Chapter 176: Staying Over at His Place
We made some crazy love, but I don’t think Hayden was convinced of anything at all. I didn’t understand him and how he saw the world. It pained me to admit it, but perhaps after all this time, I still didn’t understand anything about him at all.
Hayden got off the sofa and picked up his pants. I could hear rather than see Hayden walking away from me.
"Remember this, Malissa. I don’t believe that peace can be easily achieved. If it was that easy, I wouldn’t have lost my brother…" Hayden said without a trace of emotion in his voice.
Those were the last words that I heard before my consciousness faded completely.
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My eyelids felt so heavy and so did the rest of my body. The sensation of someone shaking my shoulder softly was what woke me up from my slumber. With effort, I struggled to open my eyes. At first, I thought that it must be Hayden who was trying to wake me up. However, when my eyes opened wide enough for me to see, I found out that I was wrong.
"Auntie?" I said with slight confusion.
I haven’t seen her since that last time at the penthouse where Hayden and I were living together. Why is she here? Does she live in this mansion with Hayden?
"Yes, it’s me…" Auntie said before smiling warmly down at me from above.
I tried to get up by using my arms to lift my upper body and that was when I realized the state of nakedness and disarray that I was in. Embarrassed and shocked to be seen this way, I quickly covered my body by readjusting my dress. I guess she’s already seen everything and can already figure out what had happened between Hayden and me so it’s a little too late to cover up anything right now.
"Where is Hayden?" I asked and found that my voice sounded raspy and dry.
My throat stung a little probably from all the shouting and screaming that I did when Hayden made love to me. There was a similar stinging sensation in between my legs as well. I sighed loudly.
"Master Hayden is no longer here," Auntie replied regretfully.
I guess she doesn’t know where he went either. It was very late at night or perhaps very close to dawn and I couldn’t help but wonder where he went.
"I see…" I muttered as if speaking to myself.
"Sleeping here won’t do, Malissa. You’ll hurt your back. Let me take you to your new room," she said with a welcoming smile.
Oh, that’s right. Hayden did say that I would need my own rooms.
"He wants me to stay over here?" I asked as I continued to adjust my clothes to cover more of my flesh.
"Yes. If you can, please follow me…" Auntie said with worry in her tone.
Hayden was very rough with me, but I could still walk, although not without pain. I sat up on the sofa before getting up and following Auntie out of Hayden’s room. Back in the long hallway, Auntie led me towards what were to be my new rooms.
"This way, dear," Auntie said gently as she led the way.
After a short walk, she came to a stop in front of a pair of large white doors with an intricate design. Quickly, she pushed the door open and ushered me inside. The room inside was dark and Auntie quickly turned on the light. The beauty and the sophisticated vibe of the pastel pink and white room and its furniture and decorate took my breath away. A princess would probably sleep in a room like this.
"This is the bedroom. Connected to this room is a workshop room where you can work on your artwork, a bathroom, a kitchen, and a dining room," Auntie explained.
I followed her dutifully from one room to the next as she showed me where everything was. Honestly, everything looked too perfect as if this was a princess or doll’s house out of a dream. Everything seemed sparkling clean and very new as well. I felt a little excited and giddy at being given such a splendid set of rooms to spend the night.
It was a shame that since my stay here would just be for the night and that meant that I probably wouldn’t have the chance to use all these rooms.
My biggest regret was not getting to use the painting studio that had a very large floor-to-ceiling glass window. Although it was still dark outside right now, I could tell that the window would let in a good amount of natural light during the daytime. It was a pity that I wouldn’t get the chance to create any paintings here in this room.
The natural light would have been perfect for drawing and painting some still life work.
"Thank you for showing me around and for preparing this beautiful set of rooms for me," I thanked Auntie before flashing her a bright smile.
My fatigue was starting to catch up to me again and I began to feel sleeping once more. I think I should go to bed right after Auntie leaves. It’s also very late right now and I think that Auntie should be in her bed and getting her rest as well.
"You must be tired. I’ll leave you to rest for the night," Auntie said before excusing herself.
--To be continued…