Insatiable

Chapter 26

It's hard to justify your actions when you have a mountain of a man standing in front of you with a face one could only describe as a tomato. Yes, I pepper sprayed Demetrius in the face, but it was an accident, he was getting too close and I had no idea how to react or what to do, I simply acted on impulse.

Guilt was the only thing, keeping me in this awkward position, my body caged in between his legs as I attempted to cleanse the burn of the spray.

I watched as his eyes shut to allow me further drench the red skin with cold water. The sigh that left his lips, left me trembling, a feeling I knew all too well and inevitably I found myself staring at his aging face. Since the last time we've seen, a lot has changed about Demetrius, and as much as I hated to admit, his charming suave and Greek god looks never left him, his eyebrows creased as I rubbed slowly over the sore flesh.

The heat of our bodies mingled blissfully with each other, I could feel my body itching to get closer, to bask myself in his warmth. I wonder if he felt it too, it was hard to tell with his eyes still slid shut.

"Demetrius, I've finished." I whispered moving away when his eyes slowly began to open.

"You've always been a little child, haven't you?" He muttered wiping his eyes but not appearing to be in any pain.

I felt my cheeks heat up, I couldn't argue. He wasn't the first or the last to tell me this.

"I'm sorry. It was honestly an accident and if I could take back what I did I would." He didn't reply, I looked up to find him staring intently at me. Letting out a series of strangled coughs I spoke up.

"I hope your eye heals." I chuckled hoping to lighten the mood; Demetrius was still yet to speak and I was growing increasingly nervous. I gasped as he suddenly grabbed my shoulders.

"I'm so sorry, so sorry about everything I've put you through, all the lies I told you, now all I can think about is how I lost the only woman I've ever loved. I fucked up Sophia, I really did."

Words were logged in my throat, I didn't know how to respond, he looked so vulnerable staring at me, worried I would send him away, but I couldn't, I didn't have it in me.

Instead I walked closer, taking his hand in my own, I still loved him, no matter how much he hurt me, my feelings would not just disappear into thin air.

"I know." I whispered.

"I want kiss you so bad right now." He confessed staring into my eyes I felt him slowly wrap his hands around my waist, as if testing the waters. I opened my mouth but no sound came out, I wanted to push him away, tell him not to come anywhere near me, but having his body so close to mine turned my brain to mush. Would I eventually grasp onto my sense and push him away? Well so far it didn't look like I'd do anything.

"Hey Soph I have - Oh shit!" Demetrius and I immediately pulled away at the sound of Cassandra's voice, her wide eyes were comical as she stared between the both of us.

"What's going on here?" She asked, sending me an unreadable look, she seemed angry yet happy, the concept was truly complicated.

"Nothing, absolutely nothing." I affirmed, not daring to glance up at Demetrius next to me who appeared to be downright frustrated.

He cleared his throat, averting Cassandra's attention from me. "I should get going now, I'll speak to you some other time Sophia?" His statement sounded more like a question and I felt obliged to answer, so I nodded. I felt my stomach tighten at the wide smile that appeared on his face.

"I'll see myself out. Bye." I watched as he left, ignoring Cassandra's continuous signals to spill everything.

"No way, you're not leaving this room until you tell me what I just witnessed." I groaned in annoyance when she shut the door behind her, folding her shoulders determined.

How the hell was I going to get out of this?

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It's been a week since my father's funeral and for the first time since then, I was about to take my first step out of the house and into civilisation.

With Panic! At The Disco spilling their impeccable tunes into my ears, I walked arm in arm with Cassandra to our favourite cafe. Rhonda's Selection. Best cakes and pies I have ever tasted. I had ordered a coconut cake with custard filling while Cassandra ordered a strawberry cheesecake. I had specifically asked for our orders to be taken out separately, so I wouldn't have to deal with the two cakes accidentally being mixed with one another, call me paranoid, but it has happened before and I absolutely hate cheesecake.

"Give it a rest Sophia, I've smelt them and this most certainly is my cheesecake and that is your coconut slice. If you stick your nose into my bag one more time I'll personally mix both flavours!" She threatened, glaring at me.

"Okay, I won't look in the bag." I held up my hands in surrender, taking out my headphones and putting them into my handbag.

She sighed. "Thank you."

It's been a while since I've been able to just hang out with my best friend without bulky guards tailing my every move and gawking bystanders running from my mere shadow. The sense of freedom I had missed -while my husband overly attempted to protect me- seemed almost foreign, but it wouldn't take long before I became accustomed to the changes occurring in my life. However there was still something missing, someone and I knew exactly who, I just wasn't sure if I was ready to have the missing piece back.

"Come on Soph, these bags aren't going to load themselves." Shaking myself from my daze, I quickly ran to Cassandra's side, helping to place the bags into the car.

We had been out of the house for approximately four hours and the boot-filling bags was excellent proof of that.

Our sole purpose was to make a quick stop at the cafe for dessert, not ransack the whole mall!

You would think a woman has more than enough sweatpants in her closet to last her a lifetime and then you realise, a woman can never have enough sweatpants.

"It's gonna take ages to sort all of this out." Cassandra moaned as she started the car. Her left hand slapping her knee.

"There's two of us, that's more than enough to sort out the bags." I laughed, calmly grabbing her shoulders, to relax. Cassandra was major OCD when it came to her property, a drink without a coaster, is no drink at all.

"Yeah, but you never do it right, you put the Nikes with the JDs, who does that?" She asked incredulously, looking at me with a small smile.

I glared at her. "Well then." I muttered, slouching in my seat.

Driving with Cassandra was never easy, she detested driving behind coaches and big trucks due to their inability to go as fast as your average car, her aim is to swerve uncaring into another lane than serve back, completely ignoring the other cars surrounding her. All I could hear was honking, constant curses from other angry drivers.

"Just great." Cassandra slammed both her hands on the wheels, an annoyed look on her face as she suddenly slowed down to the side of the pavement.

"What is it?" I asked confused, looking alarmingly around us.

"It's the feds."

I scrunched my face even more baffled, what the hell did that mean? Cassandra originally comes from Britain not Greece, so there was some words she would say that left me utterly blank.

A man knocked on our window. Letting out another series of curses she rolled down her window. "Hello ladies, mind stepping out of the car for me."

Ohh Feds i.e the police.

Hey guys!

Hope you've all been doing good?

Just finished my Christmas shopping, all that's left is wrapping paper for all the presents :D

Also I have my advent calender with me to take out for the 12th day. I have a mars one, which one do you guys have?

How was this chapter? The second part was to give you an insight on how Sophia's life is like living with Cassandra and a little bit about how crazy she is!

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Until next time...

Janelle:)