CHAPTER 82: CHEAT DAY [PART 1]

I breathed low. My eyes fixated on his neck as if it were an impulsive enticement. I knew every part of Drevon was like a walking sexual magnet, but why does his neck look far more scrumptious?

The veins marred on them pulsed under my gaze. I could hear it humming, followed by a rush like water flowing through the streams.

When I swallow down my saliva to somehow ease my dry throat, it prickles like icy shards have somehow found their way there.

"Eloise."

I gasped as if suddenly awake—his skin at my teeth. When did I get so close?

In slow breaths, I veered my eyes to Drevon, calmly observing me, his thick, dark eyebrows furrowed.

I turned away, pondering what had just happened. The more I tried to think about it, the more it felt like I had hallucinated.

"Are you alright?"

I shivered at the sound of his voice. Gosh! Eloise, are you so tempted by this man? Now you want to eat him like some snack?

"I-I’m fine, I just got dizzy."

I felt Drevon’s hand grasping my throat, causing my body to press against his solid chest.

"Do you feel cold?"

"N-No," I shivered, feeling at the jaws of a beast because his grip shrouded my entire throat.

Will he break me?

However, feeling his tender lips caressing against my cheek, I knew I was getting anxious for the wrong reasons.

"I don’t mean your body." He pressed his hand firmly on my throat, and I knew what he meant.

"I’m—"

He kissed my pulse, and it vibrated beneath his lips. "It’s cold," he confirmed. "Like ice."

His other hand moved to my waist, my gown had piled up, leaving nothing hidden, but Drevon didn’t attempt to touch me.

"M-Maybe I caught a cold."

"Maybe," he muttered.

It’s been a while since I caught one, which was something that got me thinking. I usually get bedridden occasionally, shivering through the night and coughing my insides out.

"Tell me whenever you feel cold there," Drevon said. "Come to me when that happens."

I pushed him off, which he allowed, and I faced him with a puzzled look. "Why?"

"Because I care for your well-being."

Maybe he was just worried about my health. After all, it hasn’t been a long time since I survived that ordeal. But the idea of coming to him because of something as simple as a cold made me feel like I would burden him more with my troubles.

"Eloise."

I should just agree to end this discussion.

"Okay," I replied.

Drevon nodded. "Good."

I blushed. "Um... that thing you did..." I cleared my throat. "With your tongue."

"What about it?" he asked amusedly.

"Do it again."

Drevon seemed to have hit a time pause, because he froze with his mouth agape, along with the words he had to say.

"Drevon—"

His hand covered my mouth before I could finish. "You’re going to be the death of me," he muttered under his breath, closing his eyes as if to restrain himself.

He pulled the blanket over me. I struggled through the sudden darkness and pulled down the thick covers.

Drevon wasn’t beside me anymore, but now standing by the table, turning wine into the crystal goblet.

Wasn’t it too early to drink?

"Did I say something wrong?"

"No, you didn’t," he answered, drinking the entire thing.

"Then come here and give me your tongue."

He choked, coughing loudly.

I crawled out of bed and walked to him. "It’s cheat day."

"What?" he asked, using the back of his hand to wipe his mouth.

"I declare today a cheat day. You have the entire day to please me."

"Eloise," Drevon said breathlessly, but I didn’t let him speak, as I went on my tiptoes and placed a finger on his lips.

"Do you object?" I asked. "You should be happy." I retreated my finger and walked back to the bed.

"Come on now, we don’t have all—" I squealed when Drevon picked me up by the waist and placed me on the table.

"Here?" I asked. "I’m not sure if I will be comfortable."

"Eloise," he uttered. "Do you honestly think the next time I have my tongue down your cunt it will end up in cuddles?"

I blinked. "Won’t it—"

"I have never fought so hard for control, and that is not common for me. I wear it like a second skin, but I shredded through it the moment you said you moaned my name."

"I—"

"You ask me to pleasure you, but are you ready for what comes next after that?"

"What comes next?" I asked in a ragged whisper.

"Cheat day be damned," he murmured, pulling away from me, grabbing his linen shirt from the couch, and walking out the door.

What just happened?

~•~

"Your Grace?"

I opened my mouth as Osha spoon-fed me.

I swallowed down the delicious soup and licked my lips. This was delicious, but I couldn’t enjoy it properly without thinking about what transpired earlier today.

"Why did he leave like that?" I opened my mouth again as Osha fed me. "Did I say something wrong?"

I looked at Osha, who was heavily focused on feeding me my bowl of soup.

"Today was supposed to be a cheat day."

"C-Cheat day?"

"A day when I get to surrender to all my desires without logic. Even though I just came up with it on the spot."

Osha tipped her head and got more confused.

I sighed. "I’m human, and it takes so much to admit your desires for a beast, let alone act on them. Just saying that out loud just gave me a headache!" I groaned, with eyes closed rubbing my forehead.

"Oh my! Are we having that talk?" Osha said excited.

I peered at her with one eye. "No."

"Aww..." she whined.

"But do you know why he’s suddenly stormed off like that?" I leaned towards her.

Osha moved closer and asked. "Why did he storm off in the first place?"