Chapter 26 Hickeys and blotches
Ophelia’s POV
Later that night after Ryan and I bid farewell to Damon and his wife and some of Ryan’s other business partners, he dragged me home and proceeded to fuck me again while I faced the mirror as he decorated open-mouthed kisses down my neck.
It was an electrifying adventure for me and I thought that if Ryan and I could continue having sex in such a thrilling manner like that every day, maybe I wouldn’t regret selling myself that much.
I’d enjoy it and he’d also enjoy it. It’d be a fifty-fifty victory for the both of us.
I just hoped Ryan didn’t get into one of his deranged mood swings one of these days and force me to do something horrendous to him.
“Good morning, Ophelia,” Jason’s voice drifted into my line of hearing as I slammed my bedroom door shut and locked it, in preparation to leave for an important morning class.
“Morning, Jason. Hope you slept well?” I smiled at him as I walked closer to him. It seemed he had just come out of Ryan’s bedroom as he had an empty glass cup and a bottle of water in his hand.
“Yeah, I did. How about you?” He replied with a nod as we walked downstairs together.
“Same same,” I muttered as the thoughts of yesterday night’s adventurous events flowed into my mind.
My cheeks heated in coyness and I shook my head to get the obscene thoughts out of my head before I got my panties wet with desire.
“You don’t have classes today?” I asked him when I noticed he was still in his sleepwear but he just had an apron roped around his waist.
“No, I do. I have a late-afternoon class, so I’m just going to laze around before I prepare for class,” He clarified, to which I nodded in understanding.
“By the way, aren’t you feeling hot in your clothes? Why are you putting on a turtleneck in the middle of the summer? Or are you not feeling well?” Jason’s eyes roamed down my body with a glint of concern flashing through his eyes.
I cleared my throat as I nodded and sniffled fairly, “Yeah, I caught a cold yesterday. I’m not feeling quite well,”
“Oh, maybe you should rest at home for the day since you don’t have a test, right?” Jason suggested, and I fervently shook my head in negation.
“No, I’m fine. It’s not serious,” I reassured him with a smile.
“But may-”
“I have to go now. I’m almost late for class,” I glanced down at my wristwatch before I patted Jason’s shoulder.
“Alright, take care. Have a nice day,” He nodded.
“You too,” I replied, and trekked into the sitting room before crossing the threshold of the entrance door, and slamming the heavy door behind myself.
“Miss Ophelia,” Damon called, just as I was about to step out of the imposing gates.
I groaned in exasperation as I halted in my steps and watched him jog up to me.
“Good day, miss,” He greeted me, to which I impatiently nodded as I glanced repeatedly at my wristwatch, inwardly hoping he’d get the message and let me go.
“Are you heading to college now?” He asked, and I nodded.
“Master instructed me this morning to start taking you to and fro college whenever you have classes,” He said which made me frown because Ryan hadn’t said anything related to that to me.
I stared tentatively at him before I sighed, “Okay, let’s go then,”
He nodded and I walked side-by-side with him back to the entrance of the mansion where a black range rover was parked.
Damon flung the car door open with a bow and I nodded as I climbed in.
I waited patiently as Damon headed over to the driver’s seat, switched on the ignition, and drove off towards the direction of my college.Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.
“How do you know where I go to school?” I asked him when I realized he hadn’t asked me for directions after some time had passed.
“Master informed me,” He simply said, to which I frowned but didn’t utter any more word. I reclined on the backseat as I sighed in respite and glanced outside the window.
“When should I come to pick you up?” Damon asked after a moment had passed.
“In three hours,” I mumbled in response before quietness took over the car’s ambiance.
The drive was silent yet comfortable.
A few minutes later, the car screeched to a halt by the entrance of my school, and I sighed deeply as I sighted some students conversing among themselves at the foot of the entrance stairs.
“Thanks for the ride,” I said, to which Damon darted me a stiff nod before I got down from the car.
I ignored the judging stares that trailed after me as I climbed up the stairs, and skimmed across the students to check if Ava was among them.
I knew the onlookers were probably horrified by my choice of attire on a hot Thursday morning but I didn’t care. I’d rather suffocate in my clothes than parade myself around in my usual clothes, and have hickeys peeking from underneath my clothes and be the center of discussion for the students.
No, thanks. I didn’t want that. It was only a matter of hours anyway.
“Lia!” I smiled to myself as I heard Ava yell my name from behind. I whipped around to wave at her with a grin adorning my face.
She didn’t wave back though, she looked mortified as she walked up to me, clutching her handbag.
“Hey, Ava,” I smiled at her, and she just motioned to my clothes as we trekked into our lecture hall together.
“What the hell are you putting on?” She blurted, and I feigned obliviousness as I stared down at myself and frowned at her.
“A turtleneck sweater, a pair of denim jeans, and a pair of sneakers?” I uttered as we took our seats in the middle row, six rows away from the front pew.
“In this weather?” She looked at me like I had suddenly gone mad.
“I just felt like it. I don’t even feel hot,” I lied, and she shook her head.
“You are so weird at times,” She cringed as she stared at me.
“But you love me,” I said, in a sing-song manner, playfully nudging her.
*Sadly,” She sighed in exasperation, and I just huffed as I got my notebook out of my bag as I noticed the professor walk in.
“Get ready for three hours of hell,” Ava mumbled, reluctantly plucking her buds from her ear, with an eye roll.
“So lazy,” I playfully mocked her, and she just shrugged as she also retrieved her notebook.
I shook my head as I averted my gaze from her to focus on the professor’s teachings.
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“We survived that hellhole, thank goodness,” Ava scoffed as we languidly strolled out of the lecture hall.
I couldn’t agree more with Ava because my legs felt numb from sitting for three hours straight while my hands burned from scribbling the professor’s teachings.
“I’m heading home. I need to rest my brain, it was stressed by that man’s boring class plus my head is literally throbbing with immense ache,” Ava declared as we got to the foot of the stairs.
“Alright, babe,” I replied, and she hugged me briefly as she gently patted my butt.
“Bye,” She muttered after we disengaged from the hug, to which I smiled and waved at her as she strolled away.
I noticed a familiar masculine figure discussing with a group of people some feet away from the stairs. I smiled when I deduced who it was.
“Jason!” I waved at him to get his attention. He looked perplexed for a split second before our eyes met and his nose crinkled in a smile.
He jogged up to me, and I beamed at him. “Hey, what’s up? I didn’t know you attend the same college as mine,”
“Yeah, same. I didn’t know that either. It’s nice to know,” I replied, and he nodded.
“You’re done with your classes for today, right?” He asked.
“Yeah, thankfully. I thought I was going to die of dizziness and hunger as the lecture went on,” I sighed, to which Jason laughed.
“So, I have a class in five minutes. I’ll catch up with you at home,” He said with an undertone of apology present in his voice.
“Nah, it’s fine. Go,” I waved him off which made him smile and nod before he walked back to the people who he was formerly conversing with.
I waited with my hands folded around my chest for Damon to arrive to pick me up, and barely a beat later, as if somehow sensing my thoughts, the familiar range rover wheeled to a stop in front of me.
Before Damon could come over to open the door, I pulled it open, and with a sigh, I plopped on the soft backseat.
Without a word, Damon steered the car into the road and we headed home.