"Why did it take you so long to pick up?" She was right, it was him, his deep voice couldn't be mistaken for anyone else's.
"I'm sorry, I just came out of the shower and I wasn't close to my phone."
"That's nice, so aren't you going to ask how I got your number?"
"Is that supposed to surprise me? I mean after the first encounter we had, I think surprises died after you easily found out my name barely five minutes in."
"Tsk tsk tsk, that's pretty boring Lana, I like to be mysterious and you're not really helping with that."
"Why did you call?" She felt extremely tense and had to hold the kitchen table for support, one silly mistake and Lucien could easily make life worse for her.
"You don't quite sound excited to hear my voice, that's usually not the response I get but I can understand why." From the other end of the line, Lana could tell there was a smirk on his face.
"Anyways, I called to check up on you, I wanted to know if you got home safely." That was odd, why does he care whether or not she got home safe?
"Should that truly be any business of yours? Last I checked we only agreed on a date." She heard him laugh and Lana couldn't tell if it was jest or annoyance.
"You do not really get it, do you? Yes we are going to go out but remember the clause is till I am satisfied and until I say I am, you'll just have to keep on putting up with this."
There was no way he was being serious, how was he going to keep this up? Was he going to constantly call her whenever he wanted to?
But this was typical Lucien, the Lucien that everyone knew and Lana had never felt so unfortunate until now.
"Why the sudden silence? You didn't look like you were quiet back there at the restroom Lana."
His voice suddenly became intense, and she knew he couldn't get that image out of his head just like she couldn't as well but the difference between the two of them was that she got herself In trouble and he was the trouble.
"What do you want? Certainly you do not want to drag this ruse longer than it should. It's already the weekend, choose a day and we'll go out, I don't think I will have any more free time after this."
There was an echo of laughter from his end.
"You really are something, Lana Hart, not only did you conveniently spy on me, you're quite the one to talk about rules and convenience. Unfortunately for the two of us, I have engagements that require my attention and even if I didn't, I am the one who makes the rules, not you, and we'll go out when I say we will and until then, you're just going to have to deal with me."
Before she could say anything, the line went dead.
"Curse my luck. What am I going to do now?
Maybe I shouldn't overthink this, all I have to do is simply play along until the time comes right? I can't let him know that I'm afraid of him or else he'd make this last way longer than it should and I do not have the time or patience for that."
She looked over at the pot on the fire and the water had almost dried up from over boiling, "Fuck, almost forgot I was about to prepare noodles, I'll get this ready and relax to my favorite series, I'm not going to let anything or anyone ruin my weekend." She finished and indeed sat down to watch her favorite show.
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"She's quite mouthy for someone who could comfortably spy on two people having sex."
To be honest that truly wasn't the first time Lucien got caught having sex with anyone, this time it was just a bit different. Something about the way she looked at him with so much need almost sent him into a spiral of insanity and he knew deep down that sex may never feel the same again and he was right.
No woman had ever looked at him with that much yearning in her eyes. For a moment, everything seemed to stop and it was just the two of them, almost felt like she was the one there, instead of Laurette.
"Something about her eyes man, she had such beautiful grey eyes…" All he could see was the way they looked dazed and since that moment he had been trying to get it out of his mind, but it wouldn't just go.
Her hair was the same color as autumn, never had he seen such features that were so unique. When he stood close to her, her lips called to him and he still couldn't figure if this longing was the pervert side of him or there was truly an attraction that existed between them. Whichever it was, he was going to play with her.
His face contoured in a smile and suddenly life felt much more familiar. It had been a while since he found something to play with, he had lost it all, his sense of excitement and thrill after Alexa had left him.
The sudden thought of her made the smile disappear from his face. He would have given anything to be with her.
Memories from the accident came flooding in, it was her he wanted to protect, she was the reason why he almost lost his life and yet she didn't look twice when she turned back to leave him.
Almost like he didn't exist to her, like everything they had been through together was all a joke. When it happened, he wasn't in pain, he was happy that she didn't get hurt. As long as she was safe, he was willing to sacrifice everything for her. Every single thing but it didn't matter anymore.
Now, he's much better than he used to be and he had found a new puppet he was going to play with, life suddenly felt great again.