How To Steal A Heart // Neco Williams

Chapter 23

"You're enjoying this far to much." Neco commented after he watched Emily text Trent back to say she hadn't spoken to the Welsh National in the last 2 weeks but of course that was far from the truth consider he was laid on her bed next to her.

"Hey. They wanted to be involved in our relationship, I'm just helping them." Emily smiled as she dropped her phone on the bed before standing up and walking towards her wardrobe.

Emily had taken great pleasure in keeping her returned relationship with Neco a secret from both Curtis and Trent. Since they both wanted to be so involved in getting them back together, she wouldn't satisfy the pair to know they were right at the fact that they always said the couple would get back together.

"How long you planning to keep this a secret?" The Liverpool defender wondered as his girlfriend started to dig through her clothes in search of something particular.

"I'm not keeping it a secret. It's not my fault they haven't put it together yet." Emily said with a smile as she stopped searching and pulled out a dress from her wardrobe.

"What's the dress for?" Neco questioned her as he sat up and moved himself onto the edge of her bed.

"Andy's having this book launch party think next week and I'm trying to decide if I'm gonna but I new dress or not." Emily explained as she held the dress over her body as she looked in the mirror.

"And how come we weren't invited?" Neco asked referring to himself and the Liverpool boys who had yet to have received word about any event involving the left winged defender and his new book.

"He said he was going to say it at training tomorrow." Emily replied as she returned the dress to its spot in the wardrobe.

"Buying a new dress?" Neco said with a smile knowing she'd take any opportunity to shop.

"You know me so well." Emily smiled back before walking over and standing between Neco's legs before leaning down and placing a kiss on his lips.

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"I still can't believe you haven't spoken to Neco in over 2 weeks, what are you gonna do at Robbo's book party next week?" Trent wondered as he and Robbo sat around the Robertson's kitchen island and watched as Emily prepared dinner.

Rachel had taken the kids away to see her sister for the weekend so it was just Andy and Emily in the house, with the addition of the right winged defender who had invited himself for dinner knowing the Robertson siblings would be home alone.

"Well there's nothing I can do. A relationship is meant to be two sided and I was the only one making an attempt at contact. I could only spent so long talking to him with shitty one word replies." Emily replied with lifting her head up from cutting the vegetables in front of her.

Truth be told, Emily Robertson had no idea how she had managed to keep her reformed relationship with Neco a secret from her brother and best friend. They usually knew exactly when she was lying, sometimes even before she actually told the lie.

But she had actually been doing a pretty good job this time and so had Neco. They both have managed to keep the secret from their families and friends for the last 2 weeks since the night of the Champions League game when he took her out for Mc Donald's and they went up to the look out point.

The main reason for it was they didn't want to announce to everyone they were back together for something to happen and for it all to be over once again, starting the circle all over again.

But when Emily realised she could get some entertainment out of it in the form of Trent, Curtis and Andy, she was even more keen to keep it a secret for her own personal pleasure along with Neco's.

Although they both knew they couldn't keep it a secret forever and planned to tell everyone next weekend at Andy's books release party. That way everyone was told at the same time and no one felt left out or that they favoured anyone above another.

"What are you gonna do when you have to see him next week for my book party?" Her older brother wondered as she dumped the vegetables into a saucepan.

"It's not like we'll be the only two people in the room. The place will be packed, I probably won't even see him." Emily replied as she filled the saucepan with water and turned around to place it in the stove top to cook.

She found herself smiling at just how much she was enjoying all of this and was mentally imagining everyone's faces next weekend when they find out the pair have been back together for over 3 weeks at that stage.

She did feel bad about keeping the secret but then realised it was a suitable punishment for everyone thinking they had a right to be involved in her relationship and break up in the first place, especially Trent and Curtis.

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