Chapter 5
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He offered her a gentle kiss, with his trembling mouth, on her hand that made it turn so red and hot. For a moment, she wondered if he would ever stop to draw breath, he was nervous and she knew it. His kiss was gentle like cotton. His soft, caress melted her heart, she felt the electricity pulsing through her veins.
He moved her hand to his face and caressed his cheeks, and she felt a tingling sense wherever he touched her, as well as she touched his warm skin, her blood quickened.
"This is for being the best friend for me!" he stated
"Best friend??" she sighed
"The best..."
"Oh, you too! Thank you for today!"
She had been focusing so much on his face that she had missed the last part of what he was telling her. She looked up at him, his eyes already glued on hers, so their eyes locked into each other. Then, his smiling eyes searched mine before glancing quickly at her lips. So, something clicked. She stared into his eyes, longing for their lips to touch.
Her heart felt like it was flying and the world seemed to stop. His eyes gazed upon her lips. He leaned in, and possessed her inner soul. His firm hands brushed her cheek. She was just frozen waiting for the brush of his lips, she gripped his cheeks harder as if she was clinging to him like a life line.
Then, she looked at him, she was reminded of the one she of the other night and retreated as quick as she could from him.
"Uhh... We have already reached!" she mumbled "I did not notice, sorry!"
"Oh... Do not worry!" he replied "Have a good night, Julia..."
"You too, mister Spear!"
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Julia hurried out from his car and rushed towards her house. Her heart was indescribable, as if a bomb had exploded in her chest, she wanted him so badly, yet the face of guy of the night before had ruined their moment and made her suffer internally...
As she was lying in her bed, it was the first night she spent in her bed after that night, she started to think about everything, about her crush, his latest odd actions and the way he had been treating her, and about the guy she spent the night with, the reason for choosing her and the way she would make sure he was not following her anymore.
"My best friend?" she thought "He called me only a best friend, then why did he kiss me at that day and felt extremely jealous?? Why did he take me out and kissed my hand? Was it a date? Why was he over worried about me and about my disappearance? Why did he ask a lot about me? Why did he attempt to kiss me for several times? Does he really love me? Then, why does he hide it? Or does he only consider me a best friend?"
She wanted to understand more about his feelings, she could not realize what he really wanted with her. She loved him, but he only called her a friend. Her confusion made her not trust him for a moment, but she wanted to give him more time in order to make up his thoughts.
The thoughts of the night before and the odd man started to vanish gradually by the impact of Rafael. She wanted him around her, his warmth, his eyes, his breath, his voice, his actions, his beauty and all of his presence. She wanted them around her. Even if they were only friends, she would bear it only to be with him.
Day by day, she started to forget everything about that night and her marriage, and started to focus only on their life together. On the other side, Rafael was trying to get closer to her. He started to do bolder actions, like touching her cheeks, holding her hand, hugging her tightly, flirting with her and dating her weekly.
Julia was really happy with her new romantic life, however her body started to react differently, which made her confused about her health and her emotional life. Her breasts turned tender and swollen, as her hormonal changes made her breasts sensitive and sore. Then, she found herself urinating more often than usual.
Not to mention about the nausea she had been suffering from for a long while, that happened at any time of the day accompanied with continuous vomiting and less appetite. She suffered in the last while from many diseases that she could not interpret, like becoming more sensitive to certain odors and tastes.
She could not expect the type of condition she was suffering from, especially that she had forgotten about that night. She was very forgetful.
Rafael could notice the abnormal behaviors and new actions she had acquired in a month, he knew that she was not the same Julia as before as he kept monitoring her in her work, restaurant and daily activities. So, one day he entered her office to chat with her about her health conditions.
"Julia, can you tell me please if you are suffering from some health condition?" he started "I mean you do not actually seem fine to me!"
"Rafael, I am fine..." she replied "Do not worry anyhow about me..."
"How are you just fine?? You do not look good at all!"
"Oh, and how did come to this realization?"
"Your work has degraded, your face is always pale and yellow, you have lost some weight and you are eating less. I mean I used to invite you for a dinner for four, now you are barely finishing a child's dinner."
"I just lose my appetite sometimes, so I feel like I am full or not hungry..."
"And is this healthy?"
"No…"
"What other symptoms do you have?"
"I do not know..."
"Oh... Umm... Well... But I guess you are not healthy.."
"It is alright.. I think this is normal.. In the end, I am a female."
"Oh.. Yes.."
"Do not worry.."
"However, do some lab tests. I mean what if you had an anemia or a mild disease?!!"
"Ok, sure.."
"Let us dine out! You must eat doubled amount today!"
"Ye.."
Before even continuing her words, Julia felt and light-headedness. Her legs gave out on her, she seemed to had struggled back to her feet, but almost immediately fell over on the ground for some seconds. So, she collapsed, trying hard to keep her eyes open, as all her energy seemed to have diminished. Rafael rushed at her as he yelled her name loudly, and leaned her to his chest as he landed his palm on her forehead.