#꒰Rayan x Olivia꒱

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REUNION(S) || PART III ༊*·˚

synopsis: a smol storyline pt.3, Charlotte third-wheels the entire chapter despite being the mc(??) content warning: ꒰Rayan x Olivia꒱; no xxx, sister chooses love over sister (aka betrayal) pt.2 author's note: the entire plot is a first-person pov of Charlotte; the characters are non-fictional, i.e., they do not represent a face of a movie/anime/series/show. word count: 876 words

“Dubai?” My eyeballs left my socket as I gaped at the two people smiling at me.

“Yes, Dubai. We can celebrate Christmas there.” Olivia suggested, stepping aside as an old woman entered the shop. Her eyes returned on me, as she prompted me to answer.

“Well- yeah, I’d love to. But, why?” I hesitated, before looking at Rayan. “I thought we were celebrating Christmas at my place?”

“Well, now we’ll celebrate it at our place.” Olivia mumbled.

I frowned. Wait. What?

My eyes fell out of the sockets the second time as my eyes darted between them two, practically screaming now, “Your place? You two have a place together?”

“No! That’s not what I meant!” Olivia’s eyes widened as she protested, shaking her head.

“What do you mean no?” I gasped, the people around now looking at us. Rayan gave them an apologetic bow, pushing both of us out the store. 

“I am hella confused.” I exasperated, so caught off-guard. Suddenly, I remembered the snow ball I had my eyes on. 

Mumbling “just a minute”, I rushed back to the store,picking the snow ball and checking it out on the counter. Passing a soft smile to the cashier, I paid using my card and exited the store.

“Okay, time’s up,” I cleared my throat, pointing at both of them, “explain before I chop you both.”

“I bought an apartment, and it happens to be in the same building as his.” Olivia tried to explain, receiving a deep frown from me. “So,” she continued, “I meant to say that you can be at both of our houses. So, our place.” 

Made zero sense.

I smell a fish.

Squinting my eyes at Olivia, whose face was nothing but tomato, I turned to look at Rayan. He stood as chill as ever, with no care for the world. 

He caught my gaze, and he raised his eyebrow. “Done interrogating? Now, do you want to go to Dubai? We’ll have to leave by evening.”

The question was not even a question, it was his way of saying “you are coming to Dubai.”

I blinked, whining loudly. “You guys keep giving me surprises. How am I supposed to get my things ready in less than a few hours?”

“Stop acting like a kid,” he smacked my forehead as they both walked towards the restaurant, “hurry up now.”

Sighing in annoyance, I followed them. Olivia looked back at me and smiled sheepishly. I glared at her, sticking my tongue out. Choosing love over sister. 

It was 7 in the evening, I was sitting on the plane with my eyes fixed on the seat ahead of me with a deep frown on my face. What am I doing with my life?

“You’ll get frown marks,” Rayan flicked my forehead. I flinched, frowning at him. He rolled his head, looking at me with low eyes.

“What?” I grumbled, glaring at him. 

“Did you not take coffee before leaving?” He asked nonchalantly, as I saw Olivia peeking from behind him, suppressing her laughter.

I turned my eyes on Rayan, ready to spit out on his face. “Fuck coffee, I could barely take all of the things I need in-” A hand from ahead, holding out a cup of coffee, appeared.

I blinked at the young guy who looked away shyly, he muttered, “I didn’t have it. You can take it, if you want. It’s frappuccino.”

Aweing at his sweet gesture, I smiled softly and accepted the coffee cup. Muttering a “thank you”, I looked at the coffee cup.

‘Eros’

He has a pretty name.

“She’s married.” I whipped my head in Rayan’s direction and he shrugged.

The boy hesitated and smiled awkwardly. I looked at him and smiled, “thank you for the coffee, Eros.”

He nodded and sat back on his seat, and I looked at Rayan, he mouthed a ‘what?’

“Nothing,” Groaning with a heavy head, I looked out the window while taking a sip of the coffee.

It was too sweet. 

“Bee,” Rayan spoke lightly, “What do you think about this design?”

I peeked at them and saw Rayan showing her some furniture on his iPad.

