“What's the matter Mr Spencer, you are scared you might lose control?” I asked mockingly.
He looked at me with his mouth open. He never expected something like this from me. Oh My God I wasn't expecting it from myself either.
“What..what the hell are you talking about? My God Cassy,you're half naked. I'm your teacher and I... I-” he paused. He was clearly in difficulty.
“What? It's true you're my teacher but you're also a man,” I said while I sat down on the sofa and crossed my legs. I could see his gaze falling on my bare legs.
"Yes, I'm a man who needs a bloody drink right now,” he snapped as he grabbed a bottle of vodka and poured some in a glass and then swallowed it in one gulp. I smiled, I was having the effect I was hoping for. Inside I was trembling and I didn't know If I would have been able to continue with this hot game. Shameless I repeated to myself, would I be able to do it? Maybe a little bit of his vodka would help but I knew he wouldn't let me have any.
“Do you want something to eat?” he asked gaining some of his control back.
“No thanks,I'm not hungry.” At least not gastronomically speaking.
“Well then I'll go and take a shower,” he said.
I couldn't help it but to laugh.
“What's funny?” he asked questionably.
“Nothing, a good cold shower will certainly make you feel better Sir.”
He walked away without saying anything. What was I doing? Trying to provoke him like that. I must be mad,I repeated to myself. Well I was,about him and tonight he will be mine!
CHAPTER 20
I was sitting quietly on the sofa when my mobile rang. I picked it up and looked at the screen. It was Lucy.
“Hello Cas,did you call me?" She asked as soon as I answered. "I received a missed call notice. I'm sorry there was no reception where I was. Is everything all right?" She asked with concern.
“Oh don't worry Lucy, I did call you but now I'm fine," I replied.
“What do you mean? I can't understand,” she said in a confused tone.
I rolled up my eyes, I knew that if I told her anything, she would want to hear everything including details. “Well it's a long story.”I said trying to cut it short,I didn't want Mr Spencer to hear me.“Are you having fun?” I asked her instead.
"Yes a lot. Listen Cas,do you think it would be OK for you If we meet at one instead of midnight?” she asked.
I kept quiet for a moment. An idea crossed my mind. What if I pass the night here?
“Listen Lucy, maybe I won't come. Can you please cover up for me with mum if she calls you?” I told her then.
“What do you mean you won't come?" she asked incredulously," Cas what's going on? Are you mad? I thought you were leaving Julian and now you want to spend the night with him?” she shouted with a concerned voice.
“Luc,I'm not with Julian,” I admitted in a low voice. I hoped she didn't ask me an avalanche of questions, Mr Spencer would soon come out.
“No? Then where the hell are you?” She asked surprised.
I didn't reply.
“Oh my God!!!” She exclaimed "Cas are you with him?” she asked in a stunned but excited voice.
“Listen Lu, you'll have to wait till tomorrow. I can't speak now OK.”I said as I looked at the door, I had heard a noise.
“OK but you're killing me, how can I wait till tomorrow?” she asked desperately, I knew she was being eaten up with curiosity.
“I have to go now. Goodnight and thanks,” I said hanging up.
I was going to try it all but I needed courage. I stood up and went in the kitchen. Tyler's glass was still there and was still half full. I took it and drank it all in one go. Then I poured some more vodka and took the glass with me in his bedroom . I put it on his dresser and then I arranged my hair a little. I looked around curiously. Tyler loved to read there were many books placed on his bed side table. I picked up one, it was about cultivation of flowers and roses. It was in that moment that something captured my attention. I saw a part of a painting hidden under a book. I pulled it out and a shiver ran down my spine when I saw it, it was a portrait of me. It was beautiful. I was still looking at the painting when I heard his voice. He called me. I jumped a little and turned around to face him still holding the painting in my hands.
“What are you doing?” He asked looking at me.
I felt weak. Oh My God. Now I was the one to feel lost. He was so darn sexy with the towel in one hand, his hair wet and most of all bare chested. I gasped. I needed air. He was stunning. He wore a tight fitting jeans which embraced perfectly his strong legs. My eyes wandered over his body starting from his wide muscular shoulders , to his powerful hairless chest and down to his perfect six pack. Then I gazed at his trim waistline and narrow hips. I felt my hand itching to touch him, his muscles seemed so hard. I felt my heart pounding in excitement as I imagined his body brushing mine. It seemed to be pay back time as he was repaying me with the same coin. I felt defeated. Who was provoking who now? I felt a strange feeling in my body. I felt need. I needed to touch him. To be touched by him. I looked up into his eyes. His eyes reflected my same desire.
