All Chapters of After the last "I do": Chapter 41 - Chapter 46

Our gazes collided, and his eyes scanned me slowly, carefully, as though I had caught him naked. His jaw tightened, his lips pressed into a line, and there was a flicker of embarrassment he was trying to hide.I swallowed hard, my heart hammering.“Good morning,” I said softly, my voice cracking from nerves.He didn’t reply immediately. He placed the knife down, straightened his posture, and looked at me with those piercing eyes.Finally, in his controlled tone, he said, “You should be resting.”“I’m fine,” I said quickly, stepping further into the kitchen. I tried to act normal. I reached for the counter as if to help.“I can do it myself,” he said sharply.“Yeah, I see how you’re doing it,” I said, amused, glancing at the disaster in the pot.Before he could insist, I had already dipped the spoon in and tasted the sauce. The taste hit me like a punch and I almost spat it back.“Who puts mayonnaise inside chicken sauce?” I blurted, laughing.“Whatever,” he muttered, pretending to ign

Damian’s driver pulled up at Aria’s small apartment building. The engine sound stopped. Aria was already standing by the door when we arrived. She looked beautiful as usual as she entered the car.I watched her steal quick glances at the car’s aesthetics . Damian had asked his driver to drop me at my parents house and to pick Aria too. That was not normal. Damian was not the charity type. He did not hand out favors like candy. He avoided attachments. He did not do things for no reason.“What’s going on with you?” Aria asked me softly as she buckled up, the question sharp and small.Aria had been off since everything with Liam. Her shoulders sat low. Her eyes had lost some of the fire they once had. She used to be loud, confident, and bold. Now she spoke like someone afraid to be heard.“Nothing,” I said, “Just… you know.”She raised an eyebrow. “what about Chris?”“He….No,” I said fast. “I mean….” I stopped myself because the truth tasted messy in my mouth.Aria chewed her lower lip.

I turned immediately.“What?” I asked searching his eyes.“The girl I want to impress is you, Rachel.” He said againI stood shocked, my whole body vibrating. “Am I dreaming?” I thought, but I didn’t just think that, I actually said it loud.In response, Damian held my waist close and kissed me passionately. It was slow and burning at first; my eyes were open all along out of shock.My whole body was on fire, but I was blank, too stiff to think.When he stopped, he pulled my forehead to touch his. “Are you dreaming?” he teased in the deepest bedroom voice.“Am I?” I said, almost collapsing in pleasure.“We will see to that.” He pulled me in for another kiss. This time it was demanding; he was literally eating me whole.Before I could catch my breath, he lifted me and carried me to the glass dining table. In one swift move, he cleared all the food, and it poured onto the floor.I’m not the type to watch food waste, but God, I didn’t think of it for even half a second. I just didn’t wan