Chapter 8 When he touched my skin, I lost myself in his caresses.

My cell phone alarm rang, and I got out of bed, I looked at the time, and it was almost 10 am; I remembered what had happened yesterday and my beautiful Daniella; I was anxious to see her again.

And I decided to do something about it, I opened the door to the guest room, and Jason was still asleep; I took off the sheet and started to give him a few blows on his cheeks to wake him up faster.

I opened the curtains letting the sunlight in, right into his face, "Good morning, good morning sleeping beauty, the sun is up, Cinderella, get up," I said smiling; I knew Jason hated it when I did this.

"What the fuck, Marcus? Let me sleep. It's Sunday, have mercy on this poor handsome human," he told me and went back to covering his face with the sheet.

"I thought you wanted to see Ivana today, but if not, we'll leave it for another day," I told him, and he got up immediately.

" I woke up, I'm up, what time is it?" he said, half-asleep.

"Ten o'clock, for god's sake, Marcus, this is inhuman. I hate you," he said to me, "I know, but I don't care to get up and call Ivana; I need to know what time I can see Daniella."

"Ha!!! They stung now, I understand your hurry, I don't recognize you I have never seen you so anxious to see someone" he said something curious.

"I don't have to give you explanations for my actions; you just need to know that...the truth is I don't have to tell you anything, just get off your ass and go ahead," I said smiling.

Jason started laughing and got up, "It's ok, just because you're my best friend."

We went to the kitchen, and I started making breakfast; his phone rang as he tried to dial Ivana.

"I can't believe it; it's her," Jason said, putting the cell phone on speaker, so we could both hear the conversation, "Who, what are you talking about?" I asked him.

"It's her, Ivana," he said and answered the call, "Hello!".

"Jason?" said Ivana.

"Who is it? It's barely noon. It's illegal to call at this hour!" said Jason, and I put on my, you're such a jerk!

"Sorry, it's Ivana; maybe I'd better call you back," she said and was about to hang up, but I signaled Jason not to let her.

"No, no, Ivana don't hang up!" said Jason.

"Are you sure? Can I call you back?" she said to him.

"Aren't I already awake, besides? Who needs to sleep longer? How are you?" asked Jason, and I could only put my hand on my face; I'm lost in the hands of the most idiotic of my friends.

"Very well, I was calling to tell you that Dany is feeling better and that we agreed to meet with you today," said Ivana, and in my face of reflected a huge smile, she was feeling better.

That was all I needed to know. I couldn't wait any longer to see her today to introduce myself and meet her officially.

I looked at Jason, and the very idiot was saying under his breath, "Maybe we should just play it cool and say we can't make it today," said the same asshole.

"What? are you crazy? Give me the phone; you're not going to ruin my chance, you idiot," I said, and we both started struggling for the cell phone.

"Perfect!" said Jason, but before he did something we would both regret, I started to take the phone out of his hands, "...let go of the phone!" I said, looking him in the eyes in a challenging manner.

"You're crazy!" Jason said.

 "Let me talk," I said, and he wouldn't let go of the damn phone, so I grabbed his arm and did a jiujitsu hold to force him to give me the phone.

"What's wrong with you? Wait!" he said while he had a suffering face, which I won't deny I enjoyed to the fullest.

Finally, I took the cell phone from him, and I started to hear Ivana's voice, "Jason? Are you still there?" she asked.

I took the god damn cell phone and removed the speaker, "Hello Ivana!" I said.

"Who are you?" said Ivana.

"Marcus, Jason's friend, yesterday I was very worried about Daniella. Is she ok?" I said, hoping to know more about my beautiful girl; maybe I would be lucky to hear her voice for the first time.

It was Ivana who answered me again, "She is better, Marcus; you have nothing to worry about," she said, and that calmed my anxiety a little.

"I'm glad to hear that, although I'd like to hear it from her directly," I said, waiting for her to tell me.

"Dany, she's taking a bath and can't answer you, but later you can ask her in person," she told me.

I would love nothing more; I thought, "Do you think if we pick you up at 5, we can go eat somewhere and walk around, so you can get to know the city a little more?" I told her.

"Sure, it's a done deal, then we'll wait for you guys; I'll text you our address, see you later," Ivana said.

"Alright, bye," I said and hung up on the call; on my face was a huge smile of satisfaction because I had gotten what I wanted; I looked up and saw Jason, "You're welcome, I already got you your first date," I said.

Jason started laughing and said to me, "You think I was born yesterday, I'm not that stupid, you want me to believe you did it for me when you are dying to see that girl, but you don't want to accept it because your untamed stallion ego is afraid of losing its reputation and for no reason would you give the sign that you were tamed or am I wrong" Jason said looking at me.

"I don't know what you are talking about; I am still untamed," I said and walked towards my room.

"Yea!  Yea! You are on the right track; keep it up, maybe you can convince yourself," he said, laughing at me.

The hours passed, and it was time to go to the girls' apartment; I didn't know how to feel, my body was reacting strangely, I felt anxious to see her and meet her in person, even though I had seen her many times, none of them have been directly face to face.

All of them have been moments of destiny, in which we have coincided in a strange collateral way, but today she would be in front of me, within my reach, I could touch her, caress her, even kiss her even if I didn't want to, and that made me crazy.

At the same time, I was trying to repress this feeling I had for an unknown woman who had so much power over me and my thoughts.

I am Marcus Myers, one of the most sought-after playboys, confident in myself, who can get any woman I want at the snap of my fingers, and yet, I was nervous about the reaction of the one woman I was madly attracted to.

Imagining how her lips would feel touching mine, touching her and being able to feel her skin, the warmth of her body under my caresses was something that was driving me crazy, but I had to control myself if I didn't want to lose her before we started something together

However, of one thing I was sure, and that was that from the moment I officially met her, that woman would be mine, and I would not allow anyone to stand in my way."