One Wild Night

"We need to take a break before we continue," Bryan announced moving his wheelchair away from the living room, and Sonia nodded in agreement as she followed Bryan.

"How do you do all of this?" Sonia asked under her breath as she walked into his bedroom. They had been busy all morning first with the reality show which covered them fixing breakfast together, and then they had moved on to film a coffee drink commercial ad.

"Do all of what?" Bryan asked, turning in the wheelchair to look at her as she went to stand in front of his dressing table to check her appearance and outfit in the mirror.

"Live this way," Sonia said as she turned to look at him, pointing in the direction of the living room where the production and camera crew were waiting, "I suppose every day of your life is like this show, isn't it? There are always cameras out there waiting for you to make a mistake so that it can be captured," Sonia said with a small frown as she went to sit on his bed.

"You mean like the way our engagement was captured?" He asked with a chuckle as he turned his wheelchair to face her, "Well, I guess that's the price you pay for success. You should start getting used to it, as that might be your lifestyle soon. I heard your fanbase has increased since our engagement."

"And that's all thanks to having you in my life. But that can never be my lifestyle. I'm never giving up my privacy and freedom all in the name of success. I won't," Sonia said with a shake of her head, making Bryan feel slightly concerned as this was the second time she was hinting that she couldn't live the way he did.

"Does it make you feel that uncomfortable?" Bryan asked, wondering how Sonia was going to cope with being in a real relationship with him if she didn't like being in the spotlight. Her life was always going to be public business as long as she was in his life.

He loved what he did, and in as much as he didn't like the idea of everybody having an opinion on how he lived his life, he loved his life the way it was.

"It isn't just uncomfortable, it is frustrating. You can't imagine all the times I've wanted to do something nasty to you today, and call you names, but I had to hold back because of those damn cameras," Sonia complained with a pout, and Bryan chuckled, while Sonia watched him laugh with a small smile on her face, wishing she could kiss him at that moment.

"Seriously?" Bryan asked with an amused smile, and Sonia gave him a nod, "When was that? And what did I do?" He asked with an innocent smile.

"Are you really asking me that because you don't know what you did?" Sonia asked with a roll of her eyes.

"I really don't know what you're talking about. What did I do?" Bryan asked with a grin, even though he knew exactly what she was referring to.

Every time he wanted to mention her name all through their shoots, he had deliberately called her Sonia Bardi, and then he had gone ahead to grab her boobs or squeeze her ass at every slight opportunity he got. She was certain that by the time the show would be over, everyone everywhere would be referring to her as Sonia Bardi.

Sonia shook her head, "You did nothing then. Just bear it in mind that I'm going to return the favor," Sonia threatened.

"You are free to grab my butt and chest wherever and whenever you want to," Bryan said with a wink which made Sonia giggle.

"I don't think I need your permission to do that," Sonia said, and then raised a brow when Bryan stretched out his right hand to her with a soft smile on his face, "What?"

"Come," Bryan said, looking directly into her eyes. How could the mere sound of her laughter sound so beautiful to him? How was he going to be able to keep his feelings hidden from her when he always had the urge to touch her whenever she smiled at him this way?

Sonia's heart skipped a beat when she saw the look in his eyes. If she didn't know better she would have thought that he had genuine feelings for her. Sonia cleared her throat as she stood up, "We should probably return to join the others..."

"I don't care about them," Bryan said as he dropped his hands to his side and moved his wheelchair closer to where she was standing before taking both her hands.

Sonia's eyes went to the door, as she didn't want a repeat of what had happened the previous day with Jeff barging in on them, "What if someone walks in?"

"When did you start worrying about things like that?" Bryan asked while holding her gaze.

"Since I overheard your conversation with your manager I suppose?" Sonia said, making Bryan shake his head.

"You mean since you eavesdropped on our conversation? You don't have to worry about that. No one will barge in on us again, and you won't hear something like that from me either," he promised as he pulled her down so that she was sitting on his thigh.

"What are you doing?" Sonia asked in a weak voice without resisting his pull.

"Relax. I just want to hold you," Bryan said, as though it was the most natural thing in the world.

Sonia didn't know what to make of it, but she didn't mind either, so she relaxed against him and let him wrap both hands around her waist while she rested her head in the crook of his neck, inhaling his scent.

Somehow after their little misunderstanding the previous day, and their exchange earlier that morning, there seemed to have been a shift in the dynamics of their relationship. Although he hadn't made any grand proclamation about being in love with her, he had made her feel that her feelings for him were welcome.

One of Bryan's hands moved from her waist to her back and he patted her softly as he thought about his feelings for her and how to go about handling them since he was yet to completely understand what he was feeling. Was he perhaps feeling this way about her because she was the only available woman around? Was it a case of the available becoming desirable because the desirable is unavailable? Bryan wondered.

After all that transpired between them the previous day, and how they had been able to resolve it last night, followed by what had happened earlier this morning when he caught her wanting to kiss him, he was beginning to suspect that the feeling was mutual between them, and that made him feel even more drawn to her now.

He was very tempted to tell her how he was feeling, and find out from her if it was mutual, but first, he needed to get out of the wheelchair and go out to see other girls. He needed to be absolutely sure of what he felt before telling her about it.

"You know we don't seem like a fake couple right now, right?" Sonia asked with a sigh after some time.

"Does it bother you?" Bryan asked, making her sit up to look into his face.

"No, it doesn't," she said with a shake of her head.

"Then let's not worry our head about any of that, okay?" He asked, and she gave him a nod.

"Have I told you that I don't like your new hairdo?" Bryan asked, making her raise a brow.

"That wasn't the impression I got when you were drooling over me with dropped jaws the other day," Sonia said dryly.

"I don't remember drooling. I want to bury my fingers in your hair, but I can't do that with this hairdo," Bryan said with a sigh.

"Too bad I'm going to keep rocking this hairdo until further notice, so get used to it," Sonia said with a grin.

He hadn't expected anything better from her anyway. She was still the stubborn Sonia he knew after all, "Suit yourself. By the way, weren't you trying to reach your best friend earlier?" He asked, reminding her that she had been worried over not hearing from Lucy earlier.

"Yeah, thanks for the reminder! I should go check my phone," Sonia said as she started to get off his thighs.

"I didn't say you could leave yet," Bryan said with a grin as he kissed the crook of her neck.

Sonia giggled as she tried to push his head away, "Stop doing that! It tickles."

"Why should I stop?" Bryan asked with a slightly raised brow.

"Because I need to go check on her again, and we have people waiting for us, so quit fooling around," Sonia said, laughing uncontrollably and trying to get off Bryan's thighs when he moved from her neck to her ears and began to tickle her sides.

"I will let you go on one condition," Bryan said, enjoying the sound of Sonia's laughter.

"What is it?" Sonia asked curiously.

"First promise me you will do it," Bryan said.

"You first have to tell me what it is," Sonia insisted.

"Well, it's something you can easily do, trust me."

"You're not going to ask me to disappear from your life, are you?" Sonia asked, narrowing her eyes suspiciously.

"Move back into this bedroom."