Unwrap Your Desire

OLIVIA

EVEN when I arrived home, I had trouble getting rid of that particular scene in my mind. I had to admit, I did not expect my first day of school to be so overwhelming, let alone witness one of my classmates having sex inside the library. I mean, where did he get the audacity to do such things inside the university facility?

Just by remembering it made my entire body feel so cringey. I winced a lot of times, and thinking that I would see him the next day made me want to ditch the class… I was well aware that I should not feel this way and that he should be the one who should be ashamed of what he did, but I felt like I was someone who got caught doing shameful things.

Why were we classmates, anyway?

I palmed my face. I went to the bathroom and filled the tub with water. In this case, I hoped that a dip would actually help me get rid of it in my mind.

I undressed myself and went into the bathtub, with the vinyl playing classical music on the other side of the tub. I had a glass of red wine with me, and as the bubbles started embracing my skin, making me feel the coldness of the water, my body, as well as my mind, became a bit more relaxed and clouded with only happy thoughts.

All I had to think about was the good things.

All I had to be grateful for was the fact that I made a friend on my first day at school…

I took several deep breaths. It felt like I was in deep meditation when I heard my phone ring. I answered the call when I figured out it was Lara, and put it on loudspeaker so I could still talk to her even though I was taking a bath.

“What’s up, my dearest aspiring entrepreneur?” she said, seemingly teasing me as she laughed as soon as she said it. “How’s school? Did you get bored in classes? I am so worried!”

I fought the urge to roll my eyes at her statement. If Lara was only here, I would have hit her arms already. Did she think I was the person who would easily get bored in classes? Was it really her impression of me? A lazy ass woman?

“I am sorry to burst your bubble, Lara, but I actually had fun attending my classes. I met my professors and gained a new friend,” I said, my tone was proud and boastful.

“A new friend, huh?” Her tone sounded suspicious. “Should I be worried about that? You are not thinking of replacing me, are you?”

I laughed. Shaking my head, I seemed to get the desire to tease her.

“Well, if you start playing nice with me from now on, I can still reconsider being friends with you!” I remarked to tease her.

“Try me, Olivia.” I knew she was scoffing even though I wasn’t seeing her face. “If you try to replace me, I will show you what hell really feels like!”

We both laughed at her statement. For a moment, I thought Lara was really my savior. She did save me from the unwanted thoughts that whirled around my head for so long.

“So, what’s up? Anything exciting that happened today? Who’s that new friend you are referring to?”

“Her name is Hailey Mia Brown. She was the woman who helped me during the enrolment and apparently the same staff at the restaurant that me and Chandria had visited last week.”

“Sounds like a cool woman… like me.” She giggled and sighed. “Are your classmates kind and approachable? And oh! I bet you introduced yourself to every class today!”

I rolled my eyes. As if no one knew what was happening during the first day of class.

“All of my professors look nice and cool. As for my classmates, I haven’t talked to most of them yet, but guess what? Someone tried to humiliate me earlier.”

“What?! Who dared do such things to you?” She sounded shocked and upset.

“Her name is Rose Josephine. She cannot believe that I am Chase’s wife. But I shut her down, making her realize that I am not the woman she can easily mess with,” I added with a proud smile on my face.

“Whatever you did back there, I am proud of you! Do not ever let those spoiled elites trample you, girl. You are way better than their impressions of you!”

“I know! Thank you, Lara…”

“Of course! You know, I can’t help but wish that I went to that university with you. I’m worried that you will end up being bullied. Reese’s reputation was not good after what she did to Chase, you know.”

“I can manage.” I bit my lower lip and shut my eyes. “And if you are asking about a shocking event that happened on my first day, I think it was the moment when I saw a man having sex in the library.”

“What the fuck?! Did I just hear it right?”

“Yeah…” I opened my eyes and leaned both of my arms on the lip of the tub, burying my chin on them. “That man is my classmate. I can’t believe he had the gut to do kinky things at school. I mean, they would have checked in at the hotel nearby.”Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.

Lara laughed on the other line. She sounded as if someone was tickling her neck.

“That’s hilarious!” she exclaimed. “Maybe they are looking for a thrill or something? Were they aware that you’d seen them doing it?”

“Unfortunately, yes, that’s why I am a bit problematic here. How can I face that man without getting embarrassed?”

“Why would you be embarrassed? Did you perhaps see his shaft or what?”

“No, but I saw his ass and how he banged his woman? Does it make a difference?” I said, my brows were furrowed.

Lara burst into laughter. My lips formed a thin line as I looked at my phone. The way she laughed made me want to storm into her apartment and strangle her hair.

“I think those kinds of things are common to some elite men. They couldn’t care less where they would release their semens…”

“Chase isn’t like that.”

“Whoa! I didn’t say that Chase is included in ‘some elite men’ I am referring to!”

“I am just making sure!” I scoffed.

She chuckled a bit. “But I guess the next question is, that classmate of yours, is he a hottie? Good-looking?”

I recalled Charles Brent’s face. “A little bit, yeah…”

“A little bit?”

“You heard me, Lara!”

She laughed. “Calm down! Anyway, there’s nothing to be embarrassed about, okay? He should even apologize or something. Just act as if you didn’t see anything. The less you talk, the less he gives you attention… Unless, of course, you want him to pay attention to you-”

“FYI, I am not fucking interested in him, Lara.”

“I am not saying you are interested in him though!”

I pressed my lips together. Shaking my head, all I could do was sigh. I was not trying to be so defensive, but it wasn’t right for a married woman to be so bothered by another man’s presence, and that was something I wanted to get rid of myself.

That freaking Charles Brent was nothing but a pain in the ass…

“Just be yourself, Liv. You don’t need to think of anything or anybody else except for yourself. Do you get me? You got this, girl, fighting!” She cheered me on.