“Planning furniture for your home?” I smiled while sipping my coffee slowly as I watched Olivia choking on air. “Maybe you both should be careful around me, you don’t want another interrogation, do you?”

“She told you we’re not living together. It’s for Olivia’s legal office.” Rayan spoke while working on the screen. I sighed, I feel left out on my own best friend and sister’s love story. 

“Eli, I told you I opened a legal office, didn’t I?” She questioned innocently, and that made me lose my shit.

I was offended that she didn’t tell me. “Of Course not! When was the last time you told me about your life?” Huffing in disappointment, I buried myself in my seat and plugged in my earphones.

As I scrolled through my apps, a message popped up.

xie: I love you <3

[aloy97]

theories episode 13 ( amour sucrè)

Team castiel: Certainly and I put my hand on the fire Candy  will spend much of the episode to console castiel with his perennial syndrome of "we can't be together, it's difficult, distance is a problem" .... As a result we will have a  “  stressed candy ,who would like to claim her banana but can't because castiel prefers to behave like a  fucking  “ the  lady.”

theory n ° 2: Debrah coff coff, sorry  yeelen, will return to the attack realizing that VERY probably castiel finally fucks someone  and in revenge will kidnap  candy , by closing it in a basement without food, for the rest of its useless existence. Or continue to get caught for the ass and the candy will learn to ride a horse. (if you know what i mean).

Alexy: he will continue to praise his platonic love coff coff for Morgan (we all know that he is together just because he looks like kentin coff coff) and because he can finally say he is no longer a virgin. Maybe the only hole virgin will be his ears .

Rosalya: Probably like a psycho  mum, rather than trying again to get pregnant, she will adopt a child and force candy to bear him/she because that bitch will go  shopping. As a result, the baby sitter(candy), how if she wents out of real time, will tell every person "I didn't know I was pregnant, ". The news will be magnified and turned around so much that the boy will receive a call from  X person  that will make him lose 10 years of life and a ticket to Mexico or if you prefer to honolulu along with merlin wizard.

Chani: Chani: she’ll come back just to kick our ass, because we’re not capable to do basically nothing, excepting cry like a baby and stress people LIKE US, with her mental thoughts..Which  doesn’t  us give  a fuck.

Team nathaniel: It will surely be a good start to the relationship, PFFFF. it will be enough to turn the corner to go back to the far west and in some style with criminal minds, complete with a pistol up the ass. This While  nathaniel will be busy selling rosemary and talcum to the Junkies , because the 10 euro pizza costs !.

Amber: she will rise from her regal tomb, I meant sorry bed, and will realize that nathaniel no longer accesses youporn for 1 week and will ask herself a few questions .First surely if he has not suddenly become gay or if he has not gotten someone pregnant?

Kim: noticing the exponential increase in weight of the candy  she will come to the classroom with a whip, threatening to return immediately to the gym. NAHH It ‘s not true, it’s only because she is poor and must somehow survive.

Melody: after checking also how many times professor zaidi goes to the toilet and having powdered his nose and received a two of spades from the professor, he will start eating like an Australian whale, gaining weight of 100kg. Because melody will discover that zaidi likes sumo Consequently it will become a barrel and will fall down the stairs clogging up all the bathrooms of the university after the heavy humiliation.

Priya: she will drag the candy to a gay pride, making her get drunk, then sodomize her in the bathrooms of a nightclub and then vent all her sexual frustration about her, because Olivia suddenly realized she loved the cucumber too.

Option 2: Priya now that she is no longer single, will consider castrating every cucumber  who even dares to touch his girlfriend and put horse laxatives on all the bitches who look at candie’s  ass and  boobs. .

Hyun: he will say goodbye to handkerchiefs and soap to lubricate his cock, buying an inflatable doll on amazon and all this because he has to practice with candy ... in all this he will forget about porn magazines inside his backpack, during the history lesson with lebardi and he will be taken for his ass, for the rest of his life. And Clementina will dismiss him because he is too precious a boy for her and  innocent to act like that.

Clementina: she will discover virginity at risk of her beloved hyun and she will go into depression or try to kill the cleaver armed with the excuse, with the excuse that she is a mentally ill, hoping that nobody will stop her. She will be arrested and deprived of all her hidden sex toys even in her office, complete with photos of the hyun wearing an unbuttoned shirt.

