My Mysterious Savior

25.

Lilith's point of view

After driving to the mall and awkwardly explaining to a girl my age that I needed to cover up some hickeys, I was ready to go back. The girl laughed but also said that a lot of girls come for hickey covering makeup.

Lucky for me, she helped me cover them up and showed me how to do it. I bought the concealers and did some grocery shopping before going back to Ephraim's house. I locked the car doors and stepped into the house.

"Waterlily?!" Dash called with a questioning tone and I rolled my eyes at the drunk nickname.

"Yes, darling?" I chuckled as I walked to the kitchen.

"Where did you go?" He asked, taking the bags from me. "Ah, grocery shopping."

"What's for dinner?" Vince asked as the front door opened. I opened my mouth to reply but before I could, a hand clamped around my wrist and pulled me along. "Well alright then." I heard Vince mutter and I turned to look at the person dragging me.

"Ephraim, what the heck?" I exclaimed as he tugged me along to his room. Once in there, he let me go and crossed his arms. "What is your problem?" I asked but he simply stared at me, his gaze mainly focused on my neck.

He took a towel from his bed and poured some water on it from a random bottle. I gasped when he swiped the wet towel over my neck and held it up. "I thought you said you didn't know how to do makeup." He scowled and I rolled my eyes.

"I don't." I answered, taking the towel and a mirror from his desk to clean it completely. "The girl in the store showed me how to do it." I frowned when I saw that the hickey was now deep red with a bit of purple. The love bites were now red instead of a pinkish color.

"Why would you cover them?" He asked and it was weird because he seemed almost hurt.

"I don't want the guys to know I just made out with someone." I answered simply. "I also don't want to explain to Eva what happened if she asks." And he hummed as if it made sense. I took out the makeup but Ephraim took it from me before I could apply it. "Dude."

"Just wait." He whispered as he stood behind me. His hands went around my waist to turn me around and he took the mirror from me too. He placed them on the bed before turning to me again.

"What?" I whispered back as he stood before me. His right hand cupped my cheek as his head dipped down to brush his nose against mine. "Ephraim." I mumbled, placing my hand on his left bicep as that arm wrapped around my waist.

"I just-" He whispered, his breath hitting my lips. "You just-" He sighed and just tilted his head so his lips could meet mine. My eyes closed as I kissed back just as soft as him. My free hand went up to his hair and his hand traveled down to my waist.

I tugged his hair gently and he groaned in reply, leaning down to hook his arms around my legs. He lifted me up and I wrapped my legs around his waist as he walked us to his bed. We were still kissing slowly as he sat down, letting me straddle him.

He pulled back and leaned his forehead on mine as we both tried to catch our breaths. "I like you so fûcking much." He blurted out and I raised my eyebrows in shock.

"What makes you think that?" I asked, running my fingers through his hair to keep him from panicking.

"Well I realized that what Vince was going to say about me staring, is that I stare at you a lot." He answered. "And you can easily calm me down and I sleep without problems if I'm with you. I love the way you are with my sister and the guys."

"Ephraim." I chuckled and he snapped out of his rambling daze. "I like you too, so fûcking much." I said with a teasing tone.

"You couldn't start with that?" He raised an eyebrow.