Nathania’s POVNathania could feel her heart beating loud in her chest as she thought of a thousand and one reason to escape from the person pinning her against the wall until she perceived the familiar cologne. “I will deal with you later about trailing me but now, you need to hush,” Xavier’s voice, ever so smooth flooded into her ears like a silent wave and just then, she heard the murmurs of two men, walking past by quickly and wondering where they have gone. When the coast was clear, Xavier still held her like he did earlier and she tried not to breathe too much or nosily and alert his attention. He smelled so good and all she wanted was just to put her head on his neck and inhale deeply while slowly reaching up to feel his lips. She had her eyes closed, imagining how mesmerizing that would be if she could do it.If she was in her true form, perhaps she would have taken the risk, but at this moment, and donned as Oliver, she would never try it. Not for her sake, but for the sake o
Nathania’s POV “Where on earth were you two?” Teresa bellowed as soon as she and Xavier stepped into the house.“I went out, he followed,” she heard Xavier say and her eyes went to him sharply but he didn’t even gift her a glance as he went up the stairs, ignoring Teresa and the rest of their classmate.Teresa didn’t seem fazed about that and just turned her anger to Nathania, like she was expecting Xavier to act just like that. “Couldn’t you at least tell me you were going out? Do you have any idea how worried I was and none of you even left with your phone.”“I’m sorry, babe,” Nathania smiled and went up to her, putting her arms around her and wrapping her in her arms before placing a kiss on her forehead, “it won’t happen again.”“It better,” Teresa said. And she chuckled above her head, kissing her softly on the head and closing her eyes, thinking about when Xavier was just that close to her and shivering softly, remembering the feeling of his hot breath on her neck.Xavier’s POV
Xavier’s POVXavier stared at the boy, his heart thumping loud in his chest and he cleared his throat, glancing away from him to hide the emotion in his eyes. “What rubbish are you spouting?” he asked coldly, “if I hate you then do you think I would let you date my only sister? Yes she is my cousin and we are both only child’s, do you think I will let you be with the only sibling I have?” he raised an eyebrow.Oliver bit his lips and nodded, “I understand that but from my own understanding, most people are friends with the partner of their siblings. I mean, I am friends with my brother’s partners. I talk to them when I see them and I laugh with them at their jokes. I always even go out with them and spend some time with them, it’s all fun. But you have been ignoring me since you knew me. After our bet, you almost loosened up around me and before I knew it, you were uptight again. What did I do? Am I annoying you or something?”That was a long speech that Xavier didn’t know how to comp
Xavier’s POVXavier rode into the property and as he turned off the engine and took of his helmet, he heard the laughter. He frowned, the laughter was a little distance from the cabin and he knew instantly that the laughter wasn’t in the house. He got down from his bike and walked towards the beach, the only place he suspects the laughter to be coming from and sure enough, he could see the people having fun in the water. He found himself instantly wondering if Oliver was having a swim and how he would look with drenched body. He found himself drooling and had to snap out of it.They were plenty girls in the water, some he knew and some he has never seen in his life before, why can’t he drool over them and here he was drooling about a boy in his mind. He bit his life, his new discovery about his taste is not sitting well with him and he knew he had to do something about it. Approaching the beach, he noticed that he couldn’t find the brown messy hair he was searching for in the water an
Nathania’s POV Nathania didn’t know the best way to express her joy. She wanted to scream, jump, dance and swirl around, or maybe it was just the alcohol intake from the whole day finally reacting. She just couldn’t name it but she reached out and grabbed Xavier’s hand, her eyes twinkling as she asked in all excitement. “When did you return?” Xavier’s POV Seeing the way Oliver looked at him had shocked Xavier silly but when Oliver took his hand, feeling his soft palm, he couldn’t explain the current that passed through his hand to his heart. He snatched his hand from Oliver and looked at his drink immediately, his heart beating so loudly in his chest that he felt like he was going to suffocate. He gulped and took a huge gulp of his drink, still very unable to look at Oliver. Jesus, what the fuck is wrong with me? How am I reacting like this? “I’m sorry, I’m so sorry.” Oliver said and let out an awkward laugh. “I guess I got carried away.
