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"What day is it?" Asked mother who was steering the pot while Mandla was busy chopping vegetables.

"Wednesday. It's Wednesday mother." I said with a smile. I had just came back from an outing with Liana. I had on a simple pair of jeans with a plain t-shirt. Nothing extreme.

I threw myself on a chair facing the ocean and untied my hair, messing it up with a hand. I was tired and hungry. And a bit lonely,though I was surrounded by people. Peolpe tahat loved and cared for me. But here I was missing the one person that was miles away.

I leaned on it and took out my phone to call Ana. We had not talked in a while and all I knew was that she was doing fine. Didn't miss me,not one bit. Right when I was about to press call, the damned door bell rang and I was ordered to get it. "Scarlett get the door." Said mother. Sofia would have done it or dad but they were way too busy according to her.

Dad was upstairs doing 'something important' and Sofia was down stairs,were I was,laying on a couch with her feet in the air.

She was busy alright. Busy talking to her friends.

I went to the door overly annoyed and irritated. I turned the knob and opened the door forcefully. Who ever was on the other side,was gonna get killed.

I pulled the the door open,ready to yell my heart out at the other person.

How dare they come at such a time! When I wanted some online time with my girl

"Are you trying to-" I stopped,my eyes falling on the person that had rang the bell. How the hell did he- I got the biggest shock of my life. My heart nearly stopped beating at the sight and my mind went into a shut down. Nick was standing by the door with a look on his face. A 'surprise' face.

We had literally talked just hours ago and he said nothing about coming here. About coming to my house.

I tensed up and I was certain he noticed. I was supposed to see him in three days. Yes,I had cut my holiday short because of him and also I had a meeting I had to attend in Seattle on Tuesday.

My moth opened but nothing came out. I basically looked like a fish out of water,barely holding on. And just when I had regained my composure and ready to flood him with all kinds of questions,Sofia came around the corner. "Who is he?" She asked in a dreamy voice and nudged me on the ribs. Like?the guy was literally three feet from us. She could have asked him herself. And the nudging had to stop. It hurt.

I had the urge to roll my eyes and she was just being a teenager. It was just the beginning of the week prior,she was going on and on about how grown up and responsible she was.

Yeah,she was grown up alright.

I blinked a fair number of times,taking in the pain and letting it face. "Um...Nick? What are you doing here?" My voice low and subtle. "Your boyfriend is hot." All but shouted Sofia. I nudged her on the ribs. A blush mak8ng it's was to my face.

Boyfriend? No one said anything about being my boyfriend.

This time I rolled my eyes.

Shit! He hates it when someone rolled their eyes and more especially me. I was gonna be his sub. If I agreed and signed his contact.

"Whose boyfriend now?"

Great! Now even mother is involved.

"Oh,My. Where are my manners,cone in young man." She all but pushed us aside to get to him. He guided him to the lounge area and sat down. Leaving me to close the door which I shut. " Will you not introduce us?" Said mother as she placed her hand on my lower back and pinched. "Ouch!" I said a little too loud. "I am Nick Wildwood,her boyfriend." I shocked on my own spit.

"Boyfriend?!"

I said in utter shock. Mom and Sofia gave me the look. The 'stop pretending' look.

What did he mean by boyfriend? We had not discussed it. We had not talked about this and he still had to tell me why he came without telling me. Not only that,He didn't even care to tell me he was coming to the country.

I glared at him and mother pinched me again. This time on my arm. "Ouch!" I cried out in pain.

He was gonna have to answer for this later.

"Family this is Nick...my boyfriend. Nick this is my family." Mother a big smile on her face and Sofia blushed.

Why the hell is she blushing?

"Your father is going to be so happy." Mother beamed. Father. I had forgotten about him and i was gonna start the whoke thing over. Happy? It didn't come to describe how he would be. Happy? Oh Yeah,if he didn't kill him first. I smiled to her. I got a worrying gut feeling about this. Father did not just accept my boyfriend's easily. He grilled or barbecued them first. Which ever he preferred to do. It was going to be one long night.

"Jason."

I stiffened as mother called for father. He had been in his study for hours. I looked at Nick. He looked relaxed. Too relaxed if you asked me. He was about to meet my father for God sake. The great Jason Wilde. The man that would grill him in a matter of seconds. The man that would eat him up and spit him out in seconds.

