by Anna Collins
I thought that he was going to hug Devlin, but instead, he took my hand and kissed it with his eyes mirrored in my own.
“I don’t know what it is, but I seem to have this sense of what a person is hiding underneath. That brave face and the fake smile are a good way for me to know that I have my work cut out for me. You know how I like a challenge and this one has given me that and so much more,” Devlin said as he held me tightly.
Daniel’s lips on my hand felt a little weird like I was cheating on Devlin. I was uncomfortable with his advances. I tried to pull away only to feel his fingernails digging into my skin.
“I was worried about you. That kind of loss can make you feel like the world has forsaken you. My sister was the love of your life, Devlin and I know that nobody can replace what the two of you had. I miss her every day, but I think that she would be proud of the way that you have decided to move on.” The very idea that Devlin was capable of love had me floored.
I could tell on his face that he didn’t like Daniel talking about that particular piece of his past.
He didn’t say anything, but the look on his face could probably kill a normal man. I was tempted to ask him about this past love, but I wasn’t sure how he would react to my kind of interference. It was better to let him figure out how to tell me on his own. It really wasn’t my place to get into it and if he really wanted to talk about it, then I would gladly listen. It might explain some things. Losing a part of your heart can fracture the existence that you’ve known.
He didn’t say anything to acknowledge what Daniel said. Daniel had this look of someone that had said too much. I think, but I wasn’t sure that he was apologizing with some kind of gesture. Devlin raised his hand dismissively to make it seem like it was no big a deal, but I could tell that it was.
“I’m a little tired myself.” It was the only words that I said all night.
They talked about me, but not to me, but I did get an inside look at the way that they thought about me and of Devlin.
“It’s been an exhausting day.” He finally let me go, his hand slipping off my waist, so that I could stand on shaky legs.
The feel of him growing underneath me that entire time had made it hard to maneuver to find someplace comfortable to sit.
“You go ahead and get ready for bed. I’ll be up in a few moments to join you.” I wasn’t expecting him to say that, but I suppose after last night, he probably thought that he was supposed to sleep beside me. I actually thought that I was going to be alone, but it appeared that my assumption was incorrect. “I just want to show Angelica how far I’ve come with my latest work. She’s very curious. I’ve never been able to deny her anything.”
Devlin would’ve been perfectly at home on a nudist resort. He had no need for the trappings of clothing and was more than comfortable walking around with only a smile.
“I won’t take much of his time. I don’t know for sure, but I think that we are going to be very good friends…very good friends indeed.” Angelica said as she licked her lips.
I walked away and then I glanced over my shoulder to see that she was licking her lips and staring at me like I was supposed to fall on my knees in worship.
“I’ve always liked to play with my porcelain dolls.” It was a strange thing for her to say. I had a feeling that she was referring to me. “I like to put them in many positions…so many positions and so little time.”
I walked up the stairs, consciously aware that she was still in there with Devlin. They could’ve been doing something behind my back. For once in my life, I felt this form of jealousy that I didn’t think was possible. It was obvious that they had a connection. By the time that I reached the top landing, I heard them laughing innocently enough. I couldn’t be sure if their relationship was physical, but it seemed foolish to think otherwise.
All I could really see was that my life was pretty plain and had no real substance or color other than the odd shade of gray. He was awakening me to a rainbow of different colors. There was a small part of me that thought staying with him would make it seem like I had it made. He was charismatic, personable, but it was his hatred for life the caused me some concern. His irrational behavior was that of somebody that had a bipolar personality. It was possible that was why he was on medication.
I casually made my way down the hall. I saw through the crack of one of the guest rooms that Daniel was lying there looking at the ceiling with his hands crossed over his body. His eyes were closed, but it made it seem like he was some kind of vampire sleeping in a coffin. He had this way of looking right through me and even his words were like fingers down a chalkboard.
“Goodnight little one and I do hope that you sleep well.” Daniel’s tone was a little edgy. I wasn’t sure what to make of it. Having him underneath the same roof was a little like inviting the big bad wolf into the hen house. I was a little frazzled by his constant attention and the way that he looked at me like I owed him something. “I’m sure that I’ll be seeing a lot more of you.”
I wasn’t wearing much to begin with. I was standing there at his door. Even with his eyes closed, he was making me feel like I was completely naked.
I had my mouth open to say something, but instead of saying anything, I moved away from the door and went down to my room. It was lavish and I felt like I was a princess, instead of a prisoner of my own naughty desires. I don’t know why Daniel had gotten to me like that. I thought that only one person could make me feel like I was not myself. Devlin had this way of making me want something better for myself. I wasn’t sure how I felt about how he was going about it, but I was going along for the ride. I knew that he saw me, but did he really understand just what kind of thin string he was pulling.
