Now and Forever novel Chapter 12

I woke up to the birds chirping outside and the sun streaming through the curtains. I checked the time on my phone and it read seven am. I didn't see any sign of Alexander around the room and I assumed he had already gone out.

I grabbed my toilet bag and made my way to the bathroom. I brushed my teeth, used the toilet and washed my face. I then had a long hot shower and only got out when my fingers became wrinkly. I stepped out of the shower only to notice I hadn't brought any clothes with me from my suitcase. I wrapped a towel around my body to which it stopped mid thigh and wrapped another one around my hair.

I slowly opened the door and peeped to see if there was anyone in the room, to my luck this time, Alexander wasn't there. I walked over to my suitcase and unzipped it while humming a song to myself.

I grabbed a pair of black undies with a matching bra and a blue floral sundress that stopped just above my knees and had spaghetti straps.

I zipped up my suitcase, stood up and turned to head back to the bathroom but stopped in my tracks when I saw Alexander looking at me wide - eyed as well, his hand on the doorknob, indicating that he had just entered. His ears got pink at the top of them and as he quickly turned around. "I just wanted to tell you that breakfast's ready." With that he quickly walked out and shut the door behind him without giving me a chance to answer.

I went back into the bathroom and put on my clothes, moisturized my skin and combed out my hair, leaving it hanging on my shoulders still wet from my shower. I went back into the room and grabbed a pair of white flip flops and walked out of the room, my phone in hand.

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As I walked down the stairs, a girl in an official maids outfit was walking up. "Good morning ma'am, how may I help you." She said when we met on the steps. "Morning. Please call me Amelia, and umm, can you please direct me where the dining room is?" I asked. "Just take the hallway on the right and take a turn on the left." I nodded and thanked her as I made my way there.

I reached out to open the door but it abruptly opened revealing a flustered looking Alexander. He pulled me in and wrapped a hand around my waist.

"Everyone, meet Amelia, my fiancée." I looked around the room to find three people, one of them who I recognized as his mom, sitting around the glass dining table. "Morning." I smiled and waved awkwardly at the people seated in front of me.

"Good morning Amelia." His mother said. "Morning." His father, who I think was David said, with a polite smile on his face. Alexander was the exact copy of his dad. They both had the same hair color, same grey orbs and same face structure, only his dad looked older.