Chapter Ten: Eyes Wide Open
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After s*x the other night with Victor, Hannah sent him home shortly afterward. She did not want him to sleep over. Although she had to admit that the s*x was good, she was not looking for a full commitment with him, at least not at this time.
Plus, if she was honest with herself, there was something about him that was a little bit off, and she needed to put on her PI radar to figure out why she was getting that feeling.
He did follow up by texting her when he got home that night, letting her know how much he appreciated her and how much he longed to be with her again. The very next morning, he texted her as well.
The first time, she ignored his text and finished doing her house chores that she was working on. However, he followed up with a second text asking her why she was ignoring him not long after. She found that a little bit odd, too!
"Was he just impatient or controlling," she wondered? Either way, she wasn't loving it!
Hannah decided to call him to see if he was upset with her.
"I didn't ignore your text this morning," she told him when he started giving her attitude on the phone. "I was doing chores, and I didn't see it until afterward," Hannah fibbed a little, not wanting him to know that she wasn't about rushing to his beck and call.
"Hannah, My Angel, I can tell in your voice that you're not being 100% honest with me," he said to her in an almost authoritative voice. "Now tell Daddy the truth!"
Hannah thought about it for a second. "Hold up, this man is not my husband. He's not my boyfriend, and I don't owe him anything. And why does he keep referring to himself as my Daddy," she contemplated? "It's one thing if he wants me to call him that during s*x, but it doesn't mean he can act like my Father," she thought to herself.
"Listen," she said. "You are right, I did see your text come in, and I decided to do my housework before I reached back out to you. I'm a grown-ass woman, and I have every right to do so. Unfortunately, I also don't owe you any explanations." Hannah then hung up on him!
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"So that all happened yesterday," Hannah thought to herself. "What a crazy mess she had gotten herself into.
The worst part about it all was that she hadn't heard from Cole yet. He did tell her he would reach out to her. She also didn't want to seem too desperate to hear from him. Plus, it was good to know now if he was a man, that he was going to follow through with his word.
After all of her failed relationships in the past and the crap that she was going through at this point with her landlord, she decided maybe she would just steer clear of men all together for a while... Unless, of course, Cole reached out to her!
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Hannah began to find it quite lonely out there in the woods by herself. She didn't have a job, she didn't have any friends really to speak of out there, unless you consider a 10 year old boy a friend, and at this point, she didn't have a man to keep her mind occupied either. She began to wonder if this was really the right place for her to have started a new life. She would have sworn that meeting Cole was a sign, though. She kept hope that maybe, just maybe, he would prove that theory right!
As the days turned into weeks, she Hannah still didn't hear from Cole. She did, however, still keep hearing from Victor, which she wasn't necessarily sure was the best thing.
Although, he was back to being on his best behavior again, which was nice. He wasn't being dominant, controlling, or aggressive any longer. Still, though, Hannah knew that the other side of him was in there somewhere. She knew that if she saw it once in him, she would see it again.
"But it really was quite lonely out there in the woods by herself," she kept thinking.
"It was almost like Victor had ESP or something too," Hannah had thought.
He seemed to always reach out to her when she was most vulnerable, whether it be when she was undressing for a tub, laying in bed unable to sleep, contemplating calling Cole, or when she was really vulnerable and pleasuring herself. It was almost like he could read her mind, and he knew when she needed company.
So, one night, when he wouldn't stop calling her, she finally gave in and told him that he could come over to talk...only talk. Hannah thought that she would really try to put on her PI hat that evening, and she wouldn't let him seduce her, no matter how badly she wanted to be seduced.
She really kept thinking that she wished it was Cole who would call and seduce her. "He must have decided that she wasn't right for him," she finally concluded.
Victor greeted Hannah that night with a beautiful bouquet of wildflowers and chocolate covered strawberries. She accepted them but wasn't about to let him charm her pants off...either literally or figuratively!
