Chapter 9

James threw them an accusing and a disgusted glare before he walks away without a word.

She pulled herself quickly away from Ace's tight and protective embrace in a swift move as if she was like a moth who felt a heat of a flame.

James left them both frozen from where they were standing.

She sighes deeply when he's already out of her sight and felt relieved all of a sudden, she realized she was keeping her breath when he's around.

Ace caught her tensed reactions, making him even more curious on what's going on with them but he chose to keep quiet and just keep his curiosity to himself besides they need their privacy.

She was also stunned for a moment after seeing Ace suddenly appeared between James and her. She felt her face suddenly blushed. And she suddenly felt ashamed towards him from what had just happened.

She never thought that this man would appear in that kind of situation and stands for her.

"Thank you." She sincerely utter in a soft tone that only he could hear, she said it without looking back at him while they were walking back to their table.

She was really thankful and she really appreciates him for what he did for her tonight, he rescued her in that awful situation.

She still wasn't ready to face James Mazon now. Not now, she thought.

She can still feel her own heart palpitating, and her hands were uncontrollably shaking, she fisted her palm to somehow calm herself.

She saw that James almost burst in anger when he saw Ace held her in his chest, his face turned red as if he was about to punch him right to his face, good thing he didn't but that really makes her totally frightened in fear.

James' appearance was still really affecting her and it was visible in her whole entire being.

"For what?" He suddenly replied in an un-interested tone, with a visible frown in his handsome face. 

He really doesn't know why he interrupted them a while ago as if someone told him that is the right thing to do.

It wasn't really his intention to help her out, he just followed James Mazon out of his curiosity and he was certain with that but when he saw him doing that to her, his body instinctively move to help her out in that such kind of situation.

"Let's just go home, I'm tired." He continued but still confused of what he did back there. He paid their dinner bill and initiated them to gathered their things.

"Don't forget to go to my room later" he reminds her.

"Yes sir." She replied and lowered her head to avoid his gaze, they walks out of the hotel and drove home without any talking.

Jake was really confused and curious on what was happening between the two of them when he noticed that they came back together with a tensed atmosphere around them.

She took a quick shower and wear a pair of bluish-gray pajama, tied her slightly wet hair into a messy bun as usual and wear her eye glasses and went straight to Ace's bedroom for her new sideline job for him.

It was really a big help for her tight budget nowadays.

She knock twice before he opened the door as if he was already expecting her at that moment.

He was also fresh from the shower, wearing just a black robe with a messy wet hair. He let her in before he went  inside his closet room to find clothes.

Good thing he would wear some clothes tonight. She thought while sitting quietly on a moss green colored soft couch inside his bedroom waiting for him.

He went outside the closet after few minutes wearing just a black jogging pants, and holding a white shirt, and threw it on the bed.

He looks so sexy, young and handsome wearing just a pants and she suddenly finds him attractive. She avoided herself to look in his direction and turn her gaze somewhere else.

"Come on" he said after laying down on bed and seen her not moving to where she was as if she hadn't seen him walk out of the closet.

She quickly stood up and went closer to him hesitantly. She took the bottle of lavender scented oil on the top of the bed side table and sat gently on the edge of the bed beside him.

He was just quietly staring at her intently, and it makes her really uncomfortable.

He lifted his left arm up without a word initiating her to massage his arm. She put a pillow on her lap and put his left arms in front of her and started massaging his hard and firm biceps.

She barely seen him doing workouts but his body was really sexy, firm and fit. The luxurious smell of the lavender scented oil and his sweet masculine scent was intoxicating her senses.

His gaze was focused on her face as if there's something in it and as if he was thinking of something or wanted to asked something to her, she avoid his gaze immediately and tries to ignored him and turned her focus on what she was doing.

He was staring at her face and he noticed a bare smooth fair skin with a pointed nose and a luscious pink lips that looks so inviting and he suddenly felt an urge to kiss that lips and have a taste, this woman is so interesting.

She had been working for him for almost three years now but he never seen her this attractive before.

Her face was delicate and beautiful except for her eyes thats always hidden in that ugly annoying and weird thick eye glasses making her looked dull and ugly enough to make him lose interest but now that he was looking at her at this close distance he can't help but notice her beautiful features.

He wanted to take off that ugly eye glasses to see how she looks like but he fights the urge.

What if she wasn't looked beautiful as he was expecting and what would she feel if he does that.

He was in that thought when she start pressing his palm harder, her soft hand was massaging his fingers.

He was still curious on what was happening between her and James Mazon. There's something behind her that he can't explain. He thought.

He look straight to her eyes unconsciously and he was surprised to see her also looking straight back at him.

His green orbs was looking straight at her hazel-green eyes.

He felt something weird as if his heart skipped a beat when their eyes met, she suddenly widraw her eyes off him and turn her gaze at his palm and focused on what she was doing.

She suddenly felt nervous, his beautiful eyes were fixed on her face as if he was reading her mind making her blushed and conscious in an instant.

He suddenly pulled her into a kiss. She was stunned and shocked on a sudden contact of their lips, her eyes are wide open.

His warm and soft lips was kissing her gently.

She didn't know what happens to her, but the urge to kiss him back was too strong to fight as if she was hypnotized, all she knew is she allowed him and she kissed him back.

They were both breathless when they broke the kiss. She suddenly felt ashamed when their eyes met again.