Chapter 4

I hummed in response as he ever so slowly licked the rim of my ear. This was too much. Too good. 

Taking my ear lobe between his teeth, he gently nibbled on them, earning a closed-lipped moan from me. This felt extremely good.

Well, good had to be an understatement. It felt awesome!

His hand trailed down south and he gently brushed my pubic bone. I bit my lip and closed my eyes letting him control me.

I rested my head on his shoulder. He looked right into my eyes and slightly pecked my lips. His hand, now nudged against my core. 

He slightly parted my legs with his own and slightly brushed my already dripping core. This was way too much pleasure.

His crystal eyes bore into mine. I gulped looking at them. He yanked my panties down in a flash. I could feel his member pressing my clit. I closed my eyes.

Beep 

Beep 

Beep 

I groaned and pushed the blanket off of my face. I turned to my side and slammed my fist on the alarm clock.

Wet dream. I guess you become desperate when you haven't slept with anyone in almost a year. And this time the man wasn’t faceless or anything, it was Aeden fucking Beckett.

He has been haunting me everywhere. Since Nina asked me to visit her every day, I’m obliged to see his damn face.

That day was one heck of a day.

that day

“Walking back for this?” His husky voice reverberated. I moved my head to the side to see Aeden standing uncomfortably close to me holding my purse.

“Ye…Yes.” I stuttered like an idiot.

“Here you go,” he said and chuckled.

“Thanks,” I said as I took my purse from him.

“So you are the infamous Carla Ray that my mom keeps talking about all the time,” he said and looked right into my eyes, making my knees weak.

“Shall we sit,” he said gesturing towards the cafe. I just nodded. I had to tell him about his mother’s last wish.

He pulled out a chair and asked me to sit. Such a gentleman! Nobody has ever done this to me. Not even my ex-boyfriend, even though we were together for three years.

“So Miss. Ray, you ran?” He asked me as he sat down opposite of me and crossed one of his legs over the other.

“Yeah about that…” I said as I shifted uncomfortably in my seat.

“Mrs. Beckett wants me to marry you,” I said all in one go closing my eyes.

“I know,” he whispered softly. I opened my eyes and glared at him. Does he know?

“My mom has been trying to convince me to marry you for a week now,” he said as he chuckled and looked down.

“I told her I have a girlfriend, whom I love very much but, that didn’t sit well with her and now she’s in the hospital.” He sighed defeatedly.

What! He had a girlfriend? wait, was Pearl his girlfriend? If I put two and two together, then that leaves Pearl and Cliff. Cliff can’t be his girlfriend so, Pearl. It was Pearl.

“No. Mrs. Beckett is in the hospital because of me. She asked me to marry you and I denied.” I retorted almost immediately.

“Keep thinking that,” he said looking at me. I didn’t understand what he was trying to say. Talking to this man was also difficult because every time he looked at me, I couldn’t help but shiver. Only I know how I was trying not to seem like an idiot.

“She asked me to marry you today and I agreed. I wasn’t aware that you were already in a relationship and I agreed to it.” I said. I was guilty. I may be separating a happy couple.

“I know,” he said and looked into my eyes. A jolt ran straight down to my core. Those blue eyes were something else.

“I figured it out the way you ran out,” he said. Just then a waiter came by to take our order. I had almost forgotten that we were seated in the outdoor area of the cafe.

“A cup of tea, please,” he said in his sinfully alluring English accent. Why does it feel so good when he speaks?

The snapping of fingers bought me out of my trance. I looked at him and he looked at me with the same confusion I had on my face.

“Your order?” He asked raising one of his perfect brows.

“Ya. Umm... I’ll just have a glass of water,” I said looking towards the waiter. 

“Anything else?” He asked uncertain, looking at me. “No, thanks,” I said with a forced smile and he walked away nodding.

I was starving but I didn’t want to eat right now. Not with him around. He was already a distraction and I didn’t want food to distract me.

“Really, you are not hungry?” He asked as he leaned back and crossed his arms.

“No,” I just replied. An awkward silence blanketed us. He just kept glaring at me and I averted my gaze and looked everywhere but him.

“So?” I asked him after some time, as his silence was too much for me to handle. I wanted to finish this conversation as soon as possible.

“Thanks,” he said to the waiter as he set the cup down. Wow, that was fast. These guys really sever stuff fast.

“So what? You and I get married,” he said calmly as he sipped on his tea. 

Is he even serious? Doesn’t he have a girlfriend already? I looked at him. His eyes are calm rendering no emotion. I couldn’t make out anything.

“Are you serious? You have a girlfriend,” I scoffed. He was still calm and that was annoying me.

“There is no other way out Carla. My mother is dying there and if I can give her few days of joy, I will do it.” He said as he put the cup down and placed his hands on the table and interlocked his fingers.

“I get that Aeden, but, what about your girlfriend? Won't she be mad?” I asked him.

“She was and she still is,” he said, making me frown.

“I have already told her about it. I will marry you but I’ll be faithful to her. I have asked my lawyer to meet us soon, will draft a contract. We will be just married on paper. You can sleep, see and be with anybody you want but make sure it’s secretive enough so that both of our careers don’t get destroyed.” He said nonchalantly.

I was relieved but it did sting too. I always thought I would marry out of love. Be happy. I was getting married to a man who had a girlfriend and he chose to be faithful to her. Why wouldn't he? They love each other unlike me, who isn’t capable of being loved.

He would be extremely careful about it. After all, he is the heir to Nina’s billion-dollar company and I guess he had his own company too. All in all, he was super-rich.

I was attracted to Aeden but I still didn’t want to marry him. It was still unsettling that he would marry me despite having a girlfriend.