Chapter FIVE

AURELIO

Lucie's silence was beginning to get to me. The only word she uttered since we arrived had been to the bellboys, who she'd tipped. I sat in the living area and examined her with great intensity. She was leaning against the rail, looking over to the beach's shallow intense turquoise water. She continued ignoring me, even after I slowly walked up and stood beside her. I figured I should leave her alone since she was hellbent on ignoring me, but I couldn't.

"Isn't this view incredible?" I said in a husky tone.

After a few seconds of noticing she had no intention of speaking to me, I turned her to look at me directly. She just stared at me with a wary look. "For God's sake, are we going to continue like this? I thought you said something about coexisting. So what is this." I said, slowly losing my temper.

"This is coexisting. We are currently sharing the same space, but that doesn't mean we need to talk." She finally lets out after a minute of silence.

"Can you hear yourself? Okay, explain to me in better terms how that is good for us. Because when we return to Kensington, everyone would notice how we've drifted away from each other." I rang out, shocked at the route I had taken so she would talk to me.

"Ohhh...so now, you care about what everyone in London would think. Last I checked, I don't see the need to explain anything to you or anyone. Remember you started all these. I just want you to stay away from me. Give me the space I need." She answered me stubbornly.

"For Christ's sake, woman...." I began, only to be cut short by her.

"By the way, I would be sleeping on the sofa bed located in the other corner of the bedroom. So feel free to use the bed." She informed me, then walked past me into the suite.

"That's not going to happen." I shot back, following her into the living area. "We would both lay on the bed. And please stop throwing tantrums like a child." I watched her face heat up with anger and her eyes shoot lasers at me, immediately it came out of my mouth. 

"You think I'm acting out." her voice faltered, as her eyes beamed with tears. I noticed her effort to control the tears when she turned away from me and inhaled slowly. 

I knew I shouldn't be moved by her deceptive crocodile tears. My head kept saying she was just like other women--like Aria, who used tears to deceive me when things weren't going her way. But, my heart said otherwise. Not wanting to see her cry, I tried to control her outburst. "Listen I'm sorry, that came out wrong. What I meant was..." I said at once.

"Ohhh.. go on, let me hear how nice you want to put it. Should I help you? Would you have preferred, 'oh dear Lucy, stop this unruly behavior or stop this socially unacceptable attitude or better still, keep your frustration in check, young lady.' you can go ahead now, choose the one that's appropriate for me"  she threw at me brusquely, sounding pained.

I stared at her in disbelief. I couldn't help but admire her fierce nature. I abruptly pulled her into my solid chest and hugged her curved waistline with my hands. Before she could comprehend what was going on, I dropped my mouth on hers, capturing her lips in a raw hungry kiss. I felt her shudder in my arms as I continued to kiss her with blinding pleasure. She eventually gave in to the kiss and pulled me closer, pressing my hard-muscled body into hers. Not eager to end the kiss, I tasted her sweet and delicate lips with slow sizzling satisfaction. I pulled away a second for us to release our breath before I slammed my lips to hers again, and claimed her in a quick spontaneous, and vigorous manner. I eventually dragged my mouth away from hers and dropped it on her jaw, before kissing my way down to her neck, where I planted a deep kiss while sucking and biting the area. A sensual cry left her lips, then I felt her tense up before pulling away. 

     A very long silence passed before Lucie staggered away from me, and went into the bathroom. For the next twenty minutes, I heard nothing from her. That gave me enough time to think about the kiss. It's so unusual for me to let my desire control me. The thought that I had hurt her with my words spiked things up. After another fifteen minutes, she came out of the bathroom dressed in a fluffy white hooded styled bathrobe with her wet hair wrapped in a white towel. I cleared my throat, trying to get her attention. 

"Not now Aurelio, we were stuck in a plane for over 12 hours and I'm really tired. I need to catch some sleep." She muttered softly. 

She moved to the sofa bed and lay on it,  her back turned to me. Soon I heard her breathe inhale and exhale. I moved from my position, to check up on her. I crossed the room to the double-door wooden wardrobe to pick up a fleshly washed silky and smooth blanket, then went back to cover her with the blanket. I stayed beside her, watching her sleep. I stared at her remarkable beautiful skin, silky girlishly long eyelashes, elegant straight nose, and her slender sleeping features. Not wanting to be caught staring again, I moved back to the sitting area to sit behind a simple white writing desk, where I'd dropped my business bag. After an hour of being unable to work, I retreated to the bathroom to freshen up. 

The bathroom looked neat and clean with flesh and floral fragrance. The bathroom had a frameless glass door and a glossy surface-like marble countertop. I stood before a luxury double-sided cosmetic mirror to undress. I observed that she has made herself at home. Her essential and personal hygiene items neatly adorn the space on the right side of the shelf, creating space for me on the left. I proceed to the Victorian bathtub and spent fifteen minutes relaxing my body and nerves. After my bath, I picked a towel from the upscale wall-mounted towel shelf to dry off my body before putting on a kimono-styled bathrobe to keep me warm. I changed into a sharp white shirt and a pair of distressed straight jeans, before going back to check up on Lucie. I lifted her from her sprawled-out sleeping position into my hands, carried her to the king-sized bed, and positioned a pillow properly before laying her on the bed and using the white duvet to cover her.