Warning; I didn't proofread, sorry for any mistakes.
ISABELLA
The next morning, I opened my eyes to hear the birds chipping outside. I turned around to face the window when I bumped into someone.
A smile made its way to my mouth as I remembered the events that had occurred yesterday night.
But today was going to be a whole different story. Unfortunately, Zach was leaving for two freaking weeks.
Having Zach away will not be easy–
A knock on the door interrupted my thoughts. Before I could say come in, the door opened.
Rude.
I sat up in the bed and covered myself.
"Good morning Be–" Luke stepped into the room but he immediately shut himself up when he noticed Zach shirtless next to me.
"Oh, shoot. I didn't know Zach had stayed the night" he adds with a questioning look.
"Yeah, he did." I nod.
"Well, I just wanted to let you know that I just checked up on Alex and he's feeling a lot better" he smiles.
Wow, Luke smiles?
"Right. Thank you"
"I'll be downstairs" he says before shooting another smile my way and making his way out of the room, closing the door.
I take that as my chance and I get up from the bed and tip toe fast towards my closet where I grab a pair of underwear, sports bra, sweatpants and a shirt.
I then make my way towards my bathroom and turn on the shower. While the shower water is warming up, I brush my teeth and wash my face.
Once the water has warmed up, I get in the shower and begin by washing my hair and then my body.
After a few minutes of just letting the water run on my body, I get out the shower and change into the comfortable clothes I had chosen.
I apply the usual, deodorant, lotion on my arms and my legs, and lastly perfume.
I stepped out of the bathroom and walked back to the bed, throwing myself to the bed and snuggling up to Zach, putting my hands on his chest.
Ding Ding
I raised my head and turned my attention turned to Zach's phone which was laying on the nightstand on his side.
I furrowed my eyebrows as I leaned over and reached for his phone, quietly trying to not wake him up.
Mother😧: Zach, I thought I told you millions of times to be at your father's office at 7am. Have you seen what time it is?
Sent at 8:03am
Mother😧: how many time did I repeat to you to not be late?
Sent at 8:04am
Mother😧: great example you're teaching the employees Zach.
Sent at 8:17am
Mother😧: where are you???
Sent at 9:54am
Mother😧: Zachary get to your fathers office now.
Sent at 9:58am
Mother😧: are you serious? It's pass 10am already. You're only two hours late. Don't worry, son you didn't miss anything important.
Sent at 10:25am
Ha, I noticed the sarcasm there.
Did Zach forget he was suppose to meet his mother and father today?
I quickly checked the time and noticed it was almost noon. The last message was sent at 10:25am.
And the fact that Zach had the emoji with the scared face on her contact name made me laugh.
"Babe, what time is it?" Zach's voice startled me.
I slightly jumped as I hear the sudden voice. I will never get tired of hearing that raspy voice.With a smile, I look down at him only to see his eyes were burning into my face.
"11:48am" I respond and his eyes immediately widened.
Yeah, he had totally forgotten.
"Mother's going to kill me" he mumbles immediately standing up and putting on his clothes that were scattered on the floor.
"She has been spamming your phone" I tell him.
"Fuck!" He curses and runs a hand through his hair.
"Are you leaving?"
"Yeah, I'm sorry but I have to. My mother and father repeated to me a lot of times yesterday to not be late and look at me"
I sighed closing my eyes and taking a deep breath before nodding.
As much as I wanted to pull him back to bed and kiss him all day, I knew I had to contain myself.
I knew the importance of that meeting to him and his family. I couldn't ruin that.
"It's okay Bella, I'll be back before you know it. Time will fly by I promise" he smiles.
I try smiling back but I just couldn't.
With a smirk, he walks towards me and pulled me to him.
"Mind if I take a shower?" He asks.
I shake my head and look up to him. He places a kiss on my forehead before heading towards the bathroom.
•••
After what feels like hours, Zach comes out of the bathroom with his hair wet and with a different hoodie than the one he had before.
Wait—
"Isn't that hoodie–" I begin to question but he cut me off.