I don’t know why Daniel made me feel like my skin was crawling, but for some reason, he had this way about him. The odd thing was that Daniel seemed to have the same kind of sentiment for making me feel like I was his possession. It was strangely familiar and then I woke up to the fact that he was acting exactly like Devlin.
I slipped underneath the cool crisp sheets, feeling the thread count against my fingers and knowing that I was in for a very deep sleep. The pillow was like lying down on a baby sheep. I sank into it like a warm bath and I closed my eyes, while stretching my limbs over the top of myself to feel that sense of being in my own personal haven.
Chapter 13
I was standing there in front of the mirror in this department store looking at my reflection and seeing my body in a different way. My face was contorted and misshapen like I was looking at somebody else. I could swear that I was looking into one of those fun house mirrors and maybe this was the way that I saw myself in the real world.
I had never considered myself to be ugly, but I did think that I was more of the plain Jane and not of a sophisticated nature. The dress on me was something that was original and flown in from the designer himself. It molded to my skin and every time that I took a step, it became even tighter. The fabric around my neck began to choke out the very last breath of air, while at the same time constricting against my ribs to make it harder for me to breathe.
I knew that I was dreaming, but what I couldn’t understand was that cold chill on the inside of my right leg. I looked down to see a droplet of ice cold water moving at a snail’s pace like it was meant to ignite a certain stimulus in my body. I stood there with my hand up to my chest. My clothes virtually disappeared like they weren’t even there to begin with.
I knew for some reason that I wasn’t alone and that Devlin had decided to make his presence known in a unique fashion. Devlin was helping me to grow spiritually and emotionally as a woman. I wondered deep down if he really knew what kind of effect he had on me. It could’ve been the sickness that he was dealing with and the loss of his beloved that was causing him to lose himself. I wasn’t the one that could answer that question. I wasn’t sure that Devlin wanted to peel away that curtain.
I felt that cold being combined with something hot. It was a contrast i
n sensation, one that had me squirming to feel more. I opened my eyes and found that I was accosted by the darkness. The room was pitch black, but the motion of the form underneath the covers was very telling.
“I like that. I don’t know what you’re doing, but I don’t think that I want you to stop.” I really didn’t remember any other time that I’d been surprised to wake up to a man giving me a little bit of pleasure.
“I wanted to surprise you.” His voice was muffled from underneath the sheet.
I lifted it to see if I could see his face, but there was no way that I could. It was kind of like I was letting a man turn me into something that I wasn’t sure that I wanted to be. I had voices in my head telling me to enjoy it and another one saying that I should cast aside all doubts. None of them were telling me to run, except I knew that I probably should.
My legs slid open and I could hear the rustle of sheets with his form moving closer to the source of his desire. The wetness of my lips was caused by an ice cube making its way down to the treasure within. He penetrated my interior with the ice cube and it made me cry out with a squeal that could only be heard by dogs.
“Devlin, my god… I’ve never experienced anything like that before. I doubt that I ever will again. I would think that I was dreaming, but I know that I’m not.”
My hands reached out for the headboard behind me, holding onto it with the grip of a woman that was close to that moment of truth. The only way that I was going to stop him was when I saw the light. I knew that he would never back down and the feel of his tongue was better than any of my previous lovers.
I was wishing that he would just do it and get it over with, but I had a feeling that he was going to make this one last.
“I’ve never been too far away from you. I’ve always been in reach and all you had to do was reach out and take my hand.” I was still half asleep, but I was waking up in a hurry.
The ice cube was inside me. It was melting with the heat of my inner walls bearing down on it.
I didn’t wanna tell him that he was the one. I would’ve been sending too many mixed messages. I probably could fall for this man, but I wasn’t willing to take the risk of breaking my heart.
“Every time that I think that you’re going to take it all the way, you stop and let me hang there over the edge.” I was breathing breathlessly, my chest now heaving up off the mattress and bowing my body like somebody that was about to experience the kind of pleasure that they could only dream of.
“I want you to go with that feeling. I can make it better and send you to the moon and back.” It didn’t sound like the way that he would speak, but there was also that familiar air of someone that knew my body better than I knew it myself. “This is what I’ve always wanted for you. You may have been scared to look in on yourself, but you are slowly coming around to my way of thinking.”
My eyes were closed and I was letting that moment linger in the air. It was just a matter of time before it would grab me impulsively and shake me with the vigor of an orgasm that was waiting in the wings.
He was right about letting me fly on my own. He was right about a lot of things, but he wasn’t going to hear that coming out of my lips. The ice cube had already melted and then his tongue began to lap the remaining droplets. The heat of his over eager appendage was soon pushing against the resistance of my lips. My legs had wrapped around his head. I could feel his long hair tickling my toes, as he brought me closer and closer to that pleasurable moment.
