Ch. 231..235: Fatal Kiss Of The Vampire Chapter 231-235
Chapter 231: Please Trust Me
While Fannie waited for a taxi, Kylie and Ethan explained everything to her. As the story concluded, Ethan sighed and lit a cigarette. While they’d been talking, Lucas and Faith had left along with everyone else who had been in the room with them. Dinah had joined Fannie and, by the time their taxi arrived, Kylie and Ethan were the only two left.
Kylie took Ethan’s hand and suggested that they should take a walk. Ethan nodded amicably, and they began to walk. They had no destination in mind, but the fresh air was nice. Even though they were in the city, there were trees planted sporadically at the sides of the sidewalk, and most of them were in full bloom. There was a wind blowing, but it was a warm wind.
They had traveled a few blocks when Kylie looked at Ethan and said, “I hope you don’t think that I deliberately lied to you.”
“I would like to believe that,” Ethan replied, “but how did you get here, and where is the car?”
The man’s eyes were dark, and his expression was that of one who is very skeptical. His lips closed and pressed into a straight line, and Kylie could tell that he was trying to figure out if he had more to say. She sighed and forced Ethan to stop. “I don’t have a special relationship with Ken,” she said. “Please, trust me. He isn’t even my type!”
Ethan looked at her, and he frowned. “I think that you should go home,” he said.
Kylie knew what a proud man Ethan was, but his terrible jealousy was intolerable. Without saying anything more, Ethan turned her around and led her back to the Garbo Palace. They entered together and, when Pupu noticed that his owner’s mood was very bad, he ran out to welcome them. He jumped up on them in excitement and liked Kylie’s face. “Good boy,” Kylie laughed. “Good boy.”
Once they got to the second floor, Ethan shoved the dog away from him. Stephen stood in the corridor with a cup of coffee in his hand. He watched Ethan and Kylie pass by in front of him. Pupu approached Ethan again and, when Stephen saw how annoyed he was, he called the dog to himself. Kylie looked at him and silently mouthed two words: Thank you!
Stephen gave her an ok gesture. Once Ethan got upset, everyone knew that it was in their best interest to try to placate him and make him as comfortable as possible. She showed Stephen her cell phone and silently mouthed three other words: Text me later!”
Kylie looked up, and she realized that Ethan had gotten away from her. She picked up her pace until they were both sides by the side again. As soon as Ethan entered their room, he ordered her to close the door, and he began to undress. He threw his clothes on the bed, went into the bathroom, and closed the door behind him. Of course, Kylie assumed that he was going to take a bath, but then she remembered that he’d had one already that morning, so she knocked on the bathroom door.
She called his name, but he didn’t answer. She waited for about five minutes and then she went back to the door. “Shall we have a talk later?” she wondered but, still, Ethan refused to answer her. Kylie sighed, walked over to the bed, and began to fold up his clothes.
Kylie was just finishing with Ethan’s clothes when her phone buzzed. She took it out and saw that it was Stephen who’d sent her a text message. She read the message and frowned. She couldn’t understand it. The message seemed to be encrypted with a code or something. The text said, “The hair is out of date. No reference. No value.”
Kylie read it over a few times and tried to make sense of it. Laurence had been in the intensive care unit two weeks previously, but if that was what he was talking about, it made no sense. She had given Stephen hair from the accident, but it had been fresh.
“I don’t understand,” Kylie replied, and then she opened the Facebook application on her phone. Stars had messaged her to say that he would be there soon, but there was no specific date given, which was kind of annoying. A second later, a message from Stars appeared and immediately disappeared. “This is really strange,” Kylie whispered. “I wonder what he’d said…”
Kylie frowned and wrote: “When will you be here? The PUBG game is boring without you.”
Kylie waited for a while and, when Stars didn’t respond, she threw her mobile phone on the bed, went to the bathroom again, and knocked on the door. “Ethan,” she grumbled, “have you finished?”
Ethan didn’t say a word. Not knowing what else to do, Kylie took out a set of pajamas from the closet and knocked on the door again. “Ethan,” she said, “please open the door. I have to use the bathroom…”
Ethan didn’t say a word, and he didn’t let her in. “Come on,” Kylie whined. “I just need to take a pee, and I’ve got your pajamas with me in case you want them.”
“Fine,” Ethan hissed, “I will unlock the door, but don’t come in until I am behind the curtain. I don’t want to look at you, so wait until I say so before you get out. Do you understand?”
Kylie said, “I understand.”
As soon as the door opened, though, Kylie rushed in. Ethan was quick, though, and she barely caught a glimpse of him before he pulled the curtain between them. She could still see the shadow of his firm body, though, and it made her sad. At any other time, she could have stripped off her clothes and joined him. It felt good to let her bladder go, though. She had been holding it for a while, and the smell was pungent.
