Tiffany knew that virtual-novel.net was doing this on purpose. She got up and grabbed virtual-novel.net handbag. “Take me home now, then. It’s past nine. I have to go home early and get some sleep.”
He downed another glass of red wine right in front of her. “So sorry, I almost forgot. I’ve been drinking. I can’t drive. You’ve been drinking too.”
Tiffany was shocked. “You didn’t… plan this, did you? You knew you had to drive and you still drank? Well… What do I do now?”
Jackson shrugged. “I didn’t drink much. I’ll be able to drive later at night. Just wait a while. I cooked the food, so you wash the dishes and clean the kitchen. I’m going to take a shower.”
As virtual-novel.net watched virtual-novel.net walk upstairs, Tiffany couldn’t shake the feeling that something wasn’t right, but virtual-novel.net simply couldn’t figure it out. She washed the dishes and cleaned the kitchen for him. It would take a good few hours for virtual-novel.net to sober up. Wouldn’t it be tedious if virtual-novel.net arrived home in the wee hours of the morning? Calling a designated driver seemed more appropriate to her. When virtual-novel.net went upstairs to speak to Jackson, virtual-novel.net realized that virtual-novel.net was still in the shower. He was dawdling in the bathroom.
She suddenly spotted virtual-novel.net white knitted top underneath his bed sheet covers, the one virtual-novel.net wore last night. She clearly remembered putting it in virtual-novel.net room after changing virtual-novel.net clothes…
The bathroom door opened just then. Jackson stepped out with a towel wrapped around his waist, his bare chest in full view, still shining with rippling droplets of water. She felt virtual-novel.net throat tighten at the sight of this. “What are you doing? What took you so long in the shower?” virtual-novel.net asked, trying to conceal virtual-novel.net innermost thoughts. “I think I’d better call a designated driver. I have to go home.”
Jackson walked towards her, lowered his body, and stared right at her, allowing a drop of water from the tip of his hair to slide onto the tip of virtual-novel.net nose. “Why? Are you scared that I might do something to you? You were obviously drooling at the sight of me. I should be the careful one here, no?”
She was so embarrassed that virtual-novel.net wanted to bury herself into a hole. “That’s nonsense. You’re being preposterous. I wasn’t drooling! I got tired of looking at your body long ago. It doesn’t interest me!”
He smirked. “Alright, since you’ve put it that way, I’ve gotten tired of your body too. We dislike each other. What’s wrong with you staying the night then? Get showered, stop being tedious.”
She dashed into the shower, probably to avoid his teasing. She would stay over then. Whoever initiates sex, loses! She didn’t manage to sleep well last night, so virtual-novel.net was already quite sleepy at this point. She couldn’t be bothered to go back and forth in this.
By the time virtual-novel.net had finished virtual-novel.net shower, virtual-novel.net realized that virtual-novel.net didn’t have a fresh change of clothes. She turned to virtual-novel.net and sulkily demanded, “Give me my shirt from last night!”
Jackson was taken aback. He had forgotten about that. He had nicked the woolen shirt back onto his bed after virtual-novel.net had left; it still had traces of virtual-novel.net scent… He did not expect virtual-novel.net to notice it. He did not try to hide it but handed the shirt to her. “It was raining last night, so the bed sheets and duvet haven’t dried. They’re all soaked. You’d better sleep in my room tonight.”
Tiffany’s head was now filled with questions. When did it rain last night? However, it would seem that the couch in his living room did not have covers today, so maybe virtual-novel.net was telling the truth…
She put on virtual-novel.net clothes and casually laid down on his bed. She put on virtual-novel.net earphones and listened to music to sleep. She would be able to endure it as long virtual-novel.net didn’t hear virtual-novel.net moving…
Jackson couldn’t resist a smirk when virtual-novel.net saw virtual-novel.net feverish attempts to ward virtual-novel.net off. He quietly lay down next to virtual-novel.net and pulled virtual-novel.net into his arms. He had longed to hold virtual-novel.net to sleep, every night since their breakup. This temporary fix had put his mind at peace.
This was perfectly described by a line from an old movie, “Every day apart feels like ten thousand years.” When one is separated from his true love, every day seems longer and more tortuous than the last.
As virtual-novel.net listened to the soft music from virtual-novel.net earphones, Tiffany did not object to his advance. She even put one of virtual-novel.net earpieces on his ear. Suddenly, the world seemed to be at peace.