?ICHABOD?
Cursed For A 1000 Years
Chapter 20
When hisl-ips brushed mine, it was like I was a beautiful electrocution. The k!sswasn’t teasing or pas-sionate, it was electrocuting, setting all my entire b©dy on a s£dûçt!veflame. I couldn’t even pu-ll away if I wanted to, no, I didn’t want to. I couldn’t think straight, all my s-en-ses have been s£dûç£d. The only things I could feel right now were the taste and the smell of him.
“Denis…” he breathed my name, slowly, prolonging each letter. My heart fluttered at the s*ductive sound of his voice and I leaned in closer, clasping my hands on either side of his face. I have never heard my name being called so sweetly like that… He k!$$£d me hungrily, knocking all the wind from my lungs and I returned it savagely. I felt a mo-an escape myl-ips as he pressed his ton-gue to the seam of myl-ips, I opened wi-der, granting him more access. I arched up against his broad che-st…I wanted all of him. I could feel moisture in between my legs and then I felt a painful scratch but I was too occu-pied to be distracted until I felt him pu-ll away.
“I scratched you…” he said in a low voice.
“It’s okay, “I p@n-ted, putting my hands around him but he pu-ll-ed back and then turned around. I was confused but then I heard Tracy’s voice in the pas-sageway. Oh cra-p!
quic-kly I rushed towards the closed door and listened attentively. I heard the maid pas-s by with Tracy and then I stealthily opened the door but was shocked as I c@m£ face to face with Vivian.
She looked surprised to see me as well but then she threw me a questioning look and then for some reason, she put everything together.
“Oh, you bad gal!” She screamed and I quic-kly covered her mouth with my hands while dragging her to the living room.
**
Ichabod
I waited for her and her friends to leave before turning around. Everything had happened in a way that I had hoped and the way she had responded made me positive that she was indeed my Dennis. I had called her name in the heat of the moment and she had leaned in to k!ssme even more. This was magical. tou-ching her had wakened me up in places I thought was long buried but then, I had scratched her. …Odin had almost interfered but it wasn’t his fault. My emotions were heightened and I was losing control of my balance. Even if I had enough monogen, I knew it would never have worked within the heat of the moment. I wanted her so badly but ust as Odin couldn’t bite her until the full moon, I could never have her as well….
**
“Oh Vivian, I felt so alive.” Harmony said after explaining everything to her friend. They have been talking for hours and it was alre-ady past midnight.
“Wow! You guys have not done the main thing and you are alre-ady acting this way…what if you get n-ked together and you know, go down there?”
Harmony laughed, “I will definitely coll@pse, “ she said and they both laughed.
“I have never seen you this excited in a while friend, I am so happy that the white banana got you this way…”
“No! Damn! You are so corrupt. We only k!$$£d okay?”
“Well, then get down soon, I want to hear the whole gist,” Vivian said, pu-lling the blanket over the both of them.
Harmony sighed as she l@yon the be-d. She kept repeating what had happened in her mind, especially when he had called her name…it was like being noticed for the first time, it was like one of her dreams and…She st©pped.. Hold on, in her dreams? What name had he called her? Dennis? No, definitely not, she must have mistaken it for …no…yes, he had called her Dennis and she had responded.
She straightened up. He had called her by another woman, how could he? She felt a sudden wave of jealousy de-ep down within her. Taking a glance at her friend, she realized she was fast asleep, then she stood up and opened the door.
**
When she got to the front of his room, she debated on whether to knock or not to knock but then she heard a movement in the room. Maybe she nee-ded to wait until the following day. She thought and turned back but then she turned around again and knocked on the door. The movement st©pped but there was no voice.
“Ichabod, plea-se, we nee-d to talk.”
Still no sound. Well, they had k!$$£d so what more would surprise her? She opened the door but met an empty room.
“Ichabod?” She called out but was surprised as the sudden rush of the cold wind hit her face, that was when she realized that the window was opened and the curtain was pu-ll-ed ap@rt.
She frowned and looked out, down below was total darkness. Where could he be? She thought and then glanced towards the table, his ring was gone. That means he was gone…maybe he had gone to see his precious Dennis! She thought and walked out angrily, slamming the door after her.
*******
He watched her as she carefully applied thel-ipstick to herl-ips before proceeding to carve the eyebrows. He chuckled in the darkness and the lady turned around, a little bit frightened but she recomposed herself on seeing him.
“You nee-d to st©p doing that Odin, no one wants you here,” Rashidat said as she applied the rest of her makeup.
“Oh, Odin growled, “that hurt my feelings and here I thought you are looking beautiful to impress me.”
Rashidat hissed, “you are such a pain in the as-s.”
“And you are such a n@ûghty girl,” he said, getting closer to her and sniffing in her perfume. The lady ignored him, she kept on doing what she was doing . Odin found her pair of earrings and handed one to her. Just as she was about to collect, he withdrew his hands.
“If you are not going to help me, would you just drop my earrings for me? I do not have time for your game tonight.”
Odin chuckled mischievously, “and waste all the fun?” he said and then proceeded to hooking the earring to the lady’s ear. She was startled at first, “oh come on, I won’t bite.” He said and then attached the earrings to each lobe.
