She wrapped her arms around his neck, lost in his skilled tongue as he stroked the flames to their passion. She barely got any air, his hands roamed her body, making her breathless as she desired more and more of him by the second.His lips were soft but his heart was raging at a ferocious pace. She buried her hands in his soft hair and he cupped her ass.She was pressed against him hard enough to be aware of every hard inch and she kissed him back with the same intensity.But somewhere at the back of her mind, she knew this was getting out of hand. While her body yearned for him, she couldn't make things more complicated.Slowly, she pushed him away, shutting her eyes as she tried to catch her breath. "We can't," she whispered. They were a contracted couple, who knew how long they would be together?Sex was too dangerous. What if they made a mistake and a baby happened? It would be ridiculous to raise a child in a house with no love.Lucas understood their situation but he couldn't r
"What about me?" Lucas asked. "What do you think of me?"The question made her hands freeze over the onions she was cutting. It was something she least expected.Hearing her praise the CEO version of himself, he wondered what she thought of him. To everyone, including his family, he was a waste of space, time and money-- not like his father ever spent a dime on him after his mother's death.The rumours were cruel and harsh but he had come to live with it. Those were probably the first things she heard before she agreed to marry him. He wondered if she too saw him as what everyone said he was.Her silence, however, stretched on for too long that he began to conclude she was just like everyone else.That was too bad, he had been looking forward to her answer."Forget I asked-""You're a good contract husband," she said over him.Now that was shocking… and new but very shocking still. "Wait, that's it?"She giggled and turned to him. He arched his brow in disbelief and she smirked, feeli
“What do you want?” He asked immediately he answered the phone, moving away from a flushed and lustful gazed at Evelyn.He made a fist by his side, grinding on his chin to keep his anger at bay but how could he? He was sprouting a hard-on while talking to his father on the phone.Dammit!“Is that anyway to talk to your father?” The man asked, sounding menacing or at least that's what he thought he sounded like.After that dinner party where he presented him with a hundred million dollar gemstone, they haven't spoken. No surprise there.He was in little to no contact with anyone from his family.“You can still make it to dinner if you leave now,” his father said with a sigh, as if rolling his eyes.What was that supposed to mean? Was this anyway to invite someone over for dinner? Plus, with that attitude, Lucas scoffed, “No thanks-”“Your wife has to be introduced to the family, boy,” he snapped. “Bring her over for a meal.”Since when were they interested in his business? “Not interes
Liam stormed off angrily. Unable to think of a comeback for the couple who bullied him, he was overwhelmed with embarrassment and couldn't stand to be in their presence."Is he always like that?" Evelyn wondered, taking her eyes off the disrespectful lad and turning to her husband. "How did you put up with that?" she genuinely wondered.Yes, she did have hers to deal with but she never thought anyone could have it worse than she did."Why does he get to talk to you that way?" she frowned. "I don't like it. He's really rude and disrespectful. He doesn't even know me yet he cursed at me too."Lucas was cupping her cheek but her frown remained, she couldn't seem to put the experience behind her."It's okay. He's spoiled by my-""Who are you calling spoiled?" a woman's harsh voice broke the air and while Evelyn was startled, Lucas rolled his eyes at the familiar voice that filled him with rage.Coming out of a corner was Mr. Graham and a beautiful woman whose face was cold as ice. Her aur
Dinner wasn't over by the time Lucas pulled Evelyn out of there but he couldn’t stand the atmosphere anymore. They were all pretending like they weren't lunatics just a few minutes ago.She didn't know why he decided to leave early but she didn't mind it. She sat quietly in the car, looking out the window, oblivious to Lucas staring at her from the rearview mirror.Her words at the table waltzed back into his head and he chuckled. A while ago he was getting pissed at his old man's yell but she managed to calm the storm. There were sides to her he was yet to see, as it seems."Is there anything you want?" he asked, keeping his eyes on the road."I'm hungry," she sighed. "I didn’t get the chance to eat that delicious looking pie- ugh!" she groaned, as if in pain. She had been looking forward to it.It was a nice feast back there. They may all have shitty attitudes but she knew that pie would make her feel much better.He almost laughed at her tantrums, "Since I pulled you out of there,
It was a hectic day for Evelyn the next day at work. She put aside her strange feelings from last night and had to focus on the task at hand.Her supervisor-- Aria, had sent a message to all her supervisees to come up with a project plan in a few hours."What are we going to do?""Just five hours. Why didn't she tell us yesterday?"The others whined around Evelyn, concerned and worried for their jobs. It sounded too important for any of them to flop as the company they were cooperating with was a large company."We can just leave it for the ones who have an idea. Let's just submit anything."Evelyn scowled at her colleagues, wondering how they managed to land the job in the first place but she understood they spoke from a place of panic. A project plan in under five hours before a meeting.She gripped her hair as she leaned forward on her desk. Where would she start from?"Let's go for a coffee break, Evelyn," Louise offered. "You need to be energised.""I'll catch up with you later,"
The atmosphere the next day at work was a bit hostile and quiet. It almost felt as though everyone was glum with their eyes on her.It wasn't until Jane called the team to her office that she got the news, "The plan was rejected.""What! B-But that's not right. How? Did they say why?""The director in charge of the cooperation didn't even give it a second thought. He insulted us and spoke so unprofessionally before dismissing it," Jane groaned. She had been racking her brain all morning thinking of what to do.Something was obviously not right here. Evelyn's plan was brilliant. It was a win-win proposal. No company in their right mind would reject that, it met everyone's needs and even proposed more profit."But that doesn't make any sense," Evelyn said, still in shock at the news."Do you think I don't know that!" Jane snapped. "I tried asking why but he didn't say shit to me!" she was really pissed if she was swearing at the office."I hope the higher ups could step in," Jane mumble
"Listen up," Olivia smirked. "I'll only say this once," she held Evelyn's project with her index and thumb finger as if it were garbage. She glanced through the file, yawned and rolled her eyes."This plan has no depth. It's poorly done but I'm not surprised since the one who proposed it was half baked," she said. "It looks messy and completely foolish. Why did you even let a newbie I charge? That's very unprofessional of Wilson Company." She swung her hands around with nonchalance as she went on and on, insulting Evelyn and saying very little about the project."It's bad and lacks proper planning-” at this point, she was starting to repeat herself.“You’re not even reading it!” Evelyn almost screamed. It was hard to believe she was facing Olivia again!“I don't need to look at it to know how bad it is,” Olivia scoffed. “Just imagine if he took a look at it,” she walked over to Mr. Martinez and wrapped her arms around him while he held her waist.“I just saved you the trouble, dear,”