Navigating a complicated relationship, Alethia and Ethan must keep their feelings for each other bolted in, in their respective ways. But what happens when their passion burns too hot to be tamed? What happens when Emily finds out the secret that her daughter and her man have been hiding from her?
Chapter 1 Prologue
At this point, their desires can't be tamed.
It rained an ocean that night, and there were thunder-claps the sound of a disaster. As usual, it was the two of them at home, and with the fear that they might get swept away before morning, he was literally in front of her door to check up on her -- or so he made himself believe. Or was he suppose to admit that he's had her on his mind all through the day?
And he's been on her mind as well, so the sound of his knuckles on the door sprung her up from the bed as if she was called to receive the best gift nature has ever offered. By now she knew how he smelled, and she could perceive his scent even with the door between them.
She opened the door with bright eyes, like the moon that seldom graced them that night, putting on her best smile, and he was mesmerized for oblivion.
He looked deeply into her blue eyes as his breath swelled in his chest. She'd washed her hair and had it dried, and he loved that they were moist and dark. When she blinked, she looked like a doll, and he considered her adorable, like something he could look at all day without getting tired.
A bead of sweat streamed down her forehead, and strangely, he desired to sweep it off with his tongue. To kiss her on everywhere that mattered, but he held still, staring like a man whose purpose was yet to be defined. But he watched as it dropped onto the slope of her breast and crawled down under her dress.
She was in a red night dress, and he could see all that she held private behind the reflection of her dress. Her breasts were small and desirable. Her nipples stood erect as if calling for his hands. But at that moment, he knew to keep them in his side pockets, only to bite his thighs deeply in them.
She swallowed hard, disappointedly. She could feel that he wanted her, but she couldn't figure out why he had to go through the stress of denying his feelings when he could just take her right there and then. And what if he was her stepfather? Isn't all fair in war and love?
"You're still awake," he said, determined to have a conversation, obviously to keep his eyes away from lusting over her luscious body.
"It's barely 8 pm."
"Really?" He said and chuckled forcefully. He was looking everywhere but her face.
She sighed exasperatedly. "Look, Ethan, if you're not going to fuck me, then just leave my room."
The utterance from her came as a dazzle and it left him speechless. He knew he wanted her. Gosh, even the way she said those words aroused his carnal desires, but if he were to succumb to this, then defining their relationship afterward would be harder to do.
"Alethia, I'm...I'm..."
"Are you going to do it or not?"
"You know this is not right. You're not even meant to be asking me for that."
"Why are you even here, Ethan?"
"Aleth! I'm your stepfather, yeah?"
"Oh, scratch that. You can keep telling yourself that if it helps you sleep better at night."
He sighed deeply. "I'm just looking out for you."
She shrugged. "Well, as you can see, I'm fine. So if you'll please leave."
She opened the door and saw him out with her eyes staring at his face, but he dared not reciprocate the gaze, lest he get pulled into her arms and do as she desired for them. That he had feelings for her, he already considered abominable, and he knew he might not forgive himself if he took another step further toward her. But fighting his feelings was a lot harder than he'd planned.
He traipsed out of the room and Daisy slammed the door in his face immediately. She leaned on the door and took a deep breath. She couldn't believe she had just asked his stepfather for sex, but it was high time she made her desire known anyway.
But beyond her desire, she didn't want anything to come between them. He was her companion, the only person who's ever listened to her since her father died, and the only person who's ever offered a shoulder she could cry on. Unlike her mother who was hardly ever around.
She should make amends with him tonight, she thought. Leaving the issue till the next day would mean an awkward morning around him, and she wasn't sure she could bear that burden.
On opening the door, she was startled by his presence, still standing right where she slammed the door in his face. His blue eyes had become relatively clear, and his face looked eager. With the rising and falling level of his chest, as he breathed with urgency, she could feel something was up with him, and it rather made her worried.
"Ethan, are you okay? She said, stepping towards him. On an impulse, he grabbed her and smashed his lips on hers as if he had to do that before he could change his mind.
She didn't resist. It was what she had always desired. So she opened her mouth and let him explore her, matching their desires on the same ground. And when he grabbed her further to himself and carried her into the room, she let her body loose and wrapped her legs around him...
But they didn't have sex that night.
Chapter 1 Prologue
23/02/2024
Chapter 2 Emily & Alethia
23/02/2024
Chapter 3 Alethia met Ethan
23/02/2024
Chapter 4 Back Home
23/02/2024
Chapter 5 Fantasies
23/02/2024
Chapter 6 The Beginning
23/02/2024
Chapter 7 Hate or Love
23/02/2024
Chapter 8 Almost
23/02/2024
Chapter 9 Steamy Night
23/02/2024
Chapter 10 Complicated
23/02/2024
Chapter 11 Jealous or not
23/02/2024
Chapter 12 Dilemma
03/03/2024
Chapter 13 Jealousy
04/03/2024
Chapter 14 Let's hate him
05/03/2024
Chapter 15 We hate, and we love
06/03/2024
Chapter 16 You make my heart go wild
06/03/2024
Chapter 17 Breathless
07/03/2024
Chapter 18 We are broken
07/03/2024
Chapter 19 Finding a boyfriend
08/03/2024
Chapter 20 Tension and love
08/03/2024
Chapter 21 His allergic reaction
09/03/2024
Chapter 22 At the brink of death
09/03/2024
Chapter 23 Kiss and guilt
10/03/2024
Chapter 24 Untold feelings
10/03/2024
Chapter 25 Bad timing
12/03/2024
Chapter 26 Love lessons
13/03/2024
Chapter 27 Hearts and brains
13/03/2024
Chapter 28 Drop dead gorgeous
14/03/2024
Chapter 29 Apology and retaliation
15/03/2024
Chapter 30 Retribution
17/03/2024
Chapter 31 Desires
17/03/2024
Chapter 32 Naked desires
18/03/2024
Chapter 33 Your image in my head
19/03/2024
Chapter 34 The proposed proposal
19/03/2024
Chapter 35 The unrest and a breath of fresh air
20/03/2024
Chapter 36 Do you love me or not
22/03/2024
Chapter 37 Carnal desires
22/03/2024
Chapter 38 The morning after
23/03/2024
Chapter 39 We're not having sex today
24/03/2024
Chapter 40 Restrictions
25/03/2024
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