Are you okay? Everything is cool over there?” she asked after a moment.
Audriana cleared her throat again and nod her head then answered since her friend wouldn’t be able to see her nodded her head.
“Yes, I am good, and everything is cool here. I got home some minutes ago and I am just relaxing on the sofa before heading upstairs to take a nice shower and sleep.”
“No eating dinner?”
“No eating dinner, I am full from the food you stuffed me so I will skip dinner,” she told her and removed her shoes then stood up, picked up her shoes, and made her way up the stairs in slow steps.
“I didn’t tie you to a chair and force it down your throat. All I did was tell you they were good and you eat them yourself”
“I heard you, madam, I need to go now, I am on my way to our room so I will talk to you later.”
“Okay, you did a great job by taking care of me and your niece so you need your rest”
“I know right? Talk to you later”
“I will leave you to rest, make sure to dream of me… or Dimitri”
“Shut up and bye” she immediately disconnect the call and shook her head at her friend’s naughtiness.
“She is one of a kind” she muttered and entered the room.
She placed her shoes by the door and walked further into the room to lay on the bed with her back to her bed and her eyes closed.
He looked at her from where he was standing by the dresser and a smile formed on his face when she immediately went to lay on their bed.
‘She must have been so tired, that’s why’ he thought and the smile broadened.
Placing the gift box on the dresser table he walked to her slowly and watched her on the bed with her hands and legs spread and her beautiful eyes closed as she breathe in and out.
He chuckled lightly and a thought came to his mind. He debated if it would be a good idea, seeing as she had almost gotten him injured in places he never wanted to be but decided on doing it instead.
She really needed a long shower but was too lazy to get up and take that shower. When her body hit the soft comfortable mattress, she felt more relaxed and started to drift to sleep land slowly but it was interrupted when she felt a dip on the bed and felt something hover over her.
Sharply, she opened her eyes and was about to kick or push whatever was over her but stopped when she saw who it was.
How is he here? How did he get in? When did he get in? Did he just arrive? How come she didn’t notice his footsteps or the opening of the door when he came into the room? How?
On her face was confusion as to how he came into the room and how she didn’t notice when he came while his were smiley as he stares at her tired face.
Their breath fanned against each other as she tried not to let how close they were, get into her head while he was enjoying every moment of their closeness.
He shouldn’t bring her close to him, they should just be the way they are maybe friends not close at all but his heart can’t agree with him on that.
He wants to be closer to her more than he has ever been and wants it to be something more but something that scares him. Maybe he was taking this advice Aiden gave him too seriously and overdoing it but he didn’t feel like caring and just went on with it.
“What exactly have you done to me? Why is it so easy to like you?” he asked caressing her cheeks while looking deep into her brown eyes.
She took in a deep breath sharply and closed her eyes then allowed herself to enjoy the moment they were having.
“I can’t understand what made me like you so much. I don’t want to go any further than us just talking but…” he whispered and she opened her eyes to look at him as she felt her heart rate increase rapidly at how deep his voice was that made his Spanish accent audible enough.
“Something in me wants it to be more” he pecked her cheeks and she took in a deep breath of air not understanding the feeling that went through her.
He held her right hand in his and placed it on his chest so she can feel how fast his heart was beating.
“Can you tell me why my heart is beating this fast when I am this close to you?” he asked and she kept looking into his eyes.
‘Maybe he is just jealous because you aren’t giving him the same amount of attention you give to Earl’ she remembers what her friend told her when they were eating.
All the things Sofia told her could be the reason for his behavior towards her and him letting his ego prevent him from expressing his affections to her in a proper way.
Could it be like he was truly into her but didn’t know how to show how he felt about her? Could it? She didn’t know the answer to that but saw the way he is looking at her now.
It does show that he likes her a lot and she didn’t want to base his feelings for her on the way he looks at her or the little things he sometimes does for her that wouldn’t be followed by an insult.
If he really likes her, she wanted him to not just show her but tell her, be sure and serious about it and he should keep reminding her.
‘Just like Philip always do?’ he subconsciously asked and she smiled then shook her head trying to get it off her head.
How can she be thinking about another guy when her handsome but pain-in-the-ass husband was here looking at her ever so lovingly.
“Er… wh–when…” she cleared her throat already feeling parched by this little encounter.
“When did you get here?”
“I was here waiting for you to come home,” he said and pecked her forehead then leaned back and sat on the bed.
Then she was able to process things better and felt her cheeks warm up so she sat up and face him but didn’t look at him not wanting what he said to get to her head.
“I also tried calling you but it didn’t go through and not long after I called you, you entered and just came straight to lay on the bed not caring about anything else” he explained to her and she nod her head.
He was waiting for her… wow.
“Okay, here I am. I need to take a shower” she said and was about to stand up when he took her hand in his to stop her.
She looked at his hand that held hers and to his face which was displaying something like nervousness.
Why was he nervous? He looked flirty and smiley some minutes ago and now he looks nervous.
“What happened?” she asked and he shook his head then cleared his throat.
“I was wondering if you er… like… er” he cleared his throat again and started feeling his hands shaking.
It was just to ask her about it, why was he feeling like she was going to object to what he was going to ask her? No, she might like her. All women like to go on dates, especially with handso- Dimitri Lorenzo.
Don’t get too full of yourself and concentrate here. He scolded himself and let out a nervous breath of air.
“Do you want to go eat outside?” he asked finally and she opened her eyes wide as she looked at him.
He was asking her out on a date? That was what all the nervousness and gentleness were for? A date? With him? And by him? Wow… just wow.
“You are asking me out on a date?” she asked him and his brows furrowed.
“No, not a date, genius. I want us to eat outside for tonight, instead of home-cooked” he explained and she smiled then nod her head.
“If you are tired, you can stay. I will go with the guys” he said and she pinched his left breast and he yelped in pain.
“Now, you don’t want to take me?” she asked with all the smiles wiped off her face.
He swallowed and rubbed his assaulted skin then shook his head.
“No, I want you to come. I will wait for you here” he said and she rolled her eyes and went to open the door.
“I thought you were goi-”
“It’s for you, go out I need to dress up,” she said pointing out the door.
He stood from the bed and shook his head then muttered ‘women’ on his way out.
“Just don’t take too much time,” he said over his shoulder and she closed and locked it in his face.
“They get most of the things when they are in,” he said and went to wait for her in the living room.