Chapter sixteen
Natalie would be lying if she said she had a sound sleep. She hadn't even blinked her eyes throughout the night. Tossing and tossing on the bed till she laid still,registering the morning dawn.
She went into the bathroom to get herself all cleaned up. She didn't plan on spending a second more after Emma's arrival, after all the main point was Emma flaring up at her spending the night when Dave had bluntly said 'working all night love'
After a speedy bath,she could hear the screeching tyres of a car in the parking lot.
She needn't see the intruder. It was Emma Brooke.
So predictable
Her hair was still damp,she left the robe on for a little while. She needn't eavesdrop to overhear the noises coming from the main room.
'Lovers squabble' She smiled.
Just then the door of the room was wide open. She stood face to face with Emma. Emma's eyes were no doubt drowned in fury.
Natalie could literally see the flames escaping from her skull.
And her job is done.
"Miss Brooke...you are here quite early"Natalie flaunted a ridicule smile. Emma was about to speak,but Dave must have guessed it wouldn't be words he would want to hear.
He jerked her away from the room.
Natalie wasted no time in getting dressed, meeting the duo downstairs. She took the liberty to give Dave a look.
He for one had one hell of a splendid night.
Natalie drew closer. "Dave I apologize for last night...I mean it was unprofessional and-"
Dave butt's in. "No worries..." He said but it was undeniable the burning rage he felt, probably at his stupidity, drinking his very own spiked drink. 'Oh...what a buffoon'
"Just in few minutes, I'll get freshen up and drop you off" Dave move past Emma,Emma's jaw dropped.
"Don't bother I'll be just fine...I see you have some matter to tend to" I gave his hands a little squeeze. "Bye"
This time it was Emma that answered,with a maniacal tone. "Bye" So much contempt in there. Natslie wasn't a bit fazed out. Emma would come to feel how a cheater turns into the cheated without realizing it. Hadn't she said Dave was hers. Well so much for that confidence.
I left the duo,they sure had a lot to say.
"Really Dave...what the hell is wrong with you? What happened last night?" Demanded Emma,hurt and infuriated.
"Something that doesn't concern you. What were you thinking showing up here-"
"And what were you thinking while that bitch was spending the night here" She shot back.
"That doesn't concern you"
"You are fucking crazy. It's concerns me. You are mine Dave,you know that and I will not stand for this absurdity" Emma was calm,it wasn't yet the time to loose her cool and go ballistic.
"You do not own me Emma." Dave wasn't going easy. He was tired of her possessiveness. This was bound to happen and it may as well start now. This was all her fault after all, if she hadn't called him,he wouldn't have drank Natalie's spiked drink.
Emma was dazzled by his words. "I didn't go through everything for this,get your head out of the clouds and come find me" She said warningly stomping out with the fading clanking of her heels.
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Natalie strode into the house and was ambushed by little Sky. Her green eyes giving a scan all over Natalie,her pink lips,widened a bit. "Mummy...where have you been,I woke up and you weren't home. Dad said you had an urgent assignment to tend to" Skylar pouted,pampering her perfect dimples.
Natalie swung her in for a cuddle. "Yes I did...Darling" She kissed her.
Skylar was rather amused. "Mummy,dad's scary right? If it were me,dad would scold an earful but he wouldn't with you." Skylar giggled. "Daddy loves you" She said with pride as if asserting something which wasn't known.
She pulled Natalie all the way to the kitchen. "Try this mum,Vicky and I made it" She tossed a cookie into Natalie maw.
"Angel it's taste's good. A high five" Natalie chimed at her,coughing mildly.
She took in some water but the cough had become more serious. It then dawned on her. She looked back on the plate of cookies and she had just a single thought. She was no doubt having an allergic reaction.
Without a second thought, the cookie no doubt had a shellfish taste in it.
How on earth hadn't she felt the taste. Her cough had become more extreme,she could feel her legs weaken this wasn't good.
Asher was now downstairs from the frantic wail of little Sky, racing to her side. "Natalie" he rocked her back and offered more water to her but didn't help the situation. It only worsened it. Natalie was out of air struggling to steady her breath. The burning pain she felt in her chest were not helping either, she could feel her mouth too swollen to speak.
Skylar was already panicking. "Dad,what's wrong with mum,I gave her some cookies... Is it because of the cookies."
Asher threw the plate a look. "Natalie what's wrong...Is it the cookies?" With a hitched breath she mumbled whispering. "Shellfish" She managed to say. It was no denying she had an allergy to it,whatever which it may be.
Asher quickly understood the situation. "Do you have an allergy" The poor Natalie could only offer a little nod. Asher was calm but his was going wild and all frenzied on the inside,feeling her uneven heartbeat.
Without much words,he darted around the house,coming back with an epinephrine injection in his hands, he aimed at her thigh puncturing it with the piercing sharp needle of the injection.
Her uneven heartbeat was quickly replaced with a pouncing heartbeat,,he could feel her entire body shaking up.
Asher scooped Natalie up in his arms. Carrying her in a bridal style, he hurried up the stairs into the bathroom where he placed her under the shower turning it on,he held her firm on the waist as the cold water drain down from her hair to her pale face. It chillness brought relaxation to her system,it calmed her nervousness. Natalie greedily inhaled,steadying her breath. Her eyes clear enough. She gazed into his emerald green eyes,his hair and clothes wet along with hers.
Her cheeks coloured up in abashment, she sure was not comfortable with the compromising situation they were in.
"Are you alright?" Asher brushed her wet hair with his hand, his voice causing shivers on her skin.
She took a little while to recover. "Yes I'm fine.. Thanks you" Asher stopped the shower,pulling a towel over her shoulders. He could feel her tensed muscle. Her touch strangely causing havoc on his skin. His emerald green eyes bored into hers. He had no clue what this woman was doing to him.