Craving the taste of his wicked touch

IV

Savannah:

      I woke up today on a better mood than usual. My starvation for Dominic now sated. All I could think of the past weeks was him. I should have stayed and rode him out till I came and made that imposter leave. In her mind however I was the imposter. I am still uneasy about him. The s*x was amazing. The pre-s*x at the party was phenomenal. His taste and smell was now a crazy. He was sculpted by the Gods themselves! My only problem was why me? Of all the women in his arm why me? I am a college student with no degree in mind. I am 5’1 I do not have model legs. I do not have amazing hair. I am mediocre compared to the stunning women he’s had. I am a bakery shop owner’s doctor. I am a shopkeeper. Why me? 

        Most of all, would he be adding me to his list of women he has had s*x with? Would I be another notch on his bedpost? Am I going to go to the ball with him just to be humiliated? I felt my stomach turn and my chest tighten as I thought of all the flashbacks. The pictures sent around school, the lies he said right to my face, the names I was called. No one listed to me or my side of the story so In result I s**t myself off. The one thing I had as a virtue I so willingly gave up. I was gullible and naive. I still get the names thrown around. I had the sudden image of the movie Carrie where she is pronounced prom Queen only to be humiliated and pigs blood spilled all over her. No, I needed to stop thinking about this and begin my day. I needed to go to school and then to work. That is my routine and I needed to stick to it. Nothing has changed. He will change his mind about me and there will be no ball, I will not go and i will not occupy these crazy thoughts. 

         I just need to know his end game and I need to know if he is serious and why? 

         I gather my books and head to school. As I walk out my front door there is a black Audi waiting outside my house. The car had window so darkly tinted that you couldn’t see anything at all. There was a tall, burly, older, man standing outside leaned up against the car. He was covered in tattoos just like Dominic is. He was Middle Aged it seemed but from the scars on his knuckles and the size of his arms he would do just find to defend and protect. He slowly walked down the walkway of my house to the side walk. He opened the door of the car and I flinched. 

       “Missus.” He said in a deep bass tone voice, as he motioned for me to get into the car. 

       “Who are you?” I asked. I couldn’t hide the shaking in my voice as I was slightly scared. 

       “My name is Titan and I will be your driver. Mr.Santao has requested you be driven to and from the locations you desire.” He said. 

       “Umm, well no offense Titan, you do seem great and all and I apologize but I think I’ll walk like I always do.” I told him as I stepped back a few feet. 

       “He insisted I escort you ma’am and I do not want to upset him.” The man said to me. His eyes a mixture of pleading and fear. 

       “Umm. Well, ok.” I said to him. Only because he looked scared. 

        “Mr.Santao will be most pleased.” He said as he held the door open for me. 

        “Thank you.” I answered as I slid in the seat. 

        There was a black box in the seat with a red bow on top. Must be someone’s birthday I thought. 

         “Missus, I was also instructed to Let you know that box was for you as well. Where shall we go?” He asked as he looked in the rear view mirror at me. 

         “School please.” I said. Laughing to myself “I’m sorry Titan I didn’t tell you where I went to school.” I said shaking my head. 

        “No missus I already know. It is fine.” He answered as he started to pull out of the driveway and into the street. 

       “Wait how do you know?” I asked shocked. 

        “Boss gave me a very thorough background of you. I am to know as much about you as possible to be best suited to escort you and guard you.” He said as he focused on the road very seriously. 

        “Oh.” Was all I could manage to say. 

         Curiosity got to me and I opened the box. There was a laptop, a cellphone, a new Louis Vution backpack, and a card. I opened the card and there was a formal invitation and a letter. I looked at the invitation and it was black with gold trimming and word. I was being invited to Dominic Santaos masquerade ball. It was in 3 days. What in the hell? Well I’ll be covered in a mask so no one will know it’s me. Then there was the letter. I opened it and it was very amazing cursive writing. 

          Love, 

      When you get done with school I will meet you before work. I have a few things I’d like to do with you. Before your pretty mind wanders off, it is not for s*x. However If you want that could happen to. I can’t seem to escape your smell. I am more then pleased with it. I will be here waiting when you get out of school please accept my gifts. Your backpack is garbage, your phone is old, and every college student needs a laptop. If you need anything else I will get it. You say the word, the world Is yours. Have a great day. 

           I folded his letter back up and placed it back into the box with all the other items except the phone. I am ok with the fact that he wants to contact me. I do not needs gifts especially these expensive gifts at random. I did nothing and there is no celebration or special occasion. 

        Titan pulled up to the school and I opened the door and got out. 

        “Thank you.” I said to him as I exited the vehicle. He wasn’t going to give me puppy dogs eyes again so I would take those things. I am a shopkeeper, if I come in here with these things people will ask questions. So I decide to leave it. I can get them another time. 

         I didn’t make it inside the door when my phone was going off. A text message showed up on the screen from Dominic. 