Finally, he stood behind her as she accessed herself in the mirror.
“What are you doing here Odin?”
“What else? Just pas-sing away the time while waiting for the full moon” he replied, crossing his legs and yawning.
“Find a job to do and st©p following me up and down.”
“Like you don’t like it?” he asked, giving her a questioning look and standing up.
Rashidat scoff, “I don’t have your time, if you keep being a pain in the as-s, you will ruin things for yourself and Ichabod.” Rashidat said, adjusting her bu-mp -sh0ts.
“Oh, plea-se, don’t talk about that fool
. He could ha-rd ly keep still when he k!$$£d the young lady.”
Rashidat frowned, “they k!$$£d? Oh! That’s a good thing.”
“Yes, except that his emotions went over the roof.”
“Ouch! Poor Ichabod. What did the lady do?”
“Well, enough of those two, she is not like you.” He said moving closer to her. Both were standing in front of the mirror and he was standing behind her, grinning.
“Like me? Nob©dy is like me.” She said proudly, turning around to face him.
He laughed, “you see why I like you. You are one wild n@ûghty girl!” he said, placing his hand gingerly on her shoulder and the other gingerly on her w@!st,
“so you like n@ûghty girls?”
“Oh, now I know I do.” He said, leaning in closer, “especially the one that is not afraid of me.”
“I am not afraid of you Odin…”she said.
“and I just like you more…” he whispered. Now his hand was on her chin and he tilted her chin upwards while bringing his face closer to hers in an attempt to k!ssher, Rashidat closed herl-ips and p@rted herl-ips but just as he leaned in closer, he was gone!
**
“Sir, I have the ring with me, and I have a picture of him and the other lady about to k!ss.”
“Oh! He is with some other lady after k!ss!ngHarmony? Awesome! This just gets better, bring the ring over immediately.”
?ICHABOD?
Cursed For A 1000 Years
Chapter 21
Rashidat couldn’t believe she had almost k!$$£d him. What the hell was that? She sighed and picked up her bag . She had a club to go to and he had delayed her enough. She turned and was headed out when she heard some noise like a man gro-an ing.
“Who is that?” She shouted, thinking it was probably Odin pla-ying a trick on her. “Odin, I do not have time for this,” she said but was surprised as a man c@m£ crashing into the set of chairs in the pas-sage startling her.
“Oh my God! What the hell!” she shouted but was more surprised when she saw Odin, grinning.
“Odin what are you doing? Who is this man?” she asked him, looking at the man in the suit who was now bleeding from the mouth and had lost consciousness.
“I found him snickering around, Is he a friend of yours?” Odin asked, his eyes shimmering against the light of the yellow bulb.
“No, I don’t know him,” Rashidat replied, now a bit scared as Odin was finally showing his real self. “How did you find him?”
“I heard the sound of his heartbeat, I knew he was up to something,” Odin replied, now coming back to himself.
While they both tried to figure out who he was, a phone began to ring.
“Is that your phone?” she asked and he shook his head.
“So where is the noise coming from?” Rashidat asked, looking around.
“It’s from his pocket,” Odin replied and Rashidat went closer and realized it was true.
. She put a hand in the br£@st pocket and brou-ght out an I-phone.
“Who is calling him?” Odin asked.
Rashidat saw the contact, Boss, on the screen. “ it’s his boss I think. Should be the one who had s£nt him to tail me or you.” She replied and as she fidgetted with the phone, two messages c@m£ in,-Hey, I gave the ring to the boss, he has the pictures as well, come fast, something is really wrong with this man, I have left, can’t wait for you again,”
“What does that mean?” Odin asked after Rashidat had re-ad everything out.
“Oh dear,” Rashidat said, going throu-gh the phone and was surprised to see the picture of Ichabod in a white towel, the picture of the ring, and then the picture of both her and Odin few minutes ago…were they really standing so close like that?
“What madness is this?” Odin gr-unted.
“Odin, he wasn’t after me, he was after Ichabod and whoever s£nt him must have known your secret and it is definitely who knows Harmony as well…” she g@sped in horror.
Odin snarled angrily, lifting up a chair and crashing it on the man’s lifeless b©dy. He was breathing heavily, “I think I know whose work this is, it is that bastard, Michael.”
“Who is Michael?”
“Tracy’s father!” he replied and kicked the man in the legs once more.
“Calm down okay, we nee-d to do something fast. You nee-d to go back home, get in t©uçh with Harmony before he uses it. I don’t know what he plans but I am definitely sure it’s not something good. Where is your ring?”
Odin checked his f!ngersand punched the wall, “that idiot Ichabod took it off! It must have been taken.”
Rashidat was disappointed, “I caused it. I told him to take it off when bathing. The reason is that we have just a few days more to the full moon, it will get weaker if it t©uçhes water too often and you guys nee-d it to walk in the sun else, you might have to stay indoors throu-ghout.”
“Ichabod is human, why does he nee-d it?”
“He nee-ds it because he can change any moment to you and if that happens, he will burn right there in the sun with you.”
Odin sighed, “what do I do now?”
