“Kayden,” Crystal finally mustered the courage to speak first, he stared back at her blankly, they had been sitting there silently staring at each other. “You promised to answer my questions, yet you have been so silent.”Kayden was such a strange person, she couldn’t help but wonder why he was silent.“Uhm...” He picked a serviette and wiped his mouth; he stared straight ahead of her.“I want to formally apologize to you, for giving you the wrong impression.” She cleared her throat and she met his eyes again, she averted her eyes immediately, heat rising into her cheeks. “I didn’t mean to kiss you; I was drunk and it was an accident.”“I know that,” he confirmed nodding slightly. “But what shall I do with that information?”“Uhm… well, I think because of the kiss you, y-you,” she averted her eyes again and this time she thought it was a good idea to stare at the omelet in the plate. “You got the wrong impression, that I wanted that kind of a relationship from you.”She forced the res
Crystal stretched her back as dropped the pen in her hands, she stared out of the window absentmindedly, she still had mixed feelings about her relationship with Kayden. It made her uncomfortable that he was trying to make a pass at her, and she couldn’t help but be curious about how long he had felt that way towards her.Did he keep those feelings while he was being mean to her? Or did he fall for her along the way, she felt heat rise in her cheeks as she thought about it and she shifted uncomfortably in her seat.She popped open the first two buttons on her shirt, she was getting hot, she picked up some of the overused design paper and fanned herself with it softly, just as she was doing that, she felt the cool air that came from the air conditioner and her questioning blue eyes glance up to Kayden whose eyes were fixed on the report sheet in his hands. She had been wondering why he didn’t turn on the AC today, his office and his bedroom are usually very cold because he always
“If it wasn’t you, then who could have sent them?” She asked curiously and Kayden collected the note in her hands and skimped through the contents of it; one of his eyebrows slanted in disapproval, he couldn’t help but suspect a particular individual.It was probably Sebastian that sent her the chocolate, he might be doing this to annoy the shit out of him but he wouldn’t fall victim to his tricks.He swiftly tore the paper in between his fingers and then snatched the box containing the remaining chocolate from her hands and dumped it in the nearest bin.“You shouldn’t eat things like that.” He scolded with a small frown. “What if it was poisoned?”“I thought they were from you.” She muttered quietly and swiped the rest of the smeared chocolate from her lips, because it appeared as though, Kayden desired to make her vomit the ones she had eaten. She darted her lips to lick off the rest of the chocolate as quickly as possible, she attempted to evade his disturbing gaze but Kayden remai
Crystal glanced up in surprise when she heard two light knocks on the table, she exchanged looks with Kayden before they both turned their attention towards the door. “Come in.” He commanded in a gruff voice almost immediately the door swung open, and Deborah waltzed in, she was holding a bouquet of blood-red roses in her hands. “Deborah, what is it?” Kayden inquired when he noticed the flowers she was holding, he tilted the glasses toward his nose and peered at her from beneath the rim. “Is there an event going on?” The curiosity was evident in his voice as he spoke.“What?” Deborah asked and her gaze shifted to the flowers in her hands, and a small smile graced her lips before she turned towards Crystal, who was also watching her suspiciously. “This is for Mrs. Smith.” Kayden found himself closing his laptop, and his eyebrow arched curiously. “The flowers are from who?” He spoke and Deborah searched through the bouquet and she found a small note attached to it.“Hum… there is
“Do you still visit your father?” Kayden asked as he sat on the stool. The bartender brought the bottle of wine they had ordered and two wine glasses for the gentlemen. “Yes,” Sebastian responded while raising the bottle to pour himself a drink, and he poured some for Kayden too. “I do, and Mother doesn’t like it, she wants me to stop going to see him.” “Then why don’t you stop?” He asked while taking his glass from the table. “Your mother suffered in the hands of that man, talking about him makes me recall Crystal’s ex-boyfriend, I understand if she wants you to stop.” “I am almost thirty. I am old enough to know what’s best for me,” Sebastian said as he sipped from the glass. “No matter what I say or do, that madman is still my father, like you would always say, the dirty blood of a criminal would never wash away that easily.” “I didn’t mean that,” Kayden said shaking his head in refusal. “Don’t worry, I didn’t take it to heart.” Sebastian chuckled as he emptied the cup, and he
Sunlight creeps into the bedroom from the slightly opened blinds in the room, warming up Crystal’s face, she stirred being disturbed by the light. She felt something heavy on her waist and she glanced up to be met by a pair of silver eyes staring intently at her.“Hic…” she gasped softly when she realized she had been sleeping against Kayden’s chest, she could hear his heart beating in slow steady rhythms, he pulled her closer with a smug satisfaction on his face, his heavy arms on her back.“Good morning,” He murmured his voice still husky with sleep, Crystal flushed red from his seductive bedroom voice, and unable to form words, she nodded at him. “Did you sleep well?”“Y-yes,” she answered with a slight tremble in her voice, it was unbelievable, who would have thought that one day she and Kayden; would be lying down in her bed, naked and tangled underneath the sheets? “How long have you been awake?”“For a while now,” He confessed and he reached to feel the soft skin of her fac
Trigger WarningThis chapter contains some violence, please read it at your discretion.Crystal thought to herself, she had to clarify the misunderstanding, probably this anonymous sender was planning to send those gifts to someone else and there must have been a mix-up in the addresses… She wasn’t close with any middle-aged man, so why did he keep sending her letters and gifts? She was only lucky Kayden had moved her out of his office, he would be so worried by now, that’s why she would meet with this old man and tell him to stop. She was able to get out of the company and proceed to the parking lot without being noticed by anyone; at least not anyone close enough to follow her.She stood out in the open, her eyes met by the very bright lights of the underground parking lots, that almost blinded her. She stood there rigidly in one spot for about a minute or two, unsure of what to do or where to go, and there was no one in sight too.The letter didn’t give much details, it simpl
Crystal’s eyes fluttered open when she heard a pained growl that came from Jake, when her eyes opened, he was on the ground, with Sebastian’s heavy boots placed against Jake’s head.“Crystal!” She turned in the other direction, and she saw Kayden heading toward her in fast strides, he pulled her as he got down on one knee and his silver eyes narrowed when he noticed her busted lips and swollen eyes. He reached for her face and caressed her in his palms, she felt fresh tears well up in her eyes, and his frown deepened when he noticed the narrow cut on her neck, it was terrible, even though shallow.Kayden didn’t want to imagine what would have happened to her if they got there any second later, the bastard had a knife to her delicate throat, as though she was a piece of vegetable, why would someone be so evil?“I-I’m sorry,” she whispered and his frown deepened, for what reason is she apologizing? “Kayden…” She reached for him and pulled him into a hug, he noticed that she was tre