#LOVE_OVER_BLOOD
© Sir Zach
EPISODE 9
Aisha felt a warm body beside her. She nestled closer as she held them. “ehmm.. So warm…” She smiled as she muttered those words. Then the man suddenly moved and cu-p-ped her body with his. Aisha felt two big hands cuddling her. She felt a slight light coming from the window but she was too tired to wake up. Her whole body is aching, so lazy to even care if she’s dreaming or not. She embr@ced him then doze off to sleep again.
“Cancel all my appointment for today.” Ethan called his Personal as-sistant, Larry after he made sure that Stacy fell asleep again. He dropped the call and placed his phone on top of the cabinet beside him. he stared at the woman lying on his . he smiled as he held her hair. He traced every detail on her face with his finger. After staring at her innocent sleeping face he ki-ssed her head.
“You fool. No matter how much I look at you, you’re too far from the Stacy that I once knew.” He smiled at his thought then he captured her li-ps. Aisha suddenly moved. she gulped. She raised her head. Ethan can feel her heavy breaths freezing his collarbone. He gulped even more. Aisha unconsciously embr@ced him ti-ghtly. He pretended to be asleep when he felt Aisha woke up.
Aisha sluggishly opened her eyes. she saw herself in the arms of a man. She looked up and saw a handsome face beside her. She smiled.
“What a beautiful dream to start my day right, hmmm” she whispered. She traced the man’s jawline with her fingers and stared at him for some time. she slowly ki-ssed his jawline.
“Well, if this is a dream—-” she murmurs.
“Unfortunately this is not a dream. I hate to interrupt your beautiful dream, Missy,” She heard the man spoke with his eyes still close, then he slowly opened them. He looked at her mischievously. She wide-ned her eyes when she realized it was not a dream. She jolted up as she took a pew away from him. Ethan pulled his body and lean on the bed’s head. He looked at her playfully.
“Y-You! Why are you here?” she glared at him. Ethan laughed mockingly.
“Am I not allowed to sleep in my own room?”
“R-room?” she looked around. She gasped unbelievingly. “I- I thought I dozed off at Eli’s room last night?” she muttered. Ethan sm-irk. Aisha looked at the window and realized that the sun is so bright. Then she je-rked when she realized something. she looked at the watch and her eyes wide-ned when she saw that it’s already 10:15 in the morning.
“Oh no! I’m late!” she yelled. She threw the blanket and rushed to the bathroom when Ethan suddenly spoke.
“Where do you think you’re going?” She stopped her tracks and face him.
“Of course I’m going to work! And look I’m late! Why didn’t you wake me up?” she’s accusing him. Ethan who is now looking at his phone sm-irk.
” Do you have to work on weekends”? Still looking at his phone. “What a ha-rd working employee, I should raise your salary then,” He teased her. Aisha crea-sed a brow.
“Weekend?” she’s confused. She went back to bed and took her phone. She checked the date, she sighed when she saw that today is Saturday.
“I thought I was late,” she heaved a heavy sigh. “then I guess I have to sleep all day then,” she smiled as she dropped her body back to bed . She unconsciously held her swollen feet.
“What happened to your left hand?” Ethan suddenly asked. She was surprised. She woke up instantly as she tou-ched her injured hand. She didn’t know how he discovered it. Suddenly she realized that she was wearing her pajamas. “I didn’t change my shirt last night…” she thought.
“Did you carry me back and changed my clothes?” she asked.
“What if I did?” he answered emotionlessly as he stood up and took a shirt in the drawer..
Aisha’s face went dark.
“Y-you, you saw my body”? She asked coldly.
“what are you ashamed off, I’ve seen yours a thousand times anyway..”
Aisha didn’t answer. Her face was dim. She felt haras-sed at the thought of it. No one ever tou-ched her before. She felt violated. She wanted to scream. She wanted to cry but she has to keep those emotions because she agreed on living her sister’s life anyway. It’s no ones fault. It was hers to begin with.
