Something off about her

At Alexander and Amber's house

Alexander POV

I stood in the middle of the bedroom listening to Amber yelling at me for I honestly don't know why. She kept throwing things at me and I kept on dodging them. This wasn't new to us, she had been like this for the past two months. Well, she was always difficult to handle but lately, her attitude became unbearable, to others of course, not to me.

A pillow came flying in my direction and I caught it effortlessly. Finally, she was out of breath and energy after shouting and cursing me for the last thirty minutes and that was the best time for me to approach her, carefully.

"Amber." I called her in the most gentle tone I could master as I neared her.

She looked at me with tired eyes, just standing there, waiting for me."Come here." I pulled her towards me and guided her towards the bed.

I laid her down and laid down beside her, Amber sat up and straddled me and lowered herself, resting her head on my chest. This was her favorite position. She told me that it's her favorite because I'm huge and she's tiny compared to her, so I always let her sleep on me like this, feeling happy being used as her human pillow.

Amber is unusually small, with four and eleven inches high. You would mistake her for a little girl when she's twenty-three years old. Her body is so small and frail that I always worry about her.

"I'm sorry." I heard Amber say, Her voice was weak and shocked, trying to hold herself from crying.

"I know." I replied, rubbing her back soothingly with my hand.

I could feel her shoulders shaking as she cried quietly in my arms. Seeing her like this is breaking my heart. I wish I knew what was wrong with her, what changed her so I could help her instead of watching her suffer without doing anything.

I sat up with her in my arms, reaching to wipe her tears."Shhhh. Don't cry. I'm here with you." I whispered in her ear, showering her face with a kiss.

But my words didn't comfort her, instead, they made her sob harder.``Amber, why are you crying?" I asked hoping to get to the root of the problem but she didn't answer and buried her face in my neck.

I took a deep breath trying to find a way to calm her down and that's when I realized that I was asking the wrong question.

Cupping her face, I lifted her face and made her look at me. Her eyes were red and swollen from crying and her cheeks were soaked with tears. She was an emotional mess, one that I adore.

"Tell me, what should I do to make you stop crying? I'll do anything, just tell me." I asked, reaching to remove the hair strands from her face.

But the answer I received wasn't expected.

"Make love to me." She answered, her voice weak from crying.

I stared at her for a minute before I replied."Alright." I didn't have to be told twice.

If loving in this way will ease her troubled mind, then I'll do it as many times as she wants until she orders me to stop.

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At Ethan and Petal's house.

Petal POV

The doorbell rang and Ethan and I went to open it, welcoming our guests.

"I apologize for being late. We got stuck in the traffic." Alexander said, apologizing to us.

I smiled and nodded my head as Ethan only hummed his answer. I turned to look at Amber who was standing beside Alexander.

The first thing I noticed now that we're close is that she's very beautiful. Her long dark hair was styled in soft wavy curls. Up close, she seemed younger than Alexander.

"Thank you for inviting us." Alexander said, looking at me.

"This Petal, my fiancée." Ethan introduced me to her, but his tone wasn't friendly. He glared at Alexander.

"Nice to meet you Petal. I'm Amber." Amber introduced herself, extending her hands to me.

As we shook hands I couldn't help but notice her beautiful smile, Though her lips were smiling her eyes were sad and scared.

"Come inside. Dinner is ready." Ethan invited them.

We moved to the dining room. I was about to excuse myself to go to the kitchen and reheat the food but Alexander stopped me.

"No. You ladies set chat for a bit. Ethan and I will prepare the table." Alexander said and Ethan followed him.

"The food will be ready in five minutes." Ethan said, Kissing my forehead and walking towards the kitchen.

I felt a bit confused but didn't say anything. I turned to Amber who was sitting beside me.

I picked up the notebook and wrote something on it."I'm happy that you accepted my invitation." and showed it to her.

Amber read and smiled at me."You don't need to write what you want to say. I can understand sign language. I learned it when I was in high school." Amber said.

"That's great." I replied, signaling, a little surprised."But I'm surprised. What made you learn it?" I asked, signaling. Feeling curious.

Not many people who are not deaf are interested in learning sign language. So whenever I meet one, I feel glad.

"It was one of the after-school activities, so I thought about giving it a try and found that it was not difficult to learn."Amber answered, seeming to be a little nervous suddenly.

She was nervously tagging on her sleeves and looking in the kitchen direction as we spoke.

"Should we go help them?" She offered, already standing up.

I was about to tell her that there was no need when Ethan and Alexander called us. I noticed how she was avoiding looking at Ethan and how his presence made her uncomfortable.

Now I understand why Ethan said that something is off about her.

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