“Christoff, what the hell is going on?” I shrieked. I was hysterical.
“I will tell you when we get inside Gia. I know you’re upset, but I need a few minutes of quiet. Can you give me that?”
“I’ll try,” I exhaled. Christoff grabbed my hand and squeezed.
“I love you, Gia.”
“I love you too, Christoff.”
We parked the car in silence. Christoff caressed the small of my back as he led me through the garage and into the kitchen.
“Let’s sit on the couch so we can talk. Do you want anything to drink?” Christoff spoke quietly.
“No, I’m okay for now.”
“My mouth is dry. I’m going to grab some water. I will meet you in the living room.”
I felt like I was in a daze as I made my way toward the sofa. I cringed as I sat down and memories of being with Axel in this very room flooded back to me. I felt disgusted with myself and the domino effect of chaos I caused from my misdeed. The weight of Christoff sitting down next to me startled me out of my thoughts.
“Christoff, I’m freaking out inside. I need you to tell me what’s going on.”
“I’m so sorry to put you through this Gia. You don’t deserve this. Actually, I wouldn’t wish the stress I’m going through on anyone but especially not you.”
“Christoff, whatever it is, I think I can handle it. You disappearing and keeping secrets from me and having the police show up to our home has shaken me up quite a bit. But being kept in the dark is making me sick.”
“I know baby.” Christoff took my hand in his and rubbed my knuckles with his thumb. “You know I’m not usually fazed by much, but this situation has me sick, too. I don’t know what’s going to happen between us once I tell you what I’m up against. Whatever happens, Gia, even if you choose not to stick by me through this, know that I love you. If you want to leave me, I understand, but I really do need you now more than ever.”
“I love you, Christoff, and I will stick by you the best I know how. What have you gotten yourself into?”
Christoff squeezed my hand and looked past me. The fact that he seemed to be looking through me really rattled me. Christoff always made eye contact with me. As if he were reading my thoughts, he exhaled loudly and brought his gaze back to mine. “Gia, I’ve been accused of a horrible crime. At first I was blackmailed, and, when I didn’t give the person what they wanted, they brought their threat to fruition and accused me of something terrible that I would never do.”
“Who is it, and what did they accuse you of?”
“Gia, don’t flip out okay?”
“I won’t as long as you promise to be honest with me and stop hiding things from me.”
“What I’m going to say isn’t going to sound good, but I need you to trust me, so I’m going to be totally transparent here.”
“That’s exactly what I need from you Christoff, transparency. And I need you to trust me enough to know that I’ll trust you.” I gave him a reassuring smile and squeezed his hand. “Okay, now go ahead and tell me everything.”
“Okay.” Christoff nodded and he swallowed hard before opening his mouth to speak again. “Alright, here we go…“ Christoff’s voice trailed off. “Okay, so when you first told me that you hooked up with Axel, I totally lost it. I mean I went temporarily insane. I’d never felt so hurt…so betrayed before. I felt like I lost the love of my life and my best friend at the same time. I knew you and I had our problems, but I never expected something like that to happen. Axel has been petty toward me in the past, but he knew how much I care about you and how much you mean to me, so I couldn’t believe that he would do that.” My eyes started to tear up as I felt an intense pang of guilt over how badly I had hurt him. Christoff exhaled loudly.
“When I left here after you told me what happened, I just drove around in a rage. I don’t even remember where I went, but, an hour or so after I left, I ended up at Axel’s place. I roughed him up a little, and I told him what I would do to him if he ever came near you again. I’ll spare you the details of that conversation. If I can help it, you will never see that side of me. After I left Axel, my rage had quelled a bit, but I was still felt sick inside. I’m not used to feeling that strongly over anything, so I didn’t know what to do to make myself feel better. Bianca had been texting me earlier in the day, so in a moment of weakness, I caved in and texted her back to take my mind off of things. She invited me over just to talk and have some wine, and I stupidly accepted her invitation.” Tears began to roll down my cheeks as I shook my head back and forth.
