Chapter 6

Monalisa’s lips parted slightly too as she peered into Bret’s face, her heart starting to race inside her, wondering what this was about. Bret had been a regular visitor in her Aunt’s house but he had never spoken to her before, it was like she never existed and now he is standing in front of her in this awkward moment saying this to her.

"Oh my goodness, Monalisa, I do not know how to get this out, please could you come with me, I am freezing out here and I bet you are too," Bret said, reaching out and taking her hand, making Monalisa’s pupil widen as he took her hand. She tried to pull her hand away from his but he held on to it.

"Come with me Monalisa, I am going to explain this to you but I cannot do it out here or we are going to freeze out here before I make you understand this." Bret told her and without wasting time he started leading her to his car. He opened the car and helped her to step into it while he walked around to sit on the driver's seat.

"I am taking you to my house, Monalisa, I know that your Aunt Lila would not let you inside her house tonight," he said and started the car, "it was a good thing I decided to follow my heart and come out here today to see you, else I wonder what might become of you in this cold." Bret added and  drove off while Monalisa just peered at him, still very surprised by what was happening to her today with Bret, one of the cutest guys she has seen.

She knew that Bret was well aware of the way her aunt Lila and Annabel treated her because he had seen it just like everyone that was close to them but never in her wildest dreams could she had imagined that Bret of all people would be talking to her like this and this kind of scared her especially because she knew who Bret was to Annabel.

Bret just drove on in silence, not knowing what to say to her as he drove her to his hideout, one of the houses he used whenever he wanted to be alone and Monalisa was too stunned to even say a word to him too, even though she felt like asking him a lot of questions. 

After a few minutes' drive, Bret pulled out into his space, he stepped out of his car and went to open the car door for Monalisa to climb out of the car too.  "Come on this way," he added, gesturing for her to follow him into his house, leading the way.

Monalisa did as she was told and followed him into the house especially because it was cold and freezing outside, “hold on a minute Bret,” Monalisa muttered and stopped herself from going further into the house after they had just walked in.

Bret who was standing in front of her turned around to face her, wondering why she stopped but just one look in her face gave him a clue of her reason for stopping. “What is it Monalisa,” he said softly, taking two steps forward to stand very close to her, gazing into her face.

Monalisa shook her head slightly sideways, trying not to allow his charming face stop her from speaking her mind. “Look Bret, I do not think I should be here, you know… Annabel would not like it if she found out that I followed you to your house…. I mean she would be mad just knowing that you spoke to me…” Monalisa told him, lowering her gaze but peeking at him from under her lashes, her heart still racing inside of her for just standing close to him.

“I knew you are going to say this Monalisa, I just knew it, it is written all over your face but I do not care and you should not worry yourself about them and what they think you know... I mean, for how long are you going to allow your aunt Lila and Annabel to treat you the way they did?” Bret said and asked softly, still gazing at her.

Monalisa pressed her lips and unconsciously started fondling her fingers, knowing that Bret was right but she lack the courage to stand up to them and do not know how she was going to do that, she had always hoped for her mum to come and get her or for a prince charming to save her from them like in her story books, “it is easier for you to tell me to stand up for myself Bret, I do not think I can do that,” she told him calmly, her gaze on her fingers that she was fondling unconsciously.

Bret peered down at her for a while and decided to let it be, besides talking about her family was not the reason why he had brought her here, he thought and slowly he reached out and took her hands making her lift her gaze to him, her clear blue eyes sparkling but filled with surprise as his he held her hands in his. 

“Can we just not talk about your Aunt Lila and Annabel, that is not why I had brought you here,” he said softly, gazing into her eyes.

Monalisa tried to pull her hand away from him, feeling very uncomfortable by his touch, and tried to look away from him too but Bret tenderly held her chin in one hand while he had the other hand holding her hand. “I brought you here to tell you how I have been feeling about you and I want tonight to be about us… look, I have seen how your aunt Lila and Annabel were to you, it is not something that is new to me, I do not like what they do to you maybe that was why I started falling for you in the first place,” Bret was saying when Monalisa unconsciously interrupted him.

