CHAPTER 93
Bathroom Saga
Cornell
When Elena's lips touched mine, my mind went blank and all I could think about was the feel of her soft, pillowy lips on mine and how good she felt in my arms.
Caught up in the kiss, I drew her closer, my hands slipping down to the small of her back.
Elena tipped her head back, breaking the kiss and giving me enough wiggle room to bend and caress her neck.
Immediately, I pressed a kiss to the sensitive spot. She moaned, her hands fisting in my jacket like she was seconds away from tearing them off my body.
I didn't mind, too busy dropping little kisses on her collarbone, making my way down to her chest when I heard the noise.
Little, hiccuping sounds that drenched a hole in my chest made me stop what I was doing and pull back, only for me to see hot tears rolling down her cheeks.
It hits me squarely in the chest then, how insensitive I've been.
She was mistakenly drugged and here I was, about to tear her clothes apart simply because I couldn't control myself.
"Oh, my gosh, Elena. I'm so sorry, I didn't know what came over me and…" I tried to take a step back to put some distance between us but to my surprise, she wasn't having it.
"No, don't! What are you trying to do…" Her fingers snagged on my jacket and she tried to pull it off forcefully. "Don't stop, I still feel hot and I want to feel your sexy body…"
Her words weren't making any sense, nor was the way she was clawing at my clothes.
Realizing that I wasn't helping things by being close to her, I crossed over to the other side of the room, keeping a large distance between us.
I searched in the cabinet on my side for towels but Elena got the wrong idea and broke down in tears again.
"You're doing it again!" She sobbed, dramatically throwing her hands up in the air. "You're gonna leave like before and disappear! Gosh, why do I have such bad luck in attracting the right kind of guys?"
The utter despair in her voice tugged at my heartstrings, and I couldn't watch her cry like that.
I moved over to her, cupping her cheeks and tilting her chin up so she could look at me while I wiped her tears.
"I'm not going anywhere, Elena, I promise," I whispered, looking into her eyes. "I just need to go downstairs and grab something and I'll be right back." While I was talking, I held eye contact. "Please stop crying and I promise we'll do whatever you want when I get back."
She was like a kid in a candy store once she heard that sentence; her face brightened up instantly. "We'll do anything?"
"Anything you want." I reiterated, watching the tears dry up.
Once I was sure that she wouldn't go into a crying fit, I walked out the door. Immediately, I was out of eyesight, I ran down the stairs and down to the kitchen to get some ice
The only thing that can snap her out of this is an intense shock to the brain.
Which is where my ice blocks come in.
I run back up the stairs, cutting the whole thing to under two minutes except when I walk into the room, I'm greeted by a trail of clothes.
Muttering under my breath, I take a detour to the bathroom, gently place the ice blocks in the tub, and then flip the faucet so water runs over to fill it.
Then I made my way to the bedroom, where Elena lay half naked, clad in only a bra and panties, striking a sexy pose curved sideways on the bed with her hips jutting outwards, her plumpy ass cheeks directly in my line of sight.
"Goddamn!" I whistled low under my breath, stopping short as I drank in the sight.
She looked so sexy and gorgeous dressed like that I wouldn't have hesitated to pounce on her if she were in the right frame of mind.
But as soon as that thought dropped in my head, I remembered the real reason I came in here and stalked towards her.
Elena sat up, a bit perplexed when I wasn't tearing off her clothes. "What are you doing?"
"Oh, nothing serious. I just prepared something special for you." I stopped by the edge of the bed to scoop her into my arms. "Please close your eyes."
She obliged, twisting her head at the last second to place a peck on my cheek, probably excited for her 'something special'.
Oh, if only she knew what I really had planned!
Elena kept her eyes closed diligently while I made my way to the bathroom.
I arrived right on time, when the bathtub was half full and set her down in it.
She wasn't expecting it, so the shock came a few seconds later, when she flounced around in the tub, screaming. "What the hell, Cornell?! I'm not in the mood for a cold bath!"
I lowered down to my knees so we could talk face to face. "I know but let's make a deal. If you stay in the water for a couple more minutes then I'll give you a kiss. What do you say?"
Whatever drug they gave to her must still be in her system because her eyes immediately turned glassy at my suggestion and she calmed down, placing her head at the edge of the tub to relax.
Keeping to my promise, I sat down beside her, slipping my hand into hers while I hummed a tune under my breath.
Soon enough, the cold water thing worked and her lashes fluttered closed as she fell asleep.
I stayed there, staring at every crease on her perfect face, thinking about how lucky I was to be with her and how I would never want to lose her.
That was the last thing on my mind before I succumbed to sleep myself…holding her hand in the bathtub.