Chapter 9

It's been three weeks since Sophie had baby Juliet and a week since I heard from him. Juliet was finally picked. I watch Sophie as she complains about not getting enough sleep. Baby Juliet whine in my arms, I gently cooed her back to sleep.

 "You see! This is what I do every minute. I really can't wait for mom to come. I'm exhausted!" Sophie exclaims

 "What of Jason?" I ask.

 "He is also having his fair share of it"

I look at Juliet sleeping like an angel and wonder how she stresses Sophie and Jason out. She's growing bigger, she's really cute. I wonder who she'll grow to look like.

 "So tell me, how are things with you and Zayne?" Sophie asks jolting me out of my thoughts. I realized I've not spoken to anyone about us.

My heart twisted at his name. I shrug. "Nothing really" I didn't want to talk about him. 

 "If you don't want to talk about it. It's okay you know" Sophie reassures me.

I sigh, relieved "please it's not that deep" I try not to think about the morning in my apartment. I set baby Juliet down in her cradle careful not to wake her up.

 "You know he asked for a one-night stand even before Kayla introduced us. He said after that he would not have anything to do with me after it. He went on and on about not wanting to ever be in a relationship neither having a family" I roll my eyes.

Sophie tilts her head "wait" she says lifting herself up from the rocker "like a one-night one-night stand?"

 "Yeah" I say "I turned him down. We had a moment at Kayla's onesie party. He never called nor texted after that night. Then he shows up at my door, begging for sex"

Sophie laughs out loud. I shot a mean look out of fear of Juliet waking up and she mocking me. I smile and looks at Juliet still sleeping.

 "Here's the best part, I took your advice and gave into his flirtations. But guess what he slept off while I was in the shower"

 "What an asshole" Sophie shakes her head.

 "We made out the next morning. It was quite intense, then my alarm went off and he left. I've not heard from him" I look down at my hands and rub them together.

Sophie comes and sits beside me as she cuddles my shoulders with our heads side by side. "You know what I think? I think he'll come back. He's probably finding the right way to"

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I stare at the bouquet of flowers on my desk. The receptionist mentioned it came in few minutes before I did. I notice a small card, I pull it out "you're worth the wait. I want to give you thousand reasons to smile often". Wow! Zayne sent me almost a huge bouquet of flowers. Like how and why? I can't stop grinning as I stare at the flowers I bent to sniff it's scent. How did he get my studio address by the way. My thought was interrupted by a knock. I had clients.

I got home early, I had showered and pick up my phone to see missed messages from Zayne.

Zayne: "Did you get my flowers. It's Zayne."

Zayne: "We should grab lunch to make it official, let's give it a try, what do you think?"

Zayne: "Let me know when you get my messages"

Zayne: :(

He sent the sad face about two minutes ago. I check the time 8:20pm. My phone was in DND so I had not seen the texts.

I hit reply and type "hi Zayne. I'm just seeing your messages, I guess it's already late for lunch because I'm in bed already. I got your flowers. I love them" and hit sent. I purposely ignored the official.

Zayne: "Finally you replied! I don't know what to think. I'm actually walking up your stairs now.

His reply came in almost immediately

I ran to the bathroom to check my face. I look good enough. I open the door as soon as I heard his knock. He rested by the doorframe looking very tired. His arms slip around my waist and he pulls me to him burying his face in my neck.

 "Hmm" he moaned "you smell so good"

I pull him into the apartment "I take it that you missed lunch"

He nods as he takes off his jacket "but I had an early dinner". He follows me into the bedroom, throws his jacket over the chair and kicks off his shoes.

 "You really look exhausted" I say.

He smiles and puts his hands on my hips "I am" he bends down and kisses the heartbeat tattoo on my neck. He walks me to the bed and pulls me down next to him. We lie facing each other, sharing a pillow. "I really hope I can get things right with you" I nod he sounded tired "I've missed you and for some reasons I sleep better when I'm next to you, is it palsy that I'm here?"

I smile touching his face "it's okay".

He leans in and kisses my forehead. He sighed and closes his eyes but I stare at him. He is the kind of man with face that people are drawn to but shy away from. He's so good looking and I get to look at this face all the time, cause he's mine!

I run my fingers through his hair, massaging his scalp.

 "Jodie, he whispers "you just might be the best thing that has happened to me" the words wrap like like a warm duvet. I didn't know what to respond to that. He opens his eyes slowly looking at me sincerely. He cups my cheek with his hand, he leans in slowly and presses his lips to mine. I expected a peck. He parted my lips , his mouth warm in mine. I moan as his kiss grows deeper.

He rolls me to my back and drags his hands down to my hips.. he moves closer sliding his hand in between my thighs. He pushes against me and a surge of heat spread through my body. I grab a fistful of his hair and whisper in his ears "I think we've waited long enough, you can fuck me now"

He growls as he pulls my shirt off. It was all moans and sweat as I felt like I'm just been touched for the first time. His touch was different. He knows the right places to touch while still kissing me. In a flash he picks a condom out of his pocket and places it perfectly. He takes me in one swift thrust and I gasp into his mouth.

His mouth is fierce kissing me everywhere he can reach. He's unapologetic in the way he gives me. He puts a hand between my headboard and my head as he thrusts harder and harder. My fingers dig into his back as he thrust with everything in him.

 "Zayne" I whisper

 "Ah...ah... oh god" I moan.

 "Zayne" I scream.

I bite down his shoulder to muffle every sound that comes after it. I feel it from my toes back up. I tighten my legs around him and he tenses "oh Jodie" his body ripples with tremors as he thrusts into me one last time. He groans as his body jerks with release. He pulls back and stares at me as my head falls back to the pillow. He presses his lips to mine.

 "You were right about not being into one-night stand. Now I see why" I smile as he rolls of me. "You're addictive" he mouths to me.