by P. G. Van
“I need you to shower with me then,” Nick declared and I shook my head and said giggling, “Not happening.”
“I am not showering then,” Nick said adamantly folding his arms across his chest.
“Nick, it’s a weeknight baby, and we both need to go to work tomorrow,” I said trying to reason with him.
‘It’s barely nine o’clock. We have all the time in the world,” he said winking at me.
I laughed and said, “You have that evil look on your face, and there is no way I am going into the shower with you.”
“I promise, shower only,” Nick said smiling at me.
I giggled and said, “Why don’t you go get started, and I will join you in a bit.”
Nick stepped into the shower as I set up everything I needed to give him a shave. I grabbed two cotton terry robes for us to use after and placed them on the platform between the massive five-sided, ten-foot wide shower and the bathtub.
Nick looked at me through the glass doors as I took off my clothes to join him in the shower. I held his gaze enjoying the burning sensation on my skin as he took in my nakedness.
“Staring is rude, Nick,” I said as I entered the shower and felt the thrill of his body coming in contact with mine under the steady flow of warm water.
Nick smiled and said as he brought his lips to my chin, “It’s rude if it makes the other person uncomfortable, not if it gives them pleasure.”
I caught my breath as I felt the warm prickling of his mustache on my lips and ran my hands through his wet hair. The steam from the shower was thick and encapsulated us dreamily as Nick held me in his arms.
I moaned when he pulled back to look into my eyes with a smirk on his face and teased, “Only shower baby, isn’t that what you wanted?”
“Yes,” I mocked as I fought back my urge to pull him to me and feel his warmth along my entirety.
Nick laughed as I pumped some shampoo into my palm and ran my fingers through his hair and worked up a lather as I massaged his scalp. I looked at Nick’s beautiful face with his enigmatic eyes as I continued to massage his face and felt my heart shaking up everything around it in my chest. I thought I was going to burst with an overdose of pleasure when Nick groaned and closed his eyes as I stroked his cheeks. I ran my palms along his body cleansing his skin and felt my body turn into a fuzzy bear with his reactions to my touch. Nick washed himself off and said in a desire driven voice, “My turn.”
“I need to wash my hair so why don’t you go out and get ready for your salon appointment,” I said in a shaky voice.
Nick chuckled and shook his head and said, “That’s not fair, love.”
He took my solid jasmine shampoo bar and slowly ran it from my scalp to the tip of my hair and teasing me to the point of no return. He ran his fingertips in a circular motion on my scalp as I clung to him with my head thrown back with the shower running over Nick’s back.
“Nick, does it always feel this good when I do the same to you,” I caught my breath as the waves of pleasure started to surge.
“Better, my love. You have very skillful hands,” Nick teased pulling me under the stream of water. I felt his palms run down my aching body along with the water. The steam infused with the jasmine scent tickled my nostrils sending me down the exotic lane. Nick continued to tease me as he worked his palms on my chest and back with my body wash slowing down his movement almost to a halt when it was over my breasts or on my bottom. He ran his palms a few times along my waist chain before taking his fingers lower looking into my eyes taking in my reaction.
“I need to clean every inch of you baby,” he said as the sexy wicked look sprang back on his face.
He put one arm around my lower back as ran his fingertip around the heart shaped patch just above my pleasure peak, looking into my eyes all along.
“You are amazing, Meera,” Nick said bringing his lips to my taut nipple. I moaned at the intensity in his voice and jumped slightly at the feel of his cool lips on my breast. The steady stream of hot water heated my entirety as it rolled down my body. I put my arm around Nick’s neck as he intensified his strokes while running his fingertips over my clit and continued his cleansing routine with his mouth on my nipple. I felt the warm water roll down my body and the surge of pleasure rippling in the opposite direction sweeping over my body as Nick continued to conquer my entirety. I let out a cry as I erupted from within and moaned with sweet pain when I felt Nick’s teeth digging into my nipple.
“Nick, I want you,” I yelled throwing my head back.
