Placing his hand under her head, Christian pulled her to himself, taking her lips into his slowly. Already looking forward to sharing a kiss with him, Laura gave in fully.
With her hand resting on his chest, she returned his kiss with equal fervor and soon they were both fighting for dominance with their tongues in each other’s mouth. This left them exhausted when they finally pulled away.
“Let’s go in.”Laura offered, pushing her hair away from her face as Christian shook his head in the negative. Raising her brow at him, she asked, “Why is that? Is anything wrong?”
“Not at all.”He replied, swirling his key in his hand.”I will be off now.”He said and with that, he got into his car and then drove off before he could stop him.
Laura didn’t let her gaze off the car until she couldn’t see it anymore.
With her fingers now combing through her hair, she turned around and then made her way into the house.
Now in her room, she was sitting at the head of her bed with her legs pulled up to her chin. The only thing on her mind at that moment was the kiss she had shared with Christian. Smiling like a teenager in love, she tightened her hands around her legs the more.
Moments later, she made her way towards the mirror and still wearing her smile, she started tracing the outline of her lips as she imagined sharing a kiss with Christian again.
She was still in this position when she heard a knock on the door. Turning in its direction she stared at it for a while before making her way towards it.
“Hey,”she said to Rian who was behind the door. When he didn’t respond, she studied him for a few minutes before she stepped out of the room.
Rian on his part was glaring angrily at her, if looks could kill, she would be definitely six feets beneath the ground.
“You don’t look good, what’s the issue?”She asked, peering at him.
“As if you care.”He muttered but she heard him clearly.
“What are you talking about? If you have an issue, it’s better to bring it up so we tackle it together.”
Rian still didn’t respond immediately. He was trying to contain the anger that was raving through him since he knew fully well that if he tried to speak, he would end up yelling at her.
That which he didn’t want.
“Are you really not going to say anything? It’s late already and we need…”
“Christian, he came around today, right?”He interrupted and she nodded.
“Yeah, he did. What about him?”
“You two had a swell time catching up right?”
Now curious to find out why he was questioning her in that manner and with a harsh tone , she couldn’t help but ask, “Is there something you are not telling me?”
“I saw you and Christian, the both of you shared a kiss out there.”He yelled in her face.
Veering backwards, Laura was stunned, she never thought he had seen her but he did and had decided to bring the issue up.
Darting her eyes around, she began to rack her head for the right words to say to him but she couldn’t come up with anything.
“Have you gone dumb all of a sudden?”He yelled again.
“Can you please stop yelling? Yes, I admit we shared a kiss out there but it wasn’t my fault.”
“It wasn’t your fault you say? Then tell me whose fault it is, go ahead and tell me.”He fisted pumped the air.
Seeing how angry he was, she recoiled and with her fingers intertwined, she muttered, “It was the effect of the drink.”
******
When Christian got home, he quickly made his way to the kitchen to quench his thirst. While he was resting against the counter, Antonia walked up to him.
“You’re back.”She said, fixing herself on a seat behind the island table.
“Uh.”
“Can we talk for a moment please?”She asked and Christian left his hand suspended in the air. For the next few seconds, he was weighing her request in his head and after what seems like forever, he joined her.
“I’m still mad at you, you know that right.”He started the conversation with a tightened fist but Antonia was quick to loosen it and with a soft voice she said, “That’s why I said we should talk.”
Taking in a deep breath, she held his hand, “I’m sorry about everything. I know how you felt when you discovered I was keeping things away from you.”She took a brief pause to take in his reaction which turned out to be neutral before she continued speaking.
“If I were in your place, I would have acted the same way…”
“Then why did you go ahead to do that when you know you would be hurted too. Don’t you think it is unfair?”He asked, cutting in.
“I know, that’s why I’m apologizing, I just wanted to keep things to myself that’s why I acted that way. Please forgive me…”she kept on pleading for a while.
Tired from hearing her continuous pleas, Christian took her hand and after giving it a soft squeeze, he brought them to his face, “Just don’t keep any secret away from me anymore.”He said.
“Sure, I won’t. I will always be transparent with you from now henceforth, believe me.”
“It’s fine though it shouldn’t end with your words, let your actions show it too.”
“Yes, I will. Thank you.”She was grining now while Christian just smiled at her.
After their discussion, Antonia retired to the room and when Christian finally joined her, she was already in bed.
When he had finished changing into his bed clothings, he joined her on the bed and then wrapped his hand around her waist. Antonia, who was almost drifting off to sleep, nuzzled towards him.
That night, they slept cuddling each other.