Chapter 74

• "I do want to, but not right now." I tried explaining to him. All of a sudden, I felt annoyed for speaking so casually with him. We weren't on talking terms! "I'm only speaking so nicely to you, because you happen go be ill." I clarified, making his face drop. He slowly nodded and let go off my hand, before shifting to the far end of the bed. I knew that his gesture was for me to lay at the closer corner of the bed. On a normal day, I would have declined but today, I was too tired to think of declining. I hopped onto the bed and laid down. I didn't move to the extreme end of my side because I didn't want the whole thing to start seeming childish. We stayed silent on the bed and after a while, I started feeling drowsy. But that was until I felt Ricardo inching towards me. My brain went into full action at once. And.... so did my body. Soon, he was close enough to me, but we weren't touching each other.
• "Federico." He whispered, making me turn to him with a questioning look. "Have you both....?" He trailed off, not completing his question. I was still trying to grasp what he meant, when he covered the space between our faces and kissed me. I wanted to push him away. That was the valid and reasonable thing to do. But somehow, I couldn't get my limbs to work. Before I knew it, he disconnected our lips. "Have you?" He asked.
• "I don't think that is any business of yours. And you don't have the right to kiss me when you feel like it!" I replied sternly. "Whether we kiss or make love, that's not your business." I added. I watched in shock as tears clouded his eyes once more, and he slowly moved away from me. Before he could move farther, I held his arm and he looked at me. He had this glimmer of hope in his eyes, and it made me wonder if Bianca was right after all. Did Ricardo really love me? I really didn't know why, but the thought that he did, made my belly twist in excitement. Weird excitement. Was I the sick one here? I looked into his beautiful gray eyes again, and I whispered the next words.