Stand By Me Darling
Chapter 319: Planning for The Future of the Relationship

Chapter 319: Planning for The Future of the Relationship

Walter looked at the floor and his lips curved diving into his heart. It seemed like his heart has started to follow his mind after all.

He walked near Celine and with his back to the gazebo, leaned on the railing and folded his hands over his chest and observed Celine. Her eyes had cleared up now, as if she had composed herself and as he watched, he saw her admiring the view.

"My brother Dominic refused to touch my foot even when I was hurt. According to him, it is humiliating to touch others feet." Celine said with an intriguing smile.

"You hurt your foot?" Walter asked, wondering if it was recent and if she needs to rest as her feet hurts now.

Also what was Dominic telling her? Humiliating? Hmm...Interesting.

"Oh, it was a long time ago. A bee stung my foot when I was in the garden. The stinger got detached from the bee and was wriggling as it still was stuck in my skin," Celine made a wriggling gesture with her finger looking at Walter with a smile. "Dom was with me and he refused to touch my foot and... It was painful!" She furrowed her brows remembering that.

"Bee sting typically stings," Walter nodded. "Good that you were not allergic to it. Then it would have been much worse." He still didn’t know why the conversation went this way; about bees.

"He’s massaging her feet. I wonder what made him this humble to touch a woman’s feet even though she is not awake to appreciate it." Celine said still looking in the direction of the gazebo.

Walter turned his head and looked at the gazebo. Arthur was massaging Talia’s feet and she seemed to be deeply asleep. What he does without consent can be interpreted in any way.

But for Walter, more than that view, he found Celine’s reaction to that much more interesting. She was looking at them with googly eyes and he didn’t need to think hard to know her thoughts.

Just massaging feet seems romantic to her? What a low bar she sets!

He wondered. His lips curved up and thinking his smile it would disturb her staring, he covered his mouth with his arm.

"Maybe he’s a creep with foot fetish." Although Walter didn’t believe that, he said it anyway to check Celine’s reaction.

"Foot what?" Celine’s admiring smile was replaced with panic. "Is it creepy? Should we stop him from doing something terrible to Talia?"

Walter couldn’t hold his laughter. He held the arms of the woman who was about to sprint away to ’save’ her friend, controlling his laughter. "I was kidding. Your friend is very safe... By the way, you don’t know what a ’fetish’ is?"

Celine pouted at Walter who was controlling his laughter. She didn’t understand why he is laughing. "Of course I know what it means. The word ’fetish’ means ’an excessive and irrational devotion or commitment to a particular thing’. So-"

"That’s the only definition you know? There is another one with a s*xual connotation to it. You don’t know that?" Walter asked raising his eyebrows.

"There is?" Celine raised her eyebrows. That was news to her.

"Yes and... You read a lot, right? What kind of books do you read?" He asked. He already had an inkling that Celine’s family is too protective of her and restricting her access to the information she gets. That explains Andy’s reaction when she said she kissed him.

"A lot... Literature, politics, history, language, civics, geography, philosophy, science..."

"No novellas or romances?"

"No, my sister buys me books and I only have some Jane Austen books which I love. Other than that, I don’t read romances. Why?" Celine wondered why Walter is questioning her reading habits.

"Nothing. I just wanted to get to know you." Walter said with all seriousness. But in his heart he was pondering how much of a ’pure girl’ she is. She is mentally twelve or even younger in ’that’ issue. Her family had stunted her growth in the name of protecting her.

I have a long road ahead of me, I guess! But then, she took the initiative to kiss me and later, she had pretty nice expressions in my embrace.

"You think a guy touching a woman’s feet is romantic?" Walter asked, pulling her close to him. It’s fine. He can teach her one by one. And he knew the trauma she faced when she was young would have left a scar, and he needs to be cautious when he gets intimate with her so not to scare her.

And just without knowing, he had already planned for the future of their relationship.

"It looked romantic... I wanted to be..." ’a recipient of such love too’ She wanted to say, but she stopped herself, remembering the way Walter was looking longingly at Talia. She knew she shouldn’t think about it, but her mind went there, uncontrollably.

"Men don’t consider it as ’humiliating’." He decided to correct her beliefs. "When a man loves a woman, there will be a lot he’d be willing to do for her and he won’t consider them as humiliating."

"Oh?" Celine looked at Walter. She didn’t know why, but the cloud of sadness she felt in her heart, drifted away by the sincere look of Walter. "I’ll make you fall deep in love with you, Walter." She said leaning closer to him.

She gently traced her hand over his vested chest. It was firm and she naturally wanted to touch him more. Her hands grazed from his abdomen to his collarbone, then to his shoulders and travelled south once more.

If it feels this good with his clothes on, how good will it feel if he is shirtless? Will he have six pack abs? Or eight pack?

Her upper body subconsciously stuck to him and let out a sigh.

Walter on the other hand, was feeling extremely turned on by her actions. He very much liked when she said she’d make him fall for her. Whether she can do it or not is another issue, but her words made him feel very desired.

And her actions... His lower part had reacted as her softness was rubbing on his abdomen and her hands... Where are they headed?

His hands grabbed her restless hands before it came in contact with his Pecs where his sensitive spot is. This woman, whether she does it knowingly or unknowingly, is teasing him a lot. Even though he prided himself as someone with great self-control, her touches are awakening the carnal desires in him.

If left to his devices, he would lift her up, press her against the pillar, lift her skirt up and... Ah, Walter! Stop it!

"Celine," he pressed his forehead on hers to maintain a distance. "Do you realise what you are doing to me?" he breathed out, the curly stray hair by her ears, floated by his breath making her wince. "I’m a man, remember... You are saying these things and touching me like that... We are alone here..." He whispered.

Celine realised what she’s been doing can very well be considered ’leading on’. She kissed him, but she sure is not willing to go the next stage now.

"I’m sorry I got a little too excited." She got her hand out of Walter’s gentle hold and her entire face became red out of embarrassment. As she took a step back, she swore she felt something hard in his pants as her hand accidentally grazed there.

Could it be..? Oh, no! What should I do now?

Celine started to panic.

"Let’s get in... " Walter found it will be dangerous to stay outside alone with this very interesting woman. He had lost the trust on his self-control and didn’t want to take a chance further.

"Yes, sure!" Celine thought it would be a good idea too. "Your coat," she returned his coat.

Walter thought the stiffness in his pants will go away soon, but it seemed like his little boy was way too excited to calm down sooner. "On second thoughts, why don’t you get in first? I’ll –"

"You’re right. We don’t want to create rumours. I’ll go in first," Celine said and turned to leave.

In fact, she did want to create rumours with him and put a stop to any rumours connecting him and Talia. But she can’t be greedy the first day of their relationship.

"Wait!" Walter stopped her. He could feel the emptiness in her tone when she said she didn’t want to create rumours. "I’m asking you to get in first to calm myself. You don’t want others to stare at my crotch; the result of your groping, right?"

Even he was surprised by the crudeness in his explanation. He could’ve used different words but he didn’t.

The light from inside the dance hall spilled out through the drapes, exposing her blushed face. Her lips trembled trying to answer him and he, very much enjoyed seeing her like that.

He is not someone who teases others for pleasure, but with her, he naturally felt the need to do it just to watch her reaction.

"Okay," Celine gathered her voice and said that. This guy just blamed her for... Ahhhh!

"Let’s have a dance after I meet your parents, okay?" Walter tried to calm her down. She looked like she’d run with her eyes closed and bang her head somewhere.

Celine nodded and turned to leave. Walter buried his face in his hands and laughed.

What is happening to me?