*Ana's pnt of view*
After Jaxon awoke from a deep sleep, he sent the bald eagle to get rid of Stewart quietly, but at my plea, he changed his mind and said to just kick him out and make sure he stays away.
Afterwards things remained uneventful.
Jaxon and I didn't speak of that night, and though I still had nightmares, I tried to suppress them.
"Jaxon, Jaxon wake up." I said tapping his arm, as he stirred awake.
"What?" He said, his voice deep and laced with sleep, as he rubbed his eyes, and looked up at me.
"You have to eat to get better and keep your strength up." I said trying to keep my voice soft, as he blinked the sleep from his eyes.
"I don't want to. Let me sleep." He said turning his head away from me as he closed his eyes.
"Stop being such a baby." I nudged him with my hand.
"Princess I'm anything but a baby." He says looking up at me again, as the sheet laid under his armpits, giving me a tease of his bare chest.
"Look you have to eat." I said clearing my head.
"You can't make me." Was his declaration.
"I could try." I said, knowing that it was a lie.
"We both know even injured you can't use force on me in your favor." He said almost arrogantly with a smirk.
"I'm not sure you're in any position to argue with me right now." I stated crossing my arms while raising an eyebrow.
"And yet I am." He replied shrugging.
"Fine. Guess I'll just call Sonya and she'll make you eat." I threatened.
"Good luck with that." He said, and I already knew that my idea was worthless.
I looked away and sighed, getting frustrated.
"Jaxon-"
"Kiss me." He said cutting me off.
"What?" I said, gulping some air.
"One kiss and I'll eat." He bargained.
"You can't be serious." Was the first thing to slip from my lips.
Jaxon chuckled and shook his head, then he looked me dead in the eyes and said "Princess when are you going to get it in your head that when it comes to you I'm always serious. One kiss is all I ask."
"You pompous self-absorbed-"
"Ana." He said in a warning tone.
"No." I said, glaring at him.
"Okay, then please leave me to starve in peace." He stated closing his eyes.
"Oh that is so not fair." I said while shaking my head.
Silence. He did not reply, instead he just closed his eyes and kept them closed.
"Ugh fine! Fine!" I said defeated. He had to eat. He lost a lot of blood, and unless he ate what was good for him, he wouldn't recuperate well.
I sat next to him as he opened his eyes and stared at me attentively.
His blue orbs pierced my face with an intense gaze, causing heat to rise to my cheeks.
I placed my hands shyly on his arms as I leaned and closed my eyes, then I placed my lips softly against his.
At first none of us moved, but then he responded by moving his lips softly against mine, and I found myself releasing a soft sigh as our lips began to dance against one another. His tongue grazed my bottom lip, but I refused to respond, so that's when I felt his hand come up to my cheek and caressed down to my neck, shoulder then to my side, I gasped at the ticklish sensation, and he took the chance to slip his tongue into my mouth.
It wasn't invasive, nor was it dramatic. It was soft, romantic even.
I felt my face flush as his hand moved back to my face, so I pulled back and quickly stood off the bed, with an "Okay. You got your kiss, time to eat."
He chuckled at my nervous reaction as he said in a gruff voice "your wish is my command princess."
Afterwards, he ate without giving me a hard time.
I spent most of my days at his side just reading. I didn't really have to check my phone given that I hardly had any friends, and social media wasn't all that important. I kept my conversations with Lisa short and avoided answering all her questions. The last thing I wanted was for her to come here or risk her life trying to rescue me.
I missed Lisa and Tony, as well as all of my regulars from the café. I was still bidding my time well in hopes of escaping Jaxon one day. But even when that day came around, I knew I wouldn't be able to go back to my previous life. Jaxon knew where I worked. I doubted that it would take him long to find out where I live. So if and when I did leave, I'd have to start all over again.
There were times when Jaxon got tired of me ignoring so he would act up just to get my attention. I had to get close to him to change the dressing on his wounds, during which his eyes didn't move from my face.
At some point one evening, Jaxon asked for strawberries with melted chocolate and whipped cream.
"Are you going to say please?" I asked raising an eyebrow.
"No." He said arrogantly.
"Well then I guess that's my answer as well." I stated shrugging.
"Fine, may I get some strawberries with whipped cream, and melted chocolate chips on the side... please?" He said with gritted teeth.
"Fair enough." I said shrugging, then I walked out with my head up and a proud smile.
"And you wonder why I call you princess." He mumbled under his breath, and though I heard him, I decided against replying.
I arrived in the kitchen to find Sonya reading a cookbook and drinking tea, in the late afternoon the rest of the staff had already gone home, and the halls of the mansion laid quiet.
"Hi Sonya."
"Hello Ana, how is our patient doing?"
"Well, given that his wound has not dampened his annoying nature, I can say he's doing pretty well. So well that he's now sending me to fetch him snacks." I said slightly aggravated.
"Oh? What does he want to eat?" Asked Sonya, as she placed her book down, and began walking to the fridge.
"Um strawberries, whipped cream, and melted chocolate chips." I blurted out.
At my words, Sonya sent me a knowing look but I instantly put a stop in her tracks, "oh don't start thinking anything he's just trying to get under my skin."
"I don't think it's your skin he's trying to get under, maybe just somewhere... in your skin." Stated Sonya and my mouth dropped.
I remained shocked as she placed the tray in my hands sending me a quirky smile, and I remained silent until I reached Jaxon's room.
His eyes, always intimidating, always fixated on me.
"What happened? You look like you've seen a ghost." He stated curiously.
"Nothing." I said, my cheeks blushing. He sent me a quizzical look but left it at that.
I placed the tray next to him, as he sat up, he took a first strawberry, dipped it in chocolate and ate it.
He went for a second one and asked if I would like one.
"Oh no, you go ahead and eat." I said looking away shyly, things just became very intimate.
"Come on, for once I'm being nice, don't turn me down like that."
"Okay." I caved, as I grabbed one, and dipped it in whipped cream.
The strawberry was juicy and sweet causing me to close my eyes and smile, but I instantly became conscious of his eyes studying me.
We kept eating in silence until I noticed "Hey how come you always get the chocolate covered ones?"
"You want a chocolate strawberry?" He asked, his voice deep, teasing even, but I brushed it off.
"Yes." I said, my mouth already watering.
"Okay" replied Jaxon, as he grabbed a strawberry, dipped it in chocolate, then brought it up, and placed it to my lips.
I sent him a look but nevertheless I tried to take a bite, but Jaxon moved his hand back, causing me to bite the air.
I tried again and he did the same thing.
I chuckled as Jaxon continuously duped me, but it was still kind of funny, how I always fell for it, no matter how I tried to get the berry. I was so focused on getting the strawberry, that I hadn't realized that Jaxon managed to get my lips close to his.
I looked into his eyes as he whispered, "open up."
Usually, I would've pulled away and become shy, but instead I found myself opening my lips slightly, as he placed part of the strawberry in my mouth, then he bit into the other end, and the strawberry became the sweet victim of a soft kiss.
Jaxon placed his hand on my cheek, as he moved up to deepen the kiss.
Two quick knocks from the door weren’t warning enough, and the next thing we heard, while our lips were still locked together was "Jaxon, I wanted to- oh my! Never mind."