Annabelle was so engrossed in the feeling of hugging Theodore that she didn't even realize that Jaemin left a while ago. She was still at it, hugging him tight as if he would evaporate as soon as she released him. Though she was kind of right in her logic, as she was still considering the whole thing as a sweet dream.
Theodore was also silent, enjoying her touch for some reason, patting her back with his palm from time to time. Strange. He was never this comfortable with holding a woman this close. He hated the strong perfume scent of the women around him, especially the nurses at the operation theatre. But somehow, he came to like the lavender scent her body was giving off. Suddenly, he felt a weird urge to dip his face on the crook of her shoulders and sniff that fragrance.
All of a sudden, she lifted her head from his chest and started to poke that area, maybe because she felt the firmness of his body under his shirt. Come to think of it, he never wore his shirt lifting up his sleeves like that in front of her before. He was, surely, looking damn sensual, showing off his firm triceps. It was a deep secret of Anna that she liked muscles very much, but never in her wildest dream did she think she could get to imagine him this way. But actually, this one is also a dream, right? So, she can do whatever she wants, huh?
At first, Theodore was a little confused when he saw her poking his chest which gave him a tingling feeling. But to his surprise, the next second, Anna almost started to grope his muscles taking her hand further under the buttons of his shirt.
"What are you exactly doing, Annabelle?"Theodore stopped her hand from going further than this as he groaned.
But somehow, Anna felt more amused discovering a new expression from him. Though she wanted to touch his muscles more, he didn't let her, as he held her hand strongly.
"I think they are bigger…." she mumbled, though it was clear enough for Theodore to hear.
"Bigger than who?" he asked, smirking mischievously.
"Bigger than Jaemin Ge, heh….!"
In an instant, Theodore's expression became dark. So, she has free time to grope other guys' chests? Though he doesn't know who this 'Jaemin Ge' actually was, his blood already started to boil when he imagined her touching or being this close with any other guys. He flew back here just because of her, but she is here having a good time, groping other guys' bodies, huh?
For some reason, he was really mad. He pulled Anna more closer to him, close enough to almost touch each other's tips of the nose.
"So, you really know how big those were from that guy, huh?"
"Eh? Of course… hick…. But yours are bigger, really. Don't get mad, ehheh! I like this one better!" Anna said, making a puppy face as she sensed a tension seeing the crease on his forehead.
Theodore looked at her for a long time. Finally, he decided to let her go as he doesn't wanna talk with a drunkard right now. Let her come back to the world later, he is surely gonna set the score with her.
As he was going to release her from his embrace, Anna again took him by surprise, straddling between his resting legs on the sofa this time.
Anna was frightened, frightened that this daze might end and everything would go back to normal, without him in the picture. She wanted it to last a little longer. She thought maybe not making him angry will make this dream last for some more minutes. Suddenly, a crazy idea crossed her mind. She grabbed his face with her both hands and kissed him on both cheeks. It was just a simple peck, her soft lips touching his flawless handsome face.
She didn't know for what reason, maybe it made her very delighted to finally do something this crazy for the first time in her life, she felt really very contended. So, just after that, she was fast asleep. And Theodore, as if someone had struck him with a sudden light bolt, he just sat there being totally stiff, looking at the main culprit sleeping so defenselessly in his arms.
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After opening her eyes in the morning, the first thing Anna did was look around her surroundings to find a certain someone. So, it really was a dream, huh? How come it felt so real? She really thought, she saw him, touched him, kissed him.
Erm… wait, what?
She kissed him?
She freaking KISSED him?
*Are you insane, Anna? How could you do this?*
Anna frustratingly pulled her hair as she was really devastated realizing her shameless behavior. Though it was just a mere dream of hers, she can't behave this dirty, right? Yesterday, she thought about kissing him, and tomorrow, she will do more dirty things to him and this will go on. Gahh… she needs to stop it, or else she could be considered a serious pervert.
Come to think of it. it was her dream, so it was kinda okay, right? It's not as if anyone's going to trespass and see the things going on inside her head. As long as no one knows, it's perfectly fine.
*Yes, Anna! It's ok! It just happens sometimes. You don't need to think about it too much. Just do whatever you wanna do in those dreams, that's it!*
Anna didn't know why but for some days, she couldn't get Kiera. Whenever she called her, either it would go to the voice messages or she would avoid answering her questions and just call her for necessary things. What happened to her all of a sudden? She was acting quite weird since she was discharged from the hospital.
When Anna was busy thinking about this and that, her ringtone of the phone buzzing from the living room interrupted her. Well, to think it clearly, she got pretty drunk last night. She remembered a little about coming back home with Jaemin Ge and then all was merged with her weird dream.
Shit, she really caused a lot of trouble for him last night. Furthermore, she really didn't get to ask the things she wanted to know. Anna rushed towards her living room and found her vanity bag on the sofa. She took out her phone and to her surprise, she saw the person calling her was actually, Jaemin himself.
"Uh… Ge… Good morning!"
"Good morning, Little pie. Feeling better?"
"Nope! Head's hurting like hell. Have to grab something to make this pain run away," Anna rubbed her forehead as she remembered that her head was really giving her much pain right now because of her hangover.
"Want me to come?" Jaemin's voice sounded a little concerned.
"Aighhooo… it's just a headache! You are such a worrywart. I am gonna do something about this, don't worry. You rested well?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. Let's talk later," Jaemin said, remembering something from yesterday which made him a little down. But somehow, he didn't feel the courage to ask her anything. He was scared, scared to know something he is not supposed to know, scared to hear about something he doesn't want to hear.
"Ok, call you later."
The call was cut. Annabelle didn't know why but something didn't feel right. Why did Jaemin Ge sound down earlier? Did she say something offensive to him yesterday? But there's no way she would tell him something weird. Gosh..! Why the heck did she get this drunk to embarrass herself voluntarily like that? Now, who's gonna believe that she is good at holding liquor. Fu*k this!
Suddenly, her daze broke when she heard some beeping sounds from outside the door. Now she remembers that she has a friend, huh? This time, she won't stop at just scolding. She needs heavy punishment for not telling her about Owen and also ignoring her these days.
Anna ran towards the door but halted at her track halfway making her mouth wide open in awe. Some seconds passed by but she still didn't move. Is she imagining things again? The person standing in front of her, getting inside her apartment tapping the password is none other than Theodore; a chapter she thought she finally came to close by cutting her hair. She didn't cut it just casually, to be honest, it was to celebrate forgetting about a certain someone. To think that person is again in front of her made her go back to the square. Why is she so impacted just by his presence? Why is it hard to resist this man?
"Why… Why are you here? I mean… when did you come back?" her eyes were full of questions.
Theodore came forward towards her holding some porridge in the packages in his hand and flicked her head lightly. "When you were dead drunk and acting like a pervert last night," he walked past her and went towards the kitchen. She didn't even check her phone or what?
Why does this whole scene look so animated to her? Him being here, and her being drunk at the same time...wait, huh? Pervert? She acted like a pervert? Was that really true? But she never acted like a pervert after getting drunk, but come to think of it, she never got this drunk before too. Shit, this was way more frustrating.
So, with whom did she act like a pervert, then?
*Damn! Don't tell me that the dream was actually real!*