"Mine. Yes, it is. You stole it once and I'm just borrowing it back" he smiled.
"Will you give it back?" I asked him as I stood up and walked over to him.
He was leaning in the doorway between my bathroom and my bedroom looking at me.
"Depends"
"On what?" I wrap my arms around his neck as I pull him closer.
"On–" he begins to say but we already know life is unfair so his phone ringing interrupts us.
Zach gives me a sorry look before pulling away from me and walking to the bed where his phone was at.
His face turns serious as he looks at the caller. He looks at me and mouths 'my mom' before answering.
"Hello mother"
He suddenly flinches and I can already tell he was being yelled at.
"I know that mom but–" his mother cuts him off by what looks like more yelling.
I awkwardly stand there looking at him as he rolls his eyes and sighs for like every single word his mom says.
Suddenly, his eyes squint and he moves his eyes to meet with mine.
"She has nothing to do with this–" again he gets cut off.
"Fine, whatever. I'm on my way" he mumbles before hanging up.
I could see the stress on him when he runs his hands through his hair.
"You have to go don't you?" I asked him.
"Yeah, she blames you for making
me be late" Zach chuckles as he shakes his head.
Of course she would.
"Well, it kinda is my fault" I laugh.
"True. The blame is on you because if you hadn't been so beautiful and sexy, we wouldn't have had a problem with going to sleep normally but no, here you are with your irresistible lips" he smiles, and walks towards me, pushing me to the nearest wall.
His hands cup my cheek and before I know it, his lips have claimed mine.
I'm quick to respond and wrap my arms around his neck, pulling him closer to me.
His lips then travel down to my jaw and then my neck, leaving warm wet kisses. Again, he brings his lips back to mine and I find myself bitting down his bottom lip as he groans.
I pull away to catch my breath but he is so desperate and quickly pulls me back to him. Before his lips can connect with mine once again, I press my finger on his lips blocking him from doing so.
"Zach, your mom called because you were late. Now, you're really really late" I whisper as I'm still breathless from the kiss.
"Don't care" he mumbles and leans in again but I gently push him off of me.
"Zach, I'm serious" I chuckle.
I stare into his eyes as he stares deep into mine.
Ding Ding
His phone rings one more again I interrupting us. Damn it.
Zach stares for a few more seconds before he looks down at his phone which he had taken out of his pocket.
He stares at it for a while and then he furrows his eyebrows confused. I suddenly see something shift in his expression.
When he moves his eyes to meet mine once again, something in his eyes told me that whatever it said in that text message, it wasn't good.
His seemed cold and distant as he stared into mine. They usually hold a soft and gentle expression but now–
"I really have to go now" he mumbles before pushing me away.
Without saying anything else, he grabs his jacket that was laying in the bed and opens my bedroom door, walking out of the bedroom.
No goodbye?
I furrowed my eyebrows and followed behind him, exiting my bedroom and going down the hallway.
What did that text message say to make him react this way?
Just as I turned left to on the hallway, I saw him jogging downstairs. I quickly jogged behind him, going downstairs.
"Bella— oh my bad. Zach, good morning" I heard Luke say probably thinking that Zach was me.
When I got to the living room where I had heard Luke's voice coming from, I saw Zach and Luke glaring at each other.
I interrupted the tension and coughed. Luke's attention quickly turned to me and he smiled.
"Bella, I thought Zach was you," he chuckles, "I was going to tell you that I made you breakfast. Your brother told me how much you love pancakes"
I tried smiling at him before turning my attention towards Zach, who was frozen in his place still glaring at Luke.
"Uh, thank–" I nervously begin to thank him but Zach interrupts me.
"Thanks dude, but Bella and I are actually on our way to get breakfast right now" Zach says, walking over to me and wrapping his arm around my waist.
What?
Luke looks at me and gives me a sad smile and then looking down.
"But I made it special for you, Bella. I also made you a smoothie and I put whip cream on it with a cherry on top, just how you like it" Luke continues.
"Didn't you hear me? I said we're on our way to get breakfast. Eat it yourself or just give it to Alex. Bella told me he loves pancakes and smoothies with whip cream and a cherry on top" Zach mockingly said, tightening his grip around my waist.
