Reyona marvelled at her acting prowess.Maybe she had a second career lying in wait for her after all.But then she had taken it too far when she mentioned the school.She wished she had stuffed her feet in her mouth before the words got out.After all, all she had known about it was the name of the school, and she had video-called the children when they were leaving for school on their first day.That was last week.Junior's squeal of “Reyona, you came!” was the first hiccup of the night.Macaulay looked confused for a moment.“I thought you were not going to…”“...come back from work!” Reyona said as she suddenly hugged the boy, muffling the remnant of his words against her body.Still holding him, she smiled at Macaulay as she hurriedly said “How can I not come back from work, darling? I always come back. I am sorry that I came back late today.”Maxwell quickly led Macaulay to the living room, and they were soon seated after Reyona had lingered behind to remind Junior of their deal
“Consider what?” Reyona asked in confusion.“Staying here. I think it would help to prevent the kind of thing that happened tonight, you know.”“I have a place of my own. I don’t need to move in with you to do this. I can…” When he raised his brow at her intended statement, she narrowed her eyes and said “Tonight was just a fluke. Next time…”“Next time, it might even be worse. Then they might take them away. And then all our effort would be for nothing. Is that what you want, Reyona?”Why was he coming closer?“I don’t think…”“What are you afraid of?”Her initial discomfort disappeared in her temper at his insinuation.“And who said I was afraid of anything? What would I be afraid of? You? Right, don’t flatter yourself, okay?”“So, you agree with me that nothing is stopping you from staying here?” Maxwell asked while standing just a few paces from her.His hands were still in his pockets, which made not much of a difference anyway because his eyes were doing enough work of messing w
She was not stalling.Not at all.She just had a lot to do.“Like sit at your desk and stare out of the window?” Reyona’s subconscious reared its head to poke at her ironclad reason.She sighed and thought of how ridiculous her situation had become.It had been a week since she moved in with them, yet it did not look like the awkwardness would end anytime soon.Oh, he made her as comfortable as possible, and she realised he was serious about renovating his home office if she wanted.She had told him not to bother about it and had chosen to stay in her room to do whatever she wanted to do anyway.But then he seemed hellbent on not leaving her alone.He was always trying to involve her in one thing or the other.For the past two days now, he had changed tactics.Junior was his secret weapon.He would simply send him to invite Reyona to join them.For dinner.For their walks.For the basketball he was teaching the kids.And for every other little thing that Reyona was certain that he was
Reyona ignored her ringing phone as she drove home with Aria’s latest song “Truth or Dare” playing on her stereo.She knew who was calling and since she could guess what he was going to say, she decided not to pick up yet.She was going to call him back when she was ready.Preferably after she had soaked in the ambience of her familiar home that would be free of a lurking man or kids trying to tug at her heartstrings.Where no one would try to pull her in further than she already was.As she took the last turn that led to her home, she was already anticipating how she was going to have the best sleep she had had in days.Right after…Her eyes widened in shock when she saw the familiar car in front of her house.What the….Reyona parked away from the driveway, giving his car enough room to turn and leave as fast as possible.He came out of his car just as she was coming out of hers.“Why were you not picking up?” he asked as he walked towards her.“What are you doing here?” Reyona aske
Reyona was going mad with a raging passion inside her.His hands roamed freely over her body as he kissed her like a parched man offered water.The kiss was engulfing and overpowering.He let out a groan in his throat when she bit at his bottom lip, then soothed it with her tongue.He touched her back in a certain way that had her gasping softly with pleasure.He took the opportunity to invade her mouth with her tongue, and they engaged in a duel of tongues as he backed her towards his car, which was the closest to them.Reyona gasped in surprise when she was momentarily suspended in the air, but she was soon seated on the hood of the car as he moved in between her legs and continued kissing her without breaking contact.Reyona could feel his bulge against her lap as he changed the angle of his head and sent her into a frenzy again.Her senses were all aflame, and she had no idea when she suddenly grabbed him tightly with her thighs.She was gasping for breath when he finally released
The next few weeks were filled with guilty pleasures for Reyona.She knew she should put a stop to it, but she just couldn’t.They could hardly keep their hands off each other.They made fiery, passionate love in unexpected places.Just as they came together in the gentlest and soul-stirring ways.Reyona couldn’t believe she could do the things she had done with him the past couple of weeks.She wanted to blame it all on his insatiable hunger for her, but she knew that would just be hypocritical.She was as hot for him as he seemed to be for her.Having dinner or breakfast with him in the company of the children was nothing short of torture.His eyes drank her most scandalously.Reyona wondered how she had managed not to combust from the way he looked at her at times.And the words he whispered to her when no one was watching?It was enough to send her heart spiking every time.His small and deliberate touches when they were together alone or with people never failed to suffuse her bo
“I think…mmm… I think Celia is on to us.” Reyona said amidst moans that night.They were in the sunroom where the shimmering-low-toned dripping chandeliers had nothing on the ethereal glow of the moonlight filtering through the garbled, glass roof panels.The fluidity of soothing light as it penetrated through the roof-to-floor glass walls reminded her of how he had joined her in the swimming pool the night before and turned her into the wanton woman she had never thought she could possibly be.She discovered more about herself every time she was with him.She had thought she was conservative when it came to sex until she realised that was because she had never been with him.Their first time had been mind-blowing as he had unravelled all the defence she had put up that night.She had been expecting a clean and straight passion-crazed sex that they could both forget as soon as they were done, but somehow he had turned it around on her and turned it into the most sensuous lovemaking sh
They met bleary-eyed Jane coming out of her room while cinching the ropes of her nightgown.For a moment, she stared incomprehensibly at the two of them rushing towards her.“What is going on?” Reyona asked urgently.“I am just about to check. I heard someone scream.”“We did, too,” Maxwell said as they rushed past her.“Ally?” they heard Junior’s voice as Reyona opened the door to the children’s room.The expansive room was decorated just as the kids wanted.The two sections of the room were divided by an AC sheet room divider that gave the children a feeling of having their own space even while being together.Allysyn’s side was decorated according to her taste.She was more of a purple and print girl and that influenced her choice.The wall was done in interlacing bold and light purple, the bedding purple accents, while the wall decor, artwork, frames and side lamps were in contrasting bold colours.Even her mini bookshelf had purple accents at its end.While Junior’s side was most