“Christoff, no, please tell me it’s not true. You’re just telling me this to get back at me. You didn’t really go over there. Did you?” My voice came out barely above a whisper.
“Gia, it’s not what you think. Hear me out. I need you to listen to exactly what I’m telling you and not make any assumptions.” Christoff placed his fingers below my chin and forced me to look directly into his eyes. “Do you understand what I’m saying?”
“Yes. Go on Christoff.”
“Thank you, Gia. So I went over there, and we talked. I know that I shouldn’t have, but I told her what happened between us. She pretended to comfort me, but I realized that she did not have my best interest at heart by the way her eyes lit up when I told her we were having problems. I should have left right then and there, but I was too weak. I’m not telling you the details to hurt you, Gia, but I need you to know exactly what happened, okay?”
“Okay,” I nodded softly.
“We had been drinking, and she started to get really grabby. I let her flirt a little but when she started trying to go under my clothes, I took her hands off of me placed them in her lap and told her to stop. At first she didn’t take me seriously, so she got in my face and tried to kiss me. I gently pushed her away and told her I wasn’t interested. She came at me again and tried to straddle me, and I could see she was starting to cry a little, and she kept saying ‘what do you mean you’re not interested? I know you want me, you can’t hide it.’
“I got fed up with her, and I said ‘No Bianca, I don’t want you. You’re not my type anymore. I’m only interested in women who genuinely care about me. You only care about yourself. You don’t even know me. You’re just obsessed with your image of me.’
“She started crying hysterically and she said ‘That’s not true. I really want to be with you. I love you, Christoff. We belong together and you know it.’ She came at me again. She had the craziest look in her eye. I stood up to leave and she threw her whole body at me. I took her arms from around my neck and pushed her back a few steps to put some space between us. I told her to stop touching me and that I was leaving. She told me if I walked out of that door, she would make my life a living hell, but if I stayed we could live happily ever after, and I could be the ‘luckiest man on earth.’ Her words not mine.”
“I turned and walked out the door and she started screaming and swearing at me, and she said I’d be sorry. I left and about 20 min later. She started calling me nonstop. I ignored her calls for the first hour but then I finally picked up. I yelled at her to stop calling me, and I told her to lose my number. She yelled back and told me if I didn’t come back to her place and hold her and be with her that night, she was going to drag my name through the mud. She threatened to say all kinds of horrible things about me. I knew that she was the type of person that was capable of carrying out her threats, but I didn’t want to reward her bad behavior nor did I want to betray you, so I told her to fuck off. The next day, I got a call from my manager saying that I’d been accused of rape. I immediately called my lawyer, and we tried to make it go away, but Bianca had already gotten to the press and the police.”
“Christoff, oh my God,” I gasped and covered my mouth with my hands. “I hate to ask this but I have to. Is your semen inside of her?”
“Gia! Of course not! How would my…how would that get inside of her? Wait, you think I slept with her?”
“I’m not making any accusati
ons. I’m just asking a question. I want to make sure I have all the facts.”
“I just told you everything, play-by-play. I can’t have you doubting me right now, Gia,” Christoff started to raise his voice, but he stopped himself and took a deep breath. He turned so that his body was completely facing me, he took both my hands in his, and he looked into my eyes. “Gia, this is not going to go away anytime soon, and I understand if you want no part of it. You can walk away now, and I wouldn’t hold it against you. But baby, I need you now more than ever, so if you choose to stay, and I hope you do, I’m really going to need you in my corner. I need you to trust me. I need you to believe in me. I need to know right now are you with me, or is this it?” He squeezed both of my hands.
