"I am so tired!" Stella groans as she steps inside the apartment, her steps slow due to standing at the party for hours. I lock the Main door and scoot her up in my arms making her laugh out loud. She wraps her arms around my shoulders and rest her head on my chest as i walk her inside
I make her sit on the couch and kneel in front of her "it's alright, rest now" I say and remove her heels slowly. I can't believe she was wearing these points the whole night. She sighs in relief feeling them off her feet "I think I should hide all of your heels to prevent you from wearing them" I say jokingly trying to get her reaction
She glares at me "I swear Liam, if you ruin my heels I am gonna kill you" she says threatening me. I chuckled and run my hand on her thigh. "I don't know about heels, but I am definitely gonna ruin you" I say, slipping my hand under her dress. I could feel her shiver under my touch making me smirk
"You know I thought you would say something possessive about me wearing this dress at the party or feel jealous" she says "didn't take proper notes?" She teases holding my chin with the tip of her index finger making me look at her
I chuckle and get up, keeping my hands on either side of her face leaning closer "What can I do when my girlfriend is so gorgeous that people can't take their eyes off her" I whisper kissing down her neck making her gasp softly.
"So you don't mind people staring?" She asks
I hum in response and nibble on her soft skin, her hand fist around the hem of my coat. "They can watch but touching or even thinking about it will cause them to lose their limbs" I say, feeling possessive about the fact. I move away and remove my coat and yank off my tie.
I pull her close slamming my lips on her devouring the taste, her lips taste like strawberry and vanilla. I hold her neck making her lean against the couch while I tug her bottom lip between my lips making her gasp, taking the opportunity I slip my tongue inside her mouth pressing my body on her
My hand caresses the sensitive skin on her thighs making her moan between the kisses. Her fingers tangling my hair as she kisses me back
After a moment I pull away to catch some breath, I press my forehead to hers "Don't you think we should freshen up instead?" She says, panting while caressing my cheek. I nod "let me help" I say and wrap her legs around my waist and pick her up holding her waist and hip
She chuckles holding my shoulders as I carry her inside our bedroom "we both know you won't be helping"
Yeah that's true
I will do more than just helping
I smirk, looking at her that smudged lipstick making her look more tempting. "Let's ignore that and pretend i am helping you" I say taking her inside the bathroom
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"You are cute when you are clingy" Stella giggles as I hold her waist resting my head on her stomach "you are soft okay?" I say my reason. She chuckles and continue to dry my hair with the towel as I sit on the edge of the bed while she stands in front of me
I keep holding her close enjoying her presence. More than her I am the one who asks for cuddles after being intimate
"There, all done" Stella says, keeping the towel aside and fixing my hair with her fingers. "You are such a pookie bear," she says, pecking the tip on my nose. I frown "what's that?" I ask not understanding the proper making
She hums "it means you are cute" she plays with my hair. I pull her into my lap and make her sit comfortably, she leans her back against my chest while I bury my face in her neck taking in her scent "I love your scent" I whisper, as the mixture of lavender and honey hits my nose making me relaxed
She chuckles "Now you realize why I take your hoodies? They smell like you"
I sigh softly "yeah but you are addictive, your touch should be considered a sin because it's maddening me" hearing me she giggles, her cheeks turning red
I just wanna keep her in my arms forever
It's so peaceful with her
Her soft giggles
Her gentle touch
"Liam?"
"Yes, Freckles"
"I wanted to ask something about Aunt lia" she says. I nod wanting her to continue, "She still wears the ring given by Louis?" She questions. I nod in response "yeah, she didn't want to remove it and stay like that forever"
A sad expression forms on her face "after that incident, what happened? Didn't he have any family?"
"I don't know much but his family was in Spain and not much supportive of uncle Louis pursuing fashion designing" I say, thinking about it if I missed something "Oh! He had a brother, he was really young around my age I guess but I didn't see him much"
She looks at me with curiosity "what happened to him?"
"Hm as much as I remember he went back to Spain and Aunt lia took care of his studies and everything but after he turned 16 or something he stopped contacting her" I reveal, I don't remember that guy much, but when I was around nine years old I met him when uncle Louis brought him from Spain
I sigh trying to keep the bad memories away "let's not talk about it" I say holding Stella. She nods "Hope they are in better place" she says in a low mumble
After a few minutes of silence, "Should we sleep? Aren't you tired?" She asks to caress my hair and I lean into her touch. I nod, yeah I am tired but I need to give her the gift before.
She gets up and sits on the bed properly crossing her legs waiting for me to come. I smile and sit in front of her "you forgot about the gifts" I remind. She bites her tongue and slams her palm against her forehead realizing "Oh Yes! Sorry. So who's going first?" She says excitedly
I think for a moment before replying "I will go first okay?" She nods in agreement, her eyes shining with curiosity. I take a deep breath "Okay so I don't know if this is the proper gift for an occasion like Christmas, but i thought I should try it. I don't know if you would like it or-" my words get cut off when she holds my face making me look at her.
