Free Web NovelChapter 81: Kiss From The Devil
The next day they returned to Angel City in high spirits. The deal had been secured and Zyair had asked someone to gather as much information as possible on Preston and his misdeeds against women. He didn’t want to involve Skyla but at no cost, he wished to let it go. The man was going down.
Zyair’s chauffeur was there to pick them up so they decided to drop Skyla home first. Lawrence and Skyla sat in the back seat while Zyair sat in front.
Reaching her house, she took a deep sigh knowing too well what awaited her. So she hopefully asked her boss.
"Would you like to come in?"
"I would but there are some important meetings I need to attend. Next time, Miss Skyla." Zyair didn’t wish to cause her any trouble. She would be tired after such a long journey and shouldn’t be entertaining them.
"I will see you tomorrow then. Thank you for everything, Sir. Good evening." She tried to hide her disappointment and bid him farewell. Skyla exited the car leaving only her lingering scent. Zyair took a deep whiff trying to store it away till tomorrow.
"Good evening, Miss Skyla." His husky voice followed her.
Lawrence helped her with her luggage and saw her inside.
"See ya, tomorrow. I had a lot of fun with you," Lawrence pipped like a happy bird.
"Same Lawrence, bye-bye."
Skyla went inside her home with a heavy heart. It had been three blissful days she had spent with the best of people, especially Zyair.
"Welcome back my child, how was your trip?" her mother-in-law greeted her with open arms and a big smile.
"Mom, I am good and the trip was a huge success. How have you been?" Both women embraced and settled down in the living room to talk.
Madame Maven brought her tea and biscuits and she told them about her adventures, minus the incident at the restaurant.
She had brought gifts for them and they were delighted to receive those.
"It’s good to see you like this, my child. Content and living your life. Your boss seems like such a gentleman," Amsilia was delighted to notice her brimming with such positive energy. This job was doing wonders for her.
"He is," Skyla answered with a smile that extended to her adoration-filled eyes. The thoughts of him swirled in her mind, his gentleness, his care and she knew she had to be careful or she would be blushing in front of her mother-in-law.
"You are in good hands," Amsilia patted her shoulder, "Go get changed and have some rest. You must be tired. I will send over your dinner."
Skyla left for her room with her luggage. Once she had unpacked she took out the precious hairpin and neatly placed it in her vanity drawer. His suit jacket followed and she hung it in her cupboard under one of her dresses. She didn’t want Doran to see it.
Her heart automatically accelerated its beating rate when she thought of that moment last night. Why did it feel so heartening? It was like there were so many unspoken words reflected in his gaze when he gave her that pin. freewёbnoνel.com
She shook her head, trying to get rid of the thoughts of her enigmatic boss.
Changing into a silk maroon nightgown she settled on her divan.
"Uggh, I miss that hotel bed. It was so soft," she murmured to herself before taking out her tablet to work on her comic for a while.
Opening the app she saw she had received another super gift from her loyal reader. She was delighted and shook her head. Never had she thought she would be receiving such recognition.
She heartily thanked the reader for the generosity and busied herself with drawing her comic. Soon her eyes began to droop and she fell asleep.
Contact with the skin on her bare leg woke her up and her eyes flew open to see what was happening.
In the dim light of her room, she saw the silhouette of her husband and tried to wrench her leg away from his touch. It disgusted her. But he gripped it tightly and asked with a scoff.
"What? Can’t I even touch my wife?"
"You never felt the need before. Don’t tell me that stony heart of yours developed feelings." Skyla stopped her leg from moving. Over the years she had understood that the more she struggled against his wishes the more he was tempted to exert his dominance.
He leaned closer to her face, his slit-like eyes had this devilish look appear on his face which made her cringe and her heart to miss a beat. The alcoholic breath fanned her face, making bile rise in her dried-up throat.
He was drunk, he was not in his senses. He always stayed away from her in this state.
"I just missed my wife. She had been gone for three days. Can’t I even get a kiss?"
Doran never kissed her, even when she used to beg him in the initial years of their marriage. She always believed he didn’t find her desirable enough.
What had gotten over him today?
She held her breath, not moving a muscle under him. One wrong move and he would flip over and she wished for no pain. The red-haired girl was tired.
Slowly his lips descended on hers as his body enveloped her and Skyla let out a sigh she had been holding. Their breaths mingled as he savoured her lips slowly in the start but quickly turned ravenous as if he was punishing her for going away. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ
He didn’t stop until he had taken what he desired and finally let go of her lips.
"Next time you decide to leave me for this long, it won’t end with just a kiss," the undercurrents of his impending threat sent chills all over her body and she trembled underneath him.
"I didn’t, it was a business trip," she squeaked, her voice fearful.
"You better not because you are mine." He lifted himself off her and Skyla breathed heavily in relief but it was short-lived. Getting up he collected her in his arms and carried her to his bed, settling her in the middle.
"You sleep with me today," he drawled out and Skyla didn’t move a muscle or say a word. Wrapping her in his arms which seemed to be built from steel, he pushed her back taut against his body, spooning her.
He landed a small kiss on her temple and slurred an order.
"Sleep."
Skyla closed her eyes, the revulsion washing over her in waves as she touched her lips where he had just kissed her. There was a time when she might have been jubilant because he finally chose to kiss her, now it just sickened and nauseated her.
