MAKE THE MOST OUT OF IT

Alvara

I couldn't sleep a wink all through last night. Not after those words Kai said. He'd liked me for 5years? 

How was that even possible? We hadn't even known each other that long.

With a confession like that, there was no way I could sleep in the same room with Kai. By the way, he'd insisted on sleeping in the same room thing since we were going to be "married" after all. 

“And why can't my heart stop beating so fast?“ I scolded myself while cleaning the kitchen to get last night's confession out of my head but it only lingered on more. “Maybe it's because I haven't been confessed to in so long“ 

Even my face felt flushed. 

I grumbled, “Really, what was Kai thinking confessing to me like that?“ 

“Good morning“ A voice greets me from the kitchen door. It was Kai. 

He was dressed in the thick black sleeveless singlet he'd used to sleep in last night. His black hair was messy and all over the place. 

As he moved to the fridge, pulled out a bottle of water and drank it, I noticed how his muscles flexed. 

Has he always been that muscular? He must have been. I'd just never noticed it—until now. 

Kai looked at me through the corner of his eyes. “Alvara, are you alright?“ 

I shake out my thoughts. “Sorry. Good morning. Did you like me well? I mean, did you sleep well?“ 

Damn it. I'd mistakenly blurted out the word "like."

I wasn't like this before around Kai but now was overtly conscious about his presence and how much being in the same space with him affected me. 

Tossing the empty bottle of water in the trash can, Kai says. “Listen, I'm sorry if my confession to you last night made things awkward between us but I hope you do know that you don't have to feel pressured to return my feelings“ 

“We had a deal and that's all it should be“ He continued, handing over to me a voice recorder. “Regarding our revenge against Williams, here“ 

I picked it up. “What is this?“ 

“Our first piece of evidence to prove Williams indeed stole your company's product design and idea and gave it to J INTERIOR, your rival company“ He reveals. “That is a voice recording between Williams and the CEO of J INTERIOR striking a deal to get their hands on your company's product design and idea a few days before your product launched“ 

I played the voice recording. Kai was right. It was clearly the voice of Williams and Andrew, the CEO of J INTERIOR. 

“How did you get this?“ I asked. “You said it was a recording of them striking a deal way before I decided to launch my company's product. If you knew about this, why didn't you try to stop it?“ 

“Because I didn't know that your company was the target“ Kai revealed. “I'm sorry for not acting quickly on it“ 

What the hell was I doing trying to make Kai feel bad about this? After all, he was the only one who offered to help grow back my company. 

“I'm sorry. I didn't mean for it to come out that way“ I apologized. “I don't blame you for anything—in fact, I don't have the right to blame you at all. I'm the one who had gotten my product idea and design stolen right under my nose like a fool“ 

“You're no fool, Alvara“ Kai corrects. “Williams is the problem. You were married to him. You did nothing wrong trusting him with your company's product design and idea“ 

Kai's phone rings. 

“Hold on, just a minute“ He says, moving away to answer his phone call. 

I went back to cleaning the kitchen. As I washed the dishes, the dish water spilled all over my shirt. 

“Just great“ I grumbled, drying off my hands. I turned around to exit the kitchen when Kai re-entered. 

“Alvara, that was—whoa, what happened to you?“ 

“The dish water spilled on me. I'm going to change“ 

He nods. “I'll wait in the living room for you then“ 

“Alright“ 

Moving to our shared bedroom, I pulled up my shirt over my head but it got stuck in my earrings. 

“Ouch, that hurts“ I whined, struggling in vain to get my shirt off but it was to no avail. “Kai! Kai, are you out there?!“ 

He quickly rushed in. “Do you-“ 

Of course, he was speechless right now. I was literally in front of him with my upper body exposed. 

“Kai? Are you still there?“

Clearing his throat, he reveals. “Yeah, sorry“ 

“My shirt is stuck in my earring“ I explained. “Do you mind helping me pull it off?“ 

“Yeah. Not at all“ 

Walking over towards me, I felt the slight graze of his finger against my bare skin.

“Hold on, I see where it's stuck“ Kai says, untangling the wool of my shirt from my earring. “Got it“

Relieved, I completely pulled off my shirt over my head. 

“Thank you, Ka-“ 

My words were cut short as I noticed the way Kai looked at me. The dark, fiery gaze in his eyes. It made me feel wanted. 

No one had ever gazed at me that way before. 

“Sorry, I didn't mean to stare at you that way“ Kai apologized. “I'll give you some time to change“ 

As Kai started to walk away, I held him back. 

“Hold on“ 

There was no mistaking my feelings. I was still quite uncertain what there really were but there was no denying the fact that I was physically attracted to Kai at the very least. 

Honestly, I wasn't ready for another relationship with a Foley brother again. That's why I had to find out if my feelings towards Kai were beyond just physical attraction. 

If it was, then I wouldn't feel guilty divorcing him after my revenge was accomplished. 

But if it weren't...I'll just think of the consequences later. 

Pulling Kai closer towards me, I placed my lips on his. 

He pulled away from me, slightly and asked in a soft, breathless voice, “What are you doing, Alvara?“ 

I don't know. 

“Just shut up and kiss me, Kai“ I respond. “And this might be the first—and the last time you'd get this chance so make the most out of it“