by Mari Sillva
But there was something behind it, and she was scared to be alone with Blade to find out later.
-Forget it, for now we'll talk about it later. - Help me get ready, we have to run before Mom comes knocking on the door, crazy behind us. Mainara nodded very grudgingly. After forty minutes, Jesse looked beautiful! With a very well-made make-up, the provocative red lipstick that her sister thought she should wear to match the rest of the look. Her hair caught in a bun, tied to the top of her head.
-The delightful ogre is going to die of jealousy of your sister the face will get an even source. - Mainara let out a loud laugh.
-Let's go downstairs and stop drinking. -Jesse rolled his eyes in frustration.
In the party room behind the mansion, there was an impatient bandit waiting for his partner, it was also his first time at a debutante ball. Not even in school had he gone to one, everything he knew he learned from his mother at home. He spoke four languages and had a greater knowledge than a newly graduated graduate. He was intelligent, cultured and observant. Looking around, Blade was sure that he would never be part of that world it was too loud for a lone wolf. The decor was all done in white with gold jugs of natural flowers adorned the tables of the guests. People stuck talking futile things, apart from the questioning look of Jesse's mother, who accompanied him wherever he went.
-The great time has come to receive the birthday girl and her maid of honor. Every gentleman must come to the front to get his lady as he is called, now is the time to put beauty on this party, folks, -joked the prom orator, a nice-looking man with a friendly smile. Blade was annoyed that all names were called, except for Jesse who was the last. He wanted to see her soon and be with her.
-With you, I call the beautiful young Jesse Carter, who wears wine. - The color of passion overwhelming and perilous, he announced, making the Heartless Man's heart soar.
There was no one who did not look at her as she pointed to the bottom of the whole cat walk her cheeks flushed the erotic mixture of the blush of innocence mingling with the charm of a newly misrepresented woman, something fantastic. She walked slowly for fear of tripping, thank God it worked. Already Blade in a jump was waiting for her, near the stairwell of the catwalk to receive it and take what was his.
- You look beautiful! - He praised, reaching out to help her down the three steps.
- Thanks! - She moved her mouth as if to say something else, but she stopped. He led her to the same place she had been before, the most discreet of the event.
-If you breathe, I'll kill everyone, and your cousin will be the first, understand? - Blade threatened, wrapping his arm around her waist.
Jesse just nodded his head.
They spent much of the birthday so, she was too stubborn and he did not have a little patience. But everything changed until the music of the two began to play, which served as a melody for their first night of love. They heard nothing but the chords of the Bom Jovi guitar, the memories came like lightning from both of them.
Blade, realizing that Jesse's back was chilled with cold, hugged her from behind to warm her better. Taking the first step, the young woman turned in front of the bandit, wrapping her arms around his body, resting her head on his chest, closing her eyes. Then the bodies began to move slowly to the sound of the song, in a perfect rhythm. When she finished, the investigator looked up at the beloved. What he saw was a more relaxed, calm expression. In a sign of peace she tiptoed and kissed his chin without expecting anything in return, but to her surprise, Blade rubbed the tip of her nose with hers. This was their way of apologizing to each other, raising the white flag of peace.
-Are not you mad at me anymore? - She asked with both feet afraid.
- I am very Much. - He closed his face, dangerously. -Later on, you have to explain things to me in detail. - He looked over at Cousin Tony's direction, talking to a couple of boys by the booze table, then looked at her with a frown.
-Blade I... - He stopped her from speaking, placing his index finger over her lips.
- Later Jesse, later...
It let loose in the air, but by his tone, Jesse knew that he was planning something not good for her. He chose not to go into it, it would not be smart to tease the beast in front of her whole family.
-Do you want something to drink? If you want I can get it. - She waited a few moments before carefully changing the subject.
-You're not going to get away from me at all, - he said tartly, squeezing her waist.
-Let's dance, Jesse? - It's your favorite song. Mainara arrived excitedly and started pulling her onto the dance floor.
If she knew the problem she was fixing for her sister, she would never do that. Jesse started to shake his body uncomfortably, so he would not undo it, but the thought was in Blade.
-Beautiful, is not it? - They are my treasure those who break the heart any of them will have to see me later. Maria Joaquim appeared to be holding two glasses of champagne looking toward her dancing daughters, just as Blade intended to go there and take Jesse by the hair.
- I understand. - He nodded, showing that he understood the message.
- Accepted? -He handed one of the glasses filled with bubbling liquid to him.
- Thank you. - He turned in one swallow, regretting not being anything stronger. His mother-in-law's presence intimidated him greatly.
-Where did you meet her? - My daughter is not much to leave she has always been very shy and sensitive. Maria Joaquim stared at him.
-She is stronger and braver than she imagines. - Blade did not take her eyes off Jesse watching her like a hunter with an eye on the prey.
-I've noticed my daughter differently, more securely always smiling, happy. Now I know the reason, I'm in front of him. -She held Blade's hand, looking deep into his beautiful dark blue eyes. -Promise you will do anything not to hurt her? If you have patience with Jesse, you can be sure that he will never be loved by another woman than by her, born with a big but fragile heart. So watch out, watch her with care!
