That's Ridiculous!

Alex's POV 

I lay still on the bed, my body blending in the faint darkness and stillness in the room, but in my head, there was a feast in session. With my two hands supporting my head on the pillow, my eyes gazed up at the ceiling, enjoying its odd, resplendent look tonight. The room was slightly dark and the night quiet, but I could see twinkling little stars swimming on the ceiling. Maybe it's just my eyes picturing the merriment in my head. 

"That was fucking brilliant, Alex. Smart!" I muttered giving myself credit for earlier. I guess desperate times required desperate actions cos how did I even think of such a brilliant idea? I knew I was going to look for a way to keep Bella, but even for a split second, I never thought of a mere deal, not to talk of something that ridiculous.

A child?

My lips gave way to reveal my well-defined dentition in amusement. Who knows the names she must have cursed me with for even bringing that up? 

That's ridiculous!

I know Bella would never buy the idea, but who cares, that's just a hook. She can't just walk away and leave us in ruins. Mother's gallery needs to be secured for as long as ever and that's why Bella has to stay that long. 

Even if something happens later in the future, and it later boils down to having a baby together, I'm not that stupid to let her go easily. The baby would stand as a stronger claim to keep her forever. Baby or not, Bella-

"Mmm" Bella sighed groggily and stirred on the bed, her body adjusting to lay on her side, facing me. I turned to look at her form perched on my bed. Her face was calm with the soft breathing from her nostrils. That was all that broke the silence. The soft rising and falling of her chest. The night breeze carried the whim of her heavenly scent wafting it into my nostrils. One breath of it and it diffused my insides with a soothing aura.

Just a night having her back and the whole place seemed to glisten with new light like their creator had returned. The room strangely didn't feel tight or suffocating like before, the scent........Where did she get her perfumes by the way?

Linda's tonight was kind of harsh and choking, impressively exorbitant but stinging to the nostrils. But Bella's was always heavenly and tempting, could make any young man with blood running through his veins desire her and wonder what she had with those soft, fleshy straight legs of hers.

My thoughts gestured my eyes towards her legs, tucked neatly under the covers. Linda has long lean legs but Bella's was thick. Inviting. Tempting, in a way that made me—

I blinked.

Shit!

What the fuck?

I averted my gaze quickly, adjusting my PJ with brows knitted, wondering why she was having such an effect on me. What am I doing comparing her to Linda? 

Binge!

A message dropped and my phone vibrated on the night stand. My eyes squintted a little trying to adjust to the brightness as I read the message on the screen.

𝙇𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙖

𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘹, 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦? 

Linda? What is she still doing awake by this time? I checked the time and discovered it was 3 in the morning. I gasped. Already? I had slept off on time but somehow I found my self awake again till this time. My fingers hopped on the screen as I typed.

𝙈𝙚

𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦? 

Binge!

𝙇𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙖

𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱. 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘥 (𝘤𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘫𝘪) 

I sat up, worry etching my face. "Didn't they prepare blankets for her?" I thought aloud. The maids were always instructed on how to manage every room and thinking of it I felt reluctant to believe they had left out such a important thing. They were always kept in the wardrobes in case of cases like this. Or maybe Linda doesn't know where they are.

𝙈𝙚

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘦, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵.

I waited gazing at our chat for her reply. A yawn escaped my lips and I was feeling drowsy already, but I waited still. "Did she sleep already?"