The Fashion of Love | Adult F/M Romance [COMPLETE]

ch. 55 - November

NOVEMBER

Sora flicked through her texts in bed beside Ravi.

"According to Aiko, Imogen, Justine, Sam, and Tracy, Hana and Anthony are getting married in Nairobi as we speak."

"Guess our invitations got lost in the mail."

"Looks like it."

"I hope they make each other happy. But I wouldn't bet money I couldn't afford to lose on that marriage lasting a year."

"Where's my hopeless romantic?"

"I'm not hopeless. You gave that back to me." They exchanged soft kisses, momentarily distracting Sora from the ongoing stream of texts she was receiving.

"Damn, I'm that good," Ravi exclaimed.

"You're aight, don't let it go to your head."

He wrapped his arms around her. "Too late."

"Ugh, narcissists."

"Your narcissists," he reminded her. "Will I do?"

Sora unwrinkled her fondly scrunched nose. "Yeah, I suppose I'll keep you."

"Good, because the warranty expired months ago."

Sora giggled.

She bit her lip after taking a moment to think. She couldn't help it. Thinking was her coping mechanism and her vice of choice.

"You know, Ravi, there's still time to stop her if that's something you want."

"Do I look like I'm searching for the emergency exit?" He gave a squeeze and rubbed his bristled jaw against her neck. She had to squirm out of reach to keep from screeching with laughter. He knew all her ticklish places.

"No. I just know she means a lot to you. You have 'history.'"

"I have a future. That's with you. History is for reflecting on, not reliving."

Sora draped herself across his chest. She liked to feel his heart beating under her own. Ravi wound a tendril of her hair around his finger.

"If we ever get married, let's skip the ceremony. Let's take the boys and run."

"You want to run away from home?" Aren't we a little old for great escapes? But she couldn't deny the appeal the idea carried for her. No Hana, no Anthony, no Misras or Gallegos; just them, the people that mattered most.

"I wanna run away from other people. You ever notice how we're always waiting for people to grace us with their presence at our weddings?"

"I haven't had as much experience with that as you have, but I've watched you and Hana go around in circles enough to get what you mean. You don't want anybody at our wedding."