I took a deep breath as I felt myself start to tremble. When I brought my eyes back to Christoff’s gaze, I felt an electric charge pulse through me. Even in his weakest moment, this man was my strength, and, despite all of the pain that we had gone through together, he was my joy. He was my best friend, my partner, my teammate. I had no idea how we were going to get through this but I knew that no matter what Bianca or anyone else threw at us, I wasn’t leaving his side. And I couldn’t believe it took me this long to finally see it, but, all at once, I felt secure and realized that he had never had any intentions of leaving my side either. I could see it in his gaze, and I could feel it in the way he was holding my hands. He needed me just as much as I needed him, if not more so.
In the weeks that passed after the police stopped by to question Christoff we kept to ourselves. The one time we tried to go out, we were ambushed by reporters and the paparazzi. It was a really unpleasant and exhausting experience for both of us. It seemed that, in the court of public opinion, the principle innocent until proven guilty was just political rhetoric. I felt like Christoff and I were prisoners inside of our own home. We couldn’t even cuddle on the couch and watch TV without news of the accusations interrupting our quality time. Both Christoff’s publicist and his lawyers were adamant about him saying as little as possible to the media. He released a public statement about a week ago and had been quiet ever since. Meanwhile Bianca had been all over every talk show and news outlet telling her story through tears about what Christoff allegedly did to her and how badly it’s ruined her life.
When I was forced to be in the same room as Bianca while Christoff was in the hospital, I didn’t think it was even possible for me to despise her any more than already did. Back then, I had no way of knowing that my loathing for Bianca would grow so deep that I would feel it even when I slept. I resented this woman with every fiber of my being. What she was putting Christoff though wasn’t fair. He was a good man, and he didn’t deserve it. I knew if I ever ran into her, I would be the one on the news because I would hurt her.
I rolled over in bed and nuzzled closer to Christoff . The warmth from his body and the smell of his natural scent immediately quelled the rage that was brewing within me from thinking of Bianca. I let my hands rest on his chest as I playfully nibbled on his ear lobe. I was so blown away by how strong he had been through all of this. Even though he was being persecuted by the press and even some of his friends had lost faith in him, he still continued to handle things with composure. I could tell everything was weighing on him, but he never took any of it out on me. Even though it was impossible for us to go out together, he arranged special date nights for us at home, and he encouraged me to go out with my friends and take a break from the Hell-on-Earth Bianca had created in our lives. I ran my fingers through his hair and kissed him on the neck. I was so in love with this man. I’d never met anyone so strong and so resilient. He rolled over on his back put his arms around me and pulled me into a deep kiss. Mmmm! Even during the most stressful of times his kiss still gave me butterflies. I nibbled his bottom lip before jerking back away from him.
“Someone needs to brush their teeth.” I teased as I propped myself on my elbows and smiled down at him.
“Yeah, you!” Christoff chuckled. I couldn’t help but to laugh.
“Whatever, Mr. Morning Breath.” I rolled my eyes.
“Okay, since I’m Mr. Morning Breath, no more kisses for you,” Christoff said, dramatically turning away from me and folding his arms.
“You know I was just playing. I meant Mr. Sexy Morning Breath.” I slowly and seductively ran my nose up the crook of his neck before following the same trail with my mouth.
“Mmmm, I like that,” Christoff murmured as I sucked on his neck.
“Well too bad because you said no more kisses.” I grabbed my pillow and playfully whacked Christoff in the face with it as I erupted in laughter.
“Hey! You’re going to pay for that!” Christoff laughed incredulously as he sat up and enveloped me in a bear hug. I was so shocked that I squealed. In one fluid motion, he picked me up and flipped us around so that I was on my back pinned beneath him. “You know better than to tease me,” he growled.
He pushed my arms above my head and pressed both of my wrists together with just one of his hands. I wriggled beneath him as he teased me by softly kissing my neck. My heart fluttered as his mouth traveled to mine, and he pushed his tongue inside. I lifted my head and returned the favor. He lowered more of his weight on top of me as his tongue continued to push back against mine. I wanted to wrap my arms around him and pull him all the way down, but he had my hands pinned. I moaned as I writhed against him. I wanted to feel all of him on top of me and inside of me this very moment. I exhaled as I felt him spread my legs apart with his knee. I was wearing just a tank top and a pair of very thin panties so I could feel the pressure and heat of his leg pressing against my clit. I lifted my hips and grinded against him. I could feel his hardness swell beneath his boxer briefs.
