That night Cecilia comes home from the school dance feeling like a new woman. She quickly puts her kids to bed (much to their reluctance from being on a sugar high) and gets ready for bed herself.

Whilst she was getting ready her brown eyes would glance at her phone every few seconds, thinking about how she should start off her text message to Elias. She doesn't know if she should be causal, friendly, or use her 'mom' texting style that she uses with other parents.

Lia huffs as she stares at herself in the mirror 'get a grip Lia...there's no need to be nervous' she takes another look at her phone and bites her lip. Hesitantly she picks it up and walks over to her bed. She wants to make herself comfortable before she talks to him, being comfortable is best am i right?

No, she's just doing this to stall herself.

This is all new territory for Lia. No one has made her this nervous before. She's usually a confident woman with no fears, but this man makes her want to melt into a puddle on the floor. Once she's finally comfortable and under the covers she takes her phone and opens up her messages.

She finds Elias' contact and clicks on his chat. He saved himself as "Elias Black"on her phone. No emojis or emoticons, just his name. Lia smiles warmly at this and thinks at how formal he is. Cute

She changes the contact name to "Elias 💗" instead of the name he gave himself. She's not as formal as he is, and it's nice seeing his name like that in her phone with the little heart.

Again, she's stalling.

Cecilia's index finger hovers over the send button, wondering if this is the right thing to send him. She's deleted and re typed the message many times in the text box; trying to make sure that whatever text she does end up sending is perfect.

Lia internally curses at herself for being so nervous, she's Cecilia Sharpe, she doesn't get nervous! But with one last bit of encouragement from herself she quickly presses send on the text, it going through to Elias immediately.

The CEO quickly puts her phone face down on her duvet and nervously waits for a reply.

Elias sighs heavily as he takes off his glasses. He put June to bed an hour ago and has been sitting at his desk looking at a blank page. He wants to write a new book, but he's had no inspiration so far. It's driving him crazy

Taking a look at the white paper and the black pen in his hand he sighs again. Why can't he just write like a normal person? It's as if the paper is mocking him for not being able to write. He frowns, maybe the tiredness is getting to him.

However, his thoughts are interrupted by the quiet chime of his phone. His gaze moves from his desk towards his device next to him.

Elias' mood immediately shifts when he sees a text message pop up on his home screen. His home screen picture is of him and June, which makes him smile, but he's brought out of his thoughts at the text message staring at him through the screen.

The text is from an unknown number, but he knows exactly who the message is from.

*** *** ***
Hey Elias, it's Cecilia. I was just
texting to say that you can drop June
off at whatever time tomorrow.
We're free all day :)

Elias :)
Hello Cecilia, that's perfect. We'll be
round at about 12, is that okay with you?

Elias' heart skips a beat at the message he's seeing on the screen. How can a message so simple and friendly get his heart racing like this? He takes a moment to calm himself as he waits for a reply from her.

In the meantime, he changes her contact name to something that fits her perfectly.

Lia 🌙
That's good! I'm very glad you
agreed to this 'play date'. Celine
seems to love June a lot, it's very
adorable watching them, haha

Elias :)
I'm happy too. June doesn't have
many friends, it'll be nice for her.
Thank you a lot for this Lia :)

Lia 🌙
No need to thank me Elias, i'm
happy seeing June happy. I'll see
you tomorrow, have a good night ❤️

Elias :)
You too Lia, goodnight ❤️

Elias puts his phone down and doesn't realise a goofy smile has formed on his face. She sent him a heart! That must mean something right? He wants to text her some more, but he doesn't want to be too forward. And besides, he's way too shy for that kind of thing anyway

The writer picks his glasses back up off his desk and puts them back on. Talking to Cecilia has helped clear his mind and now he's ready to start writing his book.

He has the perfect idea for his story, and he has the most perfect main character to go with it. He sighs happily, then begins to brainstorm all his ideas. This might be his best work yet.

It seems this woman is all the inspiration he needs.

jeyda speaks!!

finally i have this out...this has been in my drafts for ages unfinished and now it's done

i'm sorry this has taken ages to do i was sick for ages and now my exams have started 🙁 i've been so busy it's depressing

BUT in 2 weeks they'll all be over and i'll be popping out chapters like no one business 🙈

elias you sneaky man...not you writing a self insert about you and lia

this one was a shorter chapter this time but i hope you enjoyed!

have an awesome day/night  i love u all <3