Troy And Athena (Forbidden Love Series Book 15)

"Troy put me down. Okay, I'm sorry that I laughed at you, " said Athena as he walked towards the bed with her. He dumped her on the bed and she scooted to a corner. 

"I'll sleep here. You sleep at the other end. God! What have I gotten myself into!" She exclaimed with an eyeroll. Troy grinned. 

"I'll forget my promise if you overreact," he threatened with a laugh, jumping onto the bed beside her. The whole bed creaked with his weight. He lay down beside her, sticking to her. 

"Can you move over. I'm literally hanging from the edge of the bed," she ordered.

"You can sleep on top of me. Who's asking you to hang?" He shrugged, loving it immensely. 

"I'm never going to agree to sleeping with you again," she told him, turning onto her side, with her back towards him.

"Yeah, it was a bad decision. You can look and feel but you cannot touch and eat!" He muttered frustratedly. 

"Serves you right, " said Athena but before she could celebrate, his arm went around her waist and he pulled her towards his chest. Athena gasped as her back hit his chest. 

"What are you doing? You promised that you wouldn't touch me?" She reminded him.

"I never said that I wouldn't cuddle you to sleep," he shrugged, embedding his face into her hair and neck and smiling to himself. He got her in his arms, on his bed at last. The day would soon arrive when he would make her completely his, body, soul and mind. Athena's heartbeats accelerated with apprehension but it seemed he really wasn't planning to do anything but sleep. Strangely she didn't want that. Her body wanted him to forget his promise and kiss her at least if not anything else. 

He groaned and pulled her closer and again groaned. Athena turned towards him not able to sleep with him groaning all night. With her face inches away from his, she stared deep into his hazel eyes which mirrored the torture that he was feeling within him. 

"Can't you sleep?" She asked him softly. He shook his head, staring at her, mesmerized by her. 

"What will make you sleep?" She asked with a shy smile. Troy's eyes sparkled with hope.

"Let me kiss you?" He asked, searching her eyes to see if she wanted the same thing too. Athena nodded, her cheeks coloring thinking of how desperate she had become for a kiss. She and Brandon had never kissed one another and they didn't feel any need whatsoever but with Troy it was strange that she had become such a needy woman. Troy grinned happily as he wasted no time and instantly hovered over her, pinning her down with his legs. Supporting his weight on his elbow he stared down at her. His thumb traced her cheek and jawline while his eyes watched her like a hawk.

"Do you want me to kiss you?" He asked, watching her minutely. Athena couldn't tell him how desperately she wanted him to kiss her. It was something she had been dreaming about everyday and every night. She had expected him to kiss her at the park but was disappointed when he didn't. 

She nodded. "Yes," she whispered. Troy smiled looking satisfied with her answer. He dipped his head, closing the distance between them. His mouth grazed her jawline, her neck, teasing her, driving her insane. Athena wrapped her arms around his neck and head and crashed her mouth to his. A deep-throated and needy groan escaped his mouth and he dominated the kiss from thereon, his lips hungrily tasting hers, sucking them with an intensity that left her throbbing deep down. Athena moaned his name as what coiled in her abdomen, a need to have more of him. Her lips burned against his as his tongue plunged deeper into her mouth, exploring the sweetness, demanding and passionate and restless. Athena couldn't help the moan of pleasure that escaped her and she kissed him back, trying to match his passion. Her fingers roamed on his bare back and he groaned into her mouth. 

However, despite the hot passionate kiss that they shared, Troy kept his promise. He broke the kiss and closed his eyes, trying to restrain the urge to make intense love to her right now, right here. Athena was amazed by him. She was actually willing to go another step forward with him, aroused by his wild kisses but he didn't take advantage of her. 

"Good night, my Goddess of War, " he whispered almost tenderly, pulling her close to sleep. She didn't protest this time. She was his, wasn't she?

Athena instantly missed his hot mouth, his possessive touch but she knew that she didn't want to hurry things between them. She closed her eyes, sighing contentedly and sinking into the warmth of his gorgeously sculpted body. "Good night, Troy," she whispered back with a small smile on her lips. It felt like heaven and she already felt sleepy. 

Troy watched her sleep, his whole body was too aroused to sleep, his heart was beating like crazy. Why was he uncontrollable around her? Why did he always search for means to get her close to her? Although he had been taking things slowly with her but his heart wanted to do everything all at once. He wanted her everyday in his arms, he wanted to be with her everyday, every minute and every second. He wanted to be able to make love to her whenever he wanted. He wanted to see her all the time. He wanted to get to know her better, all the little things that gave her happiness. He wanted to make her happy. He wanted to show her that he cared, that he loved her. 

As he stared at Athena, he realized that he did truly love her and it wasn't a crush or a fling type of love. It was an all-consuming love, an intense, deep-seated love that could drive you insane if you aren't able to be with her. 

He watched her sleep contentedly in his arms. It was easy to see that she cared for him too but did she love him back the way he loved her? Not yet maybe but she liked him more than she liked Brandon, that he was sure of. Otherwise she wouldn't have accepted their engagement. Although she hadn't protested in front of his parents out of respect for them, even later, she had eventually accepted him into her life. In fact, she didn't even ask him to return Brandon's ring to her. It seemed as if the ring held no importance to her! The thought made his heart swell with more love for her.

"I'll show you what true love is, Athena. I'll show you what was missing from your life for so long. I'll make you fall in love with me," he whispered, kissing the corner of her ink mouth. Athena sighed, caressing his hair in her sleep. 

"Troy," she whispered with a smile as she contentedly settled back to sleep. Troy smiled hopefully. So she was dreaming about him! 

Athena opened her eyes to the faint rays of the sun streaming inside the room through the gap in the curtains. She smiled and stretched contentedly. It was the best sleep of her life. She turned to see that Troy wasn't lying beside her any longer. She went to the washroom to freshen up and then went downstairs to look for him. He was nowhere around. She peered into granny's room and saw her up and eating her breakfast. She smiled seeing Athena. 

"Good morning, dear. Come and eat breakfast with me," she invited. Athena walked in and sat down beside her. 

"How are you today, granny?" She asked her. Granny smiled.

"I'm perfectly fine today, " she told her. Athena looked around. 

"Where's Troy? Didn't see him upstairs, " said Athena. 

"Oh he got a phone call from his dad. He had to attend an important meeting at 8 o'clock. You were sleeping so he rushed home to get ready," said granny. Athena's face fell. He left already? She didn't know why she started missing him already. Granny leaned towards her.

"There's nothing to sulk, dear. He has asked you to be ready by 6 o'clock tonight. He wants to take you out on a date," said granny in a whisper as if it was a top-secret. Athena gaped at her. Why did Troy have to tell granny about their date? He could have easily asked her out last night. 

"Oh, he told you that? Why didn't he ask me? He has my phone number," said Athena with an eye roll. Granny chuckled.

"Maybe he knows that I won't let you forget it," she said. Athena got up to get ready to go to her school. She would choose her outfit later when she returned from work. 

"You didn't eat anything. Where are you off to? Sit and finish your breakfast before you go," said granny sternly. Athena finished her food and went to get ready. Soon she was at her school, doing her favorite thing in the world. Teaching art. Yet at the back of her mind were thoughts of her upcoming date with Troy. She eagerly looked forward to it.