My Next Door Neighbor

Chapter 13

Grayson's POV

The day has passed and sunshine is sleeping next to me, I smile down at her sleeping figure and watch her. Wait I'm being creepy, don't watch her sleep dumbass. I get up and grab my trash can to pick up all the empty chips bags and cookie packets. Today was hard. There was moments throughout the day where she would cry again or she would tell me little special moments she cherished in her heart from her pregnancy with Levi.

She also told me the full story on what had happened, my heart hurt so much as she bursted into tears as she told me. My grip on the trash can tightens. That fucking bastard, her fucking ex boyfriend Tom pushed her down the stairs when she was pregnant which triggered an early labor. Fucking prick, I'd kill him if I could, She could've had more time with Levi during her pregnancy if it wasn't for Tom. I remember how I felt for her when she told me the moment she knew Levi wouldn't live. The doctor had told her that baby Levi had anencephaly.

Anencephaly is a birth defect. It occurs when the skull, scalp and brain do not develop properly in the uterus and the babies that have this only live for a few minutes, hours or days. But because of Tom and pushing her down the fucking stairs, her and Levi got hurt which resulted to Levi being born early and being stillborn.

When she had finished telling me her story, I grabbed her immediately as she just couldn't stop crying, I was doing my best to focus on her and comfort her but I couldn't help but also think of ways I could kill him and make it look like an accident. I mean I could get away with it, I did serve in the military and I like watching crime videos, I could pull it off. I shake my head.

I finished grabbing all the trash and I grab the box under my bed as quietly as I can and start putting all the unnecessary plushies away, don't want them falling off the bed. I sigh in relief as I push it back under the bed quietly and stand up, stretching and twisting my body to crack my back. "God I'm getting old" I quietly say to myself, I jump at the sound of a soft giggle, I turn and see her awake. "Hey pen, why are you awake?" She smiled softly up at me as she sits up. "I was thirsty and heard you say that, you're literally 30 gray. You're not old" I roll my eyes and sit down beside her. "You're 26, once you get to my age, you'll understand"

She laughs and pushes me gently. "Pfft as if thumper, you're just over exaggerating" I chuckle and get up, caressing her cheek. "I'll get that water for you, for I am your lovely Knight In Shining Armor, princess" I wink down at her and smirk softly as I see a soft blush spread across her cheeks and she pushes my hand off her cheek. "Go get me that water, I'm very thirsty and you don't want your princess to die of thirst, right?" I step away and bow slightly. "Of course not, my sweet princess, I'll be back with water" I stand up straight and walk into my kitchen and grab a cup and fill it with cold water.

"I really am too deep in love with her" I smile at the memory of her laugh, her smile. I shake my head slightly. "She doesn't love you like that Miller, snap out of it"

Penelope's POV

I smile at him as he walks away to his kitchen, I love him. I listened to what Cherry said and I realized that I do love him and I want to give myself the chance to share my comfort with him. I want to love him and even now when we're not even dating, he takes care of me and loves me, he started being this way 6 months after I moved into my apartment and we met at 3 months of me being here, so I know he's different.

I know he's not Tom, he most definitely isn't him and for the first time ever, I feel so safe and loved by someone other than my dad. Tom made me feel so scared and on edge, I had to walk on eggshells around him and at first, I thought the way he had treated me was love but it's not, Grayson treats me with love and that's the kind of man I want to be with. I could make his day so happy by confessing right now, but where's the fun in that. I wanna make him sweat, I want to have fun with this, I'm gonna make this into a game. I hear him coming and I smile. This is gonna be fun.

Grayson's POV

I walk back into my room and hand her the water and watch as she murmurs a soft thank you and chugs the water. "Careful there sunshine, don't choke now" and she finishes her cup and hands it back to me with a smirk. I groan and glare at her. "Don't even" she raises her hands defensively. "Wasn't gonna say anything" I lick my lips and look away from her. "You totally were" and she just fucking giggles.

"Listen I was just really thirsty, if I wanted to choke on something, I would've just ask you" I swear this woman wants to kill me. I look back at her to see her smirking at me. "Would you do what I would ask? Would you let me choke on you?" I groan softly and I can feel myself harden. "Only if you deserve it and have been good girl" and she tilts her head slightly to the left. "But aren't I always good girl, sir?" If I wasn't hard before, I definitely am now. "You have your moments, but you are definitely a bad girl" I move closer to her as she bites her lip, god I want to bite her lip.

"Am I bad girl or am I just a naughty girl" I grab her neck and tilt her head up, our lips inches away from each other. "Naughty girl, you're such a naughty girl" She smiles and runs her hand up to my hair and tugs on it, making me groan softly. "I think you have some tension, you should probably sleep that off" and then she pulls away, I look at her confused and she smiles up at me innocently. "I'm going back to sleep, I think I'm gonna have fun with my new game" I raise my eyebrow. "Does this new game involve toying with me" she shakes her head.

"This new game is my attempt to get me out of your system, I know you have feelings for me and there's no way it's true other than just lust, so my new game involves flirting with you and giving you some tastes of me in hopes of ridding me out of your system" I laugh, like genuinely laugh out loud until she has a very confused look on her face. After I calm a bit, I look back at her.

"If you truly think my feelings for you are false and are purely out of lust then I have to do better to show they are true and that I am in love with you. And if you think flirting with me and giving me tastes of you will rid you out of me then you can absolutely try princess, but all that will do is make me crave you more" She blushes at the ending of words.

"Then a deal, my side of the deal is, your feelings are false and after flirting and getting a taste of me, those feelings will be gone. Your side of the deal is, prove to me your feelings are real and make me fall in love with you" I smirk at her words.

"I'll gladly prove my feelings for you are real and you better enjoy your last however many days you have of being single because I am making you mine" She licks her lips and holds out her hand. "So do we have a deal?" I grab her hand and give it one good shake. "We do" I pull her closer to me by her hand and lean in close to her ear to the point I can feel the goosebumps that rise from her skin. "You have no idea what you've done, sunshine. You're mine"