She looks at me with a comforting smile "if it's given to you, I know it will be perfect and I will definitely like it. I just know" she says, being fully assured. "Even if you give me a piece of paper with your touch, I would be happy" she says cupping my face.I sigh feeling relaxed
I know she would accept it
She will love it
She releases my face, I slowly grab the envelope which I kept hidden under the blanket "well it is a paper" I mumble looking at her reaction. She laugh and forwards her hands open "Honor me" she closes her eyes
I chuckle and keep the envelope in her hands. She opens it and looks at it curiously "hmm let's see" she says carefully opening the envelope "You shouldn't give these envelopes to a reader like me, i would think it's a contract marriage agreement" she says playfully and slide the contract up, her eyes widened just by reading the word CONTRACT and then pushes the paper down and starts laughing "Oh God seriously? Is this a contract marriage thingy?"
I shake my head and keep the envelope on her lap and gesture her to open it again. She stops laughing and nods. Her fingers delicately remove the papers out so they wouldn't tear.
Her eyes widened when she goes through the first page, the words NYX boldly written on it
"It's an official contract and a formal written apology by NYX. I sent the complaint to the headquarters about the board member who was bribed, they looked through it and punished him already. Your design was resent to other board members and out of nine members six of them approved of it and one of them is my mom too" I explain about it
Stella stare at the paper, her hand gripping it tightly that would make it wrinkled. "You can go through it, it's a contract that says you will train under NYX for a year" I complete, mostly only a few students get selected every year but because of what happened NYX agreed to let Stella join too because they liked her design.
As the other applications were sent to the other candidates. They had to make a separate contract and an apology letter for the incident.
A tear slips from my eye, that's when I approach her keeping my hand on her cheek wiping it off. She puts the contract away and hugs me, suddenly catching me off guard.
I sigh, caressing her hair slowly comforting her "thank youâ¦. thank you so much for making all my dreams come true" her voice cracks as she speaks. I smile cradling her in my arms "No need to thank me, it's your hard work " I says kissing the side of her head.
She looks at me, tears still in her eyes as I wipe them. "I know how to thank you, with your present" she smiles. She grabs my hand pulling me off bed "Wait- what are you doing?" I ask, getting confused. She opens a drawer and grab an sleep masks and makes me wear it blocking my view
"We gotta go downstairs for it" she says and pulls me along with her while i follow carefully trying not to hurt myself somewhere due to my blocked vision
What is happening right now
I could feel her guiding me out of the apartment and inside the elevator "Freckles, what's happening?" I ask. She giggles and keep holding my hand but doesn't reply, the elevator stops and she walks me out.
After a few steps she finally stops, with the smell around me I could easily guess that we are at the parking lot. I feel her hand slipping away from mine "okay remove the mask" she says, her voice a bit far. I pull away the mask and open my eyes
My eyes widened and jaw drops slightly as a quite gasp escapes my mouth. I run my hand through my hair in disbelief of what she brought me. Stella stands a little further smiling at my reaction
"Damn- this is unbelievable" I say walking towards the brand new kawasaki in front of me. The black paint smooth and glossy adorned by the silver accent. The frame making it look refined, I take a moment to look at every bit of it
"So? What do you think?" Stella asks stepping closer. I chuckle holding the handlebars "it's amazing, I couldn't even think in my wildest dreams that you would give me a bike" I say still in shock with her choice
It's perfect
"Well it was hard thinking what to gift you, thought to give something that you love" she says and I nod. I do love it
I wrap my arm around her waist and pull her closer "Thank you, I love it so much" I say kissing her hand feeling grateful for her efforts that she put. "I am glad, you deserve it" she replies with a smile
"Hm so how about we go on a ride?" I suggest. She looks at me surprised "right now? It's almost two am" I nod, I am really egarly to take her on my bike. But there was a problem, I have a ducati panigale and it doesn't have a pillion that's the reason I was never able to take her on a ride
"Well, sure I guess," Stella says, looking at the bike a little nervously. I know she has never traveled on a bike before. I wanna make it the best experience for her. I chuckle and rub her back "don't worry, I will keep you safe" I assure her
I go back upstairs and bring my helmet and gloves. And also Stella's helmet, which I bought a while ago according to her size.
I put on my gloves and helmet first and then help her and secure it around her head making sure it's fitted properly. "Better?" I ask. With the helmet only her blue eyes are visible, she nods giving me a thumbs up.
