Scorching Heat Down South

Chapter 17

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When Claire woke up the next morning she felt disoriented and out of balance and two things immediately made themselves known. The first was that she was in a room she didn't recognise and the second was an unfamiliar ache between her legs. Hot memories quickly flashed through her mind right then and she groaned in dismay and slid further into the silky soft covers.

After some moments she sat up and looked around. The room took her breath away. Last night, rather earlier that morning she'd been drawn too tight to appreciate its simple elegant beauty. As soon as she had entered the room she had quickly gotten into bed and had instantly fallen asleep.

The room was luxurious, with a king sized bed, covered with an earthy brown silk bed cover and sheets made from the same fabric that felt soft and wonderful on her skin. The bed was framed by a big cream leather headboard. On both sides of the bed there were twin white and gold bedside tables with off white stylish lamps. On the wall to her left there hung a huge intricately designed golden mirror, a plush dark rug covered the floor and opulent light brown curtains adorned the huge window overlooking the backyard. The room was fabulous.

She got up and looked down at her blouse, it was wrinkled beyond repair. Since she hadn't counted on sleeping over she hadn't brought any clothes so she had slept in it. Planning on hanging the blouse in the bathroom while she took a shower, she got up and took it off and was left standing in only her panties. She hoped the stream from the shower would help with some of the wrinkles. She looked at herself in the mirror and wondered how it was that she could still look exactly the same when everything had changed.

There was a knock outside her door and before she could make herself decent it quickly swung open. She gasped and quickly brought her blouse to her chest modestly covering herself. Levi walked in and paused, his gaze dark and impenetrable. She hadn't counted on seeing him again so soon. She hadn't had nearly enough time to recover from their last meeting, let alone process and come to terms with all of it.

She tried so hard to keep from fidgeting, it was highly uncomfortable standing there virtually naked in front of him. And when his eyes flashed in that liquid fire of desire that was now so familiar to her, Claire felt her treacherous body instantly heat up and make itself ready for him. "Pam isn't coming back today. I've got back to back evening functions and I need you to stay here for the next two days."

Stay here!! With him! In the same house!! Was he out of his mind. Obviously, she couldn't. She opened her mouth to refuse but before she could utter a word he said, "Please!" His warm raspy voice was like a caress on her skin. And she almost cried out loud. How could she possibly refuse him. "Alright." She said and he nodded and quietly left the room.

Claire took a deep breath and stepped into an equally luxurious bathroom. As she took a shower thoughts of Levi and what had happened between them flooded her mind once more and this time she didn't push them away. It had been probably only sex to him but it had rocked her world and transformed her completely. There was now no denying what she'd known all along but had stubbornly refused to acknowledge, even to herself. She was undoubtedly in love with him, had been since the first time he'd kissed her. Maybe even before that.

Last night he had ruthlessly taken her. Using his superior strength and will he had mercilessly claimed her and made her, his. She belonged to him now, bonded to him on a primitive, molecular level. She knew it, there was no getting around it and from the look in eyes just now as they'd possessively ran over her, he definitely knew it too. She felt raw, vulnerable and exposed as she anticipated what would happen next, it anything at all.

After her shower she wore the same clothes she had worn the day before. The steam had done little to help with the wrinkles but there was nothing else she could do. She braced herself for another encounter with Levi as she made her way to the living room. She breathed a sigh of relief when she came across Lauren who was still in her pjs, sitting alone on the couch watching cartoons.