~Lorenzo~

I woke up with Madelyn's face nuzzled in the crook of my neck. I mentally cursed myself for giving in once again . Every night is the same she asks me to stay , I say no , and then stay anyway. When it comes to this girl my brain doesn't work.

How am I supposed to say no to her when she looks at me with those gorgeous hopeful eyes. It's been going on like this for a week now. Sometimes I leave before she wakes up and sometimes I don't which is rewarded by amazing shower sex. Unfortunately today I would not be rewarded. I slowly moved her head onto her own pillow before slipping out of the bed careful not to wake her.

Reaching to slip on my pants and shirt I cast a glance over my shoulder to make sure she was still asleep. I gave her a quick kiss on the cheek before walking out like an idiot.

As soon as I walk out I'm greeted by Kai standing outside the door with the biggest fakest smile on his face.

"Kai what the fuck why are you lurking outside her room." I whisper shouted almost having a heart attack.

"Because I knew you'd be here duh" he said still smiling and I scowl at him.

"How did you know?" I asked.

"Please you're always here. I hate to admit it Enzo but you are completely whipped." He said and I glared at him.

"Don't call me Enzo." I said and he rolled his eyes.

"But she calls you Enzo." Kai whined like a child.

"Well you're not her are you?"

"This is exactly what I needed to talk to you about." He said following me around the house literally walking with his chest touching my back.

"Kai personal fucking space." I grit out and he immediately takes two steps back.

" You have a problem." He said and I raise an eyebrow at him.

"Excuse me?"

"I'm sorry but it's true look I'm all for telling her at your own pace and telling her what you want ... But don't you think it'd be better if you tell her before you fall in love with her?" He said rushing out his words and I immediately stop walking my body stiffening.

"I'm not falling in love with her." I say and I even sound unconvincing to myself.

"Hey I wanna believe you and everything but you totally are." He says and I give him a death stare.

"Ok good talk." He rushes out before running away. I just roll my eyes at his stupidity. I'm not falling in love with her. Kai's an idiot ,what does he know? Kai will be right when hell freezes over.

I shake off his words walking into my office. I look at the stack of paperwork on my desk and groan. I've been putting off work to spend time with Madelyn and I guess it's all coming back to bite me in the ass now. I sit down at my desk and open my drawer. I pull out a file and look at the name on it. Sokolov . I don't open it instead I just sigh dropping it back into the drawer before tackling the load of paperwork on my desk.

I hear a knock on my door and mutter a quick 'come in' before turning my attention back to my work.

"Babe you good?" Someone says softly and I look up immediately smiling when I see her.

"Hey darling when did you wake up?" I ask and Madelyn walks over to my desk.

"4 hours ago." She smiles and I look at the clock in my office seeing that it's 1pm.

"Oh fuck." I say dropping my head in my palms rubbing my forehead. "I lost track of time."

"You seemed busy so I didn't wanna disturb you. I can leave." She says and I grab her hand.

"No stay." I say pressing a kiss to the back of her hand.

"Ok." She says coming over to my side of the desk. I pull my chair out and she sits on my lap. I kiss her and her hands reach into my hair playing with the strands. Fuck I love that feeling.

She pulled back and nuzzling her face into the crook of my neck and I held her waist tightly as if someone would steal her from me.

"So whatcha doing?" She asks and I sigh.

"Paperwork." I groan dropping my forehead onto her shoulder.

"Damn that sucks for you." She says and I look at her.

"What you've never had a huge stack of paperwork before darling?" I ask.

"Nope I'm very responsible." She says proudly and I laugh for the first time today. I look at her face and she's smiling which makes me realise that she was trying to make me laugh.

"I like your laugh you should do it more often. It's cute." She says and my smile immediately drops .

"I'm cute?" I ask offended and she laughs.

"Very cute." She says and I frown harder.

"Fine Enzo you're not cute you're sexy. Very sexy baby." She says and I smile again.

She kisses me again before pulling away and cupping my cheeks. She strokes the slight stubble on my chin and I close my eyes Inhaling her perfume. She always smells amazing.

"I have to go now but I'll see you later ok?" She says and I tighten my grip on her hips.

' Don't go' is what I want to say but we both know that if she stays I will never get this work done so instead I don't say anything and just kiss her. When we break apart she presses a quick kiss to the corner of my mouth before getting off my lap and leaving.

I eventually shake my mind away from her and sink back into my work. I check the time and it's 10pm . Madelyn had brought me dinner 2 hours ago and we sat in my office and ate together . I never thought I'd enjoy someone's company so much but this girl has changed a lot of things.

I rubbed my eyes trying to stop them from burning considering that I've been working all day. I get up and exit my office. Everyone is in their rooms so I make my way to mine , and by mine I mean her room. When I enter she's wide awake and as soon as I close the door she turns to look at me.

She moves towards me with a weird grin on her face and I raise my eyebrow at her in a questioning look.

"What's wrong darling?" I ask and she doesn't say anything instead she just pulls out a rectangular gift. It has red wrapping and a bow on it.

"It's for you. It's not something big but I hope you'll like it." She says with a nervous smile.

"You don't have to buy me things." I say and she quickly puts her finger in my face telling me to shut up.

"Yes I do. You buy me new clothes every week my closet literally can't fit anything else, you listen to my rambling, you take me out almost every night , so think of this as a thank you and if it makes you feel better I didn't buy it." She says handing me the gift.

I open it and immediately freeze when I see what it is. She remembered. She fucking remembered. My hands are shaking as I pull out the book and look at the title The Runaway bunny. I immediately drop the book onto her bed and grab her pulling her off the ground. She laughs and wraps her legs around my waist. I don't say anything I just hug her as tightly as humanly possible.

"Kind of suffocating here." She says and I loosen my hold on her.

"How did you?when did you do this?" I ask and she smiles at me.

"Well you were working and I have a lot of free time so I searched the entire house for it." She said as I lowered her back onto her feet.

"You haven't even seen the best part." She said taking my hand and dragging me to sit on the bed with her.

She opens the book and presses a button. Immediately a voice box starts reading the book and I recognize that it's her voice.

"It's the same book I just attached a recorded audio to it. You said that you miss your mom reading it to you and I thought I can't bring your childhood back but maybe this can provide some comfort." She says waiting for my reaction and I have no idea what to say.

"Why? Why did you do this?" Is all I manage to get out.

"Because it's you, and I kinda like you." She says with a smirk.

"I kinda like you too." I say with a smile but the second we get into her bed and she drifts off to sleep I can only think of one thing. Like doesn't even begin to describe what I feel for her. Someone check the temperatures in hell because Kai was right. I am out of my mind , desperately and hopelessly in love with this woman. What the fuck do I do now? ______________________________________________________

Heyy guyss 😏 Are you ready? Love is being confessed , betrayal is coming and I'm freaking outt... 😆

Also I'm really excited becauseee I'm going out with my friends to watch Inside out 2 so YAAYY. My best friend was supposed to come with us but he's hanging out with his girlfriend🥲

I'M STILL SUPER EXCITED THO I'LL TELL Y'ALL HOW IT WAS. I know it doesn't seem that fun but I'm excited coz I haven't seen my friends in like 3 weeks. Also in case y'all were wondering Sokolov is a surname. That's all Imma say for now.

Anywayss byee love y'all MWAH 💋