Chapter 27

“Blaze darling, what are doing here all alone?” The cooing came from no other than Diane and Blaze mentally shut down. He hadn’t the time for this right now.

“I am not in the mood for company Diane.” He spoke abruptly without turning his gaze on her.

Diane brushed of his comment with a wave of her perfectly manicured hand and came closer, her intention clear; to engage in conversation.

“I am sure you will change your mind.” She rested her palms on the back of a chair and began to pull it out from under the table when Blaze reached out his hand and stopped the motion.

“Diane I don’t want your company. Leave. Now.” His voice a deadly warning and her eyes darkened. Diane turned on her heels dramatically and began to leave.

“Oh and Diane?” Blaze called out to which she turned to face him and for the first time in their encounter he looked at her abrasively, “If you ever try to hurt Juliette again you’ll have me to answer to. That is all.” He completed and turned his attention away from her.

Blaze rubbed his eyes, he hated feeling like a lost puppy and that is the emotion cascading him. Without her he felt lost and he didn’t like it. He was one of the most sought after men! Here he was waiting hopelessly for a woman, how on earth did he reach this condition? No. It was just his lust for her, nothing more.

Blaze unconsciously arose from his seat and decided to make his way to the library, he would not be disturbed there and he could get lost in a book, get his mind off of situations that couldn’t possibly bother him.

Blaze almost walked into wall of masculinity and paused just in time to see Danny standing in front of him. The anger he felt at this man resurfacing in dangerous levels. His breathing became laboured and his eyes misted over with steam and all control left him. He grabbed hold of the front of Danny’s shirt and flung him across the hall. Danny fell with a thud, the broken pieces of a vase lying scattered around him, he tried to move but his legs were in pain as were his arms.

Blaze was about to do far more damage when Joanne came hurrying in. The commotion attracted her and Harold’s attention. They gazed back and forth between Blaze and Danny until Joanne came forward and laid a hand on her son’s shoulder. “Dear, I can understand your anger but think of Juliette’s response if you do this.” She soothed and Blaze knew she was right, Juliette would be furious that he tried to use violence in a situation she would claim she could handle herself.

Blaze nodded and looked at Danny; their eyes interlocking. “Regard this as your second warning. You will not be this lucky with a third.” His eyes blazing! He turned and left.

Juliette arrived back minutes to the hour of ten, Mary immediately went off to bed but Juliette only thought of Blaze. She felt guilty for leaving without informing Blaze, why? She had no idea. Opening up her bedroom door she found the room to be completely empty and her heart constricted; the breath she was holding carefully left her and she breathed to steady her heart rate.

Just the thought of Blaze drove her crazy, even more so now that they...

Juliette climbed down the stairs and made her way to the one place she could conjure. She eased the door open and peered inside. The room was pitch dark and she stood a few seconds while her eyes adjusted and she was able to make out the room in shadows.

She found him; he stood at the window, his shoulder resting on the wall as he looked up at the still night of stars, his blue eyes sparkling. “How did you know I was in here?” he asked not turning away from the view.

Juliette fully entered and closed the door behind her. “I had an inkling.” Her voice soft in the quiet and she swore she saw the corners of his lips quirk upwards.

Blaze turned then and let out a sigh of relieve, seeing her put him at ease. “Are you regretful, Juliette?” His voice neutral and Juliette’s heart began to race and she felt light headed.

“Not at all. Are you?” Juliette asked cautiously not certain she wanted to know the answer.

Blaze smiled and raised his eyebrows in mock contemplation and Juliette felt heat pool low in her stomach. “Should I be?” His eyes locked with hers and her body betrayed her, she should be having a mature conversation yet all she wanted was to feel him touch her.

“Are you coming to bed?” She avoided his previous question, her heart beating in anticipation.

Blaze studied her, his body reacting to her words and the images she conjured. “Do you want me to come to bed?”

Juliette bit her lip and thought she was going to pass out from the force at which her heart was beating against her chest. She sighed. “Yes.” She whispered and Blaze sighed with relief.

“Come here.” He whispered and Juliette’s body reacted before she could process his command. She was in front of him. Blaze placed both his hands on her hips and dragged her body against his, burying his face into her neck. He breathed her in as his hand travelled to her hair.

Juliette snaked her arms around his neck and let her fingers tangle into his hair. His warm breath on her neck causing her breath to be laboured. She closed her eyes and gave into the sensation.

Blaze raised his face from Juliette’s neck and soon enough he found her lips. He devoured and tasted. Both growing in unimaginable anticipation. He continued to pull her body closer to his, his fingers digging into her skin beneath the fabric of her dress.

Blaze let his free hand caress the path at Juliette’s back to the zip of her dress. The fabric of the dress under the pressure of Blaze’s fingers rubbed sensuously against Juliette’s skin and she groaned.

Finding the zip, Blaze brought it down agonizingly slow, further driving Juliette’s senses to a place she never allowed them to go. The dress finally pooled around her feet. He stepped away from her so that she could step out of the dress, her body feeling the loss of Blaze. She took the opportunity to remove his T shirt and drop it beside her discarded dress.

Blaze pulled her back into his grasp and she gasped into his lips at the sensation off his manhood teasing the most private part of her. Blaze continued to kiss her fervently his hands adeptly removing her bra while Juliette’s hands travelled across his hard chest to his trousers, where she began fumbling with his belt. After removing in she dropped it on the floor and returned to remove the remainder of his clothing. Her hand at the button of his pants accidentally slipped downwards to skim Blaze’s sensitized flesh as she fumbled.

Blaze grabbed hold of her hand and entwined it with his own, raising it above their heads as he turned her, pushing her against the wall. “You are trying to drive me crazy.” He whispered into her ear before nibbling the lobes.

Juliette arched against him, as his lips travelled down her neck where he lingered. His hands moved down and discarded what remained of both of their clothing. Trailing his hands up Juliette’s thighs he tightened his grip and brought her up to wrap her legs around him, his hands resting flatly in the wall she was propped against. Their lovemaking hot and fast and they both exploded from the kaleidoscope of sensations.

Blaze supported Juliette as she slumped against him, her face hidden in his shoulder while he buried his in the sweet scent of her hair.