“I.. I'm sorry. I saw the painting and I -”
I paused as I couldn't continue . He was getting near, walking slowly towards me.
“It's doesn't matter. I wish I had time to finish it though before you saw it. I was going to give it to you. “ He said stopping just a few centimeters away from me.
“Really? When did you do this?” I managed to whisper throatily. I felt breathless. He was so near.
“When we were near the sea”. He replied with his blue eyes gazing down into mine. I felt my knees going weak and I trembled. I thought I was going to die and my heart raced madly when his hand reached out for my shoulder,catching it with a firm grip. My breath caught in my throat and I felt dizzy when I felt his finger tips beginning to caress my throat. My God I froze, I felt completely and utterly lost.
“Who is in control now?” He asked with a husky deep voice.
I looked up at him. He was smiling with satisfaction. He knew exactly what effect he was having on me.
“Still me,” I managed to say. I wasn't going to let him win.
He laughed. “Oh really? Then why are you trembling so much?” he asked amused. He was having so much fun, I had to do something to
regain control.
I put my shaking hands on his chest and caressed it slowly making him get goosebumps. Then I traced his six-pack. Oh the muscles were so hard, he was still looking at me without saying anything. I looked at his lips and without thinking twice I stood up on my toes and gave him a small yet sensual kiss on the lips. It was quick yet enough to feel him getting hard. I pressed myself against his bare chest and hugged him. He was aroused, I could feel his hardness pushing against me. I smiled triumphantly, he wanted me. His body ached for me. He stood there without moving a muscle for a few seconds then all of a sudden he pulled back.
“Who called you? I..I heard your mobile while I was in the shower?” He said gasping for breath.
I looked at him startled and confused.
Was that all? He was not going to say anything about the kiss I just gave him?
“It was Lucy,” I said trying not to show all my disappointment.
“And she told you what?” He asked.
“Well, she has a problem,” I lied, I wasn't going to give up now. “There was an accident and they are stuck in traffic and probably will be back very late. I was wondering. Could I stay here tonight?” I asked looking at him.
He looked at me for a second and...
“No better not.”
“Why? I will be a good girl, I promise, Sir” and saying that I went close to him again and put my hand back on his chest and started to draw little circles.
“Cassy, are you trying to seduce me? I'm still your teacher," he reminded me as his hand went up to my face.
I shivered.“So?”
“This is not you,this is the vodka sp
eaking. You drank my vodka did you? I smelt it before,” he gazed deeply into my eyes.
“Just a little,” I admitted as I let him caress my face and pull my hair back from my face.
“You're drunk,” he said.
“Not that much, I still know what I want,” I dared. He stopped and pulled me closer to him.
“And what is it you want?” He asked me in a soft sensual voice as he kept my face merely centimeters away from his. Now or never I thought...
“You”. I said in a single breath.
His eyes widened and his gaze darkened. I saw lust in his eyes, his face was getting dangerously closer as he bent down. I thought he was going to kiss me. My hand pushed against his chest, I was going to die with excitement. But he didn't kiss me, instead his lips went further down to my ear.
“Cassy you're playing with fire, you know you might get burnt,” he whispered sensually.
“And what if I wanted to get burnt?” I asked softly. I shivered as he ran a thumb sensually over my lips. Then his other hand dropped down to grab my waist and drew me to him, pressing me into his chest. I felt my body melting.
“Listen Cassy,you don't know what you're saying right now. You're drunk, tomorrow morning when the effect of alcohol have worn off,you'll regret this. You won't even be able to look me in the eye and probably you will blush during my lessons if I will only look at you. Cas I don't do one night stands. I'm not that kind of guy and I surely won't start doing that tonight. Also I would never take advantage of a drunk girl especially if that girl is a student of mine and is someone who I happen to respect and like a lot,” he concluded giving me a kiss on my nose.
“ I know you want me. I felt it before,” I insisted.
He stared at me.
“Felt what?” He asked surprised.
“Your bulge,you were aroused,” I said feeling my face burning.
He gazed in my eyes and...
“Cassy I'm a man not a machine but this won't happen tonight. So accept you defeat OK. Lust is not what I'm looking for. Now let's go in the living room, maybe we can watch a movie whilst we wait for Lucy's return,” he said as he pushed me gently away from him.
