Chapter 6 Understanding is by talking!

6. Understanding is by talking!

They got out of bed at two o'clock in the afternoon of the third day, Wednesday, and went to the bathroom together. While the hot water from the shower fell on their heads, Nina admired David's body. He was like a god, with his perfect white skin, black hair, and clear eyes; she was a mere mortal.

The two of them were temporarily satisfied with this, just feeling the water running down their bodies, looking at each other from time to time. Meanwhile, David could only think about how incredible the sex had been. Nina knew very well how to drive him crazy on the bed, under his small body, where she made him her altar, her kingdom, where she was the one giving the orders. At the peak of pleasure, she felt released from all the tensions of the outside world. It was just her and him.

David took a sponge and began to lather Nina from head to toe, as he sighed with desire for her. He ran the sponge over her feet, then worked his way up to Nina's chin. She stared at him. He stared back.

David tried to kiss her, but Nina turned away from him, turning on her back and leaning with her hands on the wall. A call. David leaned his whole body against her, making her feel his hard cock.

- Look at me," David whispered in Nina's ear.

She looked up at him immediately. He wanted to kiss her as he penetrated her, but she wouldn't let him. This was irritating him, and at the same time sexually stimulating.

David was not used to denial. He always got everything he wanted from the women who had already passed through his bed, because to them all that mattered was him. But not Nina. Nina wouldn't give him everything he wanted, even something as simple as a kiss. And she wouldn't even if he were the king of England.

David mustered up all the frustration he had at that moment and penetrated Nina hard. He thrust several times, fast, and then stopped suddenly, letting his cock slide almost completely out of her vagina, only to thrust again and hard all at once.

- Kiss me! - he said, as Nina moaned loudly with each penetration.

- No!

They played this game for a long time, reveling in their carnal pleasures, unable to stop.

David rolled his eyes, kissed the part of her face that Nina couldn't hide, and asked:

- Kiss me!

Nina denied it again. And suddenly he withdrew his member from her.

- Why not? - asked David breathlessly.

- Because I don't want to. - he gasped.

He stared at her, a little annoyed, not knowing if she was playing a sensual game or if she was just being annoying. Taurinos don't like games. So he got out of the shower, dried himself off, and brushed his teeth while he watched Nina finish her bath to the sound of Anitta's Venom.

Nina finished bathing and went back into the bedroom. When David came out of the bathroom, he saw her putting on her clothes, ready to leave. He stood in front of her and said:

- Where are you going again? Don't go. Stay.

Nina stopped. That face, that look, that thick voice urging her to stay one more time, even though he was upset with her... how could Nina resist?

- David, I don't have my things here. I don't have my clothes, I don't have my creams, I don't have my makeup, I don't have anything. I've had only this here for four days and you won't let me leave the room," she pointed to the clothes she was wearing.

- Call your friends," David said. - I'll send someone to get them.

- I'll find them myself.

He walked to her at the door:

- Stay.

Nina shuddered at the way he spoke. He was the definition of the word sexy, his face pressed against hers, nose to nose, both of them feeling each other's breath, he held her hands raised above her head in the doorway...

- Stay, Nina! - David asked.

- I can come back.

- Don't go," she begged.

- David... I'll come back.

He took off her clothes. They were back to square one that morning.

Now, this was it. Every time Nina tried to leave, they would end up making love. Sometimes they would make love with affection, sometimes with violence. Still, it was a kind of love.

- All right, I'll stay, but I need my things! And don't you dare say you're going to buy me clothes.

Nina talked on the phone with her friends about everything that was going on. They were walking around and fulfilling the whole agenda they had planned for the three of them, only without her. Nina apologized to them, but both Kara and Lyon understood her and encouraged her to stay with David. They knew how hard it was to see her friend let her guard down in love, even more so. In addition, Nina had promised to meet them for one last party before the vacations were over. The two of them were having a great time in Italy. Lyon and Kara barely stopped at the hotel, met new people, and were eager to tell Nina everything, as soon as David had sexually released her.

- I'll go with you to meet your friends and get your things," David said.

- No, David, we shouldn't risk it. We can't be seen together.

Every time Nina talked like that, it made David very intrigued. He began to think that maybe she had someone. A husband, a boyfriend, or a fiancé. That's when it occurred to him that he had even asked her about her childhood, minus whether she was single.

- I can go with you to your hotel. We can go out with your friends," he said.

- I know," answered Nina. - But it's no good you taking chances with me like this.

David was forcing this dialogue to ask what he really wanted:

- Are you afraid that someone, in particular, might see us together?

- Of course, I am! I don't want my life, or the lives of my best friends, twisted and distorted by thousands of evil people I don't even know. The famous internet haters, who fight without cause, curse, offend, attack, and oppress people without the slightest empathy. Many of them are people engaged in spreading hate, they police the artists, keep an eye on any situation on the internet that allows them to distill their venom... and still call it "Freedom of speech"! They confuse all the values of the world for the benefit of their own vision. They see everything through their prism. I really don't want that for my life.

