Chapter 22: Chapter 22

Author’s POV

Cara turned around to find his intense gaze stuck on her which caused her heart to pound against her chest.

Chase was trying so damn hard to control himself but when she turned around and his gray eyes met with her blue ones, it was his undoing.

He strode towards her and captured her lips in a hot kiss, taking her by surprise. His hands slid around her lower back, pulling her in closer so her soft body was pressed against the length of his hard one.

Cara closed her eyes and slid her hands up to wrap her arms around his neck, kissing him back with the same passion.

He was devouring her mouth with a kind of hunger, he never had before for anyone except for Cara.

He wrapped his arms around her waist and hoisted her up placing her on the kitchen counter.

She gasped in surprise, breaking the kiss for the moment but he again covered the gap bringing their mouths together.

He stepped between her legs as his one hand got tangled in her silky brown locks and another one was resting on her waist, to keep her body pressed to his.

When it started becoming hard for Cara to breath she gave a slight push to his chest and he immediately left her lips.

But he didn’t pull away from her. He left few wet kisses on her jaw, extracting a low moan from her mouth. Then he leaned his forehead over hers. Her breathing was ragged like his.

“I want you Cara…” he whispered huskily. His lips brushed against the tip of her nose when he spoke, and she felt something weird building in her lower belly.

“I don’t want to stop here” he completed in between his breath, his voice hoarse.

“Then don’t stop” she whispered back almost inaudibly. But he was able to hear her because of how close he was standing to her.

His eyes slightly widened at her reply. She is allowing him to take things further, he couldn’t believe.

He closed his eyes trying to compose himself because the effect her words had on his body was making him lose all his control.

“Cara.. you don’t have to say this for my sake” he whispered back, his eyes were still clamped shut.

“Chase…” she whispered his name as she touched his face with the tip of her fingers. Goosebumps appeared on his skin at just single touch of hers, and he almost lost the last bit of his sanity.

His face automatically leaned closer, brushing against the side of her nose as he covered the gap between their lips again.

His lips touched hers but he again pulled away from her. Knowing very well that if he kissed her again, he would never be able to stop.

“Chase…” she again called his name to tell him that it was okay. That she is ready for this but he pressed his forefinger over her lips.

“Shh.. don’t say… don’t say anything Cara. I am really on the verge of losing my sanity and I don’t want that until you are really ready for me” he said in his husky voice through his uneven breathing.

“So don’t say a word…” he groaned out. It was getting very painful for him to wretch himself from her.

But Cara had remedy to all of his pain. She knew what to do at this moment and she literally did that.

She grabbed his hairs lightly in her small fist and brought his mouth back to hers and he gave in, immediately.

The kiss again turned hot. His raw and primal need was on surface which he has been hiding for so long now.

His hands slid up to her bare thighs, caressing her soft skin with his finger tips. He hooked his hand behind her thighs and pulled her impossibly closer.

His left her lips to let her breath as he decided to explore other parts of her delicate but painfully gorgeous body.

He nibbled on her ears and a soft moan escaped her mouth which resulted in him feeling a twitch in his pants.

His tongue snaked out to lick the skin at the base of her neck, before he took a good amount of her skin between his teeth, leaving his mark on her body.

She moaned again extracting a hungry groan from his mouth.

He pulled away from her skin to stare into her blue eyes. He held her face between his palm and asked softly, “Cara, are you sure about this?”.

He didn’t know what he would do if she said no. How he is going to stop himself?

She nodded her head in assurance as she whispered, “Yes, I am”.

The shyness in her tone told him how innocent and pure she was.

When she said those words his heart filled with warmth. Not because of those words but because of the look in her eyes.

Trust, he saw trust in her eyes. She trusted him and he knew he would do anything in his power to never break her trust.

He pecked her lips lightly before lifting her off of the kitchen counter, in bridal style. Both of their eyes were locked.

He entered into his room closing it with his leg. He laid her body down on his bed and turned on the table lamp in his room. It’s dim light created even more romantic atmosphere around them.

He leaned forward, hovering his face over hers as he whispered, “You are beautiful Cara”. Flush creeped up her face and ears upon hearing his words.

He smiled at her shyness and again captured her now swollen lips into another hard kiss. At the same time his hand roamed all over her body.

Starting from her waist to her stomach then down to her bare thighs. He left her lips and started attacking her neck and collarbone with his open mouthed kisses.

He pulled away from her body for a moment and removed his t-shirt from his body. She gulped upon seeing his toned masculine body.

She realised one thing at this moment that even after dating him for so long and living together, it’s first time that she is seeing him shirtless.

He saw her reaction and again leaned forward, caressing her head softly, “The moment you feel like you don’t want to continue, just tell me and I will stop, okay?”

She nodded her head. He took her hands in his and guided them to rest on his exposed shoulder as he again dug his face into her neck.

His hands started unbuttoning her shirt so his lips can have a better excess to her skin. Each and every kiss of his was resulting in a moan leaving her mouth.

