Chapter 78 A Shared Silence
He immediately halted on his steps soon as he saw Lilia awake, perched on top of his bed, unmoving with her eyes wide with perplexity. Disheveled, yet still stunningly gorgeous. Kael often wonders to himself what good has he done to have this angelic doll. Though he had procured her in the auction, still that doesn’t change the fact that she had made an impact on his troubled life.
“Why am I here?” She croaked out her inquisition, her gaze brushing down to his bare torso and stopping on the bandage area of his underarm and chest. For a fleeting moment, he saw some concern flashing in her eyes, and her throat bobs up and down as her eyes moved further down below towards the plunging line of his toned abdomen concealed with a towel.
Kael battled to keep a grin from appearing on his face, giving the impression that her attentive gaze had no influence on the growing erection he was experiencing, which he was trying to cover with the shirt he was holding.
He shook himself out of his stupor and cleared his throat as he made his way towards the garbage can that was located on the wall and was adjacent to the round table that was in the middle of his room. “I want you to stay here in my room. Is that so wrong?” He nonchalantly said, turning his back on her for a moment as he shoved his bloodied shirt into the bin and calm his arousal before he pivoted on the balls of his feet and face her.
Lilia moved towards the edge of his bed and swings her feet off. She’s a bit short to even have her toes touching the floor. She looked down at her fingers, fumbling the tip of them as her face turned grim before she looked at him in the eyes.
“I…I wanted to thank you for saving me again,” she whispered, biting down her lower lips in contemplation.
Kael studied her face for a moment. Earlier, he feared that Lilia would look at him with fright in her eyes. She had already seen him as a monster and she wasn’t even wrong about that. However, none of those things reflected on her gaze. Instead, she was looking at him with remorse and self-reproach. He didn’t know if he would be glad about it or feel a bit concerned about how she was feeling. This night had been rough for all of them, and she had received the most of the beating of it. Kael was partly to be blamed for all of this, not entirely just Lilia.
His poor doll.
“There’s nothing you need to thank, my kukla,” he softly said, taking her hand and lifting them to his lips.
Lilia’s gaze followed his actions, her brows furrowed deeply, though behind her gaze glinted an utter sense of vigilance. Kael couldn’t blame her if she felt that way. She had seen him how he killed a person in front of her.
He’s sure that her mind right now is in shambles and he wasn’t going to do anything that would worsen her mental state. She had a lot to cope with and he was just glad that she let him touch her.
However, Lilia only burst out into tears, as though everything that she had been bottling up inside her erupted, as she started sobbing. “And I’m sorry. It was my fault. I was heedless of the repercussion of my own actions that lead us to that predicament.”
Kael was quick to act, crouching to her level, lifting her face and wiping her tears away, cooing to her. “Shhh….Hush now. What’s done is done, kukla. No need to fret over things that are unchangeable.”
She had been traumatized far too much. He had been cruel to her the first time she’s been here, too hard to even give her the smallest pleasures that she can indulge herself. Kael was partly to be blamed for all of this, not entirely just Lilia.
His poor kukla.
“Still, I wanted to say sorry,” she shakily breathe out, and then she stiffened for a moment, and stared upon him with much concern. “Aya won’t get punished right? It wasn’t her fault. It was mine. I coerced her into my plan before everything went down to the hill.”
He knows this much. She’s much more worried about her friend than herself. Just like when they were on the jet. She offered herself just to give Aya a day off.
“No, kukla. She won’t get punished,” he gently shakes his head, dropping his gaze to her feet, remembering that she had twisted it on the net.
“How’s your ankle?” He inquired while knelt in front of her and took one foot, which were noticeably swollen.
She responded in a tone that was steadier and more relaxed this time, saying, “It's a bit unpleasant, but it wasn't that serious.”
Kael stood up and offered his hand to her. “Let’s get you cleaned up, shall we?”
Lilia looked up to him for a moment and she sighs deeply, murmuring, “okay,” before accepting his hand and standing up. However, in one swift motion, Kael sweeps her off her feet, eliciting a surprised yelp. “Kael, you’re wounded!”
“Need not to worry about it, Kukla. It’s merely a scratch,” He said, as he padded back towards the bathroom.
Lilia felt hot, watching Kael straight in the face all the while they padded into the bathroom. He gently set her down under the shower, supporting her weight not to lean on her swollen ankle. He adjusts the water temperature. At first warm water is sprayed into them, but Lilia’s blood is pumping lava through her veins as she anticipates what is about to happen. Warm water won’t help to sate her feelings. Kael had bathed her before and he made no move in touching her inappropriately even though he had taken her by force in the recent moment.
“I want it cold.” She said softly. Kael turns to her with perplexity but obliged nonetheless.
While the freezing water lapped on their bodies, she jolted unto her strained feet and her knees buckled. Kael’s hands were quick enough to grab her around the waist and keep her standing. Her arms found strength as she wrapped them around his neck, their face pulled close and their gaze met. Lilia felt something poking at her belly. His undeniable arousal for her. Her throat dried up as the cold water began to drench them both, and in just a blink of an eye, Kael closes the gap and kissed her deeply.
Insanity had snatched her by the throat and swallowed her whole. What else could explain her action? He was wounded, surely he might say that it was nothing but she could tell it was huge. However, her mind went blank after she finds herself drowning in his kisses.