I stared at the man, still not able to see him, in horror. What should I do?
"It's okay, I also love disguises," he says with a small laugh. Is it weird that I am scared and somehow excited at the same time?
"Then do you know which daughter I am?" I found myself asking, in a low tone. I could see his head move as if he nodded.
"The abandoned one," he states clearly. Damn this freak didn't even try to make it sound less worse than it really is.
"Then you just kissed the daughter of a prostitute," I tell him, wondering if he will puke. I saw him shrug. "The ugly one," I add when he doesn't speak.
"And I liked it," he says, his voice suddenly low. That gave me butterflies. I had to remind myself that I was losing it. "I would love to take you home but you don't seem to want to go back," he says, as if reading my mind, his voice back to normal.
"Lemme take you somewhere," I found myself saying before I dragged him out of the estate sneakily. It's like I was excited someone recognized me and I don't have to pretend.
Do you even know where my dumb mind took this stranger that knows alot about me but I know nothing about him? I took him to a lake, correction, the lake I transmigrated from.
"You want to swim or what?" he asks, amused. I shook my head.
"Right now, my sister is getting wasted by two men in my bed. I had nowhere to go for the meantime," I found myself telling him. I was surprised by how much I was telling him this, something was clearly wrong with me.
"Your doing?" he asks, but I felt he knew it was me. How much did he know? And why?
"Yeah, when my family left for this Duke's ball, she planned to violate me with two men, but I found out while I was sneaking out. I had to give her a taste of her own medicine," I say with a sigh. He chuckled without a word. He sat on a rock, the moonlight hitting his face. I could see he has a sharp jawline and intimidating eyes. His hair looked black and glistened in the moonlight.
He is looks really handsome. And unlike Calix, this one made me feel like I was near a man.
"Staring at me like that is inviting me," he says in a low tone as our eyes met. I stared into his black looking orbs and looked away even I felt I couldn't handle it with all the heat creeping into my face. I cleared my throat as I looked away. He chuckled.
"Inviting you to what? What look are you talking about?" I asked rather defensively.
"To take you," he says directly. I looked at him with disbelief. What the hell? Why is he so confident?
"I am engaged," I tell him off and looked at the lake. "And you can't just say such things to me," I added with a scowl.
"And why would an engaged woman perform in such clothes? Or even perform at all?"
"So you think am one of those people?" I countered with irritation. I don't know but I wanted to make myself clear to him, am not one of them.
"Then why don't you answer? I don't know you that's why am asking," he says casually and I saw him shrug. I scoffed and stood up.
"Yeah we are done," I say as I made to walk away when he talks again.
"You could have just answered instead of getting defensive," he says. That made me turn to him with anger. I pointed a finger at him, ready to get defensive again but no words came out.
"Mn?" He urged me to talk.
I paused, deciding not to answer. Why should I tell him. "I just had the kick the last time at my fiance's birthday ball. That jerk of a Duke took interest in me and decided to threaten my mother's friend who runs a whorehouse into presenting me to him. Now here I am. But in the bright side, he actually indirectly saved me from Verbena's plot," I give up. It seems am hypnotized and can't hide anything from him.
"In short, Sir Calix Barriston is the root to your problems?" he asks. I stopped being surprised at how he knows things.. He even knows Calix now and I didn't even mention him.
"Not really, the beef with my family comes down a long line. But my beef with that jerky Duke may be because I performed at Calix's party," I shrug.
Silence.
"I don't even know your name," I turn to him and caught him looking at me. I froze, feeling my heart beat in my ears. I stood up, breaking out of it, and made to walk past him. Maybe going back home will be much better than to lose my mind here. It must be aphrodisiac.
"My name is Zayan, my lady," he stood up before I walked past him, stopping me in my track. I caught on his scent. His manly scent filled my nose, intoxicating me further.
"I am really ugly," I told him for no fucking reason. I don't even get why I am like this I swear.
"I highly doubt it," he says, closing the distance between us, which was not that much in the beginning itself. He traced his fingers over my face over the veil, but it tickled in the right way. My heart beat faster and faster that it felt painful in my ears.
He made me face him by lifting my chin up with his finger. I refused to look at him in the eyes. "What is ugly about you? Look at me," he says in a low tone that made my stomach feel watery. I felt myself compiling as I took in his intense gaze. He cupped both my cheeks and before I knew it, he was undoing my veil. But I did nothing against it, letting it fall. He then traced my face with his fingers.
"You are beautiful," he assured me and I found myself nodding. Was he hypnotizing me? Coz I could only listen to him and agree to everything he says. It must be the aphrodisiac. It must be.
"I have been taking care of my skin lately, you haven't seen how it looked before with all my ugly huge pimples," I tell him as I finally break out of my trance. I then snort, but still not making a move to distance myself. I loved being close to this stranger.
"I saw you, you are still beautiful," he tells me, his wine breathe fanning my face, making me more intoxicated. I turned to look at him sharply, what? Was he a stalker? He must be.
"Stop using that word, it is cringey," I tell him off. I then guessed he didn't understand that. "Have you been spying on me?" I question instead.
"Yes, yes I have. I even sent you a proposal which you replied with an okay."
That was the last draw, it was him? Not Calix? And why was he stalking me? And he even admits?! Run girl, run!
Even before I could think properly, air was knocked out of my lungs when his lips fell on mine. At first, he didn't make any move after slamming his lips on mine. But being the horny ass I had been, I bit his lower lip, making him smirk against my lips as he pulled me closer by the waist.
I dunno, it just felt right.
The feel of his hands on my bare waist made me all giddy.
I then realised I had no experience in kissing anyone. But this Zayan led the way for me. He pinched my bare waist to make me feel boneless before he shoved his tongue into my mouth, exploring every corner of my mouth. I sighed into his mouth as my hands went to his hair, tugging at it, making him groan.
Soon enough, I found myself moving to his rhythm, without the tongue part since I gave up on trying to win against him. He nibbled on my lower lip before trailing wet kisses from my cheeks to my jawline and finally to my neck. I sucked in sharply when his tongue traced the base of my neck where it joins with the shoulder. I loved it. It was something I never felt before, and I don't think I will ever either.
Calix.
I immediately pushed him away at the realisation. I might be the first unmarried lady to do this in this era. Ah, how cheap am I? Shame on me!
I grabbed my veil and ran away, leaving him chuckle behind me.
"This won't be the last time we meet!" he yelled behind me.
Ah fuck it, fuck you hormones, fuck you aphrodisiac, fuck you Verbena, fuck you stupid Duke and fuck you you horny thing.