15. Drake is willing to share Stella with Sam.♡☆♡
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Stella thought about what Sam had said.
She knew that her brothers, except David had never paid attention, or cared for a little twerp sister.
She, of course knew her parents were in Egypt living their best life.
"My family has their own things going on.
I haven't told any of them about my failed engagement. David of course knows about the engagement part."
" David is Drakes friend, Drake talks to him, tells him things about girls."....Teeth chattering.... "I was just lonely on my birthday, I wanted excitement. Not a husband."
"Sam, I don't want anyone to know about my break up. Another failed relationship in my life."
She shuddered. " I'm avoiding them all."
Sam touched her forehead.
"You are burning up. Don't talk anymore. Sam is here to save the day. My older cousin is an ass, but..I think he is very smitten with you."....he murmured.
Stella hugged Sam to her.
" Sam, thank you...I will be okay. I have Teddy you know...he does love me very much. I have no doubt about that." She smiled.
Sam wondered at this girl. That smile was like the sun coming out on a dark and rainy day.
She had these deep green eyes and perfect lips.
Her hair, well it was a tangled mess all over her head right now, but she was very stunning.
He recalled that she was known as a tom boy. She dressed like a boy and acted like her older brothers.
He felt bad that Drake had claimed her.
He loves them, breaks their tender hearts, and leaves them shattered.
She didn't seem too shattered though. "Stella do you love Drake?" He had to know.
" Oh, I do. But....he is not the husband type. I'm not...I ...am a horrible lover. I get it..I was never very good at it... He just did the deed and took off most of the time.
He has more sophisticated tastes. I'm like a McDonald's cheese burger, when he likes steak."
Sam disagreed, she was caviar, the finest variety.
He saw that she understood exactly who Drake had been. She loved him though?
He got up and gave her some water. " Drink please."
She drank the water.
Drake came storming in at that moment. He was upset hearing that she was ill. Jonathon called him. He needed to see her.
Stella's eyes got wide.
" What the hell are you doing here Sam?" He demanded.
Sam stood up. "Nice to see you too cus. Your...uh..ex and I are getting acquainted a bit.
Seems like I'm taking over here, I am Stella's gaurdian now, since you set her aside, how is Olivia?"
Sam knew Drake wasn't with Olivia.
Stella didn't ask Sam to be her guardian, she was shocked.
Sam decided to take over her care, just by seeing that smile, she roped him in like a silly school boy crush.
Drake said,"I need to speak with my fiancé ...alone."
Sam stood up." Of course, and she is your ex-fiancé. Remember?"
Drake was all sorts of flustered, why was his little cousin even with her.
He hadn't expected this. He thought his cousins all cancelled their trip to the summer house. Sam had made other plans, his own plans.
When Drake heard that she was ill, he came right away.
He saw Stella shivering with her eyes closed.
My poor baby.
" You are pretty sick?" He asked.
" Mmm hmmm." She said.
He put his hand on her head.
"Dear Lord, you are hot."
She opened one eye.
" Do not concern yourself please, don't you have a girls gone wild...a...what are they called?...oh origami to attend?"
He frowned. " Orgy? No, not me, I'm not with Olivia."
I never made any vows to you. I never gave you a ring.
She said," Why aren't you with her?"
He looked away. " I cant stop thinking of a girl named Stella."
" Stella, I know I have a reputation, my dad..he is a skirt chaser. I learned from the best...I guess."
He had needed her.
Stella opened the other eye.
" Why are you here Drake?" She said feeling tired.
" You are like a witch or something, you cast a spell over me, making me want you."
He pointed at her as she lay in her sick bed. "Only you dear."
Stella turned her head and stopped talking to him for a while, thinking.
Then told him," Please, for all that is precious to you, leave me alone.
I can do things on my own. I'm 19 they tell me. I can live without all of this damn drama." She sighed.
Drake took her hand and frowned. "I should have given you a ring or something. You need a nice ring on this hand."
Drake kissed her cheek. "Okay, I will go. I see you are feeling bad.
I think that you should see Sam, he's a good man." Drake was willing to share her, to keep her in his life.
He kissed her fingers.
Stella yelled." Get out of my life, I can't be your little cat toy, I am human...you are breaking my frigging heart here."
He said," Okay, I see you are very sick. I need you to know...I can never love you how you want me to fella...I don't want you to think that I'm something I can never be."
" Olivia...she was my type of woman. She could care less if I had work obligations, she came to me on my terms.
You are more like a...maybe a baby? Well I don't know, but I can't sit there and hold your hand."
He kissed her fingers, her beautiful hand.
He was rambling. He was lying.
She was smiling now.
She had read enough historical romance to know, " I think though does protesteth too much." She whispered.
Drake bent over and kissed her lips, he tasted her sweet nectar.
" Drake, do not kiss me ever again unless you have no other women in your miserable, lonely, life.
No more kisses, no more yelling at me. You are 23 and free. Go away.
I need to be able to make love to other men too. I'm only 19, I'm not ready to be a wife. I can screw my brains out too, maybe with two or three guys at once."
He was very angry at those words. His stomach hurt.
He said," Don't do that, they will only use and abuse you. They will treat you like a piece of meat and discard... you."
He had done just that to her, he thought...
She raised her brows. "See how it feels, not good is it, is your womanizing heart even beating in that chest?"
Drake saw the truth in her words then. She was right. He had been filling an empty hole with all those women...it never got full.
It was a darkness inside of him that he couldn't get rid of.
Stella touched his heart with her trembling hand. She offered him her light.
"When another person's happiness is more important than your own, you will know that you are in love Drake.
Find her. Go be happy. If Olivia is the one, then I only wish you pure joy and happiness. Just be happy." She said as her teeth chattered from the fever.
Drake was feeling strange, he had never put another person's happiness before his own. Never.
He pondered the things she said to him.
" Witch craft for sure." He thought.
He didn't say goodbye or look at her. He walked out and drove home.
Olivia wondered where her money was, she called him.
" I thought you were coming over?"
" Family stuff." He told her.
" You mean your ex-kind of stuff?" She asked.
" Well, don't worry Olivia, you will find another lover."
He felt sick at the thought of making love to any other woman but Stella.
His heart was taken.
Drake couldn't fight it.
He grabbed Olivia's money and brought it to her.
She smiled. " There he is, come to me baby."
He couldn't give her what she really wanted. He wasn't attracted to her.
Drake gave her the money and kissed her cheek and walked away.
He felt a change. He knew that it was expected of him to find one girl and settle down, he never wanted that. He loved women too much.
He knew Stella was the only one for him.
He was making new plans, Sam would help him, Sam would love her while Drake got his business stuff settled, then she would never be alone, it might work...
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