Forbidden Love

9

I hear the door open and saw the children going upstairs.

"I'll be up to tuck you all in in precisely 4 minutes and 18 seconds." I hear her say before the sound of her shoes come near the kitchen. They stop by the doorway as she leans against the door frame. "Do you know him?" She asks and I knew she meant about the man in the dream. My dad.

"Yes." I say gently. "He's my dad." I want to grimace at the word. That man was no longer my father and that was made clear when my mom left him. All this time I wanted to see him and when I finally do, I wish I never did.

"Did you do anything to you?" Was her first question and I give her a confused look. Her eyes narrowed and I could sense the upcoming resentment towards him if I did say anything. I'm surprised that was her first reaction and I wondered why. I couldn't lie to her though as there was a brief pause and she would know I would think something up. She sees right through me. I try to ignore the question but she sighs and sits down in front of me at the small table. "I'm going to take that as a yes." She says her voice bitter but softens as she gently takes my hand and rubs her thumb along the top. She looks down at my hand before looking up at me, her blue eyes meeting mine.

"You don't think he would find us here?" It came out as a question and she looked back down at my hand.

"I'm not sure." She says gently. "But you are safe here, don't worry." She gives me an assuring look that makes me smile a bit and she sighs when she sees the time. "I have to tuck the children in, I'll be right back." She gives me a small pat on the shoulder as she heads upstairs to the others.
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"You are not sleeping down here again." Alma scolds and I raise an eyebrow with a small smile.

"Or else what?" I say and she chuckles, the scolding demeanor ending.

"I can't imagine it being comfortable laying on the couch all night." She says and I smile.

"Worrying about others as always." I mumble and she smirks.

"Being stubborn as always." She retorts and I roll my eyes with a small laugh. "Besides, you wouldn't want what happened last night to happen again. At least, not down here." She laughs a little when she sees me turn bright red. "Kidding, dear."

"Not that I wouldn't mind." I say back and she smiles as she then rolls her eyes.

"The guest bedroom is not prepared yet so either way, you're going to be stuck with me." She says and I smile accidently. "But you don't seem to be upset with it." She observes with a grin and I return it. Wait, are we...flirting? No, we can't be. Are we?

"You're just adorable when you're flustered." She says as she leans over me and tilts my chin up causing my stomach to flip. Her eyes accidentally travel to my lips and there was a brief pause until she smiled and pulled away. "Well then, come along." She says as her face turns a little pink and I follow behind her as we make our way upstairs.

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When we passed by I noticed the guest room was empty, the door open a tad showing the bed. I raise an eyebrow with a smirk which causes her to give me a confused look. When we made it to her room and I shut the door behind me, she gave me a confused grin.

"You lied." I say with a playful smile showing as I cause her to grow flustered.

"I don't know what you mean." She says with a small nervous laugh.

"The guest room is empty." I comment which causes her to panic whenever I smirk. "You wanted me to stay here tonight, didn't you?" A blush creeps along her cheeks which makes me laugh a little.

"Yes, I did. It felt nice having someone there with me." She admits and I feel myself burn up a little but smile at her words.

"Well, you're not getting rid of me any time soon." I remark and she smiles.

"I'm glad to hear, petit oiseau." She says and I raise an eyebrow at the nickname.

"Alright then, bluebird." I reply with a sneer smile and she gives me a smile as she narrows her eyes at me.

"Now go lay down." She says as she looks away and starts undoing her hair in front of the mirror in her room.

"What if I don't want to?" I smirk and she gives me a look that says 'seriously'.

"You better or else I will force you to do so. " She jokes and I give her a daring look that she returns. "Don't make me, little bird." Once her hair was down she took my hands with hers and layed me down on the bed, laying on top of me. I tucked back some of her hair as she smiled against me.

"I seem to be stuck here, whatever shall I do." I say as a smile forms as I look down at her blue eyes that met mine.

"You're stuck with me, darling." She says and I smile.

"Not that I mind."
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Trust me, their dating without even knowing it