Kylie got up, flushed the toilet, washed her hands, and opened the door. Instead of leaving, though, she stayed inside and closed the door. She pressed her back against the wall and stayed as quiet as she could. Just as she’d planned, it wasn’t long before Ethan opened the curtain.
As soon as he saw her, she took a step towards him and offered to get his favorite soap for him. He looked back at her and frowned. He said, “Kylie, you really are shameless.”
“You like it,” Kylie grinned, “If I had any shame, I wouldn’t ever let you fuck you in the way that I do. Why don’t you let me wash your back?”
“Fine,” Ethan sighed. “There are places that I can’t reach anyways.”
Kylie found the soap and sat on the ground outside of the tub. He sat forward, and she washed his back. Seeing him naked like this made Kylie horny, but she resisted the urge to force herself on him. He had wide shoulders, a narrow waist, and tight hips; these traits ignited Kylie’s desire, and she could feel her panties dampen as her genitals tingled.
Unexpectedly, Ethan turned his head, and she could see that his ear had turned pink under the light. Not wanting to bother him anymore, she got up. “Where are you going?” he wondered.
“Sorry,” she replied. “I didn’t eat enough at dinner. I am going to get something to eat.”
Kylie turned away from him, but he grabbed her hand. It startled her, and she fell into the tub. He caught her, so she didn’t fall into the water. He was wet, though, so she was at least a little damp. He helped her up but, in the process, his hands accidentally ended up touching her breasts. “You have been flirting with me all night,” he laughed, “Are you sure that you want to leave?”
Kylie’s face divided suddenly as a Cheshire’s grin appeared upon it. “I don’t know,” she laughed. “What did you have in mind?”
Ethan said, “Why don’t you join me in the bathtub?”
“Only if you undress me,” Kylie replied.
Kylie was nearly naked when someone began to knock on the door. The sound startled Kylie so much that this time when she fell into the tub, she actually ended up on her ass, soaking wet!
Chapter 232: Please Trust Me
vKylie felt incredibly embarrassed when her ass hit the bottom of the bathtub. It was true that the knock at the door had startled her, but it was incredible that she’d been so startled that she’d lost her balance. She’d been undressing when the knocking started. Her pants and shirt were off, but she still wore her underwear, socks, and brazier.
She looked up at Ethan and had to give him credit. She could see the laughter in his eyes, and by all rights, she had given him cause to laugh, but, out of respect for her, he hadn’t. Instead of laughing, he knelt down and said, “Are you alright?”
“I’ll be fine,” she said, “but I think my ass will be more than swollen for a long while. I feel incredibly foolish, though.”
“Don’t worry,” Ethan said. “I won’t tell anyone.”
Whoever knocked on the door knocked again, and Kylie cried out, “Hold on, will you?”
Ethan leaned over to help Kylie. He reached his hands under her armpit and tried to pull her up. The minute he began to pull through, his foot slipped, and he fell into the tub beside her. The water splashed out of the tub as his ass hit bottom, and they both began to laugh hysterically.
Hearing the sound from outside, the person knocking stopped for a moment, and then began to knock more fervently than ever. “Is someone in there?” the voice called. It was Dinah. “It sounds like someone is laughing in there…”
From a distance, Kylie and Ethan heard Stephen shout, “Stop knocking. There’s no one inside the bathroom!”
“But I did hear some noise in the bathroom,” Dinah cried. “And the door’s locked. Have Ethan and Kylie returned yet? If yes, they must be in the bathroom!”
“They’re not there,” Stephen lied. “My room is next to theirs. If they were there, I would have heard them. I’m watching porn. Perhaps that is what you heard.”
Dinah’s face turned red, and she stuttered unintelligibly.
“I’m an adult,” Stephen laughed. “Isn’t it normal for an adult to watch adult videos? They are fun and sexy – I like the ones with strong action!”
Dinah wandered over to Stephen’s door and whispered, “If you ever want to have sex instead, just let me know, okay?”
“Maybe another time,” Stephen replied, “but why don’t you come in so that we can get to know each other better?”
***
As soon as Dinah was gone, Kylie and Ethan began to giggle quietly. Now that they were both in the tub, there was no reason for either of them to get out. Ethan leaned in and kissed her on the mouth passionately. Kylie responded in kind, and before he could take the initiative to move things along, she took the initiative and grabbed the bull by the horns. Ethan gasped when he felt her hand wrap itself around his manhood.