 Team rayan: It will be extremely difficult for rayan not to innocently palpate his  candy during the lesson. Zaidi  decide after his lesson to went to  the bathrooms to saw off him self,  because during the lesson  , candy while she  stands up  ,she    loose her skirt . Zaidi after   be remain sitting 2h, with the tower of Pisa instead of the penis, the situation must be taken in hand.

NB: it's all purely ironic , don’t worry i don't know what 'll happen

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Top picks of 2018 from our staff!

We asked our staff to pick their top 5 favorite books from 2018 and they delivered! Well, there was a lot of “ONLY FIVE?!?!?!” going around, but eventually stacks were gathered (spoiler: some are 6 books high. Booklover life is hard). 

Here they are!

18th St store manager Elena’s picks:

A Pop-up Guide to Hogwarts by Matthew Reinhart

We Don’t Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins

Bygone Badass Broads by Mackenzi Lee

Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol

Dear Rachel Maddow by Adrienne Kisner

18th St assistant manger TJ’s picks:

This is Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kheryn Callender

The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld

The Brilliant Death by Amy Rose Capetta

The Serpent’s Secret by Sayantani DasGupta

Seeing Stars by Sara Gillingham

Dread Nation by Justina Ireland

YA Buyer & Events Coordinator Eileen’s picks:

Dry by Jarrod & Neal Shusterman

Furyborn by Claire Legrand/Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand (choices are hard)

Unbroken edited by Marieke Nijkamp (w/ 12 other contributors!)

Anger is a Gift by Mark Oshiro

The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan

Seafire by Natalie C. Parker

18th St Bookseller Rayan’s picks:

Turning Pages by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor

Mae Among the Stars by Roda Ahmed, illustrated by Stasia Burrington

Ocean Meets Sky by The Fan Brothers

Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love

Prince & Knight by Daniel Haack, illustrated by Stevie Lewis

18th St Bookseller Nadja’s picks:

Louisiana’s Way Home by Kate DiCamillo

The Truth As Told By Mason Buttle by Leslie Connor

In the Land of Happy Tears: Yiddish Tales for Modern Times: collected & edited by David Stromberg

The Right Hook of Devin Velma by Jake Burt

The Penderwicks at Last by Jeanne Birdsall

84th St Bookseller Cass’s Picks:

Chaotic Good by Whitney Gardner

The Spy with the Red Balloon by Katherine Locke

Fake Blood by Whitney Gardner (they really love Whitney)

Check Please by Ngozi Ukazu

Keeper of the Lost Cities: Flashback by Shannon Messenger

84th St Bookseller Clare’s picks:

National Parks of the U.S.A. by Kate Siber, illustrated by Chris Turnham

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (National Book Award winner!)

City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab

Bygone Badass Broads by Mackenzi Lee (that’s 2 votes for this book!)

Drawn Together by Minh Le, illustrated by Dan Santat

84th St Bookseller Sarah’s picks:

How to Become a Knight (In Ten Easy Lessons) by Todd Tarpley, illustrated by Jenn Harney

Olympians: Hermes, Tales of the Trickster by George O’Connor

Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman

Archenemies by Marissa Meyer

Let Sleeping Dragons Lie by Garth Nix & Sean Williams

18th St Bookseller Monique’s picks:

Harriet Gets Carried Away by Jessie Sima

Ocean Meets Sky by The Fan Brothers (that’s 2 votes on this one!)

The Remember Balloons by Jessie Oliveros, illustrated by Dana Wulfekotte

The Day You Begin by Jaqueline Woodson, illustrated by Rafael Lopez

Crunch the Shy Dinosaur by Cirocco Dunlap, illustrated by Greg Pizzoli

84th St Assistant Manager Kellie’s picks:

Presto & Zesto in Limboland by Arthur Yorinks & Maurice Sendak

Making Friends by Kristen Gudsnuk

Rosie Revere & the Raucous Riveters by Andrea Beaty

Ogre Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

What If It’s Us by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera

84th St Bookseller Rhianna’s picks:

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, the Illustrated Edition by Rick Riordan, illustrated by John Rocco

Juno Valentine & the Magical Shoes by Eva Chen, illustrated by Derek Desierto

Rock What Ya Got by Samantha Berger, illustrated by Kerascoet

The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert

The Prince & the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

18th St Keyholder Olivia’s picks:

Pride by Ibi Zoboi

Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender

Burning Magic (A Shadow Magic Novel) by Joshua Khan

Furyborn by Claire Legrand (That’s 2 votes for this books!)

