Chapter 32: Paris It Is
Afterwards, he carries her to the bed and lets her down. He puts soft kisses on her ear and her eyelid, then he kisses her again on the lips. He looks at her as he rolls over and lays there.
A few minutes later, they get ready for bed. “I have an extra toothbrush; do you want to keep it here?” She suggests to Grayson, knowing full well that means more of a commitment then they have had in the past.
“That’s great. I would love that.” He walks towards her and takes the toothbrush and goes into the bathroom. After he brushes his teeth and cleans up, he puts it away. She pulls down the covers and they climb into bed. They snuggle up and go to sleep.
In her dream, she wakes up to hear a noise next to her by the bed. She peers into the dark to see a man standing next to her. Carlos, stares at her out of the darkness. His whisper piercing the silence in the night. “I need you. Please.” he pleads with her. She is drawn to him, a feeling that she cannot help.
She walks to him, and he kisses her. In her mind she does not want anything to do with him, but her body tells her to go to him. He takes her hand and pulls her into the bathroom. After he locks the door, he lifts her up and puts her on the sink. Their eyes lock and he devours her mouth.
He kisses her so hard that her mouth goes numb, and she can feel him hard between her legs, as she puts her hands on his shoulders. He thrusts in hard and makes her bite her lip.
She finally snaps out of it and stops him. She pushes away from him and tells him to leave. “I don’t know how you made me feel this way, but you must stop. This isn’t funny. Go away.” She warns.
“I will leave for now, but I will be back. I promise.” He threatens.
“I just don’t understand why you won’t just quit. You have told me you love me. If you did, you wouldn’t do this to me.” She looks at him sadly.
“Fine. Goodbye.” He disappears.
She wakes up as she feels herself jerk up out of the bed.
Looking around, she notices he is waking up. “What’s wrong? Baby.” He gets up and puts his arms around her.
“Nothing, I just couldn’t sleep.” She smiles and kisses him softly.
“Let’s go back to bed.” She tells him as she pulls him back to bed. He lays down next to her and cuddles. When they fall asleep everything is peaceful.
In the morning, the alarm goes off. She gets the girls up and notices that Lilly is feeling better. “Girls, it’s your last day. Get ready and we can pick up some breakfast on the way.” She smiles.
He asks, “Can I come with?”
“Yes, of course. The girls love you.” She turns to him.
“Great, I will get ready.” He grabs his shirt and shoes and pulls them on.
Once the girls are ready, they pack up and get in the car. They go through the drive thru at Duffy’s and get breakfast, then she drops the girls off at school. When they leave the parking lot, he asks her softly, “Would you mind if I ask you something really personal?”
“No, of course not. What?”
“If anyone ever asked you to marry them, would you be willing to commit to them fully? Or do you not want to go through that again?” He asks while he looks at her and awaits an answer.
“Yes, I suppose if it were the right time. But I won’t know till it happens.” She looks at him funny as she drives home.
When they get back home, Grayson tells her thoughtfully, “If you need anything I will be here. Just call.”
“Alright, no problem. I will see you later.” She gives him a warm kiss and he walks across the road. Samantha is out doing some errands, so she is home by herself for a bit. Soon she will have to pick up the kids. In the meantime, she turns on her blue tooth speaker and listens to some sultry music and sits down to relax.
She thinks to herself, what am I really doing? What if I decide to be with Julian? I would ruin Grayson’s life, because he loves me. How am I supposed to bury my love? Either way, I must make a choice. I can’t keep this dragging on. I care for them both, but which one do I care for more? I just must decide because this is eating me up inside. Maybe I should ask myself simply if they died, who would I miss more? This is who I should be with.
Listening to the music, she has come to a decision. She gets ready to pick up her phone when it rings. “Hi, I have missed you so much, I just can’t stop thinking about you. Your sweetness, the feel of your beautiful body next to mine.” Julian sounds excited.
“I must tell you something. I want to sweep you off your feet and take your breath away. I want to take you and your girls to Paris. Today after you pick them up from school on my personal jet, then after the girls are tuckered out from an exciting evening and in bed, I want to make wild passionate love with you.” He says seductively.
Shocked, she is speechless. She was going to tell him that she had decided that Grayson was the better match for her family, but now she cannot. She does not know if it is the fact that she has always wanted to go to Paris or the way he said it all. It sounds like a fairy tale come true. What does she do?
“Kelly, are you there?” He sounds a little hesitant.
“Yes, I ‘m here. I just don’t know what to say.”
“Say yes. We can leave as soon as your girls get home. You and your girls can pack a bag and I will pick you all up. Anything else you girls need I will buy for you there. We could spend a few weeks in Paris. I promise to sing you my newest songs. They are inspired by you after all.” It sounds so incredibly romantic, the way he is saying it.
“Please?” He says a little breathlessly.
“Yes, alright. We can be ready in about two hours. I must pick them up from school and then pack.”
“I know a place that we can go that is so beautiful that it will take your breath away. Look, just give me a call when you are ready.”
Samantha walks in the door as she gets off the phone. “Samantha, Julian is taking me and the girls to Paris. He has his own jet, and he is flying us there. I think I might die, because I feel like this is a fairy tale that is going to come crashing down around me. Am I being stupid? What am I going to do?”
“Well, if it was me, frankly I would not even think about it and just go. Let him spend tons of money on you and the girls. If you got married, you would be traveling the world. Who knows, maybe he will ask you to marry him in Paris.” Samantha says with wishful thinking.
“Please, he’s not going to ask me to marry him. He is just a romantic guy. He wants to give me the world and then some. He is going to sing me some more songs he wrote for me while we are there too. I think it is so nice that he wants to include the girls. They are going to love it.” Her eyes light up.
“How long are you going to be there?” Samantha asks.
“He just said a couple of weeks in Paris. He said he would take care of everything.”
“What are you going to do if he does ask you to marry him? I know you and Grayson are getting quite cozy lately.” Samantha looks back at her.
“I don’t have a clue. I guess I will have to see what happens then.”
“I have to hurry and pack, then go get the girls from school.” Kelly runs around the house frantically trying to pack.
“Don’t forget to pack your cute little sun dresses. The guys love those. You can see almost everything through them.” Samantha jokes with her.
“You never told me that, but thanks. I will and I also will wear one today.” She smiles brightly.
Finally, she is all packed. It is time now to pick up the girls. She drives to the school and waits for the bell to ring.
