SIENNAHe had that effect on me everytime. The one where only one glance at him rendered me breathless. My heart picked up in speed and it was almost like I couldn't seem anyone in the room apart from him. I wondered how he did it, how he was always able to look so effortlessly gorgeous without even trying too hard. I stidied the sharp edges of his face, the slight smile lines, the little dimple that appeared on his left cheek each time he smiled. I took in all the little details and studied him. I felt a sudden rush of heat beneath me and I shivered at the strong effect that it had on me. As if he knew he was being watched, his eyes caught mine across the room and the corners of his lips tilted up into a smile, his eyes glistened with something that I couldn't quite decipher and his eyes raked over me as he smiled at me. I became very self conscious, my heart pounding frantically. I watched as he excused himself and tried to pave his way over to me through the crowd of small cliques

SIENNAMy eyes fluttered open in panic. My eyes raked over the room as I tried to register my surroundings. I wasn't in my room. That much I knew. I touched the back of my neck. I didn't feel so feverish anymore. The pounding in my head had reduced to a loud thud and the nausea in my belly had subsided. Yesterday I was in the gardens with Sylvester and all of a sudden. I had felt everything all at once. I groaned, raising my hand to my head and closing my eyes. The door creaked open and my eyes fluttered open almost immediately. Sylvester walked in. He looked as if he had not gotten any sleep at all. His hair was tousled and the eye bags were visible under his eyes. Hie shoulders sagged with relief as his eyes caught mine. “You are okay,” he said. the relief was evident in his voice as he walked over to take a seat beside the bed. I frowned at him, my brows furrowing in confusion. “What's going on?” I said. He hesitated for a moment. “You had your tummy pumped. Apparently, the g

SIENNAI was too conscious about the feel of his hand against mine, I was very aware of the way he threaded his fingers through mine to show mine. My heart pounded quite ridiculously within my chest as I sneaked up a glance at him. The proximity between the both of us was very close. Side by side we walked down the hallway. Benjamin was nowhere to be seen but I wasn't worried because Sylvester had explained it earlier. Apparently. He had to return back home so that it wouldn't be too suspicious that we didn't return yesterday night. He was going to tell my father that today has been quite packed and I had to catch up with meetings and there was a possibility that I might not even return home today because of how busy I was. It was quite a convincing and father was most likely to believe it. I felt bad for having to lie to my father like this but I also knew that he was someone who could exaggerate matters out of proportion. If he found out about the incident of me being poisoned and

SIENNAI didn't know what to make of what he just said, only that my heart was beating wildly within my chest. I was tempted to lean forward and kiss him but I decided to take my gaze away from him and I stared ahead into the distance. I didn't know what it was, but I just know that whatever that I felt for Sylvester had evolved into something deeper. We continued to stroll along the park and I continued to observe the playing children that passed us by as we played. He led me across to the cotton candy stand that stood at the one corner of the park and after the cone of cotton candy. I looked in awe at the fluffy pink candy and took a bite. As a child, I was never really allowed to have much candy, my father would always want me to eat healthy and would tell me that I had to be strong for whatever was to come. I guess now I know that he was talking about the responsibilities of being in charge that I had to face. I wished I was a kid again, I wish I was one of those kids running ar

SIENNA My heart hammered wildly within the confines of my chest. It took me a while for me to be able to register our close proximity. I pulled away, looking at him with wide eyes. I ached, hungered to kiss him again. He clutched my face between his hands tenderly as he looked at me. For some reason, we were unable to take our eyes away from each other. I was suddenly hit by the horror of what I had just done. I didn't want to focus on anything apart from the need that I was feeling, the need to consume him and claim him and claim him and make him mine but I couldn't help but feel that what I've done was completely and utterly wrong. He wasn't mine to begin with and regardless of our present condition. I couldn't think of anything that would make me feel better. It still didn't erase the fact that Tamara was still a huge elephant in the room that lingered between the both of us. Irrespective of if she was a bitch or not. I pulled away from him instantly and something in the way he