Chapter Twenty-one

Diego was good with horses, they seemed to have some sort of secret communication. He asked her to pick one horse, she kept looking until she found him. A jet black beauty, he seemed to be without care of others, "Him ", she said, pointing out the black horse, "You seem to know your horses Bella, nice choice that is if you don't puke from speed", Diego said and chuckled. He got into the horse settlement and signaled Bella to join him. He was stroking the horse and so she joined him in stroking, the horse was a beauty and she loved him. Diego set up its saddle and mounted, then he outstretched his hands towards her and helped her up, the nearness gave her chills. His manly scent was just too much to bear and when he bent closer to take the reins, she was sweating all over. I hope Jay does not see this, she thought but on second thought, she was not doing anything wrong as per say, she was just having fun with horses. They started with gentle strides and the horse picking up stuff here and there. "Want to try speed for a change? ",an excited Diego asked and before she could answer, he jerked at the reins and the horse started going in speed, taking the maze they went round the settlement. It was huge and Bella was loving every second of the ride until she started feeling dizy and probably sick, "Could we go slower? ", she asked with a tugging feeling in her gut. Diego could not hear her until suddenly she bent over, that's when he stopped Ares (the horse) . He helped hold her hair to one side as she puked. He said then, "I think we've had enough for the day". He came down first then helped her by carrying her down, she landed on his chest and for a moment he held her there, she could hear his heart beat faster in a strange rhythm and she could feel the heat within, she needed a man. He too must have been feeling the same as he reached down her jaw and raised her face to look into her eyes, she was caught in the blue sea of he's. Their emotions must have be clouded their sense organs that they did not notice another presence until a very embittered voice broke them apart, "What the fuck is going on here Bella ", there he was, the man himself, Jay Martins walking briskly towards them. "Um,  I was just puking and Diego was her to help ", she muttered out fearfully, he did not buy the excuse obviously. He gave this death glance to Diego, "Come on Jay, is this how you greet an old friend. Never knew the lady was yours ", he said to the hell hound on loose. Jay grabbed her arm and pulled her but not without biting back at Diego, "Keep your hands away from my lady Diego ", and the guy simply put his hands up in defense. He was pulling her angrily and also hurting her, everyone was watching as he lead her to the car. "In ", he pointed and she dared not argue but was he not overreacting to the minor scene?.  She quietly sat down, and he got inside. He put the car on the road and was driving like a wild beast, she hurriedly secured her seat belt which she had forgotten in the rush and was fighting the urge to puke. He nearly crashed into an oncoming vehicle and skidded to a sudden halt, she needed to puke but tried to suppress it all. She gave him a glare when he asked, "Are you okay Bells ", Bells, since when did he get her a pet name, she just glared at him and started coughing, he undid his seat belt and stretched to her side patting her back and muttering 'I'm sorry '. It was his fault after all. She relaxed then, then tried to snuggle into his embrace, she looked up and found him looking at her so intensely. She felt her fingers on his face, the he reached down and sealed her lips with a kiss. That kiss spoke a lot of things, passion, anger, loneliness, frustration, desire and want. Hers because as fiery as his, he was fire but she was ice.