guilty love » joel miller AU ✔️

• chapter twenty-five: bedsheets •

The next morning, Joel sat on the patio and watched Anabella do yoga in the garden. At first he felt weird that he couldn't look away, but when she noticed him and grinned at him, he knew she didn't mind.

"You're doing this on purpose, huh?" he asked with a grin as she bent down with her ass in his direction.

Ana let out a small laugh, "You never heard about the Downward-facing Dog Pose?" she asked him, still in the same position.

"No, but I like it"

"Yeah. I like it too. It's really helpful, you know? Like it strengthens the upper body, arms and hands. Or maybe even the whole body, I don't even know" she replied with a chuckle.

"Yeah I don't think that's why I like this pose" he mumbled to himself and tried his best to look back at his newspaper.

A few minutes later Ana was done and walked past him with a grin.

"What?" he asked her and set his cup of coffee down.

"Nothing" she replied and went into the house.

"Anabella, don't start teasing again"

"I know you like it" she called from the kitchen.

Ana went into the bathroom, took off her clothes and put it in the laundry basket. And a few moments later she was standing in the shower and couldn't stop thinking about Joel. About what he had told her yesterday.

He had finally ended things with Maria's friend. This was her chance, right? And she was sure Joel liked her too, so what could go wrong?

After washing her body and hair, she put on some body lotion and left the bathroom only in an oversized shirt.

She walked over to her room and immediately saw her unmade bed. Ana pulled off the duvet cover and sheet and threw them on the floor.

She got fresh ones out of the drawer and laid them on the bed. And then she started thinking about Joel - and couldn't stop.

She sighed loudly, "Joel?" she called through the house.

"Yes?" came his reply a few seconds later.

"Can you help me for a sec?" she asked and only a short time later he stood in front of her open door.

"You want me to help you with the sheets?" he asked with a small grin.

"Yeah please. If you want to" she replied.

He only nodded and helped her with the sheets. And as she pulled the cover over the pillow, he couldn't help but stare at her smooth long legs. And he wondered if she was wearing anything at all under that shirt.

After they were done, Ana sat on the edge of the bed. And she saw Joel standing a little awkwardly in the middle of her room.

"Sit down next to me?" she asked him.

Joel sighed once, but then sat down next to her.

"Thank you for helping me" she told him, while looking into his eyes.

He nodded and put his arm around her lower back. Her shirt rode up quite a bit while sitting and by now he was pretty sure that she wasn't wearing anything underneath.

Ana lay down on her back next to him and took his hand.

"Can you stay for a moment?" she asked him softly.

"Yes, just let me close the door," he replied, standing up. And a few seconds later he was sitting next to her on the bed again. And it wasn't long before he lay down next to her too. She turned to him and couldn't help but smile.