His Blissful Nightmare [ONGOING]

9. Adventure With You

Listen to 'Scars To Your Beautiful' by Alessia Cara. Real nice song.

"Can there be a love which does not make demands on its subject?"
Confucius

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"You are back," Claire welcome Julius who just got off the phone. She checked the time to see it was a few minutes to nine.

"Yeah! Told you I won't take long." He glanced around for Mira but she was nowhere.

"Well it's the fastest you have ever been."

Julius smiled because it's true today's check was fast and Claire was right about that.

His eyes landed on Claire's bulging stomach in her relaxed state on the sofa as she watches her favourite morning show.

Walking further into the living room, he waves at the bump. "Hi in there. Just so you know, I'm the guy who troubles mama a lot and I am sorry." Claire tsk and rub her palm on her tummy. "I hope you will take it easy in there."

Claire laughed as she gets up to set the table for his meal. She then pushes him up the stairs. "What are you standing there blabbing about. Go change and come back down."

He complied but stopped when she asked him to bring Mira along with him.

"She wouldn't answer me, she's locked in."

"Locked in?"

"When you left, she was down here, made a quick dash for her room when I greeted her, and her eyes were swollen."

He could not comprehend the whole information for a second so he came up with something. "Probably she wants to sleep more or something?"

"The swollen eyes, remember," she asserts. "I saw tear traces, she ain't sleeping young man."

Tear traces, Julius thought and remembered the garden incidence. Could it be linked to that? "Maybe if you call her, she's gonna come down to eat."

He gave a nod. "I'll be back."

When he got to his room, he couldn't find her there so he made for her room.

Mira sat with her back against her door. She has been that way since she got in there.

The floor had been her confidant and she had gotten a little solace in resting against that door thinking of nothing but her life.

Her thoughts have taken her both far and near and she was about to venture into another when a loud knock snapped her out of it.

Claire again, she thought and decided to be mute and hold out till she leaves, but that was how far she could go before Julius' voice boomed from the other side.

"I know you are in there, so open up before I break this down."

His voice was so firm and strong that she couldn't fight it but do as said because from onset, he left her no choice to argue.

Mira did a quick clean up of her face and blew her nose before tucking aside the tissue box.

She rolled her eyes as her room is a mess, so she's going to be swift with getting out and closing the door behind her.

But that didn't work either because as the door opens, he was right in her breathing space and oh did his stature made her take baby steps back inside.

Yes it did, and there goes my resolve.

Taking the last step in, Julius took a moment to scan the room and was legit dumbfounded. You are a woman for crying out loud, he wanted to say.