‘Heart is angry with those it loves but can never hurt them.’ “Damn you, Ian, inducing stupid thoughts in my mind. There is nothing like this and will never be…” Growling, I finished another shot of my drink. Staying in my studies at home, I was avoiding Saafia for the time being, drinking constantly. I had no idea what I was doing anymore. “What the hell was he thinking before saying all the bullshit?” I was still in my black office shirt, three buttons opened, hair messy as I rolled my sleeves to my elbow, holding the glass so tightly that a crack appeared. “That idiot. Since when has Earth and Sky been seen as one?” After talking with Ian, what never crossed my mind before began to enter and it made my heart thump. My breaths were rough, my mind hazy. It was intoxicating to me. All because of his damn words! “Dammit!” Cursing loudly, I broke the glass and drank straight from the bottle to the point I was drunk. My mind was barely functioning, my body was heated, not in

After talking with Jacey, I went to my room to see Saafia. She was having nightmares and I had to check up on her constantly to see if she was alright or not. Gathering my courage, I knew I had to be the one to be at her side whether I would like it or not and entered slowly. “Saafia?” I called her worriedly, hoping she’d be asleep but she wasn’t. The second I opened the door, she rushed to me hopelessly. “Dariel! Where were you?!” With a whisper-yell, she was before me, losing her breaths. Watery eyes narrowed with a strong urge to have me beside me. “I was downstairs. Uh, Jacey came.” I cleared my throat, moving to the side to point towards her. Jacey rushed inside and engulfed her in a hug. Her attachment towards me had begun to distress me. “Saafia. Forget what happened, I am so sorry to hear about your Father. How are you now?” Jacey said sweetly, holding her close. “You stay with her. I will get you something to eat.” I said expectantly, turning my head away. She

How could I desire him to caress me this badly? To hold me and tell me ‘it’s okay’. What was happening to me?Shifting back, I looked down at my laps, a hint of hesitation began to take over me. When he had supported me this much then he deserved to know why I was this agonized.“Hey, you okay? Is there something… you want to speak?”There were countless things I wanted to say but it was neither time nor the moment for it. In fact what could I possibly say when you are here already?“Uh..”I should tell him why I was feeling this way, that I was in a bad need of support. I never told Jared about it but I didn’t know why, my heart was convinced to share my regret with him.“You must be thinking when I was mentally prepared for Father's death then why I was so devastated, right?”“I was but I thought it wouldn’t be the right time to ask.” He agreed, plopping on his one elbow, placing his attention to me. “I told you the one with a heavy heart refuses to come back. See, he didn’t.” I ch

Smiling to myself, his thoughts were taking over my senses. His voice, his scent, everything about him was causing me to think entirely about him and forget everything else. I had no idea what was happening to me but I loved it and I let it happen. Humming to myself, a grin crept on my features instantly the second I saw him entering, making me exhilarated. Ah, how his presence had begun to take over me. “Hey. How was your day?” I grinned, leaving all my work and rushing to him. He once again, knitted his brows together, tilting his head in confusion and pulled away cautiously from me. “Isn’t your tone getting sweeter day by day? What’s the catch? Are you learning the art of manipulation?” He teased me, poking my forehead with his index finger to bring me out of his way. Touching my forehead shyly, I smiled sheepishly to myself, “Think whatever you want.” “May I know what are your plans? Do you want something? Go somewhere?” He asked nonchalantly, doing his night routine, no

I let my body take control. Placing my lips upon her, I pressed her harder against the wall and cupped her cheek with the hand I held her arm. She was too shocked to react as I passionately, slowly, moved my lips.‘So fucking perfect,’ I thought.I lifted her face, inclining her to my level so I could experience immaculate exploration, kissing her, pouring my heart, my everything in my action.I no longer knew what I was doing or why.And a smile reached my lips when she reciprocated the feelings. Pulling my shirt, she kissed me back, creating a rhythm. Moving my fingers across, I pulled her hair while biting her bottom lips, earning a moan which seduced me more than I imagined.“Do you-” Pulling away breathlessly, I placed a kiss down her neck, loving how she shivered when my lips greeted her delicate skin.“Want me to show you-” Growing wild by the temptation and heat evoking in my body, I growled in her ears, “-How desperately I want you?”Removing my shirt from my chest, she p