Shouldn't Have Kissed You

The light from the thin curtains at the window woke Maya up. It took her a few minutes before she could load why she was on the couch. She remembered her talk with Chris and her giving him the seven months to do right by her side.

Maya got up from the couch and looked at the time from her phone. It seven thirty, meaning she was late to go to the hospital. She rushed to the bathroom and took a quick shower before walking out with a towel since she had even forgotten to take her clothes with her. Maya settled on a official suit along with black flat shoes. She run back in the bathroom to dress up since she didn't want to risk Chris walking in and finding her nude or half way dressed.

Thinking of Chris, she hadn't seen him in the room since she walk up. But again, there is no day she ever walk up to find him there. It was his routine and she had gotten used to it. But that helped her think that he was avoiding her before. The morning jogging?

Maya hoped that after that talk everything will be normal. Normal in a way that they wouldn't need to avoid each other each time they're in the same roof. She wanted their marriage to be like the normal ones.

Where one can make a comment about their partner and no hard feelings for each other. Where you can say whatever you wish in which ever way you want to say it. And most of them all, their should be no secret between the two of them. She had none.

Maya had told Chris everything about her life. Everything that he needed to know. He knew about her father's relationship. Her brother whom she hadn't seen since highschool. Her messed up life. All of it and her friends too. He knew about Kyle and he also knows about Leonel. She might have told him in different circumstances before but he knew everything that there was to tell about her life.

Maya moved to take her toothbrush. Her mind was way too far as she did her morning routine. Yes, she knew everything about marriage or she thought she knew because that's what she wanted from her marriage. A faithful husband, a friend to could tell all her problem, a partner in crime, someone that she would be able to call first when there was need to do that. That is what she wanted.

She might have grown up in a single parent environment, but she knew what she wanted in her marriage. And that was everyone's happiness. Maya walked out of the bathroom all dressed up and everything. She took the handbag that she didn't remember bring up stairs and put what she needed to carry.

Maya looked at her watch again and it was quarter passed eight. She was about to open the door when it dawned on her that her car was in the parking lot of the hospital. Yesterday Leonel brought her home and promised to pick her up in the morning.

She dialed his number thing of how she won't have her morning coffee as she listen to it while ringing. Just at the third ring, Leonel answered.

"I just knew you're in love with me."

What was she expecting again? A good morning greetings? That was Leonel. The guy who doesn't let his ego go to waste. She smiled even though she knew he couldn't see her. She didn't want to get started with him. At least not when her patients were waiting for her.

"Very good morning to you too, Leo and my night was great that's why I'm late," she looked away from the door. "Now in case you forgot, can you please pick me up from the mansion?"

"Just take another car Maya, I mean from your husband, he has allot."

"Haha... Very funny. Then what? I'll fill the hospital parking lot with cars?"

She knew he was smirking when he said what he said next.

"Even the hospital needs decoration from time to time."

"Can please come and pick me up?"

"Sorry love, I'm at photoshoot right now." She felt his seriousness from the other end. "It was a last minute job."

"You promised, Leo," she sounded desperate but she didn't care. "How I'm I supposed to get to the hospital."

"I know Maya and sorry about that. It was a last minute job. Tell you what?"

"What?" Her voice was full of annoyances.

"Just use your uber app to ask for uber and lunch is on me."

"By the time it gets here I'll be more than late Leonel."

"Then swallow your pride and ask your darling husband to take you to the hospital. It won't hurt,will it?"

Maya excelled the air she had no idea she was holding.

"I really hate you. You know very well that my dear darling his husband is very busy and I'm sure he won't agree."

Just then the bedroom door flew open. Maya turned to look at her husband who walked in with nothing but sweatpants. This made her wonder if he went jogging like that. Shirtless where everyone and by everyone she meant woman would see him. She has never seen him when he is from jog or when he is going. For the past five months, he walk before her and she left before he could return. She didn't know why but she found herself licking her bottom lip.

model. To be honest, he was the most handsome man she had ever met and that's why she had a crush on him since high school. Yes, she had a crush on him but she wasn't

crush on him since the day she could remember. But there was

much. He walked passed her to walk to the bathroom and she could help but stare at the muscles from his back. She wanted to run her hands on his back and feel

still

She remembered that she was still talking to Leonel on the other side of the phone. She didn't hear anything

She answered when she saw Chris open the door. "I've to go and don't worry, I'll ask my darling

went to the apps. She was just about to ask for Uber when Chris walked out with a towel. He hadn't showered yet and to be honest, it

looked a little ashamed. "But I was walking into the room when I heard you, so, I'll give you

him. She didn't want her thoughts out of the conversation they're

need, I'll call

Maya." He took a step towards her. "I mean, just

looked at him, "How long

the moment. Now, I made breakfast, so just

"But..."

thought we talked about this,

but hurry

be out in

her handbag and carried it down stairs. She placed it on the couch and walked to the dinning table. True to his word, Chris had made breakfast which was a pot of coffee. At least, she wasn't missing her cup of coffee anymore. She poured herself a mug and took the bread that was at the middle of the table. She was no fun of spreading anything on her bread. So she took the eggs that were on a hotpot

white tee shirt which showed all his modeling body perfectly. As if that wasn't

"Are you done?"

pulled her seat backwards. "You're going to office dressed like

"Do I look bad?"

just that it's not on a weekend and you're dressed

smiled at

be moving since we don't want you to be more late than you're. And I'm not going to office today. I've some

minute to

okay, Alma will be here any minute from now. So, let's

area. She didn't know why, but it felt like this was going to be a long journey. Once Chris came

She didn't know what to say to him and neither did he seem to know. She was so going to kill Leonel when she saw him again. It was his fault that she

began, "I'm

if he had grown horns. Of course, he had to her that. She looked for words to say to him. With Leonel, everything seems easy. She can say whatever she wants to say to him and he, he would take them whichever way he wished because by the end

with Chris, it seemed like she had to chose her words carefully. She had to think before anything came out of her mouth. Or she just thought so. She didn't want for them to take one step forward then three backwards.

wrong with

a second before focusing

"Yes, it's old fashioned."

smiled at

that way and we're too young for darling. That is a name

about

out of fashion, worse

do you

to listen to him. So before he could say anything, she turned the radio on. Her eyes got wide when she heard Chris Brown's song Take You Down play. Things would be worse than they're already.

said and

chorus of the song along with the bridge. He knew all the song when she knew the chorus herself. Her eyes looked no where but him. He sung well and she loved to listen to him. Just when she thought he was done, he took her hand and placed on his thigh. She wanted to pull away but he held it as he sung the last part of the

of the song. That was the fun part when it came to singing a song on the radio with Leonel. They would laugh at

lot

opened the passenger door and stepped out. Just when she was about to

"Did I forget something?"

gentleman as my momma

is no need,

insist and we'll work on