She's My Sleeping Pill

The next day, Cayenne woke up feeling a little sore on her back, waist and thighs. The memories of last night with Stefan flooded her brain. She started blushing as she recalled it.

Stefan was nowhere to be seen but there's a letter left for her on top of the bedside drawer. 'I went out to get some food for you. I'll be right back.' Cayenne read the letter mentally. She put it down and remove the quilt from her body to get out of the bed. The moment she saw herself in front of the mirror, she felt a sudden headache. Her body was covered with hickeys. From the side of her neck to her chest and when she lifted her top, she found some on her tummy down to her navel.

'Eh?' she found some little red spots on her inner thighs and so, she lifted her shorts. Sure enough, Stefan left hickeys on her inner thighs, too. "Forget about wearing shorts, I can't even wear normal shirts without anyone seeing his marks." She sighed helplessly while looking for a way to conceal them. "I don't even have any concealer." She muttered as she picked up her phone to call Luna but her friend wasn't answering her call. 'She must be asleep.' Cayenne thought and decided to call her later.

She went back to the bed and while she was contemplating what to do, Stefan came back with a paper bag and a waitress was following behind him, pushing a cart inside their room. "Morning sweetheart." Stefan greeted her with a wide smile.

"Morning." Cayenne returned his greeting. "Why did you take so long?" she asked while covering her body with the blanket to prevent the waitress from seeing her current state.

"I went to buy something for you, my dear wife." He handed the bag. "I thought you'd want to hide those." A cheeky smile appeared on his lips while he caressed the spots where he left his marks on her.

"I'm flattered to find my husband caring for me." Cayenne replied with a fake smile. "Who do you think is the one responsible for it?" Cayenne throw a light punch on his abs. "Hmp! I'm not even a beauty but I married a beast." She snickered which made Stefan laugh so hard. "Stop laughing at me." She pushed him a little but Stefan didn't even budge.

"If I'm the beast, you can only be my Belle." Stefan whispered and placed a quick kiss on her lips. "I'll give you a massage after breakfast."

"Okay." Cayenne replied with a faint smile. "What do we have for breakfast? I'm really starving. I have exhausted all my energy last night for you."

"I know. Which was why, I went down to cook breakfast for you." Stefan took her hand and helped her up. The two of them went to the dining area where the waitress finished arranging all the dishes. "Let's eat." He pulled a chair for her and the two of them ate their food happily.

They checked out in the afternoon and went home. Chris sent Cayenne's family back to the apartment and dropped Luna and Ali to the bus station where they wanted to be dropped off before he went home to his new apartment.

Cayenne and Stefan went back to Peach Wood Subdivision.

"Yen." A gentleman called for her name. When Cayenne looked at him carefully, she found that it was Cole.

"Hi. Did you move to this subdivision?" Cayenne asked while Stefan was taking out their things. "This is Stefan by the way. He's my boyfriend."

"Hello." Cole greeted him. "I'm Cole. This is my wife Sofia and this our daughter."

"It' nice to meet you. If only your brother is as sensible as you, nothing would have happened to your business." Stefan responded without even bothering to hide the fact that he was slowly destroying the small businesses that Cole was traying his best to build and prosper.

"Looks like Mr. Dumrique met my brother already."

"I have. He kept annoying my girlfriend so there's no other way but to deal damage sometimes. Sadly, he didn't learn his lesson and you're taking the fall with him." Stefan replied coldly. He didn't care if the man meant well or not, as long as he's related to Arthur, he will treat him coldly just as how he treated his rival.

Cole smiled faintly while shifting his eyes between the intimidating and Cayenne. "I apologize for what he did to both of you but, whatever happens to their business, it has nothing to with me anymore. You can do whatever you want with it Mr. Dumrique. It doesn't matter to me anymore."

"Oh. That's a bit sad. After all, you worked so hard for it."

"What's there to be sad about? It's even sadder to work hard for something you won't get a recognition." Cole responded with a fake smile on his face and disappointment was clouding his eyes. "Anyway, I won't be taking so much of your time. See you around."

"Excuse us." Sofia slightly nodded her head towards them and followed Cole to leave the place and go back to their house.

Looking at their silhouette, Cayenne felt a bit sad for him. She knew that Cole wasn't someone who would discriminate someone because of their poor status. He even cut ties with his family for his wife. And he never looked down on Cayenne because he could understand the struggle of his wife. It was just sad that the family he grew up with didn't share the same view as him.

Stefan and Cayenne went inside their house and as a husband, he noticed that Cayenne was in deep thought ever since they met Cole right outside their house.

"Are you being sentimental for him because of Arthur?"

"No, of course, not." Cayenne answered almost instantly. "Don't be ridiculous. I don't care about that guy anymore."

"Really?"

"My dear husband, stop thinking of some foolish things. I'm not being sentimental but I do care about Cole. After all, he's been through a lot with his family as well."