Chapter 18

Games Life Plays

Edwin feel disgusted as he calls up Iris to confirm her dad's operation scheduled on Monday.

To his frustration she wasn't picking the phone.

Irony being he very well knew why she was not picking up the phone.

Although a male he hated the kind of work she did for her living.

He wondered how sickening it would be for her to go through the same work daily.

Money was so damn f##kingly important in life.

Ignoring her thoughts that were disturbing and making him alarmingly impatient because he was longing to see her cheerful face or hear her charming voice after she gets to know that her dad had been approved of the operation and f##k! the deadline she doesn't even have to pay for it.

He celebrated internally "I have planned it just perfect!"

Looking at Stella he had faint idea how a girl feels for her father and can imagine the happiness on Iris's face when she'd come to know about her dad's surgery.

He gave a gratitude call to Stella's friend Mary who immediately considered his idea and accepted the proposal of the hospital.

Stella was a little taken aback by the urgency in which he took the entire donation thing but fortunately did not ask too many questions. She was rather happy being a part of the entire virtue thing.

He wasn't sure if he would ever share his friendship with Iris with her.

Stella has already been through so much and the heartbreaking truth of Iris's life will only disappoint her and again telling about a whore to his own wife didn't even seem right.

Today was Saturday, a lazy day as it marks the end of weekend..

He returned home early from work to see a typical housewife working through the kitchen sweating off to cook lasagnas for him.

Yummmm!

He stood on the door, her back facing him and he stared at her for a while. She was doing it with so sincerity and devotion, perfection was ingrained in her as she was picking every container using it and putting it back in its place only after wiping them clean.

She works with quite a few of them.

He wondered if she remembered which all ingredients are kept in which container, as all the translucent bottles with red caps of different sizes all looking the same.

He gets immediate turned on as she bends pouting her perfect ass to get some leafy vegetable from the fridge.

So far she was not aware of his presence in the kitchen.

Not able to hold it any longer, he held her from her waist pulling her to press her body with his and feeling her fastened heartbeats.

He turned her to face him and kept his hand on her wildly beating heart.

"Hang on sweetheart this is your love; your husband and not any random killer who dropped in to attack you" he said calming her heartbeats and pecking on her cheeks, his hand still on her heart where her perfect bosoms start and he was tempted to guide it down to hear her moan as he squeezed it softly.

She playfully hit him pushing his hand away, "Not hilarious Edwin. Why this scaring me stuff?"

"I am still capable of fastening your heartbeats." he said grinning widely.

"I am still capable of kicking your ass out of my kitchen" she said pointing a big spatula in a hitting position.

"You scared me Stella" he said faking.

"You" she shouted.

"Me" he said and lifted her bridal style carrying her to the room.

He unzipped her black dress that she was wearing which was like tight from up and flowed in to flair in the bottom.

Though she looked equally pretty in that black dress but he loved undressing her.

He missed being inside her so much but he did not want to hurry.

As guided by Iris he'll make her fall for him and beg for the $ex thing then only he'll make love to her.

A cold shower was all he need at the moment!

Her dress fallen on the floor looked so tempting that he felt like feeling that wetness right in, but its mission love, damn her sexy body.

She had kept her hand on her upper body hiding only the soft inviting rounds of ecstasy that were yelling nonchalantly.

"Edwin you are such a perv."

He shushed her with a kiss and slowly and gradually his hands found content rummaging her beautiful body as they unclasp the hook of her sexy bra and gave him access to the most beautiful boobs as he moved his fingers around the dark nipples on her milky white breasts.

It is such a turn on; her moaning and his hardness did me no good.

His hands found the band of her pan!ies that he pushed touching her butts.

"Edwin Edwin" she cried moaning, taking shallow breaths trying to stop him but she was lost in pleasure and failed miserably.

Edwin's hands found a comfortable position on her cheek butts and he lifted her, still necking her and carrying her in front of her wardrobe and now kissing her greedily.

It was so difficult to get completely filled with desire and not do it but yes he knew it won't be long till he'd make her fall for him and make love to her again.

He challenged himself to make her beg for it first.

"Get dressed we are going for an opera show, a new one is playing at the hall in down town" he murmured huskily in her ears biting her sweet spot.

