The song played smoothly over the radio, elating the mood of the people in the house early in the morning. Along with the sweet song, the sound of plates clattering and aroma of delectable foods flew around. Inside the kitchen were two middle aged women, with their faces creased and hands and legs working simultaneously as they moved around the kitchen, making breakfast. But that didn't stop the women from gossiping.

"Did you hear about Paul's daughter?" The woman with black hair said, flipping the pancake as she looked at the blonde haired woman who was busy making the coffee.

"Uh... Paul's daughter? No, Alicia. Why?" Georgina replied, her eyes darting between Alicia and the coffee.

"His daughter ran away with a boy in her college last week. Mrs Smith told me last night" Alicia replied with a heavy face, her eyes widening slightly noticing the almost burnt pancake.

"Jesus Christ! That girl did what? Kids these days" Georgina was fast to reply, her full concentration now on her neighbour's daughter rather than the coffee.

"Yes, gina, not only that the girl even took some of his money before running away" Alicia spoke in disdain, sighing dramatically.

"Seriously mom?" Just when Alicia was about to open her mouth to continue their highly interesting topic that sweet voice interrupted her, making the both women look back with a sly grin on their face.

"Lily..." Alicia said, a sheepish grin emerging on her still young face.

"Yeah, it's me," the girl answered, a chuckle leaving her mouth as she leaned forward, jumping on the countertop and sitting, earning a small slap from her mother.

"How many times did I tell you not to sit there? It's the kitchen, young lady, not a place to put your ass like that" Liliana rolled her eyes, laughing with her Aunt Georgina.

"And how many times did I tell you to stop gossiping, Mom?" She asked back, shrugging her shoulders. The smile on her lips reached her eyes as she was radiating optimism.

A loud sigh escaped Alicia's lips as she poured the batter again, nodding her head.

"We were just talking, young lady. You should know what's going around in your neighborhood and-" Alicia turned around, one hand on her hip while the other held the spatula

"If you did something like his daughter did, we wouldn't just sit here and disown you like paul did, I'll find you and beat your clumsy ass and then will drag here back before marrying you off to whoever you ran away with" Alicia finished, turning back to cook like nothing happened while Lily's mouth dropped at her mother's words.

She resisted the urge to tell her to visit a mental hospital because she had literally gone crazy.

"Did you take all the books? Everything? Your pouch?" Alicia asked, settling the plates on the dining table.

"I did mom! Chill" answered Lily, climbing down the countertop. One thing she loved was this morning banter with her mom and aunt. Them gossiping and then her intertwining and getting scolded while watching them cook together was her favourite thing.

"Hasn't he woken up yet, Gina?" Alicia asked while looking at the clock, making Lily's head snap to a particular room that was on the corner of the second floor.

"God knows, 'Cia. I saw light coming from his room till midnight. That boy might have played video games till midnight and slept in the morning" Gina sighed, her eyes rolling on their own at the mention of her dear son.

"I'll go and check on him, or he will be late for college." Georgina uttered, her legs moving to the stairs but was soon stopped by a hand on her wrist.

"I'll go and check on him, Aunt Gina. You can continue your work" Liliana said, her eyes had this sparkle at the mention and the smile that broke out in her face couldn't be stopped.

While Georgina fought back the urgue to laugh at the young girl, it was all in her eyes, Liliana likes her son and Georgina liked Liliana like her daughter.

What more could she ask for?

Without waiting for a response Liliana was fast to turn her heels and sprint upstairs when her body slammed against the hard body of another person. Her body stilled as she gulped, the intoxicating smell of his manly cologne drowning her from every corner, her face was pressed against his clothed chest, her hands clutching her hoodie tightly. Her eyes blinked, before she tilted her head up to meet the stimulating blue orbs of his.

And their eyes connected and she felt his aqua marine orbs engulfing her fully, she wasn't thirsty but she gulped, her lips parting softly while admiring him, his hair was of the same color of his mother's, blonde. It wasn't long, but long enough to reach his eyes and from the way they looked, she concluded that he just ruffled them.

And her eyes fell on his thick dark eyebrows, it was his eyes and eyebrows. The way his eyebrows would knit together whenever he's angry or thinking, those made him two times more attractive. And his nose, the perfect nose she had ever seen, and his lips, his lips weren't pink but a nude shade, giving a manly look to his features, but she doesn't know if they are soft... soon, Liliana grinned at that thought.

"Done staring?" The question broke her little dreaming contest as she blinked her eyes innocently, taking a moment to grasp his words.

"O-Oh... Sorry" she quickly took a step back, giggling awkwardly before she looked behind quickly and her cheeks burned watching her mother and aunt who quickly looked away, wiping the imaginary dust off from the chair and counting the glasses on the table as if they saw nothing.

And her eyes darted back to him, who was looking at her with no specific emotion in his eyes. And a part of her heart whined, he never showed any interest in her, Hell, he never even speaks to her unless he's forced to. They aren't related, her father and his father were the closest friends, and their wives happened to be bestfriends as well. And soon after the wedding the couples moved in together and ever since then these two families are together.

It was him who was born first, a few months different but they grew up together. He was the first man her eyes caught. The man who would stand up for him and his friends in front of bullies, the one who never failed in any of his subjects, the one who always did his best in sports. And on top of that, his love for his mother. And she couldn't find a man better than him in her life. In these twenty years she lived with him and beside him, no one needed to tell her heart how to love a man because from the age she could remember, she was in love with Adrick stone.

"Morning" Liliana beamed, her lips spreading to form a smile which meant only for him.

"Hmm" at his response shrunk her smile as she watched him walk past her, straight to the kitchen where his mother was before she watched him hurrying out, grabbing his car keys.

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