Free Gate Deadlock by Urania Sarri Page A

had to see this.’ I said
apologetically. ‘I don’t know what got into him.’
    ‘I think it’s pretty obvious.’ he said in the
most natural manner. ‘He is jealous. And for good reason if you ask
me.’ He seemed very calm and rather amused by the situation
now.
    ‘What do you mean?’ I asked with my most
innocent smile, but sensing something in his voice that made my
heart beat fast.
    ‘Correct me if I’m wrong, but we kissed last
night. Or do I have to refresh your memory?’ If he was trying to
distract me, he did a good job.
    ‘Well, if I’ve forgotten about it, then…you’ve
got a problem!’ I challenged him, unable to believe it had been me
the one who had said those words.
    He thought about it for a moment. ‘I guess
this means I have to refresh your memory anyway.’ he grinned and
took the glass of my hand to put it on the small table, next to his. He turned to me and held my face in his warm
hands.
    He leaned forward and kissed me. I was more than
eager to kiss him back, of course. His sweet, cinnamon scented
breath felt hot in my mouth, making me shiver. I tried to hide a
faint chuckle. He stopped without drawing back.
    ‘What?’ he asked.
    ‘I’d just like to see Colin’s face now.’ I said,
looking into his eyes.
    He sighed. ‘Still thinking about Colin, are you?
I guess I should try harder then.’
    He kissed me again; only his kiss was now more
demanding, wilder, as his hands left my face to caress tenderly my
arms and my back. There was nothing else on earth at that moment,
the world around us had stopped turning. I knew my body was
responding to his touch more than I intended to, but I was
determined to let myself free, tired of holding down for so long. I
was simply offering myself to him, unconditionally and without
shame.
    He stopped suddenly and drew back a little. ‘I
should take you home now.’ he spoke in the same gruff, sexy voice I
had heard him speak the previous night.
    ‘I don’t want to go home.’ I protested. ‘I… want
to… stay.’
    He looked at me, astonished. ‘You’re crazy. You
know nothing about me.’
    ‘I know all I need to.’
    He shook his head impatiently with his eyes
closed as he sighed deeply.
    ‘Believe me, that’s only the tip of the iceberg.
You’re going to hate me one of these days.’
    ‘I’m never going to hate you. I’m …’ He put his
finger on my lips to stop me. He knew what I was going to say.
    ‘Have you ever thought I may be bad?
Bad for you?’ That was the second time he was warning me but I did
not want to think about it then. I could never think of him as the
bad guy and I was determined to take the risk anyway. Right there,
I had the chance to open my heart to him, so I took a deep breath
and told him the most candid words that came to me.
    ‘Christopher, you’re the best thing that has
ever happened to me. Don’t make me go. I need you.’ My last words
must have touched him deeply, because his expression changed,
making him look like he was suffering. He kissed me again.
    ‘What about Colin?’ he whispered in my ear.
    ‘Who’s Colin?’ I felt him smile against my
lips.
    He lifted me in his arms and carried me to his
bedroom. For the rest of the night, I lost track of place and time
in the warmth of his body. I was in the center of the universe,
experiencing a bizarre sense of fulfillment. The last piece of the
puzzle was in place now. Still, a low, warning voice inside me kept
warning me that this was only the beginning.
    And this is how our love story started, in
blissful ignorance of the nightmare that lay beneath and had
already slyly changed my life in so many ways.
    5.
    REVELATIONS
    I woke up with the
sweet smell of toasted bread hitting my nostrils. For a few
seconds, I lay back in the large bed confused at first, but
gradually realizing I was not in my bedroom.
    And then it hit me. A flow of emotions
overwhelmed my whole body, as the kisses, the cuddling and the
tender whispers of the previous night,