She was so lost in the Pre play activity that she took her own time registering what he had actually told her and what she was hearing.

"Edwin am I hearing right?" she asked hugging him tight of her naked body and finding security in his arms.

Edwin blushed as his hard buddy pressed to her, she didn't mind a bit but supported it with her thighs intensifying the pleasure.

'She is so f##kingly hot. I feel lucky to have her in my life.'

"Yes babesss it's a lovestory too so you'll enjoy." Edwin told her waiting to see an elongated jawline with a big broad smile on her face.

But she has a different expression "but what will you do there? I know you don't like it. You'll be bored to death." She said hesitatingly.

He noticed her second thought.

Although she was glad and excited to go in one hand and on the other hand she knew Edwin wasn't a very good audience to it.

Edwin chuckled at her expression of love and care.

"Baby I gonna enjoy my love watch and smile throughout the play and now get ready, I have heard the starting is really worth not missing." He turned her around for her to get ready

"You are getting worthlessly romantic these days." She said shyly.

"I am?" he asked not for an answer, "and you are getting $exier each day."

"Perv why don't you go out so that I change." She said pushing him yet maintaining the closeness clinging to his body.

"Don't I deserve this bit as a payback for your favorite date?" he asked pouting and upset like a small kid.

"So you want to be teased?" she asked flirtatiously.

He simply nodded scratching my hair.

She pushed him to the bed and wiped her face and body with the wet some perfumed tissue that she had in her collection of make up stuff, slowly cleansing and rubbing her naked body.

He tried to get up and hug her but she pushed him back with a soft kick.

Slowly and seductively she removed a red strapless netted bra and was wearing it slowly; pushing and adjusting her b00bs teasingly. The upper halves of her boobs were peeping from the netted fabric.

"Stella you are killing me." he said smacking his lips to her, not being able to hold any longer.

He removed my shirt and was on top of her now.

"We are getting late. I don't want to miss the beginning. I have teased you enough." Stella said giving a winning grin and wearing her red top which had transparent fabric on the top till her chest and was hugging her body till her waist line and she wore a skinny black jeans with it looking sexier than ever. All Edwin wanted to do was to tear off those tickets, lock the bedroom door and make her moan his name but he backed off.

She was smiling all the while holding his hands and sometimes in between the show leaning on his shoulders thanking for a lovely evening with a peck on his cheeks.

He mentally promised to take her to one such show once in a while.

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Iris woke up very fresh in the morning.

The comfy bed and comfortable covers were snuggling her and pushing her back to sleep.

The window curtains were suddenly undone and the blinding rays of the sun fell on her face. Since the room was extremely cold, the heat of the sun felt very soothing.

Iris slowly opened her eyes; the hotel was not this rich and elegant. It was a bit cheaper kind.

She sat up suddenly for that was not the hotel where she was supposed to be working last night.

The place looked like a home. It smelt like home.

She was trying to recollect and rewind the incidences of last night'

'Oh shit I was stalked and robbed last night." She murmured in panic "I did not even fulfill my commitment with my customer and who is the guy who was taking my name?" she was confused "my ex customer, no he did not call for Rosie if I remember but no one knows me in that street."

"Feeling okay?" a masculine voice called.

She pulled her sheet to cover her body, not wanting to move out of the comfort of the thick foamy bed and warm covers and the room was still very chilled.

She tried to remember the blue black eyes, cropped dark brown hair, tall very tall and perfect macho's body toned and covered with a sporty tight fit gray t shirt and sleeves folded into folds showing his elbow muscles not natural but formed after immense workout.

She realized she'd been staring too hard so averted her gaze

"Do I know you?" she asked "you seem recognizable." She was blabbering suddenly nervous "I mean you don't look like a stranger, neither ..." she bit her tongue not wanting to continue

"Coffee." He chuckled and handed her a mug of hot coffee.

She was still trying to recollect where they had met.

"What were you doing at Princess Street at that late hour of night Iris?" he asked as if he knew her very well.

"Do we know each other?" she asked not able to pressurize my memories anymore.

"Ooops sorry he scratched his hair. I am Ben Spencer from your class. We share few classes but I guess you are too busy to notice your classmates." He said smirking.

