Chapter 11

To my monstrously high curiosity, Sam decides not to say anything about where we're going. Oh God... Since when did Sam become so secretive? And where does God intend to take me? If I don't like it?

- I have arrived, he says and I look out the window to figure out where we are.

I only see many villas on both sides of the street, so I still don't understand what we are looking for here. He gets out of the car and comes to open my door. I also get out and then he grabs my hand and I almost feel pulled by him in one of the villas. He opens the door with a key and then turns on the light. Immediately after the light comes on, my eyes widen in amazement at how well the interior looks, decorated in warm shades.

- God, Sam... He looks so good...

-Would you like to stay in this villa?

- Yes...I can already see myself on that corner by the window with a book in hand, studying, and you, sitting on the armchair and watching something on TV with a beer in hand.

- Can you imagine me next to you? He says and I see a twinkle in his eyes.

-I wouldn't exist without you, Sam. You must know this. But whose villa is this, anyway? And what are we doing here? Where did you get the keys?

He takes the keys out of his pockets and places them in my palm.

- You stay here. I rented the villa for the whole year. It's yours...ours.

I feel how tears flood my eyes and I embrace him. He hugs me to his chest and kisses me on the forehead.

- I don't even know how to thank you, Sam. Now I know that I didn't love you enough as you deserved.

He withdraws from the hug and puts his hand on my face with dilated pupils.

-You love Me?

I thought he knew this for a long time...

-I've always loved you, Sam, but every day I seem to love you more.

-Oh gosh...

-What?

He pulls me into a tender kiss and it seems very intimate and pleasant at the same time.

-Tell me again.

-I love you.

-Oh God...I love you, Kate.

My heart does a triple jump in my chest as if it were a champion at the Olympic games and I show him a short smile before I initiate the kiss which then turned into a hot night with my boyfriend.

Even when I thought it couldn't get better, it turned out to be extremely good. I'm just afraid that it won't just be a short-lived dream. I don't know why I have the feeling that everything will change. And I don't know if in good or bad...

***

The morning comes faster than I expected and I regret this. I don't want Sam to return home. Can't he stay with me forever? The sound of his phone wakes him up and he almost gets nervous when he answers the phone.

- Yes. In about 5 hours....I don't know. I'll solve it... He says then ends the call pulling me into his arms.

- I love you... he says and all his joints are shaking.

He puts his nose in my hair kissing the skin of my sensual neck and I feel him smile knowing that I melt under his touch.

-I love you.

I turn to face him like this, now standing face to face with foreheads pressed together. I place a kiss on his lips, and he brings me closer to him, deepening the kiss. After a few moments that seemed like minutes, hours... he breaks away from the kiss and he gets up from the bed.

- I should get ready. He says and I can feel the disappointment in his voice.

He will be missing just a little... Why do I feel as if we just broke up? Or that I would never see him again? I think it's just because I got used to having him by my side. What does love do from people...

-Hey... Everything will be fine, I say trying to calm him down.

Apparently I succeed because she turns to me with the most captivating smile I've ever seen in my life...and I haven't seen many, but this is my favorite smile so far. She winks at me and then starts getting pretty dressed quickly. Is he in a hurry somewhere? In a few minutes he is ready dressed under my intense gaze, then I get off the bed and hug him.

- I'll call you as soon as I finish my work. Have a good day. I love you. He says and places a hasty kiss on my lips and then goes to the exit.

- I love you too, Sam. Take care of yourself.

He gives me another look and then leaves the villa that has become my second home. I'm sorry that we didn't spend a little more time together but he seemed in a hurry. Well... I think it was very important for him and not I would have been very happy if I had kept him. Leaving all thoughts aside, I have classes today, then I have to make eye contact with Selena to tell her that she will have the room just for her again and to bring my things. It will be a full day. I just hope it passes without too many unannounced events. I take my keys and notice that they are both, which means that Sam didn't stop either of them. I just hope that it's because he was in a hurry and not because he won't stop by. I don't know why but the thought that he won't come to me makes me tremble and feel sad, but I choose to banish my thought to a dark corner of my mind and prepare for a new day. I quickly put on yesterday's clothes and then leave the house, taking a taxi to the boarding school, on the way talking to my mother and informing her of what happened. Of course, I can almost see her clapping with happiness that her daughter is with a man who he has a certain social class and can support me financially and I can't stop rolling my eyes because he can't see me.

I end the call when I get to the boarding school, I pay the driver, then I head quietly to my room. I find Selena getting ready at dawn and I giggle.

- I thought your boyfriend kidnapped you and I won't see you again, she says cheerfully and hugs me.

- I wasn't kidnapped but... I have good news for you and I hope you will be happy.

- I love good news. He says returning to what he was doing earlier.

- I'm moving. You'll have the whole room to yourself.

She almost kills me with the look she gets sad after.

-Why?

-Sam rented me a villa, so to speak, for a year. After hours I will gather my things and...

-Are you going to move in together?

- No. Just me...and I thought if you could help me take my things to my new house.

- Definitely. It's not every day you see a man who "rents" his girlfriend a villa. I can't wait to see her.

I laugh at her enthusiasm and start to change my clothes, then we both leave the boarding school to go to classes, not forgetting to update her on everything that happened these days, giving her some spicy details for her amusement.

The hours passed quickly and I don't even know how I already arrived in front of my house. Thanks to Selena who was after me almost the whole day, talking and laughing together, she made the void left by Sam filled. I didn't even know it was a company so good. Well, I didn't even give her a chance, but now I see that it's worth it. I open the front door and Selena almost salivates when she enters. That's why I don't like to brag about my wealth. Maybe others I can feel vile. I leave part of my luggage in the bedroom, and before she goes around the whole house, I decide to bring my last luggage. After I close the trunk of Selena's car, I see a man... Well, I see an injured man ...I realize that he is injured because his shirt is full of blood. He looks at me for a long time and then looks behind him as if he was being followed.

- Are you doing with the luggage? Selena shouted from the doorway and I turned towards her.

-Sure. This is the last one. I say then turn my gaze to the wounded man who...disappeared.