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Chapter 59

Hardin's POV:

"Let's go have a hot shower and wash off these dirt," I waggle my wrist on the surface of the cold water around us, the small heaps of bubbles which were there, are all gone and only left some scum, wash's crud and also our discharge, floating.

I'd love to use up more time with her in the tub together but the water was no longer warm, not even lukewarm for minutes ago. It's not suitable for us to have a cold bath and especially for Tess, she might get sick or runny nose and have to waste her time to get medication instead of enjoying her remaining time here with me.

"Okay, let's go." She says but I try to move with her on my waist, clinging, but she stops me. "What are you doing?"

"Getting out with you," I shrug.

"If you get up with me, you'll slip and we both will fall and also get hurt. Just let me get out first," she tells me and grip the edge of the tub for her to stand up. Her boobs are so close as she was standing up that if I lean a little forward I might get slap by them.

And honestly I'd love it, a boobs-slap. Is that even a thing? Boobs-slap? I don't have any fucking idea.

She climbs out from the tub then goes into the shower and turns on the water. I also stand up, turning the twist plug of my tub for the dirty water to drained down, I'll clean the tub later but now I step inside the shower stall with her.

"I wish you would change your flight date and stayed here a little longer," I say after she is done with washing her hair and body.

She's going back to New York tomorrow and I want her to stay with me for few more days, weeks, months or year maybe. If I get lucky her entire life. But that's not going to happen at any time soon, you both are not even in any type of relationship. My subconscious nags.

Shut the fuck up, I tell him. I don't know when he born but now he's living in my mind rent free, and also reminding the relationship status of Tessa and I.

"I can't. I have to go. I've college to attend and my work shift to take," she tells and move to get me the full access to the hot water.

"I know," I pout like a child at her and she taps her index finger on my lips making me smile. "We should go out today and do some sightseeing." I say, pouring the soap into the loofah and start rubbing it on my body.

"I don't know...I told you this before I don't want to us to seen in publicly, in this early when you just published your book. People might talk bad stuffs about you," she tucks her bottom lips between her teeth. "And it could affect your career before it's even start." She explains.

"Fuck people, I don't care what they've to talk shits about me," I give her the loofah and turn around for her to help me clean off my back.

"Hardin, media will say lewd things and it'll degenerate your reputation." She gently scrubs the dirt off my back. I don't give any fucks to the media too, they do their shitty things and meld in other people's lives for their own benefits only.

"But I want to take you out and look around the place, like a normal couple," I don't want her to get bored to death by sitting here in my apartment all day doing nothing new.

"Normal couple? You're famous now. Peoples will caught us just like they did in my friend's wedding yesterday," she reminds me and puts the loofah back on the hook after finishing it scrubbing and pulls my arm for her to get the water.

"I've a idea. I should disguise myself, then the people would never identify me," I run my hand over my head. I'm so fucking smart. Good job Hardin.

"I don't know, if that's gonna work?" She gave me a puzzled look.

"It will," pulling her by her elbow, I ask, "Are you done?"

"Yes-"

"Then just go, you should get dressed," I push her out of the stall, gently. Where she wraps her body and hair with towels and get outside the bathroom; I wash off the remaining soap on my body, turning off the faucet and wrapping a towel around my waist I get into my closet to find something that makes me unrecognisable.

"Tessa, what's taking you that long?" I ask her after like two fucking hours later. She was keep saying give her more ten minutes to get ready then more fifteen and then so on, and now it's two hours. I get inside the bathroom where she's applying her makeup, drying and curling her hair and shits, which is taking a long ass time. "Tessa! are you ready?"

"Yeah, I am," she answers and puts her giant-ass makeup brush, I don't know what it's called, into her small-ass bag.

"Okay so let's go then,"

"Wait, you said you'll make yourself disguised?" She asks and I nod. "And this is your outfit than will make you conceal your identity?"

"Yes," I look down at my normal black jeans, a hoodie and a shirt underneath with my new black converse. I'm disguised as 'normal person'. No one is going to notice a random person walking around the street.

"How?"

"Like this," I ruffle my hair and make it wild then put on the hoodie over my head. "Oh wait," I take out my sunglasses from my pocket and wear that too. "Now, I'm ready and very unrecognizable." She looks me in a disbelief. "Don't overthink it, I'll work." I promise. "Let's go now."

"Okay," putting her purse onto her shoulder, we get out of the building and hop into my car. I don't have to wear this glasses inside my car so I hand it to Tessa and she puts it inside her purse, so that I don't forget that thing in my car. "So, where are we going?" She asks and I pull off my car from the lot.

"Chicago Riverwalk." I tell and rest my hand on her thigh. I was thinking to take her in Millenium Park, but that place would be too damn crowded, so I choose the basic and good one after that. There wouldn't be much more people, I hope not. I didn't explore Chicago much even though I'm here for more than ten months. I just didn't care to getting out of my apartment and get to know the place a alone, but now I've Tessa to walk around the city with me.

The fifty minutes ride was good but the search for a fucking parking place was a hectic, but at last we gets it. "So we are just going to walk around here," Tessa asks, as we walk up on a bridge.

I take her hand and laces my fingers with hers, pulling her closer I say, "Not just walking. We'll get in on a boat and have a river tour." She shakes her head for her hair to move away from her face. "You look beautiful by the way," I say and she rolls her eyes with a smile.

She does, she's wearing a tight jeans, a floral tank top with a mild green cardigan over them and her wavy hair is shining under the sun, making her more live. The tank top is too tight and it's giving her a bit more cleavage. I should go on and button up her cardigan for preventing men to stare at her full chest. But I talk myself down for not control her now or she'll scowl the entire time for my unacceptable behaviour.

"Oh shit, I forget," she pulls out her hand from mine and digs inside her purse, taking out my glasses, she hands it to me. I put it on and I'm sure, I'm looking like creep with it and giving me stalkerish vibe but it's worths it because I'm here with Tessa enjoying the moments, like a normal couple.

I take her hand back in mine and we head towards to start our boat tour.

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