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He stood in front of the microphone, and he could see Apollo standing down there in the front of the crowd, looking at him questioningly.
“I know this was not the scheduled time for the speech.” he said. “But let us not pretend that I’m not the elephant in the room, so to speak. I have not been in the public eye these last ten years. And I know there were rumors about why. You can see that they were true. The accident that I was in ten years ago, that made headlines around the world, and left supermodel Irina Sharapova dead, disfigured me. During that time, I went away to heal. During that time, I put my mind to good use, and I have spent all that time making this new smart home system. It is leagues beyond anything that we have ever done before. Leagues beyond anything anyone has ever done before. From facial recognition, to remote access, nonverbal cues and accessibility features, it is the most sophisticated system for any home. I was able to turn an entire medieval castle into a high-tech wonder. We will do a demonstration of the features later on tonight, but I felt that you should know that I believe strongly enough in the product that I’ve shown my face for the first time in ten years.”
“And who is the woman?” The question came from one of the reporters at the front of the room.
“This is Athena McKenzie. My wife. So I guess you could say I have not only worked on product development these last ten years.
“No further questions about my personal life,” he said. “The focus of this is the new smart home system, and nothing more.”
He gripped her hand tightly, and led her down the stairs.
And then, he took her out to the dance floor. “It is time to put our rehearsals to good use, don’t you think?”
“I...”
He brought her into his arms, and the feeling of her pressed against him was more potent now. Now that he had seen her eyes go cloudy with pleasure. Now that he had watched her find her release.
Now that she had dressed him. Now that she had heard his darkest secrets.
She would go on to live brilliantly. She would go on to be the woman that she wanted to be. She would find her family. He would see to that.
But for now, they would dance.
This was all he would allow himself. The only intimacy.
No matter how he wanted her.
Precisely because he wanted her, that was why. That was why he couldn’t have her.
Athena’s heart was still pounding. Her hands rested on his neck. She wanted to kiss him. How was it they hadn’t kissed? It seemed wrong.
It seemed as if she would’ve had to kiss him a hundred times. She was his wife. Tonight she had buttoned his shirt for him. Put his jacket in place. She had been his support the way that a wife ought to be.
But they had never kissed.
Her lips burned with the need of it. And yet her soul was ignited by the knowledge that she had him in ways no one else ever had.
You are not remembering to let it be only desire...
How could she?
There was noonlydesire.
Not with him.
Not with them.
She was lit up with the knowledge of him in a way she was certain only lovers could be.
They went through the evening, dancing, dinner. Everyone wanted to talk to Cameron. And Cameron was...incredible.
Finally, hours later, they had a moment to breathe.
“Cameron...”
“Cameron,” said Apollo’s voice from behind them. Athena turned, and they stopped dancing. There was a man, a sinfully gorgeous man, standing next to Apollo, and on his arm, was an equally beautiful woman.
“This is Castor Xenakis, and his wife Glory. I told you that Castor recently found his sister.”
