Capítulo 117: Growing Wings

Nathenel checked the name of the outlet, 'Chameleon'. There was no one around, he wondered what Susan was doing in this kind of a shady place?

It was quite deserted, 'I think that security must be mistaken, it's not even business hour yet.' He tried to make a call to Anastasio to ask if Susan was with Miss Betrice when he heard faint voices from inside.

"Ahh... Be gentle... mmm..." he couldn't mistake this was her voice, although it was extremely faint.

In response another voice was heard it belonged to a man, "I told you it will hurt a bit, this is your first time. This big thing for is a first time, is really a bit hard, but it's almost done."

Nathenel, he completely misinterpreted the context of Susan's words and took it for debauchery. Who is that man? What's Susan's relationship with him? She didn't even seem interested to seeing other men right away. We haven't even married the contract stands for some years now. She is doing it already! I can't let any hilly-billy take advantage of her.

Enraged he dashed inside the room, flinging the door

"Didn't I tell you that you can't be with someone unless I approve of..." his fuming words dissipated, as he froze at the spot.

"Suzy what have you done!" His eyes were wide agape, as if they would come off their sockets any moment. In front of him was his fiancée lying topless in front of another man he had no clue about, who he was? But above everything else he has inked her everywhere.

"What kind of a Barbaric affair is this?" He roared, which startled both Susan and Tylan.

"How dare you touch her?" he punched him without warning and Tylan immediately dropped on the floor.

"My Lord!" Susan flinched as she tried to get up she was already in pain, he back was scarred so the tattoo was an expansive one. Wrapping a towl around her chest, she rose up, "Nathenel wait"

"Wait... What... Ah.. who are you?" The man protested while he had already recieved a few blows.

"You douchebag! You must have lured her into this didn't you.What else were you planning on doing with her leach!"

It was true that Tylan had implanted the idea of inking her body, however he had no idea that this girl had suffered so much pain, neither did he ask for any explanation, that was beyond professional ethics, and on top of thay he considered how hard it must be for her to even recollect about it. It was also not a lie that he was attracted to Susan, he like her passion and skill towards art, and today when she found her letting her guard down in front of him, letting him touch her scars which she so desperately hid from the world. He was even more allured by this woman. He desperately fought the urge to kiss away the pain in her mind. But he wasn't a pervert, and he was a professional tattoo artist she was his client, he would never cross that line at least in his studio. He didn't just need her body but her heart.

But his hopes had already been shattered when she laid bare in front of him and said, "It must be hideous. Tylan with your art, can you make me beautiful? So that he would want me, if ever he holds me as his woman. Even for once I want him to look at me amorously instead of that pitiful gaze."

Tylan knew the one for whom she was taking the pain of the needle wasn't him.

"You are beautiful Susan, but now you will be an art, and art is always ethereal." He reassured her as he moved the gadget.

Nathenel raised his arms another time when Susan held him from behind.

"Stop it Nathenl! Please. You are misunderstanding the situation." He thawed in her embrace and looked at her, "He... he is my teacher, and I was the one who wanted to this." She dropped her gaze.

Tylan got up, his lips were bleeding, Nathenel's blows were strong, Susan felt ashamed, brushing the dust off his hands he said, "You shouldn't get up too hastily you must be in pain..." he handed her some painkillers, which would ease the pain.

"Don't you dare to touch her" his hand was smacked by Nathenel.

"Mr.Magnolia" he smirked, "Quite a fist you have! We met in odd circumstances, but please don't misunderstand, Susan isn't that kind of woman to engage in adultery. I will leave you both for sometime here, I think you should hear her first. But, you must atleast know this that she took all this pain for you."

The door closed with a bang as he left right after that, leaving the two of them at the parlour.

Nathenel carefully seated her, while he stood right in front of her, they were too close, and she could see his anxious heaving chest. He ran his longg fingers along his hair, and breathed a couple of times to calm himself down.

"Care to explain? What's this man talking about?" Susan took the pain killers, without meeting his penetrating gaze, she said, "It's nothing. I am trying to grow my wings in your cage, didn't you say that, I should grow my wings and then you would let me fly."

His countenance changed momentarily as his grey eyes trembled slightly, "And why are you in a rush to fly away from me?"

"This is one of the few things I decided for myself. I wanted to do the tattoo."

"And let that man touch you? To see your bare body?" Nathenel was unable to wrap his head around this matter, he was reasonable enough to know that it was a professional task, yet when her entered this room and saw this man fondly gazing at her, he knew those were the eyes which held some other feelings rather than professionalism.

"How could you let your guard down in front of another man? Why didn't you tell me about this?"

Susan continued casting downwards, "I did it out of whim. And I don't remember we had any such condition of reporting every trivial matter to you."

He lifted her chin, and their eyes met, "Do you know it's considered unsightly in upper society?"

Susan was brought up, and conditioned to be a role model of high society, how could she not know, but she didn't care about it anymore, this society which only have her pain.

"So are you going to discard me now?" Susan enquired with a shaking voice.

Nathenel suddenly bore a frown on his forehead, but then smiled, "Why should I? Can't I be angry at my wife to be for hiding things from me? You are mine Mrs.Magnolia. And I am really mad for what you did in the morning. Didn't we already have a contract?"

Susan shook her head, "I know I did something clumsy. But... I...am scared." Her voice was hardly audible.

"I know you are scared from what happened that day after the press meet. Trust me I am scared too. But instead of talking to me, you have Foea charge of making a list I can get involved with. Are you that afraid of satiating my venereal appetite?"

"I don't have confidence. Can you assure that it won't happen again? So even though I got greedy to live a conjugal life with you, even if it's for two or three years. I refrain now. I... I don't want to end up under the stab of a knife or the bullets shot by one of your ex's."

"This won't do Suzy" he held her shoulder cautious enough not to hurt her but firmly enough to not let her go, "You can't take back your words I won't agree.Because that's not what you really wish for. We agreed to let you fulfill all your wishes." his eyes we're boring a hole into her.

"What do you mean by that's not my wish?" Susan looked confused.

Nathenel guffawed and said "You know what you said that day during your brazen drunk talking."

To be continued...

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