Chapter 47

“Are you nuts?” He asked me with wide eyes. “How can you be showering for more than thirty minutes?”
I was confused. “What?”
“This is the east, Babe. We ration our water supply here. Turn off the shower now.”
“For the last time, it’s Jade, not Babe,” I said testily and shut off the water.
“Sorry,” he said sheepishly. “Are you done? I need to wash off too.”
I was too surprised to respond. I had been so sure that he had barged into the bathroom to rape me but here he was, barely looking at my body. His eyes have been glued to mine since he came in.
“What?” He asked me as I stared at him.
I smiled. “Nothing,” I said and stepped out of the shower stall. “Yes, I’m done. The shower is all yours.”
“Cool. Your dress is in my mother’s room. It’s old but I’m sure it will do for now.”
“Thanks,” I said and left the bathroom.
I strode to his mother’s bedroom and was pleasantly surprised by the room. It had more collections of unique gifts, paintings and exotic rugs from cities far away.
There were also wigs, fabrics with the softest textures, bottles of perfumes, jars of expensive lotions and an endless amount of jewels.
“Wow…” I marvelled. I felt like Alice in Wonderland here.
“Still undressed?”
I turned around and saw Sahid standing at the doorway. He tied a towel around his waist loosely. He looked too yummy for my liking, so I looked away. I didn’t want to be tempted to fall into bed with him.
“I was admiring your mother’s room,” I said.
“It’s more like a shrine,” he said. “Look, I don’t know about you, but I’m starving. I’m going to the kitchen to whip something up.”
“Sure,” I said. “I’ll join you as soon as I get dressed.”
When he left, I picked up the dress he had laid out on the bed for me. It was a maroon colour silk dress with a plunging neckline and a high slit on one side.
I instantly felt glamorous. The soft dress wrapped around my body perfectly as if it had been made for me.
The delicious smell coming from the kitchen showed me the way. When I got there, I saw Sahid cooking and humming a tune.
“That smells delicious,” I said and sat at the kitchen table.
“Trust me, it tastes delicious too,” he said confidently.
I watched his back as he cooked happily. This moment reminded me of eight years ago when the triplets welcomed me into their lives happily and cooked for me. Now, they wanted me dead at all costs.
That memory was a lifetime ago and it didn’t even seem real to me anymore. It was as if I imagined that time in my life.
“Here you go,” said Sahid. He set a plate in front of me, smiling at me eagerly.
I knew what he wanted, so I picked up the fork and scooped a small amount of rice into my mouth. It tasted glorious!
“Oh, my gosh! This is amazing,” I exclaimed.
“Told ya!” He said and did a little happy dance. “I’m a demon in the kitchen.”
“What’s this called?”
“It doesn’t have an official name yet. It’s my secret recipe featuring rice cooked in a spicy sauce with shredded beef. I should totally open a restaurant.”
“You should,” I agreed, taking in another mouthful of rice. “This is insanely delicious.”
He dished some of the food for himself too and came to join me at the kitchen table. We ate in companionable silence and I finally let my guard down. Maybe Sahid was truly a good guy.
“So, what’s your story?” He asked me casually.
“It’s a very long story, Sahid,” I replied while scraping the last bits of rice off my plate.
“There’s more of that if you want,” he said.
“Please,” I replied and handed him my plate.
He took it with a warm smile and went to dish more food for me. I wasted no time in wolfing down my second round of food.
“As for my story…” I continued. “Let’s just say, fate chose me to suffer through many hardships before I can finally have my happily ever after.”
“You’re not the only one,” he said with a chuckle. “Fate sucks.”
“Totally,” I said.
“Don’t worry, if that pesky Alpha comes for you again, I’ll protect you.”
I grinned. “You don’t have to. That’s not your job.”
“I don’t mind.”
I sighed. “Someone already died today because of me. I don’t want to be responsible for another death.”
“My death is not in the hands of a creature that is half my size,” he said confidently.
“Still, I don’t want you to get hurt. I’ll be fine.”
“If you say so.”
After we finished eating, he cleaned the dishes while telling me funny stories about life in the brothel.
