AN UNEXPECTED GROOM

Roxane stood at the door, in no hurry to enter. Her blond fingers held the thin room map which seemed extremely heavy. She took a deep breath as if mentally preparing herself before tapping the card against the door.

Di!

When she opened the door, she saw that the room was dark. The choking cigarette smoke lingered heavily in the room. She waved her hand in front of her nose but gave up when she discovered it didn’t help at all. After taking two steps into the room, she saw the man sitting on the sofa.

Her head was lowered and her exquisite features were hidden in the darkness. He held a lit cigarette between his fingers. The tip of the cigarette was orange and red as wisps of white smoke curled around his fingers. His posture was not noble and majestic as usual. Instead, he looked defeated and alone. He looked so exhausted he looked like he was about to collapse.

She felt like something was pulling at her heart when she looked at him. She pursed her lips and walked towards him. Her voice was a little shaky as she called out to him:

– Seb, Sebastien…

Sebastien did not raise his head. However, his body visibly stiffened. Then, he slowly looked up and met her clear eyes with a look of disbelief on his face.

– Roxane?

Sebastien couldn’t believe what he saw and wondered if he was dreaming. After all, she was supposed to be in M City with the Alvarez family.

Roxane revealed a beautiful smile and said softly:

– It’s me. It’s me, Roxane.

Sebastien’s Adam’s apple popped. His voice was hoarser than when they spoke on the phone as he asked:

-Aren’t you, aren’t you with your family?

She pursed her lips slightly before saying:

– I think it’s more meaningful to say Happy New Year in person.

Then she squatted down in front of him and looked at him. Stars shone in her eyes as she said softly:

– Sebastien, my little friend, I wish you a happy new year!

Sebastien took a deep breath. His dark eyes shone with excitement and passion. He extinguished the cigarette between his fingers before leaning over and hugging her. He buried his face in her neck, feeling her body temperature and her breathing. His dejection seemed to have been swept away at that moment.

Roxane felt like her bones were going to break from how hard he was hugging her. However, she didn’t say anything. She actually liked it when he hugged her like that. It was as if… as if he really needed her. It was as if his existence was indispensable to him. However, after a while, she couldn’t help but cough from the smoke in the room.

Sebastien came to his senses and quickly loosened his grip around her. His fingers touched her cold face as he asked:

– How are you ?

She coughed, shaking her head and said:

– You smoked a lot.

There was a small mountain of cigarette butts in the ashtray.

Sebastien suppressed the urge to kiss her by saying in a hoarse voice:

– Wait a minute. I’m going to shower and change.

She stood up obediently and entered her room first.

Sebastien opened the windows to air out the room before going into the bathroom to take a shower. He was dressed in the hotel’s white bathrobe.

Roxane was sitting on the couch as she held the red package she found under her pillow in her hands.

When he came out of the bathroom, he took a bottle of juice out of the refrigerator and unscrewed the lid before handing it to Roxane. He asked :

– You haven’t opened the red packet?

She shook her head.

– I was in a hurry to find you so I didn’t have time to open it.

Sebastien gestured to him to open it.

She opened the red packet, revealing a stack of brand new notes and a pink card.

The words on the card were:

Happy New Year, girlfriend. Grow well.

Sebastian.

Roxane stared at the words for a moment. Then, she asked curiously with a smile on her face:

– Why grow well? Why not grow quickly?

Sebastien sat down next to her before lowering his head to look at her with a warm gaze. He said :

– You don’t need to grow up in a hurry. You should take your time to experiment with things. No matter how long it takes, I will wait for you…

She felt like her heart had been flooded with honey at that moment. It was so sweet that she couldn’t stand it. She shyly changed the subject and asked:

– How much did you give me?

“Count it yourself,” replied Sebastien. He knew she was shy so he didn’t tease her.

“Okay,” she said before counting the notes with a serious expression. She mumbled quietly under her breath as she counted the notes one by one.

Sebastien continued to look at her. He found it hard to look away from her pink lips. His Adam’s apple bobbed as he tried to suppress the urge.

– 5201…

She suddenly looked up at him and asked:

-Are you confessing to me?

Sebastien did not deny it.

She carefully kept the notes and the card in the red packet before saying:

-Actually, you don’t need to do that…

– I want, said Sebastien in a low and hoarse voice,

– I have no dating experience and I’m nine years older than you. There are many times where I don’t know what you’re thinking. However, even if I don’t know much, I still have to do this kind of thing in a relationship…

– SO …

She looked at him carefully and asked:

– Am I your first love?

Sebastien nodded slightly.

Roxane’s smile widened. She squeezed his arm with both hands and said kindly:

– Sebastien, thank you. Thank you for letting me discover how sweet it is to be in a relationship.All rights © NôvelDrama.Org.

When she was with Diego in the past, the relationship was neither sweet nor happy. It was as if she was chasing him as well, looking at his back, while he didn’t even turn around to look at her.

Sebastian held his chin and raised his head. His eyes burned as he said:

– Roxane, I want to kiss you…

Roxane’s cheeks immediately warmed up.

“Why did he have to say such embarrassing words?”

However, when she remembered the words she said when she was drunk, she nodded slowly and closed her eyes as her heart pounded hard in her chest.

The next moment, Sebastien’s warm lips fell on hers. Although he had brushed his teeth, she could still smell the faint smell of cigarettes.

He was worried that her neck would hurt, so he wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her to sit on his lap so that she was taller than him.

She sat on him as she gripped his robe tightly, feeling as if she was in control. His mind was dizzy and empty.

When she came back to her senses, she found that she was already lying on the bed. Sebastian’s bathrobe was slightly open, revealing his muscular chest. His muscles were perfect and the lines were distinct.

He panted lightly as he traced her lips with his fingers. He asked:

– I’ve taught you several times now, but you still haven’t learned how to kiss?

A thought suddenly crossed Roxane’s mind when she heard these words. She asked shyly:

– You, did you like me a long time ago?

– Hmm?

He raised an eyebrow.

– This time, you took the books that Jessi gave me. You said someone would teach me in the future. Did you already love me… then? She asked softly.

The last words were spoken in an even softer voice.

“No,” Sebastien denied in a low voice. Then, before she could ask when he started liking her, he leaned down and kissed her again.