chapter 9- Claire

It was almost Midnight when Andrew returned. I couldn't sleep knowing He might be out There where trouble lurks. If my dad truly wants him, once is not the only time He would try.

I don't have his cellphone number and I couldn't find my car keys. So I wait alone. The Mayor won't be back until a few days.

" Where the hell have you been. It's midnight" I say the moment he shuts the front door

"I had to go clear my head" he replies tossing me my key "I needed to make sure you kept indoors"

"You had my Keys!" He sure knows how to work my nerves "You are so gonna get into trouble if you keep Wondering aimlessly"

"I have an aim"

I let him walk past me, His eyes roaming a little too long on my body. I tighten the holds on nighties, doing my best to keep my distance from him.

"You ought to be the one watching over me. Not making me worry about you"

"It's my believe you would be a good girl"

"My dad doesn't like Military people"

"Noted" he says yawning"I'm going to bed"

"Wait" I call out to him. I let a few seconds of silence pass between us

"About earlier" it sounds sheepish but I say it all the same. "You shouldn't be Kissing me. I am someone's wife now"

I can see the smirk on his face and I hate myself immediately for bringing this up.

Whatever happened to letting the Sleeping Dog Lie!

"Then you shouldn't Kiss me back Claire" he descends towards me, slow and purposefully, His eyes bore into mine, tearing into my soul. I feel an equal measure of fear and excitement.

"Don't come close. Andrew!" I try to sound convincing.

He keeps on moving until he is standing right in front of Me.

It's the easiest thing in the word for him to unknot the tie on my nighties, I watch but don't stop him. I couldn't stop him. Now, I stand almost naked, my matching bra and panties open to his preying eyes.

His lips descend on mine, breaking my resistance in the instance, sending shock waves from my spine down to my toes. How can a kiss be so damn good, so thorough, so spell binding.

Yes! I am blinded by the spell in his kiss.

I kiss him back, eager to make him feel some of waves coursing through my body. I roam my hands until I find what I am searching for. The bulge in his trousers.

He counters, his right hand cupping my bra, digging it's way into flesh already covered in goosebumps. My knees get weak.

Lost in ecstasy I can barely stand, my hands returning to the back of his head. It's all I can do to keep me Steady. I surrender and let him take control.

He lifts me up gently, and I wrap my legs around his waist while he carries me and places my bum on the dinning table.

I become his dinner served to be eaten.

He buries his face between my boobs and I can't remember who unhooked my bra. His tongue works it's magic on my nipples, and I swear this feeling must be the opposite of Hell. I moan loudly calling his name

How can he be so good with his tongue. Gentle, rough,hard, soft. Any girl would go crazy with this sort of tongue game.

I feel my soul melting away and when his hands go under my panties, a tiny bit of me become embarrass at how wet I have become.

Same me who didn't want his Kisses.

He brings his fingers to my mouth making me taste myself!

Then he draws back, satisfaction on his face. He Kisses me once more on the lips, slow and quick. Then he pulls my nighties across my body covering my sensuals.

"You are someone's wife now" He says to me solemnly and that was it. He was done and gone.

I felt used. This must be the same feeling you get from rape, except that I liked it and would gladly love to feel it again.

It takes me more than a moment to rationalize and come down from my high horse. Literally as I had to come down from the dinning.

It's amazes me how vulnerable I am. How easy it was for Andrew to dissect my body. He must be feeling very good with himself.

Unacceptable! I couldn't let this happen again.

"Ok fine! He was the one who broke it off"

The look on Genevieve's face was taunting, contoured with laughter she was doing her best to suppress.

I was at her restaurant because I couldn't spend another 24hrs alone in the house with Andrew. Who knows when my body would start craving his touch against my better judgement. So I drove down to Genevieve's because she refused to come over to my place and play the role of a chaperone. Andrew rode shotgun with me, silent the entire journey for which I was very thankful. He looked forlorn and a part of me wondered what the trouble was.

