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You are the One for Me
Chapter Six
Squall always came home at eight in the evening. When he did extra work at the office, he arrived at the house at midnight. Normally, he did not eat dinner at home.
Rinoa and her parents always ate dinner at seven. But today Rinoa did not have an appetite. She was tense.
After eating, instead of watching TV, she told her parents that she was tired and she wanted to rest. But when she was alone in the bedroom, she could not even lie in the bed. She just paced back and forth in the room.
She had decided to give herself to Squall tonight. She was ready. But the problem was, she did not know how she would do that.
I can't just throw myself at him! If she would seduce Squall, the biggest question was how?
She glanced at the black digital clock at the bedside table. Quarter to eight. If Squall weren't doing overtime work, he would be on his way home right now.
She looked at herself at the full-length mirror. Rinoa walked towards the dresser and sat down on the chair. She grabbed a tube of lipstick and put it on. She combed her hair until it shone and fell softly on her shoulders. Lastly, she sprayed perfume behind her ears and on her neck.
Rinoa had second thoughts whether she would wear the very daring lingerie she bought earlier that afternoon. It was a black spaghetti-strapped teddy, flimsy and short.
She looked at herself in the mirror. She was wearing a big lilac shirt over her brown walking shorts.
She took a deep breath. The negligee was the most effective way to tell Squall what she wanted to happen. If Squall wasn't stupid.
Five to eight. She put on the very seductive nightdress.
Rinoa couldn't look at herself in the mirror. She could see her cleavage and if she was not wearing any bra, she could see her breasts. Whenever she moved, she caught sight of her panty.
She was still in front of the mirror when she heard the bedroom door open. She looked at the door.
It was Squall. His hand was still on the doorknob. He was staring intently at her.
Rinoa felt her face flush as blood rushed to her cheeks. She wanted to hide, she wanted the earth to swallow her up.
Squall closed the door behind him. He draped his coat on the chair. But his eyes were still on her.
"Did you just buy that lingerie?" he asked.
Rinoa nodded.
"You shouldn't have worn that tonight. You could drive a man crazy. I don't like being tempted if nothing's going to happen."
"I-i don't have my period anymore," she softly stammered as she looked at the floor. Each second that passed by, she felt all her resolve slowly disappear. If Squall would still continue talking to her, she might have second thoughts about tonight. She wanted this to end right away!
She felt a hand cup her chin. She did not even notice that he had slowly came closer to her.
Squall lifted her face. He looked very serious, but his eyes had a different shine.
"I think this is the first time I've seen you nervous. You were always a fighter."
Rinoa couldn't think of a reply to his statement.
"Are you still a virgin?" Squall asked.
She felt her forehead wrinkle. What did he think of her? That she just gave her body to any man? She remembered Seifer. If Seifer paid her attention, she swore she could have given up her virginity for him. But the man rejected her!
She opened her mouth to answer Squall's question.
But before she even utter a word, Squall's mouth was on hers. This was her first kiss! And she did not know how to react!
The kiss ended.
"Unbelievable!" Squall said as he chuckled. "I never thought... You seemed modern... Saying and doing all you wanted."
"It's just a coincidence that the man I like rejected me," she irritably countered him. She was pissed off because he was making fun of her.
"Well, too bad for him... Lucky for me." Squall carried her and brought her near the bed.
"W-wait!" Rinoa panicked.
"Don't worry, I'll be gentle. I'll make sure you'll enjoy it as much as I will."
Enjoy? For Rinoa, what was happening right now between Squall and her was a very huge sacrifice! She wanted to think that all of these were just a bad dream and she prayed that tomorrow she could forget all about this.
Could a nice hot shower make her forget what was about to happen between her and Squall?
Squall again kissed her. This time, his kisses were urgent and hungry for her response. The next thing Rinoa knew, she was returning his kisses passionly.
