His Rebound

Chapter 35

Chapter 35

It's been two months since my life turned upside down. Two months ago, I moved into Sebastian's room with immense hesitance and I am still trying to wrap my head around this situation. To say it's awkward would be an understatement but as long as it's serving the purpose of fooling people in believing in our lives, it's fine.

The first night, I couldn't sleep at all. I was laying down like a wooden log, too scared to move and disturb him. It carried on for a few weeks until one night Sebastian woke up in the middle of the night and saw me wide awake. It was quite embarrassing but living my whole life in a girl's hostel makes me feel awkward around boys and sleeping on the same bed is something beyond my imagination.

Sebastian was very guilty that night and he tried to think of some other plan but when we couldn't find any, I insisted that I can sleep on the couch but he didn't want to accept that as well. I decided that I should loosen up a bit. It's not like he can harm me. From that day, he had been trying his best to make me feel comfortable.

My life is taking a new turn and this place feels like a new home when it shouldn't be. Things in this house have become an unspoken routine. I wake up before Sebastian, help Andrew cook breakfast meanwhile Sebastian gets ready for his work. We have our breakfast together, then he leaves for his work and I do some random stuff in the house. In the evening, he comes back home late but we will have dinner together and talk about our day and then we go to bed. A very normal routine. In these past two months, we have been pretty much stagnant. Thankfully, the media attention is not on us anymore and I can be out more often but the game we are playing is a tricky one. We have to pretend in front of our families as well and that was the toughest out of all.

Tonight Sebastian is very late which means he went to see Nichole. Not that I mind but it certainly feels weird, something which I couldn't decipher. I decided to work on the painting I have been making to give to his parents on their anniversary.

Yes, this weekend, is yet another day where I have to pretend out in public as a happily married wife. Sarah and Sebastian wanted to give their parents a surprise party for their 30th anniversary on Saturday. Sebastian couldn't help as he was busy balancing his work and personal life which now includes me as an additional baggage, so I decided to help Sarah plan the party. Which means I have 4 more days to make this and 4 more days to mentally prepare myself for this party.

Once back in my room, doing the work I love the most, I found an escape from everything happening in my life, all my worries, all my loneliness, all my fears seem to dissipate when I am in world of colors and canvas.

I was so busy working on my creation, that I didn't realize when the door of my room opened and Sebastian came in.

"Hmm...looks good."

I shrieked in fear and dropped my paint brush and the color I had been holding. I don't know why seeing someone scared is so amusing, that Sebastian was literally laughing like maniacs.

"It wasn't funny." I said in a mellow voice, too scared to be loud at this moment.

"You should look at your face." I ignored him and picked up my things which I dropped and started cleaning the mess I made on the floor.

It wasn't like someone was laughing at me for the first time. I am immune to this but still it doesn't hurt any less.

"Heyy....I am sorry." I hear him say.

"It's fine." I said and looked at my work. Thank the lord, I didn't mess up my painting.

"I didn't realize you were so lost...I am sorry." He said and I couldn't be mad at him for some reason. I looked at him and smiled.