Chapter 2 Our New Home

• Ella :
• Standing in front of the huge bungalow painted in white, my heart again starts to feel heavy as I hold Oliver’s arm and place my head on his shoulder crying silently.
• Multiple memories started flashing in front of my eyes with my parent, their laughter, Dad’s jokes, me and Oliver pranking Mom, and Mom baking for us in the kitchen.
• There were so many beautiful moments we spent in this house, that I really couldn’t bear to leave it.
• I know Oliver is too not ready to let go of this house but still, he manages to stay calm and not cry, like me.
• I sniff as Oliver’s grip gets tight on my waist comforting me. Oliver seems like my world now.
• I really couldn’t think of going through this tough time without him. “Let’s go,” He says as he looks down at me in his arms.
• His long lashes sweep his eyes and he is deeply inspecting every emotion on my face. I nod as I wipe my tears and then walk to our car.
• I and Oliver are leaving today and our staff will be arriving tomorrow because our ancestor’s home was not used by anyone for a long time.
• Oliver had decided to clean it on his own and had offered me to stay at home, so we could shift our things tomorrow easily.
• But I didn’t agree with him and insisted on helping him. It doesn’t matter if I leave today or tomorrow, at last, I have to leave our house, no matter what. I feel so blessed to have such a good, thoughtful brother, I know Oliver has been struggling with his emotions a lot, and I as a sister would try my best to help him with any difficulty.
• Hopefully, we both will come out of this difficult phase of our lives very soon and together.
• The whole drive, we stay mute as I lean on the car window lazily and look at the greenery outside. Our ancestor’s home is located on the hillside of the city as our father mentioned to us once.
• We have an address written for this home, not knowing what it really looks like but no matter what I am certain that, that house won’t be as good as our old bungalow.
• I sigh sadly as I keep looking out of the window lost in my trail of thoughts. … “Ethan!” I yell in excitement when I see Ethan standing with the group of our friends waiting for us.
• I climb out of the car and hug him tightly. I am so happy to see him, I can’t explain my joy. He, as usual, hugs me back more tightly and then we start to kiss, passionately.
• Since my parent died, I had been so broken and sad that I was literally cut off from everyone except Oliver.
• And luckily, instead of getting angry my friends and Ethan tried to understand my state of mind and gave me the privacy I needed.
• I am glad to have such an understanding boyfriend. Our kiss got deeper and as I wore a tee shirt when I wrapped my arms around his neck it hiked up showing my belly and I realized it only then when Ethan’s warm fingers touched my flesh.
• We both are completely lost in ourselves, just then I hear my other friends shouting in tease. “Get a room lovebird.” I chuckle and stick my tongue out to them while Ethan smiles widely at me.
• I look around and spot Oliver standing with Sofia. Sofia is wearing a high skirt with a tee on it, she looks young, beautiful, and sexy, she is standing beside Oliver, rubbing his forearm in comfort.
• I feel a bit envied by her but still, I manage to smile at her and greet her. I knew Oliver planned to call them all here secretly and surprise me.
• He did all the things to please me and cheer me up and I really appreciate it but I want a little more from him, is it wrong to ask more from my stepbrother?
• I was immersed in my thoughts when I heard one of my friends shout behind us.
• We all turn in unison to look at him and that is the first time I look at the big house or villa or bungalow. I couldn’t tell, but one thing is sure it is huge.
• I looked up at the triangle-shaped top, it looked extremely old and I could see the webs hanging on the house.
• My eyes catch something weird, a black shadow at the front window on top, before I could focus on it, my friend bumped into me and I fell, heavily. “Ouch…” “Hey Ella, you’re fine?” Oliver rushes to me and pulls me up.
• I smile like a fool when I notice his concerned eyes while Ethan scolds the one who just bumped into me.
• “Hey man, watch it.” I didn’t understand why he was running until I saw a smirk on Oliver’s face and then he again started running after him with a giant spider that he was holding in tissue paper.
• We all laugh when Oliver chases him and he shouts like a chicken and keeps running and jumping like an ant in a hot pan.
• We all had great fun while watching him getting scared by a spider and soon I also forgot about that shadow I had seen before.
• We all then enter together in the mansion, it smells of mold and mildew. We all cover our noses and with one hand try to remove the webs.
• “F**k, how old is it?” Ethan murmured while walking inside. Oliver looks for the switch and then suddenly we get the lights too, thankfully.
• Half people go up to clean while half stay down. I go up with Sofia and Ethan while Oliver and the others stay down.
• Surprisingly, I found a bed and a dresser in one room while the other two rooms were empty. It was covered with a white sheet filled with dust, I pulled the sheet and all the dust flew in the air as I started coughing heavily because of it. I try to lessen the dust by fanning it from my hands and then finally I take a great look at the bed, it looks like an old bed.
• I touched the headboard of the bed and surprisingly I didn’t feel any dirt on it.
• Moving my fingers on the headboard, I feel like getting hot. Suddenly, I feel like I am not touching a bed but a person, my breath quickens and I gasp from that weird feeling, it's making me wet and I get so lost in it that I don’t even hear when Ethan calls me, and then finally when Sofia comes in and pull my hand away from the bed, I finally get my senses back.
• “Ella, let’s go down. Food is here.” She informs me.
• I nod my head absentmindedly as I walk behind her but before leaving the room I couldn’t help but turn to look at that bed with a frown, my panties still wet from that intense feeling.