Chapter 65
It s been a month and two weeks since the day of the fire and Sean s wounds was healing, thanks to the honey and his medications. Enclosed in a room for one month sure has brought him and Athena closer than they were before. At least, they now do what they want without wondering how the other would react to it, since knowing about their feelings for each other.
Sean had agreed to Leo s and TB s pleading that it was time they return to the city. He has been putting them off for over a week now and Athena had been secretly happy about that, back in the city she won t have him to herself every single day; he would have to go to work, sometimes work over time at home, and would have divided attention. But even though she was secretly enjoying their unplanned vacation where she was his nurse, nursing him back to health, she knew they really do have to go back to the city. There are some things they need to take care off. Especially since Leo had found the person who locked her in the bathroom and the one that started the fire. They were both models who were still new in their career.
Just one look at their pictures, Sean had known they would never do that on their own accord and that there was a mastermind but they have refused to say who and had claimed that they did it on their own and it was because of how Sean was partial towards Athena. They said their anger was that she wasn t even a model and he made her the Face of Brand, while they had to work their butts off every single day to be recognized and to earn fame. That Athena had to have the highest role without lifting a finger.
When Sean heard that, he had said, "they are lying," without blinking an eye and Leo agreed with him. But the problem was that the models thought they were protecting the mastermind, they had no idea they had let the cat out of the bag and Sean wanted to handle the situation personally, it was the only reason he had accepted that they should return to the city.
"Is there anything I haven t packed yet?" Athena walked out of the bedroom into the living room where Sean was sitting on the sofa and working on his laptop. He looked at her briefly and looked back at his screen, "I don t want to forget anything."
"If we forget something, I can always come back for it," he said without looking up, "we are not leaving the country, Athena."
"I know," she sighed and sat down on the couch, "I just…"
"Don t, before tomorrow morning you will remember if you are forgetting anything," he interrupted, "take a rest."
But that was the problem, she doesn t want to rest, her resting means watching him work or thinking about him all through the time she would be lying down. She doesn t know what was wrong with her; she was always lost whenever he was around. It seemed like her body and her senses had heightened around him since she confessed her love to him and got to hear that he loves her too. It doesn t help if all he has ever done since the a month and a week they had been officially together was kiss her and then let her go just when she would be in mood of having him run his fingers all over her body or to feel him hold her tightly and shower her with kisses. She doesn t want to complain but she had thought that confessing their feelings would do away with that kiss and stop thing he has been doing.
She sighed and looked away from him, resting her head on the couch and closing her eyes. She must have been too tired or weak for she fell asleep right there without knowing. She woke up to a soft kiss on her lips and then her forehead. Opening her eyes, she met with beautiful hazel ones. He smiled, seeing she was awake, "were you that tired?"
"Sorry I dozed off," she murmured sleepily.
"You have been asleep for an hour," he responded and she frowned, it doesn t feel like it. "I didn t want to wake you up but I know you would kill me if I miss your massage sessions," he chuckled.
Athena stretched on the couch and he stood straight and offered his hand to her which she took and he pulled her up to her feet. He placed a kiss on her forehead before leading her into the bedroom. He went straight to the bed and lied on his stomach, turning his face to the window as he usually does while Athena grabbed the honey and sat on the chair. As always, she gently started massaging the honey on his back. His wounds weren t bad as it was before and she could now massage him without crying like she was used to. His skin was becoming smooth as it was before and if one should close their eyes and touch him, they wouldn t know he was badly wounded.
Athena let her palm caressed his back and she traced an invisible circle on his scars, leaving Goosebumps on its wake. She ran her fingers to his neck and down his back to his waist, loving the feel of him on her palms.
"Athena," Sean whispered, "if you want to keep applying that honey, stop that," he warned but something about his warning aroused her instead. She smiled mischievously to herself and continued with what she was doing. This time she used her other hand that was honey free on his arms, tracing his biceps with her fingertips. A moan escaped Sean and she knew he had tried holding it in. Satisfied with herself, she smiled and continued, even lifting his track rubber to touch his buttocks.
Sean stiffened when she did that and it took all the strength in her not to laugh out loud. She continued with her gentle attack, loving the goose bumps on his skin and the soft moans that escaped from him every now and then. "I will not warn you again, Athena," he rasped, his voice laced with his desire. Instead of heeding his warning, Athena leaned closer to him and kissed his neck, tracing a line to his ear with her lips and softly sucking on his earlobes. It was the last attack Sean could take as he turned on the bed and grabbed her hand, then he looked directly into her chocolate brown eyes, "if I know better, I would say you are purposely doing this, what are you hoping to achieve, darling?" he asked, gently pulling her into the bed, "are you sure you can handle the lion if you wake him up, hmm?" his nose was already buried at the nape of her neck as he touched his lips at her sensitive skin, making her shudder. He let her go to look into her eyes, "hmm, can you?" his voice was dangerously low and it was making every hair on her skin stand in a very tantalizing way.
"Why don t you try to find out?" She moaned.
Sean smiled, "I love the challenge," was all he said before leaning down to claim her lips. Her hands went up to curl round his neck and soon, she was tangling his hair on her fingers. He slowly made her lay on the bed with him on top her. His fingers traced her skin, softly caressing her and loving how she was moaning into his mouth. His therapy forgotten as they both were consumed by the desire that only the other could quench.
Soon she was tugging at his track, in a haste to get it off and also finally rubbing her hands all over his chest, something she has been wanting to do for a long time now. Their first night had happened when they were both drunk and she was in a haste to get him out of her mind and was angry at herself that she could even remember and dream of it. But when she started longing for him, the little snippets of the memory she had of that night became too small and she wanted so badly to make new ones. And now was finally her chance, as well as more to come, she hoped as she delved deeper into caress, letting him handle her the way only he could.
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By evening the next day, it was all over the news and internet that Sean Brand was back from wherever he had been hiding. Reporters tried to interview him and many wanted to know why he would risk his life to save Athena who was just an artist in his company and if he would do that for every of his artists. But no matter how badly they wanted an answer, Sean refused to even let them see him talk more of answering their questions. There was something he needed to take care of and if he doesn t do that, he wouldn t be relaxed.
After dropping Athena at the mansion, he had rushed to the company to handle a few things then he had arranged a meeting with the models that were held responsible for the fire outbreak. By the time he arrived at the precinct, the ladies have already been told about his coming and it was the first time they would be seeing since the fire.
In the interrogation room where he had told the detective who was also his friend to please have them waiting, the ladies hanged their head low, not able to look at his face. Sean looked at the detective, Miller and smiled, "can I have a moment with them?"
Miller looked at the ladies and then at him and nodded, "Sure," he replied before leaving the room.