He soothed her by rubbing his thumb over her forehead.
"It is okay, Bambi. You don't have to hold back," he said to soothe her mind, "Relax yourself," he said as his other hand continued to move in and out very slowly until she cried out with her back arching from the bed and finally falling back down. She could feel the wetness that was pooled between her legs now, her heart humming along with her body out of the pure pleasure Leonard had given her. "What were you crying out for?" he asked her, l.u.s.t lacing his voice as he had seen her come undone in front of his eyes.
His words brought the expected reaction from her. She shook her head and then said, "I am sorry for crying out."
He kissed the side of her head, "You don't have to be embarra.s.sed about it. I wouldn't want you holding back what you feel with me rather I enjoy hearing you cry out my name. On the bed of course," he added as he grinned down at her.
Getting closer to him, she hid in his chest. A yawn escaped her mouth but she tried hard to stay awake. With the play that took place in the night, it was past midnight now.
With sunlight that hit the curtains, trying to pa.s.s the rays through the white material, Vivian slept soundly in the bed. Her hand placed near to her face and eyes closed, she snored softly on the pillow. Hearing something move in the room, her eyes fluttered open drowsily. She wondered how long she had slept, turning to look at the clock on the wall she saw it pointing its hourly hand to the number three and she frowned. Did she sleep until noon?
About to get up from the bed, she placed one foot on the cold ground when she saw a man sprawled on the floor. Going closer she saw blonde hair where Leo laid lifeless with his eyes that had turned black and hollow.
Her hands shook in fear, gooseb.u.mps forming on her skin before she was woken up, "Vivian!" her eyes opened to find darkness.
She blinked as she adjusted to the lack of light in the room to catch Leo looking at her worried. Moving to the desk, he poured a gla.s.s of water and handed it to her, "Drink," taking it with both her hands she sipped the water, "What were you dreaming?" he asked her.
Her eyes moved from her the bedpost to him who stood in front of her, "What's the matter, Vivi?" she shook her head. Running his fingers through his thick blonde hair, he sighed. He sat on the bed, folding his right leg while keeping the left leg on the floor.
Placing the gla.s.s on her lap which Leo took from her, she continued to stare at the bedpost, "Do you think what we dream comes true?"
"Not necessarily. Dreams are figments of your imagination which picks up one or two details in real life before fabricating a world which doesn't exist," he explained to ease her mind as he could still hear her heart beating loudly in her chest.
"But is there a possibility that it might happen?"
"Rarely."
Vivian clutched the sheets that had come to settle near her lap. Her mind looping the scene of her dream over and over again, "If I tell you something, you promise not to be angry?" she asked him beforehand.
"I won't."
"I have a feeling and...I know that it wasn't Paul who was the one responsible for corrupting your mother's heart that night. It feels like the culprit is somewhere nearby and close to us. Who is waiting for an opportunity to repeat what was done," she was more than worried now. It was highly unlikely for something like that to take place but she couldn't shake off the feeling of uncertainty that hung around her, "What if there's someone here, the person who has been responsible for it?"
Leo who had been listening to her speak, ponder over her words. He then replied, "That's not possible. We had an investigation held, and Jan has gone through the servants with a series of test to make sure we didn't have another worker who was under the influence of corrupting hearts of the pureblooded vampire."
"Jan?"
"Yes," how would Jan know about it though? Thought Vivian to herself, "Jan has some expertise when it comes to handling matters with the servants. He has taken part in the council two or three times."
"Jan, the housekeeper?" asked Vivian for confirmation to see him nod.
"Yes, the vampire. There is a temporary service which the council allows the pa.s.s out of written exams to be used when we run short of people to work. Like some of them, he was given the opportunity to work under the terms of the council for a short duration of time," to think that Jan was her senior in the council exam, she began to see the housekeeper in a different light.