My Secret Lover

Chapter 21

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Pov. Park Sunghoon

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An annoying noise jolted me out of my deep sleep. Slowly and a little lost, I opened my eyes, ran my right hand through my hair, and looked around. Jake was lying sideways next to me with his head resting on my chest and one leg crossed over my torso as if to claim me for his own. My other arm was around his shoulder and since I couldn't feel it, I assumed my arm had fallen asleep.

When I finally realized that Jake was also waking up from his annoying alarm clock, I sleepily searched for his alarm clock on the bedside table. Shortly afterward, I switched it off. 6:00 a.m.

A flash of thought popped into my head, I remembered last night and with a relieved feeling I looked down at Jake. I gently ran my free hand over his mop of hair. "Good morning," I greeted him and smiled slightly. I could never have imagined that I would ever wake up together with him in this way in my most fervent dreams. But now he lay there looking at me with tired eyes.

He propped himself up with his arms and studied my face for a long time. Although he had just gotten up, he looked extremely cute. The tousled hair, the sparkling eyes that looked at me full of love. Everything about him looked perfect.

"Do I have something on my face?" I inquired, but he shook his head with a grin and gave me a short but intense kiss. Then he lay back down and buried his face in the crook of my neck. His breath tickled a little and I closed my eyes, relaxing. "We need to get ready for uni," I killed the mood. "Let's just play hooky, huh?" His voice was deep and rough, somehow, I found this tone very attractive.

"No, I have an exam to write," I explained and went to sit up, but he pulled me down so that my back was now turned to him. With his hips and his knees bent, he snuggled close to my body so that he was now the big and I the little spoon. He pulled the blanket a little higher and playfully kissed the back of my neck before lightly fixing himself in place and biting in. "Hey!"

"Let's lie here for a few more minutes, huh?" he murmured, no whispered and ran his thumb over the spot where he had bitten me. "You sure?" In answer, he pressed himself closer to me. I felt warm all over like I was snuggling into a mountain full of soft lukewarm pillows or relaxing in a warm Jacuzzi.

"All right, only five more minutes, but after that, I have to go home to get ready," I admitted defeatedly, but I didn't want to play little spoon anymore and turned my body around so that I could see Jake's face directly. We looked into each other's eyes for a few seconds. I felt the tension between us. The impulse to kiss him was huge. Should I?

My self-control said goodbye to me completely at that moment and longingly I moved my face a little closer, but still took a quick look into Jake's eyes. And shortly afterward he pressed a kiss to my lips. Then immediately another and then another. His lips were incredibly soft, and I could have stayed glued to them for hours. My hand went to his neck to pull him even closer to me. A moment later he leaned over me, pulled the blanket a little higher again, exerted pressure on my lips, and bit my lower lip impetuously. I opened my mouth slightly, gasping for breath, his hand slowly wandering down to my-

*knock, knock*

We stopped in mid-motion, reflexively he withdrew his hand and looked towards the closed door. A little disappointed, I sighed and let go of Jake. "Jakey! Are you awake? Don't you have to go to class?", Mrs. Sim yelled. Shit, I had completely forgotten that other residents aka his parents also lived here.

At the same time, Jake and I looked at each other. A little perplexed, he cleared his throat. "Morning mum! Already awake, don't worry!"

I could hear her trying to open his room door. "Hey! My room is taboo!" he called to her and sat up. "Since you're awake I was going to get Layla's leash to take her for a walk. You took it yesterday," she said and went to open the door again. Jake had never climbed out of bed so quickly, he got one foot caught in the blanked, stumbled but found his footing, and quickly freed himself before he caught the already half-open door in a few seconds. Then he peeked through the crack and looked at his mother with tousled hair. "I'll give it to you later, ok?"

"Jakey, you have nothing to be ashamed of. I've already heard and more importantly seen that you have a guest. The shoes and jacket in the dressing room gave it away," his mother said. Heard? What did she mean?

Shocked, Jake looked at me before opening the door completely. I quickly sat up and fixed my hair. Mrs. Sim entered, and her eyes immediately fell on me. "So, did you have a sleepover party?" laughed Mrs. Sim, grinning at me. Did she suspect something? No, she didn't! Like she's definitely not gonna get the idea that Jake and I have been making out. I mean, we could have been out all-night gambling.

"This is Park Sunghoon, we know each other from the ice rink and math tutoring. Exactly, we had a lot to learn! That's why he stayed longer and when it was getting very late, I thought he could spend the night in our house," he explained as I stood up. Mrs. Sim rolled up the blinds, opened the windows, and got Layla's leash from Jake. "I hope you were successful! I'd love to take you out for breakfast, but I really have to go!" said Mrs. Sim, to which I bowed my thanks. "Oh, that's not necessary but thank you so much!"

"I thought Dad and you weren't coming back until tonight," Jake muttered. "We spontaneously came back early yesterday, is that bad?" she asked, looking at me briefly. Last night already? Did his parents overhear the fight between Jake and me? Is that why Mrs. Sim said she heard us? Hopefully, it was only what they heard; oh God was that embarrassing. Although, we only kissed, why all the fuss Hoon?

"No way! Just hoping to be storm-free for longer haha," Jake laughed playfully and scratched the back of his head sheepishly. "Well then, I'm off! It was nice meeting you Sunghoon, I'd love to see your face around here more often. You are most welcome here!" With these words, she left the room. Jake immediately closed the door and looked at me uncertainly. "Sorry," he said quietly. "Nothing to be sorry about haha...", I mumbled. "Um... I think I should go home. Will I see you at uni again?", I enquired coming towards him. "Definitely! We'll still write to each other, ok?" he asked, to which I nodded affirmatively. He went to his desk for a moment and handed me a uniform jacket on it. "You forgot your jacket after the massage."

Laughing, I accepted it. "Did you stalk me on Snapchat for that too?", I quipped, he came seductively close to me and put his arms around my waist. "Said the one who shows up on my doorstep twice even though I never gave you, my address?"

Thanks, Sunoo!

"Yes?" I grinned and received a gentle kiss on the forehead before he escorted me down to the dressing room and I then went home.