As Yanis was lost in thought watching Zane, the door suddenly pushed open and Bonnie's voice echoed in the room, "Yanis, last night I..."
Bonnie's words abruptly stopped.
Yanis was also startled and snapped back to reality.
And Zane, who should have been sound asleep, opened his eyes and glanced at Yanis before pulling up the covers to block her view. He then looked towards Bonnie standing frozen at the doorway.
Bonnie met Zane's gaze for a moment before quickly retreating out of the room and slamming the door shut with a loud bang.
The room fell silent except for their heartbeats that could be heard by each other.
After a while, Yanis finally moved.
Zane lowered his gaze to look at her as he gently pinched her earlobe when he saw it turn red. "Good morning, Yanis."
Upon hearing Zane's words, Yanis responded slowly with an "mm-hmm" before quickly flipping over to get out of bed. "So... umm... let me help you get your clothes," she said as she grabbed his freshly laundered clothes from one side of the wardrobe and handed them over to him directly before heading straight into the bathroom with hers.
When Yanis finished changing into fresh clothes after washing up her face properly; Zane had already put on his own outfit while standing beside another window answering phone calls.
Yanis had prepared some spare toiletries for him which she placed on another table nearby; waiting patiently until he hung up after three or four minutes later.
As soon as he turned around seeing that she stood by that table waiting for him; there was a slight movement between his eyebrows.
After hanging up on call when Zane saw Yanis standing there looking at him directly in response; he spoke again: "These are all new things here so why don't you go ahead first? I'll follow."
Saying this much - without wasting any time - she turned around readying herself to leave but then heard something behind her:
"Yanis," called out by none other than Zane himself.
Hearing this voice made her stop mid-step turning back towards him asking curiously: "What's wrong?"
Zane walked forward until they were face-to-face stopping right in front of her saying: "Yanis… Have we taken our relationship further?"
Just as Yanishad started opening mouth thinking about what exactly happened last night but couldn't say anything because once again interrupted by what came next from Zanes' lips:
"We slept together."
Her words got stuck inside throat due to shock caused by these sudden revelations coming from someone like him yet still managed somehow stutteringly replied: "... I guess so."
She should have woken him up last night so that he could go home instead of letting things escalate like this where even now they were sharing a bed together under one roof.
But ultimately it seemed like their relationship had indeed progressed further than just mere acquaintanceship. When Zane heard Yanis' answer, a smile appeared on his face. "I'll go freshen up, wait for me," he said before quickly grabbing his toiletries and heading into the bathroom without giving Yanis a chance to speak again.
Yanis stood there for a moment before turning around to straighten the sheets and then putting Zane's clothes in the laundry room. By the time Yanis finished all of this, Zane had just finished washing up and came out of the bathroom.
"Done? Wendy should have breakfast ready by now, do you want to eat before you leave?" Yanis asked.
Zane nodded. "Sure."
Yanis turned around and grabbed Zane's coat from the rack beside them, handing it over. "It's a bit cold outside this morning."
Just then there was a knock at the door. Alfie's sweet voice came through the door saying: "Yanis! Wake up!"
Yanis responded quickly: "Okay! Coming!"
After responding to Alfie's call, Yanis stood up and walked over to the door.
Alfie was standing outside holding a bottle of milk with big eyes staring straight at Zane who was standing behind Yanis.
"Alfie?" Yanis called out softly when she noticed that Alfie kept staring at Zane.
"Why is he in your room?" Alfie pointed his little finger at Zane. "Mom said boys can't go into girls' rooms."
Yanis choked for a moment before she could respond but before she could say anything else Alfie made a face towards Zane saying: "Shameless!"
Yanishad no words while Zanesmiled calmly as he picked Alfiueup by grabbing onto his clothes."She's mine," he said simply."Why can't I be in her room?"
Alfiesqueezed ontoZanes'clothes tightlyand exclaimed:"Hold me tight or I'll fall off!"
Zanedelayed for a moment but eventually hugged him tightly."Well, Yanisis also mine!"said AlfiesternlytoZanesface.
Zanelaughed softly,"I won't argue with you since you're important to my girl, Yanishere."
Alfieflopped around twice more before shouting:"Put me down now!"
So, Zanedirectly carried him downstairs. Wendy came out of the kitchen just as they arrived. She pausedfor amomentwhen shesawthatZanewas carryingAlfiedownstairsbeforequickly walking overand takinghim fromhis arms, sayingapologetically,"Sorry about that Mr. Lawrence. Alfiewas spoiled by me."
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