Chapter 23

Erica

After Ethan left for his office I was alone in my office thinking about today's further events. I noticed there wasn't much work left for me to do. I quickly completed it and went to Alex. It had been a while since I had spent time with my best friend. I could also tell her about me and Ethan. After all it was her motivation that led me to confess my feelings for him.

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"Pass me the chips." I said to Alex who was busy watching a movie with a bowl full of chips. We were at my place having a girl time. She passed me the bowl and fixed her gaze back to the screen. I snapped my fingers in front of her to bring her attention back to me. She slapped my hand away and concentrated on the movie.

"Great. Just great. You know what, you can watch the movie happily all alone, I'll go to sleep." I was about to get up frustrated with her behavior. I was trying to talk to her and she was busy with movie. So much for a best friend.

"Okay, okay. Tell me what is it that you want to talk? " She paused the movie and turned towards me with her legs crossed like me.

"What? Nothing specific, just generally, you know? Tell me how's your boyfriend?" I teased her. Whenever I talk about her non- existent boyfriend, she immediately shut up. I knew that she was all romantic and all but she still didn't find 'the one'. She tried dating a few times and said that she was enjoying her time of life and that she didn't want relationships just yet. As far as I knew she was dating an Italian man but I had no idea of what her current relationship status was.

"Shut up! Just because you have a boyfriend doesn't mean that you can taunt me." She faked anger.

"Aww! My baby is hurt?" She laughed loudly and threw the nearby pillow at me.

"I am still single and ready to mingle." She fluttered her eyebrows at me. That made me laugh.

"God, this men are confusing. You know last time I went on a date with this hot guy, who was a lawyer. He was so full of himself and kept talking on and on. What a waste of my lingerie!" I gasped hearing her words.

"Jesus! Alex." That was so embarrassing for me to hear.

"What? Look girl, I don't know how Ethan hasn't convinced you for sex yet, but don't you feel attracted to him, like physical attraction? " That made me red with embarrassment.

"Of course I do, its just that I haven't done it before and I am looking for the right time. I don't want to rush and besides we have plenty of time with that. We have just confessed our love. We are taking it slow. Besides, Ethan doesn't have any problem with that, so it's all fine." I replied with confidence.

She nodded in response. I didn't understand why having sex was so important and urgent. It could wait right? I was happy the way we were and we were doing fine in our relationship. However a tiny part of my brain thought about Ethan. What if Ethan wanted to? What if he expected more from me? Sure, he said that he'll wait for me,but for how long? There was no doubt he was very sweet and caring about that matter. It wasn't like I wasn't attracted to him, of course I was, but I didn't understand why did I feel uncertain about being intimate with him.

The rest of the night we both watched the movie and when it became difficult to stay awake we went to our separate rooms to sleep.

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The next day, which was Saturday, meaning no office, I had the day to myself. I quickly finished my morning business and went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for me and Queen Alexandra, who was still sleeping like a princess up there.

"Alex!" I yelled from the kitchen. When she didn't answer I yelled loudly, "Alex!!" She spoke half sleepily, "Mhmm". "Come help me to prepare breakfast." She gave no response. I sighed and began to work myself. After half an hour she came downstairs still in her pjs and hair in all directions. She walked towards me and plopped her ass on the chair. I served her breakfast and she began chewing her sandwiches. I knew for a fact that she wasn't a morning person and was just being her usual self so I didn't bother talking to her since she would completely ignore my words. We both finished our breakfast and soon Alex left.

Having nothing to do for myself I called Ethan . He answered on the third ring.

"Hey Love." He spoke cheerfully.

"Hey. Are you free now? Can we meet?" I spoke anticipating a positive response.

"Actually I am in the office, I'll be free in about an hour. I'll come to pick you, we'll have lunch somewhere."

"Okay." I spoke dejectedly. I knew he would come in an hour but I wanted to meet him now.

"Ehm.... I have some work now. I'll speak to you later." He said but didn't appear focused on our conversation.

"Okay." I hung up and sat in my sofa with a frown on my face. I took my phone and began playing games on it.

About twenty minutes later my door bell rang, I locked my phone and went to answer the door. There stood Ethan in all his handsome glory wearing a gray suit and dark blue tie, leaning by the door frame. My lips curved up in a bright smile. I immediately jumped in his arms, mashing my lips with his, which he glady returned. He stepped in and kicked the door shut with one leg and moved us toward the sofa. Breathlessly I pulled away and smiled at him. "You came."

