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Chapter 45. Meeting Sophia

Alexander's p.o.v.
We get back to our building and I prevent her from pressing the button to her floor.
"Tomorrow you don't have to be up early, so I am not taking no for an answer."
She only chuckles and I know it's the champagne doing its magic on her. To see her being happy is now on top of my priorities, so whenever she smiles, everything that happened so far makes sense. It's not only her smile that I love, I love her, all of her, inside-out.
I kiss her softly. Mmm... those lips! I can never get enough of them. When the elevator door slides open, we don't interrupt our kiss, but when the doors start closing again, I put my hand to stop it and I take hers, leading her in my apartment. I don't even have the patience to walk towards the bedroom, so I start unzipping her dress slowly in the middle of the living room and I am trying to slow down my breathing, as I want to enjoy this and prolong it as much as possible.
"Why did you slow down?"She says in anticipation.
"I know you are ready for me baby and I am more than ready for you, but I want to enjoy this more." I say placing her hand on my throbbing length while biting her earlobe.
She turns around letting her dress drop on the floor and I take a step back admiring her ass looking all gorgeous in that black lace underwear she is wearing, while licking and biting my lower lip, but she doesn't seem to share my appetite for a starter, before the main course and she turns back around jumping on me, crossing her legs around my waist, biting my lower lip hard while stroking my hardened shaft driving me crazy. I know she is desperate to take me in, but I want to make her want this to the point it hurts, as it will only give her more pleasure.
"You are making this hard for me." I complain.
"What?" She smirks.
"To take it slow."
She steps off me and she lowers my boxers, exposing my erection and now she takes a step back staring in my eyes, smiling at me looking like the devil and the angel altogether and starts touching herself.
"Fuck this." I say in surrender.
She obviously has her way with me, letting me know it's not up to me, wanting to play fifty shades of grey with her, so I pull her head back slightly tugging at her long hair and I suck her neck while I slowly fill her by coming only minutes after entering her, but only because she even came before me. It's too much for the both of us. The way her warm inside feels without the condom, is messing with my ability for self-control and when she came shaking in my arms, she gave me no other option than to follow her along.
With her it was different after the sex, as I seemed to be enjoying that part just as well, when we would both be calm and completely satisfied and I could have her sleeping in my arms only so that I would be able to smell her for the whole night. I never in my life, wanted this with anyone else.
"You are not going anywhere." I said tightening my hug, when she made an effort to leave.
"I don't want to, but it's better if I do."
"Nothing is better than this." I whisper in her ear and I kiss my way from her shoulder to the center of her back, breathing her scent just before falling asleep.
I am not letting her go. Not tonight, not ever again, as I want this every night. This English stranger, is now so familiar and intimate to my body and soul, that I can't imagine my life without her. I never saw this coming, but then again maybe my subconscious did, back when I was behaving like a stalker, using any means to get to her, without really knowing why.
We both wake up to my door knocking and Claire jumps out of the bed, getting dressed, as she doesn't want anyone to know she spent the night here.
I open the door to see my grandma standing there, looking annoyed that I've kept her waiting. Claire walks to the kitchen, to make breakfast, as she thought that was a good excuse to justify why she was here.
"Claire, come here. There is someone I want you to meet."
She hesitantly comes and I put my arm around her shoulder.
"We are safe. She is an ally." I say smiling.
"Claire, meet Sophia, my grandma."
"It's a pleasure to meet you."
"The pleasure is all mine my dear. I was so looking forward to meeting the woman who stole my Alex's heart."
"Grandma please stop it, you'll scare her away."
"Oh nonsense child. No woman was scared of being loved by a worthy man, not ever."
I see Claire blushing, but I am relieved she didn't ran away yet.
"Don't mind me, I am only making Alexander some breakfast and I'll be out of your way before you even know it."
"That would be a shame, as I came here to meet you, not to spend time with my boring grandson."
Claire looks at me for approval. Is she serious? I am not letting her go even if the president gave me a visit.
"You should stay, as I wouldn't want to bore my grandma to death." I joke and she pinches my hand.
Sunday morning with Claire and my grandma, was a pleasant surprise, as they seemed to be getting along and Sophia was in such a good mood, which reminded me of the good old times, when she was so funny and fun to be with. My mother's death took that away from her and she was never the same, but here she is today, looking a lot like the grandmother I remembered from before.
"How is he?" Grandma asks and takes me completely off surprise, as she never asks about my dad.
"Well, you know your son. Nothing really changed."
I remember wanting to tell her everything about my mother when I found out, but I didn't want to cause her a heart attack, so I didn't. I only wanted her to forgive my father and not because I cared for him, but because I knew she was hurting, silently and painfully.
"Grandma?"
"Yes, love."
"I want to give you something."
And I give her my mom's letter, which I now knew by heart, as I read it like a million times already.
"Please don't read it now. Read it when you are home and then call dad, as I think it's about time you two started talking again."
"We have." She says looking down.
"What?"
"He told me everything. He visited me about a month ago and we talked about what happened and why it did. I am also to blame here Alex, as I knew everything about that secretary he was seeing and tried to cover for him, as I thought it was just a phase that the couple was going through, terrified that your mom would leave him if she found out but look where that got us."
"Grandma it's not your fault, so stop beating yourself up about it. My parents made mistakes, lots of them and they were both to blame. The fact that my father started it, only filled him with guilt and made things worse, because he couldn't find the guts to help my mom out of the situation she'd gotten herself into, as he felt he deserved it. What he didn't realize was that my mom was hurting even more, while being with all those men, only to revenge him and make him suffer for the pain he'd caused her."
"Oh, my sweet boy, we should have all done a better job protecting you from all this mess. I am so sorry."
"Don't be. I am entitled to the truth and I don't regret knowing it. I am now able to deal with it and move on. Dr. Laura is helping me face the facts and I promise you I am only getting stronger and tougher towards the difficulties life throws at me."
"Are you still seeing Dr. Laura?"
"Not on a regular basis, but yes, I do go to her whenever I feel I am loosing it."
"You are currently seeing your psychiatrist?" Claire asks. She was being so discreet, I practically forgot she was there.
"Yes, I'll have to introduce you two one day." I smile.
"Gran, Claire is also a Doctor. She is a shrink and she is only after me for my fucked up mind. She is planning on doing all sorts of nasty experiments with it, so I offer myself to her, in exchange for her body." I joke.
"Alexander!" She yells while hitting me on the stomach, looking as red as a chili pepper. I make a gulping sound and we all laugh in tears, while Claire's cheeks are turning even more red.