Love, Lies, and Deception(54)

“Hey, Rissa,” Emily squealed, answering the phone.

Alec and I had been gone two weeks, and she sounded like I hadn’t talked to her in ages, which was funny considering I talked to her the day before. I’d talked to my sister and Kristian a couple of times, and each time it would make things harder. I couldn’t tell them where I was or what I was doing, so every question they asked I couldn’t tell them anything. The phone calls usually ended with them getting pissed at me.

“Hey, Em, how is everything?” I asked, gazing down at Alec who was naked and sound asleep beside me.

It was early morning and the sun was peeking through the window. The mountains glistened off in the distance with their glittery snow caps, and it made me miss my mountain retreat even more.

Emily sighed. “It’s been rough here. Kristian hasn’t come around at all, and Justin’s been antsy. Ever since you left things haven’t been the same around here.”

“How did your exams go? Do you think you did okay?”

“Please …” Emily scoffed. “I aced those bitches. Now I’m just ready to graduate and get out of here. I can’t go anywhere without looking over my shoulder. Have you heard anything from the detective?”

“He’s supposed to call today with an update. Hopefully, there’ll be some progress.”

“I sure hope so. I miss you.” Emily sniffled, but coughed to cover it up.

I smiled even though I knew she couldn’t see me. “I miss you, too, Em. I’ll be home soon … I promise. I love you.”

“Love you, too, Rissa. Be safe.”

“Always.”

We hung up the phone and I laid back down beside Alec who was wide awake and hard as stone underneath the covers. The only thing that’d been good about our time away was the one-on-one time I’d had with him. Two weeks of constantly being together brought us closer and closer, and I’d enjoyed every minute of it.

“Good morning, beautiful,” he muttered, his voice deep and husky from sleep. “What do you want to do today?”

Gazing down at the covers protruding in the air, I snickered, “You’re really gonna ask me that right now? I think I already know how you want to start off your morning.”

He smirked and shrugged his shoulders. “What can I say? I’ve been deprived the past couple of days.”

“Hey,” I shrieked, hitting him in the head with my pillow. “I can’t help it I started my period, and besides, I’ve pleased you in other ways.”

“Yeah, I know and it’s great, but I’m literally counting down the minutes until you’re clear. I told you it doesn’t bother me to make love to you while you’re on it. It’s not easy seeing you every day and not being able to make love to you. ”

“You’re insatiable.” I laughed. “I don’t like having sex when I’m on my period. It just makes me uncomfortable.”

Alec rolled his eyes. “You don’t make any sense, sunshine. Anyway, since I can’t make love to you, what are we going to do?”

Smiling, I fetched the guidebook off the side table and opened it up. “Okay, let’s see … we visited the botanical gardens yesterday, so how about we go to the aquarium today? I also want to go back to the library and get some more books.”

“I swear I never realized how much of a nerd you were until we got here.” Alec laughed. “But I think it’s cute. You’ve read about twenty books since we’ve been here.”

“I’m going to take that as a compliment, Mr. Holden, and forget you called me a nerd.”

“You still love me though, right?” he asked, letting the sheet fall to the side, exposing his naked body. He was such a tease.

“I guess so if I have to.” I winked, running my gaze down his naked form.

“And since I love you I’m going to get us something to eat. Do you want anything?” I asked, getting out of bed and ambling toward the closet to find something to wear.

One of the reasons I liked to get the food myself was because it was the only time I could get away to call Kristian alone. Quickly, I picked out one of my sundresses and headed into the bathroom to do my morning routine.

After I washed my face and put my hair up, I applied just a light amount of makeup on my face and added some mascara. Alec watched me the whole time by the bathroom door with his arms crossed. He had slipped on a T-shirt and boxers and stared at me with pursed lips.

“What’s wrong?” I asked hesitantly.

“I know what you do when you go on your breakfast run, Marissa. I’m not stupid you know,” he said softly. “I don’t know why you wouldn’t tell me.”

Frozen, I gazed at him through the reflection in the mirror. “I knew you would figure it out, but I know you don’t like him. He’s my friend, and I miss talking to him. I can see the anger in your eyes every time I talk to him when you’re around, and it just makes me uncomfortable. It’s like you want me to choose, and I can’t do that.”

“I would never ask you to choose between you and your friend, especially since we’re separated across the states, but when we go back I don’t know if I can handle his interference. If he tries to do what he did at the airport again, we’re going to have problems. Then you’ll have to make a choice.”