Chapter 15
It was a late Friday night. I was reading a book in my bed when I heard something smash downstairs. 1 set the book down and got out of bed. My heart was beating hard in my chest. Was that a burglar? Was Į about to die tonight? Well, my life wasn’t fantastic, and death didn’t really scare me that much, but there were still other things 1 wanted to do in my life.
I unplugged the lamp beside my bed and opted for not wearing slippers as I made my way downstairs. It was a bit dark, but I could still see. The moment I reached the bottom of the stairs, Julian appeared out of nowhere in front of me, making me scream. I almost hit him with the lamp, bur he quickly held my hand, preventing me from doing so.
“It’s just me! I’m Julian,” he repeated that twice until I calmed down.
“I heard something break, so I came to check. I thought there was a burglar or something, I mumbled, placing my hand over my chest,
“You were going to fight a burglar with a lamp?” He chuckled, making me roll my eyes at him. He took it from me and set it on a table nearby, then kissed my forehead, making me smile. “Sorry for scaring you. Laccidentally knocked something on my way upstairs.”
I looked at what he was wearing and gave him a look of confusion. He was in black pants, a white t–shirt, and a leather jacket. He looked bot. Super hot. Why did he have a helmet with him! I didn’t even know that he owned a bike,
“Where were you” I wondered,
“Out with some friends,” he replied.
“What about the helmet? Do you have a bike?” I asked
I do, but I would rather you keep this a secret,” he said, rubbing the back of his neck.
“From whom?” I frowned.
“My parents” He gave me a sheepish smile.
“May Lask why?” I was curious to know
“When I was eighteen, I had an accident with my old bike and Mum made me promise them I wouldn’t ride a bike again,” he told me.
“Looks like somebody has broken their promise.” I smirked.
“What can I say? I love the thrill.” He grinned.
“I will keep your secret under one condition.” I folded my arms.
“And what is your condition?” He leaned against the wall.
“You have to take me on a ride at least once every two weeks I exclaimed, making him laugh.
“Fine.” He nodded, making me smile widely. “But we need to get you a helmet first,” he said and I nodded.
“I will order one tomorrow,” I said, reaching for the lamp as the two of us headed upstairs
“No, don’t. I will do it. Any colour preferences” he asked, throwing one arm over my shoulders
“Sacramento,” I replied in a heartbeat, earning myself a look of confusion.
“Emily, sweethean, you’re talking to a guy. My colour palette consists of probably fifteen colours at most and that Sacramento in’t one of them. I laughed at what he said.
“It belongs to the green family, I clanded.
“I will try to find you a helmet in that shade, but no promises.”
“Thank you.” I smiled and kissed his cheek. “Tm going to bed. Goodnight”
“Sweet dream.”
When I made my way downstairs the next day, I could hear a lot of cluttering in the kitchen, which was weird. Melissa wasn’t supposed to come today since she had the weekends off.
My eyes rose in surprise when I found Julian in the kitchen and it seemed like he was doing something. The kitchen wasn’t in the best state. Everything was out of its place and there were many ingredients here and there. Julian was attempting to prepare God knew what
“Is everything okay over here?” I asked, causing him to jump.
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Chapter 15
“Well as you can see everything is far from okay?” A sigh full of frustration escaped his mouth.
“What do you want to make!” I asked, examining the ingredients around me. He probably wanted to bake something
“I wanted to make a cake for Mum since you know that her birthday is today, but as you can see I’m failing miserably.” He threw a spoon in the sink. making it clink.
“Easy there.” I walked over to him. “Maybe I can help you out. I promise we won’t get out of this kitchen until this cake is baked to perfection, okay? I will help you out with everything you want,” I said.
“You would?” The
way
“Yes, I most certainly would.” I grinned.
“Why did you want to bake it in the first place?” I rested my elbow on the ki
Because Mum has everything and I just.. I thought maybe in addition to a gift, I could make her something myself and she loves desserts, so I told myself a cake would be perfect, but I can’t cook, let alone bake!”
“You haven’t had breakfast yet, right?” I wondered and he nodded.
“How does french toast sound like?” I asked.
“If you’re making it, then it sounds perfect” I blushed at his comment and started preparing everything and he helped me out. It didn’t take us a lot of time to eat breakfast and once we were done, I put on my apron to start baking
“Whenever you are ready. Mrs. Kensington. His grin matched mine. My heart thumped hard when he called me that. It sounded weird coming from him. Many people called me that, but 1 knew that he had never considered me one. Hearing him calling me Mrs. Kensington was terrifying because I didn’t want to feel like I finally belonged to a family, only to be thrown out of it within months.
“Okay, let’s mix the eggs.” I opened the fridge and got the right amount out of it
“I couldn’t even break the eggs. I think I ruined five eggs 1 always get pieces of the shell in the egg” he complained.
“Let me show you how you can do it,” I said, showing him how to do it properly.
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