2. Sleep With You

“I’ve prepared something special for our trip. I’ll pick you up the day after tomorrow in the morning, okay?” A guy still babbling on the other line of the phone, “You will not be working overtime again, right?” 

“Something special? Where are we going?”

“We will go for a vacation, don’t tell me you forgot again, Baby. We already talked about this a couple of months ago.” He is snorted in a slightly displeased tone.

“Ah, sorry. Our team has a big project lately. I even have dark circles under my eye bags. I’m turned into a cute panda now,” Phoebe whined cutely. She tries to explain her situation to him and hopes he will understand.

“Huft, we should go this time!“ This guy is someone who has attracted Phoebe’s attention lately. There is something between them, and he always wants to be Phoebe’s priority before her busy schedules.

“I promise we’ll still go no matter what happens this time, okay? Come on, don’t be mad, hum?” Phoebe was still trying to convince him.

“Don’t make our trip ruined again this time!“ Phoebe didn’t have a chance to answer because he suddenly hung up their call.

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“Gosh, why he doesn’t wanna understand? What does he think when I have to work overtime in this office? Flirt with the Boss?!” Phoebe spilt her frustration like she was talking directly to him right now, though her smartphone screen was turned locked again.

“What’s wrong? Why do you look so salty like this? You have always been like this since you figured out about his problem last time, am I right?”—A man who’s looking busy chewing roast-beef flavoured potato chips beside Phoebe suddenly blurted out—“you two aren’t even married yet, but always fight all the time, aren’t you bored?” He keeps asking like a reporter.

Phoebe rolled her eyes because her co-worker was so annoying. “So, what? Do you try to give me an evil eye right now? You don’t wanna seeing me happy, is that what you want?!”

“Wow, chillax, Babe. Don’t be so mad because I’m just asking. Why do you always get me wrong? All of this is because of that brat! He was the one who messed up with you, but you spit it out to other people.” Juan roughly closed the can of potato chips in his hand. Then he put it away into the drawer of his desk.

“Hey! Stop calling me Babe, and don’t sulk like girls!” Phoebe was shouted at Juan until he disappeared behind the pantry’s door.

“You guys are still fighting every day, either in this office or outside this building. Aren’t you two bored with it?” said a woman who was currently walking towards Phoebe’s desk.

“Did you see it, Christa? Juan’s behaviour was not good for my blood pressure. He kept making me got more wrinkles every day, gosh!” Phoebe was chirped to her senior. Christa is known as one of the division’s head at Unicorn’s Dream.

“Do you know what they always say? Two people who have always been quarrelling all the time can lead to the seeds of something, Babe. Especially when they are a man and a woman.” Christa smiled while teasing Phoebe. They are like sisters. So, it’s doesn’t matter for her if Christa was always speaking frankly like this.

“What kind of seeds? Do you mean weed? You were right, Christa. Juan’s face was begging to be slain like that dangerous plant,” said Phoebe while gazing at Juan’s figure, who is walking past her desk right now.

“Ahahaha, don’t say like that. Who knows what will happen in the future, Bee?” Christa has continued her dangerous words. Teasing her juniors and old pals like this was always made her day. She was still laughing until she had to fix her glasses several times. Meanwhile, Phoebe suddenly felt dizzy when she heard all of this because she never imagined if one day she would have a serious relationship with Juan, her nemesis since their school days.

“Who wants to have something with a badass queen like you, Bee?! I’m gonna be crazy if you blurt out twenty thousand words or even more just every single day,” said Juan while pulling the chair beside Phoebe’s desk.

“Shoo, busy body!” snorted Phoebe if she didn’t remember their lunchtime was almost over. Then she would keep babbling on with her most annoying pal ever because she is so keen on arguing with Juan’s devilish tongue.

“Can you help me out from here to any other divisions? It’s okay if I have to stay in your division even when you guys have the craziest working hours. I can bear with it as long as I don’t need to meet this annoying one every day,” Phoebe has pleaded in a blue while Christa just chuckled as a response to her.

Juan sneered and gave her an irritated look. “You wanna go to Christa’s division? Hell! Seriously? Then say sayonara to your happily ever after with that brat.”

“Please, swerve, Brat! Just go and take some footages!” scoffed Phoebe.

—✧✧✧—

“Can you turn off your phone? It’s so annoying,” Key was grunting when Phoebe’s phone always ringing almost every minute. Phoebe feels uneasy with his words.

She has a day off for a week every three months. In Unicorn’s Dream, every editor will use it as a pro-cation or project’s vacation. Those editors will hunt some footage for their next project or use it as content to make their portfolio stay up to date.

But, one of their VIP’s client asked them to finish their project as soon as possible and today is the D-day for their final presentation. That is the reason why Phoebe has to stay on call whenever her team needs her.

“I should be professional, Key. Don’t worry because we stick to our plan. I will stay on call for the next few hours until this presentation is over. They won’t bother us again after this meeting, trust me,” said Phoebe while holding his hand.

“Your job must be more important than me, right?”—he snorted again—“do I need to make you choose between your job or me?!”

Key was annoyed. But this time, he doesn’t want their vacation plans will be ruin again.

If he wants to tie Phoebe along with what she had, then he would get it at any cost.

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Key always held Phoebe’s hand when they arrived at the cottage. Key is indeed dominant but also funny at the same time. At least, until his business has not been doing well lately.

