Filed to story: Loving You In My Final Days
“What on earth are you wearing?!” he finally managed to say.
“My new pajamas!” she said excitedly as she pushed the hood back from her head. “I saw it when I was out shopping and had to buy it. Do you like it?” she asked with wide eyes looking up at him with great expectation.
He just gaped at her. This woman actually dared to buy a little lamb onesie! He was speechless!
“Well, since you kept calling me little lamb, I figured I’d grant your wish and dress up like one,” Abi reasoned out when he said nothing, but then, she froze.
It was because she finally realised that Alex was wearing a long, sexy, gray robe as he stood there, staring down at her. His hair was still a little damp and the effect was just so mesmerizing. For some reason, he gave out a strange vibe wearing those, a vibe that made Abi’s heart race uncontrollably just by seeing him.
Their outfits were like, well… worlds apart.
“Alex, why are you still wearing your robe?” she asked as she blinked at him.
Her question, of course, made the man smirk sexily.
“What’s wrong with me wearing a robe? Would you rather prefer if I was naked?” he asked and Abi’s lips parted in disbelief. “Okay, if that’s what my little lamb wants,” he teased and he began to untie his robe.
“Ah, no! Don’t!” she yelled as she pulled her hood over her eyes, causing Alex to chuckle. ‘This little lamb… this should be the time for her to swallow as she gazes at me, dazed, watching and waiting for me to undress…’ he complained in his mind.
“Sigh… you can look again, little fruit” he said and Abi slowly pushed her hood back, thinking that the man was only teasing her just then.
However, what she saw the moment she looked up again was his smooth, hard, chiseled abs. He had actually removed his robe!
Abi blushed and she hid her face with her palms but she did that only after a few seconds of being mesmerized by his perfectly sculpted upper body.
Alex let out a throaty chuckle before he covered the goods with the robe again and sat next to her.
“Okay, shall we start, little miss storyteller?” he asked. His face softened as his lips curved into a beautiful but mischievous smile and he ran the back of his hand slowly over her cheek.
Abi immediately snapped out of her daze because of the warmth from his touch. She looked at him and when she saw that he donned his robe again, she quickly switched gears and looked at him like she was already very ready.
This was it! One of her favorite wishes on her wishlist was now going to happen. Having her boyfriend read a book to her was such a dreamy experience that she could only imagine before. But now, it was really going to happen so she couldn’t stop her excitement from showing.
Silently beaming in excitement, Abi then sat and positioned herself, facing him. “Should I start?” she asked and Alex tilted his head.
“Hmm… Nope, I’ll go first, I think,” he replied, causing Abi to blink at him in surprise. She thought that he would do this unwillingly but he actually volunteered to go first? This was a massive surprise!
Seeing the shocked surprise on her face, Alex’s lips curved up in an even more mischievous but sexy smile.
He slowly moved and whispered in her ear. “Well, I’m afraid something might happen if you read my choice of book to me so first… I better start us off.”
Abi frowned. “Huh? Something might happen?” she looked at him with intense curiosity.
“Hmm… I mean, you might end up exhausted after your turn that you wouldn’t even get to hear my story anymore.”
“Exhausted?” Abi was now confused. Storytelling sure was exhausting if you did it for a whole day but they agreed that they were just going to read a chapter each. Wait… could it be that he was going to ask her to act out the story? Or was he kidding again?
Abi shook her head. She decided not to think about his tricky words and just agree with him. After all, she was truly excited to hear him read aloud to her with that sexy voice.
“Okay, sure. Here you go then.” Abi grinned brightly and then, she moved and brought out a book titled, ‘The Last Shooting Star’.
Abi opened the book and gave the book to him.
“You’re going to read me the last chapter,” Abi told him and Alex raised a brow. ‘Why the last chapter? Shouldn’t it be chapter one first?’
“Do you like endings more than beginnings?” he asked as he held the book in one hand before he looked at its cover. The cover wasn’t as girly as he thought. And he was surprised to see that the book was from a male’s point of view. Did she consider him when she chose this book? Looks like it.
“Hmm… I wouldn’t say that. I like all the parts of the book but to me, the ending part of that book is my favourite chapter.”
She smiled as she stared at the book like it was a priceless treasure. Alex realized that this book seemed to be something really special to her. He wondered what kind of story this was. When she told him that she was going to ask him to read a chapter from her favourite book, Alex thought that Abi was talking about that book she was reading the other day. But it turned out he was wrong. Could it be that this was a fantasy book?
“Okay, you will start here.” She moved and pointed to a paragraph on the book before she looked at him. “I want to lie on your lap again, please,” she pleaded, slowly blinking at him with those big round eyes of hers.
Alex didn’t say a word but he stretched out one leg silently.
Abi beamed and she immediately placed her head on his lap.
“Okay, I’m ready. Please start,” she told him excitedly and Alex glanced down at her. He saw how bright her eyes were and he couldn’t help but feel speechless again. Alex was always wondering why every simple little thing like this always excited her to this extent. To him, she was truly someone fascinatingly intriguing.
Resting his hand, which was holding the book, on top of his folded knee, Alex finally focused his gaze on the page she pointed to a while ago.
And then, he started reading.
