Chapter Nineteen

May’s POV

The next morning, without taking a shower, I walked downstairs into the kitchen to help Bella out with breakfast and ask her about the empty room that I’d requested for.

On my way downstairs, I saw Gabriel in an expensive suit talking on the phone. When he saw me walk down the stairs, he quickly took his eyes off me and continued talking while I could only curse him out in my head.

“Good morning, Bella” I sang out as I walked into the kitchen.

“Sunshine, why wake up so early?” She asked “I want to see the town with my friend, so I have to meet him early” I replied.

I’d made plans with Declan to meet up with him later to show me around town and at the same time look for a job. As that will be me attaining the major purpose and reason why I’m in this town. I also plan on returning Nicolas’s money to him, move out after getting a job, and never coming back to the castle.

“That’ll be great, my brother told me he’d picked up my car. He’ll be dropping it by in the evening” I nodded and appreciated her good heart.

“What about the room I requested for, Bella?” I asked “The Queen didn’t approve of it. I talked to her about it this morning and she refused. She said you two don’t need to use different rooms”

Damn! I mean it’s her castle and it’s her rules, but she needs to take things slow a bit.

“Okay,” I gently replied.

“Don’t look so sad, May”

I nodded. I’d slept on the couch even though Nicolas didn’t sleep in the room last night. I didn’t care, I don’t give a fuck about where he sleeps or even if he sleeps at all. Him still being friends with that loser sure speaks a volume about the type of person he is.

“You can stay in the room next to Nicholas’s room till the Queen gets back. She traveled to their country early this morning due to an emergency. You can stay there until she gets back” She informed me and unknowingly I smiled widely.

“Thank you, Bella” I wrapped my hands around her large frame.

“You’re welcome, baby girl. Now, go upstairs, take a shower, get some nice dress on, and have a fun-filled day. Okay?”

“Okay”

Smiling, I walked out of the kitchen, glad that one of my plans was finally working out for me, making me sure that the rest of my plans will fall right into place.

My smile deflated when Gabriel came into view, he was resting against one of the pillars at the edge of the staircase. I ignored his hard look at me and walked slowly away from him.

“You know he doesn’t believe you, right?” He said, getting my attention, making me want to stab him to death.

I knew what he was talking about, but I didn’t care. I wouldn’t let him affect me the same way he’s always done.

“Good for you”

“He believes every of my word”

“Like I said, Good for your pathetic life”

“Do you know where Nicholas slept last night?” He asked, smirking.

“My room”

I laughed gently, “Bless your soul, Gabriel. At least you were finally able to get what you want. If I may ask, were you able to put that dick to work, or did it deflate as usual?”

His eyes went dark immediately I said those words. He knew that I know his darkest, cruelest, and worthful secrets. He knew playing with me would be playing with Fire. Even if I have the power to ruin him, I wouldn’t go down that level like he did to me but taunting him will be fun.

“Don’t mess with me, Gabriel. A few months of therapy doesn’t mean I’m not mad” I threatened and walked away from him not ready to listen anymore to his stupid words.

“He’ll never be yours, May, trust me” knowing who he was referring to, I stopped in my tracks.

Those words made me feel sad a little, it made me feel like I was losing something precious, something valuable. Not wanting to show my weakness to the loser, I nodded, smirked, and walked away.

The room was empty when I walked in, which I was so grateful for. So, I walked into the closet and started packing my clothes into the bags. I saw the pile of shoes right at a spot occupying a large space in the room.

I smiled a little remembering how the shoes came about but I cursed out when I remembered what that loser said.

“Fuck him! I don’t care what the motherfucker thinks, I don’t give a damn if he thinks he’s better or not. He can go drown in a pile of shit for all I care”

“I didn’t know you could swear like a sailor” I was startled by the surprise interruption.

“Give me a break sometimes, Nicholas”

I turned and to my utmost surprise, Nicholas wasn’t in a suit, he was in his birthday suit. He had just come out of the shower with his hair wet and droplets of water running down from his hair across his face to those damn sexy lips and down his wide, well-sculpted chest.

I swallowed hard at the hot view in front of me.

“I didn’t mean to scare you. I didn’t know you were in here” he apologized, grabbing my attention back.

“It’s okay! I was only packing my stuff”

“Why?” He asked “I’m moving out”

“What?”

“Not moving out of the house totally but out of this room. I need some space and I think it’ll be better if I move to another room before moving out of the house, so I could get some breathing space”

I knew I was talking but I couldn’t properly comprehend what I was saying. All I knew was, I combined those words, hoping I’d made sense.

After that, Nicholas kept on staring at me, making me wonder if I’d said some nonsense.

“Did I make any sense with what I said?”

“No! You didn’t. Maybe you should repeat it cos I think I heard wrong”

“Okay! Let me start again” he moved closer to me slowly, grabbing my attention, making me lose concentration all over again.

“Can you wear a shirt and move away from me?” I pleaded lustily.

“No!”

He was right in front of me before I could blink. Him looking down at me, towering over me with his giant height, my eyes locked with his, and almost at the same time, we both licked our bottom lips.

I blushed!

“I want to hear you say those words again, baby doll”

his hand was on my shoulder, removing the small buttons that were on the pajamas that I was putting on.

“What words?” I asked, breathless “About you moving out”

“I said, I’ll be….”

I squealed once his hands made contact with my ass before moving down my thighs as he lifted me in the air. I quickly wrapped my legs around his body, my hands around his neck and my face directly opposite his.

“Talk to me, baby doll”

“I said I needed to move out….”

His cold lips slammed against mine, kissing my unspoken words away. I didn’t want to fight the voice in my head. The voice telling me to push him off and walk out. The voice telling me to not let him affect me the way he is.

But with his hands on my body, his lips on mine, every voice in my head dissolved.

I quickly kissed him back, moving our lips in slow and hot synchronization, running my hands through his hair. His hand squeezed my ass, making me jumpy.

He removed his lips from mine and smiled.

“I’m sorry about yesterday. I don’t know what I did or why I’m apologizing but I think you deserve an apology. I’m sorry”

His eyes bore deep into mine and I nodded.

“It’s okay, baby boy. Just….” I stopped when I noticed a figure at the door, I looked over and saw Gabriel looking at us.

“We need to leave” Gabriel announced “I thought the meeting is in an hour”

“The investor called and said he’ll be there in ten minutes. You need to stop whatever you’re doing and get out”

“Wait for me downstairs, I’ll be there” Nicholas Calle four.

Nicholas dropped me gently and kissed my forehead before walking back into the bathroom.

“He’s just using you for the main time, May. Trust me, he’ll never love you like you want”

“Fuck you, Gabriel”

“I don’t fuck bitches like you”

“But you tried to remember. You motherfucking egocentric rapist”

As those words left my mouth, Nicholas was out of the bathroom, still with a towel wrapped around his waist. He looked at me and then turned to look at Gabriel.

I ignored both of them and dropped my bags with the little clothes in them, not wanting any questions or interrogations from Nicholas, and walked out of the room.