Seven

APRIL POV

I wake up aching everywhere. I feel a slow burn scaling up my arm. I'm sure it's probably bruised from hitting it on the stair as I fell. It was a miracle I hadn't broken my neck during my tumble.

I look around noticing that I'm not in my room. I hope I am not in Brian's room because he might have played hero and saved me.

The door unlocks. I close my eyes pretending to still be asleep. Someone walks toward me placing something cold on my cheek. I manage not to flinch.

He seems so familiar. His scent wafts into my nose and I know who it belongs to.

Enrique Alvaro.

He touches my face gently. I feel his fingers trace across my lips. My heart starts to go wild in my chest. I needed to get out because I was feeling all turned on, as his hands continued their exploration. His little touches had a way of making my body combust in flames, making me forget all I hated about love and what it could do to me.

Yes, he had me thinking about love which was why I felt hostility toward him.

"Please April. Wake up" he whispers sounding anguished. I couldn't help but be curious. I open my eyes to meet his gazing at me. They were troubled eyes with fire. Just like how it had been the first time I saw him. He looks relieved as he stares at me.

"Are you okay? The doctor said you had no serious injury. Just some bruises" he says looking deeply into my eyes. My heart skips a beat. Was this what it felt like when you had someone to worry and take care of you?

I get angry because of the way he makes me feel so I yell at him.

"I am fine. Why did you bring me here" I ask? He flinches at the scathing way I voice my question.

"I was there when you tripped down the stairs. You were unconscious". He explains gently

" You should have taken me to my room. I don't need you acting like you're a freaking hero or something" I shouted sitting up.

" I was not acting like a hero. I was just trying to help you. You could have died".

" Wouldn't you love that?" I fired at him and then it hit me. What if my falling down the stairs was no accident at all. He saw the way I gazed at him, must have seen the accusations leveled against him in my head because he's suddenly pissed off

"What are you thinking April".

"Exactly what you think. You're trying to have me killed so you can get my contract right. You're someone I see doing that because you can stoop to any level..." I was cut off as his lips covered mine, my back hitting the bed.

He kisses me hard. I keep my mouth shut, not kissing him back as I struggled to get free. He nipped at my lips hard making me gasp, opening up and giving him the access he wanted. He invades my mouth taking the kiss to a whole new level. I find myself kissing him back lost in a frenzy of feelings that circulated my whole body pooling down at my core.

I couldn't get enough as his mouth left mine trailing kisses down my neck. Nibbling on my skin, biting while his fingers dug into my flesh.

I moan helplessly.

I couldn't stop him if I wanted to.

I gasp as I feel his teeth sink into my neck. It was a mixture between pleasure and pain. Then the door opened, a gust of cool air rushing in and dousing whatever fire we had raged. Katherine stood at the entrance, her eyes blown wide, jaw almost plunging to the floor.

Enrique stops his ministration looking at the intruder. I notice the obscene position I am in. I push him off getting on my feet. My gaze darts around, like I'm trying to memorize the room, anything just to calm down before I have to face any of them.

My cheeks are flaming. I am furious at him. At myself. I give him a pointed stare, making sure to look severe

"Stay away from me Enrique. I don't ever want to see you after this. This doesn't mean anything to me, but you taking advantage of me just because I'm too weak to stop you " I got out trying to steady my breathing before I practically run out of the room. Katherine follows quickly after me.

I rush towards my bedroom as soon as I get in. I was going out of my mind.

I would have let him have his way with me if Katherine didn't show up. I was so stupid.

"Wow, I didn't think I would ever walk in on you making out with a hot hunk like that" she squealed as she walked into the room. She stopped when she saw my expression.

"I was not making out with him. He was taking advantage of me, touching me inappropriately without my permission" I defend. It was way easier to blame someone else than to face the ugly truth.

" But you were enjoying it since you didn't try to stop him" she answered and I gave her a warning look. She was supposed to be on my side, not point out my fault in this whole situation.

I drag my hand through the root of my hair, tugging at it.

" I can not believe I acted like that. What he must think of me now... I have to leave this party because I am losing my senses. I'll tell Mr. King I have an emergency because I and that man will never get along".

" Come on April. You're being ridiculous. Someone like Enrique wants you and you're running away. Do you know how many women he has on his waiting list"? She asked me like I was demented and she needed to proceed with caution.

" I am not running away Katherine. And I'll let you know now that I won't be joining the list of those women so just drop it. I can not deal with stress so I am leaving. " I stated matter of fact.

" What are you doing here anyway?".

"I've been calling you forever but you weren't answering. I found out you were here from your company workers." She explained. Skipping out the parts on how she had charmed one of the workers to get into Enriques's room, after finding out that April was there.

" Well, we're going back. I've neglected my company for way too long. I got what I came here for anyway" I say, trudging to my wardrobe. Katherine sighed looking downcast.

I know she thinks that I always make everything so difficult.

I took out my phone and call Zerah. He picks and I fill him in about arranging a flight back home for us. He doesn't question my decision.

Katherine gazed around. The room was freaking luxurious. She sauntered to the main room, noticing the red folded paper on the floor. She picked it up opening it when April walked towards her.

"What's that?" She collected it from Katherine, reading the words that almost made her blood run cold.

"Leave Enrique or DIE".

ENRIQUE POV

I sit down feeling bad for how I had handled the situation.

Watching her tumble down the stairs was like being held by the neck and getting choked to death. I had never been so scared for someone I met recently.

She slept so long looking like she was never going to open her beautiful emerald-colored eyes that I panicked. I thought I would not see those fire in her eyes when she was being defiant. When she fought me. The passion which made her lose all her reasons when she saw me.

Then she finally woke up and the first thing she does is start yelling at me about why I took her to my room. That I was acting like a goddamn hero. She made me want to smash something.

I couldn't tolerate the accusation in her eyes, then she proceeded to voice them out. The kiss was just to shut her up. I didn't want to know what came over me after that, but I just went crazy when my mouth touched her lips. She tried to resist which just turned me on cause we both knew what we were feeling. I was pleased when she surrendered to me, moaning into my mouth, almost making me cum in my pants.

I shouldn't have done that to her.

I would chase her away with my possessiveness. The past was going to replay itself again. I don't think I can bear it if April closes her eyes, never to open them again.

I stand up, dragging my hands through my hair. I fucking need some fresh air. I step out of my room. She's standing before me, looking pissed. She shoves a red note into my hands. She never ceases to turn me on with the simplest actions. I wanted her. I want to know everything about her. I wanted her to look at me like she'd never look away. I want her to bare herself to me. Her walls were too damn high.

"I almost got killed because of you. Tell your women that I don't love you or want anything to do with you. Stay the hell away from me. I refuse to be threatened because of you" she says thrusting her delicate finger into my vision.

She storms away before I can respond. I clutch at the note, reading the nasty words. This was fucking absurd. Someone pushed her down the fucking stairs. Someone tried to hurt her because of me.

She wanted me to stay away?.

I couldn't now even if I wanted to.

No one would hurt her again. I will make sure of that.

I was going to protect her.

I like her.