XIV

DELILAH

The next morning I was excited. I was happy. Too much. Only because I was going to have a ride with him. He was going to drop me off at the campus. I was happy because I could see him. I could greet him and probably bathe in his manly fragrance which always envelopes me. I was helplessly falling for his fragrance, too.

Dad noticed my happiness. He grinned, watching me hopping downstairs like an excited kid on his first day at school. Well, not all students are happy on the first day of school and I was not one of them. I enjoyed my first day.

"Wow, you're so happy… what's the reason, Del?" He asked as I approached him. I grabbed the strap of my knapsack and pulled it slightly, passing him my toothy grin.

"Just like that." I shrugged, fighting back the huge grin trying to spread on my lips. I was already smiling like crazy. I could not afford to earn his suspicion.

"It's probably because of the magic of the sweet fragrance of my strawberry scent hair shampoo. You can smell i