When the Night Falls

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I smiled, looking at my reflection. I’d dressed in a pair of ripped jeans, a crop top, and a cardigan.

“How do I look?” I asked Theodore, turning around. He sighed, checking me out.

“Beautiful…”

I smiled widely, giving him a wink. “I’m so excited to go on a date with Talia,” I said, combing my hair.

“Why can’t Dad and I join you two?” Theodore asked once again.

“I already told you… It is our solo date. You and Christopher are not allowed to join us.

“Okay…” I looked at him seriously.

“Hey, don’t even think of crashing our date, okay?” He crossed his arms, looking at me.

“Okay… But why are you meeting Mum today? Didn’t you say that you were meeting her yesterday?”

“Yeah… But Talia had to meet her friend. So we decided to meet on Sunday.” I replied, applying l*pstick.

He frowned, shaking his head. Apparently, Theodore had made his plans with me today, and I was meeting Talia.

“Don’t worry. I will be back soon,” I told him.

“And I should believe that?” I gave him a teasing smile. Talia and I had planned to spend the whole day out… Away from Jefferson men.

“You should… You should… If you don’t believe me, who will?” I said sweetly, walking over to him.

I uncrossed his crossed arms and sat on his lap, wrapping my arms around his n*eck.

“You could’ve told me that you are planning to meet Mum on Sunday. I would’ve stayed and

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“You could’ve told me that you are planning to meet Mum on Sunday. I would’ve stayed and spent my day with you yesterday,” he said, lazily wrapping his arms around my waist.

“I know… You would have stayed back, canceling your important meetings. And I don’t want that happening, so I didn’t tell you,” I said, k*ssing his cheek.

“What am I going to do?” he asked.

“Christopher will be here. Better if you two take Thea to the aquarium and zoo. She wanted to visit the aquarium and zoo.”

He rolled his eyes. “I planned to take Thea and you to the aquarium and zoo.”

“We will go to the museum next week if we are free,” I told him. I caressed his trimmed beard, feeling the sharp hair against my palm.

“Or else take a rest… You stayed up all these nights working on those files, which I don’t exactly understand.

“Your b*dy needs rest. Christopher will play with Thea, then you can take her to the zoo or aquarium in the afternoon.”

“Hmm…” He pulled me closer, hugging my b*dy with his face pressed against my breasts. I smiled, k*ssing his forehead. My phone vibrated, and I pulled it out to see Sherry’s message.

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Mr. and Mrs Jefferson are here. Thea is talking with them.

“Talia and Christopher are here,” I said, typing a message back.

“Let’s go.” I stood up and

gave my hand for Theodore to take.

He placed his hand in mine before standing up. “Stop sulking. It’s weird seeing you like this,” I

teased him.

“Shut up.

I smiled, making a k*ssing face. Theodore leaned down to my level with his hand holding my face.

He k*ssed me on my l*ps, and I k*ssed him back, holding on to his hand. We shared a strong yet sweet k*ss before pulling away. There was a l*pstick stain on Theodore’s l*ps.

I laughed, placing my finger on his l*ps. “Wait a minute.” I went over to the nightstand, picked up a tissue, and wandered back to Theodore.

I cleaned the l*pstick stains on his face, then cleaned mine. Theodore waited as I reapplied my l*pstick. I held his hand and walked downstairs to meet everyone.

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“Hello, Talia,” I greeted Talia.

“Hello, dear,” she said, standing up and walking over to me. I let go of Theodore’s hand to hug Talia.

“Hello, Dad,” Theodore greeted Christopher. I pulled away from Talia.

“Hello, Christopher,” I greeted Christopher.

“Hello, dear. How are you?” Christopher asked.

“I’m healthy; how is your health?” I asked him. Theodore walked over and sat beside Thea.

“I’m healthy as well, darling,” he replied. I smiled at him.

“We will leave now; see you three later in the evening.” Talia said, holding my hand.

“This soon?” Christopher asked, I shared a look with Theodore.

“Of course; it will take an hour to reach the city, I don’t wanna waste my time here,” Talia said, looking at Christopher and Theodore.

“Blake will be with you and Jasmine. He will be your chauffeur,” Theodore said, looking at Talia

and me.

“No.” Talia said.

“No?”

“Yes. No, Jasmine and I don’t need a chauffeur. Jasmine will drive,” Talia said.

Theodore gazed at me, and I smiled at him. “Okay, drive safe and call us if anything happens.”

“I will walk you out.” Christopher said, looking at Talia and standing up. Thea followed them. out, leaving Theodore and me alone.

Theodore stood up, and I walked to him and stood closer, placing my hand in his. His other arm was lazily wrapped around my waist.

“I will call you when we reach the mall,” I told him.

“Hmm.” I gave him a lazy hug. His hands rested on my butt cheeks. He gave a k*ssy k*ss on my l*ps.

“I love you….” I said, and a smile started stretching on his l*ps.

“Hey, I expect you to say it back…” I said, looking up at him.

“Oh.”

“Oh? Say it back…” H

started walking with a smirk on his face. I held his arm and pulled him

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back.

“Nay it back, or else I will go to your parents’ place with Thea. They actually invited us three.” Theodore stopped walking and gazed down at me.

“Are you threatening me?” he asked.

“Yeah… Any doubt?” He let out a sarcastic chuckle. He lifted me off the floor. Startled, I held onto his shoulders.

I looked at him wide-eyed. Now, I was at eye level with him, his dark eyes gazing into mine.

