CHAPTER 69: STRANGER

Mia opened her eyes,she blinked a few times to adjust to the light. Her eyes moved to look at the transparent glass window where the sun had just risen while the rain had finally stopped . Gaining her senses at the same time being aware of her surroundings,she felt something heavy on her.Her attention was soon shifted to the arm around her waist.

She had slept with her back against Ryan's front and when she turned carefully her eyes fell on the person sleeping peacefully. Some strands of his hair coming to fall in front of his eyes with his breathing soft. Mia continued to admire him,her free hand reaching to push the strands of his hair aside and at that moment,his eyes snapped open , Her hand hing midair,her cheeks tainted pink and she felt she had been caught red-handed.

Ryan pulled her close such that one of her hand was on his chest and the other rested on his shoulder.

"morning"

"how long have you been awake?"Mia questioned ,she stared into his eyes that didn't show any signs of tiredness.

"a while " . Ryan had woken up before she did and he didn't bother to disturb her as it had rained and her body needed the required rest. With his eyes closed he had felt her move in his arms and could only assume she was already awake,her black hair rested behind her shoulder some came to settle on her chest.

Ryan held up her chin,he leaned in and in time,mia closed her eyes and felt his lips brush against hers before he finally captured outfit a kiss with his lips moving softly against hers before he pulled away . Although it was brief,it still left her heart jumping with currents moving through her veins. Mia moved her legs and it was the that she remembered that she had slept only wearing Ryan's shirt that had reached up to her knee and with her lying down,the cloth had shifted upward but she was glad her legs were covered by the blanket.

"I'll go have my bath" she said ready to bolt,but Ryan grip on her waist tightened and her pulled her closet where there was no distance between their bodies with their faces and inch away from each other.

"where are you running off to?"Ryan questioned

"to have my bath and I'll be able to do that if you let go" mia reasoned,her hand moved to hold his hand that was on her waist but Ryan didn't budge.

Seeing that Ryan didn't respond,she opened her mouth to speak when there was a knock on the door,at the same time his hold on her loosened. Taking advantage of this ,mia immediately got out of the bed and ran to the bathroom where her exposed legs came into view. The door made a light thud when she closed it behind her. Ryan stirred unknown feelings in her that she didn't have control of,her mind all over the place.

Outside,Ryan walked towards the door and opened it to reveal the hotel staffs,they had clothes and packages with them before instructing them to place it aside.

Back in country X,in the mansion a pair of feet made its way down the stairs. Jason slowly walked down the stairs,his eyes moved, observing the place.It felt like he was the only one in the house even though he knew there were extra people in the house .

Jason heard rapid footsteps behind him "move out of the way" Lucy said once she neared him. He turned to see his cousin standing right behind him,but before she could go he caught her by the arm and stopped her movement.

"where are you rushing off to?" he questioned and saw Lucy glare at him,her eyes went to her arm before replying "I'm hungry,this isn't the time to fight now let me go"

"the food isn't running away,I don't see any reason to rush"he loosened his hold on her. Lucy humph before stumping away from there while Jason followed, heading towards the dining room where the double doors of the vast room was already opened.

At the head of the table sat grandpa who was getting ready to eat. Lucy took her seat,her eyes scanning the table before reaching for her fork . Meanwhile,as Jason stepped into geb room,he took note of someone's absence and he wondered where his brother was.

"morning grandfather" he greeted before taking his seat but the old man didn't reply to his greetings instead he asked "where's your brother?".

"he's not home?" lucy was the one to speak this time after swallowing the food in her mouth.

"if he isn't home then he must be busy with work,this isn't the first he's done it" Jason replied in a matter of fact tone. He had barely seen his brother after the party the other day and had barely been in touch with him.

"he hasn't been home for a while and you talking casually about it"Lucy glared at him,she cleared her throat as she almost choked on what she was eating.

"he's also cousin and this isn't surprising but you would know that if you'd spent less time on being annoying and more time on observing" Jason grinned

"you..." Lucy was about to retort when the irritated voice of their grandfather interrupted "both of you stop it" he gave both of them a look of warning.

Seeing the smile on Jason's lips,Lucy felt the urge to wipe that smile off his face. He never failed to get on her nerves and this has always happened ever since they were children.

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Hannah dried the dishes with the towel before putting them in place,her phone was at the side but music was coming from it. Once she was done,she walked out of the kitchen ready to sit on the couch when the doorbell rang.

Hannah sighed,not expecting anyone to visit her that morning. Stopping the music,she headed towards the door before looking through the peephole to see who was at the other side. She paused for a while before opening the door to reveal Jason who stood there with a smile.

Hannah stared at him,she tried to think of what he would be doing here.

"why are you staring at me like I'm a stranger?" he asked noticing the look Hannah was giving him

"what are you doing here?"she asked

"it's obvious I'm here to visit" he replied while taking a step closer to her.

"you can leave" she was about to close the door but Jason placed one of his foot in between before finally pushing it but in a way where she won't fall.

"I didn't say you could come in" she complained following behind him as he made himself comfortable he replied "that's why I invited myself "