Chapter 228 Trance
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I don't understand what had just got into me. I am cold and warm at the same time, I was feeling a rush of heat just now and my lips had turned so dry that it nearly cracks my skin and now after a few minutes, I am shivering from immense coldness. My teeth chatter, and I feel like someone has locked me in a freezer room.
"What's wrong with you?" I hear a voice that is familiar to me. My mind is in trance, blurring my vision.
"Hot… It's … too... Hot…" With utter difficulty, I stutter out and then soon I am up in the air, flying, taking myself as a bird, a wounded bird, I guess.
Again, my mouth turns dry and in desperate need of water, I twist my body away from the firm hold on me but couldn't, dissatisfied, I move my face and find something soft, something tickling that soothes my dryness and I suck on it as though I feel it producing water to me.
It's all in the mind I know, but still, I am highly affected by all the weird assumptions I am making around me.
THUMP
I fall from a tree, or somewhere high, straight to the soft cotton bag, or it's a bed?
No idea, my mind still spinning in trance.
SPLASH
I am in the water, all cold, and my mind seems to get its senses back. I blink my eyes wanting to see where I am, I am in the bathroom, and when I look down I realize that I am not wearing a thing.
Damn…
Where did my clothes go?
Is it Aiden who takes it off or me? Oh, no, I hope it wasn't Aiden how could he be taking advantage of me in such a situation, but he was known as a bad boy in the college, he could do anything, Tess.
I scold myself unhappily.
But he has changed, I try to protest with my inner voice but I receive no peace at all.
I stay in the bathtub lifelessly but the cold water helps to lower my heat, I am relaxed and a bit sleepy, I don't have the strength to call for someone neither I have the strength to stand from my place. I stay where I am, closing my eyes, trying to get some sleep when I hear the sounds from outside, and there, the door of the washroom opens.
BANG
I open my eyes but I don't have the strength to tilt my head at all, I just silently pray in my heart that whoever it is won't do any harm to me after all I need to go back to my kids.
The footsteps start to get closer to me and before I am able to see the man who has entered suddenly the heat again gets into my head and my vision starts to get blurry as I whine in pain, "Ahhh…"
After a few seconds, again I am in the air, there are voices around me but I am not able to hear a single word properly, it's too blurred and confusing for me.
My eyes get heavier than before and I am not even able to open my eyelids at all.
"Arggh.." A piercing pain shoots in my arm and soon I am covered with the warmth which is comforting, soon I snuggled in the warmth and I am off to sleep completely forgetting about all the chaos around me.
*****
I see a faint smile, a smile that shows sincerity and pure craving, soon I am enveloped in the man's arms, I am pressing my body in him and he is pressing back with the same intensity, his eyes shine in excitement while my vision starts to get blurred.
BOOM
Suddenly, I am off on the ground groaning in pain while someone is fuming in anger, there are hits, cursing, abuse, and a man is furious or I would say mad.
"Who are you?" A voice comes over.
"I am her husband." A man replies in a deep voice.
BOOM
*****
I open my eyes, disoriented by my dream, "Husband?"
I mutter, puzzled, where the hell am I?
I look around, it's dark, I intend to look for something but I couldn't, cluelessly, I stand up and then stumble on something.
Great.
"Ahh.." My back hits the ground and a low growl escapes my lips.
My whole body feels crushed, I am too weak.
BANG
The door opens quite suddenly not even giving me time to compose my scattered self and then a "CLICK" brings back the lights in the room. Soon I am up in the air with a slight huff of anger roaming in the air.
"You shouldn't be leaving the bed this early." A scolding but from who?
With a thumping and nervous heart, I find the courage to lift my eyelashes and finally look at the face of the person that has held me up in his arms, for a moment I want to give up the thought to look at the man because I am afraid of the bitter reality, what if it's Aiden… Noo… No…
I want to be embraced by only Andrew not Aiden, or any man in this universe at all.
Finally, with an anxious heart, I look up meeting the cold eyes of the man on me. A huge weight seems to lift off from my heart when I see Andrew in front of me, not Aiden.
Thanks, Lord.
I feel overwhelmed and couldn't control my emotional state as I throw myself in his arms pulling him closer to me and shedding a few happy tears, Thankfully, I haven't done anything wrong with Andrew.
The feeling of knowing is something beyond relaxing. I am at peace, pleased, and thankful to God for keeping me with Andrew. No matter how many differences we had, still have I would still be happy to be with him in this awkward situation rather than being stuck with Aiden in this kind of situation.
I am saved from such a disaster, I couldn't thank God lessen.
"Tessa, are you ok?" Being lost in my emotional happy trance, I completely forget about Andrew, I pull my head back and then look at him with my eyes twinkling and a light smile hanging at the corners of my lips, "Thankfully, it's you." I exhale as again I pull him closer and hug him tightly, keeping my head on his shoulder.
"Who else you had expected?" He asks slowly.
"Uhm… I…" I hesitated at first but then I decide to reveal my dream to him, "I think something got wrong with me at the party and I thought… I…" Still, the hesitation occurs no matter how hard I try to spit it out.
"I… sle…"
"You were eager to sleep with him." There comes his first taunt, digging me further into embarrassment and guilt.
"As I mentioned, something got wrong with me," I mutter in a low voice as my defense.
"I know." He says softly, tightening his hold on me and my back starts to feel cold that was warm when his hands were caressing it, he sniffs my hair and suddenly the panic rises in my body as finally, I realize that I am straddling him with no clothes on my body at all.
F**k, too much embarrassment.
I immediately jump from his lap as though I have been burned and then hide my embarrassed flushed body under the blanket hurriedly, his face remains quizzical as he looks at my actions and then takes a deep sigh.
"I didn't have any clothes of yours with me, the gown you wore…" He stops, eyeing me suspiciously, "You had spoiled that." He reveals and my cheeks turn redder from the shame.
That dress costs a fortune, such a big loss I have given to Aiden, would he fire me now? Or deduct my salary in compensation for that dress?
No… No… I need the money to flee from here, away from these evil duo of sister and brother.
The thought of Aiden reminds me of him, where is he BTW?
"Where is Aiden?" I ask and Andrew's neutral face twitches a muscle showing his dissatisfaction at the mention of Aiden's name.
"He's gone." He replies.
"Gone?" I couldn't understand the hidden meaning of his words as I ask him suspiciously.
"You should be sleeping now, we'll talk about this in the morning." He says dismissively getting up from his place and walking towards the door when I stop him impassively.
"Don't go…"
He turns and raises his brow at me, "Why?"
"I… I am feeling afraid alone, please stay." I confess embarrassedly and then move to the side of the bed giving him access to get inside the blanket.
He looks at me hesitantly, "You're not wearing any clothes," he reminds me and I roll my eyes unhappily, "As you have never seen me naked before."
Before I would control my smart mouth the words had flown out of my mouth and I see Andrew hiding his shock from my bold confessions.
Still, he gets on the bed beside me, I hold his hand, feeling a little weird and terrified, he moves looking uneasy but I seem to not be at the moment as I place his hand under my cheek and then close my eyes to sleep.
He remains quiet not saying a word and my throat also feels too heavy from sputtering a single word, we both remain quiet this silence between us is soothing and satisfying.
Closing my eyes, I again lose myself in a deep slumber while thanking God a thousand times for saving me from doing anything inappropriate, but still, I couldn't understand what actually happened to me after the dinner.
That mystery still needs to be resolved but not now, perhaps in the morning when I will get my energy back and my senses too.
Hopefully.
