She wrapped her body around mine tighter as my hand ran through her curls. I groaned quietly. I wanted her so badly, right now. She still had another week to go for her bed rest. I didn’t want to mess that up, so I was trying my best to refrain. With each day, it got more and more difficult to keep my hands off her. Especially on days when she was feeling well and showed glimpses of being her old self. Her sense of humor, the brightness she would bring to everything she did, was sexy as he II. At this point, she could smile at me, and I’d be ready to rip her clothes off.
Her fingers lightly started to move on my chest. She was still sound asleep. This was something she would do occasionally. I’d decided she was playing the piano in her sleep. Her fingers always moved rhythmically when she would do it and she was always sleeping peacefully when it happened. I ran my hand down to her waist, holding her close. I drifted off to sleep as she played lightly on my chest. The next morning, I woke up to Sephie’s hands running lightly over my back. Her body was pressed against mine, her arms wrapped around me. When she noticed me stirring, she reached up and kissed my lips lightly. “Good morning,” she said as I opened my eyes. Her sweet smile the first thing I saw.
“Mmm. Good morning, my love. How do you feel this morning?”
“Better. Ivan is magic, apparently.” I heard her stomach growl as she talked. “My stomach agrees,” she said, as she smiled bigger.
“This is very good news. I will have someone come today for acupuncture. You’ll feel normal again in no time.” I pushed her onto her back, folling half on top of her. “Which means I can wake you up the way I really want to once again,” I said kissing her deeply.
She moaned into my mouth, making me want her that much more. I kissed her neck, biting softly. I heard her gasp. “Fu ck this week can’t go by fast enough,” she groaned.
I laughed as I kissed her chest. “You and me both, solnishko. You and me both. I want nothing more than to be deep inside you right now.”
Her breath caught. “You are not making this any easier.”
“I’m sorry…that’s a lie. I’m not sorry,” I said, grinning at her.
She pushed me off her, getting out of bed. “I don’t want another headache. You stay away from me!” she said, laughing.
“Okay, okay. I’m sorry. For real. I’ll behave. I promise.”
Ivan knew of an acupuncturist, and she was able to come to the penthouse that afternoon. I gave them privacy in one of the spare rooms, but I was close by. I heard a few painful cries from Sephie and wanted to go in the room, but Ivan stopped me. “She’s okay. The pain is short-lived.”
I refrained from barging into the room. Sephie was quiet the rest of the time. Well over an hour later, the acupuncturist came out of the room, closing the door behind her. “She will be out in a minute. She’s a strong woman. Her body has been through a lot, but she’s healing.” She looked at me. “You’re her boyfriend?” I nodded. “You’re helping her more than you know. Her qi would spike when she talked of you. You make her even stronger than she already is.”
I ran my hand through my hair, not knowing what to say. I looked to Ivan and back to the acupuncturist. “What do I do? How do I help her more?”
She smiled. “Keep loving her.” She grabbed my hand and pressed on roughly the same spot as Ivan had used on Sephie yesterday. She closed her eyes while she pressed, then said, “she’s doing the same fo you. You two make each other stronger. You each have what the other needs. You are the yin; she is the yang. Together you find balance.” She let go of my hand, still smiling at me.
I stood, speechless. Ivan looked at her, “how often does she need acupuncture to help with her concussion? The pain pills they gave her at the hospital make her sleep for days and make her nauseous so that she can’t eat. We don’t want her to take them, but she had a crushing headache the other day after going out,” he said.
“She’s got blockages, some from the attack, some from her past. I can come everyday for this week, but as she clears, she won’t need it as often. She’ll start to feel better right away, and she should have an appetite again.”
I extended my hand to her. “Thank you for making her feel better. Whatever she needs she will have.”
The door to the spare room opened and Sephie walked out, looking more relaxed and yet more alert than I’d seen her since the attack. Her light was coming back. She walked to me, tucking herself in my side where she fit perfectly. Ivan looked at me, he had clearly noticed it too. He walked the acupuncturist out, after Sephie had thariked her once again.
I looked down at Sephie. “How was it?”
“Painful at first. But then it was so much better. I don’t know, I feel lighter if that makes sense?”
I smiled at her. “I can see it. You look more like your old self. It makes me happy. She will come tomorrow again.” I kissed the top of her head. “She says you’re very strong.” She hid her face in my shoulder. “You’re cute when you’re shy, my love.”
Adrik
We spent the evening together with the guys and Tori before she went back to the house. She cooked for the house staff when we weren’t there, so she was still needed during the week while they were there. Sephie’s appetite was better than it had been in days, making me happy. Misha was also very relieved to see her eating again. He’s been beating himself up since the attack, thinking about all the alternative things he could’ve done. It’s taken a toll on him. He hasn’t been sleeping well.
Of course, Sephie noticed that he was more stressed than usual. She found the perfect moment to go to him when everyone else was busy talking amongst themselves so they could have a semi-private moment. I saw her talk to him, somewhat sternly it looked like, and then he just crumbled. She stood on her toes and wrapped her arms around his neck. He held onto her like he was drowning and she was his lifeline.
They both wiped their eyes as they smiled at each other. As always, she knew exactly what Misha needed to help him feel better. She was the only one that could’ve said the words he needed to hear and have him actually hear them. We had all been telling him the exact same thing she likely just said to him, but he wouldn’t listen to any of us. She was the only one that could’ve saved him from his own mind. She walked back to me, that smile that could stop my heart across her beautiful face. I pulled her to me. Leaning down to her ear, I whispered, “I’m in love with you. Completely in love with you.”
She leaned back, looking at me with wide eyes, her mouth slightly open. I smiled at her, kissing her gently. “You have my heart, Persephone. It’s yours.” “Adrik…I…” she stammered.
I smiled down at her. “You don’t have…” She didn’t let me finish my sentence. Her lips were on mine, her passion for me the only thing I could feel. I knew she felt the same for me. She didn’t need to tell me. I know I surprised her with my declaration, but after what the acupuncturist said earlier today, watching Sephie’s light return, and watching her with Misha, I needed to tell her. I’ve loved her since that first night I saw her in the restaurant. I’ve never been more sure about anything in my life.
She broke the kiss, pressing her forehead to mine, breathing heavily. “Adrik…”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.