As Dinah entered Stephen’s room, he turned up the stereo. He invited her to sit on the sofa, and he sat beside her. She glanced around the room, and when she saw his computer, she asked him what software he used and reminded him that if he didn’t use a good antivirus, his computer could break down easily. “Lots of porn have viruses,” she said, “or at least that’s what I’ve heard,”
Stephen laughed, and he said, “Shouldn’t you be worrying more about Kylie, and less about my computer? What are you doing home alone?”
“Don’t worry,” Dinah replied sternly as she took a sip of water and shook her head. “We were having dinner, but she and Ethan met a man named Ken and the shit the fan.”
Stephen rolled his eyes, and he said, “I am sure that Ethan handled him easily.”
“Of course, he did!” Dinah replied, “but there is something between him and Kylie. I don’t know what it is, but I suspect Ken knows some secrets about Kylie, and he is holding them against her. You must know about Ethan’s temper. If the secret came out in the wrong way, there is no knowing what would happen…
“Anyways,” Stephen continued, “I’m tired. Would you mind leaving my room now?”
Dinah looked at him coyly, and as she began to slip her shirt over her head, she said, “Perhaps there is something I could do to help you sleep better?”
Stephen sighed, and he stopped her. He said, “I mean no offense but, perhaps another time. It is nothing personal, but I am just not in the mood.”
“I will respect your wishes,” Dinah said, “but I will continue to offer myself to you until you accept my proposition. I like you very much and I long to make you happy. I know that you like someone else, but she will never be with you as your wife. It is time to let her go and move on – don’t you think?”
“Don’t talk nonsense!” Stephen scolded her. In a fit of anger, he picked up Dinah’s water, and he simply threw it into the trash can. “I already said that maybe someday we can be together. Why can’t that be enough? If you keep pushing me, I promise you that we will never be together!”
Dinah leaned in and whispered in his ear and said, “How about this: If you fuck me now, I won’t tell Ethan your secret.”
Hearing her threat, Stephen growled and threw her down on the sofa. “You like this?” he snarled as he forced his right hand underneath her pants and panties, and forced two fingers into her cunt.
“Now, you are talking!” Dinah purred as she closed her legs to hold his hand inside her. She held his hand in over his and began to buck against it. “Rub my clit!” she commanded him.
Stephen kissed her passionately as he stroked her clit and brought her to a standing position. “On the bed,” he moaned.
Stephen pulled his right hand out of her pants and ran it under her shirts to play with her breasts and nipples. He continued to kiss her and lead her with his left hand.
Dinah was so lost in the moment that she didn’t realize that she wasn’t being led to Stephen’s bed. She was actually being led to the door. Once they got there, Stephen quietly opened it and pushed her hard. Dinah, thinking she was being led to the bed, allowed herself to fall.
It was the shock of a lifetime for Dinah when, instead of landing on the bed, her ass smacked hard against the floor, and her head hit the wall.
“If you don’t want more of that,” Stephen hissed, “go to your room and find your hand!”
“You bastard!” Dinah shouted as she stammered to her feet.
“Whatever,” he replied. “Any chance you ever had at being with me is gone, so fuck off!”
Stephen sighed in relief as Dinah walked away. He went to the dresser and took a cigarette from a pack that was in the top drawer. He lit it and took several drags. He turned off the radio, and in the fresh silence, he was surprised that he could still hear Ethan and Kylie rutting in the next room.
Ethan was just about to cum inside of Kylie’s honeypot when, suddenly, he pulled out and said, “Let’s take this to the bed so that I can put on a condom.”
Kylie agreed with his idea. The other option was for him to ejaculate on her breasts and belly, but that had always felt very humiliating to her – so they got out and took turns drying each other off. Once they were dry, Ethan led her to the bed and slipped a condom over his swollen member. In this instance, they weren’t worried about Kylie getting pregnant.
Kylie thought this was very sweet of him.
Ethan had Kylie get on her hands and knees on the floor; doggy style. He pushed her head down on the floor and spread her legs. He had her play with her clit until her honeypot was wet enough for him to penetrate her cunt comfortably – and then he did.
Ethan began fucking her at a slow pace, and as her moaning got louder, he pumped harder and faster until, finally, they climaxed together. Ethan slipped out of her, and he said, “I love you so fucking much.”
Chapter 233: Consider It As My Gift To You
Kylie awoke the next day to discover Ethan hovering over her with an impish look in his eyes. She rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and asked him what he was doing. Ethan smiled as he took her hand and placed it on his penis. Kylie flinched when she realized how hard it was. “Last night was fun,” he said. “Let’s do it again!”
Kylie rolled her eyes and asked him if he wasn’t worried about draining his balls completely. Ethan just shook his head, though, and said, “You may be right, but I can’t control myself. Kylie, you’re too beautiful to ignore. Furthermore, a man runs out of stamina before he runs out of semen. What that means, essentially, is that if I can pop a boner, then I’m good to go!
