Filed to story: Loving You In My Final Days
But then, after a short while, he agreed and Abi celebrated again. Nine more.
“Next.”
“Let’s go canoeing,” she said excitedly and Alex’s brows knotted together.
“Canoeing…”
“Mm. That’s something that could be fun right?” she exclaimed excitedly as she started to imagine a beautiful scenario of the two of them in a boat together, cuddling as they floated on top of a clear blue lake.
Alex seemed to have thought about it for a while before he agreed again. That’s three!
“Next.”
“Let’s go to the zoo, Alex.”
“The zoo, huh…” he repeated as he leaned his head on his palm. He definitely looked like a dad listening to his daughter’s favourite things to do and places to visit. But then, he could only approve. At least, she was not asking for them to go and hunt a crocodile’s eggs or anything like that. “Approved. Next.”
“I want a horseback ride on the beach.” She grinned at him and Alex pressed his temples. Horseback ride… this girl…
Alex had been expecting more feminine requests like requesting for a romantic and luxurious date, expensive jewelry set as a gift, some public displays of affection, and other things like that but this little lamb of his was really living up to her name. Her requests were so random. Visiting a haunted house, then a lake, then a zoo, and now on a beach. They were all outdoor activities and that was only four of her eleven requests. Was she doing this on purpose to make him eat his words that fulfilling eleven wishes in one go was easy?
“Approved, next.”
Time ticked by and only two more requests were finally left.
Alex was rubbing his temple at that point. He didn’t look too excited by any of these requests at all but a promise was a promise.
“Little lamb,” he now said, instead of the usual “approved” and “next” that he was saying, almost as if he had become a parrot. He rubbed her cheeks with the back of his hand. “All those nine requests are all for the outdoors. Don’t you have a request that we could do indoors? We have plenty of time tonight.”
Abi blinked at him. Now that she thought about it, Alex was right.
“I have. Okay, my tenth request is… hmm… let’s cuddle by the fire,” she said and Alex raised his brow. For once, she requested something that interested him.
“Sure. And the last?”
“Will you m—y me?” she spouted out again but she mumbled the word ‘marry’ so that it was almost unrecognizable. Teasing him sure was fun. She never imagined that she would be able to tease him like this.
When she felt him stiffened again, she blinked up at him with innocent eyes and asked cheekily, “what? What’s with this reaction? I asked, will you read to me? What did you think I said?”
Alex was sure he heard her ask him to marry her again, especially when she looked up at him with those big innocent eyes. This cheeky little lamb was really trying to drive him insane!
“Will I read to you? Hmmm, what kind of book?” He played along with her because he mentally noted that he would get her back for her cheekiness.
“Ohh… hmm… we should choose which book we want the other to read us. For me, I’d like you to read me a chapter of one of my favorite books,” she animatedly told him, her eyes even sparkling in excitement. “How about you? What do you want me to read for you?” she innocently asked him, looking expectant.
However, the man seemed to have something naughty in his mind as his lips simply curved up. “I don’t know the title so… I’ll just get the book and give it to you later,” he answered, causing Abi to look at him with confusion. How come he didn’t know the title? She was sure he would ask her to read his favorite book! Hmm, maybe that’s not the case at all. Now she became extremely curious as to what that book was.
Abi was about to ask but she refrained since she thought that maybe the man might have wanted to surprise her.
After dinner, the two went up to their room to shower and change. After Abi walked out of the shower, she headed into her walk-in wardrobe and took her new pajamas out. She placed it on the bed as she smiled widely to herself.? She giggled in anticipation at Alex’s reaction to it.
On the day she and Kelly had gone shopping, she had seen this in one of the shops and she just couldn’t resist buying it the moment she saw it.
Abi came out of her room dressed in her new pajamas. She thought that Alex may already be waiting for her by the fireplace so she didn’t bother knocking on the door to Alex’s mysterious room.
She descended the grand staircase and realized that the house felt really quiet as if there was no one inside the house but her and Alex. It seemed like Kai wasn’t back yet either. She tiptoed towards the fireplace, thinking to surprise Alex but he was nowhere to be found. When she arrived by the fireplace, she was the one who was surprised instead and her lips formed a big ‘o’.
It seemed that Alex had got everything ready. There was a very large, thick, soft, and warm looking rug placed in front of the fire with rose petals sprinkled all over the white rug. She saw two small pillows on the rug as well as a warm looking blanket which was folded up nicely at the foot of the rug. There were also mini lit candles scattered on the floor by the fire and Abi of them like scattered stars in the sky. On one side of the fireplace, there was a small table with an array of fruits and a couple of glasses of water.
When Abi saw the soft and beautifully romantic set up, stars lit up in her eyes as she happily dove into the soft rug.
“Wow! It feels so soft!” she exclaimed as she rolled on it like an animated little lamb.
However, because the little lamb was in her own world, enjoying the bliss of running her cheeks along the ultra-soft rug and pillows, she didn’t notice the presence of the stern lion who had entered the room.
Alex stopped midway into the room when he had a clear view of the rolling pin on the rug because he finally saw what she was wearing. It took him a little while to process his thoughts before the corner of his lips lifted in a sardonic smile.
“Stop rolling around, little lamb. Be careful of your leg!” Abi immediately sat up, the hood of her pajamas falling over her head and covered half her face, as if she just heard a policeman, yelling at her to freeze.
She forgot about her wound again. But could he blame her? This setting was so fluffy and warm, it was impossible not to enjoy it!
When Abi turned in his direction, Alex couldn’t even fin his voice for a few seconds. This was because he finally saw the full effect of her pajamas.
