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"If someone you love hurts you, cry a river, build a bridge and get over it."1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkeeXBRPo7w
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"I'm nervous, Scarlett."1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMhZaxJLCi
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. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv32fmLIFbi
Very rare, indeed. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN6xisd7lTA
"What if she doesn't like me?"1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ51EJOs6GaJ
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."1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKiCUMdltQ
Actually, his 'much' translates to "shaking hands with the urgent female pests and later sanitazing his whole bloodstream with the likes of Lifeboy. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWaWH25OEui
But I knew better than to peel his words, and throw the carbs back at him. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeK4iuK746j
"I highly doubt Kiara isn't sensible enough to see what I see in you."1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqvgmC3uaLN
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."1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAenGBV6dcO
But as expected, he didn't believe a word of mine so I continued rummaging through his clothes. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyytRtfn6TW
"Kiara is someone I don't want to let go of, anytime soon."1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFGKEWo7Zd
I didn't turn around. "I know."1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWi2DxDj7y
"If things turn out right, I'll propose her to be my wife."1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7sYl8fKML
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. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6slQynGn0
To be back on his feet again. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ93symvp4qv
"I'm not experienced enough, Scarlett."1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Trmr7r5Fr
Yes, wooing women had never been on the list of his achievements. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wVQuksCAK
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But there is always a first time for everything. He needed to know that. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonZlbXYMkY
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He needed to know he didn't need my help anymore. I was just his employee.1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrIvsKHMbAM
His secretary. Assigned to help him in his work. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxi5hLlrt0A
Not his friend. Present here to give him love advise. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC4plkxpAzM
Taking a deep breath, I bit my lip hard, finding it hard to ignore the anticipation of his next words. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vWT1gQAqx
Sometimes, I wish I didn't know him that much. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ykVtTPsSx
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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.1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnHEam5zujl
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. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd9XaZlxiMD
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. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhKz4SaOzoY
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. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvZKNAzZ3c
He would need some encouragement and a slight push, I thought.1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSaUMlyIn2
"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."1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeF6domdmRJ
He didn't look a bit convinced. It's okay, I didn't expect any better from him. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLXj0HeWD09
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. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlS0vLnPLGq
The more he felt, the more he hid. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ToQfBc0U0
Because he was scared of being betrayed and left behind. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx185WmEStT
He had his pretty good damn reasons for thinking that, I decided after remembring everything he went through. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEVvbJ1f8MH
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. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Oe09dV56Y
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.1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8TVvrXuwPc
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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. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhknEblTMA0
No matter how much good or bad, it is. Nobody wants to go deep into their past. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPjJ4UKedAF
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. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡERUfyhQxYO
"You don't have to worry over trifle things, I know you can do better than-"1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2EZxyf0VV
"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."1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCtAmTolLMS
My throat went dry, my mind blaring with his request, trying to find any suitable answers for him, but I found none. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePgecTXUzI
Except for she likes every men, as long as they behave as one. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuW0vwEjx3l
But knowing him, it was better to keep it to myself.1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ji9yTJKyq
"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." 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTtFkOgwi5
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Feeling his intense burning stare at my skin, I added in haste."As a friend, of course."1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXQgDe4fT3
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."1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6HeAUJ7i1
I've been with you for seven years straight, I thought.1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfODno0YXCJ
"How about you tell me what does she like in men, romantically?"1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMx1H0c2WbP
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. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMCvQZTOLX7
I sighed. This was going to be a long day to convince him of his doubts.1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDhaOIyHeLO
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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. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW59d4Ht8gY
"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."1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQckzcEffE
I grinned forcefully, trying to look as casual as possible, but that came out rather than a frown, I realised. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoYshhjpRac
He frowned himself in response. "Proper? A kiss is a kiss, Scarlett. Whatever do you mean with a proper one?"1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUFRgVob5MA
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-"1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtn14IzdwJB
"Ugly smooches? You think I can't kiss her properly?" His eyes darkened in gloom, clutching my shoulders tightly around his long fingers. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGcEEfYF893
I raised my hands in defence. "No! I didnt mean it like that. You know it! You know me-"1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEfGlg1EpWP
