Chapter 11 (Heated Dreams and Secrets.)

***Laura’s POV***

I can not believe that it has been a month already; since the day I was suppose to be married, to be honest although I do miss my family, especially my Dad, I am the happiest I have ever been. I felt like for the first time in my life I was alive, truly alive.
The dreams at night are no longer about that fateful night, I have them almost like clockwork now at least four times a week. They started out like most dreams do, kind of vague but then as time went on the man with the heavenly voice became clearer and clearer.
Most of the dreams were of us talking, last night though changed things. It was a picnic scene beside a beautiful mountain lake, it was a bright sunny day I could feel the warmth on my skin as I sat on the blanket.
I never remember all of the conversations though no matter how much I try, I lay down on the blanket feeling happy, safe and content. I felt him laying down next to me, I looked into his royal blue eyes, perhaps it was just the dream but those eyes always held an intensity that was always solely focused on me.
Sometimes I could almost see them glowing; like there was another inside him looking at me as well. Even though the thought was kind of scary to me when I thought about it in the day time hours, they never made me feel anything but loved.
Last night my mystery man started to touch me, just light caresses but they were exciting. I could feel little tingles run through me at all the places his hands touched, he lowered his head down to mine and as our lips touched it was like fireworks going off, the tingles were so intense that I could feel myself beginning to climax.
It being a dream, I kissed him back. I heard him give out a low growl of pleasure, the kiss depend he moved to my neck and bit down hard, suddenly I wake up drenched in sweat in the middle of an orgasm. I gripped the sheets holding on tight and let out a scream as the intense wave of pleasure took over me, after wards I lay there in stunned silence, what the hell just happened.
Do I need intimate contact so badly, that I my subconscious managed to dream up the perfect man to take care of business?
I got up and got into the shower, staying there until the water went cold. I looked at the time and it was 5 am. I am on the day shift this week, I head straight for my coffee maker after a dream like that one, this day is going to be at least a two cupper.
I looked at myself in the mirror and there on my neck fading away was a bite mark, I shook my head and looked again it was faint but it was still there. Ok, I am officially going bonkers, I cover it up wearing a turtleneck top under my scrubs.
Filling up my travel mug with my third cup of coffee, grabbing my purse I head for the door. I stop at the place where I hang my coat, there was a little mirror there. I pull back the shirt to look again, it was gone. Sigh, just my imagination. It is the only sane conclusion my mind would allow.
As I make my way to my car in the drive, I got a intense sense that I was being watched. This was not a pleasant feeling though, not like when in my dreams, this didn’t feel nice at all. I felt like I was a piece of meat being discovered by a lion.
I look around and down about three houses was a dark BMW that I recognized right off, suddenly I was livid. How dare he try to find me. Devin Thomas you snake, I noticed that he ducked down thinking that he had avoided my notice. Oh, hell no, you are not going to slither back into my life, no matter how hard you try.
I turned and got into my car, pretending not to notice his car as I pass it by. I looked down at my hands and I was white knuckling the wheel, taking a deep breath to calm myself down. I wonder who’s palms he greased to get my information.
Doesn’t matter, I am going to keep living my life as I have been. If he tries to interfere then I will cross that bridge when I come to it. My patients need me and I have a special gift for Robin this afternoon.

***Devin’s POV***

Thank god that I found that lady in records, she was easy to manipulate, a lot of charm, money, and patience was all that I needed to get her to give me Laura’s information. I applied for a consulting job but was turned down, it is for the best anyway; I just earned my residency at my hospital it would be foolish to give that up.
Adam is not happy with me right now; he insists that we could do just fine on our own. That is incredible coming from him considering all this was his idea to begin with. It isn’t the money that I am interested in, though that is a perk. No what I want is all my father’s connections that his business has accumulated.
With those connections there would be no limit to how high I could climb the corporate ladder in the medical field. I already used the ones that I had to gain my residency; otherwise it would have been another four years, perhaps more before I achieved that goal.
I have no intention on staying at the hospital level, taking care of the sick, the old, and the weak they disgust me. It was a battle to overcome touching and treating patients, not to mention having to keep my true feelings hidden at all times, I didn’t want to be a doctor but once again dear old Dad wasn’t having none of it.
I am not going to lose all that I will gain just because Laura is being a spoiled brat, I understood at first, who wouldn’t your fiancé in bed with your brother is a shock to anyone. Instead of listening to us she goes and disappears without a trace. The longer this takes the angrier I become, she will start behaving like she is suppose to or I am going to make her regret it. I was patient with her, took years to win her over; gifts and romance everything a girl could want, she can still have all that if she would just look the other way when it comes to me and Adam.
I waited for her to leave, I thought for sure she spotted me; she passed me by without incident so I think I escaped her notice. I pulled up into her drive and went to her back door, it was locked, I check the windows as well, I left the front of the house alone I wasn’t sure about the neighbors relationship with her.
I taped my letter to her door as I was heading back to my car I took a good look at her house, what a dump; so little and pathetic she truly lowered herself moving here, then again she never did have very good taste in anything.

***Adam’s POV***

I feel like crap, I want to be with Devin and it was my idea to use Laura to get him. I don’t know why I did it though, Devin can be quite the charmer and I fell for him hook, line, and sinker. I can’t picture my life without him.
I just wish he would get off on this power kick he seems to be developing, he seems obsessed with getting Laura back. To be honest I don’t know if Laura should come back, I knew I wouldn’t not after what we all did to her.
Our mother needed this marriage too, she was going to be getting some money that Devin had promised her, if father knew that mom had a gambling problem he might leave her. I know for a long time now that they were staying together for Laura and I, I also know that mom has been having an affair going on three years now.
Laura knows nothing of any of this, mostly because I shielded her from it when she went off to college. I followed a few years later, for years now I have felt like Devin’s dirty secret.
It was Devin’s idea that I move in with Laura and him at their apartment. It was their last year in college, it was easy keeping it a secret back then. Laura had a really heavy class schedule and we would only see her on the weekends.
It was harder after they graduated because I remained on campus while they started their careers. Devin had to make up all kinds of lies so he could visit me, the holidays were better because we all celebrated them together. It was last Christmas that Mom had caught Devin and I in bed.
That is how she got Devin to promise her money in exchange for her keeping her mouth shut, she learned about our plan with Laura and decided that it would be for the best. She worked overtime after that, manipulating Laura into getting married quicker than Laura wanted.
The longer this goes on, the more sides of Devin that I don’t like; he isn’t like he was before. Now he is angry all the time, he has started to be almost abusive. If this keeps on going in this direction, I am not sure I want to continue with this relationship.
I am going to have to try and track down Laura, give her a warning about all the things that have been going on, I don’t know if she will even speak to me but I have to try. Especially since I found out today, purely by accident, with whom my mother is having an affair with, none other than Devin’s father.