"But Bella, I–" Luke begin to say but Zach cuts him off.
"Let's go Babe" he says, pulling me past Luke and out the front door.
Without saying anything, he takes his hand off my waist and intertwines it with mine.
He pushes me down the driveway and out the front gate.
"Miss Lange, we have orders to not let the young man in here. How did he get in there?" One of the guards at the front gate begins questioning us.
Shoot.
"It was for a school project. My mother granted permission" I say.
The guards step back and nod.
That was easy.
With that, I pull Zach out the front gate and once we're out the presidency, I turned to Zach.
"I left my car parked down there" Zach mumbles and pulls me to the street where his car was parked.
I nodded and followed behind him. His car then came to the view and he unlocked it with the alarm. He walked to the passenger seat and opened the door for me.
I stepped in smiling at him. He then closed the door and walked to the drivers seat and got in.
He didn't even shoot a glance at me. He just put the keys in the ignition and turned it on, driving away after a couple of minutes.
I uncomfortably shirt in my seat as he presses the gas and speeds up going way to fast.
"Zach, slow down" I tightened my grip on the seat belt.
"What do you want to eat?" He asks totally ignoring my request.
"Isn't it late already? I mean, your mother called you and I know how important this meeting and trip is to you. It's better if you head to your father's office" I suggest.
"No, It's fine. You need to eat first"
"I know but–" I begin to say but as I say them, Zach turns to glare at me which makes me immediately shut my mouth.
What got him so angry?
"Zach, if Luke making me breakfast got you upset just know that I wasn't going to—" Again he cuts me off.
"It wasn't Luke"
"Then was it the text message you received earlier?" I asked him.
His face turns pale as he seems to zone out but still focused on the road while he's driving.
"No." He simply answers.
"Are you hungry?"
"Yeah, kinda of" he smiles.
There goes the mood changes again.
"You choose what you want." I tell him.
"How about we go to Claire's Lounge? They sell the best pancakes. Have you tried them before?"
"No, I haven't. I would love to go" I smile at him.
I hear him chuckle before he glances back to me, smiling.
That made me wonder, what did the text message say? Or who was it from that made him react the way it did.
After a few minutes of driving, we arrived to the so called Claire's Lounge. The placed looked huge and fancy.
Zach parks in the closest empty parking spot and turns off the car. He opens the door and steps out before walking over to my side and opening the door for me, offering his hand for me.
I gladly take it, smiling at him.
He then intertwined our hands and closes the door. Locking it with the alarm.
Together, we walked towards the front doors of the lounge and made our way to the nearest table.
"My man Zach, long time no see" a voice makes Zach and I turn our attention towards the person.
"Richard." Zach greets with a nod.
The guy, Richard, smiles at Zach before looking at me, also smiling.
"This is my girlfriend, Bella" Zach introduces me.
I smile at him.
"Such a beautiful young lady" he says, grabbing my hand and leaving a kiss.
"How come you haven't been around lately? You and Reese used to come here often. How is she by the way?"Richard asks.
Did this Richard guy not know about the incident with Reese?
As he mentioned Reese's name, Zach flinched. Now this for sure was going to upset him even more.
"We're here to get some breakfast not to talk about my life" Zach says raising his voice and glaring at Richard.
Since our hands were still intertwined, I gave his hand a little squeeze, trying to calm him down a bit.
I know how sensitive this topic is for him so I know his reasons to be this way when someone mentions this.
Richard's eyes widened at Zach's sudden outburst. He takes a step back away from the table we were at.
"Of course. What would you guys like?"
"Babe, what would you want?" Zach finally turns away from Richard to look at me.
"Uh, I don't know. I'll just get what
you get" I mumble slightly confused.
What? I have never been here, how do you expect me to know how to order.
Zach turns his glance away from me, looking down at his phone.
"I'll just get pancakes with whip cream and french toast on the side" he says.
Damn that sounded good.
