CHAPTER 26 “OFFICIAL BOYFRIEND 2"

Lara immediately felt an inexplicable dryness in her throat because of that question. She didn’t know what she was going to answer because the truth was more playing now in her mind. On how did Joaquin guess about that matter?

"Hey," Joaquin whispered to her as she remained silent.

That was when Lara swallowed unknowingly. She then simply withdrew her hand being held by Joaquin, but she failed because when the young man seemed to feel her attempt, that is why his grip there tightened even more.

"Are you afraid of me, sweetheart?" Joaquin asked her in his tender tone.

One after another she abruptly shakes her head in response to that question.

"Why should I be afraid of you?" she said with a weak laugh followed by her question and answer.

That was when the corner of Joaquin's lip lifted for a meaningful smile. And because she said she was not afraid of him she was forced to meet the gaze of the young man. Even that didn’t come easy for her.

"It's okay with me if you're not ready to tell Uncle Rodolfo about us," then that's what he heard the young man say then picked up the cup of coffee and sipped.

"Really?" she asked the young man in disbelief.

The young man nodded. "Yeah," he said as he put down the coffee cup then let go of her hand and stood up. "I have to go," he said afterward.

"All right," she replied, following Joaquin with her gaze that she saw moved toward the door of their house.

She knew he would say goodbye to her father, so she didn’t stop him.

"Uncle Rodolfo, I'll go ahead," he politely said as she expected.

Lara saw her father stand up followed by Callie who looked up at Joaquin.

That scene touched Lara's heart. How Callie stared at her father. And her shock intensified when she saw her daughter hugs Joaquin's leg.

"Are you coming back tomorrow, Uncle?" said Callie in a soothing tone.

That was when Joaquin bowed to Callie and then lifted and carried her. "Sure," the smiling young man replied to her son as he stared at the child’s face.

Callie giggled after that, without a word Callie kissed the young man on the cheek. "I wish you are my dad," she said without hesitation.

Lara was immediately shocked by what her daughter said.

Because of that, without a word, she took Callie from the man. She then handed her to her father who she found surprised as well. Not in what her daughter said but in her reaction.

"It's getting late, come on. I want to rest too," she simply shooed the young man away.

Joaquin turned to her and smiled. Then, without any words, he acted so she complied as well. But she did not expect what her boyfriend did next. Because after making sure that no one could see them, he then pulled her to the side of their house. In the hidden and unlit part.

"Joaquin!" she almost whispered protest out of shock.

"Shhh!" he said to her then pushed her against the wall. "I'm not leaving without kissing you," he added then covered her lips for a hurried kiss.

Lara's heart was immediately filled with excitement. Therefore, due to the intense beating of her chest, she did not hesitate to wrap her hands around his neck and then responded to the aggressive way of the young man’s claiming on her lips.

Joaquin was very aggressive at those moments. Maybe it's because of the fact that that opportunity was just stolen so he doesn't seem to want to waste even a small second.

"That's enough," she said then pushed the young man away from her.

Joaquin stared at her amusedly as he gazed at her face with an admiring look.

"Do you have work tomorrow?" he asked her.

Lara's eyebrows immediately met the young man's question.

"Yes, why did you ask?" she replied.

Joaquin just shrugged his shoulders. Then the man acted. He seemed to be tempting her when press his front against the object between her thighs. There, Lara gasped violently.

"Oh!" she said when she felt the undeniably strong voltage of electricity that like a poison quickly spread throughout her.

"What time is your schedule?" Joaquin asked.

Even before Lara could open her mouth to speak, Joaquin immediately touched her with a simple kiss. She gasped again because of that. At the same time the inexplicable longing that was in her whole being at those moments.

"C-Closing is my schedule for tomorrow," she replied to her boyfriend.

The young man's hot breath touched her neck as Joaquin's kisses went down there. Lara immediately moaned in response to her boyfriend's audacity.

"Meaning?" his question continued along with what he was doing.

She sighed when Joaquin kissed her neck again. She could feel his warm lips on her skin.

"It means that my time-in at the store would be by noon. I will be working until nine in the evening," she replied biting her lower lip to prevent the looming loss of a fine growl.

It was then that Joaquin met her gaze. “Really? Do you think you can spend a few hours with me?” he asked her.

Lara was immediately swallowed up by that question. She stared at Joaquin's face for a moment. She is trying to estimate whether he is serious in the words he has spoken. But as he just stared at the young man there was not the slightest trace of joking, she saw on his face.

“P-Please? I’ll pick you up at seven am?” the young man asked her even more tenderly.

Lara didn't know if it was because of the tone of Joaquin's speech, or the way he was staring at her. But as always happens whenever he uses gentle persuasion, she just nods as a sign of her consent.

"Great, bye," that was all, and he kissed her on the lips.

Lara's feet didn't seem to follow in the direction of Joaquin. She then found herself following Joaquin's car in the distance.

She agreed to be with Joaquin a few hours before her work. She didn't know if she would be thrilled or feel guilty about what was happening. But honestly, she felt divided in those moments.

Lara entered their house after locking the gate. Inside, she saw that the TV had been turned off and that her father and daughter were no longer in the living room.

"He already left?" it was Rodolfo who had just come out of Callie's room.

Lara nodded then sat down on the long sofa. "Callie is asleep, Dad?" she asked.

"She's sleepy," he replied and then sat down in the opposite seat.

Lara just smiled. "Thank you," she said.

Her father just nodded at her again before he opened his mouth to speak. "Is Joaquin your boyfriend, sweetheart?" Rodolfo asked her.

Lara was stunned by that question. He stared at his father then felt hesitant whether he would admit it or true or not.

“Confess the truth to me. Even when you just met Joaquin, I can see you are close to him. I won't stop you with whatever you want to do, just in case. All I want is to know the truth,” he asked her kindly.