Calista felt like shouting. She felt her hand still burning.She held her hand out in the air but the burning sensation lasted. She could not even bring herself to answer Maverick's question. Yes she was burnt but that sounded too hard to get out from her voice box. The hand had now turned red from the burn.
Maverick carefully took her hand and walked to sink. He opened the tap and let the water run on her burnt skin. At first when the water touched her skin,she winced in pain. Maverick moved closer to her and lifted her face to his,he stared at her eyes as she did the same. Her eyes beheld the beauty of his deep black eyes and she forgot about the pain. A minute lapsed as they stared into each other. That was what Maverick wanted,for her to forget about the pain.
Calista's gaze moved from his eyes to his half full lips that were now in their normal color,pink and the lip natural lip gloss was there. He looked more handsome with the natural shining color of his lips. She could not hold back anymore. She had been waiting for him to take that lead for a while now but he was not. She moved her face close and closed her eyes as she made for his lips.
Maverick almost got carried away. Like seriously,who would just resist such a beauty!?
But he was able to resist when he remembered that she was hurt. He moved his head back a little them spoke before she could reach his lips.
"Is the pain gone now?"he asked. Calista opened her eyes. He was an inch away from his face. He smiled at her. Calista cleared her throat silently then stepped back. The pain she had forgotten in a moment hit her back and she winced.
"I don't think so.."she responded shyly. She almost kissed him!? That was unbelievable even to herself.
Maverick chuckled at her response. It's her hand and she should be able to give a definite answer not some 'I don't think so!'.
"Does it still hurt?"he rephrased the question and he hoped for a definite response.
Calista nodded then mouthed a yeah.
He moved closer to the wall and opened a cabinet then took a first aid kit from it.
"Let's put some ointment on it then go to bed. I will take you to the doctor tomorrow morning,"he spoke. He then opened the kit and took an ointment. He opened it and carefully applied the ointment on the burn.
It gave such a relief.
"That's done...you should go to bed now,"he asked as he put the ointment back in the kit then placed it back in the cabinet.
When Maverick was done,he turned to see Calista walking towards the door.
He sighed as he looked at her retreating petite figure. Who even asked her to go away?
"Who asked you to walk?"he asked as he also moved towards her.
Calista halted on her step then slowly turned to face the man who was approaching her.
She heard him say that she should go to bed or did she hear something wrong?
"I am sure you asked me to go to bed or am I supposed to fly there?"she asked. That was supposed to be in her thought but she said it out loud and she could not take it back.
Maverick kept on walking but he was taken aback by her response. He knew she can be a long mouthed but he really did not expect it.
Maverick did not say anything else but he instead moved closer to her and carried her off her feet.
"What are you doing?"she asked in a panick mode. Maverick just remained silent and kept on moving. Calista wondered why she was panicking now. It's not like it was the first time he was carrying her in his comfortable arms. He had carried her earlier and she did not panick like she just did or is it that she had answered him in a rude way!?... maybe!
Maverick moved to the bed and laid her there. She was still in a towel and she looked beautiful with most of her body in display.
He was pulling the soft white velvet blanket to her body when she parted her lips to speak.
"Should I not get dressed at least?"her beautiful voice rang in the serene room.Maverick pulled the blanket to her neck first. He was on a hurry to do it because he felt like her beautiful body was calling to him and he was almost loosing it so he had to be fast about it. He made sure that every part of her body was covered with an exception of her head.
"You don't have to get dressed. Go to sleep now,"came his short reply.
'Hell no!' Calisita rejected in her mind but her mouth spoke otherwise.
"I can't sleep in a towel Mr Royal..."she spoke but did not move from her sleeping position.
Maverick rested his hands akimbo. Somehow,he did not like that she called him by his name and second,she could sleep with the towel,could she not?
"First am your husband so you shouldn't call me by my official name unless we are in my work premises which I doupt you will be visiting anytime soon and second you ofcourse can sleep with just the towel and blanket on,"he spoke stressing the word blanket. That was to tell her that the blanket did a good job that was not done by the towel.
Calista sat on the bed. She felt like the argument was getting heated and the posture she was in was not giving her a win. She did not even realize that something had happened and Maverick was beginning to burn with desire which was visible through his eyes.
"What if it falls off when am sleeping and I happen to throw off the blanket away because am sleeping?" she asked wide eyed.
Maverick gulped then pulled his emotions and senses in control.
"That would be nothing since half everything is already in display,"he responded and Calista narrowed her eye in question. She did not understand that. Their eyes held for a while.
Maverick could not ignore the beauty before him. He lowered his gaze and Calista followed it.
Her eyes widened in shock and she threw her hands to cover herself. She did not know that when she was sitting up,the towel slipped off her upper body and her ripe mountain peaks with hard stood nipples were before Maverick.
Maverick shifted his gaze from her chest to her eyes then gave a silly smile.
"Cover yourself with the towel and the blanket because your hands are doing no justice,"he teased despite the hot feeling he was now feeling.
Calista was dumbstruck.
She quickly picked the towel and covered herself with it. She could not say anything but just curse on her mind.
'F*ck you Maverick! This is just your fault!'she cursed as she covered herself with the blanket and went to sleep though she could not sleep from embarrassment.
Maverick dimmed the lights and went to the other side to sleep. Sleep was just an excuse because he could not even shut his eyes. Each time he closed his eyes,he saw the image he saw earlier pop in his head. She had the most beautiful breast he had ever imagined. They were firm and held a milkish color and her nipples were really pink. They were also hard,did that mean she...
He could not complete his thought. He turned his head and faced the girl who had given him her back and she had completely covered herself.
His junior was now beginning to complain as the image he had seen kept on appearing in his mind. He got off the bed and went to the bathroom. He really needed to take a cold shower if he wanted to sleep tonight.
He stripped off his clothes and stood under the shower. He let the cold water touch his skin and the water slowly began to wash away the images and his heat after standing there for a long while.
In another room in the Atlas mansion,
Casey could not sleep since she got in to the room. She tried a cold shower twice now but she could not calm down. He mind was wandering off. She could not stop thinking of what Maverick and Calista could be doing in their room.
Perhaps, kissing or even caressing or even...no way! She could not even think of it.
She had to do something to get Maverick to himself. She paced for a while in the room until a plan hit her head. A sly smile appeared on her lips. She was sure she would get the two separated if she executed her plan.
"Enjoy as much as you can Calista because you will soon be off. Just as I got rid of Addison so shall I get rid of you,"she spoke the laughed out hysterically.
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Author's Note
Hey lovies,I haven't been updating chapters systematically but I will try to update each day...thanks again for choosing my book.
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