Mija Priestess

Part 16

When I awoke I was still wrapped in Damian's arms. I have to admit that I felt very refreshed and as though it was the best night sleep that I had ever had, before, with and since Dylan. Damian was still asleep and I felt myself lay there watching him doze. "Morning Mija. You do know that it is kind of creepy to stare at someone while they sleep?" Damian sleepily opened his eyes and spoke with a morning gruffness in his voice.

I felt my cheeks blush a little before responding. "Sorry, but you are just as handsome sleeping as you are when you're awake. I didn't mean to stare and be weird about it though."

"Do we even know what time it is?" Damian asked this time a little more awake when he spoke. I shook my head at him, I hadn't even thought to look as I was too entranced watching him and just being with him. Damian picked up his phone off the nightstand and checked the time. "Oh shit." I furrowed my brows at him confusion before he continued. "Did you charge your phone last night? I've had a few messages off of Rhea asking if I have seen you because she is on her way here and you aren't answering your phone."

I picked my phone up which I thought I had charged but it had died overnight. I showed it to Damian. "Oops, I don't think we need to panic. You have sweatpants over there and I have clothes. We don't need to tell her anything just yet. Do we?"

Damian looked almost angry. "No, nothing to tell her." With that he got up out of bed and chucked his sweatpants on. The air felt heavy all of a sudden but I couldn't risk Rhea finding out yet. I got out of bed and chucked on some Pjs quickly just while we said our goodbyes.

KNOCK KNOCK!!

I looked shiftily at Damian and he just shrugged nonchalantly at me. I went and opened the door to see Rhea stood there with her cases. "Why the bloody hell weren't you answering your messages?" Rhea asked, not sure whether she was angry or relieved that I was ok.

"Hello to you too. I forgot to charge it." I opened the door a little wider and stepped to the side so that she could come in. She looked Damian up and down and then looked to me as though she was waiting for an explanation.

"I just came to check that Sophie was ok as you said that you couldn't get hold of her. Now that you are here, I can leave." Damian sounded a little abrupt but then left. He didn't even look at me when he left, he just went. I tried not to overthink it.

"Are you going to tell me what that was about Soph?" Rhea questioned me with a concerned look in her eyes.

"As Damian said he just came to check on me, he literally got here about a minute before you." Rhea nodded but I was sure that I could see a slightly raised eyebrow of hers.

Rhea and I spoke for a few minutes and made arrangements for lunch and a workout before saying our goodbyes so that Rhea could go and get settled in her room as well as freshen herself up a little bit. I showered and got myself ready before picking up my phone. Things didn't feel right.

Hey, are you ok? You left a little abruptly this morning. Xx

Damian responded quickly. I'm fine. Just getting ready for a workout and then I have interviews all afternoon so maybe see you around.

I couldn't help but feel a little disheartened. What had I done wrong? We had agreed not to tell Rhea and to take things slow so it couldn't be that. Could it?

DAMIAN'S POV

We had agreed to take things slowly and I had respected her wishes when she said that she didn't want too tell Rhea but this morning just felt as though it was the perfect time to speak to Rhea. I appreciate that Sophie had been hurt in the past but why was she taking it out on me? Why couldn't she see that I really liked her and had no intention of hurting her?

I just needed to take some time and figure out whether or not things were worth pursuing if Sophie was always going to be too scared of actually taking steps forward. Worst thing was was that I actually felt hurt.