Love in the Dark

Chapter 3 Trust me

Bella begins tossing and turning throughout the night, as she kicks her blankets off. She begins dreaming of Cooper at the dinner table from earlier in her evening. As Bella looks around, she sees no one but Cooper. As Bella stands from her chair, Cooper slowly walks over to Bella, never breaking eye contact. Cooper once within arm reach pulls Bella in close and picks her up in his arms as Bella's legs wrap around Cooper. Cooper lays Bella onto the top of the dining table causing food and drink to spill everywhere. Cooper seductively takes off Bella's blouse exposing her supple breasts and pink nipples. As Cooper begins kissing Bella neck and chest, Bella lets off moans of pleasure and ecstasy as Cooper kisses down her smooth flat stomach towards her waistline. Copper begins unbuttoning Bella's jeans as Bella leans up and puts her hands down to stop Cooper's hands from taking her pants off. He stops but when he grabs her smooth hand and kisses it, he places it on his manly chest and says "Trust me Bella" in a smooth flirtatious tone. Bella lays back, losing eye contact with Cooper's piercing eyes as she feels Cooper pull off her jeans. Cooper kisses slowly up her smooth soft legs towards her inner thighs where he playfully bites her skin softly. Bella's heartbeat increases as she starts breathing intensely with every movement of Cooper. Her eyes close for a second and open and as she looks she sees Copper taking off her lace panties with his mouth. Bella arch's her back when she feels Cooper tongue slowly licking her clit, as she wraps her legs around Cooper's head and starts moaning softly. The feeling intensifies as Bella begins moaning louder with every stroke of Cooper's tongue. Bella's body begins to shake as she can't contain her passion for the feeling coming from Cooper between her legs. She moans she's about to cum as her body begins to convulse involuntarily into movements she's never felt before, she arches her back up higher as she squeezes her supple breast. Right as she climaxes, she lets out an intense moan as she shoots awake sitting up in her bed. She tries to capture her breath as she tries to understand what just happened.

"It was just a dream" Bella says to herself once capturing her breath. It felt so real she thought to herself as she looked at her phone to see the time. "Ugh, it's six in the morning." she said in an annoyed tone. Bella sits there bringing her knees to her breast and she wraps her arms around her legs. Her mind ponders, there is no way I could fall back asleep after that, she says to herself in her mind. She moves towards the edge of her king-sized bed, her bare feet slip into some slipper's she had by her bedside. Bella wraps a rode around herself as she walks out to her balcony. The fresh smell of morning dew is in the air, as she leans onto the balcony's edge rail. It's so quiet her inner voice said. Bella turns back swiftly into her room, and begins changing into sweats, she grabs a pair of running shoes. As Bella makes her way down the stairs to the front door, she is greeted by her father. "Good morning princess, you're up early. Would you like some coffee, I just pressed it?" asked Marcos in hopes that his daughter would join her. "Oh sorry Dad, I'm just going for my morning run." replied Bella who seemed eager to get going. Bella ties her shoes quickly and opens the front door, but right as she is about to step out. "Wait Bella" said Marcos urgently, Bella sighs in annoyance before looking back at her father. "Yeah Dad..." said Bella as half her body was covered by the door. "Nothing, umm just have a nice run." said Marcos disguising his tone to avoid angering his daughter. "Thank dad, We will catch up later okay." said Bella, who closes the door behind her before her father can even reply.

Bella begins jogging through the rows of trees in the vineyard with the sun barely rising over the hills slowly lighting the surroundings. Finally, I feel some sense of freedom Bella thinks to herself while jogging. The crispness of the morning air, the feeling of none but yourself is almost enough to make Bella become water eyed. Everything that she hates in her life temporarily disappears, as she turns a corner and falls to the ground, as she rolled her ankle causing Bella to fall to the ground. She grabs her ankle and winces in pain, when a familiar voice is heard with footsteps approaching from behind her. "Are you okay Bella?" asked Cooper in a caring tone as he approaches from behind Bella and kneels down to her placing his hand on her back. Ugh this hurts but for some reason his touch eases the pain Bella thinks to herself. "Take me back to the house Raul will tend to me." ordered Bella in a painful tone. "No, the house is too far, that thing is gonna swell up like a balloon, besides my place is closer." Cooper says confidently as he looks at Bella's ankle before swooping her up into her arms and begins carrying her towards a horse barn with a loft. Before Bella can even reject the fact that someone didn't do what she said, the sudden feeling of safety and security outweighed her desire to reject. As Bella looked up at Cooper carrying her, she closed her eyes and imagined herself floating on a cloud of pure joy, where nothing but pure happiness surrounds her. The sounds of horses in their pens makes her open her eyes as Cooper carries her up a small flight of wooden stairs towards Cooper's loft. This is where he stays, how barbaric Bella thinks in her mind but for some reason she's fine with it. Why wouldn't she be, being held in Cooper's strong muscular arms. Coopers gently places Bella on a chair as he pulls another chair up next to her to place her foot on his leg. Cooper grabs a bag of ice from a cooler and places it on Bella's ankle. Bella winces a bit when the cold ice touches her skin. "Good thing I was there when it happened, could've been awhile before anyone found you out here." said Cooper in an upbeat tone. As Cooper Begins softly rubbing Bellas's ankle, Bella looks up towards Cooper making eye contact. "Yeah, I guess so... Thank you by the way." said Bella. She cracks a slight smile towards Cooper as he smiles back at Bella. After a brief pause of awkwardness, Bella looks around Cooper's place. She sees a small single bed, a radio, a plain white curtain that covers a shower head dropping down from the ceiling, a small kitchen, and some photos on the refrigerator. "Are those photos of you?" Bella asked Cooper curiously to help break the tension in the room. Cooper looks at the photos and laughs a bit before responding "Yeah of course." As Cooper grabs a couple of photos. Bella's inner thought goes wild, just play it cool Bella, don't seem so nervous... Oh please like you should be trying to chase this guy, he should be chasing you...

