Chapter 8

“I am not still convinced because I need to learn more about you. You have not completed the whole project and I have to appraise your entrepreneurial skills too. You might have the technical skills but business wise you suck and that is even worse.”

“Don’t worry I will make sure to convince you” Emily gave him a charming smile

Emily was exhausted with all the activities of the day, she leaned her head back on the chair and dozed off immediately. But all the same she was very grateful by having someone by her side.

When Richard looked at his side he couldn’t help but stare at her beautiful angel like face. Now that he had a proper view she was a painstakingly gorgeous woman with really soft silky skin. Her face was flawless with a long black hair.

He raised his hands and caressed her cheeks softly, something that he had been wanting to do for a while but he was restraining himself. She felt the soft touch of his hand on her skin and shifted slightly on the chair.

On reaching the house he lifted her up and carried her to the house a bridal style, she fitted perfectly on his big chest and he frowned at the thought of how gentle he was starting to get with her.

Emily thought that she was dreaming when she felt someone lift her up, she immediately opened her eyes and met a pair of blue eyes staring back at her.

“Ssh….go back to sleep” Richard whispered as he placed her on the huge bed.

But she was already a wake and the thought of being carried by the man whom she had yet to believe was her husband made the sleep go away.

“I can’t sleep” He was sitting close to her that her heart started beating furiously. Her cheeks were now red light a tomato. She was blushing all over the place.

He lifted his hands and softly pinched her cheeks playfully.

”You are blushing”

“No I am not, why would I blush? It is not like we are areal couple, we are just married on paper and that is all there is in this relationship. I don’t see any other way why I should feel that way about you.”

“It is because you find me attractive? Do you want me to make your greatest dreams come true? We can consummate our marriage right now.” He said as he smirked mischievously.

“In your dream, I am okay”

“Alright don’t complain later because I offered but you refused. Anyway tomorrow we will go to town so you can get dolled up, my parents are eagerly waiting for you.”

Her shoulders tensed because of the thought of facing people she probably knew won’t accept her. He saw her brown eyes frown with fright as she tried to hide her face away.

“Don’t worry, they are very social people. Can we try to at least get to know each other? We won’t be able to convince them if every time I come closer to you, I see you tense. Just relax a little bit and let things flow by themselves. By the time we get to the house I want us to be able to act fondly at each other. By this I mean that you have to learn to kiss and hug me naturally.”

“You can’t blame me, we are completely strangers.”

“Okay let us start by holding hands. “He reached out his huge hand and took hers in to them. She could feel his warmth all over her body and loved the comfort he gave her.

“You see I didn’t bite you. So try to relax when we are together. I promise I won’t touch you if you aren’t ready”

“Thank you for being understanding”

He learned closer to kiss her on the forehead but by accident she lifted her head up and their lips ended up meeting unexpectedly. He paused for a while to look at her reaction but decided to go ahead and kiss her.

Hi icy lips met hers initially in a slow soft kisses which gradually increased in to an urgent passionate kiss. He was devouring her mouth with hunger demanding her to open her mouth and submit to him totally and when he finally stopped she hid her face on the crook of his neck to try and catch her breath.

“Can we sleep now? I don’t feel well” She whispered softly

“Okay”

He would have loved to tease her more but it was better to take things slow as he feared that he can end up scaring her away. His body was on fire now and all he wanted was to grab her and ravish her all night long.

However he was not in a rush and he will take his time to gain her trust. Right now he needed a cold shower to cool his hot body. This was unexpected for him because he never intended to respond in that passionate way to the woman, who had the courage to approach him when others were scared.

“Go on have some sleep. I think I need a very cold shower to clear my mind”

Emily felt really guilty as she looked at the state he was in, but there was nothing she could have done.

Soon she heard running water in the bathroom and she tried to imagine what almost happened between them .His kiss was still lingering on her mouth and his masculine scent couldn’t leave her mind.

When dawn came, she felt a heavy thing on her waist and when she turned her head to take a look. He was soundly asleep and looking really sexy. The stubbles on his jaw bone had just started to sprout out of his skin making him look rugged and attractive at the same time.

“Do you like what you are seeing?” He said while smirking softly.

Emily stared at him at a daze because she never thought that she would be caught red handed shamelessly looking at him.” But she thought he was a sleep. At what moment did he wake up?

“I wasn’t staring at you.”

“Alright whatever, go freshen up so we can go.”

On the busy highway, Richard was driving the car staring right ahead with a serious face .He said that he didn’t like to be distracted while driving .The entire journey to town was filled with quietness as he never wanted to start any conversation.