Chapter 25

|| Savannah's POV ||

" God! Two months? Are you guys disowning me, Mom?", I barked through the speaker at my mom. My father and she went abroad for a week. But now, they were telling me that they couldn't come back for two months. It was already getting tense for me to live in Ares's house every day. I mean, I was expecting to save my virginity before graduation.

My mom sounded sorry, her voice getting emotional,

" Oh honey, I wish that I could come back but you know how our job is. We can't leave everything unfinished here. Besides, you are all grown up now. Can't you manage this day?"

I rubbed my forehead to ease my anger. Indeed, I wasn't even a teen now, a grown-up adult and probably should learn to take responsibility. Leaving the discomfort aside, I assured faking a casual tone although it was annoying me badly,

" Okay, Mom. I will shift somewhere else to stay these days or call over Aria to our house."

" That's like my girl. I gotta go now, love. I will call you again. Stay safe!", she spoke before ending the call. I snorted breathing hard as I had to take care of everything by myself now.

" What happened again?", Aria spoke, playing with the book in her hand.

" My parents!", I replied shortly, whipping around. Her brows tightened slightly as she dropped her book aside, giving me her all attention. Taking a deep breath, I replied leaning against the desk,

" They will stay for another two months abroad. I can't call you to live with me every single day Aria but fuck, I guess, I will have to shift to a hostel for these two months."

Aria furrowed hard this time, sitting up to fold her arms,

" Why do you even search? Come on! You are dating my brother. Can't you just move over to our house for these 2 months?"

" What???", my brain growled protesting immediately. Images of Ares, walking around the house in shorts already flashed across my memories. He was a pure temptation, a split of fire that could burn me whole.

I shook my head disagreeing,

" No! Not happening Aria. We can't live just like that."

I bit the corner of my lips weakly. Though we didn't fuck, I couldn't forget how amazing his fingers penetrate the core. Even the thought dumped my panties. He was indeed a sex god.

Aria blurted, her brows tightening suspiciously,

" Why not? Aren't you two dating?"

Her eyes held suspension and I swallowed the lump in my throat. It was a common thing for couples to share the same roof. Besides, we weren't in high school but a grown-up ass now. I guess, that says a lot and it was just me who always gave Finn the charge to decide everything in our relationship.

Oh Gosh! I couldn't let Aria suspect our relationship! If she knew that we were fake dating, she would kill Ares ASAP like ASAP!

I cleared my throat, reasoning nervously,

" I mean, I haven't consulted with Ares yet. So I don't know what will he think. If he doesn't agree.."

Aria grinned, cutting me off midway with a wink,

" Oh come on, Savannah! You know what? Ares would be more than happy. Just see!"

I smiled back weakly. It wasn't Ares who needed to get worried. It was me who couldn't stop reviving those memories. Nope! Not happening! I couldn't be played by him not again.

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" How was your day, bro?", Aria spoke, devouring the spaghetti that I just made. Ares just returned home after his heavy workout session in PK. I could tell that he had worked hard today as his curls were still dumped in sweat.

He growled, turning around and surprised to see me a little bit. Crashing over his red couch, he muttered leaning back leisurely,

" Just so so! Did you two come from University?"

Aria mumbled between her chewing,

" Yeap and good news!"

She paused mysteriously and sat up to go on his side. Plopping next to her brother, she continued giving us mischievous glares,

" Savannah is going to stay with us for these 2 months."

Ares jerked sitting up straight to look into my eyes widening. He didn't hold back the surprise in his expression,

" Shit! For real, Princess? Are you coming over here?"

I nodded shyly and didn't dare to meet his eyes as he was practically looking like he couldn't wait to devour me.

No, Savannah! Stop! You can't let him use you again!

His dark chuckle weakened my knees as he dropped his weight back against the couch with a guffy smile. Aria didn't miss the chance of teasing us,

" See! I told you, my brother would be more than happy!"

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" You shouldn't have thanked me openly in that interview! People might spread rumors now!", I questioned biting my lips together inside Ares's room.

