Chapter１５

After coming back to my place, I instantly started the computer and jotted down the words. Meeting Vampire would always sparkle a touch of motivation within my heart. So as soon as we separated, I found myself constantly thinking about him, seeing his face before my eyes.

And as soon as his face appeared, I started remembering all the characters in the novel, making the scene vivid in my mind. I was so inspired by the time I got home that I didn't want to wait a little bit longer to jot it all down.

So with an excited expression on my face, I typed the words, grinning widely. Those are words constantly flowed out of my fingers as I continued to type on the keyboard.

My husband wasn't here yet. So I was free to do anything I wanted. And it wasn't like he wanted to see my face anyway. Slowly, it was evening, and I didn't even realize it.

Just then, I heard the sound of notification on my phone. Thinking it was probably Vampire, the grin on my face widened as I picked up my phone.

Unfortunately, the message was from one of my old friends wanting to invite me for a drink. My smile faded as I dully kept the phone back, glancing at the computer again.

But the inspiration that had forced me to write all this time didn't occur again. Instead, there was a dull ache in my heart that urged to hear his voice again.

I knew we met earlier today, but I had already started missing him. How could I not miss that guy? Every time he smiled at me, I would feel as if flowers had bloomed in my heart, making my chest filled with warmth of love.

But now, I only felt emptiness that urged me to again and again to find that love. I almost felt like I had been drugged, wanting to take the meds all over again.

Sighing, I picked up my phone again and texted him finally after pondering over it for half a day. It was already evening, and my work wasn't finished. But the fact that just a mere delay and neglect of Vampire caused me to lose the inspiration that had been bubbling inside my heart for a long time already.

I bit my lips and typed in a messge.

"You there?"

I waited, waited, and waited. But he didn't reply back. Normally, he would text back instantly, constantly flirting with me more than half the time. But today was different. Not only he didn't reply back, but Vampires status was also online. It means he was deliberately ignoring me today.

I frowned at that. We had just met a few hours ago, and he seemed fine. What happened to this guy now?

Anxiety grew inside my heart as I bit my lips and texted again.

"I really need to talk to you." I wanted to type more, but what exactly do I say? Should I tell him that it was because he wasn't texting me back that I lost my motivation to write anything at all?!

Such a thing scared me a lot to be honest, and I didn't want him to think that I was a girl who would love to stick to a guy out of selfishness.

So I kept staring at the textbox unblinkingly for a while befire sighing. Nevermind. Maybe he wouldn't text back today despite being online. Perhaps he was busy. I really had a bad habit of jumping to conclusions.

I tried to console myself, but my heart wouldn't budge. It had already considered that Vampire is the only source of inspiration, and without his attention, I wouldn't be able to write a single word.

But I still forced myself to work. I put my fingers on the keyboard, and typed a letter. Suddenly, all those images that were fresh in my mind a while ago vanished and a blank piece of paper appeared that didn't have a single word.

I sighed and shut down the computer.

I had to at least submit three chapters today, but since I lost motivation to write anymore, I couldn't submit my draft for today.

Just then, I got a notification. Thinking it to be another message from a friend, I got irritated. But just as I picked up my phone to send a harsh reply, I got stunned after seeing a reply from Vampire.

I stared at my phone fot quite a while before clicking the imbox open.

Vampire: "Sorry, I was dealing with the stupid boss. He kept bugging me about some writer he met that day and called me. Did I make my princess upset?"

Again with this nickname. My heartbeat rose rapidly again after seeing this text, and I instantly replied.

"Yes. I'm upset. I lost my motivation to write. You need to fix this."

Vampire: "Oh? How did you lose it?" Then another text popped up. "Was it because I didn't reply?"

Now they were talking in a straightforward way. I couldn't help but feel a trace of blush creeping up my face. But before I could reply to that flirty text, he sent another message.

"Okay, let's meet. Right now! Same place."

I stared at this text for quite a while before confirming that I wasn't dreaming. Did he really just text me that we would meet again? I couldn't help but feel my heart thuddimg inside my chest.

"Okay!"

And I sprinted off. After fixing my appearance, I dashed out of the house and locked the front door.

It took me a few minutes before I could reach the coffee shop again near the bridge. And when I arrived there, Vampire was already sitting at the window seat, staring at me with a smile on his face.

I blushed and averted my eyes, sitting before him. This time, we talked about almost everything about the book, but nothing personal like how we were earlier today. He gave off a professional smile and continued to discuss about the project I was handling.

"Now tell me. Why did you lose motivation? Don't tell me it's because of me. I need a practical reason why you're not able to write. I need to help you out, okay?"

Why was he acting so aloof? In the text, he called me princess and we had even kissed a few hours ago. And now, this person was acting as if all of that didn't happen at all. I couldn't help but state at his face for a while before swallowing and said, "I-I don't know."

He sighed. "Then how about we stay and drink for a while? Maybe you'll get your inspiration? Or simply talk about your story. I've heard you get motivation when you talk about your storyline to someone."

What exactly should I talk about? It would have been fine if we were both flirting back and forth like earlier. But now, I was reluctant. Should I just go ahead and say that I wanted to dedicate this novel to him so much so that even the protagonist was named 'Vampire?'

I swallowed my words and looked down. At this time, the only thing that would give me inspiration was his sweetness. Even a hug would do. I couldn't help but long for his embrace that could make my heart flutter under my chest.

But at this time, I could only purse my lips and suppress my emotions. Why was Vampire acting so weirdly? As if he wanted to avoid whatever happened between us…

He was fine earlier today, but what exactly happened in these few hours? Why did he become so aloof?

It was getting late, and even after an hour, we still acted as if nothing was going on, and he behaved professionally with me. And after we talked, he stood up and walked toward the door, gesturing to me to come out.

I walked toward him, staring intensely in his eyes, questioning everything through a single glance and lowered my head. Should I just try and hug him? Maybe I was thinking too much, and Vampire really did want to inspire me.

After thinking like that, I cautiously approached him only to see that he took a step back adn deliberately avoided me, chuckling nervously. "It's getting dark. You should go home."

I stared at him for quite a while before lowering my head. Something had definitely happened when she went home to write more words for her novel. But what? Why was Vampire acting aloof like this? I couldn’t help but frown at that, and I turned my head to hide disappointment in my eyes. “Okay. But can we go to the bridge together? Please?”

Vampire was silent for a long time. I got anxious and thought that he was going to reject me ruthlessly. So just as I was about to say something, he opened his mouth and said, “Sure.”