Shafaq ! 😛 This is for u dear, in honour of your return ..... and for you too Cords, especially since you are gonna ensure that I return home soon instead of going back to the ICU 😆
People if any of you find this update too explicit or indecent, please do not continue reading it ....... and my apologies in advance for having crossed the so called line. anyway will not be updating anymore, so rest assured that no boundaries will be crossed hereafter.
Chapter 14
Jai followed Bani into the kitchen, trying not to watch the sway of her hips as she walked in front of him. The hot, familiar sight of her in a pair of jeans and pullover sweater had him cursing under his breath and summoning up a quick remedy for the situation he found himself in. The thought of being stranded for any amount of time with Bani wasn't good.
Jai stopped walking when Bani flung open the refrigerator. His six-pack of beer was still there, but little else. But then he wasn't studying the contents of the refrigerator as much as he was studying her. She was bent over, looking inside, but all he could think of was another time he had walked into this kitchen and found her in that same position, and wearing nothing more than his T-shirt that had barely covered her bottom. It hadn't taken much for him to go into a crazed fit of lust and make love to her right then and there.
"Thank goodness there are some eggs in here," said Bani, intruding on his heated thoughts down memory lane. "About half a dozen. And there's a loaf of bread that looks edible. There's some kind of meat in the freezer, but I'm not sure what it is, though. Looks like chicken."
She turned around and her pouty mouth tempted him to kiss it, devour it, and make her moan. He watched her sigh deeply and then she gave him a not-so-hopeful gaze and said, "Our rations don't look good, Jai. What are we going to do?"
Bani's breath caught when the corners of Jai's mouth tilted in an irresistible smile. She'd seen the look before. She knew that smile and she also recognized that bu*** pressing against his zipper. She frowned. "Don't even think about it, Jai" warned Bani.
Jai leaned back against the kitchen counter. Hell, he wanted to do more than think about it, he wanted to do it. But, of course, he would pretend he hadn't a clue as to what she was talking about.
"What are you talking about?" asked Jai innocently,
Bani's frown deepened. "Don't act all innocent with me. I know what you were thinking" she said.
A smile tugged deeper at Jai's lips knowing she probably did. There were some things a man couldn't hide and a h**d-on was one of them. He decided not to waste his time and hers pretending the chemistry between them was dead when they both knew it was still very much alive.
"Don't ask me to apologize. It's not my fault you have so much sex appeal and my desire for you is automatic, even when we're headed for divorce court" said Jai huskily.
"Because the distance between us is so great, my arms cannot reach you …. but because my love for you is just as great, my heart still does"
Jai saying the word "divorce" was a stark reminder that their life together, as they once knew it, would be over in twelve days.
"Let's get back to important matters, Jai, like our survival. On a positive note, we might be able to make do if we cut back on meals; which may be hard for you with your ferocious appetite" suggested Bani.
A wicked-sounding chuckle poured from his throat. "Which one?" he asked with a do die for smile playing on his lips.
Bani swallowed as her pulse pounded in response to Jai's question. She was quickly reminded, although she wished there was some way she could forget, that her husband…or soon-to-be-ex…did have two appetites. One was of a gastric nature and the other purely sexual. Thoughts of the purely s**ual one had intense heat radiating all through her. Jai had devoured every inch of her body in ways she could never ever forget, but didn't want to think about. Especially not now.
She placed her hands on her hips knowing he was baiting her; really doing a hell of a lot more than that. He was stirring up feelings inside of her that were making it hard for her to think straight.
"Get serious, Jai" said Bani agitatedly.
"I am." He then came to stand in front of her. "Did you bring anything with you?"
She lifted a brow. "Anything like what?"
"Stuff to snack on. You're good for that. How you do it without gaining a pound is beyond me."
She shrugged, refusing to tell him that she used to work it off with all those in-bed, out-of-bed exercises they used to do. If he hadn't noticed, then she wouldn't tell him that in six months without him in her bed she had gained five pounds.
"I might have a candy bar or two in the car" said Bani.
He smiled. "That's all?"
She rolled her eyes upward. "Okay, okay, I might have a couple of bags of chips, too." She decided not to mention the three boxes of Girl Scouts cookies that had been purchased that morning from a little girl standing outside the airport.
"I hadn't planned to spend the night here, Jai. I had merely thought I could quickly pack things, rest a bit and leave, so I did not bother to go shopping" said Bani with a crestfallen face.
He nodded. "Okay, I'll get the snacks from your car while I'm outside checking on some wood we'll need for the fire. The power is still on, but I can't see that lasting too much longer. I wish I would have gotten that generator fixed."
Her eyes widened in alarm. "You didn't?"
"No. So you might want to go around and gather up all the candles you can. And there should be a box of matches in one of these drawers."
"I … I captain" said Bani with a smirk on her face.
Jai grinned at her and turned to leave. He then turned back to look at her. She was nibbling on her bottom lip as he assumed she would be.
"And stop worrying. We're going to make it" said Jai, trying to pacify her.
When he walked out the room, Bani leaned back against the closed refrigerator thinking those were the exact words he'd said to her three years ago when he had asked her to marry him. Now she was worried because they didn't have a proven track record.
"Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude."
Humour for the day
Untold secret of married life
A couple was celebrating their golden wedding anniversary. Their domestic tranquility had long been the talk of the town. "What a peaceful & loving couple!" A local newspaper reporter was inquiring as to the secret of their long and happy marriage.
"Well, it dates back to our honeymoon," explained the man. "We visited the Grand Canyon and took a trip down to the bottom on the canyon by horse. We hadn't gone too far when my wife's horse stumbled. My wife quietly said, 'That's once'."
"We proceeded a little further and the horse stumbled again. Once more my wife quietly said, 'That's twice.' "We hadn't gone a half-mile when the horse stumbled the third time. My wife quietly removed a revolver from her purse and shot the horse dead.
"I started an angry protest over her treatment to the horse, while I was shouting she looked at me, and quietly said, 'That's once'.
And we lived happily ever after."