Desire

Chapter 78

The car ride home was silent.

Neteyam continued to glance at Aneysa again and again, trying to figure out what she was thinking.

What was going on in her head.

But he got nothing.

"Aneysa?" He calls out again.

"Hm?" She responds.

"What happened? Why.. why did you do that?" Neteyam asks.

"You were worried about losing your job" Aneysa replies.

"Yes but, i didn't tell you to beg him" Neteyam says.

"I know. But I was the bigger person. I didn't fight back, like you said I shouldn't. And now you have no reason to lose your job" Aneysa replies.

"Aneysa.. I don't.. this is not the right way" Neteyam says.

"I didn't exactly ask for this Neteyam. I went to apologise and to be the bigger person. If I had tried to move away from him or fought him, you would have only gotten yourself into more trouble. And it's bad enough the way you had spoken to me about it this morning" Aneysa sighs at turns the other way, as she looks outside the car window.

Neteyam takes hold on her hand, as it's rested on her thigh.

"I'm sorry, Aneysa. I didn't know that he'd make you do something like that. I just- I'm sorry" Neteyam says.

She doesn't respond.

Instead she keeps her gaze away from him.

She knew herself better than anyone to know just how vulnerable she felt being around Neteyam. And she did not want to show him how she felt.

Not now.

Neteyam looks at her and sighs.

He wasn't sure what to do.

They arrived home shortly after as Aneysa made her way in first and Neteyam afterwards.

He closes the door behind them, as him and Aneysa both walked up.

"I need to use the bathroom" she says without looking at him, continuing to walk forward.

Neteyam stops as he watches her walk in.

He was uncertain as to what was going on in Aneysa's mind right now.

But he didn't wish to force it out of her.

After a while, she walks out the bathroom and makes away back into the bedroom.

The lights were on, as Neteyam was getting changed.

He seen that she had washed her face, as she goes to dry it with a face towel.

"Are you going to get dressed?" He asks her.

She nods, before taking off her tshirt.

Neteyam, as he usually does, comes forward, as he unhooks her bra from the back, helping her to undress herself, and get ready for bed.

She's usually wear his T-shirts but this time, she wore a tshirt of her own.

He didn't question it though, as it was nothing to really question about.

Aneysa then puts on the boxers.

Neteyam gets into bed first, and Aneysa gets in just afterwards, as he lifts up the blanket onto both of them, before using one arm to rest under her head, and the other around her waist.

He gives her gentle kisses behind her ear, as he goes down her neck, before holding onto her tightly.

"I'm sorry. You did not deserve any of what they had done to you" Neteyam says.