“You nee-d to go back to Harmony. You nee-d Ichabod as much as he nee-ds you. Michael must not come in between you two now.”
“Leave Michael to me! I will find a way to deal with him…” Odin said before leaving, vanishing into thin air.
***
Harmony woke up very early the next day, she had a very important shooting and she was getting dressed. It was a Saturday morning, meaning Tracy didn’t have to go to school.
While she was getting dressed she was boiling inside. Maybe the whole thing with Ichabod was a mistake. Maybe she shouldn’t have tried to k!sshim when he was clearly with someone else . She was certain that the lady whom she had seen at the club the other night was Debby. She wished she had taken a better look at her but, maybe it was the best.
Vivi had left early that morning to get re-ady for the scenes, now Harmony knew that Ichabod would make her later since he had apparently not come back from wherever he must have gone last night.
“Take the bag into the car, I nee-d to call Ichabod,” she said to Tanya who was behind her.
She took a de-ep breath and then brou-ght out her phone, she discovered she alre-ady had six missed calls from Michael. Se rolled her eyes. The day was just getting worse.
Ichabod’s phone rang twice but wasn’t picked. Where the hell was he? She thought. Now she was just getting really angry. She thought of going to his room and the next second, she was opening the door but the room was just as she had left it-it was empty and his towel was lying on the be-d.
Now she was getting more angry. She walked out of the room and then decided to drive herself to the place, she wasn’t going to be late because of her own stupidity by k!ss!ngsomeone whom she ha-rd ly knew.
By the time she got outside, she was surprised to see Ichabod all freshly dressed up, waiting in the car
. Seeing him reminded her of what had transpired between them the previous night and the way he was looking really cute in his blue shi-t made her forget the reason why she was angry with him in the first place, oh right-because of Debby.
Tanya closed the door after she had settled in, she tried to ignore Ichabod who was looking at her from the rear mirror.
**
“Hello beautiful,” he said with a smile, looking at her from the rear mirror but she said nothing. She looked angry. Could she be angry because of what happened the other night? He thought. But she had k!$$£d him back and they had a good time together so what was the attitude all about. He pu-ll-ed the gear and began to drive. Still his mind was not settled, he really hoped Michael hadn’t gotten to her.
“I just s£nt the direction to you right now, that’s the h0tel,” she said coldly, not returning his look.
He sighed, women could be so dramatic so he pu-ll-ed over.
“Why are you st©pping? You very well know I can’t be late,” she said angrily, still not looking at him.
“Look at me Harmony,” he pleaded, turning around to face her.
“Why do I nee-d to look at you?” she asked, folding her hands while looking away.
“You are angry with me and I nee-d to know why. I am sorry if it was because I k!$$£d you last night. I am so sorry, I thought you wanted it and because, I couldn’t st©p myself, there is something about you that I can’t just explain but if you want it to end, I will un-derstand.”
“So that was why you went to meet Debby last night after k!ss!ngme?”
What? What did she just say?
“I beg your pardon?”
Finally, she was looking at him. “Debby, you heard me, who is she?”
He was suddenly confused, “I do not know what you speak of Harmony.”
“Don’t you dare lie to me Ichabod. Why didn’t you sleep at home last night? Why did you have to vanish just after we ….”
“I was in the car,” he quic-kly said, he had alre-ady planned this.
“You were in the car?”
“Yes, I sle-pt here throu-ghout. I just felt like slee-ping here. Why would you think I went to meet another woman?”
She sobered up a bit but then she asked again, “so who is Debby?”
He frowned, how was he going to explain this. “Debby?”
“Yes Ichabod, you called me Debby last night when you k!$$£d me.”
“Oh!” he said, as if surprised, “I’m sorry, I should have told you.”
She frowned, “told me what?”
“I was once married,” he said, catching her by surprise.
**
Harmony couldn’t believe what she just heard, “you were once married and you didn’t tell me?”
He nodded, “I’m sorry. Debby was the name of my wife. She died.
Now she was quiet, this didn’t make any s-en-se if his wife was Debby, then why did it mean so much to her as if…..”okay Ichabod, I’m so sorry, I just wished you had told me,” she said soberly.
“So are we okay now?”
She nodded. They got closer and their heads t©uçhed.
He reached out a hand and held her hand, “I have lots to tell you Harmony but now is not the time. “
“Well, then I guess you don’t nee-d to give me a birthday cake, you can just tell me all I nee-d to know about you on my birthday.”
“Your birthday?” he asked.
“Yes, it’s in five days’ time,” she replied with a smile before theirl-ips t©uçhed.
Some minutes later, she was getting out of the car and was waiting for him to do the same.
“Don’t worry, I will come later, I will wait here for a while,” he said and she later went in.
**
Ichabod was disturbe-d, that was really close but now he had more things to think about. The sun was fast approaching and he had no ring on. That would mean not being able to step out of the car, else he might just not be able to get in again. He couldn’t walk in the sun without getting burnt. It would be too risky especially if Harmony saw his skin burning like paper in the sun. She would die of a heart attack. Ap@rt from this, her birthday was coming, how did he not remember that November 15 was Debby’s birthday as well, and also the emergence of the Fullmoon?
TBC….