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"If someone you love hurts you, cry a river, build a bridge and get over it."974Please respect copyright.PENANANuTwBUyT1U
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"I'm nervous, Scarlett."974Please respect copyright.PENANADyALLLsKHg
In the midst of choosing the attire for his special night, after probably scandalizing his whole closet and not getting the desired piece, I stopped my ministrations, only to turn around to look at his troubled expression. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAMRUg7J3YHd
Very rare, indeed. 974Please respect copyright.PENANA3aFyooAJAe
"What if she doesn't like me?"974Please respect copyright.PENANAPuXMo8UHuy
When I made no move to correct him, he gauged my incredulous expression, but continued nevertheless. "You know I don't have much experience with women."974Please respect copyright.PENANAMca4txXSmx
Actually, his 'much' translates to "shaking hands with the urgent female pests and later sanitazing his whole bloodstream with the likes of Lifeboy. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAo4KWLWcVd6
But I knew better than to peel his words, and throw the carbs back at him. 974Please respect copyright.PENANACRZyBsqfC4
"I highly doubt Kiara isn't sensible enough to see what I see in you."974Please respect copyright.PENANAnbHLiIlp2j
Staring right through his hidden soul, I smiled genuinly. "That you're the most handsome piece of flesh and blood, highly advanced functioning robot with the special lie detector, having characterised devotion and pride to your work, and not necessarily to say, but much better person in real than what you let all those around you see."974Please respect copyright.PENANABnywi4RKjs
But as expected, he didn't believe a word of mine so I continued rummaging through his clothes. 974Please respect copyright.PENANA4wwSkL8PvC
"Kiara is someone I don't want to let go of, anytime soon."974Please respect copyright.PENANAiqrSPbqgmY
I didn't turn around. "I know."974Please respect copyright.PENANAru9OrPL1WR
"If things turn out right, I'll propose her to be my wife."974Please respect copyright.PENANA3Hpt4Egrw7
I didn't respond, knowing its alreadly clear to both of us, that if things didn't turn out right in the end, he'll break from inside and I have to be beside him to help him, recover, revive. 974Please respect copyright.PENANArr0cVUCmlp
To be back on his feet again. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAzUGdNF5vNf
"I'm not experienced enough, Scarlett."974Please respect copyright.PENANAQya6GF6jD7
Yes, wooing women had never been on the list of his achievements. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAtydzIHP9Bg
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But there is always a first time for everything. He needed to know that. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAA52GM21N0Z
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He needed to know he didn't need my help anymore. I was just his employee.974Please respect copyright.PENANAcMO2zAlRuH
His secretary. Assigned to help him in his work. 974Please respect copyright.PENANA6Go86VCahE
Not his friend. Present here to give him love advise. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAbFmfOKL521
Taking a deep breath, I bit my lip hard, finding it hard to ignore the anticipation of his next words. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAGTirPePdcD
Sometimes, I wish I didn't know him that much. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAJZOG05EKl6
"Hazel."974Please respect copyright.PENANAdhHyenlUUB
Instantly, my body stiffened, hearing my first name roll out so beautifully, lovely, sensually, from his mouth, and I gripped his robes tightly around my fingers, clutching them for life, silently shooking my head, my heart not wanting to hear his next words.974Please respect copyright.PENANANwVF8qEWWc
Grabbing all my wits, slowly I turned around, looking as casual as the moon hidden behind the clouds, tucking a lock of hair behind my ear. 974Please respect copyright.PENANASoSXQ7wlwg
Not wanting to make it awkward, I placed the selected pair of clothes on his bed, feeling his precise eyes gauging my every movement, making my skin tingling with nervousness. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAcYaJh3LAaj
But when he made no move to go and change whatsoever, I sighed to myself and walked to his side, placing both of my hands on his broad shoulders, making him look at me. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAuVK8QbmyVy
He would need some encouragement and a slight push, I thought.974Please respect copyright.PENANA1JGQQcO7r5
"I think you're thinking too much, Heath. Any women in their right mind would love to be with you and any women in their wrong mind would kill to be with you."974Please respect copyright.PENANAyBDl2S3kNK
He didn't look a bit convinced. It's okay, I didn't expect any better from him. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAfrMpjzW73j
He looked at me with blank eyes, his expression passionless, and I cursed myself for not realizing that he could be as silent as the dark, if he wanted. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAAp9d4QgA1e
The more he felt, the more he hid. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAl2WXNrviIA
Because he was scared of being betrayed and left behind. 974Please respect copyright.PENANASScMcaBaRK
He had his pretty good damn reasons for thinking that, I decided after remembring everything he went through. 974Please respect copyright.PENANA0ovDEn2RcM
