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They all ate dinner together later that night. Jake, Andrew, Maddie and even Mathew. Not much words were spoken amongst them over dinner. The atmosphere was far from harmonious. Andrew and Maddie made very little conversations about how she was feeling as well as how he was feeling and although Andrew spoke with much enthusiasm, Maddie only engaged in the conversation halfheartedly. Mathew kept stealing glances at his sister, glances that spoke of his worry and curiousity. He decided he was going to talk to her later, after dinner, and find out what was really going on between her and Jake. He couldn't see the rock he had delivered to Jake on his sister's finger so that could either mean that Maddie had rejected Jake's proposal or Jake was yet to propose to his sister. Jake simply sat and ate, his eyes occasionally drifting to Maddie, and then he would avert his gaze from her when he caught himself. This did not go unnoticed by Mathew who was sitting directly opposite Jake and acr
Jake had received a call during dinner and he had to step out of the dining room to take it. In the living room, where he had stepped into, to take the call, he spoke in a hushed tone to the person on the other line, occasionally creasing the lines of his forehead and even the space between his eyebrows, a frown contouring his face. After almost twenty minutes had passed by, he muttered, "I understand," to the person on the other line, and then hung up. "Damn it!" a curse escaped his lips as he moved to sit by the fireplace, his hand dialling Micheal's number on his phone. "One of our investors just backed out. I suspect foul play, Stephen is at it again," Jake spoke immediately Micheal picked up. "What should we do?" Micheal asked from the other line, his voice coming out worried. "We play dirty," Jake paused, his eyes moving to his wristwatch and noting the time. "Contact Thomas. Tell him to set the plan he suggested to me recently, in motion, and with immediate effect." An
******* WARNING!!! This chapter contains light sexual content that may not be suitable for readers below 16! ******** The sexual tension in the room was intense. Jake continued to kiss Maddie with reckless abandon and Maddie was kissing him back with just as much vigour. Time seemed to have slowed down for the duo as they both just continued exploring each other's mouth, taking all the other was freely giving. Maddie felt her knees curl as Jake moved his other hand to wrap around her waist, pulling her even more closely against himself. Making her yield with need by arching her body towards him. His kisses were fierce yet gentle, making her feel light-headed, compelling soft moans from her lips, which were closed against his. Jake had never wanted anyone as badly as he wanted Maddie. Kissing her wasn't satiable enough. He wanted more. But then, he wasn't sure how much she was willing to give. Testing the waters, he let his hand, which was wrapped around her waist, slowly slip
"F**k!" a curse escaped Jake's lips as he marched into his room and ran one of his hands, which was folded to a fist, on the wall. He was angry and it was visible in his expression. One moment he had been in heaven, kissing Maddie and relishing the juicy taste of her lips. And the next moment, he was in hell, so angry that his entire body shuddered from the rage coursing through his veins. She was driving him crazy. Maddie. So crazy that he just wanted to grab her, kiss her mute and senseless so she would no longer run her mouth at him, and then take her so wildly that she would scream his name, begging him not to stop. It scared him, the way Maddie kept stirring his heart and his emotions. How had she even managed to have such a hold on him? When? "That kiss shouldn't have happened. It was a mistake." Those words from her lips had pierced through his heart like a bullet from a sniper rifle. She had straight out tagged the kiss they had shared as a mistake. Maybe he should have ag
Maddie woke up the next morning with a decision, to apologise to Jake for what she had said the previous night, about their kiss being a mistake. For someone as arrogant as he was, he had slipped up and kissed her and she had gone and called it a mistake, that must have hurt his pride, bad. He liked her and he had shown it. She liked him too. She might as well just come right out and say it. Maddie got ready and left her room in no time, she knew Jake would be leaving for work around 5am in the morning so she had deliberately woken up quite early. It was still past 4am so she was sure she would catch him. Reaching his door, she readied herself, and then placed her hand on his door to knock. The door opened even before she could knock, propelling her body forward as she hadn't been expecting the door to open. Jake stepped out all dressed for work as Maddie steadied herself. Their gazes locked and Maddie found herself dumbfounded, her mouth opened, and then closed but no words came
When Jake's car drove into the Conat's mansion, Maddie and the butler were waiting for him outside the mansion. It was already noon. The sun was up and shining brightly but the air was quite chilly, windy even, so the impact of the sun wasn't greatly felt. As soon as Jake's car pulled over in front of the mansion, Maddie rushed towards him. Jake's hardened expression was the first thing Maddie noticed when he stepped out of the car. There was a certain turbulence playing in his eyes. Maddie averted her gaze from Jake who moved forward to meet the butler and started to speak to him in a hushed tone. Peeping inside through the windows of the car and not finding Andrew, Maddie rushed towards Jake and asked, "Where is he?" A heavy sigh was the reply he gave her as he turned away from the butler to her, and the worry, which hadn't completely left her, returned in full force. "Jake! Where is Andrew?" she asked him. She could feel it in the pit of her stomach. That something was seri
When he had come to, he had found himself, tied up in this chair, blindfolded with his mouth gagged. There had been more than two men with him in the room earlier. He had heard their voices. He had heard one of them on the phone with his dad. "Tick tock! Tick tock! Your time is running out Mr Conat…" Those were the words he had heard the man saying to his father on the phone. He had been unable to hear what his father had been saying on the other line but he could guess that his father was definitely coming for him. Warning them not to hurt him. His father had informed him about this. About how him being a public figure might endanger him someday. He had warned him to always behave and stop sneaking out of the house like he would usually do every now and then. But Andrew had never once imagined that this could happen to him. He had thought his father was being overly excessive, always keeping bodyguards around him. Never letting him leave the house at will. Having him homeschooled.
Even Andrew pulled away from Maddie slightly, turning his tear-stained face to his father, waiting for him to say something. To shout at him. Ground him. Anything but the silence. He hadn't said a single word to him since he woke up. He had only gazed at him with no clear expression on his face. Yes he had his hand placed on his shoulder and relief was playing in his eyes but Andrew could tell that his father was pretty mad at him. Even he was mad at himself. "Dad," Andrew mumbled in a quiet voice when his dad still didn't say something even after an entire minute had passed. A heavy sigh escaped his lips. "Buddy, I am just glad nothing happened to you," Jake started and from the way his eyebrows twitched, Maddie could tell that Andrew was in for some real reprimanding. Her eyes pleaded that Jake take it easy with the lad as she locked her gaze with him. She knew that the kid was already feeling down. Blaming himself even. Jake knew that too. But he had to caution him still. It was