ROMANCE: BWWM Romance: From the Traphouse to the Penthouse (BWWM CEO Billionaire Contemporary Romance) (Multicultural Urban Contemporary Hood Short Stories) by Carmella Jones

Author:Carmella Jones
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2016-01-11T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

We stood in the water, Nik in his new “were” state, me in my gifted attire, and Aphrodite in all her glory. Nik kneeled before her. I felt I should, too, so I kneeled at his side.

“Thank you, but you can both feel free to stand. I feel like we are old friends,” Aphrodite laughed.

“Why did you spare me?” Nik asked.

“I didn’t,” Aphrodite said. “She did.”

“What? What did I do?” I asked.

Aphrodite took each of us by the hand and led us to the rocks I saw her sitting on when I first arrived. She sat us each down, then lounged on the higher rock above us.

“Dear Vanessa, you have no idea the power of loving body and soul. Neither did Polyphonte all those years ago. She defied me and ran, so I had to punish her,” she said.

Nik and I looked at each other and shifted, a little bit uncomfortable that she knew our activities and at dredging up his family’s history.

“The truest love comes from sharing yourself fully with someone. She refused to love in any form. Her punishment and the punishment bestowed on her family was about wanting to hold on to a selfish life and childish freedoms. My gift to the world is fully connecting and bonding with another. When this is fully realized, humans can live selflessly in the greatest love for another,” she explained.

“Then why have we all been living these torturous dual lives all these generations?” Nik asked, seeming more comfortable in his newest transformation.

“Because, Apollo’s blood runs through your veins as it did hers. By her own right she waged a war with me in refusing to experience what my role in her next phase of life was to be. Each of her descendants to follow also had their own agenda, seeking love on their own time. You, however, were the first to do differently. Despite the curse, we watched from Olympus as you didn’t just actively seek a mate. You sought a love to share in this great expression with you,” she said with a knowing smile.

“Wait a moment, Nik?” I asked, looking to him, confused.

“I dated those women you read about. I wanted to fully experience love, but I knew they were not the one. I met you, and I knew you were someone I wanted to spend every season with,” he said looking me in the eyes.

“So you were a virgin as well?” I asked surprised.

“He was,” Aphrodite smiled. “You two balanced Polyphonte’s debt in ways I couldn’t have expected. You both waited for love and even with the curse you both willingly shared every level of yourself with each other. Your secrets, fears, bodies. Now, with my blessing you may share a normal life, or whatever life you choose.”

With that, Aphrodite sat upright and blew us each a kiss. She vanished leaving only a golden haze.

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