The negligee was quickly removed from Rinoa's body. Next her undergarments were taken off easily by Squall's expert hands.
Even if Rinoa's eyes were closed, she could still see what was happening. She could feel his naked body that was pinning hers down. His lips and hands were all over her body.
Rinoa almost screamed when Squall was inside her.
"Don't worry, everything will be better soon," Squall whispered in her ear before showering her face with kisses.
The pain started to slowly go away. It was replaced by... How could Rinoa explain what was happening? It was replaced by blissfulness that was foreign to her! And each second, she felt more ecstatic as they reached toward their climax.
Rinoa embraced Squall tightly as their bodies became one.
~*~ ~*~ ~*~
"This is a surprise!" a smiling Squall said as he saw Xu at the doorway of his office.
"Are you happy or not with me visiting you?" Xu said as she smoothened the creases on her gray business suit.
"Of course, I'm happy! I get to be visited by a very lovely lady like you."
"You still have a way with your words when you talk to women," Xu chuckled.
"I'm just telling the truth. Please sit down." Squall gestured to a chair in front of his table.
Xu sat down, cross-legged. With the short skirt she was wearing, Squall glimpsed at her legs. Xu, in his opinion, was the woman who had the greatest legs that he saw.
"So, is there something I can do for you? I heard that you had already graduated. You can't be looking for a job here. I'm sure there's already a position that's waiting for you at the Almasy-Loire Corporation."
"You are right. I came here not because of business. You can call this a social call."
"A friendly visit?"
"There's nothing wrong about it. We're friends, aren't we?"
"Of course, we're friends. So, how are you? Do you still make your suitors cry?"
"If you want to know the latest in my life, you should treat me to dinner. It's almost five."
"Okay! So where do you want to go?"
Squall and Xu left to office and went to a posh restaurant.
"How come you don't go to our house anymore?"
"I've been very busy lately. Besides, you can say that we're not on the same level anymore. I am now just an ordinary working employee."
Xu placed her hand over his.
"Yeah, I've heard. But that's not important. I'm still here," Xu said as she looked directly in Squall's eyes.
Squall gazed at Xu. He knew that Xu had feelings for him when they were younger. He wanted Xu to be his girlfriend to give him an edge over Seifer. The only problem was Seifer. He learned that Squall was interested in his sister. So Seifer challenged Squall to a game of cards. If Squall wins, Seifer would give Squall all of his inheritance. And if Seifer wins, Squall would never get together with Xu. It was a very tempting offer. Unfortunately, Squall lost.
"Xu..."
"You know very well how I feel for you, Squall. I know you also have feelings for me. I think we're both mature adults and should do what we should have done years ago."
A bet was always a bet.
"Are you worried about my brother? He can't influence me over my decisions. Besides, this is my life we are talking about... my feelings!"
"I think you're being rebellious, Xu," Squall commented.
"I just grew up, Squall. I'm not that young girl anymore who always followed what my parents and Seifer said. Maybe, you influenced me. You chose to make you own decisions even if you had to sacrifice your inheritance."
This was the chance that he could get back at Seifer. He could use Xu to win over Seifer. But Squall was a man. He always kept his word. Squall already neglected rules. He threw away the principles and beliefs he believed in. If he broke one more rule, Squall would feel that he lost respect for himself.
He looked at Xu with regret.
"Do you remember the reason why Father disowned me?"
"Because you helped one of our housemaids."
"It's not just that. Father and Aunt Edea believed that Rinoa was my lover. And me having a relationship with someone beneath our standards is unforgivable."
"That's not true! Rinoa's not your lover! That girl is delusional!" Xu said angrily.
"Rinoa is already my wife, Xu."
Xu stared at him, shocked.
"Is this some kind of a joke?" she asked him as her eyes flashed.
Squall shook his head.
"We got married when she was proven not guilty."
Xu furiously removed her hand that was on top of his.
"How could you do such a thing?" she exclaimed at him. She looked like she was about to kill him.
