Chapter 42

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Stephano’s POV, 1 month later

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“You lucky bitch!” Kara giggled for the umpteenth time, pausing her giggles on intervals to hear what the person on the other line was saying. “You know you like him anyway.” She moved closer to me but I just sat still and watched her entangle her hand around mine, caressing my pointer finger absentmindedly. Her finger was cold as she wrapped it around my very warm ones.

Winter was finally here.

After that, she would play with my grown stubbles though she helped me with it every now and then and I let her. Who was I kidding? She was the only one I would allow to trim my hair without complaining. She had been doing this since... well I couldn’t remember when she started, sincerely, but she had been doing for quite a while and I loved it.

I loved how she would mumble every now and then about how my stubbles had grown and needed cutting or how I needed to get a new haircut, which she usually did with a clipper in here. She sometimes acted like my mother and during this period I had spent in the hospital, I had seen more and more of the gorgeous side and motherly nature of my Kara.

My woman. The only one I had ever wanted since I started desiring a woman.

The familiar sensation of knowing she belonged to me alone crawled teasingly around my body and I let it. It was Kara, so that was fine. Also, the fluffy clothes she had me wrapped in like a newly born baby would do well to cover my excitement below.

“I’ll call you back honey. It’s time to feed my man.”

Her man. Me.

My heart warmed as I processed her words. I, her man. The same person I had been wishing to date since I ever really wanted any lady sexually was finally seeing me as someone other than her mother’s boss. Or the older brother she never had; the one who always chased horny teenage boys from our estate whenever they came to see her and boy, had that been a chore for me. Every weekend, another boy would pop up on our gate asking to see Kara.

She beamed at the response the person gave then chuckled a little, blushing crimson when she stole a glance at me. Her tongue slowly darted out to wet her lower lip. Whatever the person had told her got the right reaction and just seeing her turn crimson made me stiffen. Goodness, I wanted nothing than to pull her down on my thighs so she could feel what her perfection was doing to me down there.

“Capra. Fuck off.” She ended the call after that, finally facing me. “Hey Stephano.”

I merely stared.

“How are you? You know, my day has gotten better now. So far it had been gloomy because school was extremely hectic. I haven’t had any rest and everything is just wearing down on me. I’m just tired but everything has been worth it so far because I get to come here and spend the rest of my day with you and I’m glad you’re getting better daily. We made it through.” She beamed.

I squeezed her hand in response to which a smile tugged at the side of her face.

“Did you eat anything after I left this afternoon?”

I shook my head a little.

“Do you want to eat something now that your Kara is here?” She asked sweetly.

I nodded. She smiled a little and heaved a contented sigh.

“Dr. Shane said you’ve not been talking to him too....but what happened? You’re responding to treatment and it didn’t affect your vocals. Why aren’t you speaking?” She asked ever so softly.

I could see the glimmer of sadness in her eyes and it tore at my heart. But I didn’t want to utter anything because this past month that I regained my consciousness, I had felt less and less of myself with everything that happened and I was beyond embarrassed with myself. I felt less of a man, in fact.

I couldn’t fight him.

I couldn’t fight my assaulter and that thought bothered me than I would ever admit to anyone. It was at a moment of weakness that the son of a gun got me and that would forever stay glued to my memory.

Yes, I was drugged but still, I should have done something. Maybe I should’ve attacked him somehow. Especially when he confessed the horrible things he had done to girls who proved hard to get and would still do to my Kara. Mine.

That night, Gonzalo had not only robbed me of my sanity but he had made me know I was less of a man for not being able to fight back after he kicked me numerous times and punched me on the cheek.

Even after the drug kicked in and I didn’t know what I was doing any longer, those words had been ringing in my ears like a siren as he asked me to disclose the location of the file. He didn’t like being denied and he made me know this in a not so subtle way.

It was that bad!

“You’re less of a man.” He’d taunted.

“You couldn’t fight for what you claimed to be yours. You decided to gamble with her heart without knowing if she really liked you.”

“You don’t deserve whatever pity she has shown you these past few months...”