A smile escaped my lips. “Fine. Thanks, Lara. I will have to take a shower now. Talk to you soon!”

I took a shower after that phone call. After almost an hour, I went to bed to take a power nap. I was checking my phone when I received a text from Mia.

From: Mia Brown

Hey, Reese. Those things I shared with you about Charles, can you please keep it a secret?

I sent her a reply, telling her that I would never tell anyone about those things she shared. After that, I took a nap and rested for a while.

***

My eyes opened and the first thing I saw was the dimness of the bedroom. I shifted my position to check the clock on the side table. My eyes widened when I realized that it was already seven o’clock in the evening.

“Oh, shit!” I muttered and forced myself to rise from the bed.

Chase would be home around this time, and I hadn’t prepared dinner for us!

I quickly stormed out of the room and descended downstairs. When I entered the kitchen, I came to a halt when I saw the familiar back of the man, facing the stove while cooking. I inhaled and smelled the delicious scent of steak…

Chase was still in his business suit and only wore an apron as he maneuvered in the kitchen. I leaned on the doorframe, crossing my arms against my chest as I watched him with a grin on my lips.

He seemed so focused on what he was doing that he hadn’t noticed my presence yet. I remained silent as I seized the moment.

He was such a great view.

I clicked my tongue.

Then I caught his attention. He checked over his shoulders and our eyes met. His eyebrows raised, and he offered me a cocky grin.

“Enjoying the view from there?”

I nodded as I licked my lower lip. “You look so damn sexy in that apron, Chase.”

He shrugged his shoulders. “Another reason for me to think you’re eye-rapingme.”

“Eye-raping is different from admiring you, my love,” I clarified.

I walked towards him and hugged him from behind. Chase then slightly turned around to kiss my forehead.

“I see you are cooking steak,” I said.

He chuckled. “I’m craving it. I will be done here in a few. You can prepare the plates and wait for the food to be served by your sexy chef.”

I giggled like a kid, and then I nodded. “If you say so, my sexy chef.”

I walked to the cabinet and took plates from it and then prepared the table like what he told me to do. While waiting for the steak to be ready, I went upstairs and washed my face. I bet I still have some morning stars in my eyes as the supposed nap I wanted became a four hour sleep. Dang!

To make the dinner extra special, I changed clothes. I wore a red silky nightdress, put a pink gloss on my lips, and sprayed my favorite perfume on my neck. I checked my reflection in the mirror and was quite satisfied with my overall physical frame.

I went back to the dining room and saw Chase preparing the steaks already. When his gaze landed on me, I noticed how he licked and bit his lower lip while looking at me from head to toe. He then put the steak down. His arms went on both sides of his hips.

Shaking his head, he said, “Are you trying to tease me, my love?”

I giggled and shook my head and acted innocent, biting my index finger nail.

“Now, that is really eye-raping…” I commented when I observed how he eyed me as if he planned to do something right here, right now.

Chase narrowed his eyes. “Such a temptress.”

I walked to the table, my fingers tapping it slowly as I took my seat.

“I’m hungry. The steak smells and looks delicious!” I said and clapped my hands together. “Thank you, Chef Chase!”

He offered me a cockily smile. “Anything for you, my temptress.”

He sat on the chair across from mine and started chopping my steak. While watching him, I could not suppress the smile on my lips.

Chase was really dazzling. The very reason why a lot of women were after him, even the women at the university… even that Rose Josephine, whose existence did not matter to me.

“How’s the first day of school, baby?” he asked when we started eating our dinner.

“It was, hmmm…” I paused, thinking of the right word I could use to describe the entire day without telling him some embarrassing events of it. “… great I guess. I have a friend already. Her name is Mia!”

“That’s wonderful! How about your classmates? Are they cool?” he carefully asked.

I nodded my head. I thought about not telling him about Rose Josephine and Charles, as I did not want him to worry anymore. I wanted him to feel that everything was okay at the university. In that way, I could also prevent him from intervening. I know that, knowing Chase, he could easily do something in every situation I was in, and I don’t want that to happen right now.

What I wanted is to establish my own name and make people think that I could move even without my husband’s help and power.

“The professors are kind, too. They are approachable and successful in their own fields, so I am confident that I will learn a lot from them!” I shared it with him.

Chase smiled at me and he seemed very happy to hear it all from me. He pursed his lips after that, and gave me a meaningful stare.

“Any men who want to hit on you there?”

I shook my head and offered him an assuring glance. “No, I told my classmates that I am already married.” Then I raised my left hand, where it had our wedding ring. “This is the proof if, in any case, they won’t believe me.”

He chuckled and nodded his head. “That’s my wife, yes…”

“So you don’t have to worry about me, Chase. I assure you that my priority at that university is to study. That’s all. Once I gain enough knowledge, I plan to plot the business I want to start up.”

“And if you need my help, I am always here to lend a hand, alright?”

“Thank you, Chase! But this time, I want to do everything without your help. I want to try to stand up on my own and see where this determination will lead me.”

“You are really making me proud…”

I winked at him.

“I can do more than making you proud,” I said as I wiped the side of my lips with a serviette as I already finished my food.

His eyes grew darker, it was as if he was waiting for the real main course.

I stood up and went to him, sitting on his lap and putting my arms around his neck.

“Do you want to be entertained?” I asked.

“Hmm, make me…” he said, his tone challenging me.

I pinned my body closer to him, leaned down to kiss his soft lips. I felt his arm wrap around my waist. He kissed me back, and it was so passionate that it instantly clouded my mind.

“And for dessert…” I whispered in between our kisses, then released his lips. I stood up as I held his hand, gently dragging him up and caressing his behind. “You can have me…”