“I love you. Drive safe. Enjoy your day, but don’t get wasted. My mum likes to drink a lot once in a while. If you start feeling tipsy, share the location,” he said in his deep voice.

“What… What are you doing? I’m not a kid. You can’t lift me like this….” I said, looking down. as my feet swung in the air.

He smirked, placing me down after stealing a k*ss. I squeezed his biceps.

“You are strong: you don’t have to show it,” I said, feeling flushed..

“If I don’t show it to you, to whom should I show it?”

And my cheeks became warm and red. “Shut up…

We walked out of the mansion to the driveway, where the others were waiting.

“Took you two long enough,” Christopher commented, looking at Theodore, and Talia laughed.

I k*ssed Thea. Talia opened her car door and sat down. I waved my hand before opening my door and getting inside. Theodore held Thea’s hand. We bade our goodbyes and left for the mall.

I laughed out loud as Talia shared a joke. We were done with the shopping. The shopping bags. had been left in the car while we were roaming on the roads.

“I always wanted to have a daughter, but Go d never agreed on that,” Talia said, holding my hand.

I smiled at her.

Talia stopped, and I turned my head and looked at her. “Did you see something?” I asked her, looking at the shops.

She smiled, looking at me. “Ever thought of getting a tattoo?” she asked.

1 followed the direction of her gaze and saw the tattoo shop. I shared a look with her.

“I guess I just did,” I replied.

“Let’s go,” she said, pulling on my hand. And that was how we ended up in the tattoo shop,

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waiting for the artist to show up.

“Wait a minute. Don’t you wanna ask Christopher?” I asked her.

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“Nah, why would I? It’s my skin, and it’s my wish to get a tattoo. I haven’t already gotten one, because I wanted to get my tattoo with someone,” she explained.

“Point. Why didn’t you get a tattoo with Christopher?” I asked her.

“Christopher is scared of needles, and Theodore is too shy to tag along with me. Bas t a r d got too many tattoos on his skin,” she said, shaking her head. I couldn’t help but laugh, nodding my

head.

“You know, I even told him many times to inform me when he decides to get a tattoo. So that I can

s with him and get mine. He never listens to me,” she added.

“Do you have any tattoo design in mind?” I asked her.

“Yes, I want to get a mountain outline tattooed on my leg,” she replied.

“Why do you want to get a mountain outline?” I asked her.

“I love mountains, Christopher and I lived in the mountains for ten years before we decided to move to Vancouver. There is so much peace and happiness in the mountains… It’s just a different. world,” she said.

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Saw the happiness and the twin k l e of excitement in her eyes as she spoke about mountains.

“What do you want to get?” she asked me.

“Thunder… A small tattoo of thunder.” I told her.

“And the reason?” I blushed and smiled. I was shy about telling her.

“You are blushing? Tell me the reason now. I’m excited to know the reason.”

There were other people in the shop, getting their hair done. “Umm… It reminds me of Theodore,” I said shyly.

Theodore had walked into my life like a thunderstorm, messing up my feelings and desires.

Like thunder, he’d rumbled into my life, leaving scars on my skin, which I’d started adoring and loved the most.

To some people, thunder was scary, and to some, thunder seemed to be pretty and a mystical thing. To me, Theodore was mystical… Dangerous thunder, which I believed was beautiful and

warm.

“Uh-oh….” she started, teasing me.

“Roxy, they are here for a tattoo,” the receptionist said.

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Talia and I looked at the guy who entered the room. My eyes widened, looking at the man.

“What a hot guy.” Talia commented. I nodded my head.

“Hi. I’m Roxy. We will discuss the tattoo and size; the cost of the tattoo will depend on the size of the tattoo,” he explained.

“Okay.”

“Okay.”

“We have to go to the other room; follow me,” Roxy said. Roxy started walking, and Talia and I shared a look before following him.

Roxy was tall, but not too tall; he was muscular and had a whole tattoo sleeve. He had eyes and honey-blond hair with fair skin. He was attractive and hot.

“Please have a seat,” Roxy said as we entered his spa c io u s room.

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“I’m sorry that you two had to wait. I was leaving but had to come back, and it took me time,” het explained.

“You had plans?” Talia asked.

“Not really: appointments for the day were done, so I left.”

“We have to make tattoo appointments?” I asked him.

“Um, yes. Not all the time, but if you decide to get a tattoo sleeve or large tattoos, then you have. to make an appointment.”

“Got it.”

“So what are you two planning to get?” Roxy asked, sitting on the chair after turning on his laptop.

“Mountains outline; just the outline on my leg.” Talia said.

We spoke about our tattoos, then decided on the amount. In an hour, Talia and I had gotten our first tattoos. Talia had decided to get smaller-sized mountains and two birds instead of outlines.

“Never in my life had I thought I would get my first tattoo with my boyfriend’s mum,” I said, looking at the thunder tattoo behind my ear.

“Same. I never thought I would get a tattoo with my son’s girlfriend,” Talia said. We both laughed as Roxy looked at us.

“Your son’s girlfriend?” Roxy asked, surprised.

“Oh yeah, Jasmine is my son’s girlfriend,” Talia said.

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“Don’t forget to apply Vaseline, keep the tattoo covered against water. It will take approximately twenty-two days to heal. I have sent you the PDF list of dos and don’ts.

“Just follow them until the tattoo heals,” Roxy said.

“Yup.” We thanked Roxy and paid for our appointments before leaving.

“Now what do you wanna do?” I asked Talia.

“Wanna join me for a drink?”

“Of course.”

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