Elysian Secrets

Kabanata 45-Part 1

Author's Note: There might be a huge timeline plot hole here. I could't keep track kung ilang buwan na ba ang dalawang ito na naglalandian sa Elysium. For the sake of moving on sa kuwentong ito, sabihin na nating six months. I don't have the time to re-read what I've already written. Saka na lang lahat sa editing phase. Please bear with me until matapos natin 'to.

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If someone told Raphael six months ago that he will enjoy watching Lia run away from him, he would have laughed at that someone's face in disbelief. Pagkatapos niyang pulbuhin ang mukha nito sa suntok, of course.  But, here he is. Staring at Lia's bouncing--and very naked--ass as she tries to escape him. 

Try is the operative word here. She can run all she wants, but they both know where tonight and the rest of forever will end: her tangled with him. Or him tangled in her. Who fucking cares about the details? The point is she's not leaving him. 

Hindi na mawala-wala ang ngising naka-tattoo na yata sa mga labi niya sa isiping iyon. Lia had shown him that the thrill of the chase could be incredibly exhilarating. He doesn't want this to end too quickly. And it will, when he catches her. So, he gave her this head start—a handicap, so to speak—to prolong the chase. And, she was making the most of it.

She is making it look like maraming doorknobs, when the reality is, lima lang naman ang nandoon. Mahaba lang ang hallway pero dalawa lang ang pinto sa magkabilang side at isa sa dulo. At kahit, for some miracle, matuklasan nitong the doorknobs are just for show, na ang kailangan lang nitong gawin para mabuksan ang kahit ano sa mga pintong iyon ay ang ilapat ang palad sa glass scanner sa tapat ng mga iyon, it wouldn't matter. All doors lead to his suite. Everything on this floor is his suite. They are in his lair. 

Hmmm. Actually, their lair. She had taken more of him--literally and figuratively speaking--in the years she had been with him that they are practically one and the same. Simula nang makumpirma niyang ang babae ay kanya--so Neanderthal of him and he doesn't fucking care--he asked Harper to add her biometrics details to his Elysium Suites. Wala nang ibang makakagamit ng suites niya maliban sa kanilang dalawa. Not that he had anyone else in his suites before. It has always been just her. She ruined him for any other woman. He intends to ruin her for other men, too. Equal ruination. That is what needs to happen for this thing between them to work.

Still, he waited for her to realize what the glass panel in front of the door is. When she gave up on the first doorknob and run to the next, hindi na niya maiwang mahinang matawa. Look like she's too emotionally charged to recognize anything tonight.  It's time to play fair.

His fingers flew over the buttons of his shirt with practiced ease, letting the top hit the floor at the same time as his first step off the elevator. He made sure to press the customized stop button before allowing the metal doors to close behind him. Nasa loob ng elevator ang mga damit ni Lia. Hindi siya makapapayag na may ibang taong gagalaw ng mga pribadong gamit ng babae. Her panties might be in shreds, but those are hers and therefore his. Yeah, he's unreasonably possessive, sue him.  

The cool air on his chest are like fingers that made his skin tingle with anticipation. He took another step, his fingers on his belt, yanking it free with a sharp crack that echoed down the hallway. Her body jerked at the sound and she hesitated at the second door. The way she's gripping the doorknob tells him that she's fighting with herself not to look back at him, but she failed. Lumingon ang babae, and the mix of fear and raw, desperate lust in her wide eyes had him cursing. 

"What  do you want to be?" he once asked her, back when he didn't know it was her.

"A sub... I wouldn't mind if you break me."

Fuck. He had forgotten how much she likes this. Guiliana Madrid fantasizes about this. The thought drove him wild. It took almost all his willpower not to eat up the distance between them and take her right there, up against the wall, until she was screaming his name. 

"Stop looking at me like that and just run, Guiliana," he growled, his voice low and rough. 

His hands moved with a determined rhythm, peeling off his clothes one by one, leaving them scattered along the carpeted hallway. As his pants and boxer briefs hit the floor, his cock springing free with a breath of gratitude, eager and ready to play with its favorite woman. He paused for a moment, eyes dropping to his rigid length. He wrapped his fingers around the shaft, at pinaraanan ng hintuturo ang ulo nito, parang mabining pagbati  ng amo sa kanyang excited na tuta. His cock was definitely excited. It pulsed and drooled precum over his thumb. He bit another low 'fuck' with the little guy's antics. 

Nagtama ang mga mata nila ni Lia nang mag-angat siya ng tingin. Her wide-eyed stare fixed on his naked body. He could see her body trembling, but the way her breath hitched, her eyes hungrily tracing every inch of him, made it clear that it wasn't from the cold.

He flashed her a wicked grin, and she let out an involuntary squeak, abandoning the door she had been struggling with. Instead, she bolted toward the door at the end of the hallway, her sudden dash catching him off guard. He couldn't help it—he burst out laughing, the sound echoing off the walls. This was too rich! Watching her flee toward the actual bedroom only heightened the delicious anticipation building inside him.

"Oh, sugar, you are so adorable." And he put on a burst of speed to catch her.