Chapter 5 - It's Just The Starting

Dawn's Pov.

"Wh-hat is our relationship?" I stuttered asking him because of the proximity which was making it hard for me to think properly.

"We are–" He slowly started saying, looking deep into my eyes.

"We are–" I also said to make him elaborate, not having the patience.

"We are lov–" He started saying and my eyes turned wide not expecting his next words

"We are loving friends!" He smiled at me and I heard something cracking, oh, it's my heart because it thought he was going to say, lovers.

And I am so stupid to even think about that, why would he take interest in a little girl like me? He would definitely like tall, gorgeous, model-like figure women. Wait, doesn't he have a fiance already?

"When did we become friends?" I couldn't help but ask because we are still not that friendly with each other.

As much as I remember, he never talked to me properly when I used to come here for holidays then suddenly what happened to him?

"It happened automatically!" He went back to his seat, making me miss his warmth.

Dawn, control yourself, he is your uncle, you can't have these types of feelings for him!

Correction, step-uncle, so you can do anything with him unless someone has a problem, my heart replied.

But still, he is forbidden and moreover, he is engaged. Looks like I really need to get a boyfriend and have a romantic life, otherwise I am gonna go mad!

I shook off my thoughts and went deeper inside the library, between the shelves to look for a good book to read. My eyes kept wandering in each section and it stopped in romance.

Ooh, looks like someone likes reading romantic books.

I giggled looking at my uncle and went towards the shelf. I kept reading the titles and all the books were emotional ones because I have seen the movies which are adapted from those books. So my eyes moved more upward to look at the books at the top of the shelf.

"TF!" My eyes went wide, looking at the whole set of 'Fifty Shades of Grey'.

It's hard to believe Uncle reads this type of book too, he doesn't look like a romantic person who would read erotic stuff. But why are they kept at the top of the shelf?

I was annoyed and gave a glance towards my uncle to see what he was doing as I didn't want him to catch me reading erotic books so I would steal it without his notice.

He was still busy with his work and I smiled happily and reached for the book but I am such a shortie in front of the shelf, my hand wasn't going anywhere near the book. So I tiptoed as much as I could and tried to reach for it.

I kept doing it for more than a minute until my toes started hurting and my hands tried to stretch more to grab the book and that's when I felt a presence behind me.

Hell, when did he come near me? I didn't even hear his footsteps.

I didn't have the guts to take a look at him but he came so close that his whole body was touching my back and I regretted wearing a short skirt. His hands reached from behind to grab the book and because of his action, his lower region brushed more deeply against my butt, making me close my eyes in sudden fear and excitement.

He easily grabbed the book and plopped it on my palms. I thought he would leave after that but instead, he kept both his hands on the sides of my waist and brought his lips so close to my ear that it was touching it.

"You shouldn't read things, you can't endure in real life, Cupcake!" His voice almost melted me but he left my side before that while I was rooted there with a red face.

Great, Dawn, such a way to embarrass yourself!

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I was going towards his study room to keep back the stupid book but Luca appeared out of nowhere.

"Hi, my dear sister, you are looking so nice!" He whispered, coming near me, playing with my temper.

"This bitch can bite also!" I stomped my shoes on his feet and he yelped in pain as I remembered his previous words.

I glared daggers at him and went inside the study room without knocking and that's the biggest mistake I made that day.

Uncle and his fiance, Bianca were making out, like literally eating each other's mouth crazily. She was almost naked with only her lingerie on while uncle was shirtless and his pants slightly opened.

I don't know why tears pooled around my eyes like I was seeing my boyfriend cheating on me but it wasn't the case.

"Fuck off!" Bianca screamed at me when she spotted me and I saw Uncle noticing me too.

"Sorry!" I said and quickly ran away from the room.

What was I thinking? Of course, uncle loves his fiance, she looks so beautiful. Why would he think about a girl who is just about to turn eighteen while he is almost thirty?

Looks like I really need a boyfriend.

I called Simon to lift my mood cause I knew only he could do that.

"You should come over to spend some time with me!" I told him over the phone call while I started taking a walk in the garden.

"I would love to but your uncle is pretty scary and moreover, I feel that he doesn't like me much!" He said the point which I also noticed several times.

"Don't worry, he is like that with everyone. Please, I am feeling bored and I don't have any good friends other than you. So come here as soon as possible and please bring some cupcakes for me!" I requested him and he gave me a hearty laugh.

"You and your love for cupcakes!" He laughed more and I remembered my uncle calling me Cupcake, wow, he even gave me a nickname.

"Fine, I am coming!" He finally agreed and we hung up on the call.

I went near the flowers and scooted down to their level to take a proper look at their beauty.

Somehow accidentally, my eyes went toward the top of the mansion and I saw my uncle standing on the balcony of his room and when I tried to focus properly, he was looking at me only.

He was standing only in a towel in his lower region. We kept looking at each other without blinking when I saw Bianca coming from behind him and embracing him tightly and he didn't seem to mind it.

At the same time, I yelped in pain when my fingers pricked on the roses, drawing blood but I didn't move my eyes away from them, I wasn't able to!