I sent a short prayer to the heavens.

Dear Lord,

please let this go smoothly. Better yet,please let it go perfectly. Please make father go easy on him.

Amen.

I heard father's foot steps descend down the stairs and got even louder as he got near. My heart hammered against my chest. The look on his face told me tha he did not enjoy this not one bit. He was gonna kill him.

"Nick Wildwood." Said Nick extending his hand and father tood it in his.

He actually took it. My father actually took his hand.

I felt my shoulders relax and I released a breath I didn't know I had been holding. It was a good start if he tood his took his hand. He only shook the hands of few and they weren't more than the fingers on one hand. One of them,whose hands he shook were Steve. And the rest boyfriend's from high school.

I smiled as father looked at me. His eyes said it all. He wanted to talk to me after this,possibly before dinner,and it was soon. I looked at Nick,Who had a furrowed brow and mother looked at father. He had been holding his hand for far to long longer than I would like. I looked at mother,begging him to say something. To rescue Nick. Yes he had shoke his hand but didn't mean all was water under the bridge. He was still gonna interrogate him and that was better than grilling him to death.

"Sorry about that. He could be a little protective at times." Mother said,smiling apologetically at Nick as I smiled awkwardly. Sofia was just staring at the awkward vibes going on around her. If only she knew she was next. She was gonna go through the same as I the first time she brings her boyfriend.

He gave me a 'I'm not done with you' look before pulling Nick to the side. They came back moments later. Dad had a relaxed and approving look on his face. Nick was relaxed as well. I watched them as they rounded the corner. Nick was a few inches taller than father and they both had that proud thing abou them as they walked. Both had their heads held high.

"Can I talk to you for a moment,please." I directed to Nick. But after sending a quick glance at Mother,who was smiling sweetly at me. I snatched him away before father could snatch me. No matter how fast I tried to run,he would eventually get to me. I would eventually have to give him answers.

Father gave him a pat on the shoulder as he said extra word to him,that Nick subtly nodded to. " What are you doing here? Who gave you my address? Why did you come? Why didn't you say anything about coming?" I dropped them on him as soon as we were out of hearing. He just stared at me and said nothing. Just stared. A curve appeared. "Why are you smiling? Can't you answer me? And why did you say you were my boyfriend for God sake? I thought we gad not gotten there yet." I was overly confused and angry but mostly happy. Happy that I got to see him and that my homesickness(him) was over.

"I came for you and I thought you would love to be my girlfriend?" He said with a dam smile on his face. I couldn't admit it but the guy was drop-dead gorgeous and every time he smiled,it made his face and him look the more gorgeous.

Girlfriend. It was the word u had wished he would call me. Well one that came before I would be called wife. The while cake,not slice but the whole thing.

I blushed at his words involuntary. " Of course I would. I love it but you could have told me and a little warning would have been more than enough. And you would have given me a heads up about you coming." I said pulling my hair up into a bun. "Sofia please bring me a hair band or elastic." I let the it fall to its full length.

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"Not only does he not tell me he's coming but I also had to find out he's living. Hpw the fick does this guy even operate?" I hissed in annoyance getting in bed and soon drifted to a dream less sleep.

"Were is he?" I asked mother as she sat down for breakfast. "Who? Your boyfriend? He said he had to leave early but will come back later. But if you meant you father,he-" I cut her off. "No need." I sat down as well. "Where is Sofia?" That idiom that goes like 'Speak of the devil and he shall appear', it works. Sofia actually gave running into the room right after I said her name.

"Morning beautiful people." She said cheerfully.

"Morning to you two." We said in unison.

"Where is your boyfriend?" She said looking around. We had not even sat down for more than thirty minutes and she was already asking about him. "He went out." I said flatly as I shoved a blue berry in my mouth. After that,breakfast was quiet and father didn't show up. Apparently,he had a last minute thing to attend.

"Sofia go and get the door." Yelled mother from the the patio. She dragged her feet all the way to the door and it annoyed me. Her friends had arrived a few hours after breakfast and were currently playing at the pool. Were I was with mother. "I will see you later. I have a few things to see through before leaving. " I waved at the girls,at Sofia's friends. They waved back. "In short you are going to see Liana." She said with a raised brow. I nodded and stood from the pool chair.