Can I Be Your Dog? by Troy Cummings

Dance of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson

What were your faves from 2018???

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[rosylights]

REUNION(S) | PART II ༊*·˚

synopsis: a smol storyline; home-alone Charlotte struggles to find ways to have a pleasant Christmas. content warning: ꒰Rayan x Olivia꒱ heavy romance; no xxx, sister chooses love over sister (aka betrayal) author's note: the entire plot is a first person pov of Charlotte; the characters are non-fictional, i.e., they do not represent a face of movie/anime/series/show, yes it's a heavy romance this time word count: 1.6k

“He broke into my house.”

“He’s an architect.”

“That, is a trait of a thief.”

“He had no choice, you were passed out.”

I groaned, resting my head in my palm before glaring at the apparent couple sitting on the other side of the dining table. I observed Olivia, closely noticing how she defended her lover rather than supporting her sister.

“Are you both dating?” I questioned, clearly unamused when Rayan choked on his cappuccino and Olivia glared at me with a furious blush.

“What?” I shrugged in defence before pointing at them, “You both look like you’re already married for 10 years.”

Olivia jolted up, rushing to my side and pushing me out with her towards my room. I blinked at Rayan, who stared at our disappearing figure while wiping his mouth.

“For god’s sake, Eli. Shut up.” She sighed, shaking me by my shoulders once we entered the room. My face scrunched in confusion, “What did I do?”

“Why do you talk like that when he’s around?” She groaned and I plopped on the bed, rolling my eyes at her ignorance.

“Bro, you talk like you have been dating him for ages when he is around. You both flirt in front of my holy eyes, and when I state the obviously obvious,  I’m the one who is making assumptions? Just kiss already.” I buried my face in the pillow and winced at the smack on my head.

“Come on, Eli. We’re taking it slow. Besides, I won’t make a move before him.” This girl.

“Okay, whatever helps you not blush and make your cheeks maroon.” 

She threw a glare at me, to which I just raised my hands in surrender. She shook her head before wringing her fingers and began in a soft, appealing tone.

“I told you that I called him to check up on you since you were not picking up my calls..”

He came from Dubai to Manhattan just to check on me within 5 hours? Sounds fancy and not so Rayan.

“..and that our flight was delayed, so we could not come on time to you.” 

My eyes rolled at how she was trying to mould things into something justifiable. Her excuses were quite lame, considering she was a lawyer.

I gasped in mock surprise, pointing a hand at her as I whispered. “Let me guess, you both have already been meeting. It would be too obvious that you both are together, so you decided to send him first and come later. Moreover, you have the spare keys to my house. Oh shit! Why did I not think of it earlier? How did he have the keys?”

She blinked. I smiled and flicked her forehead.

“If it’s not evident enough, then let me break it to you. You are dumb when you are in love.”

Before I could receive another smack, my phone rang in my pocket. I slipped it out and looked at the flashing screen. My heart dropped and my smile faltered when I saw the caller id.

“What’s wrong?” Olivia frowned at me, clearly noticing the change in my demeanour. 

“I- It’s him.” I stuttered. After last night, I barely had the guts to talk to him.

She tilted her head before snatching the phone from my hand and answering it.

“Hello. Hi Jiju, it’s Olivia.” – “Yes, she’s here.” –she glared at me as the conversation continued– “Talk to her.” I shook my entire body in bewilderment, but she did not listen.

Olivia kept the phone in front of me as his voice echoed through the speakers.

“Charlotte? Baby, I’m sorry.”

I dropped my head with a low groan. This is the part that I hate the most. It would not be his fault, yet he would apologize. And that would make me feel bad because he never did anything, to begin with.

I hate it so much because despite knowing what he did or not, he said sorry. He would be worrying about me the entire time, thinking it might be his fault.

I hate to see him like this.

And at that moment, it made me miss him more.

