MONALISA
Butterflies erupted in my belly as our lips brushed against each other. At every physical contact, my heart leapt and pounded hard.
Softly, his lips sucked mine and he kissed me gently, leaning even closer as I kissed him back too, keeping the kiss soft and slow. My body tingled with unknown emotions and my head spinned lightly until…
He broke the kiss so suddenly and pulled away from me.
“It looks beautiful” His words were a bit hurried as he got back onto his feet.
“I have to get inside now. You should enjoy the peace of the garden a bit more before going to your room” He added and confusion clouded my face.
I hurriedly got on my feet and grabbed his hand.
“Is anything the issue?” I asked.
“Nothing, Cupcake. I am just going to go take a shower”
“Let’s go back inside together then.”
“I would like to take the bath alone, Cupcake” He replied.
“Uhm… That’s fine. I can wait around till you are done bathing and then we can have dinner together”
“I already ate out. Go ahead and eat without me, it’s already late”
“But…”
“Cupcake” He cut me off and his gaze dropped on me intensely and I could not help but feel like he had called my name in a harsh tone.
“I am busy tonight. I have a lot to work on. Finish enjoy the scenery, eat and go to bed” He said, pulled me close, kissed me on the forehead and walked away.
I stared at his retreating figure until he was gone, confusion clearly written on my face. I could not understand why he had switched up on me so quick. Everything had been fine before he kissed me and it wasn’t our first time kissing so I couldn’t point out what the issue was.
It had seemed like he was suddenly avoiding me out of nowhere. The kiss had been perfect, right? I, at least had felt so.
I dropped down to the grass with my butt and picked the rose and tulip. I raised the two flowers to my nose and breathed in the beautiful scent of the flowers but even that could not elate my mood.
Was he tired of me now? Did the kiss not feel good to him, making him conclude he was bored of me?
I felt my self confidence dropping drastically and my heart clenched in hurt.
He most probably didn’t want me anymore. The attraction he felt for me was dying off.
“Why?… This hurts”
The Next Day
LUCIUS
I was fucked up. Messed up.
I ran both hands through my hair, the cold water pouring down my body and washing down the soap lather.
I couldn’t stop myself from recalling Lisa in this shower room. I had worked for hours into the night because I wanted something else to occupy my mind but the result? Unsuccessful.
I turned off the shower and grabbed the towel, wrapping it around my waist. It was around 7am in the morning but yet, I had already worked out, went through a series of documents and even gone through quite a number of mails.
I dressed up swiftly and in no time, I was adjusting my tie in front of the mirror. I had just finished with it when a knock came on my door.
“Yes?”

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