Ace.They let me see her after I spoke to the doctor. Nurse Franklin came and led the way down the hall to a room situated just a few feet from the nurses’ station. She touched the door, then turned to look at me.“She is got a cast on her right leg and bandages on her arms. There is an IV and a heart monitor that is attached to a machine that is set to notify us if her heart rate changes.”I nodded. “Okay.”“And her head is wrapped in bandages. Her eyes are bruised, and there is a significant amount of swelling to her face.” She touched my arm lightly. “She won’t be recognizable.”“I will know her.” I said as if trying to convince her. I would know Kaya anywhere.As I looked at her laying there completely disoriented and immobile, my mind drifted again. ***“You know absolutely nothing about me.” She said smiling, that huge smile of hers with dimples. “I know you are an amazing artist.” I said truthfully. “You use that word a lot.”“What word?”“Amazing.”“Only with you.”She gla
Ace.“How is she?” Paul asked over the phone. I glanced at the electronic monitor that showed Kaya’s steady heartbeat.“Stable. I think.”“Wow.” I could hear Paul shuffling papers on the other end of the line. “Is there someone I can call? What about her parents? Her brother?”“Not yet. I want to have something positive to tell them.” I said remembering how we had even ended up with me being her emergency contact. I didn't know if she had told her family about the break up, and the fact that I had married someone else when I had promised to marry their daughter. I had to have some good news to call them with. “You don’t think they should know now?” Paul asked, and I could feel the confusion in his voice. “There is no reason to upset them until there is something to upset them about. The doctors don’t even know what is going to happen in the next twenty four hours. I would hate to get her parents on a plane if it turns out she is going to be home, safe and sound, by the time they
Cyn. I hadn't seen Ace for the past three days. The man took my virginity, refused my claim on him, all in one night and then disappeared with no calls or texts.The flashbacks of me calling him came back, and how horrible he had been to me. He had made it quite clear my role in his life, and I intended to play it well. After all I was used to this, it was like I had been trained my whole life for this, to be insignificant. I sat down at the empty table as usual, all types of foods laid out for me. Atleast when I was living in my father's home, there were always people, but I was all alone in this huge mansion. Anna the house manager came in every morning did her work and left me all alone to the house. Is there anything more lonely than this? I hoped for a quiet dinner, maybe after I would go for a night swim under the stars. The sky was clear today. I thought to myself. I was so engulfed in my thoughts I didn’t quite hear him walk in, or Join me at the table. He had come so
Cyn. His eyes never left mine, and I stared hypnotized into those truly strange and exciting eyes. I was trembling and my heart was pounding so hard in my chest my blood roared in my ears. I remained frozen even when his hand touched my cheek. It felt like hot coals on my skin. I inhaled deeply and breathed in his scent. It was unbelievable the effect this man had on me.I tried my hardest to act unaffected but failed miserably when he curled his hand till his knuckles replaced his palm and brushed them gently across my cheeks. I could feel the flush spread across my face like a burn.Then his hand reached my bottom lip and his gaze dropped to the quivering flesh. Using the smooth pad of his thumb he pulled my bottom lip down, let it go, then watched it bounce back into place with a curious expression on his face. The only way I could describe the look in his eyes was the way a cat plays with a mouse. Pawing it; throwing it in the air and letting it run; catching it again with quick
Cyn. My body was reacting to him in a way that I could not deny. Seeing him in this way was exhilarating.I never wanted to be excited or turned on, but I was already soaked and dripping wet between my thighs. It felt as if an entire colony of hornets were buzzing in my belly. I wanted to squash them all dead, but I couldn’t feel enough malice to attack them. What I truly wanted in that moment was revenge.And not against them, but him.I wanted to show him that I wasn't really into him, that he could not treat me like a prostitute and come fuck me like I was his, but my body had other things in mind. I wanted him just as much as he wanted me and he knew it. Back in the dining room, he had reduced me to a spineless, mumbling mess and I wanted nothing more than to do the same to him. To crack through that impenetrable shell, and to prove to myself and him that he was just as susceptible as the rest of us.I focused more on the thick, throbbing length of meat in my hand and mouth and
Ace.I sat back in my chair, still in shock at what I had just experienced. I had wanted to stay with her. And hold her. The startling need had crackled through my chest. But I couldn't, it was bit fair to her or me, or Kaya who was lying in an hospital. So I had forced myself to walk away. Now I stood in the middle of my study staring out of the window almost in a daze. My breathing was still uneven, my heart racing, and my body thrumming with the afterglow pleasure and heat. What the fuck just happened?I had fucked so many women in my life, all as beautiful and some even more beautiful than her, but none of those encounters even vaguely resembled what had just happened.For fucks sake I had unraveled like a dropped old movie reel. It was the closest thing to a miracle I had ever experienced in years.What was it about her? Why did she have this effect on me?I had to get rid of the turbulence inside me. With a shuddering sigh, my gaze went over to the tray with a bottlebof aged w
Cyn. I woke up to an empty spot in my bed. I could have sworn I went to sleep in his arms. It had seemed so real, but now I was wondering if I had imagined it all. But the soreness between my legs told a very different story. Breakfast was served in a massive orangery. It was full of plants, flowers, and vines creeping along the walls. Despite it being a winter wonderland outside, the heat emanating from the floors created a toasty atmosphere inside that glass hall.Anna led me to a long banqueting table, where there was an impressive, almost wasteful display of dishes on it. I had only seen this kind of spread offered by five star hotels or in luxury cruise liners. Not that I had been in any, only photos in magazines. I stared at the assortment of pastries and bread, fruit, doomed dishes of cooked food standing on electric warmers, jams, honey, and different cereals in tallglass containers, but these, I only glanced at. What truly held my attention was the view from the glass wall
Ace. "Have you been here all night again?" Nurse Franklin came in to check something. She touched Kaya’s IV, her monitors, her leads. Then she looked at me and offered a soft smile."No, I just came in." i said as I tried to look at what she was doing. "I am just checking her vitals." she said smiling, “Is there anything I can get for you?”I shook my head. “I’m fine. Thank you.”“Well, if you want to stretch out, that chair over there pulls out into a small lounger.”“Thank you.”She picked up the iPad she had been noting Kaya’s vitals in and began to cross the room. As I watched her go, a thought crossed my mind.“Can I ask you something?” I blurted out. “Of course.”“How did you know to call me? I mean, she was jogging, and you said she was unconscious when the paramedics arrived…” “Oh. There was an emergency contact card in her fanny pack.” She set the iPad on the end of the bed and went to the small wardrobe next to the door. From there, she retrieved a small, black and red