He didn't talk much, he was not arrogant like all the rich funky rude bastards, he was not conceited, baring him of any drop of narsissance, but he can be all of those, if required and nobody knew it better than me. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAiky8xilWDX
He was wounded, but he would rather die than let anyone see and take advantage of it, he was thirsty, of love, of his parents, of his grandfather, of his love, Kiara.974Please respect copyright.PENANAvtQbAYeYBF
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But he found it easier to bury it deep inside his heart, than to let it all out. As usual, we run from the truth, only to collide with its cruelity, it's purity, one day, with such a force that it tackles us down to the past, the one place where nobody wants to wander again. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAOGlchMZ94l
No matter how much good or bad, it is. Nobody wants to go deep into their past. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAm0CNafinZh
And this time, he encountered the truth, with bravery, and embraced it in his heart, to move forward, with better promises, with his loved ones. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAfW2yqi0UBC
"You don't have to worry over trifle things, I know you can do better than-"974Please respect copyright.PENANANscV2BaJyi
"You're her sister, Scarlett. Nobody knows her better than you. Tell me what she likes..." He gazed at me with intensity tearing my insides. I could feel his breath honning my lips, making them part in desired anticipation. "In men."974Please respect copyright.PENANAnBaLG6UXpY
My throat went dry, my mind blaring with his request, trying to find any suitable answers for him, but I found none. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAXTxwgAzloM
Except for she likes every men, as long as they behave as one. 974Please respect copyright.PENANADTtEGTJdxh
But knowing him, it was better to keep it to myself.974Please respect copyright.PENANAzBsJmq0r21
"I... " Inching my face away from him, I tried to look at anywhere but him. "Kiara isn't picky type, you know. She likes almost everyone, instantly." 974Please respect copyright.PENANAI4Wh1x4VoG
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Feeling his intense burning stare at my skin, I added in haste."As a friend, of course."974Please respect copyright.PENANAgL67AlfpYO
He hesitated. "But I don't want her to think of me as a friend anymore. We've had a fair three year long friendship already."974Please respect copyright.PENANAlehoUOYydy
I've been with you for seven years straight, I thought.974Please respect copyright.PENANAzvWLGtZqep
"How about you tell me what does she like in men, romantically?"974Please respect copyright.PENANANtVvq2m6uL
Immediately, my mind flashed back to all those times I found Kiara making out with some guy in her closer, her car, outside balcony, and sometimes, even in my own room. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAh4PxEEkdW6
I sighed. This was going to be a long day to convince him of his doubts.974Please respect copyright.PENANAkP76e2JG3a
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Cautiously, I tried to pry his hand off my own shoulders, but when he didn't make any move to let go, I decided to just go ahead and get over with it. 974Please respect copyright.PENANA0AWpRRxp6h
"I think she likes to have.." Briefly, I glanced at his lips, gulped inwardly before moving up to look at him."a proper kiss on her first date."974Please respect copyright.PENANAoWL5tZX2n4
I grinned forcefully, trying to look as casual as possible, but that came out rather than a frown, I realised. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAYJ0x7nqjO3
He frowned himself in response. "Proper? A kiss is a kiss, Scarlett. Whatever do you mean with a proper one?"974Please respect copyright.PENANAx6k0FgPKwl
Horrified at his interrogation, I tried to swallow my own tongue. "Its just a speculation, Heath. I suppose she would rather have an entertaining date with someone she likes, such as perhaps you, than have ugly smooches-"974Please respect copyright.PENANArrNTGvq3NV
"Ugly smooches? You think I can't kiss her properly?" His eyes darkened in gloom, clutching my shoulders tightly around his long fingers. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAirUfWpzBXe
I raised my hands in defence. "No! I didnt mean it like that. You know it! You know me-"974Please respect copyright.PENANAkcph4TpGZf
But then suddenly, he dropped my hands from my shoulders and inched away from me, looking guilty. Befuddled, I just looked at his enchanted form. 974Please respect copyright.PENANA916R3QeuES
"I think you're right. How can I ever-" He stopped, took long strides, standing back in front of me, and cupped my chin with his both hands, making me look at him in more confusion. 974Please respect copyright.PENANACONR9QN4mc
Heath Evercrest never touched women unless unfortunately, the said women was his mother, which he never did willingly of course, or the said women happened to be his weired sister, whom he had to touch in order to shove her out of his office, his house, his room, and sometimes, even his bathroom. 974Please respect copyright.PENANA3qexyNS5EM
"Why didn't I think of it like that? Hell, yes right. Of course, Kiara would wish to have me kiss her, it's obvious, Scarlett. But how am I supposed to know if she would like it if I kiss her my way, or.." His eyes twinkled as he looked at me."If I kiss her the way she wants, which you'll show me."974Please respect copyright.PENANAsdDDgl7FjF
