The Ghostly Love Story

He did what?

DAHLIA POV

I go to grab my phone as he cooks. I didn't know why I felt safe to open up to him, but I decided it couldn't hurt could it?

"He's my ex. He dumped me 3 months ago for someone else. In fact he had been cheating on me with her for years. I spent 6 years with him. They're engaged now." I said my head hanging low. He swiftly turned around and grabbed the old phone from my hands. He blocked the number for me. He handed the phone back to me and continued cooking.

"They only way to get over a break up is to remove every single way of contact. Don't have a thing to do with them and keep your mind clear. What he did to you was terrible and Im sorry you had to go through that. No one deserves that at all. Especially a kind person like you." he said looking into my eyes. It was like he could see right through me. I put the old phone down on the counter and sat back down. We sat there talking until our food was ready.

"Go change back into your bathing suit. We can swim in a little bit. And we can eat outside while its nice and sunny." He said as he ran upstairs.

I walked to my room and quickly changed into my bikini. I once again forgot to close my door and just as I had finished putting my suit on I noticed him walking to the back door. I blushed and quickly followed him after that.

"Im so sorry. I lived alone or with my ex so Im used to not having to close doors all the time." I apologized profusely until he set our food down at the table. He laughed and shook his head.

"I didn't see anything don't worry so much. Take a bite of the food and see if you like it!" he said smiling.

I hadn't noticed he had changed into swim trunks. he watched as I took a bite of the food hoping I had liked it. I smiled at how amazing it tasted. He smiled and dug into his own food. We both started talking again and laughing and cracking jokes. Soon our food was finished and he got up and grabbed one more thing. A big bowl of chocolate ice cream. I smiled as big as I could as it caught me off guard and dug right in. We continued talking as we finished and he stacked our dishes and took them to the sink. We sat for a little while longer talking and laughing about little things.

"Im starting to get hot, I think Im gonna start swimming." He said a smile plastered across his face. He stood up and began to take his shirt off. I couldn't help but stare as I saw his gorgeous body. He had a few tattoos and was very muscular. More than I had thought he was at least. He grabbed my hand and I felt the sparks again but this time he didn't let go. He brought me to the edge of the pool and walked me in. The water was surprisingly warm to my skin. I walked in with him and ended up having a huge smile on my face as I turned to him. The moment we made eye contact it felt like a fire was sparked to life inside of me. I had the desire to be close to him. I wrote it off and decided to actually start swimming. Keeping myself distracted and not letting myself get to close. He is my boss after all. Im not sure it'd be a good idea to fall in love with him.

ZAKS POV

I stared at her as she swam around wondering if she felt the desire I had. She was a beautiful girl. She wasn't super skinny. But her stomach was still flat. She had beautiful curves that complimented her in every way possible. I watched as she swam around. Her hair was now soaked and the water almost made her sparkle in the sun. I swam out to her and decided maybe I should lighten the mood. I splashed her just to make her laugh and it worked pretty well. She splashed me back and it pretty much began a water war. We swam around splashing each other fora few minutes cracking up. All of a sudden she dipped under water and swam up to me and splashed me again. she was right in front of me and all I wanted to do was pull her closer. I splashed her back and laughed some more and then our eyes met. She had such beautiful eyes. I couldn't help but to stare into them. I could see that shes seen dark things in her past. I could see the pain. But I also saw the joy, the happiness she was currently feeling. I could also see the desire she was feeling toward me. I pick her up and bring her toward me. I ask her if she has ever flipped into a pool. It took everything in me not to just hold her close to me for awhile. I looked at her as she shook her head no. I locked my hands and told her what to do. She put her foot in my hands and her hand on my neck. She looked down at me and she flipped. When she came back up i laugh and told her she did it on the first try. She looked surprised. We swam around talking more and more. We told each other the little details like our favorite colors and foods. We talked about music. We had swam down to the shallow end of the pool and sat on the steps. We talked for what felt like hours. I was completely mesmerized by her. My phone began ringing and we both kind of snapped out of it all. I hopped up and checked who it was. Just spam calls. I let it go to voicemail but by the time i had turned around she was out of the pool. I handed her a towel and mentioned watching TV in the house which she shook her head yes too. We quickly head towards the door and as soon as she stepped foot into the house she slipped and fell right on her ass.

DAHLIAS POV

BOOM! I fell hard on my ass and slid across the floor. Zak tried grabbing me but it was already to late. I looked up once i stopped sliding cracking up. I laughed so hard I couldn't breathe. He just sat there laughing with me reaching out an arm to lift me up. But I couldn't get a grip from laughing so hard. I laid there for a few minutes tears streaming from my eyes from laughing. He let out a hand and helped me up and once again we made eye contact. This time we were so close to each other. We looked each other up and down but I pulled away. I noticed i had dirt and hair all over my side and decided I should take a quick shower. He asked if I would possibly prefer a bath. He could run me one really quick. And in all honesty it sounded perfect. I shook my head yes and he went into my bathroom and started the water. I headed that way realizing my hip was starting to get sore from the slide across the floor.