-Sometimes her exaggerated kindness irritates me a lot. I hate the effect that her smile has on me I could ask whatever I wanted. For example, when he confronts me, making me travel for more than twelve hours to a cold place, I hate cold places, full of important things to do at home just because he did not answer my forty-eight calls - he said without thinking when he saw open with someone he had just met. The mother-in-law was not as bad as she'd heard, at least not that one.
- Forty-eight? - She asked in surprise.
-I'm insistent when I want something, ma'am, - Blade replied, taking his eyes off the lane and staring at her.
-I'm glad to hear that, my son!
Maria Joaquim kissed Blade's face and went on her way. He felt as if he'd had that conversation with his own mother.
Jesse gradually lost her fear and began to dance with his sister, but wondering if Blade was still watching. In a brief glance, she saw his eyes slide lazily across her body, stopping more than necessary on her shapely legs, which appeared in the opening of her dress as it moved. She realized the others were looking at her too, and she thought that was a stretch, in the hope that Blade would be watching the cabin show, that it had been torture for him. That would give him more value instead of acting like a complete idiot. Jealous of what he had seen, the bandit was sent out to get Jesse off the dance floor, but he was stopped again.
-Are you alone? - A woman with a mellow voice and a strange, shock-pink dress gripped Blade's arm, which was about to shoot her if she did not let him go. Her voice was vulgar and cloying, an exaggerated makeup and enormous arrogance. To make matters worse, Blade hated that kind of person.
-He's not alone, Valeria! - And I think it's good for you to stay well away from what's mine because I'm armed and I will not be afraid to use it if I need to. Jesse lifted the opening of his dress, showing the gun at his thigh.
Blade found the sexiest thing in the world, it was a cuddly cat that when nailed showed the nails. Unsatisfied and jealous, Jesse took his hand and d
ragged him out of the hall, possessed, no matter how cold it was.
-It's ugly to get out before the main waltz, you know that? - He sneered he liked to see her irritated even more because of jealousy. This time, Jesse did not bow his head, he defended what was hers.
- What are you doing here? You're very dickhead after everything appears as if nothing had happened.
Blade could see from the distance the veins of her neck jumping, she was really nervous. Worried that anyone would hear them and bothered by the cold, he pulled her into a door on the left. It was a kind of old but organized wine cellar.
- Who I should be nervous here, is me! Why did not you answer my calls? - He changed his voice.
- I was busy. -She crossed her arms, avoiding his eyes.
- Skiing with Tony? -It was ironic, hostile.
-Yes, and it was amazing to spend the day with him. -Blade lost her head and pulled the gun from her waist, pressing it against the wall and pointing it to her head.
-Do not tease me you do not know what I'm capable of. - He tightened his grip on Jesse's neck, his eyes dark and empty as a cold night.
-You can kill me if you want, at least you will not hurt me anymore. - Blade released her immediately.
-You hurt me, too. - It was the first time she'd seen him opening up to her feelings, yet it did not lessen the anger she felt for him.
-How could you leave me the day after our first time? - I felt like the worst woman in the world, I felt used. She took what she wanted and then knocked on the door of my apartment like a mangy dog, walked away and left me talking to myself. She wanted to cry, but she held her ground, she did not shed a tear.
-I did not even come down the street, and I was sorry, I came back to make up. But I found you in the arms of another, the bartender. It ended with me, going over my pride and coming here was not easy for me, but I came because I could not stand a minute without seeing you. To complete I arrive and I see you holding hands with this Tony, it was the striptease that made for the henchman of my biggest enemy. He had not come back to apologize, but he had come back because he had seen her in Michelangelo's arms. And even hurt came to the ball because he knew it was important to her.
-And it was crying the heartaches in a nightclub to the sound of electronic music and several women giving on you, I bet you slept with half of them. - She was getting good at being ironic, touching the right spot to affect him.
-I did not go fucking, that noise you heard was Li watching television with the loud volume. The characters are they were in a nightclub I was made a fool lying on the sofa thinking of you - exclaimed without patience.
-I hurt you, you hurt me. The best for us is to pretend we never met, -Jesse said, swallowing the tears, but he knew it was the right thing to do. What starts out wrong ends wrong.
-Do you like the bartender? - He asked in a very sweet way. Jesse shook his head, heartbroken.
-"Tony's then? - He looked like a teenager, unsure.
-I love you, Blade! - Her gaze brightened like the sunrise, full of hope.
- Liar! who loves does not give up. He moved away from her, hurt.
- Sometimes giving up is the greatest proof of love that can be given to a person, perhaps one day you understand that certain departures, however painful they may be, serve to avoid greater sufferings. Of course, we're never going to work together, insisting is worse. Jesse was right, and he knew it.
-I'll miss you, angel, - Blade said in a slightly shaky voice.
- Me too.
Jesse hugged him tightly and was rewarded with the same intensity, then falling into an endless mourning. She could not hold back the sobbing as he began to sing some of their music very softly in her ear, stroking her curls affectionately.
It's been raining since you left me.
Now I'm drowning in the flood
You know I've always been a fighter.
But without you I give up.
