A second chance: Sequel of Against all odds (32 page)

“
I
hate you!!!” I shouted before falling down on my knees and
covering my face with my hands.

CHAPTER
25

We remained in silence for
several moments. I was crying on the floor while he leaned against
the wall looking sadly at me. Maybe I had exaggerated, maybe he
didn't deserve to be slapped but I felt so angry. Not just because he
had offended David but also because I hated the way I was feeling.
Confused, nervous and with my stomach that kept making flaps causing
me a terrible aching. Nausea clawed at the pit of my stomach and this
wasn't because I was ill but because he was there. He was magnetic,
too gorgeous to simply ignore. Why couldn't he be a bad looking guy
instead of breathtakingly handsome?

“
Listen.
I'm sorry OK,” he said finally breaking the silence. I grabbed
all my courage and looked up in his eyes.

“
No,
you're not,” I retorted weakly.

“
I'm
not apologizing for what I called David, I meant it. I'm apologizing
for kissing you. I shouldn't have done that..”

“
Stop
it Tyler, you don't mean anything of what you're saying!” I
snapped looking harshly at him. His gaze was soft and sad, maybe I
was wrong about him after all, maybe he wasn't the strong and
impertinent guy that I thought he was. I could read all the pain he
was feeling in his eyes. I felt sorry for him.

“
Cassidy
why is it so difficult for you to believe that I love you?” he
asked weakly. His voice was a little broken.

I shivered as I found the
courage to look into his eyes. He was looking at me with intensity.
His eyes were like deep blue whirlpools. I could easily lose myself
in them if I wasn't careful.

“
Forcing
me to do things that I don't want to do it's not love. You 're just a
selfish man.” I spat.

His eyes darkened, and I
could see a glimpse of anger shadowed in them. An anger which he
tried to contain.

“
Cassidy
I sacrificed my career for you,” he told me then. I looked
questionably at him. What was he talking about?

“
Your
career? What do you mean?”

“
Haven't
you understood yet? You were the student I fell for,” he said
in a low voice. It was almost a whisper.

My eyes widened. I looked at
him with my mouth open. It took me more than a few seconds to
assimilate what he had just said.

“
You
were my teacher as well? Oh my God, I can't believe this. Even
David.”

“
So
he told you. And what did he exactly tell you?” He asked
angrily.

“
Noting
really, just that he was my teacher and that we fell in love.”

“
Oh,
didn't he mention that it was me you were in love with initially?”

I gasped in disbelief. Oh my
God, more secrets were coming out. I managed just to shake my head.

“
I
was your English teacher. I taught you Art as well. I was your first
love. The first time we saw each other there was a spark. You made it
very difficult for me to concentrate during lessons. We used to
flirt, to tease each other a lot. Sometimes we fought but most of all
we were falling in love with each other.”

I felt my heart beating
fast, I kept looking at his beautiful face. He looked so vulnerable
right now. All his cockiness seemed to disappear.

“
Cassidy
I was the first guy you made love to.”

I shivered. The first guy? I
kept looking at him, at his lips, at his hands and his amazing body.
Had I made love to this man? I had given him my virginity. I couldn't
believe it. I wondered how it felt to be in his arms. How it felt to
have his hands caressing my naked body. I sighed as I tried to
imagined how it must been having him moving on me. I felt my body on
heat; my temperature was rising up and my face was going to explode.
He was still looking at me. Then all of a sudden a smile curved his
lips.

“
What
are you smiling at?” I asked angrily.

“
You're
thinking something naughty right now.” He teased.

I looked amazed at him. What
the hell.... how did he know what was crossing my mind?

“
No...”
I lied.

“
Yes
you are. I know you better than anyone else. Were you thinking how
was it to make love with me? Is that why you're blushing so much?”
He asked while his hands raised to his neck. What was he doing? I
felt my stomach contracting when I saw him loosen his tie. He took
off the jacket and tossed it on the floor, the tie followed. His
fingers reached the upper button of his shirt.

“
Hey,
what are you doing?” I asked alarmed. He stopped for a second
and turned his gaze to me again.

“
I'm
getting undressed.”

“
What?”
I shouted in panic. “No... why would you do that?”

“
To
make love to you obviously.” He said with a smirk.

I looked at him stunned; I
must have become pale all of a sudden. He burst out laughing.

“
Relax
Cassidy I'm just very hot, I can't stand my clothes any more. The
lack of air is getting unbearable. I'm sweating.”

“
OK,but
but don't take off your shirt, please!” I begged. I wasn't
ready to see him naked.

“
Afraid
you would fall for me?” He asked smiling.

“
Oh,
Shut up. No, but I feel uncomfortable with you naked here; we are
barely a few inches apart.”

“
So
what? We were much closer when we used to make love. You never
complained of me being naked.”