- Don't you have someone else who is more specific? - insisted David. - An affair, a boyfriend, a fiancé, or, um... a husband?

The horoscope says that Taureans are possessive...

- No," answered Nina immediately. - I don't have one. I'm not a woman to have affairs. If I had someone I wouldn't be here with my pussy swollen from having sex with you since Sunday night. Answered your question?

David was perplexed to hear certain answers she gave. He was a refined man, educated, studied in military boarding schools, grew up following the example of some family members who served in the armed forces. Not to mention that he was English!

Nina was Brazilian from the "egg yolk". Not even thousands of years living in Norway, or anywhere in the world, could change her personality. The horoscope says that Aryans are fire! And even though Nina was an Aries, she tried to keep the rhythm of the conversations stable and secure before telling someone to go to that place...

One thing was certain about Nina, and David had learned quickly: don't provoke her!

He liked that she exposed the whole truth when she was confronted. He felt a little insecure about her feelings for him, but when he cornered her, he did so already knowing that Nina would speak the naked truth, no matter who it hurt.

- So let's get serious," David began. - Why don't you want to be seen with me? It makes me laugh! I have listened carefully to your motives, but is that really it? Don't you have someone in Norway who can't see what you are doing in Italy with me? Isn't that why you have to go back to your hotel?

- You know, David... I could fight you for insulting me again, but I won't. I definitely won't fight with you. I'm just going to sit here quietly and let you rethink what you said.

Nina sat down on the edge of the bed. The two of them stared at each other.

- Because," Nina continued, "if we're going to stay here fighting, I'd rather leave.

- You want to leave again? - said, David. - Go away! I'm tired of being the good guy all these days while you do everything you can to make things difficult between us. You don't want to stay here because you have to leave, you don't want to leave because we can't be seen; you don't want me to meet your friends either. What do you want anyway?

- I want to be with you, yes, and with my friends, but... - said Nina. - I don't need to live here in a suitcase just so we can meet up.

- Then go! You are free to do what you want, free to be where you want and with whom you want! Go stay with your friends once and for all, then. - he said unsatisfied.

She stared at him while he turned on his back with both hands on his head.

- Come here, David! Come here, David! Come to me," Nina called out. But he just stared at her with a frown. - Come, come sit here! - He then sat down. - Let's not ruin this day with this boring business. We were doing so well, weren't we? We have so little time together, and in a few days, I'll be home, working, back to my perfect, monotonous life. Just the way I've always dreamed. And you'll be somewhere in the world out there recording, working. And everything will be fine, you know.

David put a serious expression on his face as Nina concluded her farewell. Then he came even closer to her and sat on the carpet between her legs as she massaged his shoulders and spoke:

- Let's enjoy these last days. Do something crazy and unforgettable. I don't know! Let's make it worthwhile so that we can laugh for the rest of our lives when we remember that one day this happened. Who would have thought that I would bump into David Nichols in the middle of Rome and be one of his mistresses? Isn't it amazing?

His smile was no longer so wide as Nina chattered on.

- ... Let's not get into a fight, let's just be cool! Just like this, talking nonsense, inventing crazy things, letting life take us ... - He turned to look her in the eyes. - And don't look at me like that with those eyes of promises... don't do that! - said, Nina.

- Look at you how? Like you were saying goodbye to me eight days before you left? It's ... it's so amazing to be with me! You talk and talk, but it's not what you show. All the time you want to leave, but you make it a point to say that anyone else would give anything to be here with me. Except you, the only person in the world who wouldn't be corrupted by anything!

- You have defined me in one sentence! - Nina observed. - If you said that to spite me, you're wrong. That's right! Nothing and no one in the world can corrupt me! Nobody has that power.

- I'm not trying to corrupt you, I'm just asking you to stay here with me. And I don't know why we are fighting.

- We are not. We are just talking, getting to know each other. I don't want to spend my vacation running from one room to another locked up in this spa. I'd rather walk around, see the monuments, take pictures, go to the Vatican, the Colosseum, etc. than stay all day glued to you like a shadow. That's all! Oh, and you should thank me!

David even tried to get a little irritated with Nina, but the way she expressed herself always made him smile. She gesticulated exaggeratedly.

- I just wish you'd stop saying you're leaving. I get this feeling all the time that you're going to get up and go, even if it's in the middle of the night," David said.

- If I give that impression, I'm sorry. It wasn't my intention to make you angry. On the contrary, who wouldn't want to be by your side day and night, supporting you in your rehabilitation?

- Apparently, you would! You wouldn't! - he exclaimed.

- And that bothers you? Is that what this is about? That I'm not lying at your feet worshiping you? I'm just trying not to smother you! - Nina explained. - I'm just trying to make things easier for us. In fact, I'm trying to save you from having to make excuses to get rid of me when you get sick of us. So I don't raise expectations, I don't expect anything. I keep everything out in the open, so I can't get hurt. And that's okay, David. It's all right to say that we're just "having a rainy day" and that it's been good and it will pass soon. It's okay for me.