“Since I can’t control myself,” he concluded, “it is your duty to open yourself up to me.”
Kylie giggled, and she said, “The Ethan that I know is very self-disciplined. I hope you don’t think that I’m going to fall for that line!”
Ethan sighed and changed the subject: “Weren’t you invited to participate in Director Miller’s new play? When does filming begin?”
“I don’t know exactly,” Kylie replied. “I’m actually going to see him today for my first audition. As of yet, I don’t even have the role!”
Kylie tried to get out of bed, but she couldn’t get to her feet. She had been aware of how sore her wet core was, but it hadn’t fully hit her until she tried to stand. Ethan had rubbed medicine all over her pubic mound, but it had done little to soothe the pain. She tried to stand again, and she fell again. This time she would have hit the floor, but Ethan caught her. “Let me help you,” he said.
“You were so noisy last night,” Ethan continued. “Weren’t you worried about being heard?”
“Those weren’t moans of pleasure,” she replied. “They were cries of agonizing pain; cries for help. Perhaps if you learned to stop when you are asked to stop, I wouldn’t be in so much pain today. How am I going to meet with Miller if I can’t even walk?”
Ethan gave her a hug, and he said, “Pish posh applesauce. Things will work out. They always do.”
Kylie sighed and said, “We’ll see. I know that I scratched you pretty well last night while I was trying to get away from you. Why don’t you let me put some aloe vera cream on the scratches, so they heal quickly and don’t get infected?”
Ethan laughed heartily and said, “Don’t worry about me. I’ll live.”
Ethan got dressed and helped Kylie dress. Then he picked her up to carry her downstairs for breakfast. On their way out, though, they ran into Stephen. Stephen took a single look at Kylie and moved away. Kylie was embarrassed because she was an adult and, generally speaking, unless she was disabled, she shouldn’t have needed this kind of assistance.
Ethan looked at Stephen and said, “Dad’s birthday is coming up. You’ll go to a party with me.”
Kylie bit her lips, and she said, “Your father doesn’t like me. I’d better not go…”
Ethan frowned, but he didn’t say anything. He didn’t want to go.
Once they were downstairs, Ethan helped Kylie get seated in the dining room. Pupu came over with his tail wagging and his nose sniffing like a police dog. Without a doubt, he could smell Ethan’s sweat and semen all over her and be trying to make sense of it.
Dinah came and sat down in a seat next to Stephen. She looked at him and Kylie and asked them where they’d been all night. “At first,” she said, “I thought you were in the bathroom. I thought I heard the two of you having sex. In the end, though, it was just Stephen watching porn in his bedroom. I waited up for you, but you never came home – or, at least, you didn’t come home until after I went to bed…”
Kylie turned around and looked at Ethan. Obviously, she didn’t know what to say, so she was glad when Stephen redirected the attention to himself. He said, “I had some late-night business to attend to. It was no big deal. Kylie offered to keep me company, and I accepted the offer. In the end, I was very glad to have her with me. I am not sure why you are so concerned with our comings and goings, though. What made you want to wait up for us? Do you have some business with either of us?”
Dinah’s face turned red in embarrassment. “It’s nothing but a silly premonition,” she muttered. “For some reason, when I saw that you weren’t home, I had this gut feeling that something was wrong…”
“That’s nonsense,” Ethan scolded her. Then he turned to Stephen and said, “How’s your investigation going?”
Stephen put down his fork, and he said, “Stars’ account was registered with a mobile phone. I traced it back to France, but it is out of service now.”
“France?” Ethan queried as he ate.
“France,” Stephen agreed.
Ethan asked, “How about the other thing?”
Stephen quickly replied, “I’ve told Kylie that Laurence’s hair sample was not fresh enough. There was nothing that I could do with it. It would be better if we had a sample of his urine, stool, blood, or semen.”
Suddenly a car horn blared in the driveway, and the girls were so startled that they nearly pissed their panties. Kylie tried to stand and, even though she was in pain, she found that she was now able. She kissed Ethan on the mouth and headed for the door with Dinah following behind her.
As soon as they were gone, Ethan threw his fork across the room and went upstairs, leaving Stephen alone in the dining room. Stephen looked at Pupu and asked the dog what he thought he should do. In response, the dog barked happily, which was no help to Stephen at all.
Dinah sat shotgun with a toothpick in her mouth. Lucas looked at Kylie and said, “Faith is taking Lily to the audition. Are you going? Are you ready?”
Kylie nodded, and she said, “I heard that Director Miller had invested a lot of money into this film, though. If he hires me, I hope that I don’t let him down.”