“Darla, are you there?”

His voice broke my little head rant and Olivia sighed beside me. “Yes, she is.”

I looked at her and she held my shoulder assuringly. “Talk to him” was what she mouthed before leaving me alone with him, his voice, to be exact, in the room

“You did nothing,” I mumbled and for once doubted if he heard me or not.

A tired sigh came from the other side. 

“Of course, I did something that made you ignore my calls and texts. I’m sorry, baby. I didn’t mean to hang up on you like that.”

I shook my head as if he would see me disagreeing with him. “Seriously, Clyde. You did nothing. I should be the one saying sorry. I overreacted, as usual, I missed you the entire day. It made me upset that you didn’t call or even text me the entire day. Moreover, I was feeling a little low.”

“You were not overreacting, love. I know it’s my fault. I should have texted you, I’m sorry.”

I hushed him, hoping he would stop apologizing. After a small pause, he continued.

“I heard about Rayan from Olivia.” My eyes widened slightly, I had no idea why my heartbeat was fast.

“I’m glad you have people around when I’m not there.” He said it in such a gentle tone that my eyes teared up.

“They’re not you, though.” My bottom lip trembled and I averted my gaze. The lighted screen with his photo was not helping the situation.

He smiled. I felt it. 

“I’m trying, baby.”

“No.” I hesitated. “Work is important, I get it. You don’t have to rush things because of me.”

“But I feel upset being away from you too, Charlotte.” 

We both sighed.

“You don’t have to hurry things because of me, Clyde. Take your time.”

I looked at the clock ticking on the wall. “Baby, your meeting.”

“Yes, Darla. I’ll go in a while. I love you. Take care of yourself, hm?”

After a few moments, the call was declined. I stared at the ceiling.

It was supposed to be our first Christmas together.

There was a knock on the door, my head turned towards it and before I could answer, it flung open.

I rolled my eyes seeing that conceited apple.

“We are going out. Do you wanna tag along?” He leaned over the doorframe and I smiled at him.

“You want me to third-wheel?”

He turned around to leave while commenting. “It is fun seeing you third-wheel.”

I stuck my tongue out at his figure. But I was bored being at home the entire month. It would be a good change.

~

Good change, my ass.

“I feel like I’m single.”

I stood in the middle of the pathway, watching the apparent couple being lovey-dovey.

“You have a husband,” Rayan remarked, pointing a finger at me while wrapping Olivia in his overcoat.

I grinned, turning my head towards a tomato-Olivia. “Will you mind being single again because I’m going to kill him?”

She averted her gaze, breathing heavily as the fog through her mouth hit the crook of Rayan’s neck while he fixed the collar above her back.

“He’s not wrong though. You torture us all whenever Orhan is around.” She mumbled, clearly fazed by their proximity. Wow, I feel utterly single.

They will never stop with this, would they?

“Stop guys,” I wailed, walking ahead of them while ticking my boot over the snow-covered walk lane as my gaze roamed around the decorated street and well-lit colourful shops, “If you talk about him, I might miss him more.”

Turning around and walking backwards, I see them smiling at me. A pout formed on my lips. “What?”

Olivia tilted her head, shrugging with a beam. “It’s good to see you both still together.”

“Yes,” Rayan chimed in, “When are you making me an uncle?”

I rolled my eyes, staring at him from head to toe before swirling around. “You already are one.”

Olivia gasped, running over to me and grabbing my arm, “Are you pregnant?”

What?

In my silence, which was just processing time, she jumped and ran to Rayan. “She’s pregnant! I knew it. The way you’ve been acting, I knew it. Oh my god.”

The guy just stared at me, bursting into laughter when he read my face. 

“Jesus,” he muttered, and as Olivia bent to talk to someone in my tummy, he came over and held her by her shoulder, pulling her back. “She’s not pregnant, Bee. It was just an attempt to call me ‘uncle’.”

Her face scrunched in disappointment, “Are you serious, Eli?”

“Well, now I know how you’ll react to the news.” She smacked my head, making me wince.

“By the way, why did you come alone?” I questioned as we walked down the lane, casually contemplating entering a store but then not.

“Vivi? She will come tomorrow.” Olivia answered before dissolving into a conversation with Rayan.