He left my side and went to the living room looking through his DVDs. I sat on the sofa. I felt angry and sad. I had tried but I failed. He switched on the DVD Player and then sat near me. He looked at me and saw my expression but he didn't say anything. I tried to focus on the film but I couldn't, I was tensed and disappointed, he had rejected me. Why? Couldn't he see how much he meant to me? Couldn't he? Just then I felt his arm wrapping around my shoulder pulling me closer to him. I looked at him surprised, he smiled and held me tight to him. I felt better and leaned my head against his shoulder. I felt tired all of a sudden. I closed my eyes and fell asleep.
CHAPTER 21
The next day I was awakened by a familiar sound. I opened my eyes and I felt my head aching. Where was I? For a moment I couldn't remember anything but then I heard Tyler's voice and the sound that I had heard before had stopped. He was speaking on his mobile. Wait! Tyler? Oh.. Finally I remembered. I was at his house and I was laying in his bed. I tried to focus, to remember what happened the day before and when my memory came back I felt my face burning with embarrassment. But how come I was in his bed? The last thing I remembered was watching a movie with him in the living room. Probably I had fallen asleep and he had carried me to his bed. Tyler was still talking and something he said caught my attention.
“Chris do you know what time it is?” He was saying to the person on the phone.“It's six o'clock in the morning. I know you always forget that there are 8 hours of difference. Yes I was sleeping. Anyway how's college?”
Chris?? My eyes widened. Who was Chris? His brother maybe? And that ring tone, I had already heard it. Oh My God,was it the same one the stranger had? Was Lucy right,was he the stranger? The conversation ceased and I heard the sound of his footsteps getting near. He was coming to the bedroom. I grabbed the blankets and pulled them over me covering myself up to my head. I closed my eyes pretending I was still asleep. I felt the mattress sinking down a little when he sat down, then I felt his hand touching my face and I really made an effort not to shiver.
“ Come on sleepy head,wake up. It's already quarter past six. Cassy,” he called as he pushed the blanket down.
I opened my eyes pretending I had just woken up.
“Good morning,” he said with a smile on his face. “How are you feeling this morning?”
“I have a bad headache,” I replied without looking at him.
“It's all your fault, you shouldn't have drank all that vodka.”He promptly said.
He looked at me in the eye and I blushed when I remembered how I had touched him and kissed him. I looked down and I pulled the blanket up again trying to hide my face. He smirked.
“Woho, is someone getting flashbacks of last night?” He chuckled.
“Shut up,” I replied embarrassed.
“What? No way. I'm having some fun now.
What happened to the femme fatale of last night?” He asked in a teasing tone.
“She failed it seems,” I answered him sadly. I had failed, I thought I could make him mine but I couldn't, he would never love me back.
He stopped laughing and caressed my face.
“I wouldn't say that. Now come on,out of bed. You have to dress up. I'll prepare you something to eat and I'll take you to Lucy's house. We both have school this morning and I need to be there at eight.”He was still seated looking at me.
“What's the matter Cas,why don't you get up?” he asked when I didn't move.
I was embarrassed, couldn't he see that? How could I get up in front of him wearing just his T-shirt? It was stupid considering he already saw me with it on.
“Can you go out please?” I said covering myself.
He smiled. “Well I regret to inform you that there isn't much left for me to see since I already saw what I had to see," he said mockingly. "And you weren't drunk yet,so stop pretending you are embarrassed,” he said making me blush more.
I bit my lip and gazed down.“Well today is a different story OK?”
“Then I was right yesterday,” he continued.
“ No you weren't. I don't regret anything of what I have done,” I retorted and then grabbed all my courage and got up. He kept looking at me, especially at my breasts and was doing nothing to hide the fact that he liked me and a lot. I shivered as I walked to the bathroom.
“I left some clothes for you,they're near the sink” I heard him shouting.
I entered and closed the door and I picked the clothes he left me. A black t-shirt and a pair of gym trousers. I put them on,they were quite baggy but were much better than the transparent T-shirt. I went out and found him in the kitchen, already dressed up in his teacher mode. White shirt, blue tie and black trousers. He was still handsome but nothing could compare to the way I had seen him last night. I felt heat going to my face. Stop it Cas.
“Oh here you are. Come I made you an omelet and some coffee. I'm sorry but I don't have much. I didn't have time to go to the supermarket this week,” he said as he smiled at me.
“Don't worry and thanks, usually I don't eat much in the morning.”
I sat down and ate in silence while he drank the coffee. Looking at us like this we looked like a couple. This is how it would be if I lived with him,if we were married, I thought. Oh I had to stop daydreaming,it was too early for that.
“What are you thinking about?” He asked smiling at me.
I smiled back,“Nothing,this omelet is good. Tyler,thanks for letting me spend the night here.”
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