Chapter Five.
Lila.
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. Or maybe it was the too many glasses of wine that were settling in.
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 reflexes; letting it run.
Slowly, his gaze returned to mine. Kiss me, my heart pleaded, but I was still sane enough not to say it aloud.
My hands clenched into fists by my side. I was aching with the gnawing need to grab him and kiss that sensuous mouth, or to push him very far away from me.
He lowered his head and I immediately clenched my eyes shut and waited for the moment his mouth would touch mine. At that moment, it felt as though only a taste of him would feed the vicious need in my belly. But his lips did not connect with mine, instead he lay them on the exposed swell of my breast.
It was such a simple act: his lips on my skin, but it shot such a bolt of pleasure through me that it tore a gasp from my lips. My bones weakened into jelly, and unable to trust my knees to keep me upright, I gripped his bulging biceps.
Then, like an animal he licked me. And I gasped at the bolt that ran through my body. It felt like a bolt of electricity. My entire groin went numb.
As I stood there in shock, he straightened and began to caress my breast through the fabric of my dress. His thumb stroked the traitorous hardened peak in the middle. There was simply no hiding my desire for him when it was that blatantly obvious. When he took away his hand a cry of complaint almost escaped me.
Those piercing grays were full of knowing as he slipped his hand into the slit of my dress. I stared into his eyes entranced. With one swift motion, he ripped the material all the way up to my hips.
My head shot down to see the destruction of the beautiful dress. It was the most beautiful thing I had ever worn in my life and he had destroyed it without a second thought. A wave of sadness engulfed me. The metaphor between me and that dress couldn’t be clearer. I was that dress. Something he. had paid so much for and yet was of so little value to him, so disposal.
“Open your legs, ” he commanded.
Blindly I obeyed, I would do anything that man demanded of me, I was at his mercy and I liked it, how in control he was.
One of his hard hands slipped around my hips to stroke the taut flesh of my butt, while the other boldly grabbed my sex in an imitation of what I had done to myself last night.
The stimulating surge was too much and I visibly jerked at the direct assault. I was already soaked and ready, but I had to tell him before we went too far.
"I am a virgin." I whispered, my whole body still engulfed in pleasure, he needed to know atleast that's what I had thought before I realized telling him was my biggest mistake.
"What?" he said, immediately getting off me.
"I didn't say you stop, we can continue, I just wanted to let you know." i said gtinn3, until I saw his face, he looked furious.
"I am so sorry, this was a mistake." he said getting up, zipping up his pants. "Let's just keep this as agreed," he said and after a few seconds , he was out and I was sitting on the bed named.
My cheeks flushed red with embarrassment.
I quickly dressed up and followed him, he was still by the pool.
"I thought we were having a moment." I said, embarrassed to even face him.
"You are a virgin Lila, I don't fuck virgins and you are not even my type. We have been through this." I felt like he had stabbed me right in my chest.
"Well thank you for stopping me from making the worst mistake of my life" I fired back before I started scrambling for my clothes.
I didn't want to be here anymore. I also did not want him to see the tears forming in my eyes. But before I could leave, he got up.
"It's a long drive back home and it's late and you have been drinking, it's not safe. You can sleep here tonight."
"I don't want to stay here anymore."I said truthfully,
" You have no choice Lila, I am not letting you get on the road and in this state Lila. If you are worried about me sharing the bed with you worry not I will find somewhere else to sleep." he said authoritatively like I was a kid or something before he left.
As soon as he was gone, I finally let the tears I was holding back flow freely..
What a jerk?!
Lila. I woke up to the unfamiliar bedroom walls, I was still in Lucas childhood home, the events of the previous night started coming back one by one, and could instantly feel my face turning pink from the humiliation he had put me through. A big part of me wished all this was a bad dream, but the more I registered the surrounding the more real it got. I almost had sex with Luca last night and when he found out I was a virgin he humiliated me. I slowly got out of bed, putting on my robe, l needed to get ready and get out of here as soon as I possibly could. I was about to get in the shower, when I heard a gentle knock on the door. "Come in" I yelled from the bathroom, and I heard the door open slowly.Luca never did anything slowly, so I definitely knew it was not him. "Excuse me miss." I got out of the bathroom, and it was Maria, the house keeper."Good morning Maria, you can just call me Lila please." I said with a smile,"I am supposed to get you to come down for breakfast."
