"If this happens, then there will be no going back," Max said softly as he let his fingers caress her lips.Ave moaned against them. She felt as though her body was on fire, and she didn’t even know what to do to quench her needs. It was the craziest thing that she had ever experienced in her life, and she just couldn’t get enough of Max as she drew a bit closer to him, hating the space between them.Her blue eyes flickered open as she looked at him seductively. "I don’t crave to go back to a mundane world, Max. I want you too, so please stop talking too much and do what you can," she scolded.Before she could breathe, he had retracted his hands from her lips and was kissing her deeply. She was not able to control herself anymore, thanks to the way everything seemed to make her feel so high. Ava let her hands hold onto Max’s short hair as she moaned like never before.He pulled her into his lap, kissing her wildly on the mouth and making her feel so many things at once. She softly pul
Payton let out a sigh as she woke up the next morning feeling moody.Why was that?Her monthly visitor had just arrived!One thing she hated so much was being on her period when she had an important event coming up. Her exhibition was in two days and she had really wished it would come a day after.She groaned, got out of the bed, and then walked to the bathroom.But then again, it was right she saw it, right?She had been on edge ever since the sex with King and even though she had taken the necessary precautions to prevent pregnancies, she still felt scared.Now, it was safe to say that she was not pregnant, right?As she was about to enter the bathroom, her phone beeped from the stand, and she only took a glance at it before she entered the bathroom.As she began her business in the bathroom by first washing her teeth, she exhaled in relief as she remembered that she had packed her tampons with her luggage when she was moving to King’s house.It might have been a hassle if she did
By the time Payton got to the living room, King was done with his breakfast and was ready to leave the house when Payton brushed past him.He pulled his brows together and then turned to look at her as she walked away, without turning to apologize for brushing him aside rather rudely and harshly.He walked over to her, grabbed her wrist, and then turned her around to look at him.“Did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed again?” He frowned.“Mind your business,” she hissed and tried to wriggle her hand from his grasp.“Oh? You bumped into me. You would not apologize for that?” He asked with a raised brow.“I did?”“What are you thinking about? Are you good?” He asked, feigning the least of care.“What is it to you?” She asked and tried to move her hand away again.“You are so cranky… as usual,” he shook his head.“You’re not going to have breakfast ?” He asked her and she gave out a long, tired smile.“Fuck breakfast, King, can you just let me go?”He stared at her carefully and h
Payton stood from her chair, moved over to the coffee making machine in the corner of her office and when she noticed that Ava had stood up too, she sighed.“You are making coffee? I want too. I want a lot of sugar.”Payton gave no response and only concentrated on making her coffee. When she was done, she grabbed the handle of the cup, turned around, and then stopped in front of Ava.“Where is mine?”“I will not ask you again, Ava. Why have you come here? Drop your act and get to the point,” she hissed.Ava stared at Payton for a while before she burst into laughter and clapped her hands together.“Don’t tell me you look this miserable because of the video I sent?” She laughed.“Excuse you?”“You wanted me to drop the act,” Ava shrugged her shoulders off and Payton raised her brows.“Are you surprised… or angry that I am together with your ex-boyfriend?”“Ava…” Payton started and pressed her lips together.“What are you thinking… with Max?” She finally asked.“Why do you care? It’s n
Payton bit her lower lips gently as she raised her head to look at the wall clock for the umpteenth time. The previous day, while she had waited for King to arrive from work, she had slept off.Well… waking up to hear that he did not even come home made her more angry.She had arrived from work quite late as she was busy with the exhibition that was taking place the next day and after she had dinner, she sat in her room, waiting to hear the sound of King’s car driving in.“Is he not coming home again?!” She hollered in frustration and stood from where she sat.It was almost ten pm, should a responsible husband not be in the house already?Responsible husband, my ass.She hissed again.“Why are you waiting for him?” Tiana finally asked her boss.She had chosen to ignore since the previous day but now she could not help but wonder what she had to discuss with him that was making her cranky.“I have something important to tell him, of course,” she exhaled and rested her hands on her wai
“Woah, she hung up on me!” King hissed and dropped his phone on the table.“Payton?” Dariel asked.King twitched his lips upward and then nodded his head.If there was anything he had come to enjoy recently, it was getting on Payton’s nerves.Of course, he knew that it was her talking.He had her contact saved… and even without that, he does not think he would ever not recognize that grumpy voice.But… Why did she want to see him?It was the first time she would be calling him since they got married and he could only wonder why she wanted to see him.He picked up the glass of wine, gulped it down his throat, and then stood up, hitting the table with his fist.“I gotta go.”“Go where?” Dariel raised his brows.“Home,” he shrugged his shoulders off.“Home?”“Yeah. I’m going home.”“Why? You said you’re staying over at my place.”“Payton wants me to come home,” he had said before realizing that he should not have.Dariel might tease him about it.“You are going home because she suddenly
