Chapter 17
Chapter Seventeen
Sebastian
I knew it wouldn’t be long before the questions were asked. What the hell was I thinking bringing her to Vegas? I knew it was a risk, but I didn’t care at the time. As we lay in bed after another round of sex, Chloe decided she was going to take a bath.
“Would you like to join me?” she asked.
“No. You go ahead. I’m just going to go over some notes from the meeting.”
“Okay.” She smiled as she kissed me.
Watching her get out of bed and walk to the bathroom completely naked was heart-stopping. Her body was pure perfection, and it was what I most desired—an unexplainable desire. Dinner was quiet. My mood had changed the minute she brought up other women, a topic that I was never going to discuss with her.
As I was flipping through my notes, I heard her softly singing in the bathtub. I couldn’t help but smile at the distraction, so I climbed out of bed and walked into the bathroom.
“You have a beautiful singing voice.” I smiled as I stood next to the tub.
“Thanks. Have you changed your mind about joining me?”
I stood there for a moment and took in the beautiful sight in front of me.
“Yeah. I have.”
She sat up and moved towards the front while I climbed in behind her. As I wrapped my arms around her, she snuggled against me.
“What does your father do for a living?” I asked.
“He’s a street performer slash club singer.”
“Huh?” I tilted my head.
“By day, he plays his guitar and sings around the city, and by night, he performs in clubs.”
“What kind of music does he play?”
“Folk mostly.”
“And your mother?”
“She’s a spiritual advisor, and she teaches yoga.”
“A what?” I asked in confusion.
“A spiritual advisor.” She turned her head and looked at me.
“Oh. Yeah. A spiritual advisor. I didn’t hear you correctly the first time.”
To me, that was odd.
“What about your parents?” she innocently asked.
I knew what was at risk when I asked her about her parents.
“My parents have been dead for many years, and I’ll be honest with you, Chloe, I don’t want to talk about them,” I spoke in an authoritative voice.
“Okay. I’m sorry.” She removed my arms from her and climbed out of the tub.
“Where are you going?”
“I really don’t feel like taking a bath anymore. I’m tired, and I think I’m just going to go to sleep. You wore me out, Mr. Bennett.”
I hurt her feelings. Climbing out of the tub, I wrapped a towel around my waist and walked into the bedroom, where Chloe was putting on her nightshirt. Walking up behind her, I wrapped my arms around her waist and pressed my lips against her shoulder.
“Hey, I’m sorry if I sounded abrupt. It’s just a sensitive subject, and it’s something I don’t like to talk about. I need you to respect that.”
“It’s fine, Sebastian. I didn’t know.”
“I know you didn’t,” I whispered. “Let’s go to bed. We have a big day tomorrow touring the city. I thought maybe you’d like to go see Cirque du Soleil tomorrow night.”
“I’ve heard really good things about that show. Isn’t it sold out?” she asked as she turned around in my arms.
Flashing her a smile, I spoke, “I have a couple of tickets.”
“Sounds like fun. I would love to go see that.”
I kissed her forehead, and we climbed into bed. As we lay there, our bodies meshed tightly against one another, reminding me of our one night in London. The night that I so freely held her while she slept. Another thing I didn’t understand. The overwhelming need to want to hold her. I never held the women I slept with. After fucking them, I either left or turned on my side to face the other way. The one thing I always stayed true to was that I would leave before they awoke. Now that we got the whole parents thing out of the way, the questions about my past would hopefully stop. But somehow, I doubted it.
I opened my eyes and smiled when I saw Chloe staring up at me.
“Good morning.” I kissed the top of her head.
“Good morning.”
“How long have you been awake?” I asked.
“Just a few minutes. I didn’t want to wake you, so I didn’t move.”
I tightened my grip around her. “I’m happy you didn’t.”
She wiggled out of my grip and sat up. “I’m starving. That last round of sex in the middle of the night ravaged me.”
I chuckled. She was lying on her side with her back to me, and when I woke up in the middle of the night, I couldn’t help myself.
We spent the day shopping, eating, and going into a couple of art galleries, and then we decided to sit by the pool for a while and sip a few cocktails before getting ready to go to Cirque du Soleil. Seeing Chloe naked was one thing. But seeing her in the bikini she wore made my cock go crazy. Crazy enough that as soon as we got back to the room, we barely made it through the door before her bottoms were off, and I was thrusting deep inside her.
Chloe
As Sebastian and I were dressing for the show, my phone rang, and Sienna popped up on the screen.
“Hi there,” I answered with a grin.
“My, my. Look at you in that sexy red dress. Where are you off to?”
“Cirque du Soleil.”
“Lucky bitch. I’ve always wanted to see that. Is he around?”
“Yeah. He’s in the bedroom getting dressed.”
“Oh? Turn the phone around so I can have a peek.”
“No.” I laughed.
