CHAPTER SEVENTY-ONE (Shyness)

Love, they say, is the sweetest thing to happen in an adult life. And so it was in my life after falling for Lucas. But it took some time as everyone else does.

After the dinner night, it was like I was condemned to shyness. Looking at Luca's face was difficult as talking to him. I wished I was still myself, staying in the comfort of my company. But it was just a wish, I have been captured by Lucas, and his chains have finally found me.

Now I have no choice but to just wish it didn't happen. Perhaps because it wasn't the way I thought my first time will be. All the same, I was carried away by his charm and I enjoyed the moment before now.

That morning, I was still in bed thinking of the previous night. Though it was a memory I will always hold on to, it also gave me sadness deep down.

I slowly opened my eyelid as his voice echoed in my head. At first, it was like a dream, but when his voice became deeper and the bed rumbled as she sat up, I realize that it wasn't a dream. He was on