Capítulo 18

The ride home is uncomfortably silent and the two sit a few inches away from each other, tired and already drunk after drinking too much, Laura couldn't help but fall asleep before they arrived.

After tonight, they'll both be living in the same house, and Laura wondered if what happened tonight would ever be mentioned again as she closed her eyes.

Chris gently touched her when they arrived at the house and held the car door for her to get out, Laura staggered out of the car half awake and walked barefoot inside.

He picked up her shoes from the car and followed her inside, helping her open the door so she wouldn't crash into it and helping her sit down as they got in.

"Wait here, I'll get you some water," he said and went to get some honey water from the kitchen.

When he returned she was no longer sitting where he had left her, he heard her voice upstairs and followed her as she called his name as he went.

"Laura, your room is down here, where are you going?" he asked as he caught up with her and held her hand to stop her from going any further.

She turned to him and leaned against his body pretentiously and then moved her hand over his chest.

"Today should mark our first night together," he told her.

Chris took her hand away and made her stand some distance away before she lunged at him.

If she's always this open when she's drunk then I should never allow her to drink again.

"I'm sure you'll regret your words when you wake up tomorrow so just go to bed in peace to avoid any apologies" he told her and then pulled her down the stairs with him.

Laura refused and insisted on sharing their first night together, encouraging him and tempting him to take advantage of her drunken state.

"Are you afraid to consummate it with me tonight?" she challenged him as he opened the door to his room and turned to leave.

Chris stopped at her words and turned to her.

"Are you sure you want to spend the night together?" he asked, putting his hands in his pockets and looking at her intensely.

"Huh?" She's a little flustered by his words and is swept off her feet in the next second and carried into the room.

Chris gently placed her on the bed and climbed on top of her almost immediately without giving her a chance to reject him.

He touched her hair slowly and could hear her heart beat faster, he caressed her lips briefly and then began to kiss them slowly, a small sound escaped Laura and she closed her eyes opening her mouth to let him deepen their kiss and he unbuttoned her clothes as quietly as he could.

Laura opened her eyes weakly and tried to keep up with him but her hands were held by him.

Despite wanting to be with him right now, Laura couldn't help but feel sleepy and tried to keep her eyes open for a while longer.

Chris moved down her neck and she tried to unbutton his shirt but couldn't keep her eyes open any longer.

"I'm tired," she whispered in his ear and gave herself over to sleep, leaving Chris to deal with his emotions.

Chris stopped and checked that he had indeed fallen asleep; he stayed in that position for about a minute before getting up and then going into the shower to bathe himself.

He was upset but even angrier at himself for allowing Laura to influence his thinking.

She finished washing away the scent of her privacy and went out putting on her pajamas.

He saw her struggling to take off her clothes and looked away from her then grabbed a duvet to sleep somewhere else.

If he tried to approach her again, he might really go all the way regardless of the fact that she was asleep.

He went to the living room to sleep without returning to his room and took a sleeping pill to avoid thinking about anything, then closed his eyes and fell asleep...

...Laura opened her eyes with a loud bang in her head, she tried to remember what happened after she spoke with Chris and Mira's mother but her memories were blurry and she got out of bed to quickly cool off and relieve the aches she felt all over her body.

She took off her clothes and stepped into the shower, as she rubbed her neck she noticed some marks and rubbed them trying to figure out how they got there when she remembered the memory of Chris kissing her in the bathroom.

"What?!" she exclaimed in surprise and looked at her figure in the mirror.

"What did I do yesterday?" she asked herself, trying to remember everything more vividly, but she couldn't put it all together, so she finished showering and came out with a towel wrapped around her.