SOPHIA CASTILLO
Adrian pulled back from the kiss and locked eyes with me. I shivered the moment our eyes met. Before I could comprehend anything, he claimed my lips once again and my eyes involuntarily closed as I held unto his shirt tightly, trying to control the rate at which my heart was beating.
My knees became weak. My brain literally stopped functioning and I began to kiss him back or rather just copying his movement against my lips.
I moaned into the kiss and snapped out of it when I realize what I had done.
I pulled back from Adrian, leaving a little space between us as I tried to comprehend all that had just happened.
I was supposed to try my dress and leave but I ended up kissing Adrian or rather he kissed me and I kissed back.
I heard Adrian clear his throat. "There dress looks nice on you," he said but the awkward tension between us was present.
I said nothing to him in return and made an attempt to take off my dress. My heart was beating fast in my chest as I struggled with the zipper. I do not want Adrian helping me.
"Let me," he suggested and I shook my head.
Why was I feeling this way? I should be avoiding this man but I was doing the opposite. Adrian had promised hell to me yet he kissed me, was this his way of punishing me?
"Just let me," he insisted and placed his hands on my shoulder and I shuddered by from his touch before swallowing the lump that formed in my throat.
Adrian spun me around so that I could be backing him and he helped me with my zip. As soon as he pulled down my zip, he left giving me enough space to breath properly.
"Oh my goodness!" I placed my palm on my chest as I tried to catch my breath. I kissed Adrian or rather he kissed me and I kissed back and it was one of the best feeling so far.
I scolded myself mentally when I realized I shouldn't be feeling this way for a man who has not failed to ridicule me and my family.
After some minutes, I walked out of the dressing room to join him. Adrian was busy with his phone when I came out.
He seemed to he texting someone as his hands were moving fast but I could careless about it. The moment he lifted his head up to look at me, I quickly looked away as I didn't want to meet his eyes.
"I will take the dress," I told him stuttering.
I cleared my throat trying in the process too. "Okay," he got up from where he was seated, towering my small frame.
"We will take it," he told the lady attending to us.
She collected the dress from my hand with a smile on her face and we walked to the counter to pay.
"Are you sure that's all you want?" Adrian whispered beside me and I nodded my head, refusing to talk as my voice sounded croaky.
I opened my purse to bring out my card to pay for the dresses but Adrian beat me to it as he held my wrist with one of his hand and he used his other hand to pay.
He leaned towards me. "What are you trying to do?" He asked me and I stared at him frantically.
"I want to pay," I replied him, whispering back to him.
"You are my wife and I am your husband. I won't take you to a shopping mall and let you pay. Never attempt to do that again," he said sternly and I nodded my head before swallowing the lump that formed in my throat for the fifth time since we came here.
Did I just hear Adrian refer to me as his wife? Wasn't he the man who told me I was just his wife on paper? What's happening?
His new actions mortified me and made me more wary. He has been acting different with me lately and It bothered me more than anything.
"Adrian collected the bag from the lady and placed his hand on the small of my back as he led me towards the exit.
My heart was beating hard and fast in my chest from his close proximity.
Adrian was acting like a gentleman to me. Where was the man that I met before? Is he the same man or something happened.
Adrian opened the door of his car for me and I entered before he walked over to the driver side to enter too.
"Do you want to grab something to eat?" He asked and I shook my head.
A I wanted to do was go back home, lie on my bed and think of what had happened today. Firstly, the kiss and the fact he referred to me as his wife.
I wanted to ask him personally but I didn't have the mind to do so.
"Are you sure?" He asked and I nodded my head.
I heard his sigh.
"I do appreciate being spoken to when I ask a question. You nodding and shaking your head in return does not sit well with me," she said.
He sounded angry but at the same time he doesn't.
"I am not hungry," I replied him in a low calm down.
Adrian took in a deep breath and exhaled. "Fine then. But I am hungry. Won't you accompany me?" He asked, staring at me with his brow rose up in a questioning manner and I felt my heart skip.
"Okay," I replied a little shy and smiled in return.
He ignited the car and began to drive and a lot of thoughts filled my mind.
What was happening to me and what was I feeling this way?
Was I starting to see Adrian differently? This all started when I went back home for the first time.
What is happening to me?