ADRIAN'S POV:A loud knock interrupted my guilty pleasures, and I groaned, wondering if the person who had knocked hadn't seen the moment the woman before me had entered my chambers. Standing, I patted the woman who was fixated on me on the shoulder. “That's enough. I need to answer this.”Wiping her lips as I fixed my trousers, she attempted to arrange her hair which had become extremely tousled during my brief moment of now interrupted bliss. “Come in.”Leonardo opened the door, poking a head in. When he saw the woman, he attempted to close the door, but I spoke out, drawing him into the room. “Come in, she's done.”He entered the room just as the woman picked her purse, then left the room. “You'll be paid in a few minutes. Wait out there for me!” I called out after her. I raised an eyebrow at Leonardo, who shook his head as he began to apologise. “I had no idea she was in here, boss…”“Oh, that's alright. Whatever you wanted to tell me must have been important if you're here
NYSSA'S POV:“What is this on your neck, Nyssa?”Time, if it even existed at that moment, seemed to stop moving. I stared at Charlene, wondering how she had known. She had entered my room, and as if she had been on a mission, she had gone straight to my neck, not to anything else, or any other place.How had she known that there was a hickey on my neck?I said the first thing that came to my mind, my hands trembling slightly as I struggled with speech. “It's a hickey, Miss Charlene.”She eyed me coldly before replying. “Who gave you the hickey?”Mentioning Roman's name wasn't only going to implicate me, I could only imagine the uproar when she decided to confront him. When I didn't reply immediately, I saw her facial expression begin to transform slowly. From pure wonderment, it was one of anger and determination.The look of a woman who was going to find out what she wanted to find out no matter what it took. “I will only ask you once, Nyssa. Who is responsible for this…this thi
CHARLENE'S POV:“Good afternoon, Miss Charlene.”It was Chloe, the new servant who apparently now worked as my spy. She was the one in charge of bringing my protein shake every afternoon. That way, I had the chance to be able to talk to her and know what she had seen. “Good afternoon Chloe. Beautiful afternoon, isn't it?”“Yes Miss Charlene, it really is.”I grabbed the protein shake from her, sipping it gingerly. The taste came off as sharp, just the way I had instructed that it be prepared. “Any news?”“Nothing new today, Miss Charlene. I bumped into her in the kitchen, and she was putting on a shawl. I couldn't find out what was underneath the shawl, but I'll find out this evening when she's back from the delivery company with the boss.”I sipped the protein shake, slightly irritated. “If this is going to work, Chloe, then you're going to need to put in your best. We need each other, don't we? If I'm the only one putting in the effort, then how do you think this works? It doesn'
ROMAN'S POV:When Nyssa took off the shawl, I was greeted by the sight of her beautiful neck. And at that moment, I was transported to the moment near the pool, where for the first time I had kissed her, where for the first time, I had gotten to feel the softness of her skin, where I had given her the hickey on her neck. Looking at it, I forgot about all the problems that plagued me and the entire Adams family. “Did…did… I do that?”She lowered her eyes to the floor instead of replying, then nodded.I looked away, knowing that it took every amount of self control to not walk up to her and start kissing her all over again. “Look, I've been meaning to apologize. I shouldn't have kissed you…”I glanced at the door to ensure it was closed before continuing. “I shouldn't have kissed you…”“I should be the one apologising, boss. I had no business being by the pool at that time. I'm sorry.”Glancing at her lips as she spoke, I knew without being told that my apology was as good as usele
NYSSA'S POV:As soon as breakfast was over,I stood up and volunteered immediately to help clear the plates with Mia. My heart slamming in my chest, I tried to pretend that I had no idea that Charlene's eyes had been all over me throughout the course of the breakfast, and that she was probably why I had a shawl tied so tightly around my neck. To add to that, sitting so close to Roman Adams reminded me of everything that had happened the previous night while the rest of the household slept. The kiss. His touches. My hands on his skin. His lips on mine, my body heating up as I encountered real, aching need. I swallowed hard as I lifted his plates and he glanced at me. I would never look at him the same ever again. There was no way I was going to pretend that what had happened yesterday was something I was going to forget quickly. It was only after I left the dining room that I managed to breathe well. “You look as if you've seen a ghost, Nyssa. You need to relax.”So far, Mia was
CHARLENE'S POV:Throughout the night, I could barely sleep. I tossed from one end of the bed to another, my head aching, my insides crying out for comfort and the desperate need for physical touch. Not just any random physical touch, the physical touch of Roman Adams. And now, even after the sun peeked through the blinds, I found myself struggling to even leave the bed. The zeal to stand up and hit the gym, run and keep my body in shape seemed to be nonexistent. And it was just because of one man. What would I do to make Roman Adams see me the same way I saw him? What could I do to make him understand that I loved him way too much, that I would practically do anything for him to also love me in the same manner?As if he knew he was being thought of, he opened the door, entering the room and raising an eyebrow when he saw I was still in bed. “Good morning Charlene.”The manner in which he had spoken to me yesterday when I tried to comfort him only made his greeting infuriate me fu