Chapter 28
The moon was shining bright in the night sky as I stepped out of the Globe Hotel and into the cold evening air. The traffic on the road was beginning to thin as I walked to the edge of the sidewalk and raised my hand for a taxi.
Within moments one had swooped in beside me. I stepped in and asked him to take me back to my dorm. All I wanted now was a good long rest, let my subconscious process what Jen had told me. I was way too frayed by everything that had happened recently to make any sort of judgment right now.
The driver tried to engage me in some light chitchat as he drove but I wasn't overly receptive. He didn't seem best pleased by it, his driving turning more aggressive as we went. Perhaps that was just his way.
When we got to my halls he snatched the note off me and sped away without giving me any change. I shrugged it off - frankly, I really didn't care right now.
The dorm was quiet as I walked in through the main doors. I headed up the stairs in the hallway to the first floor and rounded the corner towards my room. I turned the key in the lock, went inside, staggered over to my bed, and collapsed.
It had been a long night and I was exhausted, both mentally and physically. Everything - from the whole thing with Tess to seeing Jen again tonight - it was all so much to take on board. I lay there, eyes shut, light on, too tired to even undress, my mind quickly giving way to sleep.
A click at the door broke me from the edge of slumber and I opened my eyes sharply. It sounded like the door being locked.
I quickly leaned up from my bed and saw a figure in the room with me, my eyes quickly coming into focus to see who it was.
It was with a mixture of trepidation and relief that I saw Kyle standing before me, his expression somewhere between anger and desire. My voice was caught in my throat as he stood there looking at me, his mouth slowly opening tospill forth an explanation for his presence.
“I'm sorry for breaking into your room again Alice. I needed to see you, and it needed to be private.”
Jen's words were ringing in my ears at the sight of him. You can't trust him Alice.
“What are you doing here,” I asked, my words trembling slightly. “You can't just break into my room like this.”
He nodded his head, his expression placid, detached. “I know, but I feared you wouldn't let me in had I knocked.”
His eyes were locked on me, his gaze going right through me. “I know who you've been speaking with Alice. I can only imagine what she told you.”
My pulse increased under his glare, his calm disposition strangely unsettling. “I didn't know she'd be there Kyle. I hadn't seen her before, I swear.”
He smiled lightly. I couldn't tell whether he distrusted me or not, whether he thought I was telling the truth. His eyes gave me no hint either way.
“I know that Alice. What I don't know, however, is what she told you. Would you explain that to me please.”
He walked calmly over to Jen's old bed and sat down, a smile creeping over his face as the irony of that fact washed over him.
“Ummm, she was just there to see how I was, to see how college was going.” I calmed my voice, trying to sound as normal as possible, but I could tell he knew I was lying. I'd never been good at that.
“Alice, please tell me the truth. You know I would never hurt you, don't you?”
His chameleonic eyes changed again, turning softer, more comforting.
I took a deep breath. “She said that you groomed her to be a prostitute, that you're doing the same with me.” My eyes hardened in contrast to his expression. “Is that true?”
He looked away from me, a look of remorse gathering on his face, his hand brushing through his dark wavy hair. It cascaded back down his forehead and he turned back to me, leaning forward with his elbows to his knees. He looked to the floor as he spoke, his words now lost of their cool, filling instead with shame.
“She's not lying, but it's more complicated than that. We don't push girls to prostitution, it's a choice they're allowed to make themselves.”
He stood and walked towards me, kneeling in front of me, more anxious than I'd ever seen him. “But I'd never wish for you to do that Alice,” he said, taking my hands in his. “I'd do everything I can to keep you away from all of that.”
I slowly slipped my hands out of his grasp. “So that's why you were looking for Jen that day? The commitment she made, it was to sleep with someone?” I asked it like a question but she'd already told me as much. I wanted to hear his side, hear what he had to say about it.
“I was under instruction to do it Alice. I'm not proud of that, I'm not proud of any of this.” He stood again and paced across the room, a deep anguish inside him.
He leaned against the wall with his back to me, his head dropping and words shallow. “It's hard with you Alice. I don't like it that you do this. You can't go further.”
“But you're the one who brought me into all of it Kyle, if it wasn't for you I wouldn't be doing it at all!” I spoke quickly, incredulously.
“I know, but I didn't know you then. Now the thought of you stripping for another man - it eats away at me. The thought of you doing anything more....” He trailed off, shaking his head lightly.
I stood and walked towards him, reaching for his arm to turn him back towards me. He stood fast, his voice growing quieter. “I care about you Alice, I would see you away from all of this.”
He turned and looked at me. I could see a deep burning in his blue eyes, a passion for me I had no idea he had. “I want you...and I want no one else to have you.”
With those words he reached for my waist and pulled me into him, my chest pressing against his, strong and lean beneath his clothes. I gazed up towards him as his lips met mine, my drowsiness intensifying the moment, his soft lips moist and warm. His hands squeezed hard on my ass, grabbing at my dress and pulling it up and over my head.
I could feel the bulge in his pants harden against me as his lips trailed over my neck, his fingers clicking open my bra and shedding it from me. He stood back and lifted off his top, his body tanned and crafted from stone. I lost breath at the sight of him, his wide shoulders rippling with muscle, his pecs shaped by God, not a drip of fat obscuring his abs.
He moved in to kiss me once more, his hands covering every contour of my body, his fingers teasing at my nipples. My breathing increased as he tugged at my thong, my panties growing wet, my thighs warm. He pressed his hard cockagainst me as he slipped his fingers below the lacy fabric. I could feel a smile grow on his face as he toyed with me, my light moans giving him pleasure.
I reached for his pants and undid his zip, reaching my hand inside and feeling his body pulse and breath go short. We tore the underwear from each other in a frenzy as we stumbled dizzily towards the bed. I saw him in full view as I fell down onto the duvet, his obliques cutting a line down towards his cock, strong and hard. He climbed upon me as I spread my legs, thrusting deep.
I could see the pleasure in his beautiful eyes as his hips moved back and forward, reaching my hands to his firm ass and squeezing tight. His lips covered my breasts and shoulders, kissing at my neck and cheeks as they rounded back towards my mouth. I moaned and groaned under his weight, his hard body pressing against me and causing me to spasm.
In a flash I could feel my body begin to convulse, a tingle coursing through it as he lunged, his arms starting to shake as they extended, propping him up above me. He breathed deep as my head spun, his arms giving way and sending his throbbing chest to mine. He lay on me panting, his loins convulsing, his eyes dreary and sleepy.
He slipped out of me and I shut my legs, a smile spreading on his face as he stood and walked back over to his clothes.
“You have no idea how long I've wanted to do that to you Alice.”
I laughed coyly, thinking the same. It was the first time I'd had sex in over a year.
He picked up his things and came back over to the bed, sitting down beside me, his lean body glistening in sweat. He gazed at my body as he draped his fingers over it, running them down my neck towards my inner thigh, his fingers drifting upwards and off my skin as I writhed in pleasure.
“I've never seen a body like yours,” he said as he continued to drink me in. “You're perfect.”
I smiled and said nothing, my eyes telling him everything as they spread across his ripped torso and up towards his unblemished face.
“Will you stay?” I asked, seeing his hands reach for his underwear.
He turned back to me as he dropped his briefs, lying down beside me. “You'd have to drag me away,” he said smiling.