Gravensnod (manxman)

Chapter Nine

Philo

Before I opened my eyes I could tell I was alone in the bed, the bed where I had lost my virginity. It was everything I had ever hoped for and more. Once my eyes sleepily opened my hand ran over the cold sheet next to me and pretended Alexei was still next to me. He had seemed so worried when he came over the second time, like everything was about to disappear. Including me. He kissed me and made love to me like it was our last day on earth and I loved every second of it. I knew I'd be waking up alone but it was still a little sad to not see him. But the prince couldn't exactly walk out of my room with his clothes all disheveled. That'd definitely get people talking.

I lazily stayed in bed before getting up and taking a long and hot shower. Right as I stepped out there was loud repeated knocking. Quickly wrapping a towel around myself I ran over to the door and opened it, seeing a curious looking Louise.

"Hey," I said while breathing heavily. Man, I needed to get in shape.

"Hey," she said while nodding towards the door. "Why was your door locked?"

"Oh uh." Normally this wouldn't be weird but Louise and I never locked the doors here. Of course we would anywhere else but here we liked to wander into each other's rooms throughout the night. Alexei must've locked it when he left this morning. "Must've done it by accident."

She simply raised an eyebrow before walking into the room. "So tell me, how was dinner?"

"Really nice," I said while walking back towards the bathroom to get dressed. I kept the door open a little while saying, "The food was to die for and Ari brought his friend Mikael. But he definitely seems more than a friend to him but he's super nice. How was working with Jess?"

"It was really fun and I made a couple hundred dollars. But I'm more interested in your dinner."

After throwing some clothes on I almost fell while opening the door. "A couple hundred dollars!? Good god. These people are made of money."

"Philo!" She said while sitting onto the bed with a smile. "The dinner!"

I chuckled while sitting down next to her and retelling the entire night. At first I wasn't going to tell her about what happened on this bed, but knew she'd sniff it out of me eventually. Her mouth dropped open once I told her, stunning her for a few minutes.

"You guys slept together? Oh my god Philo."

"I know," I said while getting up and walking over to the window.

"It was consensual right?"

I sighed while looking over at her as she held her hands up. "Of course."

"Don't get mad, I just wanted to make sure he didn't take advantage of you. How did he react when you told him that was your first time?" When I avoided her eyes and started to bite my bottom lip she gasped. "You didn't tell him you were a virgin!?"

"There wasn't a chance to tell him." My eyes glanced back out the window and stared down at the water. "I know, I know. But afterwards he just held me and I fell asleep and I just... I don't know. I felt like I could actually belong with someone like him. And I know it's such a far stretch because I'm literally a no one and he's royalty. But the way he touched me and the way he made me feel was something I've never felt before." I looked back over at her to say, "It made me feel wanted."

She softly smiled before walking over and wrapping her arms around my body in a hug. Her hands ran up and down my back as I relaxed into her arms. "That makes me extremely happy to hear Philo." She held me for a few minutes longer before pulling back and wiping her eyes. "Come on, you have an appointment with Dr. Penn right?"