Running a hand down his face, he got to his feet and checked the chair. There had only been a tiny shot of whiskey left in the glass. It had seeped into his pants, but nowhere else.
He needed to get his shit together. Dreaming of kissing, touching, and being close to fucking his woman was starting to wear thin.
After grabbing the glass, he made his way toward the kitchen, placed it in the sink, then headed up to bed. His bedroom was right next to Noelle’s. He put his hand flat on the door, wanting to go in, but if he did, he wouldn’t be able to curb his need.
His obsessionwas only getting worse.
****
One week later
Evil refused to leave his country home.
Noelle wasn’t even allowed to go walking in his gardens. It sucked. The bruising had all come out and was now slowly fading.The pain was gone, apart from her split lip, but that was easily dealt with.
What she hated was not being able to do anything. There was no long list of jobs for her. Nothing for her to do but sit and wait. She didn’t like not doing anything. Sitting around with nothing to do sucked.
This was boredom on a whole new level. What made it worsewas that Evil didn’t stick around. He had a business to run, multiple businesses, so he was often gone during the day, and then home at night. They shared dinner together.
He left guards around his home. They were the ones who kept her inside. And she wasgrowing tired of being kept under lock and key.
This wasn’t what she signed on for.
She stood at the back French doors. The sun was shining down. It had been raining for days, and now it was sunny. She wanted to feel the sun on her face.
“Arnold, I swear to you, I will start breaking things if you don’t let me out.”
“Take it up with the boss, Noelle. You know I can’t let you out. It’s his orders.”
She stomped her foot. After grabbing her cell phone from her pocket, she dialed his number and stepped away from the door. Arnold locked the door and nodded at her.
Shegritted her teeth, and annoyance rushed through her. Evil didn’t answer on the first ring. Normally, she left him to do whatever it was he needed to do, but not today. No, he was done avoiding her for the last time.
Noelle kept oncalling. She did this repeatedly for six times, until on the seventh, he finally answered the phone. “What’s the matter?” he asked.
“Seriously? You keep me trapped in your home, and all you’ve got to do is ask what the matter is?” She wanted to slap him, but she wasn’t going to do it.
No, she was going to be good.
“Noelle, I’m taking care of business. If this isn’t important, thenwe can talk about it later.”
“Oh, you mean during dinner when your phone is constantly going off, and you suddenly have to take every single little phone call?”
“Business is important.”
“So is my sanity.” She stared at Arnold’s back. “I’m going outside, and you know how I’m going to get outside?” she asked, moving her cell phone to the other hand as she started to remove her clothes. “I’m going to strip down and be completely naked. That’s right. Arnold and whatever man you’ve got posted on my door is going to see me naked unless you call and tell them that I’m allowed to go outside and enjoy the sun.” She didn’t wait for him to respond, hanging up the cell phone and stripping off her clothes.
She didn’twear any underwear either.
Noelle had never done anything like this. This was her first time going naked outside.
Arnold turned aroundas his cell phone rang, and when he caught sight of her, he immediately closed his eyes and stepped away from the door.
She couldn’t help but laugh and then move away. His cell phone wouldn’t stop ringing.
“I believe that is the boss.”
Noelle had gotten outside, ignoring all the warnings going off inside her head to get backin the house. She kept on moving forward, going toward the lawn that looked so appealing.