Chapter 27 What A Dishonorable Woman!
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Lucian’s face had turned even redder and it never failed to make Aria laugh.
“Why is he acting like he’s never had a woman’s touch before in his life?” She thought to herself.
This made her want to tease him even more.
She started trailing her hand down his chest once more, but Lucian suddenly grabbed it, startling her.
She looked up at him, and blinked when she saw how dark his eyes had become.
Desire, hot and ensnaring, banked behind his eyes and she swallowed hard at the sight.
“That’s enough,” he uttered in a coarse voice, “You try this again, and you will find what it is you’re looking for. But be careful. It might not be what you are expecting. It can be worse.”
Aria found that her mouth had gone dry.
She quickly yanked her hand back away from him and stood up from the bed.
“I…I’m going to take my bath.” She announced, her voice squeaky.
Her face was flushed and she practically flew from the room, and into the bathroom before he could say anything.
As she entered the bathroom, she locked the door securely behind her and walked toward the huge bathroom mirror.
She placed her hands on her face to cool it down and pouted, “Tsk, he’s such a ladies man,” she muttered to herself, “How dare he act as though he was all innocent.”
However, Lucian sat in the room with a huge bulge under the blankets.
The fact that Aria had announced that she was going to take her bath before she left, only made matters worse.
He glanced at the bathroom door, his eyes narrowed as if he could see through it.
Of course he couldn’t, but his damn imagination would not let him rest.
He could just picture her taking off her clothes and stepping into the bathtub.
He imagined how smooth her skin was to the touch.
He imagined how her nipples would peak due to the warmth from the hot tub.
He imagined how the soap bubbles would be on her skin and how slick she would be down…
“Oh god, I’m so hot,” he muttered to himself, pulling at the collar of his shirt.
He wrenched his eye away from the bathroom door and tried hard to control the bulge between his legs, “Damn it, why is it so hot in here?”
He glanced at the windows and the tightly drawn curtains. He bit his lips in regret as he realized he could not get up to open them, nor could he venture out into the balcony of his room and get some of the cool night air on his skin.
Besides, the air conditioner was turned on in the room.
So why on earth was it so hot?
Lucian knew the answer and this made him groan in frustration.
“Ugh! Why on earth does she always make me like this?” He groaned through clenched teeth, “There’s no way, I’m that attracted to her. What the hell?”
Soon, Aria emerged from the bathroom, wearing a pristine white bathrobe which stopped just above her knees.
Her legs were smooth and looked very long and delicate, with her feet enclosed in cute bunny ears slippers.
Lucian quickly averted his eyes away from her legs, as she walked into the walk in closet, toweling her hair dry.
“You’re not going to take your bath?” She called out to him from inside the closet
Lucian gritted his teeth, “That’s none of your business,”
Aria stopped to throw a glare in his direction, “Tch, so cranky.”
She did wonder how he took his bath though.
Perhaps, he does have a caregiver who does those things for him.
Soon, she came out of the walk in closet, clad in a silky black lacy, night gown, which came with a robe.
She wrapped the robe securely around her as she ventured to the bed. As soon as she lifted the covers, Lucian turned to her and held it down securely
“What are you doing!” He asked, his eyes wild with alarm.
Aria was startled by his sudden aggression, “What do you think? Of course, I’m trying to get into bed!”
Lucian’s face turned bright red, “Are you not a woman?!” He said harshly, “Why are you so hasty?! This kind of thing, it’s the man that’s supposed to initiate it. And besides, I don’t think I’m ready!”
Aria stood watching him. with her mouth wide open in shock.
After a few seconds, she scoffed in disbelief.
He was so wrong , it was laughable.
“You’ve got to be kidding me. You think I want to jump you?” She asked, slight irritation crossing her face, “what do you take me for?”
Lucian swallowed hard, “You’ve been trying to do that all day. Hah!” He narrowed his eyes at her, “What kind of a woman are you?”
Aria rolled her eyes, and yanked the covers forcefully away from him.
“You!…” Lucian started and his breath hitched in his throat as he saw her taking her robe off. He swallowed. “I said, I’m not ready!”
“Will you relax?” Aria drawled lazily as she got into bed, and laid down with a sigh, “I’m only trying to sleep. I promise I won’t jump you.”
Lucian watched her close her eyes to sleep while his own narrowed at her suspiciously, “You’re seriously just going to sleep?”
Aria sighed, then rose herself on her elbows, “Then, do you want us to do something else?” She said to him, her voice a seductive whisper as she leaned towards him.
Her eyes glinted with mischief and Lucian backed away from her at once.
He reached to the bedside lamp and switched it off, “Let’s just go to sleep.” He muttered gruffly, “I don’t usually let people share my bed. So you’re exempted for only this night. I know you wouldn’t dare to jump me. You’re not that dishonorable now, are you?”
Aria crossed her heart in the dark, “Yes sir. I give you my word that I will not jump you….”
Lucian sighed in relief.
“….Yet.”
His eyes flew open at that statement immediately, “You!…” he started but Aria was already shaking with laughter by then.
“Oh For God’s sake, just relax,” she muttered amidst her giggles, “Do not worry, I will never do anything you don’t want me to. Trust me.”
With that, silence fell on the room, and as Lucian listened to her soft breathing by his side, he laid back and tried hard to sleep, with his bulge as his company.