"I'm sorry, Hannah! I can't tell you just how sorry I am," Victor went on, "I was a complete ass!"
"Yes, you most certainly were," she reaffirmed it again for him!
"Please, Hannah, I think about you every hour of every day. These past weeks without you talking to me have been torture," he added.
Hannah watched as Victor groveled before her. The least that she could do was invite him in for a chat, she concluded. He did bring her her favorite flowers and dessert, after all!
"Come in, Victor; we can talk on the sofa...no, we can talk in the kitchen, at the island," she corrected herself!
She certainly didn't want to be on the sofa with him again after the last time they spent on that sofa, she concluded!
"Okay, great, thank you," he rambled as he followed her to the kitchen.
Hannah sat down on a bar stool. "Tell me, Victor, we haven't known each other that long. How can you be so sure about us," she honestly wanted to know?
Victor grabbed hold of her by the hand, "I guess all I can say is, when you know, you know! Plus, you make me happier when I'm with you than I have ever been with anyone else," he kissed her hand.
Hannah had to admit, he was a smooth talker! In that moment, she decided to play along with it, to see where it took her.
"I appreciate you too," Victor! "You have been so attentive to me, and I took you for granted... but not anymore! I am open to trying to get things back to where we were headed," she smiled at him. "So tell me, Victor, what have you been up to lately," she tried to make small talk?
"Just working and trying to plan to get My Angel back," he stated the obvious!
"I just realized that there is so much that I don't even know about you," she admitted her concerns.
"Ask me anything, My Angel. I'm an open book," he told Hannah.
"Well, for starters, where do you live," she asked. "I know that you said you live close."
"Well, I ahhhh...do live close," he stumbled on his words a little. "More towards the center of Green Valley."
"Oh, that's not too far. I'd like to see it; it would help me feel like I know you better," she tried to convince him. "Please take me there," she strategically pouted her lips!
"Oh Angel, I would like nothing more than to take you there, but I don't think it's a good idea to do it tonight," he stated.
"But why, I thought you would do anything for me, and me seeing where you live is important," she played up the act.
"You got me, I'm kind of messy, Angel, and I'd be embarrassed to take you there until it gets cleaned," he tried to cover himself.
He then grabbed Hannah by the waist, pulled her close, and passionately kissed her.
"You make me so horny, Angel," he completely changed the topic. "I know that you have just agreed to work on our relationship, but I was hoping that you would also consider letting me pleasure you again! I can't get our special night out of my mind," he groped her ass as he nibbled her ear. "I would love to make love to you by the moonlight in the watchtower! It is a fantasy that I've been having lately," he said huskily.
Hannah moaned with pleasure. "Ooooh Victor," she called out. "I ahhhhh, I caaaaaan't! I'm so sorry! It's just too soon," she pushed him off from her body.
She could see he had a huge b***r growing, but she was not willing to take care of it for him.
"It's getting late. Why don't we pick up this conversation another night? I want to go into Tuscon early in the morning and look around for jobs, since I'm not sure what type of career that I want to pursue," she explained, trying to see how he would take the news.
"But why Tuscon," he asked inquisitively?
"Because I love the city, that's why. Plus, because I'm an adult and I can come and go as I please," she pushed back!
"I was just suggesting that you look right here in Green Valley since it is so much closer for you, and because there are lots of local businesses that you could look into starting a career. I was just thinking of you, My Angel!"
"Well, I appreciate that, really, but I'm still going," she squinted up her nose at him and smiled!
"Okay, Angel, anything you want to do, I support," he half jokingly confessed.
"Thanks, Mr. Chase," she stroked his c**k over his trousers!
She then grabbed him by the hand and pulled him toward the door.
"I will talk to you soon," she kissed him seductively on the lips!
"You're teasing me, Angel," he groaned.
Hannah smiled at him, opened the door, and pushed him out.
"Goodbye, Mr. Chase!"
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