Nathania’s POV As they got to the cabin, everywhere was quiet and a post-it note was on the refrigerator. Xavier went up to it and cursed seeing the content of the note. “Fuck,” he cursed out loud and Nathania rushed to him. She slowly whistled seeing what it said and turned to grin at him. “I guess we are all alone then,” She giggled. The note was obviously from one of the servants and it said that dinner won’t be prepared by them as Teresa had given them a day off, claiming that they would sort themselves out that night. “And it’s worse because I am starving.” Xavier cursed once more. His handsome face twisted in his annoyance as he yanked the fridge door open and took out a bottle of orange juice. He uncorked it and drank directly from it. And seeing Nathania staring at him, he asked, “What?” Nathania smiled. “You don’t have to be so angry.” “Are you deaf or just playing dumb? I just said I’m starving and who knows when T
Nathania’s POV Nathania was clearly shocked. What just happened? She wondered. Xavier clearly looked like he was in pain and she only just wanted to offer her support, she didn’t know he loathed her touch so much that he would even run out of the kitchen. Is she that bad? But he doesn’t seem to hate Nana’s touch or her presence, so why was it so different when she is Oliver? Does it matter if she appears different, after all, she is still the same person inside, right? She wanted to run after him, to apologize if she had crossed her boundary but she recalled what Teresa said, that the best thing to do when Xavier wants to be alone was to leave him alone. In as much as the conversation wasn’t flowing and the vibe wasn’t there either, Xavier had actually intended to stay in the kitchen with her, so obviously he left because she just couldn’t let him be. She bit her lip, wanting to curse herself for being too troublesome, however, try as she may, she just couldn’t
Xavier’s POV “What did you do in the kitchen?” Xavier asked, watching Oliver and taking note of every facial expression and reaction he was giving off. “Well,” Oliver shifted from one foot to the other. “It was obvious that you didn’t like me touching you. I mean, I should have taken the hint with how you behaved when I suddenly grabbed your hand back at the beach, I shouldn’t have repeated it. I am deeply sorry and to show my goodwill, see, I made everything you requested.” He pointed at the tray of food in the bed. Xavier didn’t care about that. He was more concerned at the impression he had given Oliver by running out of the kitchen. Hell, he wished he could tell him that he didn’t run out because he loathed his touch but rather because watching him cook had given him a boner he couldn’t calm down. Xavier cleared his throat and looked around, not able to look at Oliver for the time being as he was reminded what he had done in the bathroom and wit
In Adrian’s hand is a black thong. Celine, my BFF in New York had bought it for me the day we went shopping. I have never worn it and seeing Adrian holding it like a prized possession both embarrassed and made me blush. I looked away from him to hide the colors on my face. “I…I have never worn that.”“Really? What a shame,” he shook his head. “How about you wear it now? I will be your spectator,” he smiled.“Get out of my bathroom, Adrian.”“Oh come on, the party is just about to get started, don’t push me away,” then he started taking step after step towards me.I retreated each step he took. “Don’t come any closer, Adrian.”“But I want to, besides, I’m being a gentleman by bringing this to you immediately I realized you forgot it.”His lying, I can remember that I put that thong in the bottom of my drawer. I’m sure he must have removed a lot of my panties to find it, yet he chose it. “I don’t want to wear it, thank you.”Adrian smiled, “but I want you to, you will look very beautifu
Adrian looked at me with amusement in his ocean blue eyes, “you told him about me?”“Of course she told me,” Max said. With the look in his eyes, I could see that he liked Adrian and that doesn’t make me happy one bit, now he won’t let me hear a word. “You are even more than I expected.”“Really?” Adrian asked, “in what? Handsomeness or personality?”Max glanced at me, “I like this guy,” then to Adrian, he said, “both actually.”“Thank you,” Adrian bowed. “I’m liking you more than your sister actually. The first time I talked to her, she told me she hates me straight to my face.”Max laughed, “to be honest, I expected you to be gone a long time ago. It’s amazing she didn’t make you leave with her tongue.”“Oh she tried, but I’m a strong-willed person. At the moment she hates me five times,” he glanced at me, “right?”I rolled my eyes, “make it six.”“You heard that?” He asked Max, “but no matter how much she hates me, you have my word when I say I’m not going anywhere.”“I’m Max,” Max
“You didn’t discuss this with me first,” I accused.“I’m sorry, but it’s because I knew Adrian would agree,” Christy said.“We came together and now you want to leave me here?”“Of course not, I asked Adrian to take you home, didn’t I?”“I can’t believe you.”“I’m sorry, please, hmm? I will call you tonight, okay?” She hugged me and kissed my cheeks then she waved at Adrian before grabbing Daniel’s hand and running away.“Can you believe that girl?” I shook my head.“I can,” Adrian answered, “now, what do you want to do?”“You are impossible,” I started walking away.He followed me, “what did I do? I actually agreed to take you home, you should be thanking me not being angry. Where are you going?”“Home,” I answered.“That’s not the way to my car.”“Well, I don’t want to be in your car.”“Christy asked me to take you home.”“Then you can go tell her I said no.”“Don’t be like this pigeon.” I ignored him, I continued walking out of the park, “don’t make me take extra measures.” Yeah ri
