Unexpected

• Chapter Twenty-Six •

What I would give to run my hands all over them.

Abel notices that I'm ready and stands up to walk towards me but stops halfway.

Nervously, I tug on the bottom of his shirt. "Thanks for letting me borrow this, I forgot to bring my own."

Even from the distance that I am at, I can see his eyes turn a shade darker.

"It looks way better on you than me anyways Brown Eyes. I love you in my clothes."

My eyebrows raise at his statement. "Oh really? Maybe I'll just start borrowing your clothes more often then."

"I have absolutely no objections to that beautiful."

Abel continues walking towards me and places his hand on the small of my back moving us forward. Just from the slight touch, I can feel his heat searing through my clothes and onto my skin. Shivers rack through my body reminding me of the intense affect he seems to have on me. A quick glance at him leads me to believe he didn't notice what he does to me.

"So where exactly is this pool you have?" I ask him.

"It's actually in this kind of glass house connected to our main house. I'll just show you since it's hard to explain."

Feeling intrigued, I follow him in silence.

We leave his house through the back door and out into his garden. I immediately notice how well taken care of it is. From the back door, circular stone pathways lead all over the garden. Following them, we go underneath a vine arch which is covered in a variety of flowers giving it an exotic look. This leads to a vivid green open space with several different plants occupying certain areas as well as a fountain. To the left of the garden is a swing chair and a slide and swing play set. But what stands out the most is the glass house. There are two slide doors that lead into the house which have a flower pot on each side. All the windows are large with white window frames and thin curtains on the inside.

Realising I'm done with my gawking, Abel starts walking again obviously intending for me to follow.

He slides open the doors allowing us to go in. We walk the short distance down a hallway to the main area where the pool is located. Straight away, the sound of water splashing and happy laughter hits my ears reminding me of the multiple siblings that Abel has. Do I even remember all their names?

"Keziah!" Tatiana And Tristan start swimming towards me as fast as they can. They're both wearing those bright orange armbands that everyone is subjected to until they are old enough.

"I didn't think you were ever coming back, it's been a long time you know!" Tatiana places her little hands on her hips in what I'm heading is supposed to be in an angry manor but just manages to make her more adorable.

"Sorry Tati, I promise to come and see you more." This clearly appeases her for the mean time as she quickly returns back to the rest of her siblings.

"Did you bring Nolan with you?"

"Not today Tristan, maybe next time though."

Tristan huffs loudly feeling disappointed.

"Alright." He drags out this one word for a long time exaggerating his sadness.

"Ignore him, he's just trying to make you feel guilty." Abel nudges me with his shoulder. "Yeah, Nolan does the exact same thing."

"Abel!" Zane calls out to him from his spot in the pool. "I see you brought my future girlfriend." He winks flirtatiously at me.

Abel scoffs and crosses his arms while I raise my eyebrows in amusement.