I was going to reply back,
but I knew it was in vain. He would always say something else to have
the last word. I stayed quiet and bit my lip when I saw him undoing
the last button. He exposed his perfect torso and his incredibly sexy
abdominals. I felt my stomach aching badly. I couldn't stop looking
at him. My eyes lingered slowly on his muscled arms, on his broad
chest and his taut stomach. I dared to look up in his eyes,but that
proved to be a bad move. He locked eyes with me, his eyes blazing
with passion. He was looking at my lips with hunger, I knew what he
wanted. I looked away. No, he wasn't going to have me, even though my
body didn't seem in agreement with my mind. I was staring at my feet;
I didn't want to see him anymore. Suddenly a metallic sound made me
look up at him. I felt my heart accelerating when I saw that the
metallic sound I had heard was him attempting to loosen the buckle of
his trousers. Was I going to have a complete striptease? Oh, my
Goodness? I trembled just at the thought. However, I didn't try to
stop him, I couldn't, I was much too excited to reason and to be able
to think and formulate a phrase. I saw him stripping down almost
completely. He only left his boxers on. I looked at his muscled legs
and at the V shape that joined his hips to his upper body. My God, I
felt my body awakening; I was risking a heart attack. He was
beautiful, amazing. He looked like one of those Greek statues. His
proportions were perfect. Why was he torturing me like this? He must
have known what affect this would have on me? I was in disadvantage,
probably he knew me well. If he had been my lover than I must have
already passed through this with him. He was trying to make me relive
my past.

“
Oh,
that feels much more better. I couldn't stand the heat any longer.”

I was still looking at him
without saying a word. 

“
Don't
look at me like that,” he said smiling evilly.

“
What
do expect, you just did a striptease in front of me.” I
grumbled.

He chuckled.

“
Oh,
come on Cassidy, it's no big deal, you saw me like this a thousand of
times, and with even less clothing on.”

My heart missed a beat, and
I must have looked at him terrorized. He laughed loudly...

“
Don't
worry I'm not taking my boxer off unless you ask me to.”

Saying that, he looked at me
with a deep gaze that took my breath away. I turned around and stared
at the door of the lift. I took out my mobile again, hoping the
reception was back, but nothing had changed. It was nearly two hours
we were stuck in there.

“
You
should so the same. You 're soaked.” He suggested.

I turned my gaze on him
again to see that he had sat down on the floor.

“
Not
even if you pay me to do it.”

He chuckled again. He loved
to make fun of me. To tease. Was he like this at school? I wondered
how were his lessons. I would have never imagined him as a teacher.
He was too sexy for the job. Too powerful.

“
One
day you'll do it on your own or you will ask me to do it for you. I'm
sure, and that time is very near Cassidy.”He said in a serious
yet playful voice.

“
I
don't think so.” I muttered.

“
Wait
and see. You fell for me once, why that shouldn't happen again? I'm
still the same man. A little older but I didn't change much.”

“
How
long do we have to stay here?”I said trying to change the
subject. Sweat was dripping down from my forehead. The heat was
killing me.

“
I
don't know, but with how things are going probably we have to prepare
ourselves to pass the night here.”

I felt tension grip to my
stomach as I gazed helplessly at him. All night with him, in a
confined space, in that heat and with him almost naked?

“
Pass
the night here?” I repeated after him in panic.

“
Cassidy
since we're still here, I'm assuming that it's something national,
probably there must be a blackout everywhere and not just here. It
can take hours.”

That was great, he surely
knew how to cheer me up and make me feel better.

“
Oh
no. I can't stay here; I have homework to finish, tomorrow I have to
go to college and..”

“
Oh,
so you've started again. And how is it going? Any good looking
teachers?”

His sarcasm was getting on
my nerves.

“
As
a matter of fact yes, I have a very attractive teacher.” I
snapped.

“
Oh,
I know you have a certain fetish for them. Maybe I should warn him;
he might get in trouble,”he said smiling.

If he thought, this was
funny then, he was completely wrong. I shot daggers at him and then I
stood up. He could be a bastard sometimes.

“
Cut
it off. I don't have a fetish for teachers, and you don't need to
warn anyone. He already knows me.”

“
He
does?”

He raised an eyebrow as the
realisation sank in. 

“
Oh
my God, don't tell me... David? Again?”

I nodded, and he laughed.

“
What
are you laughing at?”

“
Well,
the first time he might have gone away with it, I wonder if he will
be so lucky again. I wouldn't give it a try a second time.”His
tone was serious and for a moment I hated myself for telling him.
What if I had made a mistake? He could go and report him. They hated
each other. What had I done? I must have looked at him horrified as
he seemed to understand what was passing through my mind.

“
Don't
worry, I won't go and report him... at least not yet. I don't need to
use unfair moves to obtain what I want.”

I felt a little relieved.
“You seem very sure of yourself.”

“
Yes
I am and you know why?”

“
No
tell me I'm curious.” I said with sarcasm.

“
Because
a love like ours can never die.”