Chapter 15- The winter arrived

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Ida's POV

I was done hiding. I needed to share it with someone. Someone who would understand.

I felt relieved after speaking my mind to Ethan. The attacks, the incident four years back, the threats, the beatings, and constant bruises, the bruise on my head that I got two days back and last but not least, my mom.

He listened to me as I spoke about everything, and his face flashed different emotions, but never did it show pity, and that made me glad.
I don't want any pity from anyone.
Everything happens for a reason. And perhaps this could be one of them. Despite how cruel it is, it has made me a strong person.

After I was done, Ethan looked at me, placing his hands on my thigh, and I would be lying if I told that I could not feel any sensation in the gap between my legs.

'I promise I will never let it happen again.' That is what he told, and it made my heart flutter.

So, here we are walking barefooted across the shoreline.

After hearing me out, Ethan turned to the nearest beach. Saying he needed to relax before taking me wherever he was taking me.

"Vanilla is the best flavor anyone can ask for," Ethan looks at me like I committed a crime by not liking vanilla ice-cream.

"No way, double chocolate is!" I argue back.

What? Double chocolate can beat any other ice-cream flavor.

"You know what," he rushes towards the ice-cream van and asks for one Vanilla and a Double Chocolate.

I laugh at Ethan buying ice-cream in this season. It's freezing cold, possible will snow later, and surprisingly there was an ice-cream van. The old man started scooping the ice-cream in the cone while I walked towards the van.

"It's so cold. Do you really want ice-cream now?" I say, making myself comfortable in the raincoat and a blanket that Ethan had given me before leaving the car. I was already wearing a winter cap, but as the day passed by, the temperature dropped.

"That's the fun, "Ethan smirks, "ice-cream in the cold."

As I attempt to take the double chocolate cone from Ethan, within seconds, he pulls away.

I look at him, confused, "what?"

"You will have what I like, and I will have what you like," and gestures for me to take the vanilla cone from his right hand.

I like this idea

Taking the cone and smiling like a loon, we continued walking after Ethan, and I had a small fight over who was going to pay. Guess what?
He didn't win. (Proud)

No one won my subconscious adds and ruins the glorious moment I was enjoying.

So, you see. We paid for our ice-creams.

I take the first very lick of Vanilla in a very very long time.

It's actually good.

Looking at my expression, Ethan gives me a smug look.

"What?" I ask, turning my head away. His intense gaze on me was making me blush, not that my cheeks turn red. (I internally slap my cheeks for not being a tomato)

"You are cute," his voice turned soft, his gaze not faltering. My stomach flipped, and butterflies started exploding. No one had ever called me cute. Ever. Not replying to his comment, I decided to change the topic.

"How is the Double Chocolate?" I ask.

"Double Chocolate... oh yeah... it's good," his gaze moved towards my lips and lingered there long. His hand, placed on the small of my back, pulled me closer to his body. Ethan's touch ignites my whole body. As in, even if I were blindfolded, I would know it is him. His head moves closer to mine, our nose tips touching, and his warm breath on my lips made me reluctant to pull away. The deep brown eyes show lust, and without thinking much, I move closer and let our lips unite. He started slow and uncertain, then soft and smooth. The rhythm of our lips became more intimate when I moaned, and he slipped his tongue into me and glided it around, feeling every place.

"Ida?"

"Ethan?"

Both of our names spoken in sync. We both pulled away as we say Engine and Aiden were coming our way. I hadn't grown fully used to being intimate in front of Engine yet.

To our luck, they were far, and Ethan's muscular body had covered our kiss. To be honest, I completely forgot that we were at the beach. Hopefully, no one had seen us. It was becoming cloudy, and now I was confident that it was going to snow.

A/N

Short and sweet :))

*sobs* I wanted to eat ice-cream today but I couldn't (pure reason for writing this chapter)

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