I get on the bike first and gesture her to follow, Stella holds my shoulder for support and climbs behind me. She adjusts herself properly and wraps her arms around my waist making me smile "ready?" I ask
"Yeah" she says, I could notice a bit of excitement in her tone
I take a deep breath and engage the ignition, the engine roars up, the low rumble sending me the thrill and excitement. As I accelerate out, Stella's grip tightens around me, I could guess that her eyes are closed right now. For the time being as I drive through the main roads I keep the speed slow so she could get used to it
"It's alright, open your eyes" I say in a loud voice, because the other vehicles and wind around us would make it difficult to hear. Stella's grip loosens up and she straightens her posture. I smile as I feel her relaxing and turning her head to look around
"What do you think?" I ask, keeping my focus on the road "It's so cool!" She says in a low voice, her tone radiating excitement and all the fear vanishing
"Are you okay with me speeding up?" I asks again. She nods "yeah I am comfortable"
I nod and speed up a little, making sure to stay under the speed limit. The sensation of the wind tearing past us is unlike anything else. The bike moving fluidly at any turns or stop, as it's Christmas night people are still out at midnight celebrating. The street filled with people and cars traveling around us
"I wanna remove my helmet and feel the air" Stella says, I shake my head "No, I would let you do that when we are somewhere more unfilled and I am driving slow" I say, yeah riding without helmet is dangerous but it's fun too. In the place we are in right now isn't that safe
She hums "it's alright, I can enjoy right now too" I catch the mischievous tone that she implies by 'enjoy'. My body tenses up as I feel her cold hand slipping inside my shirt tracing my abs
"Freckles" I say in a slightly warning tone. But she giggles and continues to caress my skin, making my breath hinch. I decrease the speed of the bike and try to maintain my eyes on the road. But with her hand I couldn't focus properly. The cold air hitting my exposed skin made me shrug.
Her hand slowly creeps downwards
Oh God-
This woman
I quickly hold her hand with my left hand, as I keep the bike balanced with my right one. I remove her hand from my shirt and hold it against my stomach in place. She still tries to move it but I don't all her
"I wish you were this bold in bed" I comment with a smirk knowing that would slightly embarrass her. She gasps, removing her hand and hits my shoulder playfully. I laugh and continue to focus on the road "how can you say that!" She complains wrapping her arms around my waist again
"That's the truth, you get too flustered to make a move in private but here you are being a bad girl" I tease
Even though I can't see her
I know her face would be burning up.
"It's stunning Stella, Liam would love it" Cami says praising my design. I smile while holding the jacket and keep it inside the bag. I pick it up ready to go "yeah it's my first time making a male clothing" I say while Cami and I walk out of the class
"Aww that's so cute!" Cami giggles. We both walk out of the campus ready to go back. We do have Christmas vacation until new years but I came here to design something for liam because I couldn't do it back at the apartment as he would notice.
I had to take his measurements while he was sleeping
That was some work
Camilia helped me with some parts of it too as she was around. Last night was so much fun, especially when Liam took me on the bike ride. I never thought I would love it so much, when I was thinking of giving him the bike, I wanted to give him a leather jacket too. He already has many of them so I decided to make it myself to make it special. I was working on it for a while and now it's done
I bid her goodbye as she goes back to the dorm and I walk out of the university. Liam's car was already parked in the usual place. I hold the bag tightly and rush towards the car, Liam notices me and comes out giving me a welcoming hug "done with work?" He asks and I nod
He opens the door for me, I smile and sit inside. He walks to the other side and sits inside ready to drive. Before he could start the car I placed the bag on his lap making him look at me confused. "It's for you" I say. His confused expression vanishes and a smile form on his face
He quickly opens the bag and removes the black jacket, his eyes scans the design taking in every detail as he holds it.
"I designed and made it" I say, it's a simple normal design but I always have difficulty designing for males. He looks at me surprised "but you have difficulty in making male designs"
I nod and chuckle "yeah but I tired"
He looks at me with the expressions I couldn't read. Placing the bag aside he quickly wears the jacket making me amazed "It's hot out there, you still wanna wear it?" I ask, it's summers and a bit hotter than usual and wearing a leather jacket in this weather isn't good
He shrug off his shoulders and grin "My girlfriend made it, I am gonna wear it with pride" he says checking himself in the rearview mirror making me laugh
"How do I look" he asks. I take a look at him properly, the black jeans with white t-shirt and the leather jacket completing the look perfectly. I couldn't help to stare at him
He is handsome effortlessly
"Breathing" I say with a wink making him chuckle. He starts the car and starts driving, I pick up the bag and turn to keep it in the back seat. My eyes widened as I see buddy sleeping on the backseat "aww you brought buddy too?" I ask looking at liam
He shakes his head, keeping his eyes on the road "Buddy isn't feeling well since last night, thought to take him to a check up" I frown at his words and look back at buddy, he sleeps peacefully but I can't understand if he is sick or not. I don't know much about dogs
"Is he alright?" I ask, getting worried about it. Liam nods "yeah, just not eating properly but I wanna take him to the vet just in case" He replies. His words don't decrease my tension. "I will come too, and can I sit in the backseat?" I ask him.
"Sure" He says and stops the car at the side of the road. I quickly get down and go to the backseat and sit beside buddy, sensing my presence he opens his eyes. I smile "hey buddy" I say softly caressing his head but he doesn't react the way he always does, his tail still down.
Oh God please make him better
Buddy gets up and rests his head on my lap and closes his eyes again. Liam starts driving, he glances at us through the rearview mirror and smiles a little. As the ride continues I keep caressing his head until we reach the vet
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Author's Note
This might be the last chapter where Stella and Liam are enjoying before the whole truth and mystery is revealed. 4 chapters left guys ð
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