Lila. The drive back to the hospital was quick, but my mind was pre occupied by last night's events and todays. I thought we had shared a moment with Luca. But he had bolted, No note, no nothing and his phone was going straight to voice mail. I stepped into the hospital lobby, the sterile smell of antiseptic hanging heavy in the air, I hated hospitals because of this very smell. I remember when I came to see my dad over a decade ago, this very smell still lingered in my brain. It felt like I had gone back to tha exact time ten years ago. The memories were still fresh, it almost like it just happened. The doctor had said my father had no fighting chance, every organ in his body was failing. But were still hopeful. I remember sitting on one of the benches outside my dad's room, waiting for him to get out of surgery, we were hopeful, we prayed, we really prayed, but then the doctor came and I remember I almost knew instantly just by how he was talking to my mother. I could not go th
LilaSo many things were running through my mind, Luca had transferred my mom to one of the most expensive cancer treatment facilities in New York. Why would he do that? I asked myself still trying to call him, his phone was going straight to voice mail. A random number that knew about my mother was texting me, none of this was making any sense to me at allMy heels clicked sharply against the concrete as I walked through the dimly lit parking lot, the chill of the evening air biting at my skin. All kinds of thoughts running through my mind, I was so confused. As I approached my car, a shadow shifted at the far end of the parking lot where my car was parked. The figure moved closer, revealing a man in a worn leather jacket, his hands shoved deep in his pockets.Lila’s stomach turned with fear, as I looked around, there was no one else, and I knew even if I tried to scream it would be pointless. No one would hear me from down here. I didn’t recognize him, but the way he stood there,
Lila The ride to the new hospital where my mom had been transferred to was only a few minutes away from where I was. I could tell it was fancy before I even got inside, It screamed rich. But everything about this whole thing just felt fishy. Luca was still unreachable yet he had been able to have my mom moved to another hospital in a span of a few hours. "Hey, I am here to see..." I was immediately cut short."We have been expecting you miss Lila, I will show you to your mom's room." The nurse said smiling, everything here was much nicer."How do you know who I am?" I asked curious."You are Luca's fiancee, ofcourse we know who you are." she said smiling as she suggested I follow her."Is he here?" I asked casually, hoping the answer would be yes."Who?""Luca, is he still here?" she looked at me confused now,"What are you talking about? Luca as not stepped foot here yet.""I am so confused, then who had my mother admitted here?""oooh, that'll.." she was cut short by a depeer vo
Luca. She had been blowing me up all day and it was starting to irritate me. I thought she understood what this was, yes, yesterday I had crossed a line, we both had but it was a mistake. I had no intention of getting involved with Lila romantically, she was not even my type. I checked my phone and I saw that she had texted me to meet her at a club where she used to work. It was where I had seen her for the very first time there. I was about to put my phone down when I saw an incoming call from my dad.He never called me ever which is why this was so weird. I let it still go to voicemail. "I have to go meet up with Lila, she had been blowing me up all morning, my dad too, something seems off." I said to Vanessa who was still in bed."I don't like that girl Luca, does she understand what this is because she is acting like you are in a real relationship."I could tell Vanessa was clearly pissed off just by the way she was talking, her voice tone seemed cold. I sat back on the bed,
Richard. It had been over ten years since I last saw Christine. But i never imagined the next time I would see her, that it would be in this state. But even sick, she still looked as beautiful as the last time I Saw her. I watched her sleep, my fingers trailing over her soft cheeks. She seemed so peaceful.She slowly opened her eyes, "Hey," I said caressing her hand slowly and softly, "I did not mean to wake you up, I'm sorry." "It's okay, where is she?" Christine asked looking around the room."She went out for a cup of coffee. Promised her I will stay with you until she came back.""oooh."I sat there in silence watching her, "I am so sorry this is happening to you Christine.""Life right?" she said jokingly, but I could see the pain in her eyes.We sat in total silence for a while. "You know they can't get married Richard, you can't let them marry each other." she finally said."I don't think that is up to us Christine, they are adults and if they love each other we can't stan
