Chapter 140

Derek:

I waited at the foyer as night fell, for Alisha to come out from my mother’s room, and be in her way. I longed to have time alone with her even if it was just for a moment.

I felt impatient, or rather it was an anticipatory feeling that it made me long to drag her out of my mother’s room myself.

Soon my attention was brought to the sound of her footsteps down the hallway and towards my direction.

I met her gaze, which turned from surprise to suspicious.

“What are you doing here? Aren’t you supposed to be asleep or something?” She asked in a breath and I let a smirk tilt my lips upwards. I held her hoodie in her hands and reached out to hand it to her which she gazed at with shock.

“I had to return this to you,” i said confidently. “Don’t stare at it, darling, just take it.”

She reached out and took it from my grasp but not before our fingers brushed.

“Thanks,” she sounded sarcastic as she verbalized her gratitude, and began to tug the jacket over her torso. I mourned the lost si