I chewed my bottom lips as I watched him with his eyes closed.I had said this countless times before but it seemed like he wasn't getting my message.I didn't belong to him and it was better to make it clear now so it wouldn't come as a surprise when I go back to my life.He opened his eyes slowly and I held my breath, waiting for the string of curses that were sure to follow but to my surprise, he turned back to adding more things to my plate.“Here,” he handed it to me when he was done.Confusedly, I collected the plate from him and he proceeded to plating his own food.His silence was beginning to annoy me.“Are you not going to say anything?” I asked.He gave me a one-shoulder shrug in response.“I'm not going back and forth with you anymore on this, Tabitha,” he said in a bored tone.It was good to see he as no longer mad and now speaking normally to me but at the same time, that unnerved me.“What do you…..”“Shut up and eat,” he cut me off.There was no malice or anger in his
I couldn't breathe.The air around me ceased.My vision became blurry and the sounds around simply waved past my ears.It seemed like every other part of my body had come to a complete shutdown expect my eyes that couldn't look away from the screen.The wide smiles on their faces mocked me and tore at my heart and I wanted to run the other way and squeeze myself in a fetal position and bawl my eyes out if that would make me stop looking at them but my whole body betrayed me and I could only watch the duo, waving happily at the screen.“Don't they look beautiful together?” Hilda cooed beside me and from my peripheral vision, I could see her wiping tears from the corners of her eyes.What the hell?Once again, my body blocked everything out and my eyes zeroed in on the 59.60-carat oval-shaped fancy vivid pink Type IIa diamond engagement ring on her middle finger.Yes, I knew that ring so well, even with just a glance.I had talked about getting engaged with the luxury all my life and Ja
He walked a few feet again and stopped.He turned to me and his brows were furrowed together like he was seriously contemplating his next words.For some reason, I was anxious about what he wanted to say but I kept my mouth shut and waited for him.“Do you….would you want to come to my penthouse?” He asked.My shoulders slumped and I felt like a heavy weight had rolled off them.That was definitely not what I was expecting.“I mean…it's nothing serious, just someplace I go when I want to unwind,” he said flippantly when I didn't reply for a long time.From his tone and the way worry lines marred his forehead, I knew it wasn't ‘nothing serious’ but he was trying to play it off cool.Why would he want to invite me to his penthouse?“It's okay if you don't want to…..”“I'll come,” I cut him off immediately.His tensed muscles visibly relaxed and he nodded once.“Get ready then. You can take your bath here and I'll just….”“No!” I disagreed immediately and sprang up to my feet.I was hear
His body immediately tensed beside me, making me stop in my tracks.“Hey,” a man with a wide smile waved at us.Ares obviously wasn't pleased to see him because his countenance changed and tension rolled out of him in waves.I looked back at the man and the closer he got, the more familiar he became.I narrowed my eyes in slits, trying to juggle my memory and as he pulled his lip ring into his lips, it hit me.The man from that night.“Fancy seeing you here,” he said to Ares and cocked his head to the side.“What are you doing here?” Ares growled.“I just…” he shrugged and dropped his hands by his sides. “Just came to get a good view. Why? Am I also banned from coming here?” He asked with a sly smile.Whoever this person was, he knew how to push Ares' buttons and he was doing it with ease because the man was boiling with anger.“And I see you came with your girl, no?” He continued and his eyes zeroed in on our intertwined fingers.Realization hit me like a freight train. I couldn't pl
“You say that like I'm supposed to know who he is,” I raised an eyebrow and crossed my arms over my chest.“Considering the fact that you literally lived with him, you're supposed to,” he said with furrowed eyebrows.“I lived with him?” What exactly was he driving at.“The pack house?” He said but it came out more like a question.Oh, shoot!“Yeah the pack house,” I played it off coolly. I had almost exposed myself there.But I was certain I didn't see him that day at the pack house. I would have easily recognized him.Ares gave me a questioning look and I knew I had to explain myself.“It's just…there were always a lot of people there and like…I just didn't really notice him,” I provided, hoping it made sense to him because it didn't make any sense to me.“Rodolfo isn't one to go unnoticed,” he whispered under his breath but I heard him.“You both seem to have an…interesting relationship,” I said, trying to steer the topic away from me and my narrow slip up.I succeeded because Are
Ares' pov I turned in my swivel chair with my pen in between my lips as I stared blankly at the projector.I could see the mouth of the presenter moving but nothing he said registered in my mind.“...right,Alpha?” He asked as if on cue.“Yeah, right,” I waved him off and he nodded with a wide grin and continued his presentation.The torturous meeting that dragged on for hours soon came to an end and I closed the 800 million dollar deals with the foreign investors.We shook hands and I walked back to my office, ready to grab my things and bolt.A knock on the door had me looking up.“Yes?” I called and the person walked in.My lips curled into a sneer immediately.“What?” I snapped.He's lucky to still be alive but coming to me wasn't a good idea.He had been trying to meet my eyes all day and I was purposely avoiding him. He should have gotten the message.“I'm sorry, man,” he said with his hands in the air. “It’s just…she came at me and….”“That’s enough,” I cut him off. “Act like i
Bingo!The surprised look on his face was exactly what I wanted to see.I looked between the food and I and I smiled even wider.“Let me make you a plate,” I said softly and when he didn't respond, I proceeded to putting the finest dishes on his plate.He looked at me intently and his eyes burned holes on my forehead but I kept the smile on my face and continued what I was doing.“There,” I said when I was done.I had never seen him dumbfounded as he was right now and if laughing out loud wasn't going to ruin my acting, I would have laughed right in his face.With the same feminine energy, I plated my own food with as much poise and he was yet to raise a fork.“Eat,” I told him but he never took his eyes off me, making my insides melt.I took the first bite of food first and he followed after.I watched his reaction as he ate the food.The steak was a bit salty and too tender and for a second, I feared the onslaught of words that would follow.“You made this?” He asked after he swallo
My lips parted as I stared down at his wet ones and unconsciously, my tongue darted out to wet my lips.“Huh?” He asked when I didn't reply.He looked more sober now as he stared at me with dilated pupils that made tingles run down my spine.“I…I…” I stuttered because I suddenly wasn't able to form a coherent speech.He smiled even more and brought his hand down to my thighs.Warmth spread through me as he stroked his callous but gently palms around the insides of my thighs.“Do you want me to?” He asked but my answer could only come out as a moan.I was too engrossed in the pleasure his large palms were bringing me to be embarrassed.His touch extended to the inside of my thighs and I held my breath.He inched closer and closer to my needy core and I widened my legs a bit more, granting him more access.An evil smile spread across his lips and nothing could have prepared me for what was coming.“Do you?” He asked and before I could get any word out, swiped his thumb across my clit th