His Queen (18+)

Chapter XXV

THE MISUNDERSTANDING

Saying who's gonna fuck you like me?
I don't want hurt you, but you live for the pain.
I'm not tryna say it, but it's what you became.

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CHAPTER XXV

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THE NEXT MORNING, Daniel had had to leave the dinghy motel room a total of two times. The first time had been to buy some basic necessities, such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, body wash and whatever else we needed. The motel didn't provide anything and we had been in such a haste to go, we didn't pack anything either.

I had some clothes now because some of the guards had brought some from the house before they met us at Daniel's safe house. I didn't want to think about who had been the one to go through my underwear drawer, so I let myself believe that it had been the maid for my own peace of mind.

Daniel had showered first, and while he was showering, I brushed my teeth. It wasn't difficult for us to become comfortable with each other again even after the two year separation; it just went to show how close we had been before the split.

While I showered, Daniel had gotten dressed and left the motel room for the second time. This time, it had been to get us breakfast. I knew he wasn't going to be back soon, so I decided to take my time, massaging my aching muscles and happily daydreaming about what had gone on last night.

It didn't really feel like anything had changed in that moment. Even before I let him finger me in a dinghy motel room, we had always acted close and the way we were that morning was no different. Neither of us mentioned what had happened last night. Neither of us acknowledged it.

I wasn't sure whether I liked it or not, but in that moment, standing under the warm running water of the shower, I didn't really mind it. Nothing had to be labelled and packaged between us. Not yet.

My body had quickly assimilated to the shower temperature and instead of turning it higher, I decided to shut it off all together and step out. I wasn't sure how long Daniel had been gone for, but I knew I had spent a lot of time under the water just by the sight of my pruned fingers.

I hurriedly dried myself off and slipped into the underwear I had and one of my yellow sundresses they had brought from my home. Because the dress was strapless, I decided not to wear a bra since it really wasn't going to serve a purpose. Plus, we would be in the car the whole day so who was going to check me.

I picked up the large golden hoop earrings that I had been wearing on the day of my accident, deciding to put them on again because they made me feel pretty and that was about the only reason.

As I slipped one into my right earlobe, a knock came from the front door, making me raise a suspicious eyebrow at it. I knew for sure it wasn't Daniel because he would just let himself in. He was fully entitled to it.

The person on the other side of the door though, wasn't willing to take liberties and that meant it could've been anyone. Even a kidnapper, although I doubted anyone with the intention to kidnap or kill me would knock politely on the door.

The knock sounded again and I found myself taking out the handgun in my handbag and placing it on the side table, so if it wasn't someone I trusted, a suitable defense weapon wasn't too far from me.

"Who is it?" I finally called out.

"It's me," the man said. I could tell from the voice that he was male. In fact, he turned out being a very familiar man I knew. "Jorge. Boss told me to check on you."