“Fallen for me?” she asked, her pupils enlarging as she found it surprising again that a guy like Bret would fall for a girl like her, this was just like one of her story books, Bret is a very good looking guy and wealthy too, unlike her who was a maid in her aunt’s house even though she was very beautiful herself, she knew because she could see her reflection in the mirror and was also aware of how the other girls treated her because of envy.

“Yes Monalisa, as crazy as this may sound to you, yes, I have fallen in love with you and I do not think that I can stop myself from loving you, and trust me I have tried to stop myself from feeling this way especially because of what people and my parents would think but trust me Monalisa… I do not care anymore because I found myself longing to be with you.” he told her, sounding a little out of breath as he tried to convince her of his feelings towards her. 

Monalisa continued to look stunned and surprised by his confession of love to her as it sounded like the lines in her stories. “What about Annabel, is she not your girlfriend, I do not want to get into trouble because of this,” she told him, reminding herself about Annabel and her Aunt Lila when she wanted to get carried away by his words which was what she had hoped for so long, for a man to sweep her off her feet and take her away from her hateful family.

“Come on Monalisa, you do not have to worry about Annabel and for the record, she is not my girlfriend,” he said and continued when she shot him a glance after he said that Annabel was not his girlfriend. 

“I admit that Annabel clings to me a lot whenever we are together but I tell you it is nothing, and I only go to her house only because she wanted me to be there, you know how she is, she can be very demanding and overbearing sometimes,” Bret tried to explain to her, shrugging his shoulders a little bit, and softly too.  

“Sometimes?” Monalisa asked, referring to his statement about Annabel and lifting her brows to Bret who just chuckled a little bit, knowing what she meant.

“Okay, I admit, Annabel can be overbearing most of the time,” Bret told her, smiling a little from the corner of his lips.

Monalisa lowered her gaze again, feeling very shy now that he was smiling at her. She hoped that she was not dreaming about this because this would be her prayers being answered in the time when she had almost lost her hope, she thought.

“Now enough talk about your family, come on, let's go in, we need to spend some time with each other before morning comes.” he said, gesturing to her and then started leading her into one of the rooms in the building still holding her hand.

“Here you go, we are going to stay here for the night, I will drive you back to your house before dawn, I would not want you to get punished for spending time with me,” Bret told her, gesturing for her to sit on the bed that was in the room while he went and lit the fire in the fire place to hit up the room.

Bret returned afterwards holding a bottle of wine and two glasses. “Are you alright?” he asked, peering down at Monalisa who shifted on the bed as he returned, still feeling a little uncomfortable. She had watched him light the fire in the room and as he took out the wine  and two glasses from a cupboard in the room.

“Yes, I am fine,” Monalisa muttered enough for him to hear her. She could not look him straight in the eyes. Bret scoffed a little, knowing that she was uncomfortable around him.

“Here you go, have some of this,” he said, stretching forth his hand to her with the glass of wine in it.

“Thanks,” she replied as she took the glass of wine from him, her hands trembling a little.

“You have to relax Monalisa,” Bret said, slowly taking a seat next to her on the bed, his gaze on her too, while Monalisa felt like she was going to lose her mind since everything was happening so fast, making it too good to be true for her.

Bret noticed her feelings and thought of what to do to make her relax. He sipped his wine a little, placed the glass of wine gently on the floor. He took her hand tenderly and also took her glass of wine from her and gently placed it on the floor. “Look at me Monalisa,” Bret said softly, lifting her chin in his hand and placing his other hand on her hand that was against her thigh. 

“You do not have to be afraid of me… I love you Monalisa and I am going to make all your troubles go away,” Bret added softly, gazing into her eyes and stroking her hand tenderly.

His words hit Monalisa’s heart and brought tears down her eyes almost immediately, tears she did not know when or how it had gathered. He just told her the words she had been fantasizing about all these years, something she never thought was going to be possible. 

