Bailey's povIn the three days that followed, I barely saw William at the house.He shut himself in his study throughout that day and as Monday came around, he left for work even before I woke up and came back very late, later than his usual time, he was putting a lot of effort into avoiding me.William stayed away from me, limiting the conversations between us both. I knew he was avoiding me because of the kiss we had almost shared but I compelled myself into believing he was just busier at work due to the launch preparation going on at the office. He barely even spoke to anyone, on the few occasions I saw him, he would hurriedly pass by without saying a word and I didn’t like it one bit, it felt like we were going back to when I got here for the first time and the annoying part of it all was the fact that I couldn’t stop thinking about that moment that had occurred in the living room, the scene kept replaying in my head, haunting my thoughts even when my eyes were shut.Staying in
“so how was your day?” Cedrick asked as I sat in the car, shutting the car door and securing my belt. I called him a couple of minutes ago to come pick me up since it was nearing 6 p.m., and I wanted to be back in the house before darkness fell.“It was nice, it has been a while since I hung out with her so it was nice doing that again,” I say and he nods starting the car’s engine. I closed my eyes, letting my head fall back on the headrest as the car drove, lulling me gradually to sleep.“Bailey, we’re here.” I heard Cedrick say waking me up, I rubbed my eyes groggily as I stared out of the window, glancing at the entrance of the house before turning to him.It felt like I shut my eyes and was woken up immediately after but I knew it was longer than that.“Thanks, Cedrick, have a good night,” I say yawning as I alight from the car, shutting the door behind me “you too Bailey.” I nod with a smile on my face before walking up the stairs to the entrance of the house.“Bailey, is that y
“My God!” I exclaimed, my heart racing. I dropped the statue on the floor by my side, I mentally facepalmed myself, realizing my mistake of course it was William swimming in the dark. Classic!“Why didn’t you put on a light or something, I thought maybe someone had broken in.”“Oh aren't you the brightest,” he snorts sarcastically. “Why would someone break in here to take a swim in the pool when there are loads of expensive valuable items littered around the house.”“How was I supposed to know that? I haven’t never broken into someone’s home before so you can’t blame me for trying to protect myself.” I replied defensively.“And you just had to pick one of my antique statues as a weapon?” He asks.“Of course, it makes a good weapon and it’s heavy, you should thank your stars I didn’t throw that thing at you,” I replied pointing at the statue on the floor. I bent down and picked it up, placing it down on one of the lounge chairs so I wouldn’t break it accidentally. “And why are you even
William and I kept talking about random events that had occurred in each other's lives, our conversation flowed smoothly before the ensuing silence as we glanced up at the moon from our respective places in the pool. I glanced at William before looking down at the water as a thought popped into my head.“What?” William asks and I raise my eyes to him.“Nothing,” I say, trying to keep my face neutral so he won’t suspect me, which seemed hard seeing as I was a bit tipsy so my face was stuck in a literal grin. The wine bottle finished a while back and I went in to get another for the both of us.“Your blank face isn’t working.” He says in a slightly amused tone. “Your grin is a dead giveaway, what do you have going on in your head?”“Nothing,” I say without missing a beat. The playful grin on my face only widened as I kicked my feet in the water, sending a splash in William’s direction, spraying him with the splashes.“Stop it.” He says with a slight playfulness in his tone as he wipes h
I woke up the following day, earlier than usual, looking to my side, I noticed William was still in bed, sleeping peacefully, I yawned pausing to look at him sleeping. He looked so peaceful while he slept.I stared at his sleeping form for a bit, before silently getting up from the bed, I put on my slippers while I stretched, strolling out of his room lazily. Still half asleep, I timidly walked over to the bathroom in my room. On getting there, I reached for my toothbrush and started brushing my teeth. After that, I stripped out of my clothes and put on a shower cap before walking under the shower head. I ended up spending a longer time in the shower, daydreaming and getting sidetracked. No matter how hard I tried, I was unable to get yesterday’s events out of my head.After showering, I walked into the closet picking out a simple white tank top and a black pair of shorts to go with it. I stared at my image in the mirror, combed through my hair, and packed it up with my scrunchie bef
“Mario,” I call as I push the kitchen door open not seeing him inside the kitchen space.“In here.” He calls back from the closed pantry.I make my way there, pushing the door as I stand at the entrance folding my arms. “What are you doing?” I ask watching him as he jotted something down on a small notepad, looking through the things in the pantry.“Organizing and noting down the things I have to get while going grocery shopping.”“I didn’t know you did the grocery shopping here,” I say. Come to think about it, who did I even think did that?“Who did you think did it?” he asks continuing with what he was doing.“I honestly don’t know, I never thought about it,” I answer as I watch him for a few more seconds. “Where's Agatha, I haven’t seen her all morning. Is she coming today?”“I don’t know but I doubt she’ll be coming anymore.” He says and I nod thoughtfully.“Can I tag along when you go grocery shopping?” I ask and he turns to me with slight hesitation. He probably didn’t know how
After grocery shopping, Mario had to leave since his shift was over and I ended up making lunch all by myself. William came back home early again today, he entered the kitchen with a smile on his face.So did that mean that the kiss meant something? I wanted to ask but I kept my mouth shut so I wouldn’t bring down the mood. We had lunch and dinner together having light conversations as we ate before going up to his room to sleep. I went to my room to get showered and changed into my pajamas while William was in his bathroom. I sat on my side of the bed with my legs crossed and the duvet covering my lap as I read the novel I picked up earlier today.William’s phone buzzed on his side table signifying an incoming call.“William,” I call. I didn’t want to check the caller ID so I wouldn’t be intruding on his privacy.“Yeah.” He calls back.“Your phone, it’s ringing.” “Bring it over here.” I roll to his side of the bed and briefly glance at the caller ID before picking up the phone and
William’s p.o.v.It’s been a long time since I’ve been close to any woman but I kissed Bailey at the pool yesterday, I wasn’t even thinking. I just did it and I think I liked it. I came back earlier from the office today so I could have lunch and dinner with her.Despite not admitting it to her, I liked having her around even if she can be very nosy and persistent at times, being around her brings out a side of me that I didn't even know I had.“William,” Bailey calls from the room where she sat with her novel and phone.“Yeah,” I called back from the bathroom.“Your phone, it’s ringing.”“Bring it over here,” I reply as I dry my face with the towel. I walked out of the bathroom as she made her way to the door holding the phone out for me. I take the phone from her, glancing at the caller ID briefly as I swipe accept and place it on my ear.“Mr. Armani, I’m sorry to bother you at this time in the night but I am afraid I have bad news.”“What happened?” I ask cutting him off.“I got an