"What do you think of this one," he asked swinging the clothes in my face. "It's great," I answered truthfully.
"That's exactly what you said for the last three." Adrian retorted scowling at me. I immediately tried to remove myself from a very sticky situation.
"It's the truth I swear, you look good in anything." I smiled at him " I'm not going to say it's great if it isn't.
"You know what babe, maybe you should sit and let me help you with your packing."
Adrian is very much picky when it came to his clothes and he wasn't getting anywhere with his packing. I went into our shared closet and picked clothes I knew would look very good on him.
I know how organized he loves to be so I folded them and neatly arranged them into his bag.
"You know you don't have to come if you aren't up for it right?" I asked him as we left our room.
"How many times have you asked me that and how many times have I told you not to worry, I want to go with you and I know you want me to accompany you so stop being a spoilsport and let's go.
The drive from home to the office went smoothly. There are some files I needed to take from the office, had to take a detour.
"You know, have been thinking," Adrian started.
"That,"
"It's been quite a long time since I traveled."
"So..."
"So, we should do some sightseeing before coming back home." He chirped happily.
"Babe," I started turning my body to him." this isn't a vacation you know that right?"
"I know, all I'm saying is when you are done with all your meetings, we can do a little sightseeing before going for the pet." He explained.
I sighed, looking up at him as excitement shone in his eyes.
He is my only weakness, how could I possibly say no to him.
"Sure, we can do that, Italy is great for sightseeing after all."
"Yes!!" he screamed.
Most people won't believe it but Adrian is only two years younger than I am. His playful and childish nature when he is around me leads people to believe he's my younger brother, and not my lover, my mate, my everything.
We have been together for a little more than eighty years now and I'm still in love with him the same way I was when we first met.
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We arrived in Italy late into the night. After checking into one of my hotels and settling in for the night, Adrian fell asleep almost immediately, tired and exhausted from the flight. When the room services brought our food I wasn't sure whether to wake him up or not because he had not eaten anything on our flight here. I decided to just keep the food in case he woke up hungry in the night.
I lied down on our bed facing him, trailing my fingers along with his skin, slightly whimpered and I smiled, even while he was sleeping he is still so cute and adorable.
Eighty years was not so easy to spend with a person even when they are your mate, we have fought, argued, gone days without saying a word to each other yet our love will still always unite us.
I have always considered meeting Adrian to be the best thing that ever happened to me.
Before meeting him I was very lonely and distant from the very few people who loved and cared about me, truth be told I didn't even believe in love or finding your mate till I met him.
Since meeting him I have regained communication with a lot of people I lost contact with, he helped me a lot, and do my best to love him to the best of my capacity.
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"Wake up sleepy head."
"Rise and shine babe."
"If you don't get up now I'm pouring a bucket of ice on your face." Adrian threatened me.
"You wouldn't dare," I said laughing softly as I opened my eyes to look at him.
"Of course, I would, you are the one who won't take a chance to see if I would do it or not." He replied smiling back at me.
"Okay, enough talk let's take a shower, we are exploring today," Adran told me as I was about to get up.
I sighed as I stood from the bed there was no stopping him now. I followed diligently to the spacious bathroom where Adrian stood by the sink brushing his teeth, he splashed water on me when I passed by him.
"What?" I asked.
"Nothing," he replied shaking his head for emphasis.
He kept on staring at me innocently like he has not just poured water on me. We kept staring at each other till I carried Adrian and playfully threw him into the jacuzzi. He yelped in surprise and came up for air.
"You know you made a mistake throwing me in a tub filled with water?" He asked.
I didn't quite get what he said until he splashed more water on me.
He giggled as I entered the water splashing it on him too in the process. I pulled him towards means I placed my palm under the soap dispenser, I washed his back, and when I was done he did the same for me.
After we were done showering, Adrian and I went to the hotel restaurant for breakfast. We spent the rest of the day walking and driving around Italy and it was really fun if I do say so myself.
This was not my first time in Italy, I have been here so many times but on business and not for pleasure. It was my first time here with Adrian and I was already wishing the day wouldn't end.
Everything seemed like a dream to me, but every sweet dream has an ending and ours ended the moment we got to the hotel.
Flashback
My phone had been buzzing in my jacket for a long time.
"Answer your call," Adrian told me. "I will call them back later," I replied.
"You don't have to do that, I will head on to the bathroom, join me once you're done."
He smiled and walked away.
I took my phone from my jacket only to find eighteen missed calls from Roarke alone and two from my mom.
I called my mom first and she just wanted to know why I wasn't answering my home office number and if everything was fine.
The call to Roarke however was a totally different situation, according to him he found another vampire willing to pay more than I did, so unless I doubled the amount he won't sell his daughter to me.
End of flashback.
It wasn't the money that bothered me but the fact that I brought Adrian all the way here to see our new pet only to leave empty-handed.
I knew he won't mind but I felt like I would be disappointing him if that were to happen, so I decided to double the amount I am going to be paying Roarke even though his daughter is probably not worth it.
I pulled Adrian closer to me and kissed his cheek one more time before resting my head in his hair and breathing in the scent of his overpriced floral shampoo.
Finding myself comfortable in his warmth I fell asleep with a smile tainting the corners of my mouth.
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