AVERY"I never imagined spending Christmas in the hospital," I said with a sigh. Maverick patted my head in response and I let out another defeated sigh."Don't you have a gift for me?" I asked turning to him with a smile on my face."A gift?" He asked and I nodded my head. We were both sitting on the couch facing the window. It was night time so the sky was covered with a thick blanket of unending darkness but the snow was falling rapidly.It's been a week since I woke up. I was fit to go home but Maverick says I should stay here for two weeks more before we returned home. I have one week left to spend in this hospital. Not that I'm complaining!"Oh, that's right. You don't celebrate Christmas. How did I forget that?" I mumbled before I faced forward."Do you want a gift?" He asked and I turned my face to him."Why? You would get it for me?" I asked and he raised a brow."It's fine if you don't want it." He muttered turning his head away. I grabbed his face before he could turn it fu
AVERY"What are you doing?" I asked stretching my neck to look at the papers in his hand."Just work." He replied marking a part of the paper with a red marker. He was sitting on the couch with papers sitting around him and on the table in front of him."Can I help? I'm so bored in this hospital room! There's nothing to do! No TV, no phone, no game, nothing!" I sighed throwing my arms up."You can't look at screens for a while.""So you insist," I mumbled to myself in annoyance. "It's for your own good." He replied having heard what I mumbled. I nodded my head and let out another sigh."Here. You can help me choose the gifts." He suggested handing me an iPad."What gifts?" I asked taking it from him. On the screen was a picture of an Apple PC."The new year's annual festival.""Who's holding it?" I asked excitedly."Me.""You're holding a festival?" I asked in disbelief."Why? Can't I hold a festival?" He asked finally looking up at me."Sorry, but you can't. You're not the fun type.
AVERYHowever, before I could say another word, a cold voice echoed in the room knocking the words out of my head."What's going on here?" I turned my head in the direction of the door to see Maverick standing there with a murderous gaze directed at something between me and Ramon.I looked back at what he was staring at to see he was glaring at the tissue paper on Ramon's lips. I shifted back like I had been burned before my eyes looked back to Maverick."Mave..." Ramon started getting up on his feet but he was shut up by a glare from Maverick."Maverick..." His eyes turned over to me and I wished for the ground to open up and swallow me whole.Whatever words I wanted to say vanished from my head and formed a lump in my throat. His eyes fixated on mine and I couldn't bring myself to look away."Maverick, I can explain." He said nothing more as his eyes washed over Ramon and then me. He marched over and grabbed me by the hand. He threw another glare at Ramon before he stormed out of
MAVERICK'Can we talk?' I stared at the message on my phone. It was from Ramon. My eyes went up to the time to see it was 11:00 pm. Avery was long asleep in my arms while I worked on the festival.I debated whether to send him a reply or ignore the message like I didn't see it. Avery muttered a few words and then went back to her sleeping. I fixated my eyes on her face and a ghost of a smile came up to my face. Slowly, I reached out to move the strand of hair from her face and my eyes darted to her slightly parted pink lips. Her eyelashes cast a shadow on her cheekbone and her button-like nose stayed there peacefully releasing a few breaths accompanied by sounds."Yet she argues that she doesn't snore..." I mumbled pressing the bridge of her nose. She raised her hand to swat my hand away before she turned face away, out of my view. I dropped my phone and turned her head back so I could see her face and she grumbled in annoyance turning her face back."Stubborn even in her sleep." My
MAVERICK His hands tightened around the Swiss knife while he glared at me. His eyes were black, I noticed and I could see his skin was white. A strand of his hair stuck out of his cap showing off his strawberry blonde hair. I saw a movement in his muscles and I immediately leaped out of my place. He crashed into the wall and I wasted no time in running to him. I attacked him from behind while he tried to cut me with the knife. He grunted and tried to free himself from my hand pinning his hand to his back. I hit his wrist making the Swiss knife fall with a clattering sound. I looked down to kick the knife away when he pushed the wall with his leg taking charge of the fight. A kick to my stomach made me go tumbling to the corner of the room. I looked up in anger to see a slight movement in his mask. Is he smirking right now? "You bastard!" I yelled picking up the pace and I slammed my elbow into his face. He fell to the ground and pulled me along with him. I turned him over and sat
MAVERICK As soon as the men saw me, they stood up straight. However, Ramon was either asleep or he was ignoring my presence. Nevertheless, I walked over to him and kicked his foot making him lose his footing. He grabbed my arm and steadied himself before looking up at my face. Guess he was really sleeping. He blinked at me and I nodded my head in the direction of the elevator. "Go home if you want to sleep." "I wasn't sleeping." He replied rolling his eyes. He straightened his jacket and leaned off the wall. I nodded my head and walked in the direction of the elevator. "So go on then. Tell me." "What? You're making it sound like a bedtime story." I mumbled pressing the button to the door of the elevator. "It's kinda like a story but nonetheless, tell me." I looked at his face and let out a defeated sigh. I explained to him the whole plan and at the end of it, he simply nodded his head. I nodded in response and stepped into the car. "See you tomorrow." "Hm." I hummed softly.
AVERYI blinked at the ceiling above me and it blinked back at me. Since when did the hospital Ceiling look just like the one at home?And why is this room not painted with that sickly white color? Slowly, I turned my neck in the direction of the other side of my bed to see Maverick lying there with his eyes closed. He was sleeping.Hold on, when did I get home? How did I get home?! A low grumble to my right made me turn my head again."Hubby?" I called and he hummed in response. He brought his hand up to rub his face before he opened them."How did I get home?""I brought you home.""When?" "Yesterday night." He replied and I tried to turn my body to face him. It was then that I noticed his arm was holding my waist down. He pulled me closer making me gasp,"But, wifey?" "Hm?" I asked looking between his lips and his eyes trying to decide which looked more enticing. His pink lips that were shouting "Kiss me" or his obsidian eyes that were black shouting, "I'll drown you!""You didn
AVERY"Let's get this one! And that one! And that one too!" I yelled excitedly pointing at almost everything in the shop."Everything?" He asked and I nodded my head."Everything off this, that, and that shelves." He told the assistant and my mouth fell open."Don't waste money like that. Let's just get what we'll use and not what we don't need!" "You said you liked them.""This one," I said walking over to the mug. I grabbed it off the shelf and showed it to him. "Just this mug. You don't have to buy 10 mugs because I pointed at one.""We can buy all?" He negotiated and I shook my head."This cup. Two of them. Those jackets as well, two of them, and finally those cute green socks, for both of us." I told the assistant and she smiled bowing her head."Yes, ma'am.""Come on! Let's go get some more." I yelled dragging Maverick along with me. He looked like he would be anywhere but here but he kept his mood up and smiled showing interest in whatever I showed him."How about you sit ov