Christmas Like No Other [Editing]

Chapter 9

Recap

Feeling the awkwardness, I try to break the ice by suggesting making hot chocolate. "No, thank you. I'm fine." Nodding to him, I take a seat on the couch. Silence is all you can hear. I want to talk things out with him, but I'm quite scared of the outcome. "You wanted to talk. Well, talk."

Eliza's pov.

Where do I start? There's so much that I want to say, yet nothing seems to come out of my mouth. It's like I lost my voice. I want to be honest with him and tell him how I truly feel. No more playing and running from my feelings. I own this to myself. "About what happened in the morning. I have to admit that I do have feelings for you. I ain't gonna hide that. But, let's say I do give in to those feelings, then what? When the week is done, and you take them away, what is going to happen to us? Will we still continue pursuing those feelings, or we will act as if nothing happened between us?" "Do you think that I would start something with you for fun and put the kids in the middle of it all? I know that you thought low of me but now that low!"

"Can you really blame though? You weren't so nice to me when we met. You were arrogant and distant. You were that way until we started spending time together with the kids! I'm not looking for a one-night stand nor a fling. I want to be with you and give us a go but you have to be sincere and have good intentions with me." Shaking his head, he gets up furiously. "I don't want to be with you if you don't trust me. I've been in a relationship where there was no trust and things didn't turn out good. I don't want a repeat of that, so let's be civil until we don't have to see each other anymore." "What if I told you I don't want that?" Stopping in his tracks, he says without looking at me. "Then what do you want?" "I told you before. I want to give what we have a chance. Is it so hard to be truthful to me? That's all I want." I say getting and stepping closer to him.

"Not once did I try to deceive you. Seeing you for the first time I thought you were a spitfire. I found that very sexy and entertaining. When you told me to visit the orphanage, I felt the need to do as you said. And thank God I did, or else I wouldn't have met Calista and Christian! By adopting them, my purpose was to provide them a better life and not to get back at you or anything. When you revealed that you wanted to adopt them and when I saw how you were treating them, I felt bad but at the same time I couldn't leave those two, I love them. That's why I would never start something that I know is gonna hurt not only them but you too. Getting to know you better, I started developing feelings for you. Feelings that I've never felt before. I didn't want to act on my feelings afraid of things going wrong. The problem was, it only got harder and harder. I promise to never hurt you because if I do that I will not only hurt you but I will hurt the kids and even myself."

Hearing all those things he said makes me want to hug him, and that's exactly what I need. Hugging him from behind, I can feel him being tense. "I would love to be with you if that's what you want too. But, we have to keep this a secret until we're both sure that we're stable in this relationship and we figure out what we want out of this." Turning around he kisses me and this time I immediately respond. Biting my lips, asking for entrance to which I deny, he tickles me making me squeal. He takes advantage of that and the kiss starts getting really heavy with our tongues fighting for dominance. Feeling him walk back, we both fall onto the couch with him on top of me. "We should stop. Christian could walk on us." Nodding, he pulls away but not before stealing another kiss.

"What does that mean about us?" "I guess we're a couple now. That's only if you want that too." Squealing, I hug him. "Of course, I want that. I wouldn't have it any other way!" Staying hugging like this, we both enjoy the peacefulness and the closeness of this hug. I'm not a hug person but for some reason, I don't seem to want to pull away from this hug. Feeling myself drifting in and out of sleep, I try to keep squeeze my eyes open. I'm afraid that if I fall asleep, everything will disappear. "Let's go to bed. You are tired." Shaking my head, I protest. "I don't want to. Not yet." "But you're sleeping!" "No, I'm not. I don't want to go to bed. I don't want all of this to disappear!" "This is not going to disappear. I promise you. Now let's go to bed." Picking me up bridal style, he walks up the stairs and to my room. After he gets me settled on the bed and kisses me good night, he turns to leave but I don't want him to leave. "Can you please stay with me? We don't have to do anything. I just want you to hug me." He nods. "Let me get changed first."

"Do you need clothes? I have a few clothes that belong to my dad." "Don't worry. I got my chauffeur to bring me some." He leaves the room, only to come back in sweatpants and a muscle tee. I've never seen him in casual attire. It looks good on him. Everything looks good on him. "How come you're wearing a shirt? You weren't wearing one in the morning so I assumed you like to sleep without one. " Nodding his head, he gets under the covers and pulls me closer to him making me lay my head on his chest and our legs to be intertwined. "I do. I just didn't want to make you feel uncomfortable." "Thank you" He is so considerate! "Good night, love!" "Good night, sweetheart. May tomorrow be even better than today!" Drifting off to sleep, a smile overtakes my face. I could get used to this!

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Hey! The new chapter is up. Things got a little bit steamy in this chapter. I plan on making it a bit steamy, to be honest. But you have to be patient with me cause I've never done that before. Anyway, I hope you liked it. If you did, please vote and comment your opinion down below. Thank you so for reading my story. I'll see you again tomorrow with another chapter. Good night!