Chapter 14 Without you... Why did he have to make it sound like he needed her? Yui stifled a cry and looked away. Her handsome prince turned out to the Jiranan's rogue. But did he love either one truly? "I missed you, Yui." The words he uttered brought a tear to her eyes and she stared up at him. "You just left without a word. And then Jiranan...you act like two opposite beings, but there is one thing I know that is the same, you both have a weakness for me." "You're being arrogant," she managed to say, amusement lighting in her heart. Andrew smiled as he finally brought the lighter side of Yui out. Without another word, he closed the distance between them and kissed her cheek. "I'm being honest. I love you, you do know that, right?" "The Jiranan you know won't ever come back, Andy. You'll be loving the wrong girl." "Jiranan is every bit you, Yui. I'm almost sure of that. And besides that, you have always been my ideal." Yui pushed him away and shook her head. "Andy. I know you're just saying that---but admit it, Andy. You would want Jiranan in one split second if she could come back. Why would you want this quiet girl who merely nods and agrees with everything?" Andrew pulled her arms, letting his hands traveled to cover her hands. With a sigh, he held her tightly. "I loved Jiranan because of her feistiness and her intrigueness. I loved her because she reminded me of you. In the way she looks at me, the way life plays in her eyes, they are your characteristics. But I love you, Yui because of the peace you bring to me and the happiness you carry in you. You were the one I could trust. And I never lied to you, not once. I love you, Yui Jiranan Manojem, for who you are, your beauty, your goodness, your grace." They weren't words of seduction. But Yui was seduced by his honesty that she found her lips searching for his lips, to taste the words that rolled off his lips and test its weight. And sweetness filled every inch of her. And desire stroke hard into him as he drove his fingers in the mass of her hair, pulling her tightly against him. Deepening the kiss, clinging harder, and searching for each other, Andrew and Yui made love once more under the falling rain of the night. This time, Yui felt every kiss, every whisper, and every inch of him against her. And Andrew finally got back the woman he truly loved. Both women. In one night, he loved two women. But in his heart, he had already known he loved only one. ~ ( * ) ~ Andrew had woken up earlier than Yui and slipped out to prepare breakfast. He found his way easily around the house as if he had been there before. As he was preparing the food, he had awoken a servant. Malis came running upstairs from her quarters and was startled to find Andrew working around the kitchen without even wearing a shirt. She almost screamed until Yui stepped in from behind her. "Andy." She called his name, barely noticing Malis in the room, when her eyes were glued to his naked torso. "Oh, Malis. Um..." Embarrassed and unable to find the right words, Yui only managed a blush. Malis ducked her head and exited the room. Yui lifted her head to find Andrew chuckling to himself. "I can't believe you're laughing. You could have at least put on a t-shirt. My servant probably thinks I enjoy entertaining half naked men early morning." "Well, I hope that would only be me." Coming around her, he wrapped his arms around her and led her towards the table where the food was already laid out. "I didn't want to wake you up because I wanted to surprise you." "Oh, Andy...." Touched by his consideration, Yui could feel the tears form and turned to lean into him. "Why is it that I never fit in? Until you. You make me forget how clumsy, how odd, and what a duck I am." "That's because you were never any of that." Turning her to face him, he looked into her eyes and made her see her for who she really was. "Jiranan was a part of you that you were afraid to be in society. Beautiful, confident, and smart. But with me, Yui is all of that and more. My Yui." A small curve form at the tip of her lips and she walked into his embrace just as someone cleared his voice, presenting himself to the occupied couple who turned to face a glowering man on the verge of throttling someone. Shadow Main       Home        << Back 13       Next 15 >>

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