Chapter 35

KIEL'S POINT OF VIEW

It's 11 in the evening, yet my girlfriend is still awake. She seems quite busy in her room. So I decided to go to her kitchen and cook some instant noodles while cooking pancakes. I don't know if it's called a midnight snack for her, but for me, yes, I usually don't eat at night after six since I'm looking after my figure. But since she was still working, I should not think about it. In fact, her curves make me crazy to hold her that tight.

"Love, what are you doing?" She said this while still focusing on the screen.

"Cooking some noodles and pancakes, love. Do you have anything else to add?"

"No love, thank you." I can feel her yawn but am still trying to stay awake. Being an architect was hard, but she still tried to get awake for the client's design.

I went back to her while holding the food tray.

"Love, take some breaks first; I will prepare food for you." She looked up at me with a smile—those gorgeous smiles, fuck.

"Can you feed me, love?" She pouted her lips while blinking her eyes.

"Fine love." I cut a piece of pancake and fed her, giving her a smack in the end.

"You always took advantage of me; each time you get timing, huh?"

"Why don't you like my kiss? Those lips had a lot of girls dreaming of getting a chance to kiss me. You're lucky; I can give it to you for free every day. No, not everyday, but every second."

"Love, it's not that I'm complaining, but you might get bored with us if you always do that.  Since we're just a new couple, we should take it slow, okay?" She said this while looking at me. I held her cheeks and kissed her a lot on her lips.

"I object, your honor; I wouldn't do that. I won't get bored with us, okay? I want you to trust me. I love you, love."

"Fine, by the way, love, I thought you were busy with your practice together with Sandra; then why are you at your home early?"

"Well, I asked our choreographer to get off early at the rehearsal since we are all exhausted from practice since the week started. He finds it a good idea, and he agrees. Well, I just do that because I'm missing you. Both of us have been kind of busy since Monday, and I haven't even found time to visit you in your office. Even cook for you, even for just one meal. So that's why I suggest early dismissal."

"You don't have to do that; I understand your schedule is kind of tough right now. Even though my schedule was tight too, I understand if we both lose time to see each other; at least we both update each other so the other one won't get worried. And that's enough for me; you better not do that again. Or else, Mr. Lopez, I'll get mad at you; you don't have to worry about me. Once we both find time to have quality time with each other, we will do everything we want, but when we are busy, updating each other is fine."

"Fine, say ahhh." She opened her mouth, and I fed her pancakes. While she chewed her food, I sliced a big piece of pancake for her. She looked surprised when she saw the cut.

"Love, you can tell me if you're trying to kill me." She said this and held my hand with a fork.

"You better open your mouth and eat so you become full and have a lot of ideas for your design." She gulped and opened her mouth. I took a bite at the other end and winked at her. She slapped my arm and turned around.

"Love hey!"

"Tsk! I know you're taking advantage again, Mr. Kiel Calvin Lopez!"

"It's okay, right, love?" I hugged her from the back and put my head on her shoulder. She taps my head and messes with my hair.

"Fine, you win."

"Love, are you still not sleepy? It's almost midnight; you better take a rest." I said this while she was stretching her hand.

"Later, love, please."

"Fine."

I took a chair from the kitchen and carried it through her room. I was sitting behind her and massaging her shoulder.

"Love, you should sleep; don't wait for me." She held my hand on her shoulder.

"I'll wait for my girlfriend, okay? If you stay late tonight, I will too, okay?" She sighed and got up.

"That's the call for today; we should sleep. I know you're tired too."

I carry her and gently put her on her bed. I went up to her and hugged her tight.

"Can we sleep like this, love?" She nodded while yawning. I gently stroked her hair with my hand. I wait for her to fall asleep and grab my phone from my pocket. I turn off my camera flash and take a picture of us. I was hugging her while I was on her chest, and she was deeply asleep.

'Sleep tight, my girl; I hope you're dreaming about me," was my caption, together with a wink emoji.

I upload it not just on Facebook but on Instagram and Twitter too. I closed my eyes and fell asleep in her arms.

A shout made me wake up. I saw Aria, Clay, and Morisette standing at the door.

"Hmm, what's that noise?" Odette scratched her eyes, looked at me, and smiled.

"Fick girl, you just got awake and you're smiling to him, like the hell, brother, get up now we need to talk."

"We better be." Morisette raised an eyebrow while crossing her hands. We get up and fix ourselves. I bought a new toothbrush, so I have a spare in her house.

"Love, take a pose." I said this while we were brushing our teeth and doing our skincare.

Aria and Clay went to the bathroom and went in between us.

"Please, we know this is literally your first day, but please do things normally. I'm beginning, you guys." Aria said while sitting on the sink.

We act like we are in the distance, trying to hold each other's hands. Seeing them annoyed makes us tease them both.

After we did our skincare routine, we went to the living room and sat on the couch.

"Okay, can you guys tell us what this photo means?" Clay showed us her phone with the photo I took last night. Odette looks at me and raises her shoulder. I sighed and looked at them.

"I took that photo last night when she finally fell asleep; did you guys find it offensive?"

They look at each other and scream.

"This is totally insane, like the hell, brother," I said when I saw this. These totally freak me out. Like you never did that before, even with Sloan and Faith." Odette looked at me with a curious face.

"Faith was my first girlfriend around high school, I think.

