Chapter- 8
Naomi couldn’t take her eyes off Nick. He looked hunky in that perfectly fit white shirt and pair of black tailored pants. Handsome is really a small word to describe what she’s seeing right now, it’s more than that.
Out of everyone she sees here, he’s looked more attractive to her eyes. Her heart is racing and she couldn’t stop anything that’s happening inside her.
She then turned her gaze to Derek who looked different today, a little more handsome and dressed better than all these guys. He got a new haircut that complemented his looks. No one will believe she’s related to this bunch of hot fellas.
Her eyes again turned to Nickolas, though he has short hair (as his boxing coach put a rule not to grow
Chapter- 9Naomi was setting up her study table for Derek as he said he’s coming in ten minutes but he’s already there. Standing there by the door side and watching her with his admiration-filled eyes.She’s wearing an oversized blue sweater and shorts and looked awfully normal. She didn’t tie her, it has sprawled all over her and fluttered when she moved. He could stand there all day and watch her like this for eternity. She’s such an interesting person he has ever seen in his life. He doesn't know how he developed these feelings for her but it’s too hard to resist.Naomi turned when she felt someone’s eyes on her and when she saw Derek she smiled.“Hey, why are you standing there? Come inside,” she asks.
Chapter- 10“Mom, I want an ice-cream,” Naomi asks as they came out of the boutique after buying a few dresses for Ashley for her trip with her husband, tomorrow.For their upcoming wedding anniversary, they were going on a romantic getaway trip to Austria. It was planned suddenly by Vincent and the kids agreed to leave their parents alone.Naomi is surely going to miss her mom and dad next whole week and she’s excited to spend her time with Julia as she has promised to stay with Naomi in that one week. Usually, if her parents are out of town, she and her brothers would be left in Uncle Dan’s house because it’s the safest but they also stay at Derek’s home.
Chapter- 11It was the last ten minutes of their school, her teacher has just left them. Naomi turned and saw Lisa talking with her friends. She’s dating her brother but still hasn't come and had a friendly conversation with Naomi. She wondered whether she’s not too welcoming? Confusing about such things won’t be good at this time so Naomi turned eyes to Derek. He has been reading a book since morning whenever he gets free time.It’s about architecture stuff, she loves how passionate he is. She didn’t disturb him. Behind her, Jorge is sitting and playing a video game.When they were kids she thought Jorge’s interest in video games would fade out but it didn’t. Over the years he ha
Chapter- 12It was during their lunch break, after finishing the lunch earlier, Naomi, Julia, Leon, and Elijah went to the playground to hang out under the red maple tree. It’s their favorite hang-out spot. Beside them, a group of basket players discussing something. Since it’s a sports season, many players were practicing on the ground even Magnus, along with his teammates. Derek and Jorge were in the class to play a video game.“Today is so warm, isn’t it?” Julia said.“Yeah, and we don’t have classes, that’s so great more than anything,” Leon smiled.“But, I have an important class which I can’t skip and I need to go in ten minutes,” Naomi frowned.“Even if tha
Chapter- 13 Jorge is way more silent that evening and Derek noticed that. He had not even touched his computer, which is rare, and was sitting on his window sill looking at the cloudy sky. “Hey, what happened to you?” Derek asked, closing his book. “Nothing,” Jorge nods with a smile. “Are you thinking about your secret admirer?” Derek's question turned him shy. “No, not at all,” “That’s it, you are thinking about her?” Derek chuckled. “Why did you say that to everyone? I wanted to keep this as a secret,” Jorge frowned.
Chapter- 14 The entire day she kept thinking about how she’s going to talk with Nick. He always teased and embarrassed her and she’s afraid to talk about this matter as he would do the same but how long she can stay calm. She needs everything to be stopped and she wanted a very normal relationship with him. That’s it. At lunchtime, she came late, so she missed the opportunity to talk with Nickolas but she has decided to talk with him no matter what, so she messaged him: I need to talk to you. Just a moment later, she got a reply from him: Meet me in the playground now. Is he waiting for this? She thought and looked at Jorge. “Hey, Jorge. I am going to the library,” Naomi said.
Chapter- 15 Naomi didn’t utter a single word about what happened between her and Nickolas. She just wants that memory to die in her brain but at the same time, she keeps thinking about him and the way he confessed. It’s something least she expected to happen. She just hopes she and Nick will forget this incident as time passes. Their feelings eventually fade away in life's run. That’s the best for her and Nickolas, Naomi huffs thinking about that while standing under the shower. After a thoughtful bath, she came out and wore her pajamas. Looking at herself in the mirror, she asked this question, “Can I stay without minding his love life?” “No. I can’t, then how could I keep my word?” she said, keeping her face sad.
Chapter- 16 It was raining heavily in the evening, Naomi is in the library as she wanted a private moment for herself out of all the confusion that’s happening in her life. She just looked at the rain through the window. It’s so beautiful outside and she wondered what Nickolas is doing now. God! Why am I thinking about him? She frowned and turned to the entrance of the library. Derek entered looking at her and she huffed to find him here. Why Lord? Why? She thought and plastered a smile across her face. She couldn't avoid him and at the same time, she couldn’t be with him. “Hey, I thought I must be here?” Derek said. “Yeah, I just came here to study,” she answe