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Chapter 39

We entered the dorm and found Monty and William sitting together. The moment Ryan saw them, he ran and hugged both of them. "I can never thank you guys enough." He said.

Monty looked at him and waved his hand in dismissal. "I've done everything for my best friend." He said proudly. Me, Ryan and Monty spent the whole day together. Ryan made pasta for us we all ate together.

It was nearly midnight and Monty was fussing over getting late for his flight. "I have to leave now. I can't afford to miss my flight." At last I agreed and me and Ryan walked Monty to his car.

He was about to sit in his car when Rosie and her girls passed us. She had noticed me. "You found yourself another man?" she asked me faking surprised.

I didn't wait for her to continue. She had crossed her limits and now it was my time to do so. I slapped her hard across her face and it took her by surprise. "stay the fuck away from my Ryan and my best friend Monty or else you'll regret, Rosie. Mark my words, you won't be able to show your face till the rest of your life, if you messed with me or anyone related to me." I hissed every word clearly.

She nodded and ran, her girl pals running after her. Ryan whistled and Monty looked really proud. I blushed and walked Monty to his car while Ryan waited for me near our dorm.

After about ten minutes I came back to Ryan and he was standing in the exact same position. I entangled our hands, as I kissed his knuckles.

I smelt something.

I eyed him and he looked at me with confusion. I hugged him just to check his back pockets while he returned the hug with so much warmth. I pulled out the box from his right back pocket and felt him freeze.

"Since when did you started smoking?" I asked him, taking a step backwards. He rubbed the back of his neck and messed his hair nervously. "I...I-how did...you know?" he asked me nervously while his hands reached out to pull me close to him again.

I sighed. "I smelt this on your hand." I told him. He rested his forehead with mine. "Are you mad at me?" he asked as his breath brushed my face. His sweet breath mixed with the smell of cigarette was so weirdly sexy.

I was not really mad because I didn't have any problem with him smoking cigarette unless it is limited. Low key, I liked it a lot for some reason. But I wanted to know why in the first place.

"answer me first. Since when?" I asked him again. "when you left me, and I thought I had lost you forever and that stressed me out so much. I don't remember being this depressed ever in my life. And then this thought occurred that people usually smoke to release stress, so I tried but it didn't much helped me and till then It was habitual." He finished apologetically.

My heart broke at his words.

He smoked because of me. "how many do you smoke a day?" I asked him. "five." He replied with nervousness. "I am not commanding you, just requesting you. Can you just lessen one? Four per day?" I asked him while placing my hand on his neck.

He nodded with a smile. "and one more thing." I said hesitantly. "what?" he asked as he traced his nose at my jaw making me breath heavily. "if you ever do smoke more, just don't hide. You can smoke in front of me also, I won't mind."

I whispered as my hands started gripping his shirt to stop myself from falling while he is slowly stroking his nose on my neck. "done." He whispered in my ear, as I shivered. He kissed my cheek and we headed back to our dorm.

I took a shower and then changed into a black tank top with grey shorts. I was in my room while Ryan was taking a bath. I texted Alex and told her that everything is good. And she was really happy for me.

Ryan walked in my room wearing a blue t-shirt with white shorts, his hair wet. He looked really hot. He sat in front of me. "hey." He whispered to me. I smiled and hugged him.

Now that we were alone I didn't want to miss the chance of showing him how much I had miss him. He hugged me back. We sat like this for a very long time.

Then he pulled me in his lap. My hands playing with his soft messed up hair and his nose tracing my neck which obviously made me shiver. His hands moving on the exposed skin of my arms.

"I'm sorry for not hearing you out." I said with remorse. "you don't need to. Your reaction was understandable." He said looking me in the eyes. "but still. I feel really guilty abou-" his hand caught my neck from behind and pulled me in for a kiss to stop from talking.

His lips moving with mine with intensity and roughness. His tongue slid in my mouth and the almost forgotten taste of him gave me so much pleasure. He pushed me on the bed, his lips still moving.

His hands slid in my top and just lightly traced everywhere. I shivered with pleasure. Ryan slid to my neck and bit lightly then kissed softly on my throat and rested his head on my chest. His finger tracing my shoulder and my hands in his hair.

Before I knew fell asleep peacefully. I heard a muffled buzzing. I realized it was my alarm. Ryan was spooning me from behind. He was not wearing his shirt. Before I could move to turn off the alarm, Ryan switched it off.

When he moved the covers shifted and exposed my feet. "mmm...my feet." I said really sleepily. He threw the cover on me again and then pulled me closer to him and hugged me from behind, his leg intertwined with mine.

His breath was brushing my neck. "good morning, Faith." He said in his husky sleep voice. I turned around a little and my lips lightly brushed his. He kissed me softly, while pulling me closer. "good morning, Ryan."

I replied him when we broke apart. He was tracing his nose on the side of my face. He inhaled deeply and then sighed peacefully. "Faith?" He said. "Ryan." I replied and he kissed the side of my head.