VERA'S POV"How do you feel now?" Jack whispered softly to my ear, still holding me tightly.We lay down on the bed, my back turned to him, his right hand thrown over my tummy and his long leg tangled with mine.He deliberately nibbled on my ear and a stirring groan escaped my lips. Isn't it amazing? To wake up every morning, in the arms of your beloved and get treated so sweetly in a serene bedroom!I turned around to face him, my mouth twitched in amusement. He can be so romantic when he's cool, and I can give anything to make this morning last forever. Impossible!Look who's talking about forever! Someone who clearly warned this guy not to fall in love with her because she doesn't want to get attached to him in any way, won't it be stupid to break her own rules?Honestly, for that brief moment, I forgot about the pain, what scared me last night and why I should get far away from Jack and buried myself in his protective arms."Can you do that again?" I twitched my ear.He nibbled on
JACKSON'S POVThe sound of her laughter tightened my heart as I realized that I didn't make her cry, I finally made her laugh in the most sensual way."I love…" I stopped myself when I almost added you. I blew out a breath and grumbled, "...this!" I carried her to the spacious place in the bathroom, laid her down on the floor and sprawled out beside her.We lay on our backs and tried to catch our breaths."Oh my goodness! This feels so good!!" She laughed."You are out of your mind!" I gasped.I stared at her, amazed at all the things she does to me. I know deep down, she's still hurting and what we just did worsened her condition and here she is laughing in excitement.No matter how strong she pretends to be, I know that she is broken and I think her new strategy will help me to ease her pain."Last night, what got you so scared? Does it have to do with your next door neighbor's call?" I asked worriedly. I need to help her too. Whatever made her act like that last night must've bee
VERA'S POVI sleepily searched for Jack in bed and woke up to realize that he's not in bed. I was pissed by that and closed my eyes again, foolishly expecting his gentle touch again.So I was disappointed when Tim jumped on top of me when he came back from school. He looked very happy and I didn't want to be a killjoy by telling him that he's not the person I'm expecting to do that."Good afternoon, miss Vera!" He greeted me excitedly."How's school today?" I asked, pecking him repeatedly."It was fabulous! Especially when I remembered I'm gonna meet you at home, I made sure to pass my class work!!" He said and gave me his mathematics workbook."Wow! I am so proud of you. High five!" I praised him after seeing the two pages where he got good remarks from his class teachers for doing well.We jerked our palms together before I drew him close for a hug. He went about telling me that Mrs Briggs had dropped by his school to take him and her three kids home.I asked him why Max, his anonym
JACKSON'S POVI sat down in Hannah's kitchen and sipped the iced tea she offered me while we talked. I had come straight here to see her when I left Nathan's office."I know you are worried about her, and I am not telling you to trust me, but I want you to know that I won't hurt her intentionally," I assured her."That girl has been through a lot. Much more than words can express, I don't want her to go through heartbreak again. She almost died after losing…" Hannah abruptly stopped herself from revealing what I figured could be top secret between her and Vera."You don't have to tell me anything that you don't feel like… There's a few days left for the contract date to expire. We can't feel anything strong for each other in ten days, it's impossible, right?" I shared to get her consent."What about your son who's already picturing her as a mother figure? Vera might be a bîtch, but she has ways of winning children's hearts without knowing. It's the only gift she has, they love her un
VERA'S POV When I woke up the next morning, I was sober. Everything that happened last night slowly came back to me and I was grateful he didn't take me to his bedroom.What if I had woken up in his bed? I can't stand the embarrassment and I must avoid him at all cost this morning until I am ready to face him. What the hell was I thinking?I went to the door and locked it. Why am I behaving like this now? Isn't that what I wanted? But do I actually need to get drunk before I would be able to speak my mind to him? "Vera, this is not you! Getting drunk so I would talk to a man isn't my style at all!" I mumbled to myself.Technically, I'm not supposed to drink at all! Even if I must, a glass would be fine instead of a full bottle of an alcoholic beverage! To think that I threw up in front of him! What the fûck!After a few minutes, Tim came to knock at the door asking me to open it, I ignored him, he said he was waiting for me in the parlor after some while and left.When everything g
JACKSON'S POVVera twirled around to leave in an attempt to escape what she just saw and ran into Tim who was right behind her. She covered Tim's eyes, took him outside and banged the door shut without taking another glance at us.I was glad the little boy didn't get to see the manwhore he has as a father. I hated myself at that moment and I didn't know why, but I needed to defend myself to Vera and tell her what she saw wasn't what it actually meant."Vera!" I pushed Monica away from me to run after her."Where the fûck are you going, Jack? I need to help you out of this bullshit and you want to run after some random girl I heard you picked from the streets!" Monica yelped.I yanked her hands off me and closed the zipper of my pants which she had opened while seducing me. She knew that I can't control myself and she used it against me."If you come an inch close to me, I will rip you apart!" I yelled at her and ran outside to meet Vera. "Fûck you, Jack! She's only here for the money
VERA'S POVI didn't want to talk about what happened earlier. I also knew that if the discussion continued, he was bound to ask me why I was running to him when I caught him in the act.Seeing that Monica had succeeded in making him hörny, I also needed to keep my promise, just help him for the few days left for us to be together. So I had to do something about his arousal."If you are not in the mood, you don't have to do this…" he choked, holding my hand in place."I said you shouldn't touch me! Unlike some people, I keep my promises," I warned again.He obeyed with any further complaints. He swiftly punched a button and the driver's backrest pulled backwards, giving us enough room to do whatever we want.I unclasped his belt and pushed his pants down, I ran my tongue over his erection and forgot about my problems and the world for a while. His hands flew up to my head as he groaned, I raised a brow at him and he forced his hands off of me, murmuring an apology.I stroked, kissed,
JACK'S POVI did it again. I knew that I had said those words out of anger without a second thought. She didn't have to say it to me before I knew my mistake. If my observations are right, Vera wouldn't fidget, snap or say out any word when she fears she might cry or lose it. She would rather remain silent so a tear wouldn't drop.There's also the nervous Vera that would keep stretching her fingers and stare down at them as if answers to everything she's curious about but afraid to ask are right there.There's also the talking tom in her. If she wasn't angry with me, I swear she would be talking freely, demonstrating with her hands and laughing.I wanted to apologize again. She's the first woman I have ever apologized to and accepted that I was wrong in my entire life and I really wanted to do that again, but I decided to give us time to think straight. When I drove into my compound, she came down and hurriedly went into the house. I sat back in the car and thought about my life for