Chapter 57
Emily woke up the next morning, her head heavy and her mouth sour. She winced as the bright lights streaming in from the window hit her eyes, she quickly covered her head with a blanket, unwilling to get up. She needed to sleep some more, the bed was so comfortable, yet so different, then she heard a familiar voice calling her name softly
“Emily, wake up” she jolted upright and immediately regretted it as a sharp pain sliced through her head and she fell back on the bed immediately, she peeked through the blanket to find Jackson standing before her, with a tray in his hands. He sat next to her on the bed, filling nose with sweet smelling coffee that her mouth watered immediately.
“It’s way past noon” he said, sitting on the bed next to her
“What!” she sat up again but more gently this time “I slept that long?” she asked and he nodded. Then he handed her a cup of coffee
“This should wake you up properly” he said and she took it from him, her eyes casted down as she was unable to look him in the eyes.
She stared at him through the hood of her eyes and she felt that flutter in her stomach, his skin radiated and his eyes glowed when he looked at her. She wanted to run her hands through his ginger hair but she held herself back, the memories of the night before flooding through her head and she wasn’t sure if she should talk about it. The bar, the sex and what they were as at that moment even though she was very well married to his brother, how did her life get so complicated.
“About last night -” she started but Jackson internupted her with a smile that seemed pensive but confident.
“Are you going to say things like we shouldn’t have or let’s pretend like it never happened because if that’s the case I’ll rather vou not say anything at all Jackson said, looking straight at her, then he picked up her hand and trailed kisses down her arm
“Because I wanted every single moment of it”
Emily’s heart skipped a beat listening to him talk, then it fluttered and it suddenly occurred to her that she had never felt this way before about anybody not even Ethan, her eyes glowed with admiration and a shy smile formed on her lip as Jackson cupped her face in his hands, placing a soft kiss on her nose
“I just have one question to ask you Emily” he said and she nodded taking a sip of her coffee and urging him to go ahead
“Did you and Ethan ever – ” he tried to say but he didn’t need to ask before she understood and she shook her head
“No we didn’t” and Jackson sighed in relief, kissing her full on the lips
“I’m relieved” he said and he kissed her again, harder this time. “I’m not going ask or pressure you about what your plans are, you take all the time you need”
Emily smiled and nodded, sipping more coffee before handing the cup back to Jackson and she groaned stretching out on the bed
“I’m still hungover, I need more sleep” she covered her head with the duvet playfully and Jackson pulled it down.
“It’s Saturday, we should definitely do something? See a movie or brunch? Whichever” he suggested and Emily thought for a moment then she smiled cunningly sitting upright and pulling Jackson closer to her till he was atop of her
“Or we could just stay in and cuddle all day” she said, wrapping her hands around his neck, her belly full with butterflies and happiness, she was in the arms of the man she was truly in love but still there was the weight of her marriage with Ethan, and she was still as confused as ever
“I don’t mind” Jackson said “As long as I’m with you, i have waited way too long for this”
“That reminds me” Emily started “Your father said something about you being a playboy and having different girls in and out of vour room evervday”
Jackson chuckled, placing a soft kiss on her lips
“Are you jealous right now?”
“No” Emily defended “I’m only curious”
“Well if you must know Emily, I haven’t been with any girl since I set my eyes on you and that’s a fact” he said and Emily looked into his eyes, the butterflies fluttering even harder and her cheeks grew pink.
“Now how am I supposed to believe that” she asked
“I would never lie to you” he said
They stayed like for a while, staring into each other’s eye and stealing well deserved kisses when Emily noticed her phone had began to buzz constantly on the bedside table and Jackson could hear his too at the other end of the room. They both shared a look, a look of surprise etched on both their faces because they both knew situations like that meant the media was blowing up with news coverage about themBelongs to (N)ôvel/Drama.Org.
“What’s that all about” Emily spoke first, anxious to reach her phone but the curiosity nagged at the base of her spine but and nerves were slowly replacing the butterflies that once fluttered.
Jackson got of the bed first heading towards his phone, the same time Emily reached through her phone. She scrolled through the gazillion messages and pop up feeds and her heart stopped for a second, her mouth falling open in shock, she looked at Jackson and he mirrored the same look.
“What the hell!” they both echoed.