Blackmailed For Vengeance(49)

“Bed, Cara” he whispered sensually

Lee closed her eyes with pain, seeing him holding the other woman.

“Yes..I feel really tired” she finally managed, as he had turned her around to face him with a puzzled look on his face

“Are you OK Lee” he asked, his voice full of concern, as he had taken in how pale she suddenly looked

“Are you not well”

Grabbing the lifeline he had thrown her she had smiled painfully at him as she touched her head with her fingers

“I’m just a little tired” she managed her voice a little shaky

Pulling her in a little closer, he had walked with her to their room

“I am sorry, then an early night it is” he said gently kissing the top of her head

That night as they lay together in bed, Lee had listened to his deep breathing, as he lay so peacefully asleep beside her. She stared up at the ceiling watching the way the shadows moved over it unable to sleep herself. Biting her lip, she saw Yanis and Diona her mind adding to the scene she had witnessed. Where they lovers she wondered to herself as her eyes momentarily closed in pain.

As the sun streamed into the room, Lee had found that she had only dozed the whole night, her mind tortured by what she had imagined as her head mocked her for listening to her heart and allowing herself to fall in love with a man who was solely interested in teaching her a lesson.

As he had moved beside her Yanis had seen that she was awake, and raising himself onto his arm, he had looked down at her frowning slightly at how pale and drawn she still looked

“Good morning” he whispered gently, his voice still full of concern “Are you feeling better” he asked softly

Lee had looked back at him, surprising him with the look in her eyes, an almost dead look

“I feel fine” she managed, her voice taut, as the look in her eyes had become tortured

“How long are you going to keep this up Yanis” she asked, her voice pained and cracked

He had looked at her with surprise

“Keep up what” he asked his eyes mirroring his confusion

“Let me go Yanis….. stop this game, and let me go”

Yanis had sat up quickly, his back to her his whole body rigid, before he had once more turned to look down on her. Now his face was once more cold, his expression one of contempt

“Wow Lee, I really never saw that coming, why the sudden need to be free of me” he demanded before he had thrown back the sheets with anger pacing up and down the room, as she watched him with tears brimming on her lids.

Finally he had stopped, looking coldly down on her

“Like I said Lee, I will end this when I am good and ready and not before” and with that he had moved into the shower. When he had finally moved from the bathroom, he had ignored Lee, pulling clothes on angrily, before leaving the room and her lying so quietly on the bed.

Lee had pulled herself into the bathroom her senses immediately bombarded by the smell of his aftershave as it invaded her very soul, causing her to feel even more pain. As she stood under the shower, feeling the jets hitting her body, she had calmed herself, remembering Jim. Jim, who they were informed, could wake at any time. With all her heart she prayed that it would be soon.

When she had joined him at the pool, he had scowled at her

“We are leaving in one hour” he had said his voice cold “there seems little point of us being here any more”. Lee had nodded, turning to pack their things, not even questioning the change of plans in which they should have spent the rest of the day on the island, as part of her was relieved to be going.

The journey back was a far distant cry from the one coming. Lee had sat quietly looking out of the window with unseeing eyes, lost in her own thoughts. Yanis had sat looking through business papers, drinking whisky. Occasionally he had looked over at Lee, frowning with a strange look in his eyes.

As they once more entered his London estate she had moved upstairs, by now her head thumping painfully causing her to jump with every sudden movement. Yanis had silently let her go up to their room watching her with hooded eyes, his mouth set firmly. As she had disappeared from sight, he had moved into the study slamming the door behind him.

Finally in the familiar setting of their room, Lee had lain down on the bed as the tears had flowed from her eyes, the sobs racking her, before she had fallen asleep, her fists clenched beside her. There she lay for three hours, before something woke her. Lying still with her eyes still closed, she allowed the sounds of the room to fill her. With relief her headache from earlier had gone, and slowly she opened her eyes seeing the room filled with darkness, frowning slightly not sure what had actually woken her.

As she had raised herself she jumped slightly to see Yanis sitting on one of the easy chairs watching her.