Although they had a spare room downstairs, Aria didn't allow me to stay there. She pushed me inside Ares's bedroom and convinced me, telling me that his room was cool. Besides, there were cockroaches everywhere downstairs. Pushing my luck further, I agreed much later on and trailed behind Ares to end up in his master bedroom.

Ares chuckled, dropping over the bed leisurely. He was drying his hair off after his shower. His muscles were on open display, only a towel wrapped around his body.

Fuck! He didn't even care that I was also inside his room!

Ares threw the towel somewhere in the room, causing me to furrow my brows annoying. I didn't like a messy room. Seems like I had to work hard to make his room lively. He replied blowing his cheeks out,

" People are always spreading rumors, Princess. There's nothing new and I was stating the truth. But I am glad that you watched my interview. Don't sound like complaining when I know that you are happy."

I cleared my throat, eyes dropped to the ground to avoid his obvious eyes. My cheeks were tainted in red so much that anyone could tell that I was blushing like a teen. To save my embarrassing face, I attempted to come up with an excuse, shuffling my feet down,

" I...I just overheard in the cafeteria."

Ares hummed softly and stalked over to stand in front of me. His fresh cologne smell slapped my face, causing a sting between my thighs. Why was my body acting like a horny cub this day?

His voice sounded husky as he stood there, towering over my height,

" I am glad that you came to live with us."

My stomach tightened into a knot and the red alarms of living with Ares in the same room began to buzz like a drum inside my head repeatedly. If we stayed together in the same bed, I was sure that I would end up losing my virginity there.

Taking a deep breath, I blessed myself before speaking out in a serious voice,

" Ares...we..we can't be doing this anymore...You know, it's all fake..our dating and couple..I...I don't want to do something which will make me guilty later on.."

Ares took a step back and the playful atmosphere between them seemed to change too fast. Staring at his freshly washed face, I saw the change in his feature, turning into a guilty one soon afterward. For a split moment, I was guilty of making this statement. Somewhere in my imagination, Ares was only envisioned as a funny, playful boy always. His sad face bothered me a lot.

How the fuck It was affecting me so much? But it was the best for the two of us.

Ares laughed nervously, pain lacing out from his voice as he turned to walk back to the bed,

" I...I understand, Princess. It was just a heated moment between us. Don't think about it too seriously. Well, let's get on sleeping. I will take the couch."

" No, I wi..", I shut down midway abruptly as he spun his body around, eyeing me timidly. His voice came out firmly,

" No argument! I will take the couch. You are my guest after all."

Exhaling, he went over to the cabinet and plucked out his clothes to head for the bathroom. I stayed there in a daze. Somewhere, his word ' guest' left a small sting of pain inside my heart.

Did I expect to hear something else?

Without letting my imagination get wild, I trotted over to his bed to climb up nervously. Much later on, the bathroom door was pushed open and Ares stepped out in all his handsome glory. He was exceptionally quiet after my statement, busy with his own business.

Worried for him, I supported on my elbows to lift from the bed slightly, asking,

" Ares..is everything okay with your new team? You didn't seem well when you got it here."

Ares appeared a little tense as he lay flat on the couch. Letting out a frustrated sigh, he muttered rubbing his forehead,

" Just regular things, Princess. Trust me, I can handle them on my own."

One thing was bothering me a lot ever since they made this announcement of changing players. Although, Finn was undoubtedly a good player, swiping Ares with him didn't seem okay with me. If he could pretend of loving me this year, he could do much more.

I spoke letting out a quivering sigh,

" Ares, can I say something?"

Ares lifted his head slightly, allowing me to smirk,

" Go on!"

I laid back on the bed, my thoughts were getting wild in my imagination,

" I feel that Finn has done something to get into JK. Maybe, we should dig out his recent activities. This decision doesn't seem normal to me."

Ares remained quiet for a good few seconds but soon, an angry growl passed through his lips, startling me for a brief second,

" If he used any malicious action, I will kill and beat him so hard that he can't even remember his name."