Safe Haven

This chapter is dedicated to @coaste and @reybety. Thank you so much for the power stones ^^

Confusion enclosed his eyes as the smell of alcohol got into his nostrils. She started laughing hysterically and his assumptions were confirmed - the lady was currently drunk. He wondered how or why she consumed the liquid if she knew she was lightheaded.

"Ugh! Jacob," he mumbled when he remembered that Jacob was with her a few minutes ago. She nodded off in his arms and he quickly caught her to fully gain balance, he was trying his best to resist the temptation in his arms as he conveyed her back to the shower.

He carefully bathed her but he couldn't take it anymore so he carried her out of the bathroom, he wrapped her body in a robe and thought of what he was going to wear her before she was brought downstairs.

After a quick search, he wore her a large black hoodie which covered her up like a mini dress, her hair was still dripping wet but he had no choice but to leave it that way. He settled for his pajamas and swept her dormant body in his arms again, he made way to the door but instantaneously paused. Niel and Jacob would probably be in the living room, he didn't want them to ask him or her stupid questions so he needed to think of a way to draft another idea.

With a deep breath, Ian took her back to the bed and carefully covered her with the sheets. He sighed at his own fate of sleeping on the rug and took some extra blankets to make it warm before he laid on it and shut his eyes quickly.

In a minute, he turned to the other side of the rug but he couldn't seem to get some sleep, he was about to lay flat when he heard someone whining and crying. The noise seemed to be coming from the bed area and he bolted there to see Ivy tossing and turning around the soft place she was laid on, her hands clutched the bedsheets tightly and she was crying even with her eyes closed, she was definitely having a bad dream.

Ian was confused without boundaries, his brain's thinking ability was currently on hold and there wasn't anything he could think of. He sat on the bed and hugged her tightly whilst stroking her hair.

"It's okay, it's okay.. I'm here now," he assured and she gradually drifted away.

He felt warm and cozy with her, she trusted him...finally even in her drunken state, she actually believed he was like her safe haven. She peacefully slept on his chest and his heart was pounding loudly, he wished that this could last and she wasn't like this because of the pending fact - she was drunk.

××××

"I did what you asked me to do...I sent the proposal to MOVE," Ashley stated and Bea smiled before she held her hands.

They were currently at a café talking over hot steamy cups of expressos.

"Do you have feelings for Ian?" She suddenly asked and Ashley was stunned by her question. They've only been together for a week and few days but Bea noticed that the only thing Ashley spoke of was - Ian, she kept asking her about him and spoke about some facts she knew about Bea's infant punk.

Bea started reconsidering since Ian's current marriage was a rollercoaster and Ashley knew a lot about Ian unlike Ivy who met him a few days to their wedding. She also considered the clear fact that Ivy wasn't working but Ashley was almost through with her college education and she had a robust net worth, unlike Ivy who was just an orphan.

She regretted making Ivy marry Ian, he was destined to be with his childhood buddy and not a random girl.

"I know it's crazy even if I haven't met him for years but I love him, I haven't dated anyone for years now because of him and I'm not your friend because I want you to pair me with your son,I-"

" Speak no further, Ian loves girls like you and I know that the both of you are a match made from heaven. I'll miss you a lot since you'll be leaving tomorrow, dear, "

" Thank you so much for your kind words, " Ashley replied with a smile. She had won the heart of Ian's mom in just a few days, winning Ian over would be a lot more easier.

×××××

Ivy's eyes opened up to see an angel like figure in front of her. Ian slept off while watching her and they eventually slept together. Ivy was lost in admiring him, she wanted to touch his long and thick eyelashes just to confirm if they were real since its owner looked like a demi-god sent directly from the heavens and bathed with raw beauty that had no lengths.

She smiled at him but wait...her 'dream' was very weird, why would she dream of ending up in the same bed with Ian? She quickly took her hand from his chest and pinched her cheek only to confirm that it was real.

She took a peek under the sheets to see that her clothes were changed and his hand was on her hip - and was very close to her butt. Ivy gasped and almost cried, she wasn't wearing anything underneath and she couldn't remember anything. The only summary her head gave was that they had s××, she carefully took his hand off her body and rolled down the bed but her body hit the floor with a loud thud which woke the sleeping man up.

Ivy kept crawling away from Ian even when he attempted to help her, she gave him a look of disgust but she couldn't express her thoughts because her phone was missing.

"Look,I can explain-" he couldn't go further because she had already left the room while covering her head with the hood of what she was wearing. Niel spotted her running out from the room with Ian's clothes, he looked downstairs but he planned on asking either if them what happened later.

Ivy ran to her room and sat on the floor while crying, she thought he was acting nice to her because he cared but he actually wanted more, he wanted her body which he finally got that night. Even if they were married, she didn't want to have a child with him yet.. their marriage was still too young and she was just eighteen! She had other dreams and getting married and having a family was at the bottom of her list. She wished she had stuck to hating him and not falling for his phoney sincerity, he saved her from almost getting r×××d but he did the act himself.