“She only tolerates your presence. She feels nothing for you…”

What if Kara only tolerated my presence because I somehow intimidated her like I’d been doing these past few years? What if she was truly with me only because I made her know some partner companies needed to know how devoted and responsible I was as a man and a lover? What if she actually liked him? The last thing I wanted was for her heart to be with another even when we were in a relationship.

That didn’t feel right. And all these thoughts had been gnawing at my sanity since Gonzalo spoke them.

Kara shook her head and I realized I’d zoned out somewhere along the line. In silence, she fed me the food her mother had brought a while ago. A part of me was very grateful I wasn’t eating hospital food. The last time I ate one, I was ten years old but I would never forget the bland taste and smell that stuck to my taste buds for days even after I got discharged.

The memory was definitely not something I smiled when reminiscing.

“I think I should call it a night Stephano. I’ve been here for a while and you’ve just been staring at me. As usual.” She gave a resigned shrug.

I didn’t want her to leave me here, especially with the nightmares that had started. It didn’t come last night or the night before and I’d slept like a baby but I had no idea what would happen if I slept alone again. Feeling her pull her hand out of mine, I snapped back to my senses and quickly grabbed it back.

Kara casted me a hopeful glance, “you want me to stay?”

I nodded and patted the space beside me. My bed was wide enough for the both of us to even be comfortable. My mother had insisted I got a wider bed when she realized Kara was all I wanted to be with, wake up next to, sleep with and do so many other things with. She thought I didn’t know when she was talking or that I wasn’t fully conscious yet, but I was.

Kara had also mumbled it sometime last night when I made her sleep beside me.

Cradling her head that was right before me, I planted a kiss on her forehead. She heaved a sigh of content.

“You know, when you first came home that night and were acting strang-”

“Don’t.”

“No. And you were acting strange with the...wait, what?” She gasped and sat up, much to my annoyance, because I wanted her skin to keep touching mine. The widest grin ever, spread on her face. My heart blossomed with happiness. The feeling was too much to contain, it was blissful.

“I said don’t.” I repeated slowly, already missing her soft skin against mine.

She clapped her hands with glee, her eyes glinting under the brightness of the bright lights above us. Her eyes glowed as she stared at me with nothing but adoration in her honey brown eyes. I stilled for a moment, enraptured in her divine beauty.

Then all of a sudden, she leaned down and kissed me. It wasn’t like anything I had felt in a long time and I appreciated it. Because this time, she kept giggling through it all, her love and happiness seeping through each lip caress. She held my head firmly and groaned when I returned the kiss on her lips just as heatedly, enjoying my hold on her waist.

When she pulled away, I held back a groan. I’d missed this like crazy!

“You just spoke. Stephano, you spoke to me and I’m so happy!” She screamed the last four words out with so much excitement in her voice.

“Hmmm.” I mused and slipped on a smile. It felt oddly strange to see her giggle carelessly after being in here for so long. “I did.”

“Still, I need to get the doctor.”

“No.” I coughed slightly, just now noticing my voice was still very much hoarse. “Don’t.”

“What do you mean by no? I need to get the doctor right now. I can’t believe thi-” she rambled on, alighting the bed in the process. I didn’t let her go far before grabbing her hand for the second time since she returned from school.

“No. Please.”

“Why the hell not?”

“Stay.” She frowned.

“Well? Why, I mean the doctor needs to check if your vocals are good and do all those other random checkups. Just to make sure you didn’t break any-”

“I’m fine. Just stay.”

“I don’t really thi-”

I pulled her down in one swift moment, surprised at my own strength. “Please, Kara. We’ve only just started back together and you’re so eager to get away from me.” I sulked, a part of me meaning it. A seed of doubt had been planted in my mind and it was making me go crazy.

Well, I did go crazy before, just as he’d told me I would after I drank that coffee so.

On instinct, she slapped me on the shoulder. “What do you mean? Of course I want to stay with you. I’ve been doing that all day for more than a month.” Her words left an uncomfortable silence around us, making me feel like a burden to her. I didn’t know what to say.

