Chapter 21: Chapter 21
Cassandra's POV
The next day I couldn't contain my excitement. The whole day I was restless and couldn’t concentrate on anything. Finally, I was free and rushed home early to prepare Max's dinner. Aunt Caroline offered to feed him while I freshened up. Later, I completed my last-minute packing as well. I packed food and milk in case we needed it on the way. It seemed as if we were going away forever! Aunt Caroline chuckled at my huge luggage.
“It seems Julian is whisking the two of you forever,” she joked. I blushed yet couldn't tell her that Julian wanted to actually and I was dying to surrender to his wishes if only aunt Caroline's welfare wouldn't haunt me so much.
After fifteen minutes, Julian came to pick us up in a big black Chevy Silverado 1500. My heart thumped with excitement seeing him look so handsome in a pair of figure-hugging jeans and a red tee-shirt. I glanced at my outfit and gasped with horror. How did we manage to be identically dressed? Julian gaped at me with surprise and then burst into laughter. Even aunt Caroline chuckled. We glanced at Max gurgling with laughter and my eyes went wide with horror. Aunt Caroline had dressed him up in the same combination as us!
“This is heights!” chuckled Julian but I saw the glint in his eyes as he shared a look with aunt Caroline and I instantly knew that they had planned this. “We truly look like a silly and sweet family!” he said, making me smile. I didn't mind at all, wearing the clothes aunt Caroline had laid out for me while I was busy feeding Max.
“Not silly. You look like a happy and sweet family,” said Aunt Caroline. We took our leave from aunt Caroline who would go to visit her sister for the weekend. We were glad that she wouldn't be all alone at home while we were away.
Max was very excited throughout the way, as Julian expertly maneuvered the vehicle forward. The whole way, he sang his nursery rhymes in his baby voice along with Julian while I watched them indulgently, sometimes joining in. We took a break on the way and I fed Max and freshened up. By the time we reached the farm, it was 8:30 in the night and Max had dozed off to sleep. We straight away checked in to our two-bedroom cottage. It was spacious with an ensuite and a cozy living area with a little kitchen equipped with a refrigerator and all appliances. There was a cozy seating arrangement outside on the porch with small hanging flower pots and a tiny flower patch in front overlooking the huge pastures beyond. It was a picture-perfect cottage, ideal for a romantic getaway. So was ours a romantic getaway or a family getaway? I just couldn't stop my heart from skipping a beat as I glanced at the bedroom.
"Later, darling," Julian whispered into my ears, his mouth grazing my neck in the process and I blushed to know that he had noticed my predicament. How can he read my mind like an open book while I struggled to read his?
Max stirred a little and I gave him a bottle of milk and he hungrily drank it up. We put him in the cot provided on special request in the kid's room and he was fast asleep in no time. Julian kept the door open in case he woke up and got scared of his new surroundings.
We ordered a simple vegetable and beef soup and fresh cornbread and a slice of white chocolate raspberry cheesecake. Julian had a beer to refresh himself after a tiring day.
After our meal, we cleaned up and went to our room. It was a quaint room with a queen-sized bed with the fluffiest bed linen and pillows. The en-suite was squeaky clean and modern. I badly needed a shower, so I took out my pajamas from my luggage and headed towards the en-suite, but Julian seemed to have other plans in store for me.
As I entered the bathroom to check for towels, an arm slid around my waist and I was pulled into a solid hard bare chest. "Julian, I need a shower," I said but I couldn't escape his iron-like grip, not that I wanted to.
"So do I," he said, molding my body into his naked one while my eyes widened as a gasp escaped me. When did he discard his clothes? I hadn’t noticed at all. My cheeks turned crimson and I closed my eyes, already turned on by his behavior. He turned me around as my eyes took him in minutely as if having a will of their own. My breath hitched and I knew that I was already reacting to him.
“Open your eyes, Cassie. There’s nothing that you haven’t seen before,” he whispered hoarsely, shamelessly taking my hand and making me touch him everywhere. I stroked his body just as he wanted me to and he groaned with need, closing his eyes as a tremor ran down his spine.
“Do you want me?” he whispered, biting my ear lobe. I nodded eagerly, unable to utter a single word. His hands effortlessly took off my tank top, and then my b*a. He hooked his fingers into the waistband of my jeans and lowered it along with my pa*ties, exposing me to his hungry gaze. I was powerless to resist, my body needing him as much as he needed me. A single touch and he had the power to make me melt into submission, igniting an intense need inside me, longing to be fulfilled.
He filled the bathtub and went in, holding my hand and leading me towards it. He climbed into the bathtub and sat down, pulling me into it, as I sat between his legs. My heated body couldn't take in any more torture and I held his face and kissed him. He soon dominated the kiss, turning it into a hot smoldering one when his tongue sucked mine, exploring, driving me wild with arou*al. My hands stroked his chest as well as his throbbing hardness. He groaned with need and lost all control, pulling me into his lap. I gasped as he entered me in one deep thrust. With his mouth seeking new areas on my body to torture and his hard erection thrusting into me, I was in heaven. I moaned his name and he claimed my lips, drowning the sounds in his mouth.
After many positions and many rounds of lovemaking, we bathed each other finally. Drying ourselves, Julian carried me to the bed and we lay in each other's arms, skin touching skin, soul to soul. I was sated and in bliss after the passionate moment we shared but I could feel Julian harden again as if he was insatiable around me.
"Go to sleep, Cassie. This is just the beginning,” he whispered, making me blush. We had done it all, what more was there to do? But I knew that Julian was the go-getter kind and he didn’t have the word patience in his dictionary. I had no idea what he had planned for me for the next two days. Max didn't stir, he was a heavy sleeper, thankfully.