Together Forever

Evelyn's POV

I wake up to something tickling my nose, probably someone's hair. Groaning, I slowly open my eyes but close them almost immediately as the bright sunlight hits me. I place my hand on my face and rub my eyes with the back of my hand till they adjust to the light. My head throbs continuously as if someone hit it with a hammer and my body feels so weak.

Feeling hot at the side of my cheek, I slowly turn around and a loud gasp escapes my lips as soon as my eyes fall on him. Ethan is sleeping beside me almost upon me with his face clinging to mine and his hair messily falling on his face which was tickling me all this time.

What the hell?

I slept with Ethan?

I mean...no, no, I slept beside Ethan?

Someone, please scream on my behalf.

On instinct, I jerk up from the bed trying to sit but soon my body falls back with the exact force and I look down to see his hand lying on my belly clutching me so tight as if I am some kind of teddy bear.

How did I even come here?

Well, I should calm down.

Calm down...deep breaths.

I shut my eyes and try to remember what happened last night.

It was raining, I came home, I thought Ethan wasn't home but he was there in my bloody room, he was angry, he scolded me and…

My hand comes toppling over my mouth like whiplash in utter shock as I remember what happened next.

My Gawwwwd…

Ethan...kissed me!

It happened. Oh my God, it happened for real.

He kissed me and I let him kiss me. Was I in an illusion? I…

My head falls on the pillow in defeat and I look back at his sleeping face as a long sigh breaks free from my lips. I turn around to face him, he stirs a bit and wraps his arm around my waist again, pulling me closer. I place my hand under my chin and eye him carefully.

It happened finally.

I'm surprised.

I can remember him asking me if I regret it or not. Well, I don't. I mean why should I? If he wasn't the one to kiss me, then who? He was the one who made me feel different for the first time in my life. He does things to me no one ever did and nobody even has the power to do so. Then in this case, why wouldn't it be him?

I knew it was going to happen. Still, I tried to stay away from him just for the sake of it but I couldn't. He didn't let me. Like he is holding me now, implying no matter how much I try, I can't go anywhere. I'm just shocked.

Because never in my life, I thought this day will come when I will stay in someone's arms like this. Someone will kiss me. I never wanted to but like when flood submerges the world and deluges everything away but it still keeps raining, at that moment as a person looks up at the implacable sky in utter hopelessness, then to God how he looks, so helpless and so weak having no power to stop the torrent other than praying and watching the devastation; just like him, to Ethan's ruinous power and dominance he has on me, I was helpless. I tried but everything was in his hand and I was just a mere victim of his precedence.

I raise my hand and softly touch his face, getting a shiver at the contact. I move my face closer leaving inches between us as his hot and steady breath strokes my face when my fingers gently caress his soft skin. A smile creeps upon my lips bit by bit and I close my eyes to devour the moment but just as those words come flooding back in my mind, they shoot open.

I can remember something. He... he said something.

My eyebrows furrow at the outcome of me trying hard to recall everything.

As my mind gets cleared more and that moment replays over and over in my head, my eyes get bigger and my hand stops moving. The effect of those words causes me to release all the adrenaline in my body, making it flow through my bloodstream and my eyes stop blinking.

I'm sure. He did say it. It wasn't a dream.

When I can't keep staring anymore, my eyes hurt, and the moment I blink, a single tear rolls down my face.

Then another. And another.

Soon the pillow beneath my face gets wet but my stream of tears doesn't seem to end.

I love you…

He said it before I lost consciousness last night.

He loves me…

He loves me.

three words over and over, my heartbeat quickens and an

I look like a stupid because I am crying and the reason is the person

do, I can't

all feels

someone... to me only

like a baby. I lift my head and balance it with my hand and use my other hand to push the curls away from his face. I gently caress the side of his forehead when my eyes suddenly fall on an ink paint on his neck. I get closer towards him and pull the collar of his t-shirt down

saw it before. It's a five-star tattoo and every half of each side is inked black while the other half is his skin

hold

his chest and my hair flows on both sides of my face as I take the time to calm my heart

he always catch me

caught you gawking at my 'beautiful' sleeping face." He says,

are too high. I

sure as

I trust you." He

he stares carefully at my face, suddenly his smile vanishes as his face

my face and softly brushes my puffy

You were

"Umm...no?"

"But…"

I cry?" I try to reason as he keeps brushing

to

places his hand on

are you doing?" I

not because you were last night." He says, "No, you aren't.

alright." I

seems unconvinced by my answer but he lets it go and sits up

wearing. I look down at the t-shirt that has written 'Boss' in bold letters and look back at him, puzzled.

notice of my uneasiness as

this?" I say,

me and replies, "It's called

I didn't know

"It's not mine."

"Yeah.

Oh my God!

am thinking? I didn't change myself. That

gasp, "What the hell? Who the

else?" He says, rolling his

now acting like it's not a big deal? I

Speechless

him in shock not finding anything to

at him, "You changed my clothes? How dare you? How could you do that? Why did you do that? Ugh… You saw

hear him chuckling as

I couldn't keep you in those wet clothes. And you fainted so I couldn't wake you

at him, "It's not simple at all. That doesn't mean you

I swear I saw nothing." He pauses and I narrow my eyes at him causing him to give me a sheepish

Much?

Yeah, that describes everything.

doing such a thing? He is

you think that you had the right

just stop talking about it now? I'm hungry and you too. We didn't eat

another

"Shoot."

are you doing in my room? Why didn't you go back

face turns uneasy at my question and

so cold yesterday and I didn't feel like sleeping alone in my room. So

sit upon the

me staying here. You seemed pretty cozy cuddling with me." He says,

thought you were

grins cheekily, "I would love to

*******