       Why didn’t you take the gifts? He said. 

        I didn’t want everyone to notice them. I dont come from that kind of money. They will say stuff and I am not in the mood to deal with it all. I replied. 

        I saw the little bubbles pop up on the screen then they went away but no message came through. Well, he understood and that seemed easy enough. 

        I got through the day, I dragged through but I made it. I had a few crazy looks from people and I heard a few laughs, i forgot i had a giant mark on my neck from last nights events. 

         I walked outside and all I saw was a crowd of people staring. No one talked or said anything, just stared. I followed their gaze to where they were looking and it a black Mercedes Benz. Leaned up against the side of the luxurious vehicle was Dominic. He looked kissed. His jaw set right, his chest was rising and falling, his knuckles clenched tight they were white. He had his arms crossed over his chest, his muscles flexing. He was staring right at me. Eyes darted back and forth from us. The few that said things about me, quickly put pieces together of my mark then him here. Eyes growing wide like they held a most valuable secret but now said nothing out of fear of Dominic. 

        He worse black suit pants and a white button up shirt. His collar was undone. Sleeves rolled up to his elbows exposing his tattoos. He has on black dress shoes he looked like he has been working. His hair was pulled up into a bun and he had his sunglasses on. 

      I approached him and every head turned to me. Some were looking at me like I was crazy some were looking at me and giving me a warning to not get to close. 

       As I got close to him he reached out and took my bag, opening the door to the backseat he tossed it in. He was angry. He came back over to me, slid his hand against the back of my neck and bent down to kiss my forehead. There were gasp of shock escaping everyone’s mouth. I could feel his smirk against my forehead as his lips lingered there for a moment. 

         “Now they all know.” I said as I looked up to him. 

          “That was the plan now I’d anyone of them want to say anything then they now know who they need to address their problem with love.” He said as he opened the car door for me. I got into the car and he closed to door. 

       He got in on the driver side and reached back into the back seat and retrieved the box from earlier. 

         “Here it seems you must have forgotten this.” He said as he sat it in my lap. 

         “Oh no I meant to leave it. I can’t take these gifts.” I said as I looked at the box in my lap. 

         “Look at me.” He said. He was definitely mad. 

          I turned my head away from the box in my lap and looked at him. He turned slightly in his seat, placing his arm on the center console of the Mercedes. 

        “Never feel embarrassed around me. Never look to the floor in my presence.” He said as he slid his hand onto my thigh. 

        Heat igniting in my core. My leg burning from the touch of his hand. A flash of something dark flickered in his eyes. 

        I dont know what it was about this man that made me feel this. The violence his hands held. The darkness his eyes possessed. The dominance his voice commanded. The power his body held as he walked down the street or into a room. The power seething from him as he stood beside his car waiting for me outside of school. The heat he created now just from a touch of his hand. A part of me scared of him, another part thrilled to be in his presence. The way everyone stared at him. The way heads turned because of his name. When he spoke rooms grew as silent as a cemetery. Something uneasy was still lingering in my mind. I didn’t know what I wanted from him or how I could be of use to him.  

         “So do you get all your new toys gifts?” I said as serious as I had intended to sound. Irritation laced in my voice. I didn’t know what he had in mind but I wasn’t going to be the next Ashley. 

         “What?” He asked stunned. 

         “Do you get all your new f**k toys gifts or am I just the lucky one?” I asked now angry. 

        “You’re not a f**k toy Savannah!” He almost yelled. His voice was angry. 

        “Then why me? Out of the whole town, frat party, all the girls you have at your disposal, all of the mafia and connections you have, all of them, why me? What about me is it that you’re drawn to? Is it because I’m innocent? Is it because I had no interest in you? You came out of nowhere and wanted me? Do you see how hard I find that to believe. The s*x is AMAZING and I can only imagine how much better it will get in time, but I’m not sure I have time to give you. I’m not sure I have time to give you at all!” I said to him voice growing louder and louder. 

      “Do you not want me?” He asked. 

        “Out of all the things I said you think I don’t want you. No that’s the problem. I want you. I don’t want to get hurt. The question is do you want me and why?” I said as I handed him his stuff back and got out of the Mercedes. I started walking to the bakery. 

      I was walking so fast I got there in record time. My mind was racing I was mad. I was furious. I didn’t need him telling me things like this. I didn’t need the gifts or to have pity taken upon me. I will come out different then a shopkeeper. I will have great things in my life other then humility. I will not be toyed with, made fun of, or let my heart get broken at the expense of him being satisfied for minutes a day. I will not be tossed to the side at his convenience. I know how the work the Mafia around here. The men in the Mafia.  Most of all I have seen Dominic throughout this town, I’ve heard of his taste in women and seen the ones he’s had around. I am nothing like them. I am a completely different toe of women then what he wants or is used to for that matter. 

       It’s better just to cut it off where it was and leave it at that. s*x, s*x is all it was.