𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐒✓

thirty-two

LUCIAN

My pulse quickened as I watched Lili get ready. She pulled the dress over her body, the material wrapping around her hips and stomach.

The rest of the skirt fell around her legs, the hem ending above her knees. She then fixed the thin straps over her delicate shoulders.

Her hair was falling down her back but she then grabbed a hair clip and gathered all of it up. The soft skin on her back exposed.

I fished my hands, trying to keep myself from standing up and tearing the thin piece of fabric off of her body.

But I didn't want to ruin it, she seemed to be fond of it.

Something was off with her since this morning when I woke up though. She has been avoiding my eyes and nervously pacing the house as if she were expecting someone.

She even dragged me to the nearest store to buy a few small boxes, saying that she was going to make a present for Filipa and Rodger.

I didn't doubt that but there was something else she was not telling me. Her face has been covered with blush the whole day.

I watched her apply some type of gloss over her lips, probably the one that I have had the pleasure of tasting it on her mouth. After she was done with that, she sprayed perfume over her neck and chest and turned around to me.

A grin immediately formed on her lips when she saw my gaze on her.

"What?" She asked with a smile and slowly walked over to me. Her bare feet making steps on the Persian rug, closing the distance between us.

When she was close enough, I took hold of her hand and pulled her completely in front of me.

I rested my palms on her waist and placed a kiss on her stomach.

She flinched which made me immediately tear my lips from her and look up at her face.

"Why did you do that?" She asked nervously, trying to mask her reaction with a laugh.

"What? I always kiss your stomach. Did I do something wrong?" My eyebrows creased upwards in worry.

I loosened my hold on her waist. Maybe I was holding her too tightly.

"No, just... nothing."

"You have been acting weird since this morning... Tell me. What happened?" I stood up from the bed and cupped her face. She wasn't sad about anything, at least that's what it looked like.

But she was definitely keeping something from me.

"Nothing happened, really." She placed her hands over mine and turned her head slightly to kiss my palm.

I stared into her eyes, searching for an honest answer but I couldn't pick up on her emotions. They were all over the place. 

Maybe she had to get her period and she wasn't feeling comfortable.

She did say that she feels more exhausted at that time of the month. I knew about periods but I also knew it was different for every woman. So I had to learn how it affected Lili.

She wasn't really comfortable with talking about it with me but I'll try to be more observant.

"Let's go then, you're probably hungry." I intertwined our fingers and after she grabbed the bag and wore her shoes, we walked out of the bedroom and straight to the entrance door.

The car was already waiting for us.

Zenon and Kian bowed their heads and got in the car behind us.

Lili said that she wanted to have a romantic dinner by the sea. It was the first thing she said to me when I woke up.