Payton pressed her lips together and exhaled. Of course, he would not agree to help her that easily.What an arrogant bastard.She pressed her lips together, blinked her eyes, and played with the tip of her fingers. “You saw the painting, right? And you asked about the theme.”“So?” King tilted his head.“Its theme is family. The painting illustrates ‘Family’ and I will be talking about it there too. It will seem weird if you are not in attendance… don’t you think?” She raised her brows, hoping he would see meaning in her words.“I don’t think so. I mean, I asked you about the theme two weeks ago which you also just mentioned now, but… what did you tell me? I think you said something like I should mind my business, yeah? So, now, how is your exhibition anywhere near my business?”Payton gnashed her teeth together before she hurriedly gave him a short smile and shook her head.“I didn’t mean it that way, you know? You have probably taken it the wrong way and…”“How would I know how you
As King entered the car and stared at Payton’s car that drove out of the compound, he exhaled and looked out the window. His personal assistant was in the car, at the front seat beside his driver and this was because of the meeting they were having together outside the company.The man had arrived at his house early.“When is the exhibition my wife is hosting starting?” He asked.“Eleven Am, sir.”“When is the meeting we’re having starting?”“Nine, sir.”“How many hours drive is it from the meeting point to the gallery?”“About an hour with no traffic, sir.”“And…” he continued and turned to look at his boss well.“You scheduled a meeting with the detective by eleven sir.”“Which detec… oh?”“Yes, sir. You had asked to move it to today by eleven two days ago.”“Woah… you’re so diligent with your work,” King let out a sarcastic sigh and rolled his eyes.“I am really glad to hear this from you! I have been working so hard for…”“Enough, can you try to fit in my meeting with the detecti
“Fucking fuck!” Payton screamed as soon as she entered the room and locked it behind her.She stood transfixed in the middle of the room, covered her mouth with her palms, and then stared into a space.Hold on… did she really have sex with… KING?!No. No way that would happen.That would have never happened.But… How can she explain their naked body joined together on the couch in the morning?Did he really take advantage of her?There was no way she would let King have se—And the memories of the previous night came crashing into her head which made her widen her eyes and then scream."Don’t look so naive. Your dick is shaped like a banana, and I think I had imagined it getting into me once, right?"The words she had said hit her head and she widened her eyes again, this time like it was going to pop out of her head.“THE FUCK— I SAID THAT?!” She screamed at no one in particular and then shook her head.“No way I said that. Jesus! That is defamation!”“But… we truly had sex?” She sl
King couldn’t believe that he was doing this right now. It shouldn’t be right because Payton was so wasted, but he couldn’t bring himself to pull back either. The feeling of her lips on his was so intense, and he couldn’t stop himself from licking her lips like it was a cherry. He slowly pulled her by the waist, but she slipped once more into his arms. He laughed softly, unable to believe that Payton was actually in his arms. "Think about it, you wouldn’t be able to leave my hold if you keep doing this. So, you have all the time in the world to leave now," he said softly."You talk too much," she mumbled as she placed both hands on either side of his face.King growled as he looked into her drunken eyes. "I don’t want to talk too much anymore," he whined as he pulled her head down into a kiss.He could feel her hand all over his body, and he loved it. Their kisses turned sloppy, and Payton tried to slide his shirt off. She was literally wrestling with it at that point. King softly
“What if I told you that the feeling is mutual?” He asked amidst laughter, enjoying every bit of anger that was on her face.“I hate you so so much!” She shrieked and tried to slap his arm again, but he was quick to catch it.He dragged her down to his position, her face just a few inches away from his.“We…” King started, his breath fanning her cheek.“Are we ever going to stop fighting and probably get on the same page?” He asked, almost in a whisper.Payton stared at his pink lips and then breathed out heavily. “I doubt that, asshole.”She pushed him away and then stood upright. She adjusted her clothes and then walked away.King leaned in the chair comfortably, placed his index finger on his lips, and then smiled.“So cute.”He does not know exactly what was cute, but, ‘so cute.’===Payton exhaled as she stabbed the another piece of the stir-fried beef and put it in her mouth.It had been a week and a couple of days since she had that discussion with King and to her greatest surp
