Just A Step Away

Chapter 17

Katherine's POV:

Now will you stop staring me like a maniac or going to sleep?" Darwin said.

"I am not staring. I've better things to do." I rolled my eyes and roamed here and there in the room. I was trying my hard to cover the truth that I was feeling anxious around him.

Why was I even feeling apprehensive? It wasn't a first time that I was with him.

Whether your mind accepts it or not your heart has already recounted him as your mate.

'What rubbish. There are no such things like mates and all. I've stopped believing these myths.'

Love is not delusion.

'However-'

"Hello? Sunshine? Are you going through from some psychological disorder?" Darwin's voice made me out of my combat.

"What? How dare you say that?" I asked with a frown. He really was aware of the ways to piss me off.

"No ought to be so offensive. I was talking to you previously, but you were so busy at watching the wall whilst making bizarre faces so I thought-"

"Shut up. Now move because I am going to sleep on the bed." I cut his sentence within the middle and changed the subject.

"You wish. But if you want to sleep on the bed then you need to share it with Me." he smirked.

"Huh. In your dreams only." I rolled my eyes on his stupid assumptions.

"Good then, you're most welcome on that rough chair. Go and sleep over there."

"Whoa. What a gentleman." he chuckled on my statement but didn't budge an inch from his place.

"Fine." I said and stomped my feet purposely and walked towards bed.

I tried to ignore him but I knew that he was looking at me. I grabbed two pillows and placed them on the middle of the bed.

"What are you doing?" Darwin asked with amused grin.

I rolled my eyes on his obvious question. Why was he behaving like this? Someone had surely hit him with a stone or a bat. That's why he was behaving crazy that day.

"I'm making a border for you to stay at your side and I'll stay on mine. You better not cross this line." I warned him with a serious note. I knew I like him. I mean like him a lot.

You love him silly.

'Okay whatever. But the point is that I don't want to lose my virginity so soon and I don't trust Darwin on this because he is already behaving weird.'

"Oh so you don't trust yourself around me. Right Sunshine? Well, I can't blame you for this because I know I'm too sexy to resist." he said with his cocky smile.

My cheeks became hot and I can bet I was blushing right then.

"Shut up." I didn't know what else to say so I quickly turned on my side and switched off the table lamp and hid myself under covers.

'He is such a moron.'

Soon I heard his fit of laughter.

I felt him shifting on the bed. Suddenly an arm encircled my waist and squeezed it lightly.

"What the hell. What are you doing Darwin." I tried to free myself from his grip. Not that I did not like it but you know. It's just not right, especially in those circumstances. "I told you to stick at your side. How can you-"

He placed a finger on my lip to shut me.

"Sshh. Say a word and next time it's not going to be a finger on your lips. I can stop you with-" he looked at my lips and then licked his'.