On the next morning, Nia got out off the bed at ten in the morning. She was sound asleep last night and didn't bother to check if she had a housemate.
At eighteen years old, she became independent by living on her own and having three part time jobs at Bronx, New York while studying in an open university for college.
She was an assistant chef in an Italian restaurant, a cashier until three in the afternoon and an online doctor since she is a Psychology Major. All in all, every week, she got a total salary of $4,550, enough for her to spend on foods, clothes and her college tuition.
Her mom often give her an allowance of $5,000 a week even if she refused it, it will be transferred to her bank account. She just got used to it and let the remaining money in her account.
Until recently, she withdraw half of her money for her vacation.
Maybe she can cook a meal for her housemate for a commemoration of her stay in the house.
With much excitement, she went to the bathroom and started to put some essential oil to the bath tub, took off her clothes and let the bubbles sink in to her skin.
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Bryce is already awake but he didn't open his eyes until he heard the water dripping from the bathroom.
Did he leave it open after he shower? Or is there a burglar in his house?
But the security in his condo is tight. If there's any suspicious person seen from the Cctv's around the fifty floor building will automatically reported to the police.
He shouldn't feel threatened. His place also has security guards all over the place, even in the elevators.
He sigh. Maybe he's just frustrated that her Mom didn't call him after the favor he did yesterday. Not even a single thank you.
He wonder why there is no such information for that girl. Or the flight might be cancelled. Ah! I shouldn't think of that!
He got up from his bed, walk past his working desk and went to the kitchen to prepare his espresso coffee when he remember that he left his car keys on the bathroom after he took a shower.
He carefully put down the saucer on his desk before putting down the mug of coffee. It will better for him to start his day with it so that he will not be grumpy later when doing his work.
The water dripping on the bathroom stopped after he step inside. His brows furrow in one line and decided to remove his feathery slippers before continue going in.
There was a female voice humming a song near the shower.
He open the glass door to be shocked by the sight of a naked, beautiful woman facing the shower.
Her buttocks are rounded and her skin is milky, no signs of any blemish or scratch on her legs. He swallowed the saliva on his watery mouth and slap his face.
He shouldn't enjoy the view in front of him. He should ask first who the lady was and why she's on his condo! Is this burglar taking a shower and then will took some of his valuable things before she will leave? I don't think that's reasonable!
He quickly turn around and closed the door, making a loud noise.
That made the lady shout.
"Who'se there? Don't you dare open the shower door!"
Bryce chuckled loudly. "I already did. I didn't see something interesting, though so you don't need to worry. Get dressed and we'll talk afterwards."
He walk back to his seat and sat, facing his laptop desk and mindlessly sipped on his hot brewed coffee.
"Ouch!"
His tongue got numb with too much heat from the coffee and he spit it on his printed papers.
"Damn! I will need to reprint those papers because of that naked woman!"
He quickly put the papers in the laundry line located in his small balcony. He put on clothes pin to hold the wet papers.
He also went to his room and was about to call her mother when he saw her text.
Mom: Son, is Nia on your condo? My secretary gave her your door keys yesterday. I just want to check if she's comfortable on your place.
Me: Mom! Why do you always say things late?
He typed in and erased. Instead, he replied:
Me: She is. When will you get her here? Or do I need to bring her to your place?
Mom: She'll stay with you for the meantime while I'm arranging somethings for her. Be good, okay?
Me:You know that a stranger man and woman should not stay in one place.
Mom:She and you we're different. I trust you that you'll behave well, son. She's a daughter I'll never had.
Me:Isn't this a set up?
Mom: Haha! No, darling. She need to recover and you'll be a perfect match to help her.
Me: Why of all people, me?
Mom: Because you are my son. Now, be a good boy and behave. See you, soon!
Gritting his teeth, Bryce threw his phone in his soft pillow. He was very much pissed at the taught that a woman would live with him even it's temporary. He's not used to having a woman in his life after his ex-girlfriend killed herself in his old place.
How would he react on her presence? Does he need to talk to her all the time? Do they need to eat facing each other on the table everyday? Does he need to cook for the breakfast just to please her mother's visitor? Does he need to accompany her if she wants to tour around the city?
Oh, looks like my schedule has been fucked up!
He closed his eyes and the sight of the woman's round buttocks came to his sight.
Those milky-long legs will be in good use to hook down to his waist when they made love. Those slender hips will be perfect for his hands to handle when he will put her on top of the kitchen counter before he will wildly kiss her. And those silhouette of her breast will a beautiful scenery to behold.
He shook his head and open his eyes.
Why does he need to see that scenario in his mind?
Fucked! He will have endless sleepless nights from tonight!
