I scooped Eric’s sleeping form in my arms, he clutched the front of my floral shirt in his tiny fist and buried his face in my chest still sleeping. I made my way to my bedroom closely followed by Xander, I gently laid the little boy in my bed and tugged him with the sheets. I combed his hair gently with my fingers without waking him up.
“You’ll make a good mother in your future,” Xander told me with a genuine smile, he was leaning on my bedroom door, his hands were folded against his muscular chest, his ankles were slightly crossed against each other, he looks so carefree and contented.
I don’t know how to reply to his statement, so I smiled at him, “Let’s go downstairs,” I ushered him to the living room couch, I sat on the big couch while he took the single couch opposite to me. There was an awkward silence between us.
“Is Eric your cousin or something,” he asked me breaking the silence
“No, he is my friend’s nephew, she is on a date so I’m taking care of him till six in the evening,” I responded to him, he nodded in acknowledgement.
“I know that you know about my mate’s death,” his jaw clenched, he was looking at me with his intense gaze
“I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean to pry, I was just curious about your kind!” I quickly defended myself.
“Just don’t bring her up, Leila is lucky that I didn’t punish her for spilling my business,”
“I swear, I won’t talk about your mate,” I assured him not wanting anyone to get hurt because of me. He hummed in satisfaction with my response. There was a pregnant pause before he continued,
“I feel oddly calm and collected when I’m with you, Catherine,” my name rolled off his tongue like butter, which made me shudder. He confessed me looking at the floor, he was bent down from his sitting position, his elbows were rested on his knees, his hands were intertwined with each other, I was speechless, I don’t know how to respond him because I was not used to compliments or things like this, so I did the only thing which was done by every normal people in the world.
I stared at him,
“I know you are not my mate, you don’t look like her, you don’t remind me of her but you give me the most wanted thing in the world” he continued when he realized that I was not talking.
“What is that?” I asked him still staring at the fallen angel in front of me.
“Peace,” he looked right into my brown orbs while saying this, my heart started to beat so fast, I can feel the pain in the depth of his blue orbs, it was filled with so much vulnerability and pain.
I don’t feel the world around me this moment, all I see was this broken man in front of me before I know what I was doing my feet carried me to the man who was holding my heart as his captive, he too stood up when he realized that I was walking to him.
I don’t know what to say through my words so I told him through my action. I tugged at his collar and kissed his pink lips, my one hand was tugging at his silky brown hair while the other one cupped his razor-sharp jaw. His lips were so soft and fluffy against mine at first but it turned so rough and urgent later, he was not kissing me anymore, he was devouring my mouth like a feast, he bit my lower lip softly, which made me gasp, he used that opportunity to plunge his tongue into my mouth, which made him smirk against my lips in response. He groaned against my mouth when I sucked his skilful tongue, which made me smile against his lips in satisfaction. I was flushed against his muscular chest; his arms circled my waist and pulled me further into him even that was possible. His hands started to explore every inch of my curve.
We pulled away from each other in need of air, we both were breathing so fast, he rested his forehead against mine and our noses were grazing against each other. He closed his eyes still breathing so hard. My heart was going crazy by now, it was pounding against my ribs so fast and I can feel my adrenaline.
I feel so alive, suddenly we heard a throat clearing, we pulled away and saw our granny in my doorstep trying hard to hold her smile.
“Did I miss something?” she asked me with a wink, which made me blush to the tip of my ears.
“He…Hello Mrs Brown, I was just…um, leaving,” he stuttered rubbing the back of his neck, there was a tinge of pink covering his cheeks, which made him so adorable.
“Yeah, he is just leaving!” I quickly replied her, playing along with Xander,
“Take care…um, I’ll see you around.” He kissed my left cheek and walked out of our home, I stood there stunned in my spot not expecting that kiss from him.