“What? What about your sister?” I asked Adrian.“Don’t worry,” he said, then waved at a young woman who was sitting aside, her long blonde hair tied up in a tight ponytail. She should be in her middle forties, I guess. Oh my God, she can’t be his mom right? I don’t think I’m ready to meet his mom.The woman stood up and started approaching us, I could feel my palms sweating, why am I even afraid? I have no idea. When she got closer. She smiled at us and I greeted her, Christy did too. “Susan, you think you can watch over Avery?”“Of course Adrian, I see you want to go out with your friends,” the woman addressed as Susan said. I breathed a sigh of relief, she is not his mom, phew.“Yes, you can call Vin to take you home when she wants to leave, I’m afraid, I won’t be able to drop you guys off.”“I understand,” she smiled.Adrian walked up to Avery where she was playing, “hey mousy, I’m sorry I have to go.”“Why?”“Sorry mousy, but my friends want me to go with them, don’t worry, Susan
I stared at the little girl in shock, “girlfriend? Why would you ask that?”“I saw him kiss you and I have never seen him kiss a girl before,” she shrugged.Oh dear, if only she knew that he had kissed tons of girls, I wonder if she would ask every one of them if they are his girlfriends. I ran my fingers on her shiny white hair, loving the silkiness of it and momentarily wondering if Adrian’s own would feel just the same, “no dear, I’m not his girlfriend.”“Really? But who are you then and why would he kiss you?” Avery asked in her little voice.I bit my lower lip, thinking of what to tell her, what is Adrian and I? I don’t know anymore, I know he is my enemy at first, but after last night in my room, I don’t know what to think of him anymore and he is certainly not my friend. “I heard you call him genie earlier, right?” I avoided the question.She beamed, “yes, he has been my genie since I was born. That was what he told me and he granted me all my wishes, whatever it was and he sti
“Adrian!” I shrieked, letting my eyes roam his body, he was putting on a black jeans with a black jacket on a red polo. I searched for the logo I was bound to see and I wasn’t disappointed, it was labeled on his jacket and on the red converse he was putting on. Great, even his converse is Louis Vuitton, just what does he see with the brand? Why don’t you ask him? Yeah right, ask him, in my dreams.“Maybe when you are done checking me out you can take the ice cream before it melts away,” his voice sipped into my mind, shutting my subconscious up.I looked up at him, to his handsome face, no, I mean his ugly face, “first of all, what are you doing here?”“If you hadn’t noticed, it’s an amusement park and everyone is allowed to be here,” he answered.I nodded, “were you stalking me?”He raised an eyebrow and then a smile made its way on his lips, “stalk you? Pigeon, you just have to make a wish for that to happen.”“That’s not what I mean you idiot, I mean, how did you know I was here?”
I met Christy at the student parking lot after school. The boys hailed me when I passed, especially because of the stunts I kept pulling from my first day. Some girls looked at me as their heroine while some looked at me in envy, what’s my reaction to all these? Nothing.My day had turned worse when during the final period, Adrian still didn’t show up. It's official, he didn’t come to school today. Can you actually believe that? He was with me last night but he didn’t mention it to me that he won’t be in school, why didn’t he mention it to me? Why are you bothered? My subconscious asked, that’s true, why am I bothered? Shouldn’t I be happy that I was free of his troublesome self for at least one day? Yes, I should be happy. But even though I felt like shouting that to myself, I wasn’t happy.“Earth to Molly,” Christy waved her hand in front of me, I blinked continuously, “really girl, where have you been? Did you even hear anything I said?”“Uh huh,” I nodded but the truth is, I heard
When I opened my eyes in the morning, Adrian was gone, I tried not to think of what happened last night or the fact that I found his voice melodious but I couldn’t. I had to remember how sweetly he sang and I knew for a fact that whenever I hear Once upon a dream, I was sure to remember him.I didn’t realize I was smiling until my door opened and Christy stood by it, “why are you smiling like that?”“Huh?” I asked, forcefully drawn out of my thought, “I wasn’t smiling.”“Yes you were and funny enough, I know that smile, so be out with it,” she shut the door behind her and approached me on the bed. Sitting down, she asked, “what happened?”“Nothing, besides, why are you here early?”“I am not early, you woke up late and may I know why you are still in bed? Lady, we are going to be late if you don’t get into that bathroom now.”I sighed and got out of bed, “you can call me to let me know when you are coming.”“That I cannot do because I will forget, now rush in there and tell me why you
Thirty two“What are you talking about?” I decided to act dump, I might not understand what is happening to me, but what I do know is that I am not going to fall into his games, no, I will not, I shall not.“Oh pigeon, do you just want me to say it? You know what? Why don’t I just show you instead?” He started leaning his face towards me and I turned my face in time for his lips to land on my cheek.He looked at me then and I took that opportunity to remove his hand from my waist, “you seem to have forgotten something, Adrian, you don’t have the right to kiss me whenever you want.”“You wanted it before.”“I never wanted it, I never said that I want it, you only assumed which is very wrong of you.” I pushed him slightly and sat up, he did the same and I rested my back on the headboard, “I mean, what makes you think I will want to kiss you? Maybe I should remind you again that you are not my type and that I hate you? Five times hate you actually.”Adrian sighed and joined me in resting