“That will not happen,” Dinah interrupted. “You need to be more confident. I believe in you. Ethan believes in you. Even Miller believes in you – so when will you start believing in yourself?”
When Kylie saw how many people were auditioning, she felt overwhelmed. When Miller saw how nervous she was, he had one of his peons bring her a cup of coffee and a script to study while she waited for her turn to audition.
The movie centered around martial artists and had many action scenes. The role Kylie was going to play was that of a woman with dual identities. In front of the villagers, she portrayed herself to be a helpless blind woman who was always being bullied by others. By day she made her living by making handicrafts. What nobody knew, though, was that she was a professional killer, a hitman for hire.
“This will be a challenge for you,” the director warned her. “You will have to understand each character’s motivations and do your best to immerse yourself into each character. I have faith in you, though. If you give this everything you’ve got, your star will rise.”
“Have you seen my previous work?” Kylie wondered. “I know that you are picky about who you chose. Did you see my work in The Tea Maiden?”
Miller smiled and produced an album from his bag. He opened it, and Kylie was shocked to see that it was a scrapbook dedicated to her professional career. Kylie was moved by it, and her eyes filled with tears. “Where did this come from?” Kylie wondered.
“It was sent to me by one of your fans,” Miller replied. “I had never heard of you but, when I saw this, I automatically knew there was something special about you.”
“My fans?” Kylie wondered. “I didn’t even know that I had any fans…”
Indeed, her fan base wouldn’t take off in her past life for some time, so this was a confusing yet happy surprise. She held the book reverentially and asked Miller if she could keep it.
“Of course,” he replied. “Consider it my gift to you.”
Miller looked over the crowd gathered and asked Kylie who she thought would make a good lead. Kylie blushed as she realized that Miller was actually asking her opinion. She considered it for a moment, and then she said, “There are many good actresses out there, so it is hard to say. I suppose, though, that Sally Cooper would be my first choice..”
Miller was stunned. “How do you know Sally?” he wondered.
“I actually don’t remember,” Kylie lied. “When you asked the question though, her face is the one that automatically came to mind…
Miller frowned, and he said, “How can it be that you have no recollection?”
“If I was pressed to hazard a guess,” Kylie replied. “I must have met her briefly at a magazine shoot. I was just starting out and she was way out of my league. I wish that we could have gotten to know her better. I have since heard that she is very kind and a wonderful person to work with.”
“You have a good instinct,” Miller said. “If she auditioned well, she could be exactly what we need, and if you hadn’t said anything, her name wouldn’t have even crossed my mind. She has the perfect girl next door look, but you can also see that she is not someone to be trifled with. Furthermore, we need someone who can act but isn’t a big name like Angelina Jolie or something. Having a lesser-known actress will give the film an authentic feel.”
Suddenly, Miller laughed heartily and said, “The pieces are coming together. I have a really good feeling about this production.”
Chapter 234: You Don’t Need This Guy
Kylie’s heart beat fast at the prospect of working with Sally Cooper. Miller had contacted her. She’d auditioned, and he’d offered her the position on the spot. At the moment though, she was tied up with another project, so she wouldn’t be able to join them until the first day of shooting.
After receiving the news, Kylie thanked Miller and left the lounge to go to the washroom. Dinah followed after her. At first, she’d thought that she’d never get used to being tailed all the time. Now though, it felt weird to not have her around.
Kylie went into the first stall, dropped her pants and panties, sat down on the toilet, and pulled out her phone to check Facebook. She hadn’t got a response from Stars in some time, but she suddenly remembered that she could see if Stars had gotten her message or not. She reckoned that the fan who had sent the album to Miller was actually Stars, so she wanted to contact him and ask about it.
Because he was the only one who had been watching her since her debut, it made good sense to her that he was the only one who could have done it; a few of the photos were actually photos that she’d sent him. “Was it you who created an album of my stage photos and sent it to Director Miller?” she wondered.
“Stars,” she continued. “You’ve helped me out a lot. If you did this, I owe you a great debt. Why are you offline all the time, though? Are you tied up with business, or are you getting ready to come home? I have already sent you several messages, but you haven’t responded. Why? I am disappointed!”
Kylie put her cell phone in her pocket, took a piss, wiped, stood up, pulled up her pants, went out, and began to wash her hands. Dinah, who had been leaning against the wall, looked at her skeptically, and said, “You were in there long enough. Did you rub one out?”
Kylie scowled, and she said, “No, I did not rub one out!”
Kylie was still washing her hands when Khloe walked. She smirked at Kylie, crossed her arms beneath her ample breasts, and said, “Kylie, I just acquired another 13% of the shares of Garcia Entertainment. Shouldn’t you congratulate me?”
