04

His hand unclamped when he heard his name roll off my tongue, it seemed to thoroughly distract him. My legs carried me back up the stairs, I couldn’t help but speed walk to the room. My hands were pulling at the material wrapped around my body, there was an unsettling feeling inside my body.

I made it inside the room and harshly slammed the door shut, my chest was heaving heavily up and down. My hands were still plastered on the door, which was intense for reasons they shouldn’t be for. What if he kills me now ? My brain immediately started going over the cons of declining his partnership.

I’m stuck in a house that was filled with him, there’s no possibility of avoiding his devilish grin.

My eyes met the harsh sunlight, a pounding headache made its appearance causing my fingers to rub my temples. Last night’s events came back to me in pieces, a groan practically left my lips. I stood up in desperate need of caffeine, I threw on a pink robe that I found hanging in the closet before walking inside the bathroom. I brushed my teeth and my hair, I tucked a piece of my blonde hair behind my ear.

I walked downstairs very cautiously not knowing who to expect, the smell of coffee filled my nose. There was a mug sitting on the island, it was filled to the brim and there was milk sitting right next to it. It wasn’t too hot just the perfect temperature, I poured a splash of milk. I picked it up and brought it to my mouth, I inhaled the delicious smell before taking a sip.

I looked around the kitchen realizing this might’ve been someone’s coffee but there was no one around. The sound of groaning was coming from the other room, my brain was telling me to stay put but my curiosity told me to follow the sound so I did.

I peeked inside the room, my mouth fell completely open with no regard for anyone seeing me. It was Alistair, he was completely shirtless with black shorts on. He was slamming his fist repeatedly against the punching bag with no protection over his hands, he was covered in sweat it was dripping down his forehead even his hair was soaked. Those abs looked sharp and intimidating.

My eyes trailed down his body, he had a few tattoos but my eyes fell on the angel on his back with a name written in delicate handwriting right beneath it. I squeezed my eyes slightly to read the name better, ‘Nathaniel’ was spelled.

« See something you like. » He said, my body froze like I was a child getting caught stealing candy.

« I like your tattoos. » I mentioned, my voice sounded very distracted. I was hoping he’d think that was the only thing I was staring at but he wasn’t stupid.

He stopped punching the bag, his shoulders were super wide with sweat covering them. My eyes followed a drip traveling down his chest, who knew exercising was so hot ? I gulped quietly when he walked closer to me, my heart was beating so fast I was afraid it’d fall out.

« I see you took my coffee. » He said with a smirk tugging at his lips.

He was standing in front of me, his eyes fell on the mug between my hands. He looked back at me before lowering his head, my hands didn’t dare to move as he locked his lips around the mug taking a sip. He was bent down, something inside of me liked how he looked up at me with his hooded eyes.

Goodness gracious

« Which one is your favorite ? » He asked, there’s no way a man like this exists.

« I don’t know, I can’t see them that well. » I said, it was getting hard to produce words.

« Take a look then. »

I gulped, and my head nodded at his every command. My eyes fell to his stomach where there was a huge lily flower tattoo and ‘Arden’ was written on his lower hip. His arm had tattoos scattered all across, ‘I love you deeper than the oceans and skies’ was written in small letters, in my opinion, it was a beautiful saying. The rest of his tattoos were of a half-moon, and vines trailing up his arm. I’m pretty sure all his tattoos have meaning, there wasn’t a single one that wasn’t beautiful.

« Who’s the lily for ? » I asked.

« My twin brother, Arden. » He said while exhaling against my cheeks. « Lilies are his favorite flowers. »

I smiled slightly, he’s a twin. Clearly he loves his brother very much, it’s adorable.

« What about the half moon ? »

« That’s what the moon looked like the night my mom was born. » His eyes watched me, very carefully.

I nodded while walking around him, I wonder if my eyes felt heavy on him. My legs halted when I saw the tattoo that caught my attention earlier. My fingers hesitated but gently pressed against his sweaty skin, they traced the angel and the name below. It was the most beautiful piece of art I’ve ever seen, at least I think of course I don’t remember whether I was a huge fan of art or not.

« And this one ? » I asked, my voice croaky.

He moved his arm around my waist and spun me around so fast that I’m shocked I didn’t get whiplash, my back pressed against the cold wall with his abs pressed against my chest. His chest was heaving up and down with sweat dripping from his hair, my eyes hazily looked up at his. The coffee mug was now on the floor, some of the liquid gold spilled on my chest but I had no reaction.

My breathing deepened with him standing so close to me, his darkened eyes trailing down my neck to my chest which was covered in coffee. His arms caged me in, and his biceps were practically flexing in front of my face. His jaw was clenched and his hair was messy, along with his body was red.

« Not important. » He mumbled under his breath.

Bingo, very important

« You’re very close. » I whispered while staring between us, my fingers squeezing the bottom of my robe.

I desperately needed space because I couldn’t think right now, not with his body being so close to mine.

« Am I ? » His voice sounded very light and breathless, it made me secretly close my legs even tighter.

His head moved even close to my face, his breath fanned against my red cheeks. We both locked eyes as his mouth hovered inches away from my burning skin. He lowered his head very slowly down my chest where the coffee was laying, my body shivered involuntarily. His tongue rolled across his bottom lip, his mouth touched my skin very gently tasting the coffee off my chest.

My hand flew to the side of his neck with my mouth parted, my head couldn’t help but fall back against the wall. His lips felt weird against my chest, it felt like a good sensation and I mostly felt it between my legs. His hand dropped from the wall onto my hip, he pinned my hip even more to the wall.

His lips traveled up to my neck where he laid long kisses, a moan rumbled from deep inside my throat when he kissed a certain spot on my neck.

« That’s it, angel. » He whispered very huskily against my skin, my body reacted immediately to the sound of his voice. « Keep whining. »

He kissed the top of my chin before pulling away slightly, I was confused about everything I just felt right now. I think we both were confused with each other, and the only way we dealt with it was to stare into each other’s eyes. I could see my reflection through his eyes and he probably could see his, that’s the only reason, right ?