Ivanna
I feel the most familiar and softest touch across my cheek along with the morning sun plunging on me.
"Good morning, beautiful," Christian whispers near my ear as his warm breath brushes against my skin.
My lips twitch into a smile as I feel sharp pain down there. The pleasure I consumed last night is still raw and fresh inside me. I open my eyes, discovering the handsome face closer to me.
Our bodies are still tangled under the sheets.
Reality strikes me as my smile fades away.
The flashes of last night hit my head, making me realise what the fuck we have done
Ivanna A week. A damn week passed and it doesn't feel like air passing by. It feels like a minute passing like a year. For the first two days, I was disturbed and guilty for uttering such hurtful things to him. I didn't know what I was doing. I knew what kind of man he was. He was anything but not someone who forces himself on a woman. But I literally hit that point of him. What did I want when I was accusing him? Maybe, I wanted him to get tired of me. I wanted him to get annoyed and stop caring about me. I wanted him to hurt me back for hurting him. I didn't want to fill the voids between us. Because deep down, I was scared to accept how far we have come. I was scared to admit that I was falling for him when I was already in love with someone else. I was going crazy after him who did so many wrong things to my family. I just wanted to stop myself. At any cost. However, I didn't know it would be so hard. So damn hard.
Ivanna As I fight with my tears to hold back, I hear the sound of the door. What is Mrs Fisher doing at this hour? I look at the door when it opens, causing shivers all over me. Christian comes inside, taking lazy steps. He looks burnt out and tired. The moment I realise he's back, a small smile curves on my face. His eyes land on me, swollen and red as if he hasn't slept for days. Our eyes meet, leaving me dumbfounded— I don't know how to speak and how to react. He doesn't smile, nor does he look happy to see me. He's still angry and hurt. I can feel that from the way he gazes at me. There's nothing but silence.
ChristianIvanna peeked at me with her big blue eyes and rubbed my cheek with her thumb softly."You're tired, no?""I was. Not anymore," I chuckle, running my fingers across her hair."You should sleep now""I want to watch you now," I mutter.She says nothing and looks down at my chest. Her fingers crawl over my skin as if she's outlining each detail of me."Where were you?" She asks in a low tone."I had been to Washington. There was some pending work"
IvannaThe rays of the morning sun tease me as I squirm on the bed with a slight soreness. I love this feeling in the morning. It's not like I didn't love it that morning— I did but messed up the entire thing.I open my eyes with a wide smile to find Christian's eyes on me. To my surprise, he is half-laid next to me, darting his eyes on the phone.Seriously!Wasn't he staring at me that morning until I woke up? Or was it only for the first time? Now, I'll have to get used to it, huh? I frown, gritting my teeth at him. He doesn't even realise that I have woken up. I move on the bed deliberately to grab his attention.And it work
ChristianI haven't expect her to be here so soon. I don't even know if she heard me but she knows I was talking to Richard. Heck! I hope she doesn't go furious after overhearing me.When I scan her reaction well, it tells a different story. I walk towards her and get closer as she curiously stares at me."Yes," I say.She parts her lips to speak something and again seals them for a while."What— what was he saying?" She sounds desperate, still, calm which I didn't expect. She didn't hear anything otherwise, she would have screwed me until now.I let out a sigh.
Kane "We need to divide the staff in a few corps for further progress. There should be a change in the entire system", I say, making a column on the processor. "It's gonna be a lengthy process, Sir", Nicole says from behind. "But we don't have an option left. Christian is finally acting like a boss— leaving for anywhere anytime and dumping work on the employees. So, basically, the CEO is a family man now and he can't be the same as before", I can't help laughing. "That's true. I can't believe he used to leave work only for six hours of sleep", Nicole adds. "Better for you also, right?"
IvannaJust when I feel like everything around me is going to be dark, he pulls me against himself, locking me into his arms. Everything happened so quickly that it takes me a few seconds to feel the terror inside me.My body ripples against him as I gawk at him with my pounding heart, stunned and drained."Hey, I had already held you," he chuckles.I can't utter a single word. The moment which took only five seconds to occur is roaming inside my head. My heart throbs faster, catching my breath."Why did you—," terror fills inside me as I can't understand why he had to do that stupid prank with me. I sense my voice breaking.
ChristianI can hear Ivanna breathing heavily after speaking about everything she has inside; even though I know there are still a lot of things that remained unsaid between us, piled up for the right time.I don't know when the right time is gonna arrive but, certainly, I'm not gonna let her go, no matter how hurtful and deep the secrets are, I just can't let her go.I hold her hand upon my chest and turn around. I can see her face shining rosy through the bonfire. Her eyes glisten with eye contact, filled with an urge— as if she badly wants me to respond.Spiralling my arms around her waist, I pull her up from the ground as our noses touch. She closes her eyes immediately as a sign of insistence