"You're bleeding!" Zak yelled.I looked down and there it was. A good sized cut on my hip halfway down my thigh, blood pouring out of it quickly. I started worrying thinking I could have hit a vein and started using the towel i still had on to try and see how bad it was. It stopped bleeding fairly quickly revealing it wasn't as deep as I had thought. I took a deep breath in. "You scared me for a minute there. I think i have something to clean that out if you want it?" He asked. I shook my head no saying the water from the bath would help. He pulled me toward him and put my hand in the water. It was perfect for me. Nice and toasty. I hadn't taken a bath in what seemed like months. Without even thinking i just crawled in letting the water consume me completely. All my muscles relaxed immediately. Zak looked at me lightly giggling.

"Don't you wanna take off the bathing suit? It would probably be more enjoyable that way." He smirked. I scoffed at him and decided to untie my top. Bubbles were up to my neck so its not like he would see anything anyways. i threw my suit onto the floor and his face grew a crooked smile. I blushed and smiled at him. I started to rub my shoulders feeling the tension leave a little and he did the unexpected. He grabbed a small stool from the corner of the room and began rubbing my shoulders for me. The fire running through my body every time he touched me grew more and more. I quietly gasped and just surrendered my body to him. He rubbed my shoulders for what felt like forever. I was in pure bliss. I hadn't had anyone do this for me before but it felt incredible. I didn't want him to ever stop. I laid there with my eyes closed for awhile appreciating the feeling of stress leaving my body. No longer feeling tense I opened my eyes. I looked up at him through my lashes and leaned forward. I asked him if he would be willing to hand me a towel. He quickly got up and reached me one before turning around so I could get out. I got out and put the towel around me. It was a bit short on me but wrapped around me completely. I turned around and pulled the drain so the tub would empty out. I stood there for a moment bent over feeling slightly dizzy. I was probably still tired from all the traveling i had done. Zak had turned around and came up behind me to sit me down on the toilet. He went into my room and grabbed me clothes from one of the boxes. some shorts and a tank top. He walks out of the bathroom closing the door and I quickly change. The clothes fit me sorta loosely but that wasn't a problem. I toed the short a bit tighter and walk out of the door. I grab a hair tie out of one of my boxes and tie my damp hair up in a loose low messy bun. At this point I feel pretty tired and I take a seat next to Zak on the couch. I stretch my legs out letting my feet dangle over the edge next to him. I lay my head down on the arm of the couch as he chooses a random short on Netflix to watch. I lay there and before I know it I fall asleep.

ZAKS POV

She laid there not even 5 minutes before dozing off to sleep. I sit there watching the show while she squirms around trying to get comfortable. She rests her legs on top of me and turn over facing the back of the couch She is out like a light. She must be exhausted after traveling so much. I know that drive had to be terrible. I sit there and watch a few episodes of a show while she lays there asleep. Halfway into the fourth episode she begins to slowly wake up. Drool had run down the side of her mouth making me chuckle softly. She pulls her legs away and sits up with a small smile lingering on her face. She looks up at me with doe eyes smiling ear to ear.

"Sorry I must have dozed off on you. And sorry about resting my legs on you. I wasn't trying to be in your space." She lightly chuckles. She gets up and goes to the fridge. "Do you want anything?" She asks. I think to myself for a moment but just respond with water. She grabs us both waters and heads back to the couch sitting a bit closer to me. She takes a few sips of her water before setting it down on the table next to her. She stretches and twists her back to crack it. I chuckle and she quickly turns toward me to crack the other way. She is within a few inches of my face. It takes everything in me not to lean in for a kiss. We lock eyes for a moment before she turns facing the TV.

"How's your back feeling now?" I ask.

" It feels great. Less tense. Kinda like jelly!" She laughs finishing her sentence up. We smile at each other and hangout when I hear my stomach growl.

"Are you hungry for dinner?" I ask.

"Yeah that sounds good. What do you got. I can cook this time. " She persists. I motion her to the fridge and open it up for her to look. She finds chicken and brussel sprouts and some cresent rolls. She sets the oven to 350 and searches for some pans. I help her find them and she begins slowly frying the chicken seasoning it well. She grabs honey and butter from the fridge and puts them in a smaller frying pan with the brussel sprouts. she slowly cooks those as well. She finishes up and sets the plates. She loads my plate up and gives herself a little bit of everything.

"Aren't you more hungry than that?" I ask.

"Im not really that hungry. I ate quite a bit earlier." she says. I could tell its seemed like a lie. Like she wanted more but she couldn't handle more. She didn't even fully finish her lunch earlier. She handed me a plate and I thanked her. She did really well with cooking everything. I hadn't had good food like this made for me in a long long time. She finished up and began washing dishes so I went and followed up beside her to dry them. We laughed a little more and I offered to build a fire in the backyard. She agreed and we both began preparing.