CHAPTER SIX

I swallowed hard.

“Wh.. What? What do you mean?” I chuckled nervously.

“Why the fuck did I just get a notification payment saying you spent seven fifty dollars on my card!?”

She yelled, pointing the phone at my face.

I let out a sigh of relief.

“Oh.. That..” rubbing the back of my neck, with a grin on my face letting out a breathy chuckle.

“So um.. About that.. I was totally going to tell you, it just skipped my mind and I..” smiling teasingly like a puppy that had just been caught doing something bad.

“Oh yeah? When? I swear to God, Sophie I'm going to kill you!” as she bent to pick up her slippers to throw at me

“Wait, wait, wait, oh my God relax” as I ran towards the door. “

“I'll pay you back damn. My card wasn't going through.. and I really needed to get this new product that just dropped on sephora or it'd be out of stock.. Amongst some, you know.. other things too.

And as I still had your apple pay signed into my phone from the last time you used it, I you know.. Thought to try… And it went through.

She just stood there with one hand on her forehead and the other on her waist and sighed.

“You should be happy I used your money by the way” I teased her

“You..” she threw the slipper at me but I dodged it and Dylan held her back.

And we both burst out laughing.

“Alright well that is my cue to leave. Happy married life to you both. Oh and… Thank you for the seven fifty, I love you, mwah” and I ran out of the room immediately, laughing.

And that's how Hazel and I were, we played and teased each other a lot.

As I left the room I felt really weird. I knew I betrayed her by messing with Dylan earlier. I should have never crossed that line

I got back to my room, turned off the lights and went to sleep. I wasn't going to dwell on what happened between Dylan and I because it was never going to happen again.

Or so I thought.

***

The next morning felt peaceful. And me? Sound asleep wrapped under the duvet sleeping peacefully like a newborn until the sound of my phone buzzing woke me up.

I stared at the phone for a few seconds before finally answering.

“Good morning thief” Hazel's voice sharp at the other end of the phone

I laughed sleepily “Well good morning to you too Hazel.

Is there a reason why you're calling me this early in the morning? You have a husband now, disturb him and not me please will you?” I said, still very sleepy.

“Oh shut up, I was calling to tell you we're already leaving”

“By this time?.. Yeah okay that's fine be safe, I love you bye” hanging up the call and going back to sleep.

Not long after, my phone rang again

“Hazel for the love of God, what now” I said without even looking at the caller ID.

A soft chuckle came from the other end of the phone. “I see you got into it with your sister again didn't you”

I forced my eyes wide open immediately and checked the face of my phone and it's Caleb with a ring and heart emoji behind his name.

“Oh my God baby, I'm sorry I didn't realize it was you. I thought that was Hazel bothering me again”

He chuckled again

“Yeah I figured babe it's okay. I was calling to tell you I'd be there in like ten minutes”

Ten minutes? Ten minutes!?

Two hours had passed since I spoke with Hazel but I could have sworn that was five minutes ago.

“Yeah sure babe, I'm almost done. I would be ready by the time you get here”

“Perfect.” He took a deep sigh. “I can't wait to see you, hold you, hug you, kiss you baby. I have missed you so much”

I smiled softly.

“Me too babe. Me too.

Well hurry up and get here quick so you can catch me while I'm still naked” I giggled sheepishly.

“Ha ha, well you can count on that Miss Lane.”

“Oh I love you Caleb, so much.”

“I love you too babe. Always. See you soon”

The call ends.

Immediately I got up, ran to the shower to freshen up and get myself together before Caleb arrived.

We've been together for two years. Which for the most part of the relationship was long distance as I was out of the states for a trainee program in hospitality management.

Caleb made it easy to believe distance didn't matter. He has been reassuring, gentle and patient. The kind of man that remembered every tiny detail about me without even trying even though we were miles away from each other.

From the late night calls, surprise flower deliveries, and random date nights over FaceTime, and somehow, we made it work.

It felt really good to be back home after such a long time away.

As I got out of the shower, my phone buzzed on the bed and I rushed to grab it.

It was a text message from an unknown number, the same number Hazel had used to call me yesterday after the reception.

“Sophie, I'm on my way back to the hotel, please wait a while for me please. Dylan”

Apparently it was Dylan's phone she used to call me the previous night.

I stared at that text with no words. I had no idea what to say.

I flung the phone back on the bed and groaned out loud.

“What does this man want from me?” I thought to myself

“Sophie, what the fuck have you gotten yourself into?

This can't be my life right now are you kidding me” I kept having these series of conversations with myself in my head as I was getting dressed when I heard a knock on the door.

“Sophie it's me, please open up”

“Dylan? Are you kidding me what the fuck are you doing here? Where's Hazel?” I said, talking quietly behind the door.

“Please open the door Sophie, I just want to talk. I don't have much time”

I took a deep breath and opened the door.

“I'm listening” with my hand blocking the entrance so he wouldn't come in.

He scoffed softly

“You want me to stand out here and talk?”

“Yes. Why are you here Dylan?”

Then he walked closer to me. Too close, his chest was touching my hand blocking off the entrance and fixed his eyes on mine.

I looked away immediately and turned around. I wasn't going to let what happened yesterday happen again.

He came in and shut the door behind him.

“Dylan.. What are you.. ?”

“Shh” he said, placing his finger on my lips.

“I don't know what's going on with me Sophie, I don't know what you're doing to me but I cannot bring myself to stop thinking about you.

I do not want to stay away from you. I don't even think I have the strength to.

My whole body and soul longs for you.

And I know deep down, you feel it too.

You want it, just as much as I do or you would have pushed me away”

“Dy..” I tried to cut him off

“No, no, no, shh.. Listen to me. You're going to listen to me.” he shut me out

“Last night, I thought about you the whole time I made love to my wife.

You have no idea how much I wanted that to be you. I can't…”

Then, a knock sound from the door cut him off.

“Babe? I'm here”

Caleb was standing behind the door.