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081: Cuddles and Kisses (I)
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2021-09-29 16:02:56Ayla stared up at the screen, taking in all the numbers which kept flashing over it one after the other. She moved her legs slightly under the black coat which was draped over them. Claude had moved it from the back of his chair the minute he realized how her propped up legs were bare and on display.
It had already been an hour since.she was pulled to settle down on Claude's lap before a room full of executives. She had tried talking him into letting her leave the conference hall during the coffee break, but the man threatened her in return.
"Don't think that I will not kiss you again if you keep arguing with me over this."
Since that moment, she had kept her lips clamped shut as she didn't want to give him a single chance. It wasn't because she didn't enjoy their kiss or wasn't looking forward to having another one, but because she didn't want others to have a show of their own to enjoy meanwhile.
Her tongue darted out and tra
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Claude smiled at her, seeing how vexed she looked all because he refused to continue kissing her. He really wanted to, but at the same time he needed to clear a couple of things."Spill it out, Claude." She pressed him. "Or do you want me to go find someone else who will be willing to kiss me without ruining the moment.""Oh, baby…" He smirked down at her before leaning forward. Bringing his lips next to her ear, he pressed them against its outer shell. "I want you to remember one thing clearly, if at any point you don't feel comfortable, ask me to stop right away. I won't push you, neither am I going to mind it. Got it?"Ayla's gaze softened as she looked up at him. Instead of letting things take their own pace, he was putting her comfort above everything else. She was touched by his thoughts alone. "I will keep that in mind." She gave him a small smile, hoping that it would be enough to convey how grateful she was to him."Good.
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"Your mother raised you better than this."That was it, the last straw of her patience snapping into two."Don't you dare bring my mother into this conversation." She raised her voice a couple of notches. "I get it that you detest me at times, I truly do. And I am fine with it. But you don't get to talk about my mother like that just so you could get the upper hand in a conversation over me.""That's not what I was trying to say." His tone dropped down to normal as he shifted his eyes to the floor as his gaze became clouded."I don't care what you meant by it, grandfather. But you don't get to talk about her. Especially not when you didn't even bother showing up at her funeral." Ayla spoke up, her voice never wavering. She didn't mind it whenever the old man scolded her as if she wasn't good enough, but how could he do this?"I had my reasons." He spoke up as he looked up to meet her gaze. "I am sorry if it came out wr
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"You should hear the rest, my child." Her grandfather spoke in between before letting out a dark chuckle.Now that definitely made everything suspicious."What are you not telling me here, Claude?" She narrowed her eyes at her husband who was looking everywhere but at her."Let's just say the rest of my family isn't really a fan of you." He scratched the back of his head as he looked down on the floor."But, I have never even met them. I highly doubt they even know about me except for my name maybe." She made it a mission to always stay out of any kind of news whether or not it involved her own family."I know that already, love. It's just that they know about your existence." He sighed in frustration."And that's enough of a reason for them to dislike me?" Ayla couldn't believe her ears. Being judgemental was one thing, but disliking someone before they even got to know them was definitely another.It wa
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