- No. It's not okay," David shook his head. - Did you hear what I said? So this is your game? Do you sabotage everything for fear of getting hurt? Have you created this armor out of fear of love?

- Yes, the answer is yes. Why have expectations, why get carried away when we only have one week? Then we'll be gone forever, and if I don't protect myself now, what will I be left with?

- You don't have to leave in a hurry and rush out of Italy. It's not our fault if all we have is 14 days. We should act like two adults who have just met each other, but who want to enjoy every moment safely, with clarity... You don't need to complicate things.

- What you really want is to have sex for two weeks without anything affecting you! I am not your sexual escort! I pay my bills, I don't need any man for anything, nor do I need your expensive hotel, nor your limousine, nor your expensive dinners... look for a luxury escort!

- And you call yourself an empowered woman. But, for example, you don't want me to pay the bill, that to you is female empowerment, you feel proud, but your mind that you met me only a few days ago and are sleeping with me. Did you imply that you are being my "sexual companion" because you are having consensual sex with whom you want and have chosen? I don't like it when you talk as if you don't mind being with me. You're the one being prejudiced here.

... Look, Nina. I support women, yes. I know that there are a lot of scoundrels in the world who will always think that they can use the male gender to exalt themselves. I know all the history of machismo throughout the ages, and I think I'm doing super well. I'm treating you very well...

- But of course, you are! - said, Nina. - Because if you weren't I would have evaporated long ago! Do you think I should be dazzled, "slit my wrists" for you? I'm sorry to disappoint you, but that's not going to happen. Even though I'll be devastated when I'm gone, it will pass! Just don't make me let my guard down with this sleeping rough, looking into my eyes as if there is something more, don't make faces and mouths at me so that my wall comes down. When you know there won't be something more. So let me do it my way. No kissing, no penetrating glances, no promises, and no 24 together for the rest of the vacations. It's okay for me to just get laid.

David even smiled at the corner of his mouth, seeing the "break" in her neck she had given him when she said this.

- It's not about ego, Nina," he continued. - It's not about you having to treat me well because I'm so-and-so or so-and-so, but because we're here together, getting along, getting to know each other. It's about relaxing and enjoying the moment, here and now. Making it worthwhile. That's all. I'm trying to forget who I am and act normal with you, but it's you who won't let me! You're always putting yourself down. You are here with me because to me you are beautiful!

- I am beautiful! Even though I know you must have had a thousand women in your bed, famous actresses, gorgeous models, women from important families, millionaires, socialites, and the rest running after you, so how does it make my head feel knowing that we've been having this sex for days, and then you suddenly disappear? I am not them. I'm not from your world. Do you understand?

- Yes, I have had these women. I have. So what? - he asked. - You are the one who is here now.

- I know that. That's what I'm talking about. For men, it is very comfortable this talk of casual sex, of friends with benefits. At the same time that you fuck our bodies, you also fuck our minds and our hearts. And that's why I'm leaving. After all, you could be with anyone in your environment, people who are used to models, actors, with power and wealth, but you want to play with sex with me? Look at me! It is not fair! I can't fight your world. Then leave me in my little corner.

- That's the most absurd thing I've ever heard. And I didn't expect that from you. I thought you were strong, tough, invincible.

- Surprise! I'm not. I'm just like every other woman in the world who wants to protect herself. I can't separate this sexual tension, the way you look at me, the way you give yourself away, the way you try to show that you want to be with me, while at the same time I can't fall hopelessly in love with a fling during a two-week vacation.

- And you are in love?

- Badly! I know it's crazy! I don't even know you. It's only been almost a week since we saw each other at your premiere. And it seems like an eternity. The more I think about the reasons I have for not continuing, the more my brain is drawn in. It seems that out of nowhere it has become addicted to danger and adventure. I was never like that! It's as if I'm suddenly willing to suffer from love for you. No way! I won't let it happen! So. I'm leaving.

- I'm not letting you go. - Said David, coming on top of her, wrapping her in his arms, trying to kiss her, laying her down on the bed, and completely ripping her dress off.

Nina was perplexed by this attitude, and at the same time burning with excitement at seeing him so voracious. His eyes were different as if they had gone from indigo blue to black, and the expression on his face was intimidating. He tore her panties off in one pull. At this point, Nina didn't know whether to cry or to cry with fear. He was possessing her fiercely, non-stop, gathering all the tension that this conversation had caused, and taking it out in rough, rapid movements inside her. All the threat that he would never see her again, the attempt to take from him what he wanted, the feeling of helplessness when imagining her walking through the door, made him penetrate her faster and faster without control until both bodies couldn't stand it any longer... again they fell exhausted on the bed, wet, sweaty, panting, exhausted with pleasure, looking at each other until they fell asleep.