Sebastian walked into the bathroom in just his dress pants and I thought Sienna was going to go into cardiac arrest.
“Good God.”
“Sebastian, say hi to Sienna.”
“Hi, Sienna.” He smiled as he waved.
“Hello there, Mr. Bennett,” she said seductively.
Rolling my eyes, I took my phone to the living room.
“Jesus, Chloe. That man is a god.”
“You don’t have to tell me twice.”
“Okay. Go have fun. I just wanted to tell you really quick that Sam has decided to stay another week.”
“Really? Why?” I frowned.
“Because he doesn’t want to leave me.” She winked.
“But do you want him around for another week?”
She shrugged. “He’s fun and—” She paused.
“And what? My eyes narrowed at her.
“He’s fun. Ta ta, love. See you soon.”
She ended the call before I could say something. Shaking my head, I set my phone down and walked into the bedroom to put on my shoes.
“You look simply stunning,” Sebastian spoke as he ran his fingers across my shoulder and swept his lips over my neck.
“Thank you, and so do you.” I smiled.
Cirque du Soleil was beyond fantastic. After the show, Sebastian suggested we do some gambling.
“How about we hit the casinos for a while?”
“I don’t think that’s a good idea.”
“Why not? The sun is in Leo.” He smirked.
“Actually, it’s not anymore. We’re at the start of the Venus retrograde. It’s not wise to gamble or invest in anything during this phase.”
He looked at me like I was crazy.
“And you believe all that?” he asked as he cocked his head.
“Yes.”
“Well, I’ll take my chances.”
“Okay. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. I’ll just watch.”
We headed back to the Palazzo and straight into the casino.
“I think I’ll hit the high roller room.” He smiled.
“Oh. I wouldn’t do that. Why don’t you just stick to the normal piss poor people tables?”
He chuckled. “Fine. I’ll start there and move to the high roller room later.”
Sebastian took a seat at the blackjack table where Chuck from last night was the dealer.
“Hey. Welcome back, Chloe.” He smiled.
“Hi, Chuck.”
“Aren’t you playing tonight?”
“No.” I shook my head. “We’re in a Venus retrograde right now. Not a lucky night.” I winked.
Sebastian turned his head and looked at me.
“Do you really have to tell people that?” he asked in an irritated way.
I didn’t respond. I just gave him a small smile.
“Ah. I see,” Chuck spoke.
After about ten hands, Sebastian was down a lot of money. After his last losing game, he decided it was time to get up from the blackjack table and head somewhere else.
“Apparently, blackjack isn’t a good game to play tonight. I think I’ll try my luck at roulette.”
“You’re going to play the Devil’s game?” I frowned.
He stopped walking and stared at me.
“What do you mean?”
“Hello. All the numbers on the wheel add up to 666. The Devil’s number.”
“Don’t be ridiculous, Chloe.” He laughed.
He wasn’t laughing anymore when he lost over and over again. He was starting to become irritated. I could see it in his face. We left the roulette table and walked into the elegant poker room that was designated for people of Sebastian’s status.
“Fuck this,” he spoke in an irate voice as we walked out three hours later.
“Told you. Venus retrograde.”
“Save it, Chloe.” He walked a couple of steps in front of me.
When we entered the room, he immediately took off his suit coat and threw it across the wing-backed chair in the living room. Pouring himself a drink, he stood before the window and stared into the brightly lit, busy city. He was pissed he lost all that money, but I warned him. It was up to me to make him feel better and forget about the money he lost. Placing my iPhone in the docking station, I pulled up my playlist, and the song American Idiot by Green Day started to play. I danced over to where Sebastian was standing, moving all around him as he stood there and stared at me. Bringing my hands in the air, I shimmied my body around, dancing across the suite and singing as loud as I could. Finally, he cracked a smile as he stood there and shook his head. As the song was ending, there was a loud knock at the door. I turned the music off and Sebastian walked over to the door.
“Excuse me, Mr. Bennett. I’m sorry to disturb you, but we had some complaints about music being played too loudly up here.”
Sebastian sighed as he looked at me.
“I’m sorry. It won’t happen again.”
“Very well, sir. Enjoy the rest of your evening.”
“How are we supposed to enjoy our evening if we can’t play a little loud music,” I shouted from across the room.
Sebastian shut the door and turned to me.
“Now you’ve got us in trouble.”
“Oh, please.” I waved my hand. “By the way, don’t ever tell my parents I have that song on my playlist. They would be so pissed.”
He chuckled as he walked over to me and picked me up. Wrapping my arms around his neck, I stared into his mysterious brown eyes.
“What are you doing?”
“Taking you into the bedroom and fucking you. That little dance of yours seemed to have turned me on.”
“Ah.” I grinned. “I can dance on the bed if you’d like.”
“Only if you promise to do it naked.” A smile crossed his lips.
“I think I can do that.”
He carried me into the bedroom, where we made love for hours.