Nick pulled me to him and chuckled as he brought his lips to mine and teased my lower lip.
‘Shower only, my love,” he mocked.
“Nick, I am dying here,” I said fisting my hand in his hair and pulling him to me.
“Let’s get out of the shower,” he said running his tongue along my neck.
“No, now and here!!” I said pushing him to the wall of the shower and took my teeth to his chest. I dug my teeth into his taut muscle and heard his groan in pain-driven pleasure.
He ran his palms on my bottom and over my thighs and in one swift movement lifted me off the shower floor. I automatically wrapped my legs around him and took my lips to his lips as I flicked my tongue over his teeth.
“I love my tigress,” Nick said against my lips.
“Nick, I don’t want to do it like this. Come down over me,” I said as I gasped for air.
“Here?” Nick asked in surprise.
“Yes, here,” I said as I got off his body and pulled him to the warm shower floor.
Nick groaned as I lay flat on the warm floor and pulled him to me.
“I want you one more time before I shave you,” I said looking at the irresistible face of the man I loved most in the world.
Nick chuckled as he came down on me and asked, “How much did you drink tonight?”
“None,” I said pulling his weight on me. He smiled at me as he brought his lips to my cheeks and then trailed down my body planting tender kisses along the way. He lingered on my chest as he caressed my breast with his palm and flicked his tongue over the other nipple. He moved lower poking his tongue into my navel and eventually to my clit in a friendly battle. I arched my back as I felt the tickle on the apex of my thighs as he lapped and flickered his tongue over my epicenter.
I called out his name unable to bear my emptiness and when Nick thrust into me, I felt my muscles tighten around him never wanting him to leave. I felt the hard stone floor of the shower against my back but nothing in the world bothered me when Nick was making passionate love to me. I dug my fingers into his arms as he moved rhythmically taking me to a new world. When I peaked, it was like no other time, and I felt the shuddering through my body like I had never felt before.
“Oh baby!!” Nick said in a hoarse voice as he came down on me with the water trickling down his back.
*****
Nick came into the closet where I was getting dressed to go to work the next morning.
“You didn’t wait for me to shower?” Nick teased.
“I am not falling for that trick two days in a row,” I mocked looking at his face as he ran his fingertips in his beard.
Nick laughed and said, “You were the one that broke the rules.”
“It’s the facial hair. I need to give you a shave as soon as possible,” I said shaking my head.
“There is no way I am getting rid of this look especially after last night,” Nick mocked.
I laughed and teased, “I am going to tie you up and give you a shave if you fight me.”
I saw his expression freeze and he started moving towards me with scary dark eyes, and I said giggling, “Holy crap, that’s not what I meant.”
He pulled me to him and said, “Just hearing you say that was electrifying and mind blowing. I can’t imagine how it would be if you were to do it,” and added as he ran his tongue on my lower lip, “I dare you to do it.”
“Nick, you know what I meant,” I said giggling pulling away fr
om him.
“Did I tell you how awesome it was last night, us in the shower?” Nick asked pulling me back into his arms.
I buried my face in his chest and said, “It’s been the best experience so far. I thought I was going to burst into a million pieces on the shower floor.”
“Interesting, better than on the swing?” he teased.
“Yes,” I said in a sensual tone and felt him shudder. I took my lips to his and planted a gentle kiss and said, “I will let you enjoy your beard until the end of this week,” and added as I pulled back from him, “I have a meeting at nine this morning so you have exactly thirty minutes.”
Almost forty-five minutes later, Nick and I headed downstairs to meet Mitch at the main entrance. Mitch seemed to be lost in thought standing next to the Range Rover.
“Why can’t we use my SUV?” I whined as I followed Nick to the Range Rover.
Nick turned around and said winking at me, “We take yours when we don’t want the security to follow us.”
I rolled my eyes at him and snarled, “Not funny.”
“Good morning, Ms. Nick,” Mitch said smiling at me.
“Mitch, are you okay?” I asked looking at him.
“I am fine, Ms. Nick. Just a tad bit tired this morning,” Mitch said smiling at me.
