Chapter 4

Many hours later

John was the first to wake up he saw the time on the clock; it was 12 o'clock in the afternoon. He didn't care he just wanted to spend time with her. He watched as she lay next to him with her hair splayed haphazardly across the pillow, no make up, and a face like an angel. He ran a hand over her hair and stroked her cheek gently as not to wake her from her slumber. John decided that they would need to refuel themselves with food if their reunion was going to continue. He got up softly from the bed and went into the living room to order some take out from the Palace.

He looked at the stack of files he had brought home with him earlier in the week and sighed. John didn't know if he would be able to finish all this work with everything that was going on in his life; Christian and Natalie, the Santis, and Evangeline coming back to him. All he could do was take one thing at a time and not worry too much. He sat on the couch in front of the stack and rubbed his hands together.

Let's get to work." He opened the first file and flipped through making notes in the margins and loose pieces of paper, just before one-thirty he was finished with half the stack and decided to call it quits and check in with the office. By that time Evangeline was up, they had eaten, and taken a shower together. She was upset about waking up at twelve-thirty and missing an appointment, but said she could reschedule. After their shower she soon got dressed and was ready to stop by her apartment before going into the office.

"John last night was amazing and I don't even have the words for how I feel right now. I noticed how tired you were last night when you were talking to Natalie; hope I didn't put too much strain on you last night."

She walked over to where he sat on the couch and sat beside him. She ran hands over hair to lay it flat.

"Actually you gave me quite a workout and I'm surprised you're not tired as well, we both got caught up in the heat of the moment, but I don't regret it. Now don't you have an office to be at or something?"

He stood up and took he hand leading her to the door he leaned within inches of her face.

"Neither do I, but John I have to leave now, because I don't think I can take another round. Plus I have tons of work to do and clients to see and you have work to do as well, so I'll call you later."

She turned to head out the door when John turned her back around and placed a big wet kiss on her lips.

"Ew John, what was that?" She used the back of her hand to wipe her lips off.

"You don't like my kisses now, are you too good to be kissed like that?"

He kissed her again, but this time they were more gentle and less wet; he deepened the kiss which lasted for about 10 seconds he pulled away first. Evangeline inhaled sharply and reached up and wiped the corners of John's mouth.

"I really have to go now John, I don't want to but I have too."

"Then stay with me, we can play hooky today."

"We've already missed half the day and what would we do for the rest of the day and not that either." She saw the look in his eyes and couldn't understand that man's insatiable appetite for her. Was it lust or love he felt for her, was the next thought running through her mind.

"What, I have no idea what you're talking about?" He tried to play the innocent act, he knew be was failing horribly.

He wrapped his arms around her and just held her for the longest time, before she pulled away.

"Okay I'm not going to let you seduce me into staying with you. I promise I will call you later." She kissed him and walked out the door, but before she was two feet away from the door John pulled her back into his room and pinned her against the wall. He licked his lips and zeroed in on hers, which he took up in a whirlwind of heat and a mixture of tongues and a battle for control of one another.

Why did she have this effect on him, when he was with Caitlin she didn't even have this much power over him. He wasn't going to complain about it though; he was quickly falling in love with her and wanted to see how far this relationship would go. He let Evangeline go and walk out the door.