“Let’s congratulate each other,” Kylie said. “I have been hired by Miller to be the first supporting actress in his new film! In it, I will actually be playing two roles.”
Khloe’s smile instantly disappeared.
Laurence had invested millions of dollars into the project, but the only role he’d been able to get for her was insignificant. Meanwhile, Lily and Kylie had gotten much more significant roles, and it hadn’t cost them a cent, even though, in her heart, she believed that she was better than either of them, or both of them combined.
Khloe managed to hold back her rage. She knew that losing her temper wouldn’t help. She needed to figure out a way to sabotage Kylie’s career in a way that was much subtler than anything else that she’d tried. She rolled her eyes, and then, suddenly, an idea came to her. “I forgot to tell you,” she laughed, “but after I stole Aiden from you, I found out that the man you treasure so much, is not actually that good. It is a pity too because he doesn’t even know that you were the one who saved him. Yesterday, he followed me around everywhere, begging me to be with him.”
As Khloe spoke, the door to the washroom was pushed open, and Aiden could be seen outside, leaning on a garbage can. From the expression on his face, they could both see that he was distraught. Surprising them both, he walked into the women’s washroom, grabbed Khloe by the collar, and snarled, “What the fuck are you talking about?”
Khloe looked at him pitifully and said, “Aiden, I’m sorry. I only said that to piss Kylie off.”
“Are you lying to me?” Aiden snarled.
“I’m not,” Khloe cried. “I swear that I’m not!”
Khloe was scared. She felt her legs felt weak, and she almost collapsed on the ground. Aiden sneered, and he pressed her against the edge of the sink. “You aren’t telling me the full story,” he shouted. “I want to know why you are going around saying this shit because I’ve heard that you are also saying it to other people!”
Kylie didn’t want to be involved in their fight, so she tried to slip past them. Before she could, though, Khloe grabbed her. “Kylie,” she cried, “don’t leave! I was wrong. This is all my fault. I was blind.”
“Leave me alone!” Kylie ordered in a cold voice.
“No,” Aiden roared. “You are involved in this. I won’t let you go!”
It was at this point that Dinah decided that it was time to interfere. She strode over to Aiden, threw her elbow into his stomach, and pushed him onto the ground. She looked at Kylie and asked her if she was okay. Kylie said she was fine, but she wanted to leave. Dinah took her elbow and led her, not just out of the bathroom but also out of the studio.
They were just about at the exit when Dinah looked, and Kylie smiled and said, “You know all of this could have been prevented if you hadn’t wasted all of that time jilling off in the stall!”
Kylie scowled and said, “Har de har har.”
Kylie and Dinah were surprised to find Ethan waiting in the parking lot for them. As they approached, Elliot emerged and opened the door for them. Dinah took shotgun, and Kylie climbed into the back to be with Ethan. Once she was seated, she gave him a big hug and asked him what he was doing there.
“I am here for you,” he explained with a smile on his face. He looked very happy but, suddenly, something caught his eye, and his smile turned to a frown. Kylie turned to see what he was looking at and, sure enough, she saw Aiden watching them from the main entrance.
As Ethan stepped out of the car, he turned to Kylie and said, “Stay in the car.”
As Aiden walked towards Ethan, he began to call out to Kylie, “Kylie! Come out! Come out, Kylie! You don’t need this guy. He is a cad!”
As soon as Ethan reached Aiden, he punched him in the face. Aiden’s head snapped back as three of his teeth went in all directions, and he fell to the ground. Ethan hunkered down, and he applied pressure to Aiden’s nose until he heard it crunch. “If you know what’s good for you,” he said conversationally, “you will stay away from Kylie. You saw how easy it was to crush your nose. It would be no harder for me to crush your throat. Do you understand?”
“I understand,” Aiden cried.
“Good,” Ethan said, and then he did something that surprised everyone who was watching. He offered Aiden his hand and helped him up. Once he was on his feet, Ethan looked at him and said, “In this life, you can’t always have what you want. Let’s not do this again, okay.”
Without waiting for a response, Ethan turned, walked back to the car, and climbed in. He met Elliot’s eyes in the rearview mirror and told him to drive.
“I feel bad for him suddenly,” Kylie said out of nowhere. “His father stole his girlfriend, and then, when he finds a new girl, she is already taken.”
Ethan looked at her suspiciously and asked her how she knew about Aiden’s father stealing his girlfriend. Kylie bit her lower lip. She didn’t want to answer. If she did, it would cause so much trouble for Dora that she didn’t wish to, and potentially, it would ruin her reputation.
“Answer me!” Ethan ordered.
Kylie shrugged and said, “He told me. Why are you so angry?”