"Opps!" Clay and Morisette slap Aria's arm.

"But to think of it, Odette, Kiel never did that to anyone he was proud of, can't you see? All his fans totally admire you for getting their idol as your boyfriend; I envy you for that." Clay said, closing her palms while blinking her eyes fast.

She just rolled her eyes. I sat beside her and hugged her tight.

"Don't get jealous; it's all part of the past now." Clay, Aria, and Morisette pretend they vomited.

"Stop being cheesy, brother."

"Right, you better split up." Clay sat in between us.

"So tell us, how do you guys get together? How did you ask her, Kiel?" Morisette said she would pretend she was a kid waiting for a bedtime story.

"I took an early break from my rehearsal; by so much missing her, I decided to surprise her. Since it's been a week since we last saw each other. I cook everything and decorate my condo; I even spy on her company."

"Wait, so all this time, the reason Trisha tried to stop me from going home was for you to prepare for those demands, oh?"

"Yeah, she helps me. I even forgot to buy a gift for you; I even bought a flower online for inconvenience. I even went rushing to a jewelry store."

"Wait, jewelry store?" They went to Odette and held her hand.

"Oh my gosh, Kiel, did you know how much this is worth?" Morisette yelled at me, and I just shook my head at them.

"That's worth 500 million dollars. Sh*t, I didn't know you had that much money on your credit card. Can you buy me one too? I truly envy you now, Odette." Aria said, That's just a penny for me.

"That's fine; the price is worthless when it comes to my queen." I winked at her, but she just rolled her eyes.

"Let's go back to the store and bring it back; this is worth tons of millions." She was about to unwrap the ring, but I stopped her.

"That's fine. It's worth buying it; in fact, it doesn't affect my bank." They looked confused at me. I show them my online banking account.

"The hell, that's more than my allowance."

"Did you forget who your brother was?" I grin at her and wink. Aira rolled her eyes and crossed her arms.

"Yeah, you are Mr. Kiel Calvin Lopez, who got his three albums sold out for more than 300 million copies. And who had hits in his movies and sold out his concert tickets? Fine, I should not be envious about this."

"So love, no worries about that ring; I bought that for you, so you better take care of that."

"Fuck, love!" Aria, Clay, and Morisette tease us.

"I thought we should go grocery shopping, love. They should better leave, right?" Odette winks at me; fuck, a goddess winks at me.

"Yeah, they better should." They look at each other and at us.

"We will come; we want to make sure Odette is safe." Clay and I high-fived each other.

"N-no"

"Then no one will leave until you guys agree that we can come." Aria said to sit on the couch.

"Aria, does Kiel have any other friends except Ivan? Or brother? I want one like him."

"Well, unlucky of you, his twin brother was kind of a jerk yet has been in a relationship with Trisha for quite some time now. But I know you had friends, right, Kiel? Who is it again? Baekhyun? And Sehun? Am I right?"

I nodded at them; I've known them since we were trainees.

"Fuck, Byun Baekhyun, and Oh Se Hun of EXO." Clay's jaw dropped as he looked at me. I just raise my shoulder and walk out through Odette's condo.

I took a quick bath and dried my hair before I went out naked and picked up a pair of sweat pants, an oversized plain shirt, and a double-pocket long sleeve. I even wore my sneakers on.

I grabbed my wallet, phone, and car keys before I went out of my condo. I saw them coming.

"Hi love," I wave at her.

"Hello love."

"You look beautiful as always."

"Stop with those words, please, brother." Aria said, as I get Odette's bag from her and carry it for her,

When we reach the parking lot, I get into my Mercedes-Benz GLS class car. And park in front of them.

"Get in!" I open the passenger and back seat doors for them.

"Now I know where your cars are parked; what cars are parked here?"

"Oh, my BMW, Ferrari, even Audi, and Mercedez-Benz are parking here. Some are in my rest house. Maybe 8 cars park here."

"How many are those that dad bought?"

"Four of my cars, but I had a total of twenty cars." While driving, I look in the rearview mirror.

"The heck, brother, what if I come to your entertainment company and apply as an artist? Do you think I can get those numbers too?"

"No, you will be rejected; you don't even know how to act."

"But I know how to dance and sing."

"No, maybe Odette will."

"Of course she is your girlfriend; that's why you support her, but I'm your stepsister, remember?"

"As if I care." I laugh to tease her, and they laugh at Aria for seeing her get teased.

"Do you girls want to eat first before we go to the grocery store?"

"Sure." They spoke and looked energized; they were hearing and eating.

I turn right and go straight to an Italian restaurant. We all went out of the car and were about to enter when I saw Sandra coming our way.

"Hi Kiel." She said, "Tiptoe and kiss me on my cheeks.

"A-ah, hi Sandra, What are you doing here?"

"Waiting for you?" Sandra winked at me, and Odette let go of my hand.

"So you're the girlfriend?" She walks through Odette. And curl the end of Odette's hair.

"Pretty enough, oh, and by the way, Kiel, director, said be ready for the kissing and bed scene we will have on the first day of taping. Bye." She waved at me and blew me a kiss. Oh no, I'm dead seeing Odette's eyes flaming in anger.

"Sandra huh?"

"Love, she's Sloan's sister; she's my new screen partner. I forgot to tell you because we've been busy these past few days."