Natalie stood by the door with her luggage beside her. She was smiling while she waved at her step sister."I've missed you," she said with a warm smile.Sophia blushed. She couldn't believe her eyes. Her step sister was right in front of her. Finally, someone she could call family.Tears started to roll off her eyes and down her cheeks. Natalie lifted her arm up as she covered her mouth. Both sisters started to cry again and then, Sophia moved in. She moved to embrace her sister as she hugged Sophia tightly."I've missed you so much."Natalie tightly gripped on her step sister's body as they stayed in their embrace for a while and then gradually, Sophia peeled off. "I thought I would never see you again" Sophia said with a smile. The tear had now rolled down to her shirt.Natalie let out a short laugh, "Sophia, that's so silly, why would you think that of me?" She wiped her eyes."You're my sister, of course I would always see you, no matter where you go"She giggled afterwards.Sop
Sophia quickly wiped her eyes and adjusted her dress as she heard the voice. She peeled off Natalie and stood straight."Hello.. Darling, I'm sorry, Sophia." The thickness of the voice sounded familiar. It didn't sound like that of William. Regardless, Sophia's heart skipped. Had she been caught speaking ill of William?What kind of punishment was he going to give her today?The door opened wide and Andrew's head popped into the room. His hair was wet and his chest bare. His bicep looked fresh and fair as he pushed his way in. He had a towel in his hand which he was drying his hair with. His hair had covered his face when he lifted his face up, parted his hair and smiled.Sophia looked at her step sister beside her as Natalie's jaw fell. She was literally drooling. Sophia blushed inwardly, the man her step sister was drooling over was begging to be hers. She felt a sudden need to be proud."Hello there!" Andrew said to Natalie as he wiped his wet hand on the towel he had on his waist
Sophia grew curious. What was her step sister talking about and did they perhaps know each other? She took a deep breath, waiting for Natalie to say something. Natalie gasped again. "Oh my fucking gosh!!!.. I can't believe it!" Sophia straightened her neck as she leaped to see what her step sister was talking about. "What is that, Natalie?... What's going on?" Natalie did a little twirl for her sister as she smiled at her step sister. With a loud laugh, she jumped. "Sophia!! You won't believe it!!" "Believe what?" "Andrew goes to my school!! He and I are a building apart!" Natalie said excitedly. "We're literally windows away from each other!" She said as she did her happy dance. Sophia's heart sank as her chest fell but she refused to show it. She was a married woman after all! "Is that right?" She asked with a fake smile. Natalie could barely notice her sister over her own excitement. She was already too happy to see anything beyond the phone screen in her hand. "Yeah!
William moved closer to his cousin as he stood face to face with him. They were barely inches apart as William looked into his eyes."Do you perhaps have any idea what I am talking about?"Andrew shook his head. "I don't understand you. How could you think that?"His face looked curious to know what William was thinking."I have this feeling inside me." William turned around and walked to where his cousin stood. Again, he was inches away from his cousin. He stood tall and huge while Andrew shrunk before his cousin.He held his breath, one wrong move could lead to William suspecting something.Andrew had to act cool.How would he do that?!"Whatever you do, do not scratch your head" he said to himself. William knew he was one to scratch his head whenever he was sad. "Actually, I wanna know how you found this out"William smiled, "I had other things I set in place." He turned around as he pointed to a specific spot in the wall, just above the wall art of a tiger he had, which stared a
Andrew smiled wryly. He coughed a little and then smiled again."What do you mean by my name on the Teddy bear?" He coughed again, "I don't remember giving your wife a teddy bear"William nodded, "But the teddy bear in her room has everything you described it to be and it even has your name on it. Why?*Andrew shrugged, "Maybe it's a coincidence. I wouldn't know"While both men stood to speak in the hallway, Sophia strolled past, she was headed to her room. She had her head hanging low as she dragged her feet across the carpeted floor, peeling off the scales of glue on her palms. Natalie had asked her to help design her room and she was on her way back when… "Come over here, Sophia!"A voice called her.Sophia lifted her face to see William and Andrew standing together, they were both inches apart. Sophia felt her muscles tense up. What was going on?Immediately, she started walking as she lifted one foot in front of the other. She came close to them and stood beside her husband."Y
Sophia was about to tell her sister about the mysterious sender when she came to her senses. She shook her head in disagreement with her silent thoughts."Don't… " she whispered to herself."What's that?" Natalie asked as she took her ear closer to her sister's mouth. Sophia cleared her throat, "Nothing!"Natalie straightened her back and asked again."No o!" Sophia started to walk away fast. Before her sister could say another word, Sophia had reached her room and was already closing the door behind her.Natalie got to her step sister's room as she started to knock."What's so bad about telling me who gave that to you?" She knocked a few times," Come on. I'd love to listen to who it was"Sophia had stopped talking as she tiptoed into her bathroom, got in and locked the door behind her again. She went to the corner of her bathtub, folded herself in and turned the tap on. Hopefully, the noise of water rushing would send Natalie away.Sophia waited for a while and then went out to chec
Natalie kept asking him questions until Andrew got upset."Can you please stop talking?" He said with a raised hand in her face. "I need to think please"Natalie kept mute for a while and then smiled at him."I see you're not in a good mood. It's okay, how about I keep quiet and watch you do your thing?"Andrew nodded and moved away. He could not take it anymore. Natalie had talked the curiosity to see Sophia out of his system. Natalie smiled. She had just found herself a lover and she was not going to let him go. She followed him immediately. They took a few steps away from the door when Sophia opened it.Just then, her eyes caught Natalie and Andrew walking away together, kind of like they were already getting along.Sophia got back into her room as she went back to the bathroom. She picked up the shower head as she washed her face again. It wasn't easy what she was facing. She didn't want to think about it so much. "Leave it alone Sophia. You're a married woman for goodness sake.
Natalie stepped inside further. She had her eyes on her sister and from there, her eyes flickered from her step sister to the gorgeous man she respected, who was on the ground.Sophia watched her step sister's jaw drop."What is Andrew doing on the floor?"Andrew quickly got on his feet. He bent over to dust his knees, both women watched as he did that and when he was done, he stood beside Sophia."I'm sorry about what you saw. You must have misunderstood the situation. I saw a stain on the floor and bent over to clean it. Nothing more" Natalie held a doubtful face as she watched him explain more.She waited till he was done talking then, she smiled at him and said she understood.Sophia didn't believe it. There was no way on earth Natalie took things on face value. She was probably lying."Thank you for understanding. I am grateful" Andrew said with a bow, he turned to leave. When he got to the door, he waved at Sophia and disappeared. When he had completely left, Natalie moved her