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The kids had gone to sleep, and Sophie and Flint were still awake.
“Have you tried her phone?” Flint asked her in worry. Sophie left her seat and came to crouch down close to his rocking chair.
“Rafael told me that there won’t be any signals. I think we should wait for them to return, Grandpa.” She started rubbing his hands with hers.
Flint sighed, his eyes still filled with concern, “I am just worried about this situation. Why was a policeman looking for Marissa? Sometimes I feel she is always occupied with troubles. When one problem gets resolved then the other one arises.”
“Grandpa. Your blood pressure might shoot up. Please control. I think with Rafael in the picture, we can take a sigh of relief. He won’t let anything happen to her.”
Grandpa hummed and closed his eyes.
The kids might be a handful but all of them always cooperated in the absence of their mom. He wished they would meet their father more often.
“As a father, he should have left a contact number so that in case of emergency they could be reached out,” This made sense. Sophie made it a point to tell this to Rafael for their future escapades if there would be any.
She had kept her fingers crossed.
She wished Valerie and Nina would get a surprise when they found
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out that Rafael and Marissa were not only together but were getting stronger day by day.
The couple just needed time to figure out everything.
“Don’t worry, Grandpa. Marissa isn’t alone. We all are with her. Once she finds the number of missed calls on her phone, she’ll definitely contact us.”
Flint got up from the rocking chair and headed to his room but then he stopped to look at Sophie who was still crouched down in the same position.
“That girl. Kate. The one, who was here to return the file. She is bad news, Sophie.” Grandpa made an act of slashing his throat and then went into his room.
Yup, grandpa. Something is fishy about the girl, and we need to warn Marissa about it.
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Marissa opened her sleepy eyes to the dimness and looked around in confusion, struggling to understand where she was.
The smell of sea hit her nostrils and she looked down only to find two strong arms tied around her.
She was half sitting, and half laid between his two legs, her back still leaning on the naked chest.
With bewilderment, she turned her head, only to find Rafael sleeping while holding her as if she were made of glass.
The light snoring was a telltale sign that he was deep in sleep while they were still on the blanket.
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She smiled and tried to sniff his chest which still had the fragments of the male cologne. This time instead of placing her
head back on him, she turned her body a little and leaned her cheek on the chest.
Hmm. That felt better..
She hadn’t realized when she slipped into deep sleep last night. The last thing she remembered was, he wanted a chance with her and then they both cried in each other’s arms.
Glancing up she found his half–opened mouth quite cute and
kissed his rough chin.
Whatever it was. Whether he wanted a chance or to try a
relationship with her for the sake of kids.
Everything could be discussed tomorrow instead of worrying about it right now.
Every now and then she tilted her head to kiss his chest and then started to rethink about him.
She was trying her best to go back to sleep when she realized that maybe she won’t.
Tonight was again this chance when he was asleep, and she could take a better look at his face as much as she wanted. Just like she
used to do when he was blind.
Very slowly, she lifted up her body to admire that gorgeous face.
Her eyes first landed on that strong chest. It was muscular, yum and was rising and falling with his every breath.
Those cheeks were smooth and warm. Once she used to kiss them
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at every opportunity she got.
Those lips felt so soft and silky when he kissed her, Damn! She had never seen such inviting lips in her life,
Those thick lashes shouldn’t belong to him. They were a girl’s dream. Why wasn’t there any imperfection in his face?
Those eyes were so green that they reminded her of the forests. The combination of green eyes with those thick black lashes had always mesmerized her.
Wait a minute! Green?
She glanced back to his face and was horrified to find him looking
at her with amusement.
“Checking me out? Huh?” his lazy grin made her heart thump in her
chest.
“No! Why would I do that? I was just thinking about something and didn’t realize what I was looking at… it happens. When you are too engrossed in your thoughts then you can’t think straight…” She kept blabbering non–stop. Her voice was slowly dropping into a whisper when she saw his face gradually lowering towards her.
She felt her heartbeat quicken in embarrassment.
The blanket around them had already fallen and the only warmth she was getting was from his body.
She swallowed hard when along with his arms, his legs also locked her body.
When his face was deadly close, her eyes fluttered shut thinking that he might want to kiss her but the only thing he did was brush
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his hips against hers.
It was a gentle yet teasing touch that sent shivers down her spine.
The feeling of his hot breath on her skin made her breathless and her heart raced in her chest.
She opened her eyes slightly just to find him regarding her face with open tenderness and longing
Kaising one hand, he cupped her cheek while the other arm was still around her waist, almost grinding her to him.
“You are beautiful!” he whispered huskily, and Marissa thought she heard him wrong. She knew she could be anything but not beautiful.
Yes, she was beautiful in the eyes of her kids but even Gerard never told her that she was beautiful.
“Is it a change of heart? You call me beautiful?” she asked him with a playful grin and saw the skin between his brows pinching.
“Why? You don’t believe me?”
He chuckled when she shook her head, “It’s too dark to claim that, she said softly. Though in this not so pitch black darkness she could guess that he wasn’t convinced.
He was now quietly looking into her eyes. She was very conscious of his thumb brushing her cheek gently.
His hand from her cheek dropped down and he held her waist to melt her body into his. His soft lips had started kissing her cheek
and her earlobe.
He might not have said anything further, but his actions spoke
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volumes.
Marissa closed her eyes to enjoy his touch, not realizing that her hands had also taken a life of their own and were now roaming on
his naked skin.
She bent down to kiss the nip*ple on his chest and then stayed there closing her eyes. This might be a surprise for him because she felt his body going rigid under her.
“M… Marissa…” his voice was barely audible to her.
“You asked me for a chance, Rafael. Didn’t you?” her mouth was still on that se*xy nipp*le, and it took quite a willpower to detach her mouth from there and sit straight.
“Fine. I’ll allow you the chance,” She felt good when saw his face radiate with joy.
“Marissa… seriously? You…”
But then she quickly covered his mouth with her hand, “But I have a condition, Rafael Sinclair.”
Rafael was so happy that he didn’t take time to kiss her palm. She brushed her fingers on his chin until they traveled down to his
neck and then chest.
“I accept all your conditions,” he just made her aware that he had
blind faith in her.
“I want you to get closer to your kids as much as possible and maintain a friendly relationship with me.”
He opened his mouth to speak but she didn’t let him, “And you will not talk about this arrangement to Nina or Valerie. If you accept it,
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then yes. We can have a chance and start it off with friendship between you and me,” she raised her hand offering it for a
handshake.
He took his sweet time to consider it and then his lips broke into a smile, “Friendship? Then fine. We’ll start with a friendship,” he said grasping her hand and kissing the back of it.
His thoughts?
I’m ready to be your friend, Marissa. Because I’m planning to make you fall for me. Soon, your name will be changed from Marissa
Aaron to Marissa Sinclair.
Her thoughts?
Get closer to the kids as much as possible, Rafael. Because when tomorrow Nina wants to use you against me or your kids, you’ll protect us. I’m sure of that.
Whatever these women did to me, I’ll take revenge.
They snatched my rights and my kids‘ rights. I might have forgiven them for what they did to me, but I’ll never forgive them for what they did to my kids.
So, Nina and Valerie! Be ready for a surprise.
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