Charlotte 21, lives in Monaco and it's going through a time of her life where she feels lost.
She's doing her master in architecture and she works hard to get to the end with the full knowledge of the many topics she has to study about.
But somethin...
"Here you are." Charles says once he opens the door. He changed his clothes into his usual sweats. "Give this to me." He says grabbing the tray from my hands and carrying it to the kitchen. I look around seeing few things that we used to had at the old apartment.
"You made pasta al pesto." he says after sneak peeking into the plates. "Just because I love it." I say trying to justifying me cooking his favourite dishes. "Yeah of course" he says with a smirk on his lips knowing so well that I made it because he loves it. "There's also some chicken." he says pressing his lips in a thin line trying to hide his amusement. "Even if you aren't my boyfriend anymore doesn't mean you don't have a diet to follow." I say harshly . "Did Leo eat?" he asks while he's helping me to set the table that isn't the old one. "No, why?" I ask and he walks to his cabinet and takes out a dog bowl and a packet of dog food. "No way." I say mesmerised "you bought a bowl?!" "Yeah I have to be prepared now that I'm a dog dad." he says proudly and then he looks up at me after poring some dog food on the bowl.
His freaking dimples. I can't. Especially when he's acting all nice around Leo. He's basically treating him like it's his dog.
"Who said he's going to be here often?" I ask playing such a pick me girl. "I'm ready to dogsit when you are in class." he says sitting right next to me. Having him this close starts an alarm in my head but I can't stop staring at his pretty face. "Charles you're basically abroad every weekend."I say trying to not laugh at his face.
I appreciate his willingness and confidence.
"But I'll when I'm at home." he says back. "What your mom said?" I ask changing topic but I'm really curious if they talked about me. "We talked of what happened and I got to know that she was there with you." he says touching the back of his neck while I could hear the knot in his throat. "Yeah she walked in after I read the conversation." I admit meanwhile trying hard to don't go back to that memories once again. "I'm an asshole and I'm sorry for disappointing both of you." he says placing his elbows on the table and his head between his hands "I'm ashamed of myself." he says with a sigh while I start eating some pasta trying to focus on the food. "Yeah you should." I couldn't help myself. "What Thomas said when you walked out?" he asks looking up at me and I look down again at the plate. "He wanted me to stay there." I confess. "What you said?" he asks with a dry voice tone almost like he's pulling up a wall between us to be prepared to some kind of bad surprises. "That I overstayed." I simply say shrugging my shoulders. "Then?" he says sceptical. "Then I walked away." I skip the part that he obviously wants to hear. "You're lying." he says sitting straight. "And I feel like you know everything and you just want to hear it from me." I admit. "Spit it out." he says hardly but at the same time being respectful. "He asked me if I was going to forgive you" I let it out.
He stops ever he was doing, even chewing the food.
"What was your answer?" he asks like his breath is taken away. "I'm not going to tell you." I say playing hard to get. He waits and I shake my head so he lets out a sigh. "Alright, go on." he says surrendering. I take some time to decide how I was going to tell him that again but I decide to just spit it out. "As you know he kissed me." I say playing with my rings. "How did you react?" He asks and I shrug my shoulders still looking down at my hands. "I never expected such a thing." I say looking up and taking courage to look into his green eyes. At the end, I don't do anything wrong... He kissed me and we aren't together anymore. "I've always warned you." he says coldly and only now I realise how far he have seen. His jealousy it wasn't just made up but Thomas was flirting with me. "You did." I say shortly and he nods. "What you said to him?" he asks will not letting go the topic. "What I just told you." I say rolling my eyes and he shakes his head. I see how annoyed but respectful he acts.
I know that we aren't together but he's trying to get back and not having me close and knowing that his best friend kissed the girl that he loves shouldn't be that easy for him. I would be going crazy if I was him.
"And?" he asks again. "I told him that he was just a friend for me and he already knew it." I say while his eyes are burning on my skin. "Good." he says shortly while he takes Leo on his tights. "So did you end the interrogation?" I ask tired of these pressing questions. "Yes mam." he says and finally his dimples appears again. I've missed them. "What's for dessert?" I ask standing up trying to change the topic since even the air in the room got heavier. "You brought two of my fav and I brought one of your fav." he says walking to the fridge and taking from it 2 portions of tiramisu. "Our favourite." I say remembering how many nights we users to eat that watching Harry Potter.
"So are you coming to this week race?" he says while I mumble tasting the first bite.
I'll be always a salty food lover but sweets are my weakness.
He giggles and a God knows how much I've missed it.
"Yes but I will take a red eye flight to be there in the morning for the race." I explain and his face drops. "Oh so you will miss the qualifying?" he asks sounding a bit disappointed. "Yep." I say nodding. "Can I ask a favour?" he asks and the souls of it I freeze.
What is he planning now?
"Tell me." I say fearing what will come out from his gorgeous mouth. "Can you come on the jet?" he asks and I let out a breath of relief. "I will take a red eye flight don't worry."I say acting a bit too hard to get. "Please. I'm trying to be a good dad and boyfriend." he says and these words stops my heart. "Ex." I correct him. "Not for long." he says with a smirk on his lips. "I am the one that can decide that." I say acting annoyed even if I'm hiding a little smile inside of me.
"Leo, go down." I yell at Leo that jumped on the sofa. A white sofa that will be full of paw prints . "Oh no it's okay." he says joining Leo on the sofa. Leo basically floods him with kisses. "Come." he taps the sofa and I sit next to him leaving a bit of space between us. He looks at me and slides closer to me and somehow he gets to lay his head on my collar bone and warp his arm around my waist snuggling himself to me.
His warmth, his gentle hold. His smell. I can't. Too many memories.
"Charles." I say in almost a whisper. "Please baby, I need it and I know you need it to." he says quickly like he's scared I would ruin the moment.
He is right. I need this but I'm too proud to admit it so I let him hug me and wrap me with his warms and smell that gives me a sensation of being home during a rainy day with a cup of tea or chocolate, laid on the sofa wrapped by a warm blanket watching Harry Potter. This is the type of comfort his hugs gives me. So I let him and I snuggle closer looking at the tv where there's an episode of the Greys Anatomy.
🧸
Author's note: hello girlies! Just 2 chapters left!!! Hope you enjoyed this chapter! I'll be waiting for your comments.
Meanwhile here's my favourite comment of the last chapter:
Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.
Please girlies will you follow me on Instagram? It's vale.nissi ! I'll meet you in the next chapter! -V
