Love In Between
Chapter 31

Our first night as sweethearts was out of the ordinary, but the two of us would never follow the rules like any other couple. We’re different, and that’s what I like the most.

My face resting on his torso and the music of his heartbeat in the background. This is absolutely perfect, and I’d give anything to stop time right now. His hands stroke my hair and his lips leave a tender k**s on my temple, making me feel special.

-I had a feeling that you and I could be something like this when we were in love, but reality has surpassed my imagination. – He says, and I have to settle down to look him in the eye.

-Well, earlier wasn’t bad either. – I comment mischievously, and he laughs lightly.

“Why is it so perfect?

-Of course it wasn’t bad at all, but have you realised that we’ve wasted almost six months of having something like this? – He asks and I bite my lips.

I don’t want to ruin the moment, but I have to tell him, “Handsome, I’m sorry, but you’re the one who decided to go back to her. I realised some time ago that I had fallen in love with you. – I clarify and he bites his lips.

-Okay, I admit it… it was my fault. I didn’t want to accept it, however, since we were doing the photo campaign in your studio I was already dying of jealousy seeing you near Joel and well…. Then Emanuel was the one who pushed me over the edge. – He confesses and I can’t help wanting to k**s him when he gets like that.

Without him expecting it, I move over his body and start kissing him madly -I love it when you admit that you’ve been jealous. – I say as I give him k**s after k**s making him laugh.

-And I love that you love it, but I don’t love how it makes me feel. – He whines like a little boy.

I’m not able to say anything to him because I’m lost in the perfection of his face. I lose myself in every detail – in his moles, in his eyelashes, in his beard, in his nose. Instinctively, my fingers gently caress his entire face and try to memorise it. -You’re perfect. – I comment out of the blue and he denies.

-I’m far from it, love. – He replies and grins like a fool when he hears me call myself that.

-What did you call me?” she asks excitedly and laughs.

-Love… I called you love because that is definitely what you have brought into my life Serena Hausser,” she explains and I bite my lips.

-Wow, you’re so different now. – I comment in surprise.

-You thought I was a man without feelings who only thought about f*****g you,” he asks and I can only shrug my shoulders. -Well, you’re wrong, beautiful… I have my heart… and well, you’ve got me in it,” he clarifies and I k**s him.

-And you’re in mine,” I inform him and he smiles.

-Love, you know I’d gladly start over, but honestly, I’m starving; shall we have dinner? – I hate being hungry, but at the end of the day I’m human and my body demands certain things,” he says and then k****s me.

-Pass me my dress from the floor, please. – I ask him and he denies.

No love, just put on my t-shirt… it won’t last long. – He proposes and I smile broadly.

He looks for his boxer shorts on the floor and then hands me one of his t-shirts. We get dressed while looking at each other and laugh like two fools.

-I don’t want to pressure you or anything, but I’ve decided not to go to work tomorrow. – I tell him before we leave the room and he grabs me around the waist to pull me closer to him.

He brushes the tip of his nose against mine and laughs, “Does that mean I’ve got all night with my girlfriend? – he asks mischievously.

-All night and tomorrow. – I correct him, feeling an electric current run through my body as I hear him call me his girlfriend.

-Mmmm, but how tempting that sounds. – He replies and k****s me softly. -We’d better go for dinner. – He says with a chuckle as the temperature starts to rise again.

-Let’s go. – I reply and he takes my hand and leads me to the kitchen.

It was clear that he wouldn’t cook, as far as I knew he wasn’t very good at it. However, the pasta he’s ordered looks delicious and even though he won’t let me help him, I enjoy the exquisite scenery of watching him walk alone in boxer shorts. It’s a dream I don’t want to wake up from for good.

-Miss, excuse me. – He speaks as he sets the dinner platter in the middle of the table and then places the plates and cutlery. He goes back to the kitchen to get the wine and glasses, and finally comes back and sits down opposite me.

He looks at us in this situation and I can’t help but laugh – it’s strange that our date started backwards, but I like it. – I comment as he pours the wine and laughs with me.

I really think it was a bad idea to invite you home for dinner, I should have known that as soon as I saw you, I was going to want to k**s you non-stop. – He explains.

-I was delighted that the date was here, Gael, you and I are not normal…. It’s obvious that even though things have changed because we’ve fallen in love, deep down we still want to be together,” I explain and he smiles.

-And with those video calls everything has gotten worse. I swear I wanted to go through the screen to get lost in your mouth and do what your hands were doing on your body. – He says and takes a deep breath, “I’ll tell you later… if I tell you about this now, the food will get cold and I’ll get hot. – He jokes and we both laugh.

-All right, we’ll talk about it later, we have all night honey,” he says and looks at me with a huge smile on his face.

-I like the sound of that word coming from your lips,” he says, smiling.

-Then I tell you some others…” I express mischievously and begin to taste the pasta he has ordered before this gets out of control again.

**Every time I imagine all the beautiful things he and I could experience together, I feel like my heart is going to burst out of my chest.