Ethan smiled, but his eyes were cold. Seeing him like this worried Elliot. Ethan was a strong man, and Elliot knew what he was capable of. Ethan was so strong that he could punch a hole in the wall. Elliot knew that, if Ethan had intended to, he would have killed Aiden. The punch had been nothing more than a warning. He hoped that Aiden knew that.
“Never mind,” Ethan replied.
When the car came to a stop, Kylie was surprised to see where Ethan had brought her. Kylie turned to look at Ethan, and she asked him, “Why would you bring me here?”
Ethan got out of the car without saying a word. He opened the door for Kylie and helped her out. The familiar mansion that he’d brought her to made her sad; the Finch House – even from the outside, it caused a chill to wrack her body, and her arms broke out into goose flesh.
“Let’s go in,” Ethan said. “Let’s have a look.”
Chapter 235: This Will Be Your Home Forever
Tears came to Kylie’s eyes as she looked up at the Finch House. She looked at Ethan and asked him why he would take her there. He met her eyes, smiled, and squeezed her hand. In a reassuring voice, he said, “Trust me. I would never do anything to hurt you.”
After a moment, she nodded and followed him up the driveway. When they reached the fence, Kylie was surprised to find that the gate was ajar. She smiled, and she said, “That bitch, Khloe, has always been way too careless.”
Ethan did not respond verbally. Instead, he clutched her hand tighter, pushed the gate open, walked straight up to the house, through the front door, and into the living room. Looking at the familiar furniture and decorations, Kylie couldn’t help but cry. “Since my mother died,” she said, “this hasn’t been my home. I still don’t see why you’ve brought me here. There are so many bad memories…”
Ethan pressed his hands on her shoulders and, in a low voice, he said, “From now on, this will be your home – forever.”
“What do you mean?” Kylie wondered.
“In order to buy more shares,” Ethan replied, “Khloe had to sell off all the real estate under her and her mother’s name at rock bottom prices. I purchased everything. Some of it I will sell off for profit, but this house and the property around it is for you. Consider it an early birthday present.”
“Ethan Parker!” Kylie exclaimed as she playfully punched his chest. She was very happy, but then a thought occurred to her, and she looked up quizzically. Her brow furrowed, and she began to look around the house like a woman gone mad. Ethan took a cinerary casket out of the closet and asked her, “Are you looking for this?”
Kylie’s face lit up, and she said, “Ethan Parker, I love you so much! How did you know what I was looking for?”
Ethan smiled faintly, and he said, “Kylie, I have known you for a long time. Of course, it was a slap in your face to have had your ancestral home stripped away from you. Knowing you, though, I had to know that what really bothered you the most was having your mother’s ashes all but forgotten in the back of a closet.”
Kylie wrapped her arms around him, and she said, “You know me so well. What would I do without you? I love you so much.”
Ethan returned her hug, and he said, “I love you too, and I would give you the world if it were mine to give.”
Kylie snorted with laughter, and she said, “I want to bite you.”
“Go ahead,” Ethan laughed. “Bite me.”
Kylie smiled, lifted his hand, and bit him as hard as she could.
Kylie pulled his hand away and saw that little pools of blood had filled the indentations that her teeth had left, but he hadn’t even flinched. She took his hand to her mouth again. At first, she only licked his blood, but once she got a taste for it, she began to suck greedily. Ethan moaned, and Kylie could feel his hand on her breast, squeezing the fatty tissue and pinching her nipples.
After a couple of minutes, Kylie let his hand go, and she said, “Our love is bound by blood now. From now on, you’re mine.”
Ethan smiled slyly, and he said, “The bond is not complete unless I drink your blood too.”
Kylie offered him her hand, but she pushed it away. “I will take your blood,” he said, “but not from your hand…”
Kylie looked at Ethan, and she said, “Not in front of my mother’s ashes, okay?”
“I want to do it in front of your mother,” Ethan replied. “I want her to know how much I love you.”
Ethan tried to kiss Kylie, but she pushed him away. “Stop it,” she cried. “I don’t want to do it in front of my mother. I tell you, she would disapprove!”
“Fine,” Ethan laughed. He picked up the ashes and said, “Before we do anything, let’s find a place for your mother to rest. I will have Elliot take us to the cemetery.”
The staff at the cemetery were accommodating. They helped them find a plot, had someone bury the earnings right away, and they had an on-call priest to do an impromptu service – As Kylie said goodbye to her mother, she allowed herself to cry for the first time.
Ethan kneeled down on one knee and laid down a bundle of blue roses. Looking at the plaque that had been laid in place of a tombstone, he said, “I am sorry that I didn’t get to know you. I will take care of your daughter, though, and do my best to make her happy every day of her life.”
