Filed to story: Loving You In My Final Days
“Somewhere, Abigail. I have work to do” was all he said. Abi realized that she was na?ve to think that she could make him stay right here beside her in all these thirty-one days. She had forgotten that this man wasn’t like her. He had all the time in the world, unlike her.
He had to work too and of course he had his business to take care of – whatever it was that he did – and she couldn’t possibly tie him down to stay with her everyday.
This realization made Abi’s heart feel like it was being squeezed tight so hard. How was she going to fulfill her wishes at this rate? Seven days was too long for her. How would she spend those days without him? She had just experienced how it felt to miss him and wait for him for one day and it was awful. Now, he was going to be gone for seven days. When he came back, she’d only have 19 days left.
“Are you sad?” Alex’s voice rang in her ears but she couldn’t respond. Sad? Sad was an understatement. What she was feeling at that moment was worse than sadness. She wanted him not to go. Could she stop him? Could she ask him to stay?
Suddenly, the girl wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him into her embrace, as if she was silently chaining him with her two fragile arms, as if she didn’t want to let go of him, no matter what happened.
Alex was surprised with what his little lamb did. His brows knitted and he was about to speak but the girl spoke first.
“Alex… can I come?” she asked. Her voice cracked.
Alex stayed still for a moment before the decisive words came out of his mouth. “No, Abigail. You can’t.” he answered and Abi felt like tearing up.
“Why?” her voice was now barely a whisper.
Alex finally moved and he attempted to pull away to look at her face but the girl didn’t let go. Her actions at this moment were making him feel strange. He predicted that she might not be happy with him leaving but why did he feel like there was something off with her?
He didn’t force himself away from her and just answered.
“Because it’s a dangerous place, especially for a little fruit like you.”
“I’ll be fine, Alex. I -“
“Shh… When I say no, it means no,” he told her and Abi’s moment of despair made her let go of him.
Seeing the look in her eyes at that moment made Alex squint his eyes. He didn’t think that she would act like this when she heard the news.
“If… if you leave, h-how about my daily requests?” she forced herself to speak and Alex chuckled. So this little lamb was this sad because of her silly requests. This girl…
Alex didn’t know why but he started coaxing her.
“If you’re worried about your requests, then don’t be. You can ask me all the requests you want me to fulfill during those days, once I’m back. I can grant all your requests in just one day or two, Abigail, so that’s not a problem,” he told her, grabbing her chin. “As long as your request won’t be as outrageous as going to Antarctica or climbing Mt. Everest with me, I can fulfill seven wishes in a day,” he continued and the heartbroken little lamb’s eyes became a little better.
“R-really? You’re not kidding, right?” was all she asked. His suggestion wasn’t bad at all. Accumulating the requests and doing it all at once was actually not a bad idea. She could monopolize him for one or two whole days instead of just a few hours every night!
“I’m serious, Abigail. Ah, I still have to collect your remaining debts, too. As of now, you have sixteen sessions of debt from me. Wait, it’s 13 now and since I am the one who is leaving, I’m not going to ask for sessions during those seven days.”
Abi blinked at him.
“Do you think you can pay for the 13 debts tonight?” he asked and Abi’s eyes slowly turned wide.
There’s no way she could do that. 13 times throughout the night? She might die!
“I can’t Alex… how about you collect the debts, too, once you’re back?”
“Fine, I’ll collect in one go as well, shall I?” He grinned like a devil and Abi was about to heave a sigh of relief when Alex suddenly pinned her down.
“Okay… Well, I think we should lessen your debt one more time tonight, Abigail,” he whispered and before she knew it, he was kissing her neck again.
It was already dawn when Abi opened her eyes.
Memories from last night flashed in her head and her face turned as red as a cooked lobster. She remembered that Alex made her tame his little big monster once more last night, while he kissed and licked her neck. She didn’t know how she managed it but somehow, her arms found the strength to carry on. Some time after that, she didn’t know how but she fell asleep as well once the little monster fell back to its slumber.
Thinking about it, Abi felt like her stamina was really starting to decrease. She used to be able to pull an all-nighter just a month ago but now, it seemed like she couldn’t anymore. Maybe it was because she didn’t sleep properly the night before, because she stayed wide awake thinking about Alex or it could be because she was exhausted from taming the little big monster three times last night.
Abi looked around as she stretched her arms out. The sun was starting to paint the sky with some breathtakingly beautiful hues, causing Abi to smile from seeing such a great view in the morning. However, her smile soon faded because she finally remembered that Alex was going to leave today.
The thought of it made Abi quickly rise and leave her bed. She was suddenly worried that the man had already left. Still in her pajamas, Abi stormed out of her room and once she stood in front of the huge door of Alex’s room, she breathed deeply before she finally knocked on it.
However, nobody was coming out or responding.
Thinking that the man was already awake, Abi ran back to her room and got changed before she went downstairs. As she descended the grand staircase, her brows creased when she couldn’t see him in the living room. She went straight towards the dining hall but the man wasn’t there either.
Abi looked for the butler but he was also nowhere to be seen.
A little confused, Abi decided to walk towards the entrance and gladly, the man was there on the step, sitting like the boss that he was and he seemed like he was waiting for her.
“Good morning,” Abi immediately greeted as she walked towards him with a big smile on her face. She was relieved and happy that he hadn’t left yet.
“The sleeping fruit finally awakened, huh?” He smiled and then, without further ado, Alex accompanied her on her daily exercise routine, telling her that she needed to continue this while he was away.