“Mitch, back seat. Sameera, shot gun,” Nick said as he got into the driver’s seat of the Range Rover.
I laughed and held the door for Mitch to get in and got into the passenger seat next to Nick.
“Mitch, what time did you go to bed?” Nick asked as we pulled out of the main entrance of the family residence.
“Pretty late,” Mitch said softly.
“Precisely how late?” Nick probed.
Mitch laughed and said, “Four in the morning.”
“I didn’t realize Mitch was a party animal,” I giggled turning to looking at Mitch.
“Not really that kind of a party,” Nick said and asked, “What do you have for us Mitch?”
“Are you really ready to hear this while you are driving?” Mitch said laughing.
“Oh, that bad huh?” Nick said laughing.
“You tell me how bad and Ms. Nick, please don’t forget to breathe,” Mitch said in a firm voice.
“What is going on guys?” I asked concerned.
“Mitch has been working with one of our friend’s in India to get more details on Reetu. It’s the same guy that helped me find you,” Nick said smiling at me.
“Mitch, I thought you already had a background check on her,” I stated remembering our conversation from the previous day.
“Yes but that was only for the time she has been in the U.S.,” Mitch said in a flat voice and added, “And she was clean.”
“So what did you find out now?” I asked turning around to face Mitch as I leaned against the passenger door.
Mitch pulled out a notepad from his jacket pocket looking at it and said, “Everything checked out with the school, college, and the orphanage she grew up in but the name of the orphanage is what I found to be a very strange coincidence.”
I looked at Mitch with a puzzled expression as he smiled at me and asked, “What is the name Mitch?”
“The orphanage is operated by a foundation called Sameera Nayana Vaasireddy – Foundation for Women,” Mitch said looking at me, and I felt my heart stop and then start beating again.
“What?” Nick asked looking at the road.
“Yes, you heard that right unless I butchered the name,” Mitch said looking at me.
I sat in the passenger seat looking dumbfounded as the name ‘Sameera Nayana’ was my grandpa’s aunt’s name, and she was like his second mom. He named Nate and me after her. I got the first part of her name and Nate’s name has the same meaning as ‘Nayana’ meaning vision or eyes. I could hear my heart making somersaults in my chest at this weird coincidence and wondered if this was really a coincidence.
“Sameera, are you okay?” Nick’s voice pierced through my thoughts.
“Ms. Nick, the name Vaasireddy seemed very similar to your last maiden name, and I followed up to get more information on the foundation,” Mitch said smiling at me and paused looking at my expression as I stared at him in a daze.
“Ms. Nick, You don’t look okay,” Mitch said looking at me.
“Mitch, I am fine. I am just processing all the information, and I don’t want to bring my hopes up before I have heard all the details,” I said and added looking at Nick, “Nick, this is pretty freaky. I don’t know what to think of this.”
“I am not done yet, Ms. Nick, and I think you will find the next piece of information pretty interesting,” Mitch said smiling.
“The foundation has gone through many transformations in recent times, but it was initially formed by a local ruler in the 1930’s in the state of Andhra Pradesh and the name of the founder is Raja Vaasireddy Ramachandra Naidu,” Mitch said in a calm voice reading from his notepad.
I was deafened by the sound of blood rushing in my ears, and I shivered at the realization that RajaRam Vaasi is the founder of the foundation. My body started to shiver uncontrollably as Nick moved towards the right most lanes to take an exit. He pulled over stopping on the shoulder and came around to me.
He opened the door and bent forward to put his arms around me. I clicked my seat belt and stepped out of the car into his arms. He ran his arms gently on my back as I struggled to breathe, unable to comprehend what I had just heard from Mitch.
“Nick, this is our destiny and it is embracing us. I don’t know how to handle this,” I said my voice shaking, and I heard his heart beating as fast as mine was and looked up into his eyes and said, “I am thrilled to find out about RajaRam Vaasi, but now I am torn with pain that he left Jasleen to go back to his royal life.”
