Chapter 37

Desire ran out of the room angry, betrayed and confused. She thought Sylvester felt something for her, she thought she was at least important to him.

She hid in a corner until all the lights in the house were being put away one by one. Crying her eyes out and feeling really angry, she reluctantly returned to the room but before she did, she cleaned the tears away from her eyes to prove to him that what she saw had no effect on her.

Slowly, she opened the door leading to his suite quietly so she could enter her own room and have a goodnight rest.

“Where have you been?” A voice asked startling her, making her jump

“Nowhere, my lord. I was just with the other housemaid.”

Sylvester was sitting with his hands folded against his chest on one of the beautiful chairs placed in the suite.

“I checked with the other housemaid, neither were you there nor did any of them saw you. I’ll ask one more time, "Desire, where the hell have you been?” Sylvester asked

“Nowhere that is of importance to you, my lord,” Desire replied, already getting angry at his numerous questions.

“A place that has no name” He asked getting riled up already.

“I was with a friend”

“Male or female? Was it Ying?” He already was at the edge of both his seat and his patience. He wanted to believe Desire was only taunting him and not serious about what she said.

“It wasn’t Ying. It was another male”

Before Desire could blink, Sylvester was right in front of me, he grabbed her neck gently and smelled her. She smelled of dried leaves and seasonings.

“Liar, you were not with any man” He said as he smelled her air.

“It doesn’t matter to you, Sylvester” She used his name and tried pushing him off.

“Yes, it does”

He smashed his lips on hers, kissing her anger away. He didn’t give her a break as he continued kissing her, making her long for his body on hers.

Desire knew she shouldn’t be kissing him because she was mad at him for sleeping with Fang but Desire couldn’t stop herself as his kisses affected her and made her lose her senses.

She pushed him away from her body after convincing herself that she had to.

“Stop! I do not wish for you to touch me” She moved away from him and opened her room door.

The room was bigger than the one she shared with Fei. It had a personal chair for her use and her bed was large enough for three people. She wondered about how she could use the bed alone for herself.

Her bags were already placed on the bed, she opened it to begin arranging the clothes in the wardrobe that was placed at the corner of her room. It was the first time Desire would have a room, a bed and even a wardrobe to herself.

She was supposed to be excited about it but she was just exhausted and tired.

“What you saw was wrong, Desire. I don’t know what possessed Fang to walk into my room naked…” Desire interrupted before he could continue.

“I do not care for any explanation. I know what I saw, moreover I don’t care if you are with someone else or not. It’s not like I’m special to you” Desire replied

Sylvester grabbed her face with his hand and looked deeply into her emerald green eyes. He knew she was hurting yet she was trying to show him that she was strong.

“If you care or not, Desire, you deserve an explanation. I didn’t know she was going to come into the room. I was here waiting for you and the food when she walked in with her robe and before I could say anything, she removed it and sat on my lap. I was trying to peel her off me when you walked in, Desire. I have no desire for any other woman except you, Desire.” Her eyes were already glistening with tears.

“I just don’t want to be hated by anyone anymore. I just want to be happy” Desire cried out.

“The first time I saw you was the first day you walked into this mansion. What attracted me to you was your attracting smile and happiness. I waited all my life for this chance to get to know you better and now that I have it, I hate it that I have to be the source of your tears, Desire. Let me make things right, tell me what happened to you?”

Desire was surprised at the fact that Sylvester had noticed her for such a long time. She wanted to ask more questions but she couldn’t as she needed to answer his question.

“Do you remember the day that you told me the healer informed you to tell me that I could come later in the evening for teachings?” Sylvester nodded.

Desire removed his hand from her face and made them sit on the bed. Before she could sit properly, Sylvester pulled her and made her sit on his lap, facing him while he rested his back to the wall.

“I was walking down the stairs when I suddenly fell and someone stomped on me with their feet for a long time. It hurt badly but not until Gin called me a slut…”

“Who is Gin?” Sylvester asked “I won’t tell you. I don’t want you to hurt anyone because of me”

“At least I have a name” She rolled her eyes at him.

“I saw the shoe and I saw it on Fang’s feet by evening. I couldn’t say anything because I never knew hatred could go so far for others”

Sylvester knew his Dove was innocent but he never knew she was this innocent. She couldn’t take the hatred which was why she had to ignore him that way.

Desire suddenly kissed Sylvester, taking him aback.

“I’m sorry, I just missed you” Desire confessed shyly

“I missed you too, dove” he kissed her thoroughly before moving to her neck, teasing her.

By the time his hands grabbed her boobs through the dress, he knew he needed more.

He looked into her eyes with passion evident in his before slamming his lips on hers the second time, taking Desire to her happy place.