Happy Never After - Episode 7

 

“Morning sunshine.”

Alicia opened her eyes to see Daniel in the room, carrying his suitcase and looking very handsome in his tux.

She smiled and straightened up. “Hi love, thought you would come back yesterday.”

He dropped the bags and moved closer to kiss her on the lips. “Yes, my flight was delayed and I had to wait at the airport . Couldn’t wait to see you.
She frowned. “We said no business, and now…”

He kissed her more. “I know  baby, forgive me. I promise to make it up to you,” he replied before starting to undress her…sticking his hands underneath her thighs…

FLASHBACK

She sat in the living room, gazing at the almost-empty bottle of wine in front of her. She was the only one in the house and this was because, she had recently lost her project work. Going to work would be baseless so she decided to stay at home. Her boss specifically told her not to come back until she was ready to fix things.

Faith had travelled to her parent’s side. She needed to go see them. Her sister had started her internship work at Fabians and her other friends were at work.

She sighed. Her life was boring without Daniel

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. She kept reading the last message he had sent to her several days back.

“Baby, something is wrong with my account but I’m working on it. We have lots to talk about, things you should know about me. I have a mark around my neck, it’s hard to miss, done everything to erase it but its still there. Just want to tell you things ahead, so that when you see me, you will not be terrified and I swear, I am not a vampire, lol.  I will call you in the night so we can make plans on how we will meet. I got the address of your workplace. Love you.”

And that was all.

She gulped down the remaining drink just as the bell rang.

At first, she didn’t answer but it became persistent, so she stood up to get it. When she opened and found Fabian, she hissed.

“What do you want?” she asked, belching and finding it hard to stand well-balanced.

He looked at her with concern. “Oh, my God! Have you been drinking? This is not good for you, Alicia.”

“Stop your annoying concern okay? What do you want?”

“Well, your sister told me you two haven’t been talking and knowing I’m responsible for that, I thought of coming to see you.”

“Well, you are not welcome,” she said, about to close the door but he stopped the door with his hands.

“You will injure yourself if you keep drinking, Alicia. Whatever it is, you can talk to me.”

“I do not want to talk to you, do you not under….” She stopped as she realized that everything was getting dizzy. The next thing she knew was that she was falling and starring into Fabian’s eyes.

“Are you alright?” he asked, holding her in his arms.

For the first time she could see how cute his eyes really were and oh, “are those pink lips?” she asked, reaching for his lips. “You are really cute, Fabian….” She said, before drifting into blackness.

**

When she woke up, she felt her head banging and she was resting on the couch. She was surprised to see Fabian sitting close to her, his hand on her forehead.

“Are you feeling okay now?” he asked.

At first, she didn’t reply but then nodded. “How long was I out?”

“Just two hours,” he replied.

“You have been here for two hours?” she asked.

“Yes, I couldn’t leave you alone,” he replied.

The hatred and everything she used to feel for him seemed to melt away as he stood close to her.

“Thank you, Fabian. I’m so sorry for being mean to you,” she said, looking away.

“It’s okay. Whatever happened to you, you do not deserve it,” he said with a smile.

“You think so?” she asked.

“Yes. You deserve to be happy and to have whatever you want. You do not need anyone to dictate your happiness for you. You have everything to be happy.”

That made her smile. “Why did I never like you?”

He chuckled. “Maybe because I have never seen you drunk before…”

They both laughed at this.

She didn’t know what it was or whether it was because she had been horny for a long time and the way he kept stroking her head, she didn’t know what it was. The next thing she knew was, she was kissing him and he was kissing him back. The urgency was so much for her that she forgot about the headache and the fact that they were not even dating. All she wanted was to quench the thirst of her lustful desire. She had held it in for so long.

She felt his tongue touch her lips for entrance an she willingly let him in. She felt hot all of a sudden and her heart began to race as she kissed him back. She wrapped her arms around his neck while he held her tightly by the waist.

Then he pulled away all of a sudden.

“Alicia,” he started, panting. “I do not want to take advantage of you,” he said.

“Well, I would love to take advantage of you,” she said, pulling him closer.

Shivers ran down her spine as his hands hand roamed her body. He was being gentle with her. She was excited, terrified and nervous at the same time. She wanted more of him. The thought of his muscled fingers running down her back made her shiver again.
She didn’t know how, but she was on top of him, fully naked and when he entered her in a full thrust, she felt as if the entire burden in her life had just melted away….she was relieved, happy and free….

**

PRESENT DAY

“What were you thinking about while I was making love to you,” came Daniel’s voice behind her. He pulled her closer to his naked body as they lay cuddled on the bed.

“Nothing,” she lied.

“If I do not know better, I would have said you were thinking of another man,” he chuckled, biting her ears.

“Now, why would I do that when I have everything here,” she replied, kissing him. “No more leaving me, we are staying here together for a month, Daniel. I need to know everything about you.”

 “So, what were you doing while I was gone?” he asked.

 “Nothing, Oh, a  woman came knocking earlier,” she said to him.

He frowned. “Did you open the gate?”

“Yes, it was a mistake, she thought I was someone else, she later left though.”

“Did she ask you anything?”

“No, just calling me Helen or Hannah or something…”

He was quiet for a while. “So what happened?”

“Told  her she got the wrong person and she left.”

He didn’t give any response. “Perhaps, she thought you were the lady that used to stay here before,” he said.

“Thought the lake house was bought by you.”

“Yes, but people used to stay here before I bought it.”

She smiled and relaxed. “No wonder. Then that explains everything. I even saw an inscription at the bottom of a mug. H.

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. Johnson. AT first I was confused.”

“Johnson is a common name, maybe it was the surname of the lady that was here before…now, darling, I need to use the bathroom.”

She shifted as he stood up and left before she finally relaxed. She had been worried sick about the whole thing but now, everything had just been settled.

She closed her eyes but Fabian’s face flashed before her. She stood up. “Got to make more tea, love. I will be back soon.”

Just as she was leaving, Daniel’s phone which was on the bed began to ring and she attempted to pick it…

“No darling,” he said suddenly behind her, with a smile. She was shocked, she had thought he was in the bathroom.

“I do not appreciate people picking my calls,” he said with the sweetest smile.
She gave him the phone with a smile. “Sorry, I…”

He silenced her with a kiss before going back to the bathroom with the phone to his ears…

She sighed. That was weird, what was wrong with picking his calls and did he just refer to her as ‘people?’ She shrugged, she still had lots to learn about him.

A message came on her phone and she checked it. It was Faith.

“Babe, I went to the prison, Fabian’s body was not found. Something is so wrong!”