The Vampire King's Possession
Chapter 167. A Funny Taste

Chapter 167: 167. A Funny Taste

Mauve brought her uninjured hand to her face. To say she was embarrassed was an understatement. It didn’t help that Jael never took his eyes off her face, every time she opened her eyes he was staring down at her.

Now that she saw him do that there was no way she would be able to look him in the eye. Her body still tingled from the aftermath and she knew she was flushed all over.

She felt movement and peeked out of the middle of her finger to see Jael in a sitting position. She felt him wipe her clean and Mauve closed her eyes shut.

He adjusted her underwear and carefully lifted her waist. Mauve jerked when his cold hands touched the small of her back.

"Relax," he said. She could hear the amusement in his voice.

"I am," she said under her breath. It’s not her fault his touch made her jittery. She could literally feel the intention behind them.

She was a little sad they couldn’t go all the way but she knew it was because he didn’t want to hurt her. Well, more like she was assuming that was the reason, she didn’t have the heart to ask him. She couldn’t even think of how she would phrase the question.

Just the thought of asking could her to redden more and it made her entire body warm. If she did ask, she knew she would die of embarrassment. She swallowed her question and let him move her body around.

With her waist slightly raised Jael proceeded to pull down her dress. His hands trailed over her dress and Mauve shivered. He pulled his hands away and Mauve heard him get out of bed.

He returned not long after and lay beside her. "How do you feel?" He asked. "Do you need anything?"

She shook her head, still refusing to look at him. He stretched out his hand and pulled her palm from her face.

"Jael," she cried as he hovered above her.

He smirked looking down at her. "Are you okay?"

She nodded and looked to the side. "I feel more embarrassed if you keep asking all these questions."

"I know," he said and laid on his back.

"Why does that sound like you do it on purpose?"

"Who knows?"

She looked up at him and glared at him, her embarrassment temporarily forgotten. She opened her mouth to say something and he poked her nose. Somehow this infuriated her more, he was always treating her like a child.

"Don’t touch my nose," she blurted out.

He raised his head ever so slightly so he could look at her with a raised brow. "Why?" He asked casually.

"Because you’re always treating me like a child."

"Hmm," Jael said and looked at the ceiling as if he was actually thinking about her words. "I can’t help it. You’re adorable." He said and looked down at her with a straight face.

Mauve’s eyes widened, she wasn’t sure which threw her off more, the fact that Jael just said a compliment straight to her face or the fact that he said she was adorable with a straight face.

Her face immediately turned red, giving tomatoes a run for their money. She looked down so fast, her neck hurt. Jael didn’t mean that, he was merely teasing her.

"You should sleep," he said before she could recover from his words.

He slipped his hand underneath her and grabbed her rib, he was careful to avoid her arm as he pulled her to him. She rested her head in the cradle of his armpit and he rubbed her hair with his other hand.

Her face was still colored as she closed her eyes at tried to sleep. She felt warm all over and her heart was beating hard. She knew it would take her a while to fall asleep. It didn’t.

...

Mauve opened her eyes which was immediately followed by a great urge to yawn. She lost the battle as her mouth opened and she yawned.

Halfway through it, Jael’s face appeared over hers, interrupting her yawn. "Good evening," he said staring hard at her.

"Ahh!" She yelled, frightened.

Jael frowned, "I don’t think that’s the reaction I want when you wake up next to me."

She glared at him, "You scared me."

"I merely greeted," he replied.

"Yes but I wasn’t fully awake then and you just... Anyway," she said putting her hand over her fast-beating heart. "Good evening to you too."

She tried to sit upright and he helped her up. "I am guessing you slept well."

"Yes," she said and looked away as the recollection of last night popped into her head. He knew exactly how she slept, however, she couldn’t tell if he did sleep properly or not.

The darker circles under his eyes were better but they weren’t gone. Was she making it difficult for him?

She nodded. "What about you?" She asked softly and looked up at him as he sat beside her on the bed.

He shrugged, "More or less."

"Am I interrupting your sleep?" She asked. She knew she would often wake up in the night and even the slightest movement from her or even her heartbeat increasing would wake him up.

He leaned forward and raised her chin. He kissed her loudly on the mouth, intertwining her tongue with his.

"You could never interrupt my sleep," he whispered staring her in the eye.

Mauve brought her hand to her mouth and nodded sheepishly.

Suddenly, Jael smacked his lips. "That’s a funny taste," he said and licked his lips.

Mauve immediately looked up at him as she realized he was referring to the kiss. Her eyes widened, "Don’t say that," she cried.

This was too embarrassing, of course, it would taste funny, she just woke up. She looked away immediately and heard a soft chuckle from him.

"Are you ready to return to your room now?"

"Yes, please." She said while looking down. She would like to be very far away from him right now.

He slipped his hands underneath her legs. "I can work," she said stubbornly. He didn’t respond just lifted her as if she weighed nothing as usual.