Now I can´t sing a love song
Like the way it means to be
Well, I guess I'm not so good anymore.
But baby, that is just me.
Yes, and I will love you, baby, always
And I'll be there forever and a day
I'll be there until the stars don´t shining
Until the heaven burns and words do not rhyme
And I know that when I die you'll be in my mind
And I will love you, always...
Everything we live does not come back,
They are only memories of a different life.
Some that made us laugh
Some that made us cry
One that made you had to say goodbye.
But do not forget that I will love you ... Always...
-God, what pain! I did not want it to have to be like this, I wish I could make you happy! - Jesse was crying so hard that she wet the collar of his shirt. It was too hard for her to let him go.
-The little I knew of happiness was by your side, thank you for that. For giving me the opportunity, even if only for a moment, to believe in happy endings and that love heals everything, even the worst people like me. -They were so close to each other that they were not going to let go again.
-I do not want you to go, - Jesse whispered in his ear, his voice tearful.
-Do not let me go, - he whispered back. Without an answer, she let go, turning to leave.
-Take care, - Blade said, reaching for the doorknob, not daring to look at her one last time.
-Please stay, make love to me? - She demanded, making his hand freeze in the air before she reached the door. But he thought better, he decided to do it right.
-No matter how much I regret everything I've done, there is no religion that can save me. My heart bleeds for knowing that I'll never get anywhere near what you deserve and it torments me every day. Do not make things worse, leave it as it is. Look for a boy your age, what is not as troublesome as me. He twisted the knob to the right, opening the door.
-If you will, it will be forever, but if you decide to stay, it is to make love to me and not let go of me the choice is yours, but know that there is no turning back. It was all or nothing. - The only thing she heard was the sound of the door pounding with him inside.
-What the fuck, Jesse! - You're very silly. It was your chance to get rid of me. -Blade began to grumble grumpy, but she shut him up with a passionate kiss, full of hope for a future together.
So, at that moment they discovered that love only works when you offer your soul the way it is. No need to be done, just really.
Meanwhile, at the debutante ball, Maria Joaquim was entertained arranging a flower arrangement on the main table, next to the three-story cake and a bundle of brigadiers, when she noticed someone approach behind her.
-Excuse me miss, did you happen to see Jesse Carter around? I really need to talk to her, it's urgent. -The voice was thick, but over-polite, very pleasant.
-First, it is not Miss, Mrs. Carter. Second, why did a plumber in my daughter's building travel to Canada after her? - Maria Joaquim nervously put her hands on her waist and Julius swallowed, thinking: What do I do now?
Chapter 26
Jesse wrapped his arms around Blade's neck during the kiss, pulling him toward him. He had pressed her brutally against the wall, molding it to his body. His hands slid unabashedly around her curves until they landed on the girl's buttocks, squeezing tightly and willingly and all the while. His lips were still glued to each other in an overwhelming, insatiable rhythm. Blade bit the lower part of Jesse's mouth making her moan that made him smile in the kiss.
-You drive me crazy, investigator, - he confessed, almost voiceless, and started kissing her desperately.
-In what sense? - Jesse made a charm, moving his mouth away from hers. Blade frowned, not liking to lose touch.
-all senses - he replied quickly, pretended to continue from where they had stopped.
-You are not easy either, Mr. Maldonado. -Blade stared at her seriously, and immediately Jesse braced hi
mself for the worst.
- I never said it was. - His tone was defensive.
-Well, as they say, the harder, the better the hotter. -Jesse disarmed him he was learning how to tame the beast.
-Is it yummy? - He asked maliciously, caressing her breasts lightly, rubbing his thumbs on her nipples that began to dazzle beneath the thin fabric of her dress. Jesse felt a surge of heat and pleasure coming at her body.
- Perverted! - Jesse sighed, fully delivered.
-You have not seen anything, but you will have the opportunity to see! - Or rather, feel strong and deep. The last word practically whispered with his lips close to her, seducing her.
-Why do not you show me now? - Her response, though half unsure, surprised him greatly, especially as Jesse reached for the belt of his pants with the intention of opening it.
-We need to stop before I do anything foolish.
Even though he wanted to, Blade knew that to possess it would be crazy. Someone could catch them red-handed. The first person to come to her mind was her mother, who, probably, when she missed her daughter, would come looking for her. She did not want trouble with her mother-in-law.
- Anything foolish - Jesse's uncertainty doubled, now she did not want to. She looked away, annoyed.
-Look at me, - he ordered, but she did not obey. Then Blade turned her face into his eyes. I'm not a teenager, Jesse. For me you are like one of those old bottles of wine from this cellar, too valuable and that I want to taste calm, preferably in my bed. Since you made me come to this cold place, the least you should do is keep me warm. He kissed Jesse's face then hugged her. -All night and during the day, too, - he finally concluded, feeling her heart pound against his chest.
- I love you, Blade! -She declared herself, but there was no response from him.
She felt his breath soften and her arms tighten around her. Jesse was not sad because he did not expect him to respond. He knew their limitations and respected them. He knew he might never hear "I love you," but it did not matter to her to talk. Better to feel than to talk!