𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐦

CH1

Sedrik's POV

Shivering from the cold, I rub my hands together as I try to focus on my work. My wife, Karina sneaks behind me without me knowing. She suddenly wraps her arms around me causing me to jump. I slowly look back only to be met with her sweet smile that makes me relieved.

"What are you up to?" she says in a teasing tone. "Work," I reply dryly while still rubbing my hands. She catches sight of me shivering and brings her right hand towards my arm and starts massaging it in a slow motion."It's so cold in here, do you want me to make you a coffee?" she says while still massaging my arm.

"No, I was just about to get up anyway" Her touch is so addicting that it prevents me from doing anything. After a few seemingly long seconds, I finally take the courage to get up from my seat. I look at my wife and she gives me a toothy smile that results in me kissing her on the cheek.

I walk out the door and head into the kitchen. I still feel her presence around me, so I look back finding her leaning on the counter with two mugs in her hands. I could see the steam flowing out of the mug which means it was just made."Surprised?" she looked at me with a smile forming on her face, "Why did you? I told you I'd make myself one. Don't tire yourself, please?" I smile at her and take a mug out of her hand while sneaking a kiss on her forehead.

"You work way too much, love. It's a nice day to get off work for some time." She calls out. "Ah I see, so you're bothered by the fact I pay attention to my work more than you? Didn't know you were the type to get jealous now." I let out a small laugh while pouring sugar into my coffee."Hey! if someone gets jealous easily it would definitely be you!"

We both sit on the couch and take a few seconds to get comfortable. She then hands me the remote, "You choose this time." I take the remote off her hand and start typing in the search box."Wait, don't tell me you're gonna put a horror film!" "That's for you to find out." I tease with a smug look on my face.

1 hour and 21 minutes into the movie and my wife already dozed off. I wrap her in a blanket, but the film seems to catch my eye. I get distracted and put my full focus on the film, watching the killer's every move. Seeming to get interested, I decide to continue watching a few scenes before heading off to bed.

The killer covers the victim's belongings with bleach. He then starts preparing the victim for decapitation, making a straight line on most of the victim's body parts, and begins brutally chopping them off. I realize that I completely took way more time than I should've and shut off the TV.

I carried my wife to our bed and laid her down gently before plopping myself beside her. I cover the both of us with warm layers of blankets to get good rest for the next day. The last step for getting good rest is wrapping my wife into my embrace, and having her beside me at all times. Shutting off the light stand
beside me, I finally rest my eyes.