My mind woke up and once my eyes adjusted to the lighting. I looked around feeling like I was in a deja vu. Then it dawned on me, I wasn't in Amelia's room. I was back inside Çory's room. Where he's been keeping me held prisoner but I was too tired to care about that at this time...
I stretched my sleepy body and rolled to the right. Suddenly shock froze my body stiff to see Cory laying down on his back on his side of the bed. Wearing no shirt and partly covered up in the blanket. Just below his toned pec muscles.
My heart was rapidly pounding in my chest but I tried not to pant out loudly. So I calmed myself studying him as he slept seemingly peacefully. His breath was light as his chest barely moved. His jet coal-black hair was messy and looked so sexy. Why I am so attracted to him? A given fact, he was dreamy but I need to be cautious of him. Darn, my eyes failed me! I couldn't help but explore the nicely chiseled muscles on his chest and arms. Wow! I am drooling!
Once I relaxed and slurped this drool back down my throat. I carefully turned more towards his direction to lay on my side and just gazed at him. Not wanting to wake him since this was the first time I'd ever once seen him sleep. In his sleep for once he didn't seem as intimidating, I thought.
Usually, anytime I did see him he was working on his laptop. So I took this time to sorta admire him and study his breathing. When I was about to sit up to look at him more closely...
Ring!!!
Cory's phone rang on his nightstand beside him. My body slightly jerked from being startled and I flopped myself back down like a rock! His eyes flew open like he wasn't sleeping while his left arm moved to his phone.
"Yes?"
He answered it, as he rubbed his forehead with his right-hand groaning, indicating he was sleeping.
On the other line, JJ tiredly said. "I've heard from some of the men who took the next shift in reviving everyone. Most of your men are back up and recovering. Some women have also been given the reviving serum later on. So we are still waiting for them to wake up. Then the ladies who did awake were in hysterics. They're screaming over their miscarriages. Then those three enslaved women we've tried to revive, we are still waiting. But Leonardo ran some tests on them and found. None of those three ladies have the Immortality gene. They may be on their last limited life. Unfortunately, we might not get to question them."
Now setting up on his bed, Cory replied. "That would make sense it's just an elimination so we can't question them."
"Right," JJ agreed.
After humming to think, Cory replied. "The men who lost their unborn let them take three days off to care for their wives during the grieving process. I'm going to get myself up here and we'll get things rolling. Thank you for all the information."
"No problem," JJ said. "Will need to wake up the rest of the guys to start this meeting. Most of us have been sleeping since yesterday afternoon. Since after we returned home from cleaning."
"Yup, see you shortly. Said Cory, realizing as of today counts for two days that he and Sally have been engaged. Let alone he was surprised he had slept so long.
Sighing out of his nostrils he ended the call. And oddly stared at the wall towards his bathroom. Within that moment, he didn't flinch or move any muscles.
As I lay here facing Cory in his unusual stillness. Yet, it gave me the chance to see he had tattoos of these unique symbols. Almost covering his back and shoulders. It wasn't anything I've had ever seen on a hybrid-man. Each branded tattoo has a different detail and design to it. It looked so strange to me since in the Businessmen Society. The men never branded themselves with tattoo symbols or markings.
My eyes roamed wildly until I lightly shook to see him take another deep breath and noticed the muscles on his back tensed slightly. He leaned his body over towards the right and flopped his phone back down on his nightstand. Then he turned around and shuffled his body to lay close up to me. I almost held my breath when he draped his one arm over the top of my hip side, softly rubbing it above the blanket. Inducing my breath to shallow beneath my lungs.
I am paralyzed by uncertainty about this man I knew nothing about. A powerful high ranking Primary King had unexpectedly forced this proposal upon me. Of course, things would feel slightly sheepish for me to be held by such a built man who wasn't even wearing a shirt! Regardless, if his looks were to die for! I understood he is a lethal hybrid-man. Now forcing me to be forever bound to him.
Gently, Cory asked in a weird caring tone. "How are you holding up?"
I only ogled at this man not having anything to say. Words were frozen beneath my vocal cords, so I couldn't speak as my heart raced wild. I'm sure he has to be hearing it!
Cory moved his hand on my head and rubbed my hair away from the side of my face. My body quivered with a mixture of pleasure and anxiety. I didn't understand myself at this moment held by such a man as him. He pulled himself up to my face making me breathless... Oh gosh, he's going kiss me! Our first kiss! Oh gosh, what am I saying here!
I perished inside because he was so jaw-flopping gorgeous... My heart leaped for the moment and I closed my eyes...
[Author's note~ To avoid any confusion. It's now been seven days since Cory's taken Sally. Please keep reading.