I sighed, entering a shop which had snow globes stacked on their entrance.

“Charlotte?” Rayan called out as they both entered after me.

“Yes?” I touched the pretty designs, but one caught my attention. It was about the size of my hand. In the glass globe, there was cotton snow. A couple standing right beside a small tree, holding hands, kissing. A perfect gift.

“Let’s go to Dubai for Christmas.”

[rosylights]

REUNION(S) | PART I ༊*·˚

synopsis: a smol storyline; home-alone Charlotte struggles to find ways to have a pleasant Christmas content warning: ꒰Rayan x Olivia꒱ romance; urge to throw Rayan off a cliff might rise, no xxx word count: 1.4k author's note: before Xie(Olivia) comes at me, the romance is not heavy, ily.

It was Christmas week, technically two days before Christmas. Viviana and Olivia had invited me to hangout with them, exploring the decorated streets and flowery-scented shops. I agreed since I had no plans for Christmas. Clyde was out for work, and I was all alone. He did say he would try to return sooner, but the seemingly closing day made it sound elusive.

“You need to get out of the rat hole you’ve created in the place you once called your house.” Olivia rebuked, glaring at the wrappers of lollies and chips behind me. I sighed, lowering the volume of my laptop and scratching my ears. “I can hear you well enough even if you whisper,” I mumbled under my breath, sliding the packets underneath my blanket.

“Oh my god, Eli-” The reprimand was thankfully cut off by Viviana, who laughed and leaned over her palm. “Charlotte, if you were single, we would be cuddling and fucking under the very blanket you’ve covered yourself with.” 

I grinned, falling back on the edge of the couch while fixing the mattress I was sitting on. Olivia, just, rolled her eyes, making my grin turn into a giggle. Suddenly, there was a rush over me. My smile faltered, and I sighed. There was a huge silence over the call and I felt my lips wobble while I wriggled my hands. “Guys, I miss him.”

Viviana groaned, her tone turning accusative. “Look, Olivia. That’s why I told you we should reach there early. Charlotte, baby. Don’t cry.” Her words made a broken sob leave my mouth, and I heard Olivia curse. “Eli, don’t cry. He’ll be back soon.” I wiped my tears with the sleeves of the sweatshirt and shoved another piece of candy in my mouth.

“Are the cramps painful, baby?” Vivi asked in a soft tone. I shook my head, looking at the screen, “My date is near. It’s just pre-mood swings.” 

-

After the call, I went straight up to the laundry, putting his clothes to wash, because for the past three weeks, I had solely been wearing his clothes.

My phone rang, and the familiar tone made me squeal as I jumped on my feet before hurrying to the living room. Jumping on the couch with every ounce of excitement, I picked up the call. It had started snowing outside, and the glass door of the living area, separating the cosy hall from the house garden could give a full view of white cotton falling from the sky.

“Hi, bubu.” I grinned, resting the phone on speaker while laying on the couch over my belly, swaying my legs.

“Hi, baby. How are you?” I could hear him smiling, and my heart fluttered. I felt like crying though, I missed him a lot.

“I am pretty upset, just going to turn in my husband for not calling me for the past…3 hours.” I tried changing my tone, but he laughed on the other hand.

“I can hear you smiling while you say that, Charlotte. And I’m sorry, baby. I was stuck in a meeting.” He spoke before I heard some muffled sounds behind him. It was an incoherent trail of conversation, I could barely understand anything.

“Mhm, I know I know.” I sighed, plopping on my back and holding the phone in my hands. “Can I video call you?” I asked vaguely when Vivi’s text popped up on my screen.

“No baby, I need to go now. I’ll text you in an hour. I love you, Darla. Take care of yourself.” He babbled before declining the call.

My head tilted, trying to process what just happened. Suddenly, Olivia’s caller id popped up. It was a video call and the moment I picked up the call, I admitted, “He’s cheating on me.”

Olivia, who was apparently going to elaborate on Vivi’s text, opened her mouth agape in pure bewilderment. “How can you even think that?”

A pout formed on my lips. “You know, I heard some woman talking to him on the call. And he even abruptly put the call off saying he’s busy.”

