Adore

Chapter 26

Since having dinner at the Hollands house and admitting our feelings for each other, Tom and I had seen each other almost every day since. Every time I saw him, I couldn't wipe the smile off my face.

He was the most charming guy I'd ever met. He'd taken me on some wonderful dates. My favourite so far was when we tried to take the dogs with us on a picnic, they had pinched so much food from the picnic basket there was only some chips and half a sandwich for us to have.

We were so caught up in talking and getting to know each other even more than we did before.

I think Archie was falling in love with Tessa a little, he was so affectionate towards her, it was so adorable.

A few photos of Tom and I had been circling around the internet and been posted in gossip website. A lot of people had suspected we were in a relationship. Tonnes of Toms fans had begun following my instagram.

I started post on their more regularly lately after finally figuring out how to use it. It was good fun, some of the comments I got were kind of nasty but mostly they were just wondering how I knew Tom and his family.

The photo of Tom shirtless in red plaid pj pants sent people mad. I mean, all he was doing was cooking me breakfast after I'd stayed at his house one night during the week.

But I understood how the photo came across. I wasn't sure if I should have posted it in the first place, but Tom wasn't opposed to it.

It was comforting to know that he was okay with being seen by people, and that he wasn't trying to hide what we had. It was nice that we still had some privacy though.

My lips tingled at the thought of that night. Tom had invited me over for dinner, wanting to show of his apparent cooking skills. The meal was great and we drank a bit too much wine. We were making out in the kitchen and it was getting a little heated.

We hadn't slept together yet, or gone past making out but the sexual tension between us was almost tangible. I had a plan in mind though and was going to stick to it no matter how much I wanted him.

•••

Tom had left for Ireland on Tuesday and even though I was seeing him in two days time, I couldn't help but miss him.

It was Wednesday night and I was furiously packing my suitcase for our trip tomorrow. I told myself I'd be super organised and be packed by yesterday but I had such a busy day at work that I just wanted to have dinner and go to bed.

I had packed all kinds clothes not wanting to look  under dressed in one of the fashion capitals of the world. It also occurred to me that because this was a professional trip Tom and the other members of the cast would be dressed accordingly too, so I wasn't going to be the odd one out.

I thought I had just enough space left in my for my makeup bag and toiletries but when I went to close the case, the zipper got stuck trying to keep everything contained.

My phone rang and I lifted it to see a facetime call from Tom.

"Hey" I smiled brightly.

"Hey gorgeous, how are you?"

"Yeah I'm good, battling with my suitcase" I said showing him myself sitting on the case trying to get it shut. Tom let out a big laugh which was like music to my ears, and my smiled faltered a little bit.

"I miss you" I said looking at him.

"Aw Rhylee, i miss you too. I can't wait to see you" He said.

"Hey, some people wanna say hi"

Tom flipped the picture and in front of him was Jacob and Zendaya. I'm not gonna lie, I had a big fat lady crush on Zendaya! But then again, who didn't?! They were all dressed very nicely.