Chapter 2: busted & doomed

Ian was still shocked from what he saw. 'What the...' Candice looked at him as he covered her mouth. 'shh, Nina's here!' Ian whispered to her. 'but...how & why?' she said, confused & worried. 'I have no idea but I'll be finding that out soon' Ian simply answered, looking at Nina.

Nina's POV:
Ok, so yeah I'm at the mall but I'm pretty sure Ian's not in this mall. After all, I did promise him I won't sneak in.

Ian waited for Nina to go away before he turned to Candice. 'look, I'm gonna talk to her, candy. can you just hold on to this ring for awhile? Keep it first.' he told Candice, looking her in the eye. 'ok, I understand. Good luck with you two' she patted his shoulder & went out.

Ian's POV:
Of all places! why does she had to be here, I specifically told her not to sneak off. that was really close, why can't she wait?

Ian followed Nina around the mall but stopped as she entered the ladies' room. He waited for her to come out & when she saw him she was so shocked & said 'Ian, uh what are you doing here?' 'what am I? no, what are you doing here?' Ian answered her back. 'just a little shopping, was this...the mall you're referring to?' Nina said, feeling sorry. 'yes, it was' was all Ian told her before he kissed her & caressed her cheek.

Nina shocked ended the kiss a little too quickly. 'you're not mad?' she said as he looks at him. 'why should I be, you didn't ruin the surprise' he just smiled, erasing the thought that she almost did saw him buy the ring.

'oh...' Nina smiled at him. 'so, you seemed to have quite a lot in your hands now' Ian pointed to 3 shopping bags that Nina was carrying as he took all of them on one hand & holds Nina on the other. 'ready to go home?' he asked to a speechless Nina. 'uh, yeah sure' she smiled widely.

Candice called Michael to come pick her up & now she's riding with him from the mall. 'uh, candy. what you got there?' mike said trying to look at the paper bag but failed as he was driving. 'some...stuff' Candice told him, hiding the bag by her side at the backseat.

As traffic gets heavier, Candice falls asleep at the backseat, mike looked at her and smiled, she's just beautiful.

He too was getting quite tired, so when he pulled off to her house, he got the key from her purse, opened the door & quickly got up the stairs. As he placed her in bed, taking her shoes off then covering her in a blanket, it rained.

He got down the stairs & left a note for her saying 'hope you had a good rest, Candy. You seem really tired, I went home already to rest, I have a early flight tomorrow so, I'll see you when I get back. -M' then he left & drove home as the rain poured even harder.

When Mike reached home, he took a shower then headed to bed for a good nights rest, he wasn't hungry for dinner, anyway.

When Ian reached home, he put all the things Nina bought down first then he picked her up as she kissed his cheek & they made their way upstairs to their bedroom.

'did my baby enjoyed her little shopping day, today?' Ian asked her all-baby like as he take's off her clothes, unbuttoning her shirt first then her pants. 'I always do' she smiled as she feels his hands all over her body as she climbs up the bed & hugs a pillow while she watches Ian take his shirt & pants off, leaving him with his boxers.

When he climbed the bed Nina giggled & pulled him up, Ian was on top of Nina as they rolled over & was now facing each other, he kissed her tenderly as he squeezed her stomach making her lift it, he then kissed it down & went up to her chest as he trailed kisses on her upper breast to her neck, nibbling it.

'be careful not to give me a hickey' Nina told him as she bit his earlobe hard. 'ouch, that hurt you know' Ian laughed as he said 'I know, I know.' but continued with the nibbling. Nina then pulled him towards her lips & they kissed passionately before Nina's phone rang. 'mmm, don't pick it up' Ian murmured from her mouth but Nina hesitated and picked it up as she read the message 'hey neens, don't forget our meeting tomorrow, I'm only there for a day. Love, Alex' she sigh as she remembered that her brother was visiting her tomorrow.

'so, who was that?' Ian took the phone from her & read. 'oh, alex, well seems great' he told her as he kissed her forehead. 'yeah, I'm meeting him at around 11 so we better get some rest' Nina told him as she kissed him softly on the lips. Ian then straightened his position as he placed Nina on top of him & she snuggled on his chest falling asleep while he kissed her forehead one last time as he too drifts to sleep.

It was 4am when Candice was awoken by a thunder, she sigh as she made her way to the bathroom & changed to her pjs, she was brushing her teeth when she remembered something, she looked around her room, nothing. She knew she was in trouble. She almost spit the tooth paste in front of her mirror when she figured it out...Mike has the ring & she's now doomed.

To be continued...

Authors note: hey guys, please review & suggest, thank you once again for reading. xo, Aly.