Camilla's POV I woke up late today because I didn't sleep early. I was trying to finish the book I started. My mom came back late yesterday from an outing with my stepdad.I was already drifting off when she came to my room to check up on me. She just kissed me on my forehead when she saw that I was already asleep.Today just happens to be the day Brielle would be coming to have dinner with us. I don't know why I feel so jealous of her. It can't be because of my obsession with Andrew. It's not going to happen anyway. I tried to assure myself that I would grow out of it.I slipped out of bed to do my morning ritual so I can go back to read my book. Today's weekend, with the way everywhere, is quiet. I am sure they are still sleeping so I will just settle for reading. Hopefully I will be done with the second book before I am called down for breakfast or lunch…. Anyone.I started with THE RITUAL and just a few pages into it and I am already glued. Fuck me if I don't go back for more.I
Camilla's POV I have been in my room all day reading after I left the dining room. I am in the third book now and I am almost done. After my mom came to the room earlier to ask if I wanted to join in the kitchen, I declined. I decided to sleep a little before dinner time.I woke up just now to see that it was almost Six PM. I was wondering if the guest had arrived. But surely my mom would have sent for me. I took a shower then settled for a short pink gown for the evening.I came downstairs just in time for Andrew to walk in with his girlfriend. Ahhhhh… fuck me, it's too late to go back because they have seen me so I pretended that I didn't see them and went straight to the dining table.Our parents are already there waiting for us. I plucked my behind on the chair. They walked in and my Mom stood up to hug Brielle. I just rolled my eyes at them.She has never shown interest in my love life. And she should because she is my mother. I will talk to her about it tomorrow.She started i
Andrew's POV Camilla left the table immediately our parents did like she was being pursued by something or someone.I tried calling her back but she didn't answer me so I excused myself and told Brielle to go wait for me in the car without even waiting for her reply.I took the stairs two to three steps at a time. When I got to her room, I knocked while calling her name but she was still not responding and her room was locked. I kept knocking for ten minutes but no response before I left.I met Brielle in the car and she doesn't look happy at all. “Babe, what's wrong? Why is your face so gloomy?” I go to kiss her but she turned her head which she has never done before so I was surprised.I settled for a forehead kiss while still pestering her to tell me what's wrong but she is not ready to talk and I don't really have all day. I went to the driver's seat, got in and started the car waiting for her to get in.She finally did when she felt like it. We didn't say a word to each other al
Camilla's POV It's been exactly two months since my mom got married and two weeks since the last time I saw Andrew. Except for the times I hear him leaving his room or coming back from God knows where. I have heard him knocking on my door sometimes but I don't bother opening because I do not want to talk to him. The first time he came knocking, he said he wanted to apologize for what his girlfriend did but I don't care about him nor her so they can both go to hell.His friend came one certain time and I could hear them from my room talking about the women he has dated and all that.I always make sure I do everything I need to do downstairs before he gets back or sees me and if he is at home I don't go downstairs. I remember one evening. Five days into my self isolation, my stepdad came knocking. When I opened the door, he was holding a plate of food. My stomach rumbles at the sight of it and my mouth watered.I moved back so he could come in and take the food from him. There's no n
Camilla's POV What he did next surprised the hell out of me. He kissed me and I liked it. It happened so sudden that I didn't even know how to react.I ran and left him in the hallway. My lips were still tingling from the kiss that I had to lick my lips and also touch them to make sure I wasn't dreaming.Ohhh my God, this is going to be awkward and here I was thinking about how to tolerate his overbearing ass then this happened.I almost bumped into my mom on the stairs when she was coming upstairs. I was still absentminded with my hand on my lip. I am pretty sure she was saying something but I can't make it out because I wasn't paying attention. She shook me and that jolted me out of my haziness. She asked if I was okay. I assured her that I am fine and then she repeated what she said. “I know I promised you a movie night but we could do that because of your isolation and I didn't want to disturb you. But I promise we will do it when I get back. Okay?” She kissed me on the forehead
Andrew's POV ‘Maybe later.’That's the last thing she said before slamming her door. I don't know why I want to be nice to her. 'is it the kiss? It's just a little chaste kiss. Why would I be feeling this way? I wondered.I came back to my senses to realize I was still standing at her door. I checked my time to see it still AM so I timed it to give hours for now, I will come back to wake her up since she hasn't even had breakfast yet.Then after breakfast, we can head to the movie room. I walked downstairs to see the maids doing their job. They said their hello's and I just acknowledged them before heading to the kitchen.There I was hoping to see our old guy Ralph because he is the chef but I saw a completely new person and her face screams familiarity like we have met before.Before I could rake my brain for a possible explanation she cut me off from my train of thoughts. “Good morning Sir. My name is Aaren. I am the new chef.” And it clicked. She was the same person that caught me
Andrew's POV What she said made me try to finish my food faster because I don't want her to think I am keeping her waiting on purpose.As I dropped my plate in the washer, I checked my watch to see that it's two PM. I walked out of the kitchen to see her hunch down.“Hey, I am done. We can go now.” She nodded, and I made my way to the movie room while she followed closely behind me.I input the code and it clicked open, I held the door for her so she would go in then I closed it behind me.“Wow, this is beautiful and so big, just like the library.” She was gushing about it but I don't see how big it is. Maybe it's because it is not a new place for me.“It's not that big, the library is bigger.” I argued but she rolled her eyes at me.I went around arranging everything we will need from coffee, popcorn and sweets. She was just staring at me still in awe. “Wait, there's all these things here? Or where did you get them from?” “They are all here. You can't be going downstairs in the mid
Camilla's POV He is now fully in the room, he scanned every point of the room trying to look for anything that will indicate I am lying. ‘the nerve of this guy.’ I scoffed and he turned to look at me. ‘that came out loud.’ “What? Aren't you watching the movie again or should I go back to my room?” I said quickly trying to divert his attention from whatever is running in his mind.“Let's watch.” He walked to the sofa and lay down. I followed suit and got comfortable on the sofa.“Let's watch something else, this series is not that interesting.” I told him, he was staring at me now.“Why? You said you like it.” He was emphasizing on the like it.“Let's just watch an action thriller or anime. I love those types more, I just wanted to see how this one is, if it's worth the hype but unfortunately it's not.” I shrugged.He started searching for anything else to watch while I picked our coffee cup so I would get a refill before he settled on what to watch.I came back to see that the movie