I continued to rub myself against him as his mouth traveled from my lips to my chest. He growled as he grabbed my tank top between his teeth and lifted it so that my breasts were exposed. I let out a ragged breath as he circled my nipple with his tongue. The sensation gave me chills. His tongue continued teasing me as he rubbed his perfectly toned thigh between my legs. He definitely knew how to make me wet for him. He moaned as he took the majority of my breast in his mouth. My entire body quivered as a wave of pleasure washed over me. I wanted to touch him, but I couldn’t because he was still holding my wrists. Even though I couldn’t wait to get my hands on him, the fact that I was under his complete control turned me on beyond belief. I let out a loud breathy moan as he straddled me and rubbed his massive hardness against me where his thigh had been. I tightened my legs around his waist and pushed back against him. I was throbbing for him.
“Mmmm, the way you react to my touch makes me so hard, Gia.” Christoff’s voice was strained. I can’t wait to feel your silky sweetness wrapped around my cock. But first, I want to taste you.” Christoff slid down my body and pulled my panties off before he had even finished his sentence. I moaned as he used his thumb to circle my clit. “You’re so wet for me. This is going to be delicious,” Christoff moaned. I spread my legs as he cupped my ass with both hands and he brought his mouth to my inner thigh. The warmth of his tongue on my skin made me tremble with anticipation.
“Oh, you smell so good, Gia,” he breathed as he began to kiss my other thigh. I was so turned on by how much my arousal excited him. Deep waves of pleasure pulsed through my entire body as he slowly and seductively licked my clit as if it was a delicious delicacy. I threw my legs over his shoulders and pulled his head into me as he devoured me. I gasped as he smacked the side of my ass with both hands, and he began to lick me harder and faster. The sensations made me throb for him.
“Christoff, I want you to fuck me with your fingers while you eat me,” I moaned.
“Yes ma’am,” Christoff growled. “I love how you know exactly what you want.”
I nibbled my lower lip as I felt him pierce my tight wetness with two fingers as he sucked on my clit. The combination of the pressure inside of me and the warmth and moisture of his mouth on my most delicate parts caus
ed a pleasant tension to start at my core and spiral through my entire body. I ran my fingers through his hair and rubbed myself in his face as the tension inside of me started to mount. He pushed his fingers inside of me harder as he continued to lick me faster. A wave of heat washed over me and my muscles down below began to spasm out of control as he reached up and squeezed one of my breasts while his fingers continued to skillfully thrust inside of me. I called out his name as the combination of sensations sent me completely over the edge.
“Oh, Christoff you’re so good,” I sighed as I pulled him down on top of me and cradled his head in my bosom.
“Just you wait. I’m just getting started,” Christoff said, chuckling.
“Oh yeah?” I raised my eyebrow
“Yeah,” Christoff grabbed one of my hands and pushed it between his legs. The warmth of his hard thick cock felt so good in my hand. “The way you came for me made me so hard for you. I’m definitely not finished with you yet.”
“I see.” I gave him a playful squeeze. “Well what are we waiting for? Let’s get this party started, my love.” I sat up and pulled my tank top off and tossed it to the floor. “Are you ready for me to blow your mind?” I whispered as I started at the foot of the bed and crawled toward him on all fours.
“Damn Gia, you are so sexy. I’m going to fuck you from here to next Sunday.” He sat up and started to pull me into his arms.
I assertively pushed him back so that he was lying down, and I was sitting on top of him. “No, actually I’m going to fuck you, and you’re just going to lie there and enjoy it. Is that understood?” I said firmly as I tossed my hair over my shoulder. Christoff was always going out of his way to please me and show me a good time both inside and outside the bedroom. At this point there was nothing that could please me more than being able to show him a good time in return.
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