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‘’Holy cow, your bathroom’s sick’’ she gasped, instantly making her way across the ivory marble flooring and turning on the shower faucet ‘’ooh look at that, it lights up blue’’

‘’Ugh, I hate that thing, it’s so annoying’’ I laughed.

‘’Are you kidding? This is already like my favorite room’’ she gushed, her eyes wide with awe as they continued to survey themselves around the suite's large marble interior bathroom, equipped with three large stylish gold handled sinks, a top-of-the-range organic humidifying steam and shower room, a luxury sized step-in Jacuzzi bath, two white LED illuminated floor length mirrors either side of the room, and of course, the huge shower cubicle with motion activated blue lighting whenever the faucet was turned on.

It was sweet, and she too was playfully sweet. And even though I myself was used to the affluent lifestyle I’d no doubt worked hard to achieve, there was in that moment just that touch more appreciation when experiencing everything again through the eyes of one so underprivileged.

‘’I saved the bedroom until last’’ I told her, politely elbow escorting Taylor from out the bathroom in which she appeared so enamored with ‘’…because this is where you’ll be sleeping until we set everything up comfortably for us both’’ I told her, opening up now the door to my luxury penthouse suite bedroom, designed ceiling to floor with grand quad-glazed windows each side of the room, and in the center wall, two large covert slide apart glass windows that led out to my private deluxe terrace on the balcony.

This of course was my favorite room in the suite –with extra funding into personalizing the 2000 square foot space with the latest top-of-the-range Emperor smart bed, one which allowed me to work comfortably from home if ever I needed. I’d had it stylized and equipped with the best secure broadband on the market – digitally encrypted with a separate VPN from the suite's main broadband hub for added personal security. It also had multi-functional high-speed charging ports in each corner, a 50-inch gorilla glass plasma screen TV installed in the base, voice-activated and sleep-aware mood lighting, a remote control drinks cooler fixed to each side that paired with my smartphone, 8 feet of under bed storage, and all-around self-heating for those extra cold nights when one just wants to curl up in bed and snuggle themselves in warmly.

In that moment I hated all the luxury I had, knowing a delicate soul like Taylor had never experienced anything like this her entire life. But, from this day forward all that would change. I was going to look after her because something in my heart had warmed the moment I met her.

‘’Hudson I…I can’t stay in here’’ she said, her eyes widening further as she stood taking in the luxury20-foot walk-in closet to the left, the large ensuite bathroom I had to the right, the soft Mahogany cream of silk fiber carpeting beneath her feet, and the large French-styled kitchenette area I’d had recently fitted in my laziness to walk sometimes the few feet it took to the main kitchen, lol.

I just then felt my face freeze, when seeing her eyes shift upwards at the fit-to-size ceiling mirror I had fixed above the bed…dear god please don’t start asking about that! I prayed in my head, as I was not yet ready to start giving her those kinds of answers.

Instead, Taylor’s eyes continued to look around the room in flawed awe, before turning to me and saying ‘’this room is like a freakin’ palace! But I’m serious Hudson, I can’t stay in here. What if I break something?’’ she said looking at me worriedly.

‘’Then we’ll buy a new one of whatever it is’’ I chuckled lightly at her.

‘’Money shouldn’t be wasted like that’’ she said, instantly wiping the humored smile from my face which I admit was replaced with a little rich guilt ‘’as much as a wonderful and very generous offer that this is, I’d rather settle for the couch if that’s okay with you. That in itself is a luxury king-sized bed for me, it’s soooo huge’’ she beamed, which returned the smile to my face as I stood looking down warmly at her.

‘’We’ll agree to disagree then, because now that we have you off the streets Taylor, for this first night at least if you’re still planning on being stubborn’’ I grinned ‘’I must insist that you take the bed tonight, and I’ll take the couch. Everything’s all clean and made from daily room service, and you have a choice of bathrooms and kitchens that you can use and enjoy’’

‘’Hudson, you’ve already done so much for me, and I’m not going to over exhaust that by taking your bedr-‘’

Ring…ring, ring…ring…

TAYLOR POV:

‘’Sorry, business call. Excuse me a moment while I take this’’ he said, his eyes irritably scrutinized down at the screen while striding his way over to the tall draped curtains that hung in his room ‘’oh, and this isn’t over by the way’’ he turned with a handsome raised brow ‘’…we’ll continue this conversation when I finish my call’’ and with the phone still ringing in his hand, Hudson pushed aside an opening in the curtains, before sliding open the large glass window behind them, surprising my eyes further as they exposed what appeared to be his own private roof terrace…well I be damned, just when I thought it couldn’t get any fancier.

‘’…in the meantime Taylor this is your home now, so why don’t you go make yourself nice and comfy while I step out real quick to take and make a few business calls. Better let everyone know from now I won’t be coming into work tomorrow’’ he chuckled, and off he went out through the sliding door thingy of his bedroom, before quietly shutting it behind him.

I lingered for a moment sneakily trying to listen if it was indeed a wife or maybe girlfriend he ‘claimed’ he didn’t have, that had called him. But with the glass door closed I couldn’t hear a sound.

Who even cares about all that right now…I thought with a massive grin, because at that moment all I wanted to do was dive inside that huge swimming pool Jacuzzi in his luscious bathroom, before rinsing down under the pretty blue light-up shower I was already in love with!

15 minutes later…

It had been too long since feeling my body fully immersed in cozy bathwater, or any water for that fact -my mind not counting the lime-scale algae-infested showers they had down at the shelter- as I slinked my naked body under the warm fresh bathwater of Hudson’s luxury Jacuzzi tub, with the effervescence of bubbles automatically turning on as soon as I stepped inside….mmm, now this is the life, I grinned with a deep relaxed smiled, as I comfortably leaned my head back on the fluffy neat folded towel behind me, with it overall feeling like every heaven ever documented by man, gifting me the feel of my very own paradise.

I continued to lazily soak my body for what felt like over an hour, sneakily squeezing into the tub a few drops of Hudson’s Davidoff Cool Water bath wash I could see sitting on the side. Mmm…I smiled dreamily, my nostril’s enjoying the rich indulgent scent of his masculinity all around me, before finally stepping out from the tub and straight in under the luxury shower cubicle, where I found a shower bottle of the same brand on the side, and wasted no time squeezing out a good handful as I stood enjoying the fun luminous faucet rain blue shower water down on me.

It didn’t surprise me when feeling a second round of tears suddenly fall from my eyes, these ones more harsh and damaged than what I allowed Hudson to see, as I slinked down the wall inside the huge shower cubicle until the avalanche of tears that rolled from my eyes, eventually cleared with my dirt down the shower drain.

It was true what I’d told him. I’d been through more in my 26-year life already than he could ever imagine, and I could only imagine the horror that would reflect in his eyes if I ever told him…I’m not sure if I ever can Hudson.

CHAPTER 12

HUDSON POV:

‘’…sure I’d be happy to reschedule, but I’m letting you know from now it might be a while. I really wasn’t expecting my cousin from out of town to suddenly show up on my doorstep, and with some pretty serious personal issues which I can’t really get into at this time…believe me I wish I did, but it’s anyone’s guess right now...I can’t say how long for unfortunately…no, no of course I’m not lyi-‘’

Beep…beep…

‘’Look Cassandra I’ve got to go, I’ve got another call coming through…no, it’s not like that…of course I was looking forward to meeting with you…mmm, that too…’’ I grinned at her naughty bold words insinuating the lengthy blow job she’d planned on giving me, followed instantly by a polite but snippy: ‘’oh well, your loss’’ before closing the phone on me.