All for Giselle

chapter 10.

"Isn't it late already?. Don't you have to work tomorrow." I ask Giovanni who had been on a call and just dropped his phone. He looked like he didn't have plans to leave anytime soon even after we both put an excited Giselle to sleep. He promised her that he was gonna take her to Disneyland in the summer. She was happy and I know promising her something as fun as that was Giovanni way of securing his time with her come summer.

"I wanna talk for a little while." He said

"About?." I asked.

"When did you learn how to cook?"

I was about to tell him that I learnt from a very young age. Then I remembered that Adrianna didn't know how to cook. She didn't think it was important. We were different in so many ways but one. People want different things in life and cooking was not on Adrianna's list.

"It was just something I had to do. I don't want my child eating takeouts everyday."

"You keep surprising me every time." He says with a smile.

"I don't get you." I was confused about how I surprised him.

"I mean, look at you. I don't know what you did but you look hotter than ever." He said with his eyes roaming down my body. From my chest to my waist then my hips. He was gonna notice the difference because the Adrianna he was attracted to and had a child with didn't have her shape pronounced as mine was. She ate salads and went on crazy diets because she didn't wanna have a full figure like I did. My ass was one of the things she didn't like but I love it. She always said it was too big. I had the worst kind of attention with any man I meet trying their hardest to get into my pants.

"The years have been more than good to you." After a very awkward 5 seconds he said, " I like it."

His eyes returned to my face and my breath caught at the intensity of his gaze. I could see the desire in his eyes and if not mistaking my own feelings, he definitely saw the same thing in my eyes. He leaned into me, grabbed me and hugged my curves tightly to him with his left arm. I could feel the attraction, the electricity, the anticipation crackle in the air between us. He reached out with his other arm and tucked my hair behind my hair. I felt an illicit spark with the faintest touch of his fingers on my skin. His lips crashed against mine. First I didn't respond out of surprise but sensations had me kissing kissing him back like it was what I lived for. I ran my hands through his hair which made him moan. It was the hottest sound I will ever hear. In an instant his hands were all over me. In encouragement I arched my back into his touch as his fingers skated over my breasts and slipped beneath my shirt and straight to my taut nipples which were screaming for his attention. He kissed his way down my chest, his five o'clock shadow grazing my chest in the most erotic way possible. I couldn't catch my breath as the sensations overwhelmed me. All I could think of was getting into the nearest bed with this man.

"I can't wait to explore every delectable inch of your body, Adrianna." He said unbuttoning my jeans.

He called me Adrianna. My brain just couldn't take it. I jerked out of his hold and moved to the other side of the kitchen counter trying to clear my head and digest the fact that no matter how much he seemed to like my body, he was touching me as Adrianna not Gaby. How could I forget the fact that he had been with Adrianna at some point which led to Giselle. He had to have felt something for her.

"What is it?. Are you okay?. Did I hurt you?." He asked in a low concerned voice.

"No."

" Then what happened?"

"Nothing. I think you should leave. This should never have happened."

"You want me. Your body just proved that."

Embarrassed as I was that my body gave away so much I knew I had to stand my ground so that this doesn't happen again no matter how much I wanted him.

"The fact that you're here doesn't mean we have to take off from where we left." I said, referring to his past relationship with Adrianna," You are here for your daughter, let's keep it that way."

"We are not taking off from anything. It was a onetime thing what we had then. The thought that you were trying to pin me down with a pregnancy when you knew your body alone couldn't do the job, did not go past me. I must say that if you had this body then it would have unfailingly done the job of making your wish come true. Getting me to marry you even if it was just for the money."

I really didn't understand his statement. It felt like he was telling me that he knew I wasn't Adrianna. But I was beginning to understand the kind of relationship he and Adrianna had. From the look of things it was not normal. I tried not to react to the fact that he was insinuating that Adrianna was after his money because I didn't know what truly happened. One slip and the gig would be up.

"Is there someone else?." He asked

"That's none of your business."

"Anything that has to do with my daughter is my business."

"Look, Giovanni. It's late and I wanna go to bed."

"Is that an invitation?" He asked while smiling sheepishly.

" I just can't with you. Close the door on your way out." I say as I walk towards the stairs.

"Goodnight." He called out after me. After a few seconds I hear the front door shut. Only then did I allow myself sink onto a staircase and breath with relief.

What is wrong with me?