His hands slid up the outside of her thighs taking her silk shirt along. He stopped his kisses to stare up at her face as if asking for permission.

She gave a slight nod and he pulled her shirt up, taking it completely off of her body.

He had to suck in a sharp breath when he took in the beauty of the woman lying on his bed only in her lingerie. He groaned inwardly.

His mouth again dropped back to her neck, leaving his marks on her skin trailing his kisses down to the valley between her breasts and down her stomach, then again back to her collarbone.

His hands were also busy in roaming over her delicate body. His mouth was attached to her cleavage when one of his hand came up to cup her breast.

Her body shivered under him and she took in a sharp breath when his thumb slid over her hard n****e over the clothe covering her skin.

His another hand went to her back to unhook her bra taking it off of her. She was stunning.

He was planning on taking things slow as he knew it’s her first time but with each passing second his patience was running thin.

He came back up so now they were face to face. He was holding his weight over his elbow and his other hand tucked few strands of her hairs behind her ears.

“You are mine Cara, tell me that you are mine” he whispered softly while staring into those blue eyes of hers which were reflecting the same emotions as his gray ones.

“I am yours Chase” she whispered and he again pressed his lips over hers, making this night the most beautiful for both of them.

***

Sunlight fell over Cara’s face and she found herself waking up in Chase’s arms. Last night’s memories flashed in front of her eyes and she couldn’t help but blush.

She looked up to stare at Chase’s peaceful sleeping face. His hold around her was tight, their faces were only few inches away.

She lifted her hand up to touch his face. Her fingers brushed against the line of his sharp nose, then his chiseled jawline. A dreamy smile was plastered on her lips.

She leaned forward and pecked his lips gently. She smiled at how she was stealing a kiss while he is asleep. She pecked his lips again and her smile widened even more.

After kissing him twice she tried to get out of bed but his hold around her tightened and he pulled her back into himself.

“Where are you going?” he asked in his husky morning voice as his sleepy eyes met with hers.

“Washroom…” she whispered while ignoring the butterflies his intense gaze was causing in her stomach.

He pulled her even more closer, if it was possible and tried to place a kiss on her lips but she moved her face away in attempt to tease him.

He placed his palm over her cheek to make her look at him. He again tried to kiss her but she again moved her face away not letting him kiss. He frowned in confusion at her resistance.

He went up on his elbow to look at her face clearly as he asked, “What are you doing?”

“You can’t just kiss me the first thing in the morning” she said. He didn’t miss the amusing smile that she was trying to hide. He raised his one brow up as he said in same teasing tone, “Why? You can kiss me but I can’t”

Cara’s eyes widened as she asked in shock, “You were not sleeping. You were awake, since when?”.

“Hmm maybe since four in the morning. Your bare legs are making it really painful for me. I am still hard down there because of you” he whispered just an inch away from her lips.

Her face flushed in the dark shade of red. She again tried to get out of the bed but before she could do that, he hovered over her.

“You said that I can’t kiss you the first thing in the morning right?” She gulped in nervousness upon seeing the look in his eyes and the mischief in his tone.

He inched his face closer to hers, letting his nose brush against her cheek as he said in his deep husky voice, “You want me to do something else, don’t you? Are you hinting that we should have a morning s*x..”

Cara covered his mouth with her palm, “Chase!” she whisper yelled. He laughed at her cute reaction and leaned forward to kiss her lips softly, after removing her hand from his mouth.

“Good morning” he mumbled against her lips. He again rolled beside her. She smiled shyly and got up from the bed.

She felt a pain shooting through her core as soon as her she tried to walk and she again fell back on the bed.

“Cara..” Chase quickly sat up and went near her. Concern was clear in his eyes when he asked, “What happened Cara? Are you feeling dizzy?”

She shook her head and replied, “No, actually… I am still…sore”. The shyness in her voice again made him wonder how he got so lucky to have this innocent soul into his life.

He didn’t say anything and just picked her up from the bed and started making his way towards bathroom.

“I can walk” she tried to protest but he ignored her words and entered into the bathroom placing her on the counter beside sink.

She was wearing his black shirt that he put himself on her body after she fell asleep last night. He stepped between her legs and cupped her face gently.

“I hurt you last night, didn’t I?” he asked feeling apologetic for giving her this pain.

“No Chase, you didn’t. In fact last night was one of the best night of my life” she whispered back covering his hands with her palms.

He smiled at her words and pressed his lips against hers, not being able to stop himself from clinging to her.

He was not at all having enough of her.

***

One week later…

Both Chase and Cara were preparing for bed. Finally they have started sleeping in the same room.

About sleeping at night, it rarely happens now. Chase can’t seem to have enough of her. It’s as if a beast inside him has been released and whenever he sees her, he just wants to be buried deep inside her, feeling her close to himself.

But he never goes rough on her. He always makes sure that he is not hurting her in any way. Even she doesn’t mind him claiming her as his all the time.