Luca. "What can't Lila know?" I asked confused. "Dad, what are you doing here? Do you know Lila's mom?""You are engaged to her daughter, I thought it would be a good gesture for all of us to get acquainted since we are going to be family anyway.""Woow, that's nice of you dad," I said patting his back, "Lila told me you are the one that had her transfered here too, thank you.""it's the least I can do, she deserves the best."Something was definitely going on and I could just sense it, but I was not mad at it either, my father was showing interest in something other than himself for the first time. "So what should Lila not know? I heard you say Lila should never find out.""It's nothing, I just don't want her to live her life worrying about me." her mother said and just like Lila, she was a terrible liar too."Well, I'm glad the whole family is here, so we can tell them our news." Lila said from the door, she had a box of cup cakes in her hand."What news?" my father asked, his ton
Luca. I had just found out I needed a new kidney. I sat on the chair looking outside, taking in the view. My father, Richard, stood at the window, staring out at the parking lot below. His face was pale, but his eyes were distant, lost in thought. The kidney test results had come in just moments ago. And I knew instantly something was wrong. To be fair I knew something was wrong when he was taking the test, he did not seem too eager to do it. After a long silence, my father still holding the results in his hands, he finally spoke up, his voice low, almost like he was unsure of what he was about to say. "Your test came back, Luca… I… I wasn’t a match." He paused, turning away from the window and facing me now, no indifference in his face. "But that’s not the worst part." he continued and all kinds of things were running through my mind. It was natural for family members not to match so I really had no idea why he seemed so sad we weren't a match. We had enough money in the world t
Lila. The front door slammed behind Luca as he entered, his face a mix of exhaustion and frustration. I could tell he was running on fumes, his clothes were wrinkled, his hair disheveled, but the fury bubbling up inside of me didn’t care about any of that. I was furious, seething in a way I couldn’t remember feeling before. I was so furious I just wanted jump on him, the past twenty four hours had been crazy. I couldn't even go to the hospital in peace, the paparazzi was literally everywhere. I had been stewing in silence, trying to hold it together for the past few hours, waiting for an explanation that didn’t come. The images of Luca and Vanessa had been plastered all over the tabloids, and my phone had been blowing up with messages, each one worse than the last. I couldn’t even look at it anymore. My hands were shaking as I held the glass of wine in front of me, but I didn’t dare take a sip if I drank, I’d fall apart. And right now, I needed to be strong. Luca walked into the
Vanessa.I had always been the kind of woman who took control of things. I was used to getting what I wanted, bending people to my will, making sure I was never left behind. But I did not see the divorce coming.We had a system that worked over the years, as long as I stayed out of my husband's business he stayed out of mine. It was a marriage of convinience, not love. But we didn't start out like that, we were in love once. But so much had happened between us now. We tried everything, we tried opening our relationship, we tried therapy but nothing worked. My husband was in love with someone else, a man nonetheless, so we kept our little arrangement. At first I was not okay with it, until I met Luca and everything changed. I had the best time with Luca, he saw me, the real me and he loved me. Him, just like me was driven by success, which is why our situation was functional for so long. We both understood the rules. Atleast we both pretended we did. But he wanted more after a whi
Lila.I had spent the night at the hospital again, going home was no longer an option because all I could think of was my mom. I preferred staying at the hospital just incase she woke up I would be there. With Luca being gone too, the house felt a lot more depressing anyway. I step out of the hospital doors, the brisk morning air hitting my face like a slap. It's colder than I expected, but the chill feels good, somehow. I need something to calm my nerves; my thoughts have been a jumble of hospital noises, sterile smells, and too many unanswered questions for the past week. I head toward the small café across the street, hoping a simple cup of coffee will help me clear my head. When Luca was around he was the one who would do the coffee runs. He was in my mind a lot this morning, mostly because he had not called or texted to check in. But as I approach the door, I hear the distinct sound of cameras snapping. Flash after flash, they go off like an unholy orchestra. I freeze in place
Luca.I stood there, glaring at Vanessa, my fists clenched at my sides. I was sweating, the anger pulsing through my veins like a furious current. Miami’s humid air hit me hard as I stepped into the lobby of the hotel where I had been instructed to meet the “business contact” who had called me earlier. The moment I saw her Vanessa leaning casually against the polished marble counter, I could feel my blood boil. When I got the call I did not even think it through, which is how I can tell the whole Lila thing had thrown me completely off my game. I am not someone that's easily manipulated, but somehow Vanessa had managed to do it. “What the hell, Vanessa?” I demanded, trying to control my voice. The heat of the city, the sudden change in plans, the wasted time it all felt like a heavy weight pressing down on me.I would rather be back home in New York with Lila, I only came out here because I had been trying to land the account Vanessa has used to lure me in for so long. Vanessa, alw