“This is our room? Doesn't this look like a honeymoon suite, Key? Maybe they gave us the wrong room?” Phoebe asked while wandering around their room. They were going on vacation for the next three days in this cottage.

“This is our room, Baby. Remember when I told you that I have something special for you?” Key is hugged her by the waist and start kissed her passionately. Phoebe was jolted a little, but she immediately kissed him back until they ran out of breath.

Key buried his face in the crook of Phoebe’s neck and whispered seductive words, “I want you tonight, Baby.”

Phoebe’s body tensed up. She’s trying to figure out if he seriously wants to have a baby with her in this current situation. When he has to focus on his business, and she is still busy with those projects.

“Why aren’t you giving me an answer? Don't wanna have a baby with me? Don’t tell me you’re not ready yet,” Key is insisted, making Phoebe’s lips stiffen. His questions and requests were not only this once. Previously, conversations like this always failed or just faded, either because of Key’s or Phoebe’s situations. It seems that the universe has not supported their plan this far.

“No! Don’t get me wrong, Key. You know that I also want to have a baby this year. I’m just surprised you didn’t say anything about this. I prepared nothing for our special night.” Phoebe gave him a reason.

His gaze softened again when he heard Phoebe’s answer, “You don’t need to prepare anything because I just need you tonight, Baby.” His lips teased against her neck as he continued his words, “Are you tired? Do you want to sleep first? I want you to feel comfortable while we are here, My Baby Girl.”

“Mhm, that’s a good idea because tonight you definitely won’t let me sleep early, right?”

“Okay, have a good rest, then. I wanna go out for a while because I‘ve got another surprise for you, Baby.” After kissing Phoebe’s forehead, Key immediately left their room.

Phoebe stared at the king-size bed in front of her with an unenthusiastic face.

‘Tonight? Is it for real this time? Am I ready to have a baby with him?’ Phoebe’s monologue. She still didn't avert her gaze from that bed. Isn't she should be happy? Because something she really wants will become a reality. After all, Phoebe had planned to have a baby as soon as she finished all the projects which transferred to her team before deciding to focus on her pregnancy.

But somehow, it felt like a voice kept ringing in her head as if telling her to think about it one more time. She was no longer sure about the idea of having a baby with Key when she remembered he was going ragged because his business was not going well lately, but he kept trying to hide it from Phoebe like he didn’t trust her. Or maybe he has something fishy behind his reasons.

Luckily, she always had people to monitor Key secretly. They were the ones who told her all the reasons behind Key’s mood swing. Since she found out about it, Phoebe felt she had too many reasons to doubt her relationship with Key. Especially when Phoebe realized this is only a symbiotic mutualism between them. Phoebe was sure he still didn’t realize that she already knew about his secrets and plans about why he was trying to catch her up. But again, the idea of having her biological baby could make her ignore her intuition.

✧✧✧

It was almost afternoon without her noticing. Her body was hugged from behind when Phoebe pulled the zipper of her floral-print midi dress. She knew the man who was hugging her was Key from the reflection in the mirror in front of them. “How come you just done showering at this hour? Don’t tell me you just woke up. We haven’t started yet, Baby. But, you sleep like you’re running out of energy.” Phoebe just giving him a slight smile when Key still felt comfortable hugging her from behind.

Key’s hand touched Phoebe’s stomach. “There will be Key Junior here soon. Are you excited about it?”

“Key Junior? How about if in a few months there is a Little Amaya here? You don’t want her?” Phoebe asking while looking at his expression through the mirror’s reflection.

“That’s doesn’t matter whether it’ll be Key Junior or Little Amaya. The most important thing is, they’re still our biological child. They all the same to me, even though I prefer Key Junior to be our first child.”

“Oh, come on. You did say earlier it doesn’t matter what the gender is. How could you make a silly request like that?” Phoebe was laughing out loud at his ridiculous answer.

Key was blown away when he looked at his girl’s expression. It’s been a long time since he had not seen that mesmerize smile again. He missed that radiant face who always made his heartbeat beating so fast, just like now. A smile that could make him fall in love again and again with her. “Baby, I think I can’t wait any longer. How about we doin’ it right now, hum? Are you okay with that?” Key’s voice began more deep and heavy.

Right after Phoebe turned her head and try to giving him an answer, Key immediately kissed Phoebe’s lips greedily. His hands slowly groping up from Phoebe’s hips to the favourite place of all men in this world. Of course, it made Phoebe’s body slowly felt warm by his touch. The two of them tried to dominate each other with their passionate kissing.

A few moments later, ringing sounds echoed in their “honeymoon” suite. Both of them are still ignoring their phone calls, which come almost at the same time. Neither Phoebe nor Key wanted to be disturbed at this point.

“Engh, this is so annoying,” Key groans in frustration while sucking on her tongue. When Key tried to grab the cell phone in his jeans pocket, Phoebe immediately grabbed and threw his cell phone towards the bed before Key could slam his smartphone to the floor. This man always wracked every object near him every time he felt triggered.

Since Phoebe has decided to peel out all of his secrets one by one, her trusted man has always been giving some reports to her. The most shocking part is whenever Key doesn’t like something. Either triggered by something or someone, he will thwack any objects around him. This unacceptable behaviour was the worst ever.

Seeing what Phoebe did, make Key smirk between their kisses. He was still eager to enjoy Phoebe’s mouth. He got the wrong idea about what she did and thought they were both fires up for tonight.