She is still shy in bed but can’t hide her desires for him.

Chase was already in bed waiting for Cara who excused herself to use washroom. She came out after few minutes wearing his black hoody which was reaching her mid thighs.

He likes seeing her in his clothes. He patted the place beside him on the bed with his palm and she instantly went to sit beside him.

He wrapped his arm around her waist and was just about to kiss her when her phone started ringing.

He cursed under his breath but she heard him and smiled internally at how pissed he looked upon getting disturbed during their romantic moment.

He doesn’t like it a bit when someone calls them or comes to their house to disturb them when they are in the middle of enjoying their sweet moment with one another.

He even curses his friends if they are the ones disturbing them. He let her go and she picked her phone from the nightstand table.

“It’s Sapphire” she said and he replied sarcastically, “Great timing”.

This time she couldn’t stop her laugh to escape from her mouth.

“You find it funny, don’t you? Want me to answer that call for you” he asked threateningly and she quickly shut her mouth.

She knows Sapphire is still scared of Chase and if she hears his voice at this time of night, then definitely either she won’t be able to sleep for whole night or she is going to have nightmares in her sleep.

Cara answered her phone and got busy in girls conversation. Chase was still sitting beside her using his phone waiting for her to disconnect the call so they can continue what they were doing, or were about to do.

During this whole time he was holding her hand in his drawing different patterns on the back of her palm.

“We are not going to attend any party Saph. This is what I have decided for myself and Chase supports my decision” Cara said.

After what happened in Sapphire’s birthday party, Cara has made a decision to never attend any kind of party where some unknown people are also invited.

Chase tried to convince her otherwise as he didn’t want her to make such a decision just because of him. But she told him that she is doing it for herself and she was never a party person anyways.

Chase was just sitting silently beside her.

“Oh yeah I know tomorrow is Christmas but Chase and I don’t have any plans for tomorrow. Not yet.” Cara said over phone.

When Chase heard the word Christmas, his fingers that were caressing her hands stopped moving as he felt a pang of hurt in his chest.

Cara noticed his reaction but she was still on call so she didn’t say anything to him but just grabbed his hand in hers tightly as if telling him that she is here.

“I will talk to you later” Cara said and disconnected the call.

But Chase was not here anymore. His mind went back to the worst ever Christmas of his life. He was brought back by Cara’s soft angelic voice when she asked

“What’s wrong Chase? Are you okay?” He lifted his eyes to look at her face and within a moment his arms were wrapped tightly around her.

He buried his face in the crook of her neck and he started inhaling her scent which helps him in calming himself a lot. And it worked too.

Soon her scent got engulfed around his body, his heart and his mind, pulling him out of his painful memories.

When he didn’t reply to her question, Cara knew that he was not ready to say anything right now. She just sat there silently, letting him hold her closer. She started caressing his back and head in soothing manner.

After sometime when Chase felt a little calmer than before he whispered, “I don’t celebrate Christmas Cara. I don’t like that festival”.

“It’s okay. Then we won’t celebrate it” she replied immediately.

“Won’t you ask me the reason?” he asked. He knew he was not ready to tell anything to her right now but he was just beyond surprised at the fact, how she never asked him anything.

“Are you okay with telling me about it? Do you want to do it right now?” she asked softly.

He shook his head in the crook of her neck and she said, “Then I won’t ask the reason”.

He pulled away from the hug to stare into her eyes.

“Aren’t you angry at me? Don’t you feel wronged by me when you have shared everything about you with me and I can’t seem to tell you a single thing?” he asked really wanting to know the answer to this question.

“It’s okay Chase. Take your time with it” she said softly caressing his face with her hands which were cupping his face.

“What if I can never… I can never bring myself to say anything about it? What if I just keep you in dark for the rest of our lives letting you struggle with my weird behaviour , forever? Will you….”

He paused to swallow the lump in his throat. The next words he was about to utter, always haunt him. He was finding it very difficult to say those words but he still gathered all of his strength and asked the question.

“Will you leave me because you will be fed up by my violent behaviour and weird mood swings?”

The words still managed to pierce through his heart causing it to bleed in pain.

Her eyes slightly widened at his question. She never thought he would ever ask this question to her. She saw fear, no she saw terror in his eyes when he mentioned her leaving him.

She instantly replied, “No Chase. I will never do that to you, to us”. She said with determination trying to make him believe her words and never ever have such thought in his mind.

He knew she would never leave him. The Cara he knows is an angel who was sent to this earth to mend the pieces of the beast, he thought he was.

“Thank you” he mumbled against her lips and pressed his own over hers. He was feeling extremely calm and at ease at this moment.

Still deep down in his heart he was feeling regret. He was feeling sorry and angry at himself.

But right at this moment he has reached at a particular decision which he knows will make him feel comfortable and their bond will become much more stronger.

With determination in his heart he prepared himself to go for it.