Deeper Healing

06| Power Couple

Nikolai Coleman

My chauffeur pulled up the white limousine in the driveway at Leilani's apartment complex where we had both agreed I'd pick her up.

I exited the limousine and stood outside, straightening the jacket of my black tuxedo. Adjusting the gold watch on my wrist, I read the time, sighing softly when I realised it was just a few minutes before six in the evening. The official meeting time was seven so I could be patient for just a few more minutes.

I took a deep controlled sigh, staring blankly into space. My life was hectic as hell and overwhelming sometimes, but being here at this moment, breathing and living the life I was living was something I was immensely grateful for and appreciated.

My younger version would be proud of me because this was the dream I fought so hard to achieve from a tender age and now that I nearly had it all, I realised just how much it was worth every drop of sweat and silent tears. I fucking made it and I was proud of myself.

My focus shifted from my thoughts to the sliding glass doors of the building where I expected Leilani to come from when I heard the sound of clicking heels. I stood up straight, unfolding my arms when she walked out the doors confidently, flashing me a quick smile.

It took me a second or two to glance at her and let the appreciation and admiration of the vibrant woman I was dealing with sink in deeply. Tingly heat inexplicably swelled in my fingertips and like tiny rivulets pouring from a main river coursed through my veins, spreading to every fibre of my body at a terrifying speed.

I felt my lips stretch wide into a gaping smile that felt oddly unfamiliar and my eyebrows arched for the sky. I couldn't control the instant paralysis taking over my burning body. It was like every neurone of my brain was trying to fire in all directions at once, the best kind of paralysis.

I always knew from the very first day that Leilani Edwards was hands down a fierce smoke show, but what she was proudly showing off right now was a whole new level of sexiness unlocked that made every nerve fibre in my body jackhammer to life.

Leilani wasn't a bony or perfectly skinny woman. She was full of life with curves in the right places, making the slinky black lace appliqued one-shoulder mermaid dress she wore fit perfectly like a glove.

The front split did full justice to her long legs by thunder and her plunging sweetheart neckline boasted a decent amount of cleavage from her full luscious breasts.

Her gold open-toe high heels that matched her gold clutch purse and jewellery still made her a few inches shorter than me, giving me room to glance down at her face. With her hair swept to one side and held in place by bobby pins, I could see most of her face that was artistically adorned with makeup.

The closer she got to me, the louder the voices in my head got. Not that I'd ever get a chance to, but I didn't deserve a woman like her. She was too perfect, way out of my imagination.

She seemed like the type to have men falling at her feet and she wouldn't let any unworthy ravenous wolf lay even a finger on her.

I was a lucky workaholic bastard with a chance to be by her side tonight and I wasn't going to let my dirty thoughts drag her into my imagination and ruin everything. My only prayer at the moment was there was nothing visibly showing my instant arousal.

"That look tells me I ate and left no crumbs," she remarked, standing tall and proud before me. She was close to me, so close I could smell her addictive scent assaulting my senses mercilessly and at the same time, soothing my nerves.

I swallowed hard, lifting my eyes to meet hers. She was smiling. Not just with her lips, but with her eyes as well. Her eyes held so much innocence, peace and tranquillity yet at the same time, I felt seduced by the way they glinted mischievously when we made eye contact, promising something wild and uninhibited behind the innocence veil.