“You didn’t get tired of me?” I tried to joke. Deep inside, I wondered if she actually did get tired of watching over me even when the doctors said I needed to be alone after I finished my medication and they didn’t know if I would go wild. Yes, I heard them saying it, the effect of the doctor’s drug always left me hazy and weak but I could still hear them talking sometimes. They said a lot, but I chose not to speak or show them I was now totally fine since the past week when I stopped receiving medication. I was grateful to God that I was now myself. Still, I didn’t know how to feel about the fact that someone tried to drive me crazy.

“Why would I get tired of you?” She squinted hard at me. I only shrugged and avoided her eyes.

“Stephano, hey.” She made me look into her defiant eyes. My heart was heavy as I did, wondering just how strong this girl was. I adored her!

“I know you’re regretting something. I can see it in your eyes and I am sure I’m right. You’re ashamed aren’t you? You’re embarrassed.”

I kept mute still. She sat opposite me in a yoga style and with the soft pads of her fingers, she softly brushed my jaws which I now realized I had clenched and I immediately unclenched them. Leaning in, Kara kissed me slowly.

Electricity jolted through me and I fought to stay in my brooding state with her very colorful silky top now lowered a little and her cleavage exposed to me. Her breasts were creamy, I just wanted to bring one out of the bra and top, then pop the nipple into my mouth and suck her to my heart’s content.

Kara didn’t notice I was no longer listening to her after she pulled away. “You feel like you could’ve stopped him, yes I know you did feel like that because Gonzalo said you struggled with him and almost took him down. You were strong Stephano, but you have to take things easy on yourself because you’re only human. He drugged you. You are strong, Stephano.”

Half of my brain processed the thought. The other part of mine was struggling to look away from her plump, rich cleavage. Heck, Kara was hot in a way that should have been illegal. Damn!

“Stephano? Stephan- ooh. What are you doing?” She breathed out softly, her voice entrancing me even when she didn’t mean to sound seductive. I pulled away just when my nose would have dived in between the valley of her breasts. I had not realized I was sniffing her cleavage. Weirdly enough, it a seemed like something I had been doing all my life.

“Uh, what were you saying?”

She gaped at me with weird eyes. Then in an instance, she was on me. Kissing like a horny teenager, her hands absentmindedly rubbing all over my chest. Her lips tasted better than fine wine.

“I feel like I’ve been doing this all my life...” I groaned, pulling her onto my laps. She pushed me by my shoulders and planted her hands on my chest firmly, feeling me immediately she properly sat on my thighs.

“You’ve been doing this for the past three weeks; you initiated it so much that I got used to it.” She panted, kissing me by the chin. Was this a dream?  She just said I had been doing this.

Doing what exactly? Dry humping each other like she was currently doing to me? If that was the case, then I should have popped her cherry by now. I knew she was still a virgin.

There was no way she would blush each time I complimented her if she wasn’t a virgin. She reacted to every of my touch and words, she was always conscious.

“How come I don’t remember?” I blurted before I could process my words. She had been kissing down my neck and softly biting but Kara instantly stiffened.

“What?” She whisper yelled. She immediately climbed off me, her cheeks red, as if embarrassed.

“I... I don’t remember.” I admitted. It was painful that I would forget such amazing moments between I and my woman. “Did we do this every night?” She sat up and I turned on my side to watch her properly while she explained.

“Well, Doctor Shane, your doctor asked me to stop after two weeks. I asked him if I could do it to...uh, magically heal you faster or bring you to the real world because you always just...stared. And I…I did-”

“You were getting tired.”

“No. I wasn’t. But that wasn’t you, and I missed the real you so I did it even though they warned me that...you could harm me.”

“Really?”

“Uh...yeah.” she replied. I hugged her with my hands secured around her waist very tightly, like I needed her to breathe and feel. Kara only heaved a long sigh and pecked me.

I groaned and thanked God again for my state of health. If I hadn’t come home that day, I don’t know what would’ve happened to me. Diego already told me what happened because I contacted him a week ago but I was stalling so I would be well rested and taken care of by my love.

“I love you Kara.”

She didn’t reply, only smiling widely but I was content. She didn’t know how she felt yet, and I understood that.

One thing was sure, Kara was no gold digger and she was also not staying with me because she pitied me. We stayed long in that position till I felt my eyes get heavy.

Even then, I had my arms securely wrapped around the love of my life.

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