Cooper leans in towards Bella to show her a photo of when he was a young boy, "This is when I was 9, I lived on a farm where they raised orphans... and this one was when I was in the military." Bella grabs the photos to get a closer look. She glances at them closely ugh a man in uniform he looks so clean cut and handsome... Bella says in her inner dialogue "So you were an orphan?" Bella asked Cooper cautiously. "Yes, I never knew my parents." replied Cooper in a tone where he tried to not sound saddened. Cooper grabs the photo and sighs. "I'm sorry, my mother used to work with orphans, she was a teacher." said Bella as she reached out for Cooper's hand, grabbing it gently. Cooper looks up at Bella and smiles, Cooper clears his throat as he inspects Bella's ankle. "You got some strong ankles, it doesn't appear to be swelling." says Cooper to Bella trying to change the topic without showing any sign of weakness. Cooper stands while gently placing Bella's ankle on the chair he was sitting on. Coopers grabs a bandage wrap and wraps her ankle. "Should just wrap it as a precaution." stated Cooper. Ugh, I love how well he handles me and is taking care of me... Bella says in her mind as he watches Cooper wrap her ankle slowly. "So how do you know first aid?" asked Bella curiously. "I was a combat medic in the Australian Army." replied Cooper swiftly. Cooper finishes wrapping the ankle before helping Bella to her feet. While helping her up, they pause and stare at each other for a brief moment.

Ugh I hope he kisses me, or should I make the first move... No, he better not kiss me in this state. How dare he take advantage of me in this distressed situation... said Bella in her inner turmoil debate. Cooper lets go of Bella and turns around and grabs his cowboy hat and looks back at Bella. "Shall we get going, I'm supposed to give you a tour of the grounds?" said Cooper as he extended his hand to Bella. It's not like I've seen the grounds before...ugh play it cool Bella... "It's only like 8 in the morning. I thought we were supposed to do that at noon?" stated Bella in a coy full tone. Cooper chuckles before replying "Well yeah but you're here now aint ya, besides it will be fun, what else you going to do, stare off your balcony again." Bella cracks a smile. How dare he make fun of how I use my time... I mean he does have a good point. What else am I going to do today... "Alright sure why not." answered Bella. They make their way down the wooden steps where the horses are. Cooper assists in making sure Bella is able to with her ankle. At the bottom of the stairs Cooper turns to Bella and asks her to wait. As Cooper walks out of Bella's view into a horse stable, Bella's body begins to feel a slight sensation, she's becoming all familiar too at this point. Remember you're the prize not him Bella... her inner voice says to herself. As Cooper comes around the corner riding a majestic steed bareback, Bella begins feeling a strong tremble in her legs and upper body. "Alright climb on up." Says Cooper in a vibrant tone while extending his hand down to help Bella up on the horse. Bella is starstruck at this moment, finding difficulty to say anything before Cooper grabs her hand and pulls her up onto the horse in front of him. As the horse begins galloping off, Bella furiously shouts out of fear "I've never rode a horse before please stop". While Bella's body tense up she feels Cooper's arm go around her stomach pulling close against Cooper's body. A sudden feeling of calmness enters Bella's mind as Cooper says in her ear "Trust me, I got you.". Bella smiles as she all of sudden feels on top of the world, with her hair slowly blowing in the breeze of the horse's gallop, she places her hand on top of Cooper's hand that's safely around her. Why do I always fall for that when he says trust me... Bella mutters in her mind. Bella stares off in the distance of her surroundings, but her mind can only think about how her neck can feel the stubble of Cooper's beard scratching her neck softly, the feeling of his ripped abdominals places against her back, and the feeling of his penis pressed against her ass while riding the horse. Bellas body becomes full erotic as she leans her butt back against Cooper tighter and slightly arches her back as she turns her head quarter turn back towards Cooper. "I trust you." says Bella confidently with a hint of seduction to her tone. All of Bella's inner dialogue escapes her mind as she feels pure tranquility as she rides off with Cooper in the early morning.