Olivia rolled her eyes, shaking her head in disbelief. “You’re overthinking. Sleep, Eli. And yes, for tomorrow’s Christmas Eve, Vivi and I are coming to your home. So please clean the mess that you’ve made like a kid. Don’t overthink, he’s not cheating on you.”

Now that she mentioned sleep, I felt sleepy. But if he was cheating on me, I swear to God. Sighing, I threw the phone aside and snuggled against the cushion, pulling over the blanket and dozing off to sleep.

-

Suddenly, the blanket was snatched off. Despite the heater working perfectly amazingly, a chill ran down my spine but I was too lazy to open my eyes.

I whined against the cushion that was tucked cosily in my arms, "Clyde, what are you doing? Let me sleep-" my eyes fell open as I jolted up.

Clyde was not at home.

“Xie? Vivi?” Of course, if not him, it must be them. They said they would be here for tomorrow’s day.

I sat back on the couch, the lights were out. Looking out the glass door, I found it was already nighttime. The snow was glowing under the garden lamp. Though, I could barely outline the silhouette of anything inside the hall.

Shit, did someone break in?

I tried to search for my phone. It was not on the couch. A sigh of exasperation left me, and I got up, carefully keeping my foot on the floor without making any noise while squinting my eyes to look around.

I kept my foot on something…cracky. The crispy screech right beneath me made me flinch and sob.

“What the fuck?” The mood swings were not helping at all. My eyes could barely see anything, the tears came to bless its way.

Suddenly, my phone buzzed. The dim light coming from beside the couch received another cry from my heart. How thankful I was for the caller.

Rushing up and picking up the phone, I saw it was him. Simultaneously, my gaze fell on the time. It was thirty past ten at night. My heart fell, but I answered the call.

“Baby? I’m sorry I was busy, I couldn’t-” My frustrated sigh cut him off. “Let’s talk later, I’m busy right now,” I spoke before declining the call.

“Fuck these lights.” Grumbling under my breath, I headed outside the room. Why was it so dark?

“Charlotte.” I flinched hard, who was this? Whipping myself around, I searched for any sign of visibility.

“You found your phone.” Eh? My face scrunched in confusion.

The person sighed, before speaking again, “Turn on the flashlight, Rat.”

Oh. It was a man.

Rat.

Oh.

Oh?

My fingers stabbed into the screen before flogging the white light in that direction, and the moment I saw him, my eyes rolled with a loud curse. Over six feet, arrogance plastered on his face like nature’s gift, hands folded in front of his wide chest, eyebrows furrowed in clear disappointment but with no surprise that I was still as stupid as ever.

“Who the fuck let you enter inside?”

Rayan Emir Yildiz, a famous architect in Dubai, my childhood best friend but more of an overprotective brother, four years older than me and conceited as fuck.

Throwing a pillow on his face, I rolled my eyes again and when I found the switches off and the MCB had fallen, I glared at him. He shrugged, responding to my unasked question nonchalantly, “You were sleeping.”

“I would wake up,” I stated, clearly annoyed, “and why were you standing there like Enderman?”

“Didn’t expect you to.” He mumbled but I heard him, throwing another cushion at him. Catching it effortlessly, he walked towards the couch and made it up. “The heater was melting the ice on my boots pretty amazingly.”

My eyes darted on his boots, orbs almost falling on the ground when I whipped my head and saw the muddy wet footprints he had marked in my entire living room. A loud groan left my throat. “Rayan, tomorrow is Christmas Eve! Look what mess you’ve created.” Plopping down on the chair, I stared at the mess.

“I think the house was already under the impact of the earthquake and the volcano eruption–” he pointed at me for that– “tornado–” he picked up the mat, revealing the empty wrappers of junk. I averted my gaze and looked around the living as I felt my cheeks turning red in slight embarrassment– “and now just a little touch of the flood.” He nudged his head towards his boots.

“Tsunami.” I corrected, giving him a sweet grin. “And you’re planning evacuation and before that, managing the casualties all by yourself. You’ll find your troops in the bathroom which is on the left turn the moment you leave this area. Good luck, Soldier.” I stood up and patted his back, heading to my room upstairs when his words stopped me dead in my tracks.

“Olivia called me here.”

They both are finally seeing each other?

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