16• Crimson DESIRES 2

"What are you doing to me and why? Tell me the truth, Azrael. Who am I to you? Am I a new plaything for you?", Zafira asked as her voice was trembling with a mix of confusion and longing. 

The words slipped out before she could stop them and her heart was racing as she searched Azrael’s intense gaze for answers.

Azrael paused and his expression softened as he studied her and sensed the whirlwind of emotions swirling within her. 

"I’m not doing anything. You are my everything. I have.... This is you. This is me. This is the real us. This desire, this fire. It was always there, just waiting for the right moment to awaken", Azrael said and his voice was low and steady.

His words sent a shiver through her as it was both thrilling and terrifying. 

Zafira's heart hammered in her chest as she wrestled with the implications. 

"I loved my husband who cheated on me, and left me for another woman. Our marriage was nothing for him. I gave my youth to him but in the end, I was left alone. Now, I'm a divorcee and infertile. Just a few months ago, I signed a divorce papers and ended my ten years of marriage. What i am unable to understand is- Why do you want to be with me? Why do I feel so drawn to you when I shouldn’t?", Zafira asked him. 

Tears brimmed in her eyes as Azrael stepped closer and the air between them crackling with unspoken tension. 

"I want Zafira Wilder. The young girl who was barely a teenager, running in the high school campus as it was her first day of school and bumped into a boy who came there for an inspection, not Zafira Wilder, a thirty year old woman who had locked her emotions in her heart", Azrael said and Zafira's eyes widened as she was shocked about the realisation. 

"You.... You were that nerdy?", Zafira bit her tongue as her cheeks flamed and Azrael simply nodded his head and said, "Ten years, twelve years or fifteen years - I don't remember how much time has passed away as I spent sleepless nights while thinking about you. I wanted you but you were in a relationship with him. I watched you taking wedding vows with him and then I left.... I stepped out of your life, leaving you with your new life", Azrael said and Zafira's heart crushed slightly as she could feel his unspoken pain. 

Azrael looked softly at her as he said in a soft tone, "You... Zafira Wilder, is my universe". 

Her hands trembled as she struggled to process the whirlwind of emotions swirling inside her. 

Zafira felt vulnerable as she was caught in a tide of feelings she had never expected to confront. 

"Why do you look at me with eyes full of… emotions?", Zafira asked, as she trembled slightly under his intense gaze as if he could see right through her and into the depths of her soul.

Azrael paused and the weight of her question hung in the air between them. 

"Because you stir something in me that I can’t ignore. You make me feel alive in a way I have not felt in a long time. It’s as if you have awakened something inside me", He replied and his voice was low and earnest.

Zafira’s heart raced at his words. She could see the sincerity in his eyes. 

"But what does that mean? You barely know me because I'm not the same teenage girl I used to be. I'm changed now", She asked as her brows were furrowing in confusion.

"I know enough. I see your strength, your passion, your pain. I see the woman behind the facade, the one who deserves to be cherished. The emotions in my eyes are real- they reflect the connection I feel with you", He said softly and stepped a little closer. 

His honesty washed over her like a wave and Zafira felt her walls begin to crumble as she searched his gaze for answers, for a glimpse of what this all meant. 

The vulnerability in his expression matched her own and for the first time in a long while, she felt the thrill of possibility beckoning her forward.

"Give me a chance to show you how much I love you, want you, and care for you", Azrael said and his voice was thick with emotion. But before Zafira could respond, he closed the distance between them and kissed her passionately.

His lips captured hers with a fierce urgency, igniting a fire within her that she hadn’t felt in years. 

Zafira melted into the kiss and her body was responding instinctively to the heat and desire radiating from him. 

She kissed him back as she was surrendering to the moment and was lost in the intoxicating sensation of his touch.

Time seemed to stand still as the world around them faded away. 

Zafira's hands found their way to Azrael's hair and her fingers were tangling in the dark strands as she deepened the kiss and poured all her unspoken feelings into that single, electrifying connection. 

Every brush of his lips against hers sent shivers down her spine and was awakening desires she had kept locked away for too long.

In that moment, she forgot her fears and doubts and surrendered to the overwhelming passion that enveloped them both. 

The kiss was a promise; a declaration of everything they could be together, a chance for a new beginning. 

As they pulled away, they were breathless and her eyes widened as, Zafira realized that she had finally let someone in after her husband's betrayal. 

Azrael's gaze bore into Zafira's, filled with a mix of longing and urgency as he stepped closer and their bodies were mere inches apart. 

Then, in a sudden surge of emotion, he cupped her face in his hands and leaned in, capturing her lips with his.

The kiss ignited an intense fire within her and consumed her thoughts and replaced them with a whirlwind of desire. 

Azrael's mouth moved against hers with fervor and was coaxing her to respond as he deepened the kiss and his passion was palpable. 

Zafira felt herself melt against him as her hands were instinctively moving to his shoulders and pulling him closer as she was craving the heat of his body.

Every brush of his lips sent electric shocks through her and awakened sensations she had buried for far too long. She kissed him back with equal intensity and was pouring her heart into every moment as she was losing herself in the depths of his embrace.

The world around them faded and left only the two of them in a bubble of raw emotion and desire. 

Zafira’s heart raced as she felt Azrael’s hands slide down her back, drawing her closer still. 

She could feel the strength of his desire, his need for her and ignited a fire within her that mirrored his own.

In that intense moment, nothing else mattered. 

The past and the uncertainties,  everything disappeared and left only the Crimson DESIRES. 

The chemistry between them was undeniable and all-consuming. 

Time seemed to stretch and bend, the kiss weaving a spell that held them captive in their own world.

As they finally broke apart as they were breathless, Zafira realized that she had taken a leap of faith. 

In Azrael's eyes, she saw a reflection of her own longing, a spark of hope that whispered of new beginnings and the possibility of love.

"Let me, make love to you". Azrael said and Zafira stared deeply at his eyes. .

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