Restart

Chapter 29. Sleepover

He spends the night here with me and God, it feels so good to be in his arms! I slept through the whole night without waking up from my usual nightmares, so although I woke up earlier than any other day, I feel so energized from my uninterrupted sleep and it is such an unexpected bless, that I gratefully welcome it to my life.
I turn my face towards him and my heart smiles, thanking me for allowing it to feel this way and not overthinking things as usual. What could go worse? Even if he left me after waking up, I would be devastated for sure but still be in a better position than where I was two weeks ago. His hair is messy but he looks even more attractive to my eyes if that's even possible. I then make a stop at his lips and I unconsciously bite my lower lip from desire to feel them against mine, biting and licking, as it felt heavenly doing so yesterday.
I know this is nothing more than an infatuation and I am not getting my hopes up, but it's exactly what I need at the moment. A hug from a 'stranger' that has nothing to do with my past and will take me, damaged as I am, craving every inch of my body and comforting my traumatized soul.
Although I am sore, I start kissing my way up to his neck reaching his swollen lips and I wake him up, because I want more of him. I want to spend some intimate time with him, before I have to drive him to work. I am feeling a little sore, but I definitely haven't had enough touching, kissing, hugging and I wanted to feel his warm breathing on my neck once more, as maybe after leaving this bed, I might never again get the chance to experience this bliss.
He woke up moaning and smiling, which I took as a good sign.
"You are hard to please" he teases me and opens his emerald eyes.
He moves a bit further to take a look at me and his smile turns bigger.
"Wow! Sex looks good on you. You shine brighter than the sun." Ok... so he is also kind of a romantic, I think to myself.
"I want more of you" I honestly confess.
"Well, I want a lot more from you", he whispers in a promising way, that melts me away.
And while everything was hot and steamy he stops.
"Fuck!"
"What?"
"I don't have any condoms left. I don't want to go up to my apartment, which doesn't even feel like it belongs to me any more. First, I am planning to get the keys from my dad and secondly I am going to ask you for a favor."
"What? Tell me, anything."
" I need you to drive that girl to the hotel of her choice, as I don't want to see her again or have a discussion of any sort."
"Sure. I will gladly do that." I most willingly admit.
"I'll take a shower here and ask my housekeeper to bring me some fresh clothes. Could you make us some breakfast? You don't need to drive me to work, so you will have plenty of time to yourself after I leave."
"Who told you, you could take a shower at MY apartment", I tell him while wrapping my arms around him and stealing one more kiss from him.
"Well, I can't argue with that, since it is YOUR apartment, so I am asking for your permission to use your shower please! I promise I will repay you tonight!" He smirks and I kiss him sealing the deal.
"I will drive you to work first and then I'll take Miss Robot, to a hotel."
"No! Honestly I am getting a new driver. You need to rest a bit longer to heal completely from that head injury and then we can find something easier for you to do."
"I already told you, that I do not want to do anything else rather than to be your driver for the moment. Of course I do understand what happened between us complicates things, but I promise you I will act in an absolutely professional manner while working for you and not allow this to get in the way."
"Claire, this is a very tiring position, that I wouldn't want for you. The hours are too long and it's not going to be easy for me to be so close to you all the time. I wouldn't be able to concentrate, as I would be thinking of these delicious lips of yours and we would have to pull over a lot. Please don't do this to me." He says, jokingly pursing his lips and raising his eyebrows, looking extremely funny.
"Listen, a job and a place to leave here is an important precondition of my restart, so if my priorities cannot go along with our...'thing', then it's us that will need to cool down. I need a regularity for my life at the moment and this job is good for me. Plus, my new boss is so generous, that the money is ridiculous and I get nutrition and accommodation as a bonus. It is surely easier to get a new lover!" I say, bursting into laughter.
He seems to be taking this a bit more seriously than what I intended and he grabs me from the waist, pulling me closer, brushing his lips on mine.
"My hand will get better and then I promise you, I will alter those priorities of yours! You will be begging me for mercy. I will give you so much pleasure, that I will become your drug and you will be so addicted to me, that my thought alone would get you wet and ready." He bites my lips and inserts two fingers in me while sucking the life out of me with his kisses, making me come on the spot within minutes.
After another round of pleasure he gets up smiling, leaving the room feeling content seemingly proud with the outcome of his actions and heads over toward the shower, but it takes me a couple of minutes to come around and make us some breakfast.
After arguing with him over breakfast, I of course win and drive him to the office, as I convinced him our little morning encounter already took up a lot of his precious time and he would be able to earn some of it back while I drove him. After dropping him off, I immediately return to clean up his dad's mess.
He gave me the key to his apartment, because he hated the idea that I would have to knock on the door and give that woman the right to open it for me. I actually appreciated the thought, as this would also damage my ego. I turn the key to unlock the door stepping into the living room, but she's nowhere to be found. I enter the bedroom she stayed in last night, but it's empty and all of her luggage is missing. Not knowing what to do, I call Alexander.
"You miss me already?" He teases.
"She left and all of her things are also gone." I tell him, as I was worried about what that meant, as I can recall she asked him to stay there instead of a hotel, until they figured things out. What changed her mind?
"Really? Well, that's a relief."
"Aren't you worried that she did the exact opposite of what she suggested yesterday?"
"No why should I be? I think you're overthinking this. She probably realized that this is not gonna happen and decided to save her dignity, whichever dignity her father left her that is."
"Do you want me to look for her?"
"No, of course not. I want you to spend the rest of the day as you like and meet me for lunch. If you need to buy anything for your new apartment or for you, come by the office to give you your months paycheck in advance."
"Don't worry about me, I have everything and even more than what I would have asked for."
" Ok, but if there's anything you need just ask. I have to go, as Mondays are always too busy, but I will see you soon for lunch."
"Bye." I reluctantly say.
The fact that he is not alarmed, doesn't mean it eases my worries as well. Something doesn't feel right, as she seemed very determined and well aware of the whole situation therefore it doesn't make sense for her to give up that easily. I have no idea where she could be, but I do know a person that would.