” I never knew you had a birthmark. Does it usually appears late?” Ethan probed. Aisha was caught off guard. She don’t know what to say..
“M-my wound… I-I got it when I fell from the horse at Grandpa’s mansion.” She avoided the birthmark topic. Ethan shrugged.
“Since when did you learn horse riding? You’re so afraid of having grazes and wounds on your skin that you never even wanted to do any physical activities. Did you bang your head somewhere?”
Aisha smiled half-heartedly. “well, I guess people change..” Aisha stood up and went directly to the bathroom. She opened the shower and let it flow from her body, still with her shirts on. She doesn’t know what’s happening to her. She was afraid,afraid that Ethan might discover her lies and pretentions. Is it because she wanted to protect her sister? Yes, that must be it. She has to continue pretensions. then she remembered how Ethan ki-ss her before. She touch her li-ps as she closed her eyes. “No, she ki-ssed my sister, not you Aisha.. get a hold of yourself. It was Stacy, not me..” that sudden thought saddened the core of her heart.
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“Mom, you promised me we will visit great pap’s,” Eli argued with her mom with his charming puppy eyes. Eli knew that her mom would never say no to his charm. Aisha looked at her son. She indeed promised him that they will visit the ancestral mansion this weekend but she was thinking of resting because her feet are still swollen.
“Eh?” Aisha smiled reluctantly. She looked at Ethan who was busy reading the newspaper, hoping he would say no to his son’s request.
“Eli, I love to go with you but our Driver, Mr. Tanner is on leave. We will be having a ha-rd time taking the bus cause Mommy’s feet were swollen. Mommy can’t walk for a long time.” she explained thorou-ghly. Eli looked defeated. The disappointment in her son’s eyes brou-ght sadness in her heart.
“Eli, how about this, mom will see the doctor this morning, after that, we will go and see your great pap’s in the afternoon.?” Her mother suggested.
“Yes, yes mom!” he hu-gged her.
“Also, you can pack some of your stuffs because we will spend the night at great pap’s house,”
“Yehey!” Eli rejoices.
“Ahem! Are you going to leave me here? Alone?” Ethan asked.
“You’re coming Dad?!” Eli’s eyes glowed.
“I-I thought you have to work even on weekends? Larry told me that you have business meetings to attend today.” Aisha probed.
“I have power over my schedules since it’s my company. I’m the great CEO, remember?” Ethan’s sarcasm echoed in the kitchen.
“Tsk! do you have to boast what was obvious?” Aisha sneered but she was rejoicing inside.
“Yehey! It’s a family day!” Eli shouted happily. He went to his room to pack his things. The two who was left in the dining table smiled at his silly reaction.
“You should prepare too. I’ll accompany you to the doctor,” Ethan stood up and went to the garage.
Aisha was speechless. She was about to decline but Ethan walked out ahead. She went to their room, took a bath and opened her closet. She crea-sed her brow when she noticed that her sister’s outfits were all dresses. It took so much of her time to locate the right outfit for herself. She wore a black skinny pa-nt and a loose plain white sweatshirt. She put on her white sneakers and run outside. She found Ethan on the car waiting for her.
“What took you so long?” he impatiently asked.
“Sorry. I had a ha-rd time looking for my jeans. My closet was full of dresses and I hate wearing one,” she heaved a sigh while fixing the seatbelt. Ethan looked at her seriously.
“Since when did you stop wearing dresses? Did you forget that it has been your obsession to collect dresses from different well-known designer all over the world?” Ethan questioned her. Aisha was stunned. She didn’t realize that her sister was a fashion addict. She scolded herself.
“well, people change.” She laughed shakily.
Ethan accompanied Aisha to their family doctor. The doctor ured them that it was a mild sprain and gave her an ointment. He provided some practical tips to ease the pain with a warning not to overwork her feet. She should not stress them every day or else it will cause more damage at her ankle.
