Smiling Sheepishly Novels & Stories

I blinked quickly. “You’re squeezing my fingers.” “Oh.” I loosened my grip immediately. “Sorry.” She studied my face carefully. “You’re scared.” The honesty in her voice made my chest tighten. “No,” I lied. Sophia gave me a look. “You do that thing with your eyebrows when you lie.” I stared at her. “What thing?” “This thing.” She copied my expression perfectly. Leo snorted beside us. I looked at him sharply. “You’re encouraging her.” “She’s observant.”

That sheepish smile made my heart leaped. I chortled and rolled my eyes jokingly. "General Cairo, it's been a long time."

he says, while letting the door run free. My sight dips, as he says that. Sheepishly smiling in response, I feel my cheeks rise, as they burn. I’m definitely a red tomato, staring down on the group, while making soft noises, like a tickled baby. I do hear his feet marching in, but I do not try lifting my face, as it remains buried in my palm. “Just go away Mr” my hands flip over, as I feel his presence. Fading my hands out, I still make the call, but he remains stagnant.

She called out nervously, and to her relief Thelios emerge silently from the trees. She was not insensible to the irony of that relief. Habit made her cover herself and her pulse raced. He was looking directly at her and gave her a small smile, but strode towards the water, leaning down and splashing it over himself. She pulled her clothes back on and sat on a nearby rock watching him. A number of ewes and lambs stumbled out of the trees behind him also looking for water. "Whose sheep are those?" "Mine." "Really?" She didn't see him as a shepherd.

Did she just growl at me? Sophia clenches her eyes shut for a second before shaking her head, a small laugh escaping her lips. She looks almost embarrassed, like she hadn’t meant for it to slip out. "Sorry," she mutters, letting out a breath. "My wolf is in overprotective mode. She’s being territorial over Rose."

She was deeply hurt and couldn't hide it as more tears rolled down her cheeks. "Sarah, Sarah... hold on.... I assure you, it's definitely not what it seems; we were doing nothing... I can explain…" He stammered out pathetically, looking so sheepish. "What you see here is really not---" He trailed off, unable to find the perfect excuse that would be convincing enough.

And seemingly cherishes it; like he's enjoying the moment and somehow feeding off my aversion towards him. He stands, laid back on his feet and confident. The smile of a wolf in sheepskin drawn out on his face. He chuckles again before his lips part and he says: "I believe I'll need to re-introduce myself…”

She admitted sheepishly making me smile. “Order whatever you want.” I suggested. She looked up at me with her raised eyebrow, I gave her a reassuring nod making her smile. I think she rarely smiles around me, I have seen her smile a lot with Helena and her friends but with me it is like I have to force it out of her even though she is a very cheerful person most of the time.

Had I caused one of the only people I truly cared for to lose all affection for me? I jumped, recoiling back a step when he turned to look at me; a strange glint in his eye. Something that would send fear rushing into the mind of even the most fearless of people, something ... Dark, unnatural. Taking a soothing breath, I looked closer; pushing the fear that had began to surface back into the far corners of my mind, my smile appearing flawless; my eyes showing no feeling.

Se-Young let out a sarcastic laugh. “Exactly.” he gave her a fake tight-lipped smile. They had reached the field part and Se-Young spotted a sheep wandering around and a smirk crept its way up to her lips. She started to shout while waving her hands, “Hello, miss sheep. Do you know who is this? The greatest Shim Dong-Hoon, the Hotelier of Shim Hotel, it will be very disrespectful of you to ignore him so you should come here and greet him.” Dong-Hoon was just looking at her with his jaw dropped, analyzing whether she had gone insane or something.