***
Once they arrived back at Garbo Palace, Kylie made herself comfortable and began to review her script. She was only a few pages in when she was struck with an idea: because she was expected to play the role of a blind person, she should try being blind in her real life.
Kylie pulled a handkerchief out of her pocket and wrapped it on her head so that she couldn’t see. Her first observation about the world of the dark was that it was a little scary. She stood up, took two steps, and immediately lost herself in the living room. She didn’t know which way to go in order to get to the kitchen, bathroom, or even back to the couch!
She’d only been blind for a minute, and she was lost. She couldn’t imagine what it would be like to be blind your whole life. Not only was it scary, but it was also lonely. She groped awkwardly in the dark with her arms stretched out.
She was trying to find the stairs when Stephen called out to her in a voice that mimicked that of Ethan. “What are you doing?” he wondered.
“I’m pretending to be blind,” she replied, “for the movie. Why don’t you lead me into the garden so that we can go for a walk?”
Stephen looked at her skeptically and waved a hand in front of her eyes. When he saw that she actually couldn’t see, he smiled and took her hand. “All right,” he said. “Let’s go.”
As they walked into the courtyard, Kylie was surprised by how sweaty Ethan’s hand was. She turned to him and asked him why his hand was so sweaty. In reply, Stephen let go of her hand, wiped his hand on his shirt, and gave it back to her.
Even though Kylie trusted Ethan, she was still nervous. He was going too fast, but she didn’t want to say anything. They were going at a normal pace, and she wanted to learn to walk at a normal pace, even when she was blind. She wondered if all blind people were this nervous, or if they got used to it eventually. She assumed, though, if you were born blind, it would be normal for everything to be black, so it would be no big deal.
Suddenly something brushed the top of her head and, startled, she screamed.
“I’m sorry,” Stephen said. “It was just a low-hanging branch. I didn’t see it.”
“Hey!” Kylie snapped. “Can you pay a little more attention to where I’m going? If I hadn’t had the blindfold on, it could have taken out my eye!”
“I said that I’m sorry!” Stephen said. “I don’t know what else you want from me…”
Kylie sighed, and she said, “I’m feeling unsettled. Can you lead me to a bench? I want to take a break.”
Stephen led Kylie quietly to the closest bench and put her hand on the armrest so that she could sit down. As she sat down, she sighed and said, “I would never have guessed that being blind is as hard as it is. Even walking is hard!”
Suddenly, Kylie realized that Ethan was being exceptionally quiet. “Cat got your tongue?” she wondered. “Penny for your thoughts? What’s your story, Morning Glory?”
Stephen coughed, and he said, “My throat is sore.”
Kylie nodded to say that she understood.
Suddenly, Kylie heard Pupu barking, and she turned in the direction that the noise had come from. “Pupu!” she called, “Come! Mommy wants you!”
Stephen also turned in the direction that the noise had come from, but what he saw made his face turn a pale shade of green, and his heart began to beat fast in his chest. Pupu was on a leash and, on the other end of it, was Ethan – and he was walking right towards them.
Lucky for Stephen, though, he hadn’t been spotted yet. Not knowing what else to do, he dropped to his hands and knees and scurried away like some kind of beast.
When Ethan arrived at the bench where Kylie was sitting, the first thing he noticed was that she’d used a handkerchief to blind herself. He looked around and tried to figure out how she’d gotten there without killing herself, or at least sustaining injuries.
She must have had help, he thought to himself, but who was it that had helped her?
Kylie took Ethan’s hand, stood up, and said, “Let’s go.”
Once they were walking, Ethan asked her what she thought about being blind. She said that it was hard, scary even. “Everything is black,” she explained, “and there is a sense that I could run into a wall at any moment, or that someone could trick me somehow…”
“That sounds hard,” Ethan replied. “I have a lot of respect for what you are doing. There aren’t many people in Hollywood that would take on such a difficult role.”
Ethan leaned down and surprised Kylie with a kiss on the mouth. She smiled and said, “Kiss me again. I wasn’t prepared for the first one.”
Ethan obediently kissed her again, and she kissed him back, much more passionately than he’d expected. He pinched her chin and said, “How dare you kiss someone without seeing who he is? What if someone posed as me and tried to kiss you? Would you kiss him back?”
At the thought of Kylie kissing another man, Ethan became furious, and his interest in kissing quickly fizzled away.
“You are overthinking this!” Kylie protested. I could never mistake another man’s kiss like yours. A kiss is like a fingerprint. No two kisses are the same!”
Ethan thought this over and saw that she was right, and his anger dissipated. “I’m sorry,” he sighed.
“It’s nothing,” Kylie laughed as she kissed him again.