Lila. I sit in the sterile, cold hospital room, my fingers trembling as they grip the armrest of the plastic chair. The fluorescent lights overhead flicker like they’re unsure whether they should be on or off. The quiet beeping of the heart monitor is the only sound breaking the silence, and every time it makes its monotonous rhythm, it reminds me that my mother is still here… at least for now.I can still see Richard who is sitted across the room throwing random glances at me and every time I looked away. The possibility that he was my father was unfathomable to me and every time I looked at him it was like a reminder, and I was not ready to deal with that part of reality no matter how it looked like. A few hours later, the doctor came out and we both followed him to his office. I could just tell by the look on his face whatever he was about to say was not good. "We tried to get as much of the malignant tumor in her brain as we could, it had spread so much... Almost half of her b
Lila.I did not get any sleep at all last night, I twisted and turned the whole night replaying every single memory I had of my father. Some things made more sense now, like why Luca's dad was always at the hospital visiting my mom even though my mom claimed they had never met before. Could this be the reason Luca’s mom Elena left? I asked myself. I also remembered the last few days leading up to my father's death. They were always fighting about something with mom and I always thought it was becauseom didn't want him working for Luca's family. But maybe my father found out the truth. I quickly got dressed and rushed downstairs, I was going mad by all the scenarios forming in my head. I needed answers. "Hey, breakfast is ready." Maria said with a smile on her face the moment she saw me. "I am not really hungry Maria, thanks though." I said as I poured my myself a cup of water. I spotted Luca in the dining room which was off. In the few weeks I had spent in this house, I had ne
Lila. I feel the warmth of Luca’s lips on mine, and for a moment, everything melts away. His kiss is soft, hesitant, but there’s something there something I didn’t expect. My heart starts racing, and just as I’m about to sink deeper into the feeling, he pulls back abruptly. Confusion floods over me, and I blink, trying to make sense of what just happened. My lips still tingle with the memory of his touch. I knew he felt the same exact way I was feeling, our chemistry was undeniable, so why did he pull back and why was he looking at me like that. Like I had something wrong. “What’s wrong?” I ask, my voice shaky, unsure if I’m even speaking clearly. I could tell something was wrong I just had no clue what. He looks at me, his eyes avoiding mine for a moment before meeting my gaze with something like guilt in them. “We can’t,” he says quietly, his words hanging between us like a weight. I expected atleast more than two words, but he went back to pacing around the room like that was
Lila. It has been a few hours since I last spoke with Luca, I had decided to give him some space to process everything that was going on. But he also needed to eat something since he was still taking medication. I quickly fixed him a plate of some food and put it on a tray with some water and headed up to his room. I knew he was not going to get out of that room so I did not even bother calling him to come down. Once at his door, I could hear some of soft music coming from his room, I knock lightly on his door, holding the tray full of food in my hands, hoping it will help ease whatever storm was brewing inside of him. I just wanted to do something for him, anything, to make him feel better.“Luca?” I call softly as I push the door open. He is sitting by the window, staring out into the dark. It’s like he is miles away, even though he is right in front of me. I hesitate for a moment, but then walk in, setting the food down on the bedside table. "I brought you something to eat...
Vanessa.I had tried to get in touch with Luca but his phone was off or busy or went straight to voicemail and it was bugging me. In the three years we had been together, he never even once sent me to voice mail and no matter what was going on in our personal lives, we always talked to each other which is why this was bugging me so much and it had Lila written all over it. Normally I wouldn’t be worried by a girl like Lila, but I could tell she was different, she was not a city girl like the ones Luca was used to and that's what scared me the most. "I have to ran an errand for a few hours, cancel all my meetings and if my husband calls tell him I am at my wax appointment." I said to my personal assistant as I picked up my bag. "Do you need me to organize for a driver?" "No, I will just drive myself, I need to clear my mind anyways." In a few minutes I was pulling up to Luca's house."Is he in?" I asked one of the security men, as I got out of the car while tossing him the car ke