Chapter 33 - Tangling In The Sheets

Warning : Mild R18

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Giselle was about to say something to Persephone regarding the contract when Anna appeared.

"Are you fine, Percy?" Anna sprinted towards Persephone. She felt as if life came back to her body when she saw Persephone alive and well.

"I'm fine ,Raven," answered Persephone. "I was bitten by a snake and now I'm fine. Even I'm left speechless at the rate of my body's healing." 

Ah, Giselle forgot to tell her that she wasn't bitten by a snake rather by a harmless insect. 

Anna was about to correct Persephone, when Giselle spoke,"Would you like to join us for lunch?"

Anna politely refused. She then asked Persephone to hurry up and then she could return to the villa. 

"Raven, I'm not feeling well. I don't think I can walk to Villa without resting for a few hours" Persephone shamelessly lied to the other woman. Her pitiful pale face was making it difficult for Anna to say no to her. Anna wanted to tell her that boss wouldn't be happy to see her at this side of the island. Yet, she couldn't say so as Persephone certainly looked sick. 

"It's okay," Anna said softly. "Finish your lunch and then take a small nap." 

Persephone thought about asking her to go out but she decided not to do so as it would be completely suspicious. Anna had been taking extra precautions with her since the night she escaped from her room and Villain found her on the beach following morning. 

"Sure," Persephone said with a small smile. She laid on the bed after lunch and closed her eyes. She wanted to see what Giselle had to show but both of them were wary of Raven as she was loyal to Villain not to them. 

Since she only got three hours of sleep last night, Persephone herself didn't realize when she fell asleep. A certain Villain had consumed all of her energy.

A few hours later, a shriek was heard in the room. Since Anna wasn't inside the room, Giselle immediately went inside to see a pale and afraid Persephone. Her hands had clutched the sheets tightly and was taking deep breaths to control her unstable emotions.

"Are you alright?" The question was asked by Giselle. 

"I'm fine," Persephone muttered. "It was a nightmare. Yes, just a nightmare. It was not real."

Who was she trying to convince herself or Giselle, Persephone didn't know? All she wanted right now was to run far from here. She didn't have the privilege to show her vulnerability to anyone. One weakness. One vulnerability and game over.

"Where is Raven?" Persephone questioned Giselle.

"She is outside," Giselle said quickly. "Let me call her for you" 

Giselle wished to say something to her but stopper when she saw Persephone's unusual calm face. She didn't look like someone who had woken up with a scream and cold sweat.

Everyone had their ghost to fight. Persephone had hers. Giselle understood it better than anyone.

"What happened to you?"Anna asked in a worried tone.

"Please take me to the Villa," Persephone directly said and got out of the bed.

Although Anna find her behaviour weird she didn't say anything to her. Perhaps, the snake incident has taken a huge toll on her body.

Little did they except, Persephone had watched a small fragment of her memory where a little girl with big green eyes and red curls watched a bad man tormenting a young boy.

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Back at the Villa. 

Just like last night, Santiago found the lights of the villa switched off when he returned. He initially believed that she would be enjoying her date night on the deck just like last night but was surprised when he didn't see her there either. 

Where had she gone to?

He checked the living room, the kitchen, and all the areas where she should be but in the end, she was nowhere to be seen.

However, he knew one thing that she was somewhere inside the villa. His subordinates had informed him when he had entered the villa.

In the last, he thought of checking the room which was allotted to her. When he opened the door to her room, he saw her wrapped in a duvet like a cocoon and oblivious of the chaos she had caused in his heart.

She loves giving him heart attacks, doesn't she? 

'Why was she sleeping so soon?' he questioned in his mind. 

'Did I tire her too much last night?'Another thought popped into his mind.

'Is she playing a prank with me?'A voice in his head said.

He understood that he wouldn't be getting any answers until he asked her. So, better wake her up and start the interrogation.

Sitting on the side of her bed, he removed the duvet from her face. Was she planning on dying by cutting off her oxygen supply? Such a silly girl. As he removed the blanket, he was shot by her bare beauty. 

He knew she was beautiful but her sleeping sight was enough to bring any tough man on his knees. 

"Hey!" He mischievously poked her cheeks. A crease was formed on her forehead before it disappeared again. Sleepyhead.

"Red?" He whispered in her ear. "Wake up."

Persephone opened her eyes and discovered Santiago's nose almost touching hers. She blinked her eyes and instinctively wrapped her arms around his neck.

To say Santiago was shocked would be an understatement. She had yet to take any initiative to come near him. It was always him who would seduce her with his whispers, kisses, and dirty talks. Never the other way round.

Persephone closed her eyes and connected her lips to his. His eyes slid shut too as he realized what just happened. Throwing the duvet off her body, he snaked an arm around her waist and brought her body closer to him. She might have started the kiss, but it was him who was dominating it. His tongue tangled with hers in a long and slow slide before turning the kiss into hot, passionate, and devouring. 

He was supposed to kiss her as he did before; a kiss of seduction. But right now, he was kissing her as if his life depended upon it. This kiss did to him what no other kiss ever did.

Her lips brought him on his knees, made him desperate for her touches and moans.

Who was seducing whom? He wanted to ask but refrained himself because he knew the answer to this question all too well.

His poking erection was proof that it was her seducing him today. And he has no control over it. He would let her do whatever she wished to do with him. 

His wandering hands crept inside her top and seized more liberty as he felt her soft mounds against his callous palm. She wasn't wearing a bra and it was easy for him to caress her soft and perky mounds. She moaned inside his mouth as she felt his strokes. 

His lips shifted to her neck as he bit and sucked there making her gasp. Since she was the one to initiate, she didn't hold back.. She also bit his neck and left her marks on his neck and back.