122 The Originals 3 (1/2)
Five hours since the two fell asleep on the wide sofa in the living room, Gio's phone buzzed, awakening him from his slumber. He half-opened his eyes and then looked around. He immediately found a dainty and beautiful figure snuggling into his arms, her hands grabbing on his undershirt seemingly showing how desperate the woman was to bury herself in him.
Sofony was still asleep, probably too tired out by yesterday's events. Considering the so many things that happened till past 3 am, it would be easy to understand why. However, it amazed him greatly how even as she sleeps, she still doesn't want to be separated from him.
A couple of seconds after he thought of this, memories started flooding his brain, causing his face to darken a bit.
But not long after, it was replaced by helplessness, his gaze which went down to her face turned gentler.
He now remembered that when the girl arrived, she immediately jumped into his arm. This somehow explains why they ended up spending the rest of the night on the sofa. Back then, Sofony couldn't stop crying. Of course, he tried to ask what caused her to be like this, however, not even once did he receive a proper response from her. She only shook her head and cried. This went for an hour until she fell asleep.
After that, even though she was no longer awake, whenever Gio tried to escape under her and stand up, she would always subconsciously tighten her hold and not allow him to move away. Understanding that she wouldn't even let him bring her into the bedroom, he decided to just let himself be her cushion. Anyway, it would just be for tonight. And he was already exhausted.
So he just resigned to fate and closed his eyes.
Before he fell asleep, his last thought was that once she wakes up, she would surely start an apology spree and that he would use that chance to make her fess up what that other woman did to make her cry.
Though actually, he already had some clues...
As he recalled what she had blabbered in her sleep, he shook his head, his free hand not responsible for locking her onto place so she wouldn't fall off reached out to the coffee table on the left side.
11:58 am.
That was the time displayed on his phone's screen when he unlocked it. Of course, his phone wouldn't ring just to notify him of the time. It was a call coming from his main assistant, George.
”What's the matter?” he asked after pressing the accept button and hearing the other's greetings.
Within ten seconds he quickly grasped what the other party wanted to say to him.
His assistant actually just wanted to remind him of some important meetings today, asking if he would be able to come by 3 pm. Gio sunk into momentary silence, busily estimating whether Sofony would be awake by then.
Shortly he said, ”Fine. I'll come. Notify everyone that there's no change in the schedule. The conference will be held as planned.” He paused, his eyes stopping at the girl in his arms. Afterward, he added. ”Just add an extra seat next to mine.”