I stared at him blankly, as if he'd just asked me to show him how my sister wants him to kiss her. 974Please respect copyright.PENANATEPeXOUPXk
Realising that's exactly what he said, I toppled over in my own steps, knocking him down gently with my own disbalance, both of us landing on his soft bed, him on top of me, breathing heavily.974Please respect copyright.PENANAuY6SJPvZl2
I tried to reason with him, our close proximity suddenly making me crazy. Nudging him gently on his shoulders, I tried to push him from above me. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAyvPcz8GWGN
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But when he didn't, I grew nervous. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAho8B7NKx5f
"You're drunk." I said, as a matter of fact.974Please respect copyright.PENANAZaIrxgKu3P
"I can't be. Just four cans of beer isn't enough for me to get inebriated."974Please respect copyright.PENANARlSTm0w0Hi
Four! He told me he just had two. 974Please respect copyright.PENANA2BB5RXqk5a
"You know you've a low tolerance for alcohol, Heath."974Please respect copyright.PENANAMqIgRA1BLV
He narrowed his eyes, as if I had been indignant of his muscularity. "I know my limits, Scarlett."974Please respect copyright.PENANAXyS3virSMi
"That's not the point here-"974Please respect copyright.PENANATLwGBYg1yC
"You've been getting increasingly and annoyingly accusing of my behaviours lately and you know-" He started. 974Please respect copyright.PENANALj3JG45oUu
"That's because you don't listen to a thing I say-"974Please respect copyright.PENANA0tUVYkYh74
"Do you think you're under any position to order me around now?"974Please respect copyright.PENANAE9jczrHh9Q
I looked at him, feeling hurt by his words. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAK6M5Tl2UuS
Moreover, I was angry at myself for ever letting myself carried away by his sweet words and nature sometimes. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAZtw2I4djG1
He can be arrogant, rude, narissatic, and egoistic. Any time. I knew it from the start. 974Please respect copyright.PENANA62cGsQzmpC
But then why it always catches me off guard when he changes his attitude so suddenly. 974Please respect copyright.PENANA421lhhG5iG
Why it hurts right in my chest, when my words mean nothing to him just as my presence does, I wondered. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAS4S8Fzyj96
I said nothing, just glared at him back, my eyes now shining with the cresuclent pearls of emerging tears and I cursed myself for ever letting my guard down in front of him. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAAR524fzTgT
Suddenly deciding to have him out of my sight, I put my palm on his chest, pushing him aside roughly, only to have him catch my left hand and push it down to my side, over my head. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAWlbxXsV8kU
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I tried yet hard, raising my right hand at his shoulders now, and when this time he tried to catch it, I raised my left leg and the same time and tried to kick him but he was fast enough, pinning his left leg over my own, securing my right leg with his other one and now grabbing both of my wrists beside my head. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAmOwQ13Fklj
Narrowing his eyes, he looked at me, slightly stained from his activity, and I clenched my teeth in frustration. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAUzB1uEMdiB
Looming over my body, he moved down, his face inches from my own, and I took a deep breath to calm my nerves befoee struggling against him, fighting his strength. 974Please respect copyright.PENANA8YJ3uGY953
Managing to give him some scratches and pain, I was almost out of his grasp when he pushed all his weight on me, stumbling sllghtly on his left leg. 974Please respect copyright.PENANA57sqbQYDmm
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"Stop fighting." He ordered. "And squirming." 974Please respect copyright.PENANAjOgryx0xOf
I nodded in silence, deciding to trust him, which I had been doing for past seven years now, my mind reeling with the fact that if he didn't do anything intimate with me past these years, he was most likely to not do anything now, considering he is in love with another woman. 974Please respect copyright.PENANACfBwEbptje
"You're drunk." I repeated, once he settled in the crook of my neck, his breath ticking my senses. 974Please respect copyright.PENANATyXH5e52bk
"I know."974Please respect copyright.PENANAsRR8GhV6uN
We lay there in silence for I don't know how long, the only thing in my mind right now was how good he felt against me, or how his low heaving breath mingled with my own minty one, or how I bit my lips to refrain myself from sighing or moaning out loud enough for him to hear when his hard chest pressed against my cloth clad breasts, or how his fingers would sometimes graze at my thigh, in pure intentions of putting me in place, of course, or how his lips were mere inches apart from my pulsating throat, so if he would just lean a bit, I would die and go to heaven, or how his lips would actually brush featherlight against my neck, hot breath from his open mouth, making me close my eyes in anticipation, until he decided to break this unbearable silence by shifting some of his weight from me. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAVvyPEFTqG1