“You are an amazing lover, Devlin. Show me the real man underneath the mask. I will do my best to show you the woman that you have slowly brought out in me.” I didn’t want to stop the music in my head and it was like the pumping drone of drums going off behind my temples. “YES…my god… I can’t believe that you’ve been hiding from me all this time.”
He took the stress away and who knew that he was capable of such compassion. I don’t think that he really knew what he started. I was certainly acting like a bad girl.
He had wanted to take me away and show me his world and he had done that. There was no way that I could refuse the pleasure that he was inflicting on me. I was hoping that he could feel the passion. His hands were around my waist and my hands came down to join his in the afterglow of the moment.
Coming out of that sexual fugue, I finally realized that something was amiss. The distraction of that climax was enough to keep me from realizing that the man that had been going down on me was not Devlin. He did not have long hair and I quickly reached for the light and turned it on to lift the sheet to find Daniel.
Chapter 14
I grabbed for the sheet and pulled it up to my body to make sure that he knew how wrong it was to invade my personal space like this. He’d taken advantage of a situation, but it wasn’t exactly like I was pushing him away.
“What the hell would Devlin think about you doing this to one of his guests?” I should’ve known the difference in his technique, but I was too far gone to give a damn.
It was a beautiful thing like that of a runaway train. Wild horses couldn’t guide me away from his mouth. It was only after everything was said and done that I could see the cold calculating way that he had used me for his own pleasure. Actually, he had made me into an experiment to find out if his technique was better than Devlin’s.
“I don’t know what you’re getting all bent out of shape about. If you want to know what Devlin thinks about what I’m doing, then you may as well just ask him yourself.”
I casually turned towards the door to see that he was stroking new life into his own tool. He wasn’t alone and Angelica was standing there with her hands on his shoulders looking past him at me.
“There’s a time and place for everything. I sometimes have this need to watch. Daniel and my other friends are happy to indulge in this particular kink. I didn’t hear you complaining and what difference does it make if it was me or somebody else giving you that kind of pleasure? Those are the kind of hang-ups that I’m trying to rid you of, but you are damned and determined to hold onto them,” Devlin said as he had his hand around Angelica
I could’ve become a stark raving maniac, but instead, I stayed silent. I did look at them like they were crazy. They actually enjoyed the fact that I was unaware of who was doing it to me.
“I don’t think that Devlin is fully making you understand what you being here is all about. I’m sure that you know already that he has never taken anybody here, except for one that will remain nameless. There are many techniques out there and you need to experience everything and not just one sample of the flavors that are offered.” Angelica was basically telling me that I should be open to something new.
“I’m not the only one that will cross the fire for you. I’m drowning in my desire for you and those demons that you’re hiding from are slowly vanishing into nothing. I’ve given you that freedom and I expect you to hold onto it and not give it the satisfaction of making you think that you’re doing something wrong. Angelica is right and I really don’t think that you understand how easy it is to become complacent in life and in love.” I stared at Devlin like he was admitting that he had fallen for me, but I don’t think that was exactly what he was saying.
Daniel was licking his lips making sure that he captured every little bit that I had given him. This was when I saw the icebox lying there unattended on the floor.
“I always like that look on a subject’s face when they see that it’s not Devlin,” Angelica said with this look of pure bliss on her face.
Something was in the air and I could smell the sex. I could feel it happening and it was out of my control. I wanted to welcome them all into my bed, but that would’ve been like announcing something that I wasn’t sure that I was ready for. I was fighting that natural urge to throw my hands in the air in defeat.
“I don’t think that it was right that you did this, but I’m not going to deny the results. I’m feeling a bit vulnerable and I believe that all you should leave my room. That includes you D
evlin. I really don’t want to see your face until morning. Respect my wishes.” I could feel that desire in my bones grabbing me, but my head was forcing me to say something to save face.
“I’ve always respected you, but I still think that you’re not exactly sure of who you are. It’s different for everybody. It doesn’t matter how long it takes, but eventually, you will realize that this is where you want to be.” Devlin said as Angelica was massaging his shoulders.
His cock was bobbing up and down like it had a mind of its own. Incurring his wrath was not my idea of a good time, but thankfully he was showing remarkable restraint.
“What Daniel has done has shown you that sex can be enjoyed in many forms. It’s one of those lessons that I told you that I was going to teach you.” Devlin was a man of his word.
“I know what you said, but I don’t think that I really understood what you meant until now. I’ve never been the kind of girl that did something unpredictable. I’ve always stayed the course.”