"Okay, your orders will be ready in a few minutes. And Zach, I'm sorry if I said anything wrong, it was nice seeing you again man" Richard smiles at both of us before leaving.
The silence falls on us again. Was he still mad?I glance over at him but his eyes were focused on his phone.
•••
Minutes later
After we received our pancakes, Zach and I ate them in silence. A comfortable silence.
Zach payed for both of our food at the cashier area where Richard was at. He didn't even spare a glance at him when paying.
Together we walk out of the lounge and towards Zach's car. Again, he opens the door for me and then walks over to his side and gets in.
He turns on the car and immediately begins driving towards the opposite direction that the house is at.
"Zach the–" I begin to tell him.
"I know," he smiles, "I just need some time alone with you before I head to the office and over there, we ain't getting any privacy"
Yeah, he's talking about Luke.
When we arrived at my apartment building, we walked towards the lobby and then the elevators, pressing the correct floor.
We got out of the elevator and walked down the hallway, stopping at my front door.
I quickly grabbed the keys on my purse and opened it. Thankfully, everything was clean.
Without waiting any longer, Zach grabbed my waist and turned me around, pushing me to his chest.
He quickly attached his lips with mine and began leading me towards the couch.
"I don't want to leave you" he mumbles against my lips.
"Me either" I respond wrapping my arms around his neck.
Ding Ding
Zach's phone rang for the millionth time today, like usual interrupting us.
He furrowed his eyebrows and got off of me, looking at his phone before swiping right. He answered.
"Ben?" He asks.
His eyes immediately widened as he looked towards me.
"Oh my god. Is she serious?" He rolls his eyes.
"Alright. Thanks bro" Zach hangs up.
"My mom is fucking crazy, I swear" he mumbles as he runs his hands through his hair.
"What happened?"
"She is at your house threatening your guards to let her in because she is stubborn that we're inside" he explains.
What?
"Zach, that means my mom will find out about you and I being together. She is going to fire Ben."
"What?" He asks confused.
"Remember the stupid restriction order against you?"
"Babe I already told you that whatever your mother does won't separate us and especially not a restriction order" he laughs.
"I know"
"Trust me babe. It's going to be okay. I really really have to go now before my mom causes problems" he sighs.
"More than she already did?"
"Yeah, more than she already did." He laughs repeating my words.
I stand up from the couch and walk towards him, immediately pulling him in for a hug. I nuzzle my head on his neck.
"It's only two weeks Baby" he mumbles on my hair.
"Only?" My eyes widened and I pout my lips at him.
He leans down and pecks my lips.
"Don't make this harder than it
already is, Bella"
"Fine, just go before I can't let go of you" I push him away.
He grabs my hand and walks towards the front door, opening it slightly before looking back at me.
"I'll try to text and call you everyday. If you need anything, call Ben. He promised to take care of you. If Luke bothers you, tell me. And please Bella, don't let him get close to you. Try avoiding him" he leans in one more time and pecks my lips, bitting my bottom lip.
He waves at me before taking a step back, getting out of my apartment. His eyes meet mine once more and he winks at me, followed by blowing me a kiss.
And soon, he's gone.
When he was here, I tried avoiding my tears from falling because I knew that him seeing me cry would only make it harder but now, I just couldn't hold them in.
A test escaped my eye but I quickly wiped it. It's only two weeks I often repeated to myself trying to convince me that it was going to be a short period of time.
A knock on my door interrupted my thoughts. Did Zach forget something? I furrowed my eyebrows and walked towards the door.
"Luke?" I asked.
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AUTHORS NOTE
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Authors note; hello my beautiful people. I'm actually proud today because I wrote this chapter on time and updated on time. As promised, I tried a little harder this time since I am feeling better than I did last week.
Last chapter I had told you guys I would update twice this time, I didn't. One because I couldn't. It was just way tooo hard. And two, you guys said it's better if I don't rush the book and take my time to edit so I knew it was best for me to not just write whatever.
Also, Zach has officially left meaning drama is WAY closer.
Thanks to all the beautiful people who are always commenting and complementing me. It's all so freaking motivational for me.
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