"Sex is not a crime" Genevieve says

"Yeah but Adultery is" I counter

"You could always get a divorce"

"Because of a Man who could abandon me anytime? I don't think so"

" Don't be so Judgemental. You guys were so young then"

"Gen I can't. I shouldn't. Andrew is the past"

"He is your present also. He is your Body guard" she makes dramatic air quotes when she says Body guard

"I never requested for a bodyguard" I remind her truthfully.

"Fate baby girl fate"

"There's no arguing with you"

My attention gets diverted by the shrimps placed in front of me by one of her chefs. Being besties with a restaurant owner does have it's own benefits.

She lets me eat awhile before she says"I just think that you deserve to be Happy"

"He left me for the Army. I can't risk that again if I truly wished to be Happy"

"He didn't just leave you"

I ignore her and dig into the food in front of me.

"Your Father made him leave. He was threatened"

I give Genevieve the side eye. "What are you talking about?"

"I was going to tell you but my mom made me swear not to"

"I don't get you Gen. I got a pretty much wordless letter from him"

"My mom wrote that letter. You were my Mom's responsibility and your dad blamed her for your welfare. He found out you were dating a 'commoner' when He had other plans for you. He threatened my Mom, and she convinced Andrew to leave you alone".

I tried to let this new info sink in, it didn't make any sense to me.

"You are kidding me right?"

"I am so sorry Claire. He threatened my mom. We were going to lose the pub. We all know your dad never gives empty treats. We told Andrew about it. He loved you Claire and the last thing He wanted was to allow you get into trouble because of him. He was gone the next morning"

"I....I don't know what to say" I shoved my meal away. I had lost my appetite. All this Years I believed Andrew had used me to cool his desires. Abandoning me and his unborn child at the slightest.

No wonder Genevieve never had anything bad to say about him.

"He wanted to break up with you in person but my mom convinced him she would make you understand"

"You guys had no right to meddle. It was my Life" I was still reeling from the shock.

"I am so sorry Claire."

"I have to go" I replied simply

Genevieve knows better than to try and stop me.

I must have looked awful during the ride back home as Andrew notices and says to me "Are you okay?"

"Yes I am" I snap "and the type of songs you listen to! please keep it down"

"Claire chill. Lil dunk is great music" He says laughing sheepishly

My husband the Mayor was home when I arrive, together with his Mom and his younger sister.

Great! Just what I needed! This day is about to get very sulky. The duo don't like me much and today, I am in a really bad mood

"There she is, my dutiful wife" Dan says dramatically. Trying to fan me. HIs mom scoffs and his sister looks away saying nothing. I find the sisters attitude more annoying.

"You come and go as you please" I say sidestepping him. "Welcome Mrs Robinson" I say to the mom.

She barely nods her head, her face held like she's at a funeral.

"I have had a long day" I say to Dan, walking towards our room. He allows me to walk away, and goes over to have a conversation with Andrew. I am sitting on the edge of our matrimonial bed when He returns.

"My mom and my sister are here Claire. There have been here 2hours"

"I can see that Dan. I have a splitting headache"

"You would welcome them properly. Like a housewife should" He could as well had raised his voice for all I care. His eyes are frosty.

"Your mom can barely stand Me, and your sister did not bother to say Hi or hide her disdain towards me! Who does she think she is?"

"You didn't bother to say Hi either"

"You are such a Clown. I am going to stop bothering with you. For a moment I thought we could probably make this work" I draw inside the bed and cover my torso and beyond with the bedsheet.

"This marriage is the cross we have to bear"

For some reasons I find that funny.

"We? Well, I don't see my Family harassing you"

"You think I have had this easy! Do you know where I have been this past 3 days?" he says staring hard at me."I have been trying to repair a town your Parents destroyed. That's where!"

"You are cohorts with my Dad!"

"If only you knew the truth" Dan says running his hand through his hair

For a second I consider what the truth might be, then decide I am better off not knowing.

"I know the truth alright! I know you cheat on me with that failed Model Vic!"

He moves away from me in pure anger. For a moment I thought he was going to smash his raised hand into the Standing mirror. He holds himself just in time.

"I'm going to prepare dinner. I expect you to present yourself and behave cordially later on"