Love, is not for us

#20 - Well done

Tiara

I woke up in a middle of the night, hungry. I turn over to James and saw him sleeping peacefully. After the dinner, which I barely ate anything, I drag him up to my room, I can see how close it is to lose all his control to punch something, or someone.

In the room, I hugged him tight and poured all my feelings through our kiss. No one has ever stand up for me like he did. I'm so grateful for that. And the look on Sandy after hearing James' words, made this trip worth it. I smiled at this memory. No one has ever talked back to her, definitely not in James way.

"James...James...", I tried waking him up. But he's not waking up at all.
"James Scott, wake upp", I call him a little bit louder while shaking his arm.

He let out a loud groan, "Whaat?".

"I'm hungry..."

He struggles to open up his eyes and drag me into his arms, "Umm sleep baby.. shhh... It's been awhile since we're sleeping in the same bed, let's enjoy....sleep shhh.."

I got out from his arm and get off from the bed. This may be my childhood home, but it's been so long since I ever felt at home here so I feel a bit apprehensive to go to kitchen alone. The hunger overcomes anything so, I decide to go to the kitchen on my own.

As I am rummaging the kitchen for food I heard James calls me, not caring if he might wake anyone at all. It's only 3 in the morning.
"Babyyy, I said, sleep", he pouts and hugs my waist.

"I'm hungry. So does the twins", I said while putting his hands on my growing bump.

"Hmm always blaming the twins huh.. Fine, what do you wanna eat?"

"I'll just have some bread..I'm looking if there's any spread to eat with.", I search around under the dim light.

"Maybe if you had turned on the lights, you can find it?", he always has something to say.

I ignored him and finally spot a jar of peanut butter behind him. "Pass me that, please. The peanut butter."

He took the peanut butter then took the bread and spread knife from my hands and starts to spread them. I smiled at this small gesture and hugs him from behind, resting my cheeks on his naked back while waiting.

"Here you go."

I sat on the chair and eat the bread. Meanwhile, he rests his elbow on the table with his head in his hand and just stares at me. Noticing his stare, I started to blush, and avert our eye contact.

He chuckles and tuck my hair behind ears "Miss Roger, why are you avoiding my eyes?"

"I'm not."
"Sure, you're not." He kissed my forehead and clear up the little mess we made.

He hold the peanut bottle jar, "This is one of your client, right?"

"Yup! How did you know?", I'm really surprised he knows this.

"Saw the small section of them in your office."

I gave a huge grin, "And you actually remembered...Yea they're one of our earliest and most successful customer."

Then, he drag me back to bed and I snuggle inside his arm with my head resting on his chest. His strong arm wraps my body and he places his chin on my head. I have never felt this peaceful and safe, especially in this house.

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"Wake up, Babe", I heard James deep hoarse voice whispers into my ears.
I flutter my eyes open and saw his handsome face staring at me. He doesn't look too happy to be awake.