“Thanks doctor, I hope my boss would be more considerate like you,” she glared at Ethan. The doctor noticed it then he laughed..
“I believe your boss loves you more than you think of.” the doctor teased her. she for-cefully smile.
”i wish!” She whispered.
After the check-up, Ethan went to Saphiro Mall. Aisha didn’t know why but it could not be a business meeting since Ethan was wearing a white plain T-shirt and pa-nts. He’s on his typical house outfit.
“W-where are we going?” she asked.
“Just follow me,”
Aisha followed him as they entered the white lotus sto-re. The staffs haven’t seen the owner of the mall so they casually greeted Ethan, although some of the staffs recognized Stacy.
“Stacy! What are you doing here?” one of the staffs asked.
“N-nothing. I, W-we —–” She doesn’t know what to say but Ethan interrupt.
“Of course we’re here to buy some clothes. Or perhaps are you selling some foods here?” sarcasm can be heard from Ethan’s voice so Aisha sque-ezed his side.
“I’m sorry Sophie, he’s in a bad mood. Don’t worry, we can settle ourselves.” Aisha glared at him but he looked away.
“I-Is he your boyfriend, Stacy? Or perhaps your brother? Can you introduce him to me if he’s available?” Sophie whispered in her ears. Aisha Laughed then she whispered back.
“I’m sorry Sophie, he’s already taken.” She smi-rked and clasp Ethan’s hand with her. Ethan was surprise with her sudden action while Sophie made a face before she left them.
“What are you guys talking?” Ethan asked. Aisha smiled. “Nothing.”
Aisha roamed around the sto-re while Ethan was following. He’s losing his patience with the woman beside her. It looks like she’s enjoying giving Ethan a ha-rd time. But well, it was his idea to enter the sto-re anyway so basically it was his fault. Larry saw them so he approached them. He’s about to call the supervisor signed for the day but Stacy stopped him.
“Are you going to blow my cover?” she said.
“I-I’m sorry, Miss Stacy. I’ll leave both of you then.” Then he faced Ethan, “I’m sorry, the supervisor is new that’s why he didn’t recognize you.” After that he left.
Aisha faced him. she examined him from head to toe. He looks like one of the ordinary customer but he was stunningly handsome. He even caught the interest of the female staffs.
“I’m done. I also bought one for you and Eli.” She smi-rked at her imagination. It would be a perfect family outfit.
“I don’t trust that sm-irk. Let me see what you bought!” Ethan scowled. Aisha laughed then she run towards the cashier. Ethan growled.
After their shopping, Aisha told Ethan about a good restaurant around the mall. they got hungry while roaming around the clothing sto-re. Her feet are also aching so she nee-ds to take a little rest. Ethan ordered a chicken dish while Aisha ordered a seafood dish. They both enjoyed eating while talking about the silly things that happened inside the clothing sto-re. They unconsciously laughed together. Aisha paused in a second as she looked at Ethan intently.
“I know how handsome I am but don’t drool here. Do it at home.” Ethan teased her.
“Tsk!” Aisha smiled as she shove a shrimp in her mouth. She munched it heartily.
“I think you should dress casually every time. And smiling looks good on you.” Aisha said. Ethan was flattered. It was the first time that she complemented him. he smiled.
“Ahhh, this feels good. You should take me on a date at least once a week.” Aisha teased Ethan after they ate. Ethan scoffed.
“You’ve been very busy dating kian lately so I never bothered you.” His voice was indifferent.
“We were not dating! He was only accompanying me during our breaks?” Aisha defended.
“Okay, since you said so.” Ethan stood up and walk away.
“Tsk,. What is his problem?!” She muttered and stood up to follow Ethan.
In a certain corner in the restaurant, a guy who has been following Ethan and Aisha, taking a lot of pictures picked up his phone and answered it. His eyes never left the two.
“I’ll be sending the photos and the details i’ve collected later. ” He told the person on the other line then he hung up.
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