"Sister you have a guest. Girls,he's here." Screamed Sofia. We turned to look at the door. The squilling and screams of the girls were the first things I heard. I could barely think because if it. The were like little kids that had just got candy.

"He is hot."

"Who is he? He sexy."

I cringed. They were saying things,things that any normal teenager would but they infuriated me.

"Mrs. Wilde." He acknowledged mother. "Girls." They giggled. "Love." He gave me a fleeting glance at the lips and I bit it. He placed a soft kiss on my cheek that made mother give me a knowing look. "Ehm...I was about to leave. Wanna come with?" I said blushing. He smiled and again kissed my cheek. "I also bought this flowers for your mother. To apologize for turning up empty handed yesterday." He handed mother a bunch of daisies. "That was not necessary but I'll take then since you insist." She said taking the flowers from his hands and smelling them. She walked into the house smiling and smelling them frequently.

"And this one's ate for you. To say sorry for not telling you sooner. " Her handed me a bunch of red roses,box of chocolates and a heart shaped balloon.

"Also a romantic." Said one of the girls and I heard them giggle.

I pulled him inside taking one slice of chocolate and leaving the rest for the girls. "A little something for goodbye. " I said waving to them as we disappeared into the house. I looked for a vase and filled it with water and put them in. I took a photo to use as a reminder and to frame it once I got back home.

"You are not forgiven. " I said walking out the door wearing a black leather waist dress with a tube top and flats. Not forgetting a sun hat.

"But I thought..."

"No."

"What do I have do to earn it?" I stopped a passing cab and thought about what I make him do but nothing came up. "Nothing for now but you will have to do something." I said seating back as the car drove to the nearest mall. Where I was going to meet with Liana.

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"I guess this is goodbye?" Said Sofia with a frown as she gave me a tight long hug. I nodded into her shoulder. She was a few inches shorter than I.

"You should visit us more often. Especially you over there." She pointed her index finger at Dylan,who was standing awkwardly at a distance. "I will try." He said with a faint smile and walked to the gate pulling two suit cases behind him. "We also have to leave. Bye." I said with a smile and gave all of them kisses on the cheek.

We also made way to the gate, with Nick pulling only two of my bags behind them. Like o had thought,Sofia took my bags. Two to be exact,along with some of my clothes. I basically forced her to donate her old one's to charity.

"You shouldn't have got us first class. I really enjoy seating with the other people." I said as we got in the plane and went to seat down. He sat next to me. "Other people?" He had a raised brow. "People that are not as rich as you." I said shrugging my shoulders. I took one of the magazine's laid out for first class passengers and looked at the cover. It wasn't any one that I knew so I ignored it and flipped the pages for something interesting.

"You should really stop looking at those. You are not gonna find anything as interesting as me." He teased. I turned to look at him,shocked. A smirk playing in his juicy lips. I laughed. "That is painfully true but I can try." I teased back,tearing my eyes from his and looking at the booklet on my lap. "Oh,it seems I have just found something to replace you with." I said with a smirk of my own. It was three full pages about physical health and how a big impact it had during sex. A topic I originally would not be interested in reading but things had changed.

"I had a dream about you." I said with my eyes glued to the passage. "A dream about me? What was I doing?" He seemed interested. The reason I even started the conversation was because I was getting bored and the intensity of his eyes burned holes on my side. I couldn't even concentrate properly.

"Something." I teased. "Something?" He urged me to go on. "Something very interesting with me." I said,a seductive smile playing on my face. I wanted to toy with him a little. I had planned on telling him about the dream. Don't know why,but I was. And now I had a change of heart.

"With You?" He sounded surprised. "And why are you so surprised? It wasn't that a big a thing because we were just playing cards." I said. My attention going back to the magazine. He released a low laugh. "Cards you say? Are you sure? I would have thought it was something more exciting. More fun not cards." He whispered to me. I blinked a few times as to help process what he had said.

"What did you have in mind?" I teased putting the magazine face down and faced him. A small curve on his lips played. "A lot of things." I moved closer. Our chairs were separated by a small table. The one that had the magazine. "For example?" The curve grew into a smile. "Come and I'll show you." He gestured for his lap. I stared at it then his face then his lap again. "I will pass." I said wirh a sincere smile and went back to my past seating position and reading the magazine. But I fell asleep somewhere before getting to the second page.