a's

l mirrored hers. She had just got back from her vacation she'd taken with her boyfriend t

so she would groom herself not to ever depend on anyone when she was out of school and the Ducklings were

but it was! Even from the shrug, I knew I was still affected

dy but it still felt as if

d me in the kitchen even though it happened days ago. I was currently in the store

l surprised he even conversed with me normally, as if we

ll yesterday, even before going to b

ed in a voice laced with hopefulness and got up from the cre

ne with him and still nervous about it, and she was

d at he

f with another heart-shudde

we, Adrian. D

f the store with the new carton of tomato paste and seaso

mething." I laughed nervously. The thought of staking claim on someone as cold and h

ours." I muttered. She bent t

been acting weird since yesterday, and we haven't even spoken that well since I got back. I hope he's alright." She

id over it, shutting it properly before

still didn't get up from

wha

ed my brows. My mind was somewhere el

on, you idiota

she was talking about. "I was talking about Luca

sly. Why did her mood tu

ill had yet to discover why she actually liked to smile so much, and even if I was already twenty, I never got tired of watching that smile grace her lips on random occasion

n. It had been exactly seven years and she still went

off her chest. Things she could have ea

at me as she t

k, wiping her hands pro

question, watching her ignore me. She joined Adrian who had already started peeling the dirt off some onions.

ds joy in annoying me., Adrian answered her quest

muttered har

y position, not willing to

rig

ere you even talking about?" I asked, stifling a guilty giggle. I knew she wasn't hap

ing attention to what

t and you keep

would I know who you

. "Caprá." Goat, she called me goa

at her.

imm

ril

pat again, a s

li

l in the gym area and also hated having contact with a large amount of water didn't mean I could be called a fish! Mama chuckled

your fat-ass face anymore," Adrian grumbled

again?" I grumbled and finally joi

do without her." Mama

she can

ss so she'll stop being so mad at you." She fur

not a

ing that flashed for a brief moment and I found myself frowning. Nope, I was straight sexuall

he got pregnant. She used to love the idea of creating different scenarios about lesbians, gays, or Elizabethan Times romance

but still, her opinion s

, I would notice the glint in her eyes. I still didn't know the full story of her past, but she left her ho

before keeping quiet and focusing h

as that even after a while, it still wouldn't lose its nutrients if it was well

e cinnamon?"

and she checked the counter. My eyes focused on the onion I was chopping as

ar

h?

u and Adrian later on to go get me some food item

ing. I headed for the stairs and practically ran through the hallway

lders to ease the tension that had gathered there. How would I survive with a man whom I bare

t familiar ache in my chest at how he treated me. It wasn't like he really knew me to be a snub or something. Why was he always being harsh to me? Most

I steered clear of him and his bitter gla

person to invite to that 'economic influencer' event? He did say I was smart or rat

he reason. He probably didn't want to waste money on me without knowing what the result would be at the end of the day. I walked

nervous step back and inched closer to the door with a thumping heart. My heart felt lik

made a weird creak when my hand slowly rested on it and my muscles tensed up but I released an e

ailed my eyes upwards but stilled when I noticed he still wasn't wearing anything, up to his thighs.

subconscious screamed in fright, and I got more s

her so I allowed my eyes to focus more

oodness!" I watched him with skilled co

other hand in up and down motion as if he was massaging it, and he kep

t was being massaged did a weird jerk. No, that wasn't his other hand. How could I be so d

move his hand furiously over his dingy dangly, wh

r at the feeling in my nether region. My breathing got labored, but my eyes we

r! My princess

I can't...fuck can'

should leave. I should lea

see his face contort so well, and his hand slacked its hold as a small smile came to

t was th

o my room. I ran till my legs quaked beneath me. I ran throu

name and did tha