Eva's POV “Eva…” He cupped my face, and I did not stop him. “I don’t know why you think I want to end the things between us, but I never think that. I swear.” He looked into my eyes straight as he spoke those words. “Mark, our deal is ended. Mom is back now.” I told him before I even realized that. However, he looked calmly at me and took a deep breath before opening his mouth and speaking out the words I sincerely wanted to hear but, at the exact moment, scared about that, “Eva, I love you. Let’s be officially a couple. Let’s just tell Ella everything about us.” My tears slip from my eyes to feel emotional. My lips almost shiver with sobbing, which the next moment burst out in front of him. “Eva…” Watching me break into tears, he instantly hugged me, and I could not help but borrow his shoulder and ask with a broken tone, “M…Mark, are you truly….” “Yes, Eva. I love you.” “I love you so much that when Ella returned, you ignored me and my call. I felt devastated. I’m sorry to lo
Mark's POV"Eva…" I could not believe Eva was kissing me. Oh god! How much I miss her lips, her breath, her smell, and her touch….I just want to be drawn into her arms and this moment. This is the woman I want for my whole life, God, and I hope it never breaks. I let my tongue dance inside her mouth as I thought about her. I want her to belong to me every night, every day. She is not only anymore bedmate for me but more like a soulmate…However, before I could go further with her and let our last hesitation go, I felt her palm touch my chest to push me lightly and break our kiss. I looked into her eyes which again started crying and made me worried and confused, "Babe, what happened?" my voice turned tender as I tried to read her expression, which looked not good, and tears coming out non-stop."Babe…. Please stop crying and tell me what happened." I wiped her tears and held her chin to look into her eyes."Why are you crying now?" I asked, and she tried to ignore my eyes as she ne
Author's POVNext Day"Mom, are you okay?" I looked at Mom, who looked tired after coming from the hospital late morning. "Yes, I'm fine." She weakly smiled."What about your friend?" "She is also fine, as the doctor explains." She huffed as she spoke that."Mom, you should rest now. You look tired." I suggest as she got dark circles under her eyes from all mess up."Yeah, I think I need a good sleep." She replied with a big smile and stood from the couch before walking to the room. Thank god she did not ask me about Mark. He left the house in anger after our last conversation. I know I hurt him, but I'm a coward who can not break her mom's heart for her love. I sighed helplessly, thinking about him. I'm worried; where is he? If he is okay? But how could he be okay? When I also could not contain my own worriedness for him? So I need to be headstrong from now on and do as I decide for him and myself. AFTERNOON"Mom, I'm leaving for college." I went to her room to give her informa
Eva's POVWhen I got back home, I found Mom alone and could not help but ask her about Mark."Mom, Is Mark still not home?" "Yes, dear. Mark called to inform me he needed to leave the city for an urgent office matter. He will be back in a few days." I don't know why I felt he lied about work. The real reason was me. He just didn't want to see me, so he did not return home. My heart ached to realize that."Eva, what are you thinking?" I feel Mom's hand on my shoulder and return to reality. "Nothing, Mom," I smiled and shook my head."So, are you done with your application?" She asked, and I nodded in response, "The email would come within 15th days." "That's good news. I know you will get selected." She wrapped her arm around my shoulder and hugged me with a proud smile on her face. I could only smile in response. ONE WEEK LATERMark did not show up home for a week, and I now feel worried about this. He only called Mom last night to tell them he needed more time to back, which was
Mark's POVI thought my absence made her realize what she was doing wrong. But to my surprise, she started to be the same as before. She now looks calm and not even jealous anymore, which made me go crazy every single day. On the other side, Ella was trying to get closer to me, but every damn time, I needed to make an excuse to stay out of her. I wanted to end everything, but somehow, I couldn't. Even Eva's words were hurting but accurate as crystal. Ella is innocent, and I can not bring myself to break her heart or make things complected between mother and daughter because of me. I needed time to think about how to make Eva realize her decision was wrong, and I thought about staying far from me. She will discover everything. But even after giving me so much time, she still chose to be stubborn and reacted like, I did not matter to her at all. It was almost 15th days after our last confession conversation, and she was all looking busy with something. She no longer looked after me
Eva’s POVAfter dinner, I just walked back to my room feeling angry.How could he say something about my relationship with Ben in front of Mom? I was literally shocked to see that. I wanted to give him a response. However, I could not say anything there at that moment in front of Mom, and thinking that, I stayed silent and ignored Mark during dinner. Now, I’m rolling on the bed, feeling pissed off at him. I know things are upset between us, but he can not bring stuff as he wants. I don’t know how late it’s turned out to think all this, but when I watched the wall clock, it almost turned 1 am. Finally, I felt tired of thinking too much and eventually walked out of my room to get water for myself. However, I did not expect Mark to be there as soon as I turned on the kitchen light. It reminded me of today’s incident once again, and I instantly thought to ignore his presence. I’ll just get my water and leave. He noticed me walking toward the refrigerator and getting the water bottle f
Eva's POV"Are you positive? Do you want to do that? Mark leaned in for a kiss, his hand moving to cup my back head. When he asked me this, his mouth was only a few centimeters from mine, and the answer was obviously "Yes." The answer is, "Yes, I'm ready." When I look into his eyes, conflicting sexual emotions arise within me. Our sexual tension grew as the temperature dropped. "Alright," he answered and rubbed my lips with his thumb.I responded appropriately to his touch, almost a whisper, as he leaned in and smacked his lips on mine like a ravenous animal. I couldn't pretend like I didn't miss his touch, and that made my body not tingle with anticipation, despite my best efforts to restrain myself to not feel like that. "Uhm!" I almost moaned when I felt his hand moving on my back, and as he kissed me more passionately, I reached out to touch the fullness of his chest with my hand while he almost sucked my breath away and bit my lower lips harder to get the extra within my mout
Author's POVNext morning when Eva woke up. Mark was not there anymore, the bed was cold, and the next second, her tears fell from the corners to realize. The last night was their goodbye. She knew he almost threatened her to share a bed with him, but somehow she felt it was all because of her one-sided condition.On the other side, Mark, sitting in his office cabin, thinks about last night's thing with frustration. He thought she would reject him or be ready to be with him. But he fails in both and angrily makes a choice to sit with Ella, only to make her hurt. "Damn, Eva! Why are you fucking doing this? Is it really worth it to hide the facts? Do you think you can hide your feeling?" He sighed as he blurted out those words and thought about her sobbing in her dream. He felt terrible for treating her like that last night, but what could he do? He got no way to get her in a sense. She left no choice for him anyway. However, he decided to follow his words to stay with Ella as he prom