While we were relaxing on his couch, someone knocked on the door. He told them to come in and a robust guy came in. He handed over a small metal box to Sahid.
“Hey boss,” said the large guy. “Here’s today’s cash.”
Sahid opened the box and I saw that it was nearly filled to the brim with gold and silver coins.
“Is this all of it?” He asked the guy.
“Sure thing, boss,” he said confidently. “The last client just walked out a few minutes ago. It’s lights out downstairs now.”
“Good. Thanks, Jax.”
“Yeah,” he replied then glanced at me. “Is this the newbie?”
Sahid frowned at him. “She’s my guest, Jax. Good night.”
“Yeah,” he said and hurried away.
“Who’s that?” I asked.
“That’s Jax. He works for me and he’s been here almost as long as I have been. His mother was one of my mother’s girls. She died of a terrible illness when Jax and I were little boys. My mother kept him here and raised him like a nephew.”
“Like a nephew?”
He grinned. “She always made sure to let everyone know that she only had one son. Me.”
I laughed. “She must have been quite a funny character.”
“I inherited my sense of humour from her.”
“I see…” I said, looking into his eyes.
I was seriously attracted to Sahid and it would be pure pretence on my part not to acknowledge it. But then what?
Sahid set the box of money on the floor without taking his eyes off me.
“Did I tell you how perfect this dress looks on you?” He asked me softly.
“You can tell me now,” I said.
“It looks like it was made for you.”
“I was thinking the same thing,” I said. I reached up and parted the front of the dress, letting my boobs fall out of it.
Sahid’s eyes landed on them and his nostrils flared slightly. He licked his lips and swallowed. I could see that he was imagining all the kinds of things he could do to my boobs.
“Do it,” I said. I pushed the dress lower until it fell off my shoulders.
Sahid leaned forward and covered one of my breasts with his mouth. I inhaled sharply, liking the sensation I felt. I cradled his head and combed my fingers through his soft dark hair.
When I leaned back on the couch, he crawled on top of me, covering me with his hard body. I felt his strong erection pressing against my belly and it sent tingles of anticipation through me.
He lifted his head and began to kiss me. By now, his towel had fallen off and I could feel his hot cock pressing against my thigh. I grabbed it and began to stroke it gently.
I pushed him back and then nestled myself between his legs. His cock filled my mouth and I began to suck him feverishly.
He was wiggling under me and calling my name. I loved that he was enjoying what I was doing to him. It was my little way of paying back his kindness.
He reached down and grabbed me by the waist. Then he lifted me until I was sitting on his face. He ate me hungrily while his hands fondled my boobs.
I rode his face hard until I couldn’t bear the sweetness anymore. I needed to feel him inside me now and I told him so.
He carried me into his room and laid me on the bed. I rolled onto my stomach and lifted my butt in the air for him. He obliged me and entered me from behind.
While he was thrusting in and out of me from the back, his hands were working their magic on my boobs. I moaned loudly and begged for more.
When it was over, he collapsed beside me and we laughed like two goofballs who had just pranked each other. We had sex again before we fell asleep.
My sleep was restless because I kept having a series of bad dreams. I woke up feeling as if I was being watched but I wasn’t. I just didn’t feel safe even though Sahid wasn’t a threat to me.
I knew what I had to do. I carefully slid out of the bed, making sure not to wake him. I sneaked to his mother’s room and found another dress to wear. This one was a cotton dress with a high neckline and no slits.
I tiptoed to the den and cranked the money box open. I hated that I was stealing from someone who has been so generous to me but I had no other choice. I needed money to travel to my next destination.
Without waiting to say goodbye to my host, I sneaked out of his apartment. The brothel was deathly quiet because it was the early hours of the day before dawn and everyone was asleep.
I successfully made my way downstairs without falling, despite the dim lighting in the place. I felt my way through the dark ground floor, making sure not to bump into any of the furniture.
When my hand closed around the doorknob, all the lights came on suddenly.
“Going somewhere?”
I gasped and turned around. Jax was sitting beside the bar, watching me with a predatory smile on his hairy face.