"Yeah now I remember. You tripped the first day you entered the class. Right. Someone commented on your military style haircut." She was smiling now as she remembered the entire thing.

He was looking so cute embarrassed of the whole situation as if he was stuck in a wrong place. But that was it.
She hadn't noticed him after that neither did she bother to.

She was not in their league. She was just there to finish her studies and enter a decent profession other than the whole prostitute thing no matter what it pays her but she wanted liberation from this whole selling the skin thing.

Also she he had been missing the classes a lot lately so she did not recognize him.

"And why are you dressed like this?" he asked confused.

She came into present, out of her reverie "Yeah that. Actually I was umm" She tried to cook up something acceptable 'My friends wedding, spinster's party kind of bachelors party. So we planned something vulgar and dressing this was part of It." she lied.

She knew he was a normal student ignorant of the dirty world that she worked in and would easily accept the lie.

"Oh okay but you were burning with high fever." He said confused, "You shouldn't have gone in first place.

"Is it some kind of interrogation?" she asked trying to be sarcastic, not wanting to lie further. She owed him, since he helped her last night.

He replied only with an innocent look on his face.

"Actually my best friend, I did not want to miss it and hurt her and I was fine when I left home, later it worsened. Thank you so much for helping last night." She honestly meant the last part.

"No problems. Have your coffee and sorry for the interrogation" he said chuckling to the last part.

She stood up and adjusted her skirt trying to increase the length by pulling it down but failing.

She was ashamed of her slutty dress.

She was used to it but in the darkness of the dawn when she was supposed to seduce a client but in front of a young classmate of hers, it felt quite embarrassing.

"Hey take this." He handed her one of his hooded jacket to be worn, completely understanding her state of mind.

"Thank you so much. I really appreciate that." She said.

For the first time she was interacting with a male of my age and it was not about $ex.

It felt good and really nice.

He helped me wear the jacket as she was weak. He had also called a doctor last night to get her checked and so he was aware of her illhealth.

"You can wait. Rest now and then you can leave whenever you feel better. Here at the bedside table are your medicines." He offered.

"Thanks Ben. I have already troubled you a lot." she said looking for her clutch if it ever existed but what she remembered was Ben was fighting, he probably took it from the stealer or he didn't she wasn't clear with what happened.

"Is it there or not?' but she was too shy to ask.

He understood and handed it to me "looking for this. I have checked inside. Your phone was switched off and I was looking for your address or something," He said being embarrassed to do that.your parent's number so I can inform but sorry to have checked in a lady's purse."

"Its okay Ben" she said with a smile assuring him. "Can I have my mobile please" she asked.

He appeared as if he got caught but quickly he was back to normal, "It's actually in my room. I tried to charge but it's quite an older version and I was not able to locate the charger." He said guiltily.

"Oh Ben don't feel bad. It's okay. You have really been out of way to help me and I Am truly grateful for that" she thanked him again.

"Sure you don't want to rest?" he insisted "It's fine with me. I live alone here and am leaving for some work so if you want you can stay." He offered once again.

'I gotta go. My dad is in hospital so I need to see him" she told him. He was so sweet all the while that she felt bad actually denying his polite offer.

Very rare men in her life have genuinely offered help unconditionally, rather only two the other one being Edwin.

He dropped her to the hospital though she had to go home but she was embarrassed at taking him to the wrecked place she lived in.

Iris checked with her dad, he was still breathing as she could see the rising and lowering of the chest. She hoped to see him talk again as he was going to be operated soon.

She went to check with the department where she was informed that he was to be operated this Monday and it was scheduled to be at 2:00 in the noon.

It was 8 hour long operation and if everything goes well, he might open his eyes early at 5, next morning. This was good for her as she could attend her job after he is done with the operation and get back in the morning when he is up positively.

When Edwin couldn't get through Iris's phone, he checked with the hospital and did come to know that she had already filled in the details for the operation. So he decided to catch her up at the hospital during the hours of operation, incase any help is needed since Iris would be alone and someone on her side would help her.

He had noticed that she didn't have anybody else to rely on.

Also she never mentioned about any of her friends if she had one.

I wanted to help her as a friend

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She was pacing here and there. Edwin could feel the tension and nervousness in the air as this was a major operation thing and the chances for the success were minimal.

