Fifty-Six - Touch me there

“Stop walking. We need to talk to you.” Amir still stayed quiet but Gabriel didn’t seem like he could keep his cool with the way he hurried after Nathaniel who was about to climb the stairs. “Chloe, excuse us for a minute.”

“Why should she be excused?” Nathaniel sent him a glare and Gabriel sighed.

“Very well then. I need you to explain to me why of all things you could have offered to Anderson, the Axion deal was your offer.”

Shrugging then leaning against the wall with his arms crossed, Nathaniel said with a calm voice, “I know what I am doing guys. Trust me.”

Gabriel almost laughed. “Trust you? Do you even remember how many night sleep we lost because of that very deal?” It was so unusual to see Gabriel so angry and frustrated. Even his veins were strained against his skin as he gesticulated through his anger.

“Even you,” he pointed at the calm man. “, you worked so hard to secure it, but now you do what? Offer it to our number one rival? What else could be madness if not that?”

“Gabe, I am asking you to trust me. Chloe, do not even think of taking that step,” he warned as her legs were about to walk away from the heat in that space.

“Amir, why aren’t you saying anything?”

The man shrugged like Nathaniel did and said, “It is a crazy thought but you know Nathaniel wouldn’t do something without a reason, so I’ll say we trust him.”

“Trust,” Gabriel said as though it were a foreign, distasteful word. “Very well then. If you say so. I just hope this plan of yours doesn’t fail,” he pointedly commented.

“Oh you are all back.” Sebastian broke the tension. “You should all see something.” No one asked anything and they all followed him into the conversation room. “All I found in the box was a tape.”

“A tape?” Amir asked.

“The content is crazy,” Sebastian replied.

“Have you gotten a means to play the tape?” Nathaniel asked as they all settled on the couches.

Grabbing his laptop from the bar, Sebastian walked to the table in the center and placed the device gently. “While you were gone, I converted its contents onto a CD-ROM. I will play the video now.” After positioning the laptop for a better view, he hit the play button.

All Chloe saw was a young girl in uniform seated, the only object visible, a rusted rod just against the obviously dirty wall. Then a dialogue began.

A voice from another end asked, ‘What’s your name?’

'Cassandra,' a small voice replied. The girl’s eyes were on her laps hiding her long face which Chloe had noticed from the camera.

‘Do you know who I am?’ She nodded. ‘Who am I?’ Chloe frowned instantly. The voice was familiar. Too familiar.

‘Your name is Nathaniel sir.’ Someone dropped something in reaction, maybe Amir. Chloe’s eyes traveled to others. Nathaniel watched on with no reaction while Amir and Gabriel looked like they couldn’t believe their ears.

‘Do you know why you have been brought here with others?’ The male voice sounded so much like Nathaniel’s, Chloe felt herself shake in fear of the kind of evil Markings could cook up.

The girl nodded her full black hair which looked so roughened. ‘We… we are here for your pleasure sir.’

“Pause it,” came Nathaniel’s voice. Sighing, then directing his head towards Sebastian, he asked, “What do they intend to get with this nonsense?”

“My guess will be to have accuse you of molesting young girls or being into human trafficking.” Nathaniel nodded and said no more. Chloe watched as he covered his face with his hands and let out a low groan.

She could tell he was trying to keep his cool.

“This is just crazy,” Amir added. “What I don’t get is how the voice was made to be so much like Nathaniel’s.”

“Technology does a crazy job sometimes.” Sebastian let out a low sound before helping himself to a nearby seat. “So,” he continued. “,at this point, we can easily guess what that Markings guy wants. He had given Chloe the evidence and what he needs more is information about where she will hide it.”

“So he’ll still contact her again,” Gabriel said, his face no longer wearing anger. He finally looked more like himself- gentle and dashingly cute.

“Yes. After, all he needs do is storm this place again. But we will have no idea when that will be.”

“So… what do we do?” Amir asked.

Leaning forward, his elbows against his thick thighs that strained against his jean trouser, Sebastian said, “We will have to come up with a plan to nab Markings when he finally strikes.”

“Sounds good.”

From his corner, Nathaniel murmured some words. After, he abruptly got up. “I’ll be in my room,” he simply said and helped himself out, others staring at his back with their own expression.

“Chloe, I think you should follow him,” Sebastian suggested and she didn’t argue since she was thinking the same, she just wasn’t sure whether it would be safe to do so.

After throwing the men a short smile of farewell, she took long steps out and soon, she was by his side. “Hi.”

There was no doubt about his tiredness. It was all over his face, even his lips failed to give her a smile in response to her greeting. She was about to ask him a question when he suddenly pulled her closer to his side and saId, “Let’s go to my room.”

Still no argument given from the woman who was starting to feel shy because of his closeness, they soon made it up the stairs. Once in his room and after shutting his door, the man heaved a heavy breath.

“You seem to be tired,” Chloe pointed out, caution in her voice. Nathaniel said nothing still and just walked to his bed, dragging her with him. Without a warning, he jumped into the bed, her head almost hitting his chest.

But that seemed to be his intention after all as he pulled her into his chest when she tried to find a balanced stance. Still trying to recover from the pull, she caught his eyes watching her like she was a person he hadn’t seen before.

The look in his eyes softened her and she just forgot about how glued their bodies were and she stared back. That one thing always amused her. His eyes. They were always so good to look at.

“Chloe,” he finally said, his voice coarse.

“Yes?” Her voice was a whisper.

“I am tired.” His huge body shook as he exhaled after and she felt so moved. His eyes closing after, she reached out to caress the side of his face and it felt so good.

“If only there was something I could do about that,” she mumbled to herself, hoping her small touches were something.

“There is something you could do.” Perplexed at the fact that he had heard her, she asked what the thing, her cheeks feeling a bit warm. “You could touch me some more.”

Her imprints left his face and went to his neck line. “Where?”

“You know where.” Not only his voice, but his eyes teased her.

“I don’t know.” Chloe gave a small pout as she was beginning to feel silly.

“Really?” She nodded and he grabbed her hand on his chest and led it to his manhood which had hardened a bit. Blue eyes capturing her again with the crazy intent behind them, he said, “Touch me there.”

Chloe gulped. She had never done such before. Even though she could replay the sexual videos she watched out of boredom and curosity, she feared she would do a terrible job. So she had no choice but to some clean.

“I have no idea how to do it.”

His lips finally found a smirk and he said, his voice mixed with seriousness and humour, “Don’t worry, I’ll teach you.”