Chapter 25 - Twenty-Three
LEO
All of a sudden, I feel cold in my bed. The comforting warmth that was enveloping me into its embrace is gone. I sit up and look around my bedroom. Not a single sine of a silver haired man or his well-controlled pheromones. I wonder where he has gone off to. I am always the one who wakes up first and disappears without saying anything to him.
So, this is what it feels like when there is no one beside you in the morning to wish you a ’good morning’? So empty...
Wait, what?!
I come back to my senses. What am I even thinking? It’s not like I always had so many people to greet me early in the morning! So, why am I feeling like there is a void in my chest, now? It’s absurd. I hate this feeling.
I roll out of the bed, still a bit sleepy. My eyebrows twitch as I slide into my slippers because of the faint pain in my back. It doesn’t hurt as much as it used to considering we are doing it almost every night. But Erwin doesn’t show any mercy when he pounds into me. So, I think he went easy on me last night or I would have been robbed of my ability to walk.
I take a shower and get ready for the board meeting. Even if only I have the inheritance rights, it won’t be easy for me. Especially, if Jean and Leon stand up against me. It is not like I am afraid of them. I just don’t want to get involved in a nasty argument with Leon. And Jean, I would rather not have anything to do with him. Just looking at him gives me chills. Regardless, he has a nasty personality though he hasn’t shown it yet. And personally, I don’t ever want to see it.
"Leo, are you up?" Kevin knocks on the door as he calls out for me.
I swing the door open and step out, fully dressed in a black formal suit. "Let’s go. I am ready." I state as I stride down the hallway.
"We should grab your breakfast first." Kevin suggests as he follows after me, "We can’t have you collapse again. Ruth will kill me this time."