Number 8

“I see you want to reject me, can we at least have a couple of drinks together.” She requested trying to act cute but Roman found it creepy. He didn’t understand why this damn stripper lady just couldn’t stop talking, her voice was already crappy enough to bear. To shut her up, he obliged to her request of having a drink.
From just a couple of drinks, it gradually turned to numerous because the stripper just couldn’t let him go. Roman was good at handling his alcohol but he had too much of it and his vision was gradually doubling with every gulp he took. In few hours and he was completely wasted to stupor.
Lorelei smacked her forehead at Roman’s attempt to stand up, he was missing his steps and falling flat on the floor. She had been attending to other customers and didn’t know a stripper was here forcing Roman to drink. She would have stopped the bitchy lady if she had known...
She placed his hands on her neck, helping him stand up with much trouble. Ronan was well built and could be termed as more than heavy and he was additionally sleeping due to the alcohol and it couldn’t be more harder.
She had a hard time even helping him to the outside of the bar where her ordered can was waiting. The chauffeur helped her sit Roman down in the car and she sat beside him. His head placed on her shoulder sleeping soundly.
“Idiot, I am here going through stress and you are sleeping so peacefully.” Lorelei muttered under her breath, her eyes wandering to look at Roman’s ethereal face, a work of art he was. His features could pass for a Greek god with his enchanting grey up turned eyes which she could get lost in all day. His basalt jaw and Spartan shoulders spoke of strength. He emitted the devil may dare personality with a touch of ladies man vibe.
His head dropped from her shoulders and he placed them on her laps, making his self comfortable. She froze out of a shock, she really wasn’t expecting that at all. What did he even do that for?
“Stupid” she muttered almost loudly.
“Ma’am are you speaking about me?” The chauffeur asked, thinking maybe the passenger meant he was stupid.
“No. Not you, definitely not you, carry on.” She replied, laughing awkwardly. . . .
On seeing her, the nanny greeted before leaving too. She was informed that Alexander was already sleeping. They had reached home after a few minutes and she did the same task of helping Roman out and laying him on his floor bed. She also removed his shoes for him before covering him with a blanket to prevent the cold of dead pool pack and that of the floor. She stared at him, he was more than beautiful when he was calm and it really did suit him. She shook her head, why was she focusing on everything about him was a mystery to her. What was wrong with her senses right now?
She took her shower before proceeding to bed were her son laid too, after several turns she successfully hit dream land. Roman rubbed his eyes drowsily, noticing he was on the floor. It was probably the alcohol ruining his sense of reasoning but he didn’t understand what he was doing on the cold floor,
“I ought to be on the bed wasn’t he,” he said thinking out loud.
Being dead ass drunk from the excess alcohol intake that seemed to be yet to clear up, he climbed unto Lorelei’s bed. Both Lorelei and Xander didn’t realize it since they were already deep in slumber.
~The next morning~
The heavy lined curtain left an opening from which the morning light shone in. Lorelei opened her eyes slightly,she tried to sit up but felt an arm clasping her waist. That didn’t feel like Xander’s tiny arms!! "Who the hell could it be, did someone Rob her?. Ok maybe she was being a little but dramatic, what could a robber be possibly doing on her bed with arms around her. If it wasn’t a robber then who was it? She shrieked and almost jumped out of the bed when she found Roman laying peaceful beside her.
She held her chest, calming her rising nerves. Roman did give her a big scare, if she could remember perfectly well, she laid him on the floor and now he was on her bed. She unclasped his hands after much struggle, because his hold on her was too firm, and gently dropped his arms to avoid waking him up.
With an absolute quiet whisper, she woke Alexander up besides he was a light sleeper and he was wide awake almost immediately. She kissed his forehead and cheek and he smiled a melting heart one, just the right dose of drugs she needed to start her day– Xander’s smile.
She mischieviously picked the alarm clock and placed it right beside Roman’s ear, she hushed Xander so he wouldn’t make any sound and ruin her prank. Roman was the real description of sleeping like a log of wood right now.