“You do not have to cry Monalisa, hush… you do not have to cry now, not anymore…” Bret told her softly again, sounding a little husk, stroking her face tenderly now with his fingers, “you are beautiful, he added, leaning forward and planted a kiss on her cheek even with the tears on her face, he did the same on the other side of her cheek and then pulled his face away from her and started gazing into her clear blue eyes that was filled with tears.

Monalisa’s heart melted by his words and his kisses that she felt so in love with him instantly, “so this is it,” she said inwardly, gazing back into Bret eyes that she thought were so beautiful. She has read about love in her stories and had fantasized about it but did not know that this was how it feels to actually be in love as she felt like she was also fallen for this cute guy next to her, finally, her hopes of leaving her Aunt Lila and Annable had come and her saviour was going to be Bret, she said inwardly again, allowing herself to feel the pleasure of Bret’s touch.

Bret saw the look in her eyes and knew at once that she had fallen for him, and was getting into the mood of romance, he slowly leaned forward and planted a kiss on her lips this time.

Monalisa quivered a little as this was the first time that she was been kissed by a man, her body feeling like it wanted to stop her from allowing him touch her reminding her that they have only just started talking to each other but she brushed the thought away and decided to allow herself enjoy the beautiful thing that was happening to her.

Bret pulled his lips away from her and peered into her eyes for a while as if to find out what she was thinking about as something in him wanted him to stop but almost immediately, he leaned forward and started kissing her again, a little passionately this time unable to resist the urge to have her in his arms.

“Hold on a minute Bret,” Monalisa said in a near trembling tone, pulling her lips away from him.

“What is it Monalisa,” Bret asked in a husk tone, peering into her eyes, wondering why she stopped him, he was already in the mood and stopping himself now would be a little difficult.

“Are you sure about this?” Monalisa asked, still in a near trembling tone, referring to what they were doing as Bret was already trying to penetrate her.

“Yes, Monalisa, yes… I love you… so you do not have to be afraid,” Bret told her again, still in a husk tone, hoping she does not back out now as he was already into her. “Come on Monalisa…” he added, slowly leaning closer to her again, he started kissing her again, “just relax Monalisa,” I promise I am going to be gentle,” he muttered, guessing that this could be her first time, especially since he has not seen her with anyone before.

“Okay…” Monalisa muttered, trying to relax and allow him to touch her. Besides, he was in love with her and she had fallen in love with him too, she reminded herself, and then slowly started responding to his kisses again. He is a good kisser, she thought as she enjoyed his kisses and slowly she started getting honey for him.

“Ahh…” Monalisa let out a whimpering cry as soon as Bret penetrated her, biting down her lower lip afterwards to keep herself from crying out again.

“You are so sweet Monalisa,” Bret moaned into her ear as he throbbed gently in and out of her, making sure to be gentle with her since it was her first time.

“Are you alright?” he asked after a little while, pausing to gaze into her eyes to make sure that he was not hurting her, even though he still has his disk in her.

“Go on, Bret, I think I am fine,” she told him softly in return, encouraging him to carry on, she was trying to let herself enjoy this and make a good memory out of it, one which she was going to keep forever, she thought.

Bret nodded and started throbbing in and out of her again until he reached climax. He suddenly went still, panting heavily and lying gently against her skinny body to catch his breath for a while before pulling himself gently away from her.

“How was it?” he asked her after catching his breath, lifting his head a little off the bed to peer into her face.

“What?” Monalisa asked coyly, trying to shy away from the question even though she understood him.

“Go on, Monalisa, tell me, how was it?” he asked again, holding her face so that she would not turn away from him.

“It was painful a little from the start but I love it, Bret and I am going to remember this all my life,” she told him coyly again, trying to turn her gaze away from him again.

“Really?” Bret asked, feeling happy that she liked it, “then I think we should go again, this time I am going to make you feel more pleasure,” Bret added, tickling her a little.

Monalisa laughed out loud, feeling very happy that she wished she would continue to be happy like this for the rest of her life.