Day - ONE

Perfect Girl

Sophie's POV

After long day of moving and shifting from my place I was thoroughly exhausted. I gathered all my strength and jumped on Alarick's comfortable bed wrapping both arms around me imagining it to be him snuggling closely.

Alarick had already mentioned that he will be late tonight. His father has gave all the responsibility on his shoulders for Manhattan deal. Then sudden realization struck me. Within a second I woke up and made my way towards Alarick's library. His library was vast unlike mine small stack of books kept aside my side table. The books were on different subjects such as fiction , finances, business books , classic literature ,self help book and psychology.

I invaded all the corner of his library trying to understand his taste. I wholeheartedly believe that there is a part of reader that is made from the books he/she reads. There is part of me that has been made me more powerful from character I read and there is another part of me which is vulnerable again from the character I read. As a reader I can never have an genuine  personality it is fickle as the pages I go through. So what makes you Alarick you ?

Then going through the stack of books. I found a pink paper hidden inside Alarick's favorite Sidney Sheldon's book. That is familiar handwriting.

The smell of your perfume still on the scarf you left on my bed accidentally being unaware that I am going to fall in love this way. I couldn't have guessed I will be so in love when I saw you first time at a friend's birthday dinner you will always be my perfect girl from head to toe. It still breaks my heart to letting you go I even wonder about it living alone in this big house. I don't want to be alone. Come back. Love. From- Alarick Rodriguez.

The name mentioned at last made my heart stop for a minisecond. He is in love with someone else. Is he ? No he is not he choose you. Remember. Then why this note is still inside one of his favorite books. Why he didn't threw that away or send it to the owner ? Maybe he just wrote and never intended to send it. Maybe there is no name mentioned but she definitely Alarick sweep of his feet.

I was well aware that Alarick chose me but still seeing this has made me upset. I was open about people I have been with I was opened about my professional relationship with Sebastian who was my serious boyfriend for four years. Then why did Alarick didn't mention me about this perfect mystery woman. My expressions saddened. Is he being honest with me ? I don't want to displease him dwelling into past.

I went to sleep completely distraughted not because I saw a pinning love note inside an old book but the wreck I now had about his honesty towards me. Suddenly I heard footsteps approaching someone twisted the doorknob in reflex I closed my eyes acting like I was asleep. I felt breathe on my cheeks someone peck kiss on my cheeks. Then there was no sound in the room. I opened my eyes his eyes met mine he saw in different direction.

' You are still awake.' He enquired I sighed while he sat on chair going through some papers.

' Yes. I actually.' Should I ask him ?.' This place is quite new for me usually I have trouble sleeping at place I am not quite acquainted too.' I did not ask him I can not ruin my future because of something occured in past.

' I was late tonight. I am Sorry. I was occypied whole day. I could not come to help you with shifting your things at my place. I made sure James was there to help you.' He got up from his place and sat beside me. Taking my hands in his interlacing his fingers around mine.

' It's okay. By the way I am already burdened by your favour I will make sure I won't cause you any problem as long as my stay.' He bend downwards and planted another kiss on my cheek.

' As long as you stay. What makes you think I am letting you go ?' I wrapped my arms around him and drew my body closer.

He took my hand in his and digging his eyes deep into mine. He leaped forward and kissed me like I was never kissed before like a hungry animal. Not even giving me enough time to gasp air not letting me go.

' That's a prize after a long exhausted day at the work.' Then he took my hands and pulled me I bumped into him I was above him kissing senselessly his hand reached back of my dress.

The next morning I headed my way towards the hospital wearing white coat after so long. The day did not went great as we lost a patient whose case was emergency he was injured badly during the accident. I did my best to save him but the trauma this job brings is horrifying many a times I don't have an urge to eat recalling any hopeless case or I have breakdown in the bathroom when I see the severity and being aware that this patient can't be saved. All those hopeful faces of patient's family looking at me with so much expectations. Here failure is only death which no human willingly compromises too. Then I have to put a tough exterior hiding all the factors I am defenceless and give my job one hundred percent.

After scrolling through my Instagram which I joined recently and going through my friend's feed. Noah and Alyssa back from honeymoon. They uploaded picture both were dressed sitting inside car seatbelts around. Caption said ' Heading back towards home.' Then I hark back onto something.

My legs carried me inside Alarick's library I started to hunt down for the book I had seen yesterday after searching for so long I found that inside Alarick's drawers. I never touched his drawers before than who kept the book inside. Being guilty of surveying his drawer I turned over the page to find that romantic love note but I couldn't find it.