As You Wish (Complete)

Chapter 5

 "Luke, I have to work tonight," Cassie told him the next day; she didn't want to leave him but she had no choice. He was out of bed and walking around a little. "How's your head?" The bruising around his eyes was fading from bright purple to a greenish yellow and his stitches, although still garish looking against his pale skin, were working and the cuts seemed to be healing.

"It's okay. A little sore still." Luke thought for a moment, reflecting on what happened, "Are you okay to go to work? I mean, are you sure?"

"I—I'll be fine. I have to work, Luke." He started to argue, but she stopped him with a question, "As soon as you're able, are you going back to work?"

"Yes. I need to." His answer didn't even require thought.

"Well, so do I."

"Maybe I should come with you?"

"You know you can't do that, Luke. You need to rest. Especially if you want to be back at classes next week."

"I'd like to try and get out for at least a bit today."

"Well, we need groceries. Shall we go shopping?"

"Sure." Luke shrugged, trying to be nonchalant.

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Their trip to the store was difficult. People stared at Luke, his injuries very obvious. Cassie could see how tired it made Luke, how much it hurt him, the effort of walking the aisles. All she wanted to do was take care of him, so she had him sit on a bench for a bit while she got some needed items. Luke insisted on paying for the groceries from one of his envelopes; it was only fair, Cassie had done so much already.

When they got back, Cassie made him lie down while she put away the groceries and fix them a snack. From bed, with the door open, Luke could see Cassie bend down to put things in the cupboards. She really was beautiful and being this close to her all the time was driving him crazy. He longed to touch her, even though he knew he couldn't. Watching her made things stir that shouldn't. He tried so hard to stay in control, but couldn't. Luke could feel his arousal, so he looked away from Cassie and desperately wished he had shut the door because he couldn't roll on his side to hide it. If Cassie looked over now, his situation would be fairly obvious. He pulled the covers up and puffed them around a bit. Under the covers he would be much less obvious.

Cassie knew that maybe she was being a little inappropriate. She was fairly sure Luke was watching, and if he wasn't then it didn't matter. She was bending in a bit of a suggestive manner. When she stood, she could see he was shifting in the bed some instead of napping. She hoped he was interested by what he saw. Cassie wanted to be with Luke and had for a while now, but wanted to be subtle in her attentions. She certainly didn't want to force herself on someone who didn't want her, but it had been so long since she'd had anyone.

Before she left for work, she checked in on Luke. Cassie was wearing her typical work outfit, worn jeans and a blouse, but this time she left her buttons undone a little lower than normal, to Pippa levels. She would do her shirt up fully in the car, but she wanted to see if Luke would notice at all. Leaning over to check his pills, she knew he could see in her shirt a little if he would just turn his head to look at her. "Luke?" she said softly.

"Yes Cassie?" He turned and looked. He wished he hadn't. He could see the edge of lace and the curves of her cleavage, and she was so, so close. A few inches was all that separated them. Forcing his eyes to hers, he kept his face as neutral as possible, although his cheeks might have reddened a little.

"Are you going to be okay? I should be back by 1:30 or so," she almost whispered. She knew he had looked at her breasts and she wished she had the courage to kiss him, just lean a little closer and touch her lips to his.