I also made my way to sit back up when I collided with his half bent arms and fell back onto the bed with the soft eep, only to see he hadn't fully gone from above me. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAaH5QKecypO
Daring to look back into his eyes, I glanced a look at him. "Heath."974Please respect copyright.PENANA5gr0MfpUjl
"Hazel."974Please respect copyright.PENANAMpzGNwVin1
"I'm-"974Please respect copyright.PENANAZ23jeYnV4d
Sorry, he meant to say but I knew better than to have his ego hurt by apologizing to me. He was far too better to hurt me anyway. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAojQc6JHvjR
"It's okay. I don't mind much." I said, trying to sit back up but when he still didn't move, I sighed. 974Please respect copyright.PENANALxTHSl0lN8
"Hazel."974Please respect copyright.PENANAh0R1232yHv
I didn't want to look back at him. I knew I would give in to his absurd request. I knew what he wanted from me. It was clearly written on his face. 974Please respect copyright.PENANADqqEXKcQpZ
Sometimes I was afraid and angry, why he ever chose me to confide his secrets to, I was grateful he chose me when one day he told me why he didn't go home, or lived with his parents. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAveC6Ib1INm
I was grateful the other day he told me why he hated having his sister around. 974Please respect copyright.PENANArVebaJt97O
I was grateful the day he told me why he chose this company as his future, I was grateful when he told me why he didn't want to leave his office or why he was a workaholic. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAuoVcSQYHsn
Hell, I was even grateful when he told me why he didn't want me to wear heels to the office since he didn't think they suit me, or perhaps, he didn't want me limping to his conference room, sighing in pain. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAAJHHxsLu63
I was most grateful, the day, almost eight years ago, when he found me on the bench, looking all miserable and desperate and offered me, out of nowhere, the most respected position in his company. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAytRKcRZhON
As his secretary. 974Please respect copyright.PENANA1HhvuuvxRu
And I embraced the job with the most grateful look on my face ever. I gave my evrything to my work, his company, his employees, his colleagues, his family. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAMpVAQ0ICUV
To him. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAEtQOUpbrgD
I was utterly grateful that he bought a apartment for me, out of the bonus of my hardwork, of course, 'cause nothing comes free in this world, but still, I was grateful that he did it for me. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAZpCQk9Wui7
He acknowledged my potential. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAxF1RlpYawa
I was grateful when he would call me late at night, not saying anything for hours straight, and I knew he came from the family dinner and didn't like to put down much by his father in front of his own capable sister, but his pride wouldn't let him say it in words to me and so I understood my need to remain silent on that meaningful call as well.974Please respect copyright.PENANAm2Dq3Ljia1
I was grateful he would accompany me to my home, though he did it out of guilt of working me over office hours, but still, he would be grateful enough to drop me across bus stop to take a bus safely home. 974Please respect copyright.PENANApLcK2ozzkc
I was grateful he would come to sleep at my apartment, thought he got maybe god knows how many of them, to escape from his indulging mother, knocking at his door for day, and one look at me would tell me to keep my mouth shut and let him have a spare room for himself for night. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAhR4f4Rg3FX
Outside company, I was his friend. 974Please respect copyright.PENANA3F11VTCjau
Inside it, I was his mere employee. 974Please respect copyright.PENANArQcsDQGCUO
I was torn between choosing what I actually want to mean to him. 974Please respect copyright.PENANA5WvMEredZw
But when I realized what I wanted from him, I knew it was impossible for me to say it aloud, much less than feel it, and so I forgot the dreadful feelings or atleast tried to the minute he opened his another secret to me. 974Please respect copyright.PENANA5fmhlE6iCM
Which, as expected, I was so not grateful for, when he told me he liked Kiara Scarlett, my sister. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAQJQK0BiDqg
Correction: My step-sister. 974Please respect copyright.PENANAU98bkBOMX8
But he didn't have to know that. 974Please respect copyright.PENANALoBJKDeajq
I felt his lips on my bare shoulder and stiffened at his touch. Opening my mouth to stop him, I found my tongue hinged. "You're drunk, Heath."974Please respect copyright.PENANAlGjd18rM7C
"I want Kiara, Hazel."974Please respect copyright.PENANA5VrTRc7yeS
I tried not to focus on the softness of his lips against my skin as he glided them up to the corner of my lips, goosebumps appearing on my now burning skin. "And I want you to help me doing that."974Please respect copyright.PENANAEWfGHjzAHW
Just as that, I found myself crushed beneath his weight, my head hitting the soft pillow of his bed as he empowered me yet again, and I swallowed a lump in my throat. "This isn't the right way to do it, Heath. Besides, you're drunk, you don't know what you're doing-" 974Please respect copyright.PENANAcK0mi8gjAL
"I trust you enough to know what I want, Hazel. And I know you'll not deny me anything."
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