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"Fair don't you have something better to do than stare at the mirror all day?" Alec couldn't believe Raquel these days.
"Don't I look great now? Wow! I didn't know I could look this great now!" She giggled and Alec just stared at her, they have been at his place for a week now and he had made sure she feeds well and get enough rest.
Now she wasn't looking so skinny and malnourished anymore, he also gave her an ointment for the scars on her body and they were already slightly fading away.
"Well, it's all thanks to you Alec and it's not like I've got some very important thing to do after now"
"So I'll have the pleasure of looking at myself all I want!"
She just stepped out of the shower and her skin radiated a warm, golden glow. Droplets of water clinged to her dewy complexion, accentuating the gentle curves of her face and neck. Her brown hair was let down in effortless waves and damped.
Her eyes sparkled with freshness, as she focused her gaze on the dressing mirror and a delicate flush of pink tinted her cheeks, hinting the warmth of the shower.
Her freshly cleansed body gleamed with a subtle luminosity. The gentle droplets of water on her skin evoked a sense of serenity and attraction to Alec.
She exudes a fresh, natural and innocent beauty, untainted by artifice or pretension.
"Hey..! hey!!" A waved Infront of him frantically and he blinked.
"Did you hear? did you hear what I said now?" She had already moved towards him.
She said something?? He had been too busy mulling over her that he didn't even know she said something! Geez when did he start getting carried away because of a woman?
"Um.. yes I did, you don't have to..." he guided her slightly apart from him to put a distance between them "...come close"
"So what is your reply?"
"My reply.. yes, yes is my reply" Alec quickly thought of something, what could she have said?
"So I can stare at myself all I want, is that what you mean?" She asked again
"What?" Is that what she had said?! Alec rolled his eyes, he thought she had even said something important.
"We will be leaving this place by the end of this week" he changed the topic
"Why?" Raquel scrunched up her face at him
"What do you mean why? are we going to stay here forever?" Alec looked like he wanted to laugh at her silly question.
"Yes, I like it here!" She really liked this little cozy space they spent together and wasn't really ready to face the outside world now, what would be her fate? Alec hasn't exactly given a definite answer about keeping her with him, and she could tell he was someone powerful and influencial.
She wasn't somebody of his level so even if he accepts her, will the people around him do? And she also needs to go back to school, the last time she was there was before her parents died.
"Please.. pretty please, don't leave me by myself" she clamped her palms together Infront of him and blinked her eyes, trying to feign a pitiful face "hmm... Alec?"
"Fair if you want to plead, then you might as well do it right and I have to go back to.. work so we can't stay here for long!"
Raquel didn't know what else to do, how was she doing it wrong? And he said he needs to get back to work, he is such a great cook so..
"You're a chef right?"
"What?!"
"You work at a high class restaurant? or you own it yourself? you can hire me as well!" She smiled enthusiastically.
Alec took a breath and pinched the space between his brows, how can this girl think he is a chef??
"You know what Fair? get dressed and come out let's talk over dinner"
"Alright" she headed towards the door and moved out
"Where are you going Raquel? I said you should get dressed" Alec stared at her retreating back in disbelief, what is wrong with this muddle headed girl?!
Raquel halted and rolled her eyes at herself before slowly turning around "oh.. okay, I forgot, I'll go now!" She hastily walked back into the room
"Do you like being in a bath robe that much Fair?"
"No! that's because you are always here when I step out of the bathroom"
"You're unbelievable, I have to make sure you've not drowned in the shower though, because you are always in there for more than thirty minutes"
"Alec I'm a freaking girl!"
"And so? thank God you know you're a 'freaking' one and not a normal one"
"Why are we always like this?" Raquel looked like she could no longer retort back.
"I don't know.. you tell" he shrugged with a charming smile on his face
"Now you have to excuse me, I need to get dressed!"
"With pleasure Fair, and please don't waste more time than you already have. We need to talk" He gave her another taunting smile before using the door.