Chapter 18

RAYMOND!

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"Come on, come to me" Addy said stretching and opening her arms. Raymond stood still and when Addy saw that he was not ready to move she got down from the bed.

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RAYMOND'S POV

'This crazy girl, gosh what do I do with her.' I said in my mind and moved towards her to help her down so she wouldn't hurt herself.

After helping her down she lifted up her heads and look at me with a smile, she was busy grinning like a child, from ear to ear.

She tried to touch me but I moved back and was signalling her to stop with my hands but she kept moving towards me until my back touched the wall and then she placed her frail hands on the wall trying to trap me between herself and the wall.

I was taller than her and because of that she had to look up to see my face. She took one of her little hands off the wall and placed it on my face, she was feeling my face, from my eyebrow to my nose, then my cheeks and lastly my lips.

Her fingers trailed my lips and it rested there for a while as she kept looking at me. I got lost in her hazel eyes, she had very beautiful eyes and when she smiled at me, i couldn't help but admire her one sided dimple.

Addy perked herself forward and stood on her toes but she still couldn't reach my face and so I had to hold her to myself and In the process, pushed her forward towards me making her stand on my legs and not on the cold floor because she had no shoes on.

"I'm not so short yunno, put me down" she said pouting

"Can I .. if you don't mind.. I ..uhm" I couldn't bring myself to decide what to say, I was confused.

"Can I .. if you don't mind..I ..uhm" Addy teased me with a smile " have I left you confused, you see I've enchanted you with my fine skin and now you're confused" she said

smacking her lips, her lips looked pale but so inviting, makes me just want to claim them in mine.

"Can I " I wanted to say when I felt her hands behind my neck as she pulled my head down towards her level and placed a kiss on my nose, she was about to pull away when I took over. I kissed her soft lips, I couldn't stop myself it was just so welcoming that I had to go for it. After pulling away for a second I looked to see that her eyes were still close and so I kissed her again, this time longer and deeper and I enjoyed every bit of it as she surrendered under me.

She must've felt weak in the knees because she wasn't able to hold herself and so I carried her and placed her legs around my waist while she rested her heads on my shoulder like a baby, she wrapped her hands around my neck and I carried her towards the couch and sat down. I don't know for how long we were in that position but she soon fell asleep on my shoulders.

Her hair was scattered across her face and I had to softly brush her hair back into place and as I was touching her cheeks she smiled making me wonder if she was asleep or just pretending. Soon after I removed my hands I heard her soft snores and so I touched her cheeks again making her smile and then after removing my hands she went back to sleep

"So she smiles in her sleep after being touched on her cheeks, such a big baby."

I wrapped my hands around her waist and rested my head on the couch and soon fell asleep.

I woke up to the sound of a knock on the door which I had locked earlier on and when I tried to move I remembered that I was holding a baby in my arms, Addy's face was buried in my neck, we were literally snuggling.

I tried to place her down but she was holding on to me so tightly. Now what do I do, the person kept knocking on the door, do I go to the door like this.

Since she didn't want me to place her down, I carried her to the door and stood behind the door after opening it. Daksha aunt, Tricia and Derek walked in but they didn't see anyone, well not after I shut the door. They saw me holding Addy in my arms and when they wanted to speak I signalled them to keep it down

"Shushhhh She's asleep please quiet down" I said

" Why are you holding her like a baby, place her down now" Derek ordered

"Man, didn't you hear me I said she's asleep man. I ain't placing her down"

"Raymond please lay Addy on the bed" Tricia said pointing to the bed and I walked towards the bed, tried placing Addy down again but her grip was still firm.

"You see, I've tried that before but she held on to me tightly. She doesn't want me to put her down." I explained

"Is she really asleep" Daksha aunt asked making me turn my back towards her so she could see her daughters face

"I'm surprised that she's not panicking, I think I know why she's holding on tightly" Daksha aunt said

"Why?" Tricia asked

" Rani has always been scared of the hospital ever since she was a child, whenever she saw that she was in a hospital, she would always shut her eyes tight and try to force herself to sleep because once she's asleep she'll forget that she's in a hospital"

"But why is she scared" I asked

" Because her cousin died in a hospital, that's why"