When the alarm clock reached the time eight, it rang so loudly close to Roman’s ear almost deafening him. He screamed and fell on the floor. Alexander giggled at Roman’s predicament.
He almost muttered a word but covered his mouth, hoping that they hadn’t caught him. His secret would be out and that would be extremely bad for him especially now that he was bonding with Lorelei.
Thankfully, Lorelei didn’t suspectt it, but joined laughter with Xander.
“Gotcha. Sleepyhead.” She said and clapped her hands like a child sho won a toy and it made Roman smile too and got up to cook breakfast for them. He wondered how he even end up on the bed in the first place, he remembered having drinks with the stripper lady and that was all. Guess he ended up being dead ass drunk after a long while, Alcohol finally had an effect on him.
“That wasn’t funny you know.” He gestured to Lorelei.
“Yes it was, little Xander is also laughing.” She replied and laughed more loudly.
“What did you even do that for?”
“To teach you to stop drinking too much even if some scrappy looking lady asked you.” She replied, her laughter slowing down.
Roman sighed defeatedly before gesturing to her " I won’t."
“That’s more like it, Rome. If you don’t mind, I would have to go and prepare breakfast.” She said.
“Don’t worry, I would make breakfast today” he communicated her, how could he allow someone who just nickname him to cook?, Rome was a really cute name, he wondered how sexy it would sound if Lorelei moaned it as he rode her to heaven.
“You?? Cook??” She said, not believing a word from Roman’s mouth.
He nodded positively and her mouth widened on its own, at first she had thought maybe he was joking but now that he was clarifying it himself, she couldn’t help but to be more than shocked.
“No, thank you. I don’t want you cooking Poison for us to eat as breakfast, I respect my health.” In star moon pack, males don’t even go close to the kitchen, the females are always docile and does all their husbands commands so she couldn’t help but be surprised at Roman wanting to cook.
“Just sit back and I would do the cooking today. I promise it won’t be poison, okay.” He said to her through sign language.
“I should trust you?.” Lorelei stated slowly.
Roman smacked his forehead in a bit of frustration before nodding positively.
“Really, I really I’m curious to taste a male’s food. I really hope it’s not going to cause a running stomach after we are done eating.” She said her eyes glancing to look if Roman was only joking to prank her back but never for once did the seriousness in his eyes change nor deter.
He really was going to cook for them!

“You sure it’s safe taking a bite from this.” Lorelei said contemplating whether to eat the food Roman had prepared. They had gathered around the table for breakfast which Roman opted to cook.
Roman nodded for her to go ahead and eat it and she obliged taking a bite from it, she had already scrunched her face in disgust in preparation for what to come but surprisingly the food tasted nice?
“Where did you learn how to cook such delicious food?, This taste better than my cooking.” She said stuffing her face with the food.
“Well let just say I’m blessed with being perfect.” Roman told her, using the only available means of communication between them- the sign language.
“Look at him being cocky, I’m guessing you must have learnt it from someone.” She told eating the food and consecutively feeding Alexander.
“Well if you say so.” Said Roman, he didn’t want to tell her of how he was able to be able to cook. Actually Roman didn’t know how kitchen works, not to talk of cooking. He just happened to search online about breakfast ideas and he dit it, with ease. He was known for being a fast learner, though he wasn’t sure if that was an ability because he had never seen or heard anyone with similar ability, so he kept that little information of his ability to him self.
“I mean you should probably open a restaurant because damn you cook so freaking well.” She uttered with a mouth full of food in her mouth.
“I’m glad you like it.”
“Like is an understatement, I love it and am so are Xander does too.”
Gathering around the table with Xander, Roman and she, Lorelei thought they looked a lot more like a family, the complete family with no worries of the world. Xander also seemed to love Roman and his cooking, she chuckled at her son quick intake of the food Roman cooked. Maybe she could give herself a second chance to be his mate. Damien shouldn’t control her thoughts when he wasn’t even here in the first place, she wasn’t a slave to her past and should be allowed to be loved by someone.
A knock sounded on the door, when they were still having breakfast.