Unexpected Lover | S. 'Ghost' Riley

14.

Why did he look so nervous? Is it something serious?

My mind started wandering as a million thoughts raced at once clouding my mind. He then finally broke the silence between us. "Rose, I know this may seem out of place... I mean hell... it is but, I need you to know something—" stopping mid-sentence, choosing his next words wisely. I nodded my head showing I was still listening out for what he had to say. He cleared his throat, "Since the first day I laid eyes on you, I knew I wanted to be your protector. I'm not good at expressing my feelings, apologies." He chuckled nervously looking down, I found him cute trying to express himself and I can tell it is not often he does it. "I guess what I'm trying to say is, I care about you deeply and if anything were to happen to you, I don't know what I'd do with myself." He said, looking slowly back up to my face, his eyes filled with genuine love.

I felt my face heating up as my cheeks turned rosy, letting a soft smile form as I laid my hand on his cheek. "Ghost.." he soon stopped me, "Simon, you can call me Simon." My eyebrows raised up as he told me his name, he was comfortable with me.

"You can be my protector any day." I caressed his cheek feeling a small smile creasing under his mask. His eyes widened with awe and leaned his head against my hand gripping it softly. "I promise I will be every day for you, Rose." his brown eyes looking deeply into mine, at this moment it felt like it was only us in the world, only we mattered in this point and time. "Can I hug you again?.." I shyly asked as I started blushing, he moved himself closer to me holding his arms out signaling me to "go ahead".
I held him once more feeling the warmth of his body against mine, his arms wrapped around me tightly but with a gentle touch. I couldn't help but smile as my face dug into his chest smelling his cologne and damn did he smell good. In this moment I felt so complete in a way, like everything made sense and it was all because of him.

I pulled myself back looking down smiling shyly as I couldn't even look at him without wanting him. I check the time and it was now 3 am, was that really only an hour? I turned my phone towards Ghost showing him the time, "it's pretty late and we should get some rest" I said as I pouted. He let out a laugh, "yeah, I will head out.." I noticed he was looking at my lips as he sighed, that look sent shivers down my body, the look of "god I wanna kiss you so bad". I get up slowly as we had a silence between us and it seemed tense, I walk up to the door "so will you be okay for the rest of the night?" I asked, when I turn to look back he was behind me. His body hovering from a slight distance, "I don't know, let me test it out first" he said, his voice sounding low but strong in the most seductive way.

Confusion washed over my face until I felt his hands grip my waist pulling me more against his body, at that moment I wanted to lose it all to him but I was going based on his pace. He puts his face down closer to mine, feeling his breathing on my lips inches apart from his, tracing his thumb on my bottom lip bringing it down slowly. Leaning in, his lips finally met mine, a warm soft touch. I didn't want him to stop, his kissing was having me crave for more, intensity rose slowly by the minute. I hear his breathing becoming heavy as his tongue danced with mine, my hand behind circling behind light gripping his neck, he was addicting.

As our pace slows, we pull apart leaning our foreheads onto each other gazing at each others eyes. "Yeah, I'll be okay now" he chuckled. I smile at him, my heart was still racing. "Goodnight Simon" smirking at him as he was walking towards the door, "Goodnight Rose." The door closed behind him and his footsteps trailed off down the hall. 

A/n: apologies for the short filler chapter!! I been super busy but I promise I have great ideas for future chapters!!🫶🏼