Chapter 8 – An Unexpected Twist
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“We can explain what happened to him. I’m sure he will listen. It’s not like we did something wrong.”
I could only hopelessly cry as I coaxed Bella to stop crying. This time, I know for sure that I’m the innocent party in this shenanigan. Needless to say, the least that I could do was to help straighten this woman’s mess.
Like a habit I got whenever I felt stressed, I reached out to my shoulder to fiercely scratch my skin. The more I feel the pain of my nails digging into my flesh, the clearer my mind could be. Not even my parents know of this disgusting trait of mine, not even me.
Only she, Daisy, pointed it out one day, saying that I should stop while I still can. I could not even understand what she was trying to say until she extended her arms to point to my shoulder. It was only then that I realized that I developed a bad habit of scratching my shoulder whenever I felt any kind of negative emotion.
“He did not believe me. I already spilled everything to him, but he only turned his back away from me. Dane. What should I do?”
What Bella did next astound the hell out of me. She jumped from her seat back to my lap, once again crying on my shoulder. I instinctively raised a brow as she clung tightly to my neck.
I pity her, of course, but if she wanted to fix things between her and that man, then she should stop hugging me like this and instead drag me to that Captain’s place. There is no way that she would resolve their misunderstanding by crying like a child in another man’s arms.
“Bella. Come on. I will – “
“I’m guilty, Dane. I know we did nothing wrong, but there is something else that you need to know...”
I tried to push Bella away from me, but she only clung even tighter. She kept her face on my neck, letting my skin feel her hot breath. It brought a little tingle to me as her lips made contact with my ears.
“…Dane…I like you a lot. Maybe it was the reason why I was also bugging you like an annoying child. I could neither blame Daisy for getting mad at me nor my ex for doubting my words. After all, it was true that I look at you that way…”
Slowly, Bella pulled her head away from me, revealing a bitter smile on her face. Her cheeks are bright red and so are her lips. The little distance between us made me breathe a fresh hint of mint coming her way.
At that moment, my brain had stopped functioning as it processed the words that I heard. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that I would receive a confession from a woman like Isabella Gordon.
This is just too good to be true, yet a part of me wants to jump for joy at this revelation.
“…Do you hate me now?...”
I couldn’t say a word. My throat is dry and not a single letter has given birth in my brain. It might have annoyed the hell out of Bella since she crossed the distance between us until our lips met.
My arms extended on their own until they circled Bella’s waist, keeping her from falling down my lap. Bella took it as a sign that she could do as she pleased, removing any restraints on her actions. From a conservative peck, she expertly opened my tight lips, venturing every nook and cranny inside it.
She is warm, sweet, and fresh.
The movement of her tongue made me addicted to the sensation of being in love. I could only helplessly respond to her advances, filling the room with the sounds of our connected parts. Unfortunately, another part of mine responded accordingly to our passionate kiss.
My lower half hardened like a rock, shamelessly poking Bella’s butt. Even so, the woman did not take it negatively, but instead pushed her tongue more, deep within my mouth.
Before I knew it, I was already catching my breath as Bella lovingly looked at me. Tears could no longer be seen in her eyes.
Instead, a different sense of happiness and accomplishment is evident in it as she caressed my cheeks. If this is a devil’s trap, then all I can say is that I’m more than willing to fall into it more than once in my entire life.
“…I love you, Dane.”
She delivered it in a whisper-like voice, but it reached me in a thunderous volume. Her eyes were filled with desire and anticipation as she once again crossed the distance between us, joining our lips for the second time.
From our first sweet encounter, Bella turned vicious and aggressive, sucking me dry with all her might. I returned the same actions, doing my best not to be laughed at by her in the end.
It was my first kiss, but doing it became natural as Bella guided me like a professional. Moreover, her hands traveling in my body pushed my level to the limit. I no longer hesitated when I let my fingers trace her waist and every little part that it could reach.
We only separated when the sounds of incoming students reached our ears.
Bella was reluctant as she jumped off my lap. Her aggressiveness was gone as she fixed her disheveled hair and uniform. She was back to the normal Bella that I know, the reserved woman who only knows how to smile like a naïve princess.
I, on the other hand, removed all the smiles on my face. My hands reached out to Bella’s, squeezing it lightly as I solemnly looked at her.
“Let’s date.”
The words I said might have been foolishly abrupt, but they will never be shallow. It has been a while since I confirmed my thoughts about this woman and taking it to the next level after our kiss will never be a wrong thing.
This is not taking responsibility, not at all – I told myself as Bella smiled the sweetest, confirming the birth of a couple between us.