Nia quickly put the towel around her body as she heard the man chuckled loudly. She imagined the man scanning her buttocks from behind and it made her cringed.It's the first time that a man was not attracted to her slender body figure. In her previous work in an Italian Restaurant in New York, she was pretty popular that all the men drool over her even though she wears a chef's uniform. The women told her she has a body to die for like a model's figure.Some magazines also called her to be their new face including the Vogue which is based in France, New York magazine, Harper's Bazaar and GQ so she was insulted by that man's respond when he saw her body silhouette from behind.Is it only a silhouette? Or is she afraid that the man saw her round buttocks and will saw motive to seduce her? Ah! I don't know and I don't care! I only came here to have a peaceful vacation but it looks like she will not have one.She had a habit of pleasing people with her cooking s
Half an hour passed by and Nia started to calm down. She started to hear the birds chirping from afar and she saw her reflection in the mirror with the man earlier hugging her from behind.He look funny and nervous while he hugged her. His eyes were tightly shut while he bit his lower lips that is starting to get bloody.Her breathing is still heavy to the point that she needs to gasp for air but she can tolerate it until her heart beats back to normal.After several years of having physical and psychological therapy, she still have panic attacks that was caused by stressed. Her mother knew it.She still tried to smile but it turns out a grimace in her face.The man's right eye opened and when he saw her scanning his reflection in the mirror, he quickly release her from his arms that made him bounce as he sit near her bed. He looked electrified.Now it's her turn to chuckle nonstop.
The aroma of delicious food soothes Bryce's nose and make his stomach growls.Usually, he wouldn't have anything in the morning aside from having his expresso coffee because he's afraid to lose his muscles in place. He didn't want to be called 'fat' instead of having a 'fit' body.That is also the reason why he usually go to gym at night after having a heavy meal in the afternoon.It looks like his diet will be altered because of this woman!Nia showed up as of on cue and tap his left shoulder to get his attention. He faked typing something before turning around."Aren't you hungry? I'm waiting on the dinning table for five minutes now. I thought if you would smell the food, you will get up and went to the table by yourself.", Her lips in a pout like a child."I told you to call me, right? When I work, I won't notice the time until I finished it."He got up and walk
Bryce carefully stretched his left arm towards the other side of the bed, afraid that Nia will woke up if he will touch her without opening his eyes.He silently turn around to face the side table and open his left eye to see the time on the clock. It's quarter to six in the evening!He quickly jump out of the bed and his butt bounced on the carpeted floor."Ouch!", he rub his aching butt with his right hand before he continue to stand up and glance on the bed but he only saw some hair strands on the other pillow.Why didn't I wake up with the fire alam sound of the clock? It didn't happen before to him! He will usually woke up with the sound of it, thinking there will be a fire in the house!Or maybe Nia woke up because of its sound and didn't bother to wake him up? Or is it because the woman didn't notice him sleeping beside her on her own bed?Argh! I don't know what to think now! Where did she go without even checking her housemate? Did she le
Nia didn't know how long she's staring at the bright, perfectly shaped moon with a couple of stars in the sky.Her heart beats faster than normal--indicating that she's very nervous. The trauma she had experienced made her comfortable in the dark before the therapy. But after the psychologist confirmed that she can handle it without the therapy, her doctor also explained that there will be an instance that she may have an attack due to her own actions and emotions.In short, she needs to manage her emotions to stay calm all the time. In that way, she won't have an attack anymore.She sigh deeply, shrugged and closed her eyes.This is the situation that she need to conquer by herself without any help of others. She doesn't need to be dependent on someone since all the things, people and place she's currently in will only be temporary.How about Bryce, will he be just a man she met a few mon
In Bryce's eyes, having a man as your best friend is not suitable if you were a woman--he always tell that to his girlfriend Maristal Chavez.He actually dislikes seeing her best friend Dylan around them during their outdoor dates. Maristal always argue that its better for them to have her best friend accompany in exchange of having a good public image. And he disapproved of it but she is always the one who wins the argument in the end.Why? Because he loves her so much. She was his world. She accept him wholeheartedly when he needs someone beside him. She made her feel loved and let him believe that they will be the one for each other forever.Bryce is a field journalist and he has his own office in the publication company--even though he's mostly out for field reports--where he met Maristal being the Editor-in-Chief's secretary.Maristal is very defensive, always rude when he talks to her but when he got into her submissive side, they unexpectedly clicked.
Nia felt like she was in a deep slumber for a long time and she just woke up with ease.She tried to remember what had happen but she can't. She had no memory but she's happy.Without thinking anything, she get up from the bed only to be surprised. Her body remains on the bed but when she double checked, she's also standing straight next to her body!When her eyes roam around, there are other patients lying on the beds nearby and her bed is near the glass window.The room has a light coming from the fluorescent light on the ceiling and there are two doctors and three nurses around her bed. One of the doctors is currently pumping her heart, the two nurses are checking her vital signs and putting some liquid medicine from the vials to her dextrose using a long syringe.She cringed. If she's conscious right now, she won't let them stung her with that.She's the type of pers
Surprisingly, Nia noticed that Bryce do all the things to make her comfortable on her stay in the hospital. Bryce didn't say anything after she woke up the following day. He volunteered to help her get up, to guide her in going to the bathroom and even feed her. Nia is very touched by his gestures and realized he's a warm, loving and caring person although he say otherwise. It's her third day in the hospital and still waiting for other examination test results. Bryce did all the walking and talking with the doctors the whole day and at night, he will stay awake until the last doctor's visit to check if her vital signs are stable. Nia smiled at the thought of having him as her boyfriend. She can imagine his pale lips twitching when he will talk back at her every whims but he will give up on the end and he will still give what she wants. She sigh and silently pray that she can stay