"I have my own reasons."
"Squall, I think you're beginning to lose your mind! My brother won't even touch her! You really have gone low!" Xu, enraged, stood up and left him.
~*~ ~*~ ~*~
Rinoa woke up to a kiss from her husband. She opened her eyes and saw that Squall was gazing at her.
"Good morning," he greeted her.
"Good morning."
Squall started to shower kisses on her neck.
"Squall?"
"I want to make love to my wife," he whispered in her ear.
"Don't you ever get tired of making love? We just did it last night."
Squall chuckled.
"Do you mind?" Squall's lips started to travel downwards.
Rinoa closed her eyes. She could say no to him. That every time they made love, she was irritated. That she felt it was disgusting. But her body's reactions would only betray her. Her heart was beginning to pound loudly in her chest as Squall's lips and hands were on her body.
She did not expect this when she decided to accept Squall's marriage proposal. She thought she would fear her obligations as a wife.
The man is good in bed.
Maybe because she felt that someone loved her whenever she and Squall would make love. She'd forget that he was only using her body. She'd feel her ego boost. She felt that Squall gave importance to her. Squall would always do everything to make her happy. She'd forget that Seifer refused her.
Rinoa's fingers were entangled in Squall's hair as he buried her face between her breasts.
"Squall! Someone's here to see you!" Julia's loud voice was heard as she continuously knocked on their bedroom door.
Squall continued with what he was doing. But Rinoa knew her mother very well. Julia would never stop knocking. She knew her mother believed that it was impolite to make visitors wait.
Rinoa gently pushed Squall away from her.
"Squall, you have a visitor. It could be important!"
"Today's Sunday, Rinoa. I have a right to rest and relax and not think about work right now. I just want to make sweet love to you."
"Mommy won't stop knocking. Just go see your visitor."
Squall sighed as he rose from bed.
"Just be sure to be here when I come back."
Rinoa nodded and she wrapped her naked body in the sheets.
Squall grabbed his boxers and shorts on the floor and put them on. He opened the door.
"Who's out there? It's too early for visitors," Squall said to his mother-in-law.
"It's ten o'clock already! And she told me she was your Aunt Edea"
Squall was surprised. He looked at Rinoa.
"Maybe you should get dressed, too, Rinoa. Let's go and see Aunt Edea together."
~*~ ~*~ ~*~
Edea's hair was tied in a tight bun. At first glance, she looked like a principal because she looked very strict. She was wearing a beige blouse and skirt. In her hand was a beaded purse.
When she saw Rinoa, Edea only greeted her 'good morning'. After that she never laid her eyes on Rinoa. Her cold eyes landed on her nephew.
"So... this is the life you have exchanged from what you had."
"Why did you come here, Aunt Edea?"
"Your father asked me to come here," she said.
"Aren't you forgetting something? He disowned me," he answered coldly.
Rinoa glanced at her husband. She did not know that his own father disowned Squall.
"Despite that, you are still his son. You are his only son and the only one who could continue our family."
"Is he asking me to come back?"
"Yes! He wants you to return home, to your real life. Where you really belong. Even your inheritance is being given back to you. On one condition."
"And what is that condition?" Squall asked with knitted eyebrows.
"You must leave your wife and, if ever you'll have a child with her, you should never ever give that child our surname!"
Rinoa felt numb. She did not know why Squall married her in the first place. But she knew that Squall had no reason to choose her over his inheritance. Who was she in his life? Squall would meet other women who were greater than her.
She wanted to run away. She knew what would Squall choose. And she did not want to be there when Squall tells his aunt. The problem was her legs wouldn't budge. She remained standing beside her husband, nervously waiting for his answer.
A/N: Hi! I'm back from the dead! Hehehe! Just kidding! First of all, I would like to apologize to everyone. I wasn't able to update for, I think, more than a month! I am really really sorry! Please forgive me!
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