Let's talk about your wedding

The next morning...

The sound of the knock on the door pulls Alicia out of her deep sleep, and she groans tiredly as she forces her eyes open. Trying to sit up on the bed, she feels her legs heavy like something is pushing her back to the bed.

"What's that?" She mutters to herself as she runs her fingers through her hair lazily. Realizing that she didn't sleep alone in the room, her eyes widen as she finally manages to sit on the bed, but she cringes when she finds Ren sleeping like a mad person with his head resting on her lap while having his hands wrapped around her legs.

"What the..." She cringes angrily as she screams, snapping him out of his deep slumber.

"Can you let me sleep, please?" He whines sleepily.

"Get away from me you pervert!" She curses under her breath as she pushes him off the bed and he lands on the ground.

"Ah!" He winces in pain, holding his butt.

"That was mean, Alicia," He yawns, rubbing his sleepy eyes.

The knock on the door pulls their attention, and Alicia glares hard at him sternly before she drags herself to the door and pulls it open, revealing their maid.

"Good morning, ma'am Alicia," the maid greets her politely as soon as she opens the door.

"Good morning. Is there anything I can do for you?" She asks the maid while scrutinizing her with her eyes.

"No, ma'am. Your dad asked to call you and your fiance down for breakfast," The maid says to her and she can't help the scoff that tears through her throat at her last statement. That's funny and crazy. All thanks to her friend, she now has to stay in the same room with a random dude as her fiance or so-called boyfriend.

"Alright. I'll be with them shortly," She says to her before walking back into the room and slamming the door behind her. She looks around the room and rolls her eyes when she can't find him anywhere. He must be in the bathroom.

Plunging herself on the bed tiredly, she stares up at the ceiling and sighs briefly. Recalling the kiss from the previous day, she slowly touches her lips and bites them. It has been eight good years since she last did stuff like that, and she felt her heart race at the thought of it. The thought of how soft his lips felt on hers, how sweet they were, and how curved they were as they kissed her, she can't help but smile to herself for no reason.

"Snap out of that, Alicia," Her subconscious mind snaps at her, and she sighs briefly.

"What are you daydreaming about?" Ren's voice disrupts her thought, and she quickly sits up on the bed, but she freezes when she spots him standing with just a towel hanging dangerously around his waist. She gulps down nothing and her mouth drops open in shock as she feeds her eyes on his perfect body. His perfectly toned abs make her heart thumps heavily against her chest like it'll force itself out anytime soon, his broad chest is everything to stare at all day, and his sexy lips make her remember the kiss from yesterday. Why the heck is she suddenly admiring this young man?

"What are you staring at?" The corner of his lips slowly twitches into a smirk, and her breath hitches momentarily when she feels his breath on her face, whilst staring into her eyes intently like he's trying to see through her. She was so lost that she didn't even know the time that he walked over to her.

"Wh...What are you doing?" She stutters nervously, and he smirks before pulling away from her.

"You should stop drooling at me in the future. It makes me feel uncomfortable," He says coldly, not sparing her a glance. She can't help but glance at him to be sure that he's still the same man from moments ago. The sudden aura that surrounds him feels so strong and dark for anyone to think that it belongs to a twenty-six years old guy.

"It's disrespectful walking around half-naked in a woman's room like that. You should wear something and stop playing around," She rolls her eyes nervously as she stands up to her feet and walks briskly into the bathroom, slamming the door behind her. She crashes against the wall as soon as she walks inside the bathroom, and releases the air she has been holding unknowingly.

"You don't like men again, Alicia. That was nothing, so just snap out of it," She mutters to herself as she rubs her chest vigorously.

A few minutes later in the dining room

"Where's everyone?" Alicia asks when she walks into the dining room to meet just her parents and Ren, having breakfast.

"They're all gone. My brother said that he had something to take care of back in his office, and they needed to go back very early," Her dad explains after she takes a seat beside Ren who's busy staring at her.

"And why are you staring at me in that manner?" She snaps at him, forgetting that her parents are around and she's supposed to act like everything is fine.

"I told you not to style your hair like this. It makes you look cute. You know, I don't want another man to drool over you," He smiles at her, and she rolls her eyes angrily. This guy is going to drive her nut someday, no doubt.

"You shouldn't be mean to him like that..."

"No, dad. Alicia is not always like this. I guess I stressed her too much over the night. She was so tired when she woke up..."

"What the hell are you saying?" Her eyes widen as she screams angrily. This is the height of it all that she can take.

"Look at my baby, your cheeks are turning to tomatoes already," Her mom teases her, while her dad chuckles softly.

"Mom! Dad! He's saying nonsense. We didn't do anything... He... I... We... We just slept on the bed, and nothing happened. He's just... just... Ah! Ren I'm going to kill you," She clenches her fists angrily glaring hard at her while they all chuckle softly.

"It's ok to be embarrassed, darling. I understand," Her dad further says while laughing. For some seconds, she admires the happiness that fills the hearts of her parents at this moment, and she can only wish that it lasts forever. She has never seen them so happy in recent years.

"You!" She points at Ren while glaring hard at him.

"It's OK, darling. Why don't we talk about your wedding?" Her dad says out of the blue, taking her by surprise.

"Wedding?" The two of them ask at the same time and glance at each other afterward...