The Beginning Of All Sins

Chapter 62

It was a Monday morning, and Olivia struggled to wake up. She finally crawled out of bed when the sun was already high in the sky. To her surprise, she found someone sitting next to her.

She was taken aback and hid beneath the sheets. She asked in a soft voice, ” Didn’t you leave?”

Sitting beside her was Tyler. He was dressed in a shirt and slacks, having just woken up and not yet put on his tie or coat.

He looked at her and replied, “I called your school to give you the day off. You can sleep in if you want.”

She pulled the sheets closer, feeling shy and embarrassed. Her voice was barely audible as she responded, “I… It’s okay. I can go to school.”

Tyler left the decision to her, “Alright, it’s up to you. I did that thinking you might want to sleep more.”

She lay there, feeling awkward about having fallen asleep in his bed. How would she explain herself if she ran into the maid on her way out?

her thoughts. He got up and said,

in the

elegantly walked to the walk–in closet,

said to her last night. She knew she shouldn’t take it seriously because he had just been flirting

returned from the

a daze. She hadn’t expected him to come out so quickly, so she hastily got off the bed. However, she collided with

caught her

head down, her hands

at her, finding her reaction quite amusing. A smile formed on his face as he asked, “Why did

Olivia mumbled softly from within his embrace, “Nothing,

suddenly felt dizzy.”

offered this explanation to salvage her

her ear, “Do you still feel dizzy now,

raced as his lips brushed against her earlobe. He was being unusually intimate. She remained in his embrace, unwilling