"Why can't you just rest instead of doing this useless stuff? Weren't you tired from your travel?", Sophia asked with a little helplessness.
"Oh, come on. Here I am sacrificing my sleep for my friend's lifelong happiness and look at you being so ungrateful.", Emily said whining. She wanted to make herself sound pitiful in front of her heartless friend.
"Really Emily? Do you even realise what would have happened if someone else opened the parcel? You should have at least informed me before sending it. And how would I have explained to Daniel if he saw the contents of the box?", Sophia said while holding her forehead, feeling a headache coming.
Daniel entered the room and heard her words. He became surer that she was trying to hide the issues she faced from him. He walked towards the box while Sophia was listening to Emily with her back towards him as she was standing near the window looking outside.
"Why would you explain anything? Just do the deed babe and he would not even consider asking any questions.", Emily laughed out loud at her own words and Sophia felt like smacking her head open.
"I am telling you...", Sophia turned and paused in between, forgetting what she was about to say, seeing Daniel sitting like a statue on the bed corner. She hurriedly disconnected the call and gulped nervously fearing he saw the lingerie.
Sophia walked towards him and saw him holding the nightie with negligible fabric in his hands and sitting there with a stunned look on his face. He sat frozen and Sophia felt like hiding from the situation. 'But I know that I have to give an explanation before he misunderstood the things.', she said to herself.
Daniel was left speechless seeing what the issue he thought she faced was. He was embarrassed and didn't know what to do with the cloth he held in his hand. It felt hot in his palm and he hurriedly stuffed it inside and stood up from the bed, seeing Sophia standing there.
"I was just... I didn't mean to intrude into your privacy, I was worried seeing you hesitating earlier and thought it was something tricky related to work. I am sorry, I will just leave.", Daniel spoke fumbling a little. He explained hurriedly so that Sophia won't feel like he wasn't giving her the privacy she needed.
Sophia blinked hearing his words and she smiled unknowingly, seeing him so nervous. She saw his ear tips that have turned bright red and looked as if they would start dripping blood any minute now.
'He is so cute. I never realised that my husband could look so cute and hot at the same time while he is shy and he even blushes.', Sophia thought to herself and held his hand when he was about to turn to walk out of the room.
Daniel looked at his arm that was now held by her delicate fingers and stood still in his position. He thought she would scold him for barging inside like this and looking through her stuff without her permission.
Sophia took a step closer to him and stood in front of him, looking at his face. She let go of his hand, "Why are you so cute?"
Daniel snapped his head towards her and looked into her eyes which were earlier looking everywhere but her face. He felt like he was dreaming and misheard her words.
'She called me cute? Am I dreaming or am I dreaming? Because this can't be real.', he thought to himself. He had been called many things over the years, handsome, hot, devil, emotionless, rude and what not. But cute? No one has ever used this adjective for him.
Sophia could see he was confused and had an unbelievable expression on his face. She smiled and pulled his cheeks making his eyes go wide. She couldn't resist herself from kissing him and pecked his right cheek.
Daniel froze. He didn't even blink his eyes, he looked at her as if she would vanish if he blinked and his beautiful dream would shatter. He was feeling over the moon but was also doubtful that what if this all was just his imagination. He didn't want to wake up from his dream.
Sophia laughed out loud seeing him and pinched him forearm, making him hiss.
"It's not a dream.", she said and walked towards the bed. Sophia picked up the box and moved inside the walk-in closet and kept the box in the deeper part of the closet.
Daniel was smiling like a fool when she said it's not a dream after pinching his forearm. He saw her walk in the closet with the box of lingerie and his mind again drifted to the touch his palm could still remember. He touched his cheek where she kissed with his hand and he could feel the warmth left by her soft petal-like lips.
Sophia walked out and looked at him standing in the same position. She felt shy remembering her actions that she did in the heat of the moment and she wanted to divert his mind so that he won't ask her anything about her bold move.
"Don't you have to go to the office?", Sophia said and Daniel shook his head in denial.
"I will be in the library. You can come and work there too after you are done changing.", Daniel said and Sophia nodded her head in understanding.
Daniel left the room in his cheerful mood. He wanted to give her space that she needed. He knew she was trying to change the topic earlier and he didn't want to make things difficult for her so he went along with her.
He took a shower in the washroom attached to the study and changed into his comfy home clothes. He wore a white shirt and dark blue trousers. He left the two buttons open of the shirt and folded his sleeves to his elbow and started working on his desk.
Sophia, on the other hand, took a shower in the bedroom and changed into oversized t-shirt and shorts. The t-shirt slipped down her left shoulder and she looked sexy in this simple outfit. Sophia adjusted the t-shirt and went downstairs.