[Forty-Two]

|Chapter 42|

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𝗜𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲

𝖴𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗅𝗒 𝗂𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗌𝖼𝗋𝗂𝖻𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾; 𝗍𝗈𝗈 𝗌𝖺𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖺𝗄 𝗈𝖿

I change out of the bodysuit, put on a white tank top with the sweatpants. I hear the door close and watch as he places a few snacks and water on the nightstand.

"Baby we need more closet space," I tell him as I try to sort my clothes.

"Why?"

"I have clothes that are still in shopping bags and there's nowhere to put them."

"I can move some of my things out for now and we'll go furniture shopping later."

"Okay."

I tie my hair into a bun and put on a bonnet, then I get in bed waiting for him.

"I brought your chips in case you wanted a snack."

"But you're my snack," I smile.

"A snack that you can't have."

"Oh shut up," I grab the neared pillow and throw it at him but he catches it smirking.

I watch as he takes off his shirt and tosses it on the floor then climbs into bed with me.

"Seb, really?"

"I'll pick it up later. Come here."

"Not until you pick it up."

He sighs getting up, "I never thought I'd let a woman boss me around like you do." He throws the t-shirt in the hamper and climbs on top of me.

"Can you move so I can turn on the television?"

He kisses my forehead and moves to the side of me. I wait for him to say something slick but he doesn't speak. I watch him grab his phone and type away without even glancing at me. I'll let him be.

As I scroll through the channels, I see a group FaceTime from Liza, Mads, and Zara. I quickly answer because this must be important.

"It's midnight so, this better be important," I say.

"Mads and I both have good news," Liza beams through the camera.

"Ooooo spill!" Zara tells them both.

"Ok should I go first or you go first?" Mads asks Liza excitedly.

"I'll go first," she turns around and shouts, "Babe! Come here!"

"No way!" Zara and I's face holds a shocked expression.

Seconds later we hear Lucian's voice, "Yes babygirl?" and he leans down pecking her on the lips.

"Liza!" I squeal.

"Is that him?!" Zara whisper shouts.

"Yes, this is my boyfriend Lucian. Zara, you'll meet him eventually, but this is him for now," Liza grins and puts Lucian's face into frame.

"Hello Lucian, I can't wait to meet the guy that has my friend smiling like that," Zara gushes.

He chuckles, "Soon, hopefully," he turns to Liza and kisses her on the cheek, "I'll leave you girls alone."

"Liza how long?! How could you not tell us?! Did Mads know?" I glare at her playfully.

"I promise she just told me today," Mads says in her defense.

"Well you still have some explaining to do," Zara tells Liza.

"I know, I will tell you guys when we meet up again, but I promise you would want to hear Mads news more."

"Is it good news or bad news?" Zara asks.

"Good news. But, instead of telling you, I'll show you." She flips her camera, showcasing a beautiful diamond ring.

I immediately scream, "Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh!"

"Stop, I'm going to cry," Zara fans her eyes to stop her tears.

Liza is already sobbing and sniffling, "Sorry, I'm just so happy for my beautiful bestie."

Mads is just giggling at all of our reactions. "Y'all are so dramatic. I cannot with you guys."

"What do you mean? Marriage is a beautiful thing! Ugh, I'm too emotional right now."

"I guess it's because I already did my crying, and I mean lots of crying," Mads says.

"Omg, my face hurts from the amount of smiling I'm going right now. I'm so happy for you hun," I tell her blowing kisses through the phone.

"Yes! I'm so happy for you, now we wait for Lara and Liza to get engaged so we can all show off our rings," Zara wiggles her finger in the camera and Mads joins.

I turn to Seb smiling, "You hear that baby?"

"Mhm," he mumbles.

"It's up to Lucian and when he decides to put a ring on it. I'll accept it any day."

We all giggle.

"So when is the wedding?" Zara asks.

"Probably at the end of the year. We don't want to wait too long. Well, I know I don't."

"I understand. I know if I get proposed to, my wedding is going to be within a year after. I don't know how people could wait so long," I say.

"Yup I agree. My fiancé and I have been engaged for a month now and I'm tired of waiting but, we're waiting until he could take at least one month off from work."

"Hopefully soon," I smile.

"Yeah, I hope so," Zara says and we hear crying baby sounds in the background.

"Awww is little Zach awake?" Liza coos.

She sighs, "Yup, he probably had a bad dream. I'm going to go lay with him. I'll chat with you ladies later."

"Ok, goodnight. Mwah!"

She leaves the FaceTime.

"I literally cannot wait to go to y'all's weddings," I say to them.

"What about yours? Where's Emilian?"

I look over to his side and he's gone.

"Downstairs."

"Oh. Well, my fiancé is tired and so am I. So, we're going to call it a night," Mads says.

"Yeah, same, Goodnight loves!"

We all hang up.

I sit in bed for a few minutes, deciding whether I should ask Emilian what's wrong or let him have his space. But, I go anyways because I don't want us to go to bed on bad terms.

I stroll down the stairs to find him laying on the couch watching Blindspot season 4. I sit beside his torso on the couch and take hold of his hands.

"Baby why'd you come down here?"

"I wanted to watch tv without disturbing your conversation."

"That's it?"

"Yup."

"Well, come on. Let's go to bed."

"I think I want to sleep on the couch."

"Ok." I go upstairs grabbing two pillows and a blanket. He might not want to talk now but, I am not leaving him alone on the couch.

I throw the blanket and pillows near him and tell him, "scoot over."

When I see there's enough space, I lay down and snuggle into him. Looking up, I peck his lips and say, "I love you, baby."

And of course, he says it back but very low. "I love you too."

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I wake up to an empty couch and the delicious scent of breakfast. Before going to the kitchen, I quickly head upstairs to brush my teeth and wash my face.

Walking into the kitchen, I see Seb cooking breakfast and working at the same time. He's literally in a meeting talking and also trying not to burn the food.

Once we make eye contact, a huge grin appears on his face.

I smile back and mouth, "Good Morning."

He mouths it back and turns his attention back to his laptop.

As he's talking, I decide to sip on my orange juice and scroll on TikTok.

"Alright we'll take a 5-minute break and when we return, we'll get straight into it," he speaks, removing his earphones.

"Good morning, my love," he says walking over to me.

"Good morning baby," I give him a nice long kiss. "Feeling better today?"

"Yup."

"Do you want to talk about it?"

"Not really but, I promise when I'm ready, I will," he caresses my cheek.

"Alright, but please don't do that again."

"I promise I will try, love."

I smile, "Ok. That's all I want."

"As much as I want to stay and have breakfast with you, I can't. So, I'll get your plate."

"Do you want me to make your coffee, baby?" I smile and hug him from behind whiles he takes the food off of the stove.

"No, because you're up to something."

"How? I'm just making coffee for you."

He turns his head to look down at me and then he smiles without saying a word.

"What?!" I bite my lips and let go of him so, he could set the plates down.

"Stop," he tries to be stern but ends up grinning.

"Fine, even though I don't know what you're on about."

He pulls me into him by my waist, looking down at me.

"Can I have a kiss?" I pout. He gives me the quickest kiss ever. I barely felt anything.

"Babyyy," I whine.

"After I'm done, love," he chuckles and kisses me once more on the cheek.

"Whatever. Your loss," I flip my hair, walking out with my food dramatically.

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