"How could I not come when my baby called me? " He said placing me down and tucking a strand of my hair behind my ear. Suddenly an idea popped in my mind. I encircled my arms around his neck and plastered myself to his body.

"I want to try something."

He cocked his eyebrows as if amused. Taking that as encouragement I once again took his lips in a passionate kiss. He seemed taken aback with my bold movement because I was never the one to initiate something bold, but somehow kissed me with the same passion. The kiss quickly turned steamy and I decided to take it further. So I broke the kiss only to loosen his tie and toss it away. I unbuttoned his collar button and pulled his suit jacket and threw it on the sofa. All the while I saw his eyes hooded with lust and desire. He kissed me again and placed his hands on the lower side of my back and began caressing by behind. I somehow felt uncomfortable like that but didn't react. Him touching me at places that no one had ever touched me before made me uncomfortable. Suddenly I felt uncertain about my actions. Did I really want this? Probably I didn't. But I was too timid to act on my actions. I paused and drew back from the kiss. Ethan must have sensed my uncertainty since he smiled and cupped my face.

"Don't push yourselves to do something that you aren't completely sure of. " His said with a flushed face and husky voice. For a moment I thought that he must be angry with me for leading him in the wrong direction. After all I started this and now I was afraid to move further.

"Ethan I.. " I felt at a loss of words. This is not what I planned.

"Shh, Its okay. I know." He hugged me.

"I am trying Ethan. I don't know what happened." I said disappointedly. Disappointed at myself for chickening out.

"I know baby. I know. I love you and will always love you no matter what. You don't have to do anything that you are not sure of. Because the only thing that you'll feel tomorrow is regret and that's the last thing I want. I want you to feel happy and contented. I want it to be special between us. Okay?" I nodded unable to form words. My earlier actions now almost embarrassed me. How could I be such a fool for letting myself do that? At the same time I was in awe of my boyfriend's sweet words. I was blessed to have a boyfriend like Ethan, who was so understanding, mature and supportive. I nuzzled myself into his chest and tightened my arms around him. He placed a sweet kiss on my temple and ran his fingers through my hair. This simple actions of his, made me fall in love, more with him. I felt like the bond between us was stronger than it seemed. It wasn't like we were in a relationship for years, only merely a few months, but our hearts were one. "I love you, Ethan." I murmured against his chest. His heart beat quickened and he replied, "I love you too my sweetheart." This was enough for me to know and I felt warmth spread through me. Actually whenever he declared his love for me I felt the same.

We spent the rest of the day watching movies and cuddling in each others arms. We ordered takeout since I was too lazy to cook, now that I was in his arms. Ethan insisted on me cooking something for him but later gave up. In the evening we decided to go to the pub and enjoy ourselves like every other person on a Saturday night does. Ethan went home to change and I began getting ready in my room. About an hour and a half later, I was ready and Ethan was already waiting for me in the living room. I walked out of the room fully dressed. Needless to say Ethan went into the protective boyfriend mood seeing my sweetheart neckline beaded top short dress and began complaining about how the dress was too exposing and not fit for someone else to see. It took a lot of convincing on my part to tell him that how much effort I had to go through for getting ready so he had to accept it whether he liked it or not.

The pub was full with dancing sweaty bodies, Ethan placed his palm on my back and led me through the sweaty bodies. We drank alcohol for a while and then danced. Again drank, well mostly it was me who was drinking, Ethan was more focused on keeping me straight to stand. When it was almost midnight we both left and Ethan had to practically drag me out of the pub. Poor guy, I almost felt bad for him since he had to carry his drunk girlfriend who was ready to run back into the pub.

We reached home, and Ethan carried me to my room and placed me on my bed. I could see he was searching for something. I didn't bother asking him what he was searching because even my drunk self knew that Ethan wasn't going to rob anything from my cupboard. Once when he found my night clothes, he handed them to me and I changed into them. I don't even know how I managed to change but after a few attempts I had successfully changed. When I walked out of the washroom I saw that Ethan had already stripped himself to his boxers. His bare upper body made me blush but I quickly hid myself from his view. He handed me some pills which I didn't bother checking and gulped them with the glass of water he gave me. He laid me on my bed and settled besides me and pulled the comforter over us. He pulled my drunk self to his chest and I happily laid on his chest and before I knew I had drifted to a my dreamland.

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