“Sameera, we only know bits and pieces of the story, and I think we need to get all the facts before we judge RajaRam’s decision to abandon his family,” Nick said comforting me.
I looked at Mitch standing next to us looking at us.
“Thank you, Mitch,” I said managing to smile and asked, “Do you have more?”
“I do Ms. Nick, but I don’t want to continue if you are going to be sad,” Mitch said in a calm tone.
“I will be fine, Mitch. Let’s go Nick,” I said and got into the car. My fingers shivered as I tried to clip the seat belt, and Nick had to clip in the seat belt, as I just could not steady my fingers.
“Mitch, I am sure Raja Vaasireddy Ramachandra Naidu is RajaRam Vaasi and that he shortened his name and his last name when he left home to study,” I said in a soft voice.
“You are right, Ms. Nick. He joined a university close to home first and then moved to a different university and when he moved, he registered his name as RajaRam Vaasi,” Mitch confirmed.
“Wow, Mitch you got all this information in one night?” I asked in surprise.
“I just happened to talk to someone who knew all the details,” Mitch said smiling and added as he read from his notepad, “I talked to the VP of Operations of the foundation, a Sanjana Rao, actually it’s Sanjana Vaasireddy Rao. Vaasireddy is her middle name, and she is the great grandniece of the founder,” Mitch said still looking at his notepad.
“What?” I shrieked in disbelief as I covered my mouth with my palm and looked at Nick who was visibly taken back.
“Did I not say the name correctly?” Mitch asked looking at his notepad again.
“Mitch, you have just shaken up everything for the two of us,” I said laughing looking at Nick.
“This is pretty freaky, Sameera,” Nick said in a soft voice.
“What am I missing here, Ms. Nick?” Mitch asked with confusion.
“Long story short, when Nick and I were in India, we rescued a baby named Sameera, and I can tell you that the woman you talked to yesterday is the baby’s mom,” I said shaking my head in disbelief.
“Wow, I did not know that,” Mitch said looking down at his notepad and added, “There is one more thing that answer
ed all the questions for me about the chain.”
I looked at Mitch in silence holding my breath wondering what he was going to say next and he said in a soft voice, “Ms. Sanjana is also a member of the board that manages a trust fund that was formed by the founder of the orphanage. The trust fund is currently valued at a little over hundred million dollars and will be inherited by the person with a certain identification.”
Mitch paused to look at me and said, “I knew immediately what that item of identification was Ms. Nick, and Ms. Sanjana was completely taken back when I asked her if it was a chain and described Nick’s chain.”
“Shit, that’s why Reetu wanted that chain,” Nick snarled.
“Nick, it’s not just the money, it’s for the royal life. The life she did not have and had been obsessing about from when she was young,” Mitch said in a flat voice.
“How did Reetu know about this trust fund and the chain being the identifier?” I asked in surprise.
“The kids who stayed at the orphanage were told about the family that runs the foundation and the story of the founder, and Ms. Sanjana said that the trust fund information is public except for the fact that the identifier is a chain,” Mitch said
“This is too much information for one day,” I said shaking my head and added, “I can’t go to work now. I won’t get any work done.”
“Sameera, both of us need to go to work so we can absorb this information and talk about it later tonight,” Nick said in a firm voice.
Mitch sat silently for a few minutes added, “There is one more piece of information, and I thought this one would be the most shocking one but...”
“You have more?” I asked teasing him when he paused looking at me.
“Yes, and Ms. Sanjana told me that a few weeks back they had a Sameera Vaasi contact them claiming that she is the descendant of the founder and was ready to take a DNA test to prove her ancestry,” Mitch said in a calm voice.
My head started to spin, and I felt my mouth go dry. I stared at Mitch unable to speak.
“This is ridiculous,” Nick said looking at the road and added, “She is trying to steal Sameera’s identity.”
I looked at Nick in delirium and wondered what or who he was referring to, and it took me a few seconds to understand what Nick meant. Reetu had planned on going to the family as a descendant of RajaRam Vaasi and become the heiress to the inheritance.