He stood across her and for the first time her eyes set on him

He could see relief on her face and heI hugged her soothingly.

He noticed tears dwell up in her eyes. She was going through all that alone and when she found him on her side, she felt better.

"So you WERE behind this?" she asked after a long span of silence.

"Yes" he answered simply nodding.

"Thank you Edwin. Thank you, you know I can never thank you enough for this." She said a tear now flowing down her cheeks.

For the first time had he seen her crying and emotional, she was so hard and emotionless otherwise, even when she was hurt besides the staircase she took it so bravely, not even flinching when she was given a shot.

She quickly composed herself back, feeling weird showing her weakness and removed her pack of cigarette from her bag and lighting up, her hands which were decked up with black enamel shivering a bit as she was obviously unhappy with her flow of tears and took a puff of it.

He let her have couple of puffs and when he felt she had overtaken her harsh reality, he went to her and snatched that thing from her,

"Blown your frustration? It's not allowed in the hospital." And threw it in the thrash bin after making it sure that the thing was extinguished properly. Fortunately she was at a far end corner of the fire detecting alarm and by the time the fumes could reach the detector, they all disappeared scattered everywhere with minimal damage.

"Sorry and thanks once again" she murmured astonished with his act of managing everything so well.

"I understand"he told her and asked her "coffee?"

It had been two hours since the operation began and there were six more hours to go. So he took her to the cafeteria. Waiting there outside the Operation theatre was not helping a bit.

They ordered the coffee and Iris paid this time.

He let her.

He wanted to make her feel the one in control and help her and the way she opened her bag he knew that she had money with her.

They were sipping in silence and someone had to break the ice so he started the conversation.

"Stop thinking so much, not gonna help." he advised.

"I know but I can't" she admitted sheepishly.

She always wanted to be in command, she hated not being in control even if it is with her emotions, being in control with the problems life had bestowed was enough.

"Okay lets play a game." he offered.

"Game?' she asked shocked.

"Trust me. It would do no harm, only distraction from the whole wrecking nerves thing."

She kept in silence still wondering if it was a good idea.

"So this is a dice in my phone, we'll play like this; we'll decide what to get above 7 or below 7. If you pick above 7 and the number is above 7 you win and I loose and the looser has to tell his experience about the things we did for the first time even if it is good or bad or embarrasing as hell."

"Things we did for the first time?" she questioned not getting it.

So Edwin took it as her acceptance to play the game and therefore explained, "For eg. If I loose and I have to share I will share of... yes first time I had to go buy my under wears on my own."

She gave a short laugh. So the plan was working.

"The man asked me my size and I stood dumb. He finally had to take me to the trial rooms and make me remove my jeans to check what size I was wearing. He turned the elastic of my underwear that I had worn and if I am not mistaken, he'd see my butt too." Iris's low chuckle made him feel awkward but that smile on her face was worth it.

She bit her lower lip and said, "Sounds interesting."

Ready to play???????

"So above 7 or below 7" he asked her ready with his iphone to jiggle the dices with a shake

"Above 7" she said and he gave it a shake.

The number that came was 2 and 3 totaling it to 5 and so 'I win" Edwin shouted like a kid throwing his fist in air.

"Oh no you cheated." She said pouting.

"No I didn't. I can't it's an app," he said.

"You did" she insisted.

"Don't be a spoil sport." he told her. So she started taking her penalty

"Okay my first time. Which one ... which one.. right. This was my first day of preschool. I was dolled up and dressed up pretty." She started playing and hell! it helped her nerves too "I was nervous as hell too being my first day of school. I felt like peeing and the other too. You understand.. the first thing in morning."

Edwin understood but wanting to play he played, "First thing brushing your teeth?" he asked faking innocence.

'No shitting" she yelled whispered slyly.

'Oh yes" he laughed.

She understood his idea and continued

'I requested the teacher, the caretaker, but being among plenty of new crying children and what all pressure she ignored, paying no heed to urgency of my situation" Iris looked around making sure that they were not being eavesdropped "and I had no other choice. I couldn't control and soiled my panties." She finished uncomfortably

Edwin was laughing uncontrollably now.

"You are making fun of me......" she was angry now