King stared at Payton whose legs staggered and then settled on the floor gently.Was she being sentimental because of what he had said?If he knew that he would be getting this reaction from her, he might have told her since.In fact, he would have told her that the moment he found out.“No one believed me,” she started as she picked on her fingers.“Only Savanah did, though.”“Ah… Savannah is my friend, but she has traveled out of the country again,” she said as if he had asked her who Savannah was.“Even my father didn’t believe me. No one did. In fact, it got to a point that I started to believe that maybe, I had done it on purpose. Maybe I had gone to your room that night by myself… or maybe I had set you up like you had claimed…” she inhaled and shook her head.“The truth is not always what we see, right?” She chuckled.“Even Ava did not believe me and that was painful because she knew so well that I would not have done that.”‘But she set you up, dummy.’King thought inwardly.W
When King had arrived home and had not met Payton, he, at first thought she was somewhere around their perimeter but when he walked around and didn’t find her, he proceeded out of their property.Finding Payton with another man was the least of what he was expecting. She didn’t know anyone here, so he did not expect that he would find her with someone. A man especially.They were standing so close to each other that he wondered what they were talking about.Not thinking twice, King rushed over to her, and then wrapped his arm around her waist, like he was marking his territory.“What are you do… doing here?” she struggled to ask the man who refused to let go of her even for a second.“I have been looking for you,” he repeated, still staring at the man.“Ah… he is your…”“I am her husband,” he said as he finally released his grip on Payton.“Why are you here?” Payton grabbed the tip of his clothing.She knew this look in his eyes.He looked like he was ready to pounce on Ramon and then
“I… I did not know you could cook though,” King said after he finally finished eating in silence.“I guess I should have walked around with vegetables hanging around my neck,” she said casually, and he shook his head.“You could have just accepted that compliment without being insultive,” he hissed.“How is that a compliment? You think I could not cook. Is that a compliment?”“Is it not? Women like you don’t know how to cook,” King said as he worked on his juice and he was still drinking it before he realized that he might have said something to annoy the woman.“Now, that is an insult. You cannot tell me otherwise,” Payton seethed and he shook his head.“You think that is an insult?!” He widened his eyes.“Women like me… It sounds like you are being prejudiced.”“Or it is you giving it too much meaning,” he shrugged his shoulders off.“I guess I should not have gone through the hassle of cooking for you.”“It is a hassle?”“You are ungrateful,” Payton smacked her tongue and stood up.
The previous night had to be the most hectic night that Payton had ever had.Did she even close her eyes at all? She doubted it.The evident eye bags were proof on their own.When she and King had retired to the room after a very silent and awkward dinner, she divided the bed with the side pillows on the bed and warned the man sternly to not cross the line.King only watched while she performed what he had called stupidity.It was not like they were little kids that something would happen even if their bodies just touched a little.After the woman finished dividing the bed, he lay on the side of the bed, and he did not know why he had slept off almost immediately.Only when he woke up at midnight did he see that the woman was sleeping, while sitting and her back resting on the wall.He shook his head, and then returned to sleep, comfortably of course.When they woke up, he could hear the woman cussing and mumbling that she had a worse night, but still, he said nothing and had his busi
When the chauffeur dropped them off late at night at the house that their mother had arranged for them, Payton breathed out in relief as she entered the beautiful house that was literally built with glass.While she was outside, she could see the inside clearly and even though she could, she could not wait to enter the house.It was a beautiful glass house that was located by the island, and this was the kind of sight that she had always longed for.Maybe it was nice that she was on this honey— no, vacation.She had not had the chance to travel out for vacation before. It was all for work, and strictly work.It was not that she could not afford to, but she spent all of her time working, and coming up with new ideas.The pressure of running her mother’s art gallery was a bit heavy and she had never admitted it to anyone before.She wanted to do well.She wanted to work so well that no one would blame her mother for leaving her with something like that.And she knew she was trying. She
Payton and King sat in silence in front of each other in the plane as it forced its move forward to the air.Payton leaned her head comfortably in her seat and shook her head.Before they had entered the plane, King and her had tried to persuade their mother but Amerie remained adamant and then went ahead to tell them that if they kept pestering her, she would extend it by two months.The plane was silent. It was just them and the flight attendants in the awkwardly comfortable plane.She had never been on a plane alone before. Not even when she had business outside the country. Why would she anyway?The space they were in was so huge and comfortable that it could pass for a room. The seats were facing each other and without saying much, they settled in front of each other even though there were many seats in the plane.As she remembered again that she would be stuck with King in an unknown place for the next four weeks, she breathed out in frustration and shook her head.King raised