296 I am sorry (1/2)

Jeremy sighed. Until they got into the car and now, her mouth seemed to be glued. She was unable to say anything despite he asked many times for her to open her heart for him.

Instead of sending her home, he drove to his place. He had no plan to let her alone in her home. He did not want her to start thinking about weird things and jeopardize their relationship. Nothing could break their relationship.

To his gladness, she did not comment when they arrived at a very familiar building.

She knew he was sad the dinner did not go as plan and felt sorry for him. Hence, he did not complain when he brought her to his place. Besides, she could spend the night in the guest room. About clothes to bring for the work trip, she could rush back to her place early in the morning to get both her bag and her passport.

As he unlocked the door, he told her rather cheerfully of the password and even asked her to repeat them twice just to make sure she remembered it. Once the door flung open, he, without warning, scooped her up like a bride and entered his house. A smile on his face was so wide, it almost touched both ears.

He believed they could still 'recover' their romantic date.

He brought her inside. Instead of placing her gently on the sofa after kicking the door close, he simply climbed up the stairs. He planned to bring her straight to his room.

”Put me down,” she said but he ignored her. He was too happy to hear anything. Finally, they could have a romantic moment!

He kicked the door of his room and walked to the huge bed. Carefully he lowered her down on the bed.

”What do you have in mind, J?” she asked, quickly scooping backwards to avoid touching him. She needed space between them so she could think rationally.

He did not know what to say. He suddenly lost his words. Of course, he wanted to say he wanted them to spend the night together in bed but seeing how uncomfortable she was, he gulped hard.

”I... it's better for me to sleep in the guest room,” Ryn said hurriedly. She quickly jumped to her feet but instead of going to the guest room, she went to Mika's room. ”I'm borrowing Mika's pyjama.”

He watched her running away sadly. His date, his romantic date was ruined now... officially. He sighed heavily.

”I guess I'm sleeping alone tonight... again...”

*~*~*~*

He woke up with a shake on his bare shoulders. Without thinking, he reached out and grabbed whoever touching him. Then, he pulled the person down and blocked the way out using his body.

”Jeremy, wake up. I need to go home to get my bag and passport,” Ryn said, this time patting both Jeremy's cheeks to wake him up.

”Wake up. I need to move now or I will miss my flight,” she pushed his face away before his lips touched hers. She knew if she let him do whatever he wanted, they would not get out of the bed soon.

It took him another five minutes to finally aware of why she was waking him up desperately. Without wasting another moment, he went to the bathroom for a quick wash and then put on a new set of clean clothes.

She already waited downstairs with a mug of coffee for him. She did not prepare any breakfast as there was nothing in the fridge and kitchen cabinet. Even the bread was long past the due date. She could not believe when she saw the date when she wanted to toast it. Luckily she noticed it. If not...

She could not imagine how he lived with no one taking care of him. Why didn't he just live in the mansion just like Mika? The cook and maids would make sure everything was prepared and he would not be left starving.

Oh, Jeremy, why are you acting like a kid now? her heart whispered about his stubbornness of staying alone.

With Mika, at least she would make sure the food was not past the due date, or Jason would make sure of it. Ryn would not get worried with Mika staying with Jeremy but now with Mika busy preparing her wedding and the launch of their cosmetic brand, Jeremy would be left alone to fend for himself.

”Why are you giving me that look?” Jeremy asked when he saw her troubled look. He took the mug of coffee and sipped it slowly. The caffeine at least would keep his eyes stay open. He was still sleepy to be the truth. Waking up at 3 in the morning was not in his plan at all. He planned to spend the day with his love... preferably on the bed!

”If you're still sleepy, I can take a cab,” she said worriedly. She swore she saw him trying to hide his yawn.

”It's okay. I'll go back to sleep when I get back,” he reassured her, taking her hand to kiss the back of it gently.

She sighed.

They went into his car quietly. She kept glancing at him worriedly whenever she heard the sound. He kept trying to hide the yawns but it was clear how sleepy he was!