Falling By Chance

Chapter - 8

Ugh!! Freaking mornings... Thank God for Sundays. I can't wait to spend this whole day sleeping. There's nothing standing between my bed and I. It's just you and me baby. For a whole fucking day.

I smile to myself at the thought and fall back asleep. I wake up startled by my phone's insistent ringing. I look around for it. Once I find it, I rub my eyes to look at the screen, trying to figure out who's masochistic enough to bring my wrath upon themselves for waking me up, this early, on a Sunday morning when I binge watched Netflix last night. A new series based on one of my favorite authors Julia Quinn's novels, Bridgerton had just aired and I just couldn't help but watch the whole thing in one go. I have no restraint. And now this inconsiderate fool of a person who dared to call me at such an ungodly hour has a death wish!

I look at Jake's name flashing on the screen. Oh Jake. I hit answer still grumpy from being forced to wake up.

"Rise and shine, sleepy head..." he says cheerfully.

"How can you be so cheery in the mornings..." I grumble in a voice that sounds like a dying walrus.

"What? It's a beautiful morning... Besides I'm a morning person." he says nonchalantly, not noticing my groggy voice. Smart man. Otherwise I would've killed him before I myself died of embarrassment.

"Mmhmm... Good for... You..." I yawn, starting to fall back asleep.

"Get your lazy ass out of the bed Roxy..." he chides, jokingly.

"If you don't have anything important to say to me, for which you decided to wake me up at such an ungodly hour, I'll rip your head off, Jacob Valtor when we meet." I threaten his stupid ass.

"Nope. Nothing important at all. I just wanted to hear your sexy sleepy voice first thing in the morning." Ughh!!! This infuriating but crazy gorgeous man.

"I'm hanging up, Jake. Annoy someone else. Or I'll call you later. You can annoy me then, as much as you like..." I reply sleepily.

"Okay. Fineeeeeee...." he whines like a kid who is denied access to chocolate.

"Stupid, Idiot man-baby." I say.

"Lazy, grumpy woman." he counters.

We start laughing and then I yawn again. "Go to sleep, baby. Call me later when you wake up?"

"Okayyyy..." I drawl out. "... Goodnight Jakie.."

Before I fall asleep completely, I hear Jake's reply. "Nighty night baby." Jake says chuckling and cuts the call. Soon I get lost in the land of the dreams, my last thoughts of him calling me 'baby'.

★★★★

I wake up around 2 in the noon after a good sleep, and then fill up my stomach to the brim like a pig, because I was starving, I sit on the kitchen counter, dialing Jake's number.

"Look who decided to grace me with her presence." Jake drawls out in his sexy voice.

"Hardy har har..." I reply, already annoyed. "Besides, I'm not in your presence actually, genius."

"So why did you call me so early in the morning?" I ask, curious, now that I have properly rested I'm not grumpy anymore.

"Oh I just wanted to inform you about my visit this week. It has been finalized. I'll stay there for a week and will be busy till Saturday with the meetings and stuff. Then we can go on our date on Sunday. Sounds okay with you?" He asks.