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. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Kxg2w2cWe
"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. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxHLXaOjAAh
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. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpa80JfZW3W
"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."1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgbOhLAsWv
I stared at him blankly, as if he'd just asked me to show him how my sister wants him to kiss her. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBnk5QxOucS
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.1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnYIpihutbZ
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. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGh7VHT04sL
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But when he didn't, I grew nervous. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsReoO7qS82
"You're drunk." I said, as a matter of fact.1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp44bJVgUzV
"I can't be. Just four cans of beer isn't enough for me to get inebriated."1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIRbdIJhUzG
Four! He told me he just had two. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTMJZhNtdss
"You know you've a low tolerance for alcohol, Heath."1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJxH5RvF1C
He narrowed his eyes, as if I had been indignant of his muscularity. "I know my limits, Scarlett."1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFg3wYTJn8w
"That's not the point here-"1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZgnr09xh0
"You've been getting increasingly and annoyingly accusing of my behaviours lately and you know-" He started. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSl0TseyZHk
"That's because you don't listen to a thing I say-"1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVMLOm819fv
"Do you think you're under any position to order me around now?"1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2HfOAeFSxS
I looked at him, feeling hurt by his words. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHXNriUlBHD
Moreover, I was angry at myself for ever letting myself carried away by his sweet words and nature sometimes. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp8kk2cB7i0
He can be arrogant, rude, narissatic, and egoistic. Any time. I knew it from the start. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxBnpOta4t
But then why it always catches me off guard when he changes his attitude so suddenly. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqH8aIoFi1
Why it hurts right in my chest, when my words mean nothing to him just as my presence does, I wondered. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhKKYzCsOxi
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. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1BdxTjvpN8
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. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Rx3FXNQVs
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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. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7rMovvWJMf
Narrowing his eyes, he looked at me, slightly stained from his activity, and I clenched my teeth in frustration. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQQz6OZAYu
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. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJUKJRXuMTA
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. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZQHIWxnf7n
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"Stop fighting." He ordered. "And squirming." 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYqDz3o94w
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. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRtJMyPIAr
"You're drunk." I repeated, once he settled in the crook of my neck, his breath ticking my senses. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnlSiiLls0w
"I know."1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvz5CvTIiNO
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. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Rtjwt8Lnw
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. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDEbIBARbe
Daring to look back into his eyes, I glanced a look at him. "Heath."1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0dPyhVo6G4
"Hazel."1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQkEA41xNYX
"I'm-"1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7pYMgbkSVy
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. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnkX8CtPCsS
"It's okay. I don't mind much." I said, trying to sit back up but when he still didn't move, I sighed. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiRvc85J677
"Hazel."1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnBjbQ3HtO
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. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUI9Nan6PkH
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. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGKyHbqtGSf
I was grateful the other day he told me why he hated having his sister around. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSc6gw59OkE
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. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡawbQWHEcg7
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. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYTQIxBEnp
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. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUOY9pWJlqp
As his secretary. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSH9nlR1f6R
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. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwp1KUd9o9e
To him. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDtw4AvPszy
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. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwCBwE8IvMP
He acknowledged my potential. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOq7o3XgU0y
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.1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFtXAGEceOP
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. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5UOsAvfvBS
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. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ79JPabRjS9
Outside company, I was his friend. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFJYn4vr8g
Inside it, I was his mere employee. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8TqeHzSuKo
I was torn between choosing what I actually want to mean to him. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn74rbmi6I7
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. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvEIfQiRPmM
Which, as expected, I was so not grateful for, when he told me he liked Kiara Scarlett, my sister. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhTHgDJx5d
Correction: My step-sister. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeib6aSmBkF
But he didn't have to know that. 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPudtPauFym
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."1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡayxKJB1j7p
"I want Kiara, Hazel."1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbR2kPGhIEc
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."1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQLO0XhN0Gi
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-" 1374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CNeLIuwiY
"I trust you enough to know what I want, Hazel. And I know you'll not deny me anything."
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