Chapter 207: The Past [13]

[Music: Pretty Baby By Ella Boh]

H-He’s serious. I can’t read him completely, but it sure looked like he was. This should scare me, because I feel as though I’ve been caught under something I can’t escape.

"Why me?"

Of all the questions I could ask. But I was eager to know, because I didn’t feel that I amounted to anything to hold this man’s attention.

Zade’s hand moved from my cheek down to my neck where I swallowed down a thick lump. Then he slowly glided the back of his hand over my chest, right between the sweetheart neckline of my dress.

He lingered there, and my heart pounded so fiercely that his hand seemed to pulse. It wasn’t fear, Lord knows it wasn’t.

Alright, maybe there was a little fear, but then... Why was I so attracted to him even at this moment?

"Because, little kitten, you’re sweet, innocent..." he said those words like they were so strange for him.

Was it?

"That’s everything that I’m not used to."

"Why’s that?"

He smiled. "When you spend so much time in my world you forget there are other things worth pursuing."

"Sweet innocent me?" I teased.

He sneered. "No... something I thought I despised."

I narrowed my eyes. "You despise good things?"

I mean, I’m no do-gooder, but I think he got my point.

"Because I think they don’t belong in my world."

My eyebrows furrowed at his words. Slowly, I took his hand against my chest and held it tightly. I really didn’t mean to, but when he didn’t pull away, I felt relieved.

"Do I belong in your world, Zadey?"

I gasped when he tugged me closer, my hands shooting up to grip his shoulders. My mind raced as his hand slid down my thigh, hooking my leg around his muscular waist.

God, all of him was... hard.

His other hand wrapped around my throat and it felt possessive. Why does that make me feel—!

He kissed me hungrily, mouth roaming mine like it was the only source of taste to exist. But I clenched his jacket and yanked him away.

"Someone m-might s-see!"

When he smirked, I knew this impossible man didn’t give a fuck about that. Our lips locked again, this time hard and too fast; I couldn’t keep up. But I had to. I wanted to.

The taste of him was driving me mad, almost as if I had longed to feel his lips against mine. I mean, this is just lust, right? A-And it was the same for him too. We were just two people who were complete opposites and attracted in the most bizarre way possible.

I almost lost my balance when Zade grabbed my other leg, his hand clawing my ass.

"W-What are you doing?" I asked breathlessly as my fingers sank into the back of his hair.

They felt full and thick, causing tingling sensations on my fingertips.

He smiled against my lips. "Making you cum, baby."

What? Right here, right now?!

A moan tore from my throat when he began grinding me against his bulge. I could feel his hard erection, and I had to somehow convince myself that was his knee.

However, it twitched and increased in size. Knees don’t do that!

Oh God, he was getting bigger!

I moaned again, when my pussy spasmed. H-He’s filling me up, and he wasn’t even inside—! I groaned, as the sensations got so wild and I wished I didn’t wear panties.

"Shhh," Zade coaxed softly, a complete contradiction of what he was doing right now that made me anything but quiet. "You don’t want your bodyguard to find you like this."

"Y-You mean find us like this?" I forced out, whilst trying to gain a piece of my sanity, but I couldn’t seem to manage that.

I’m in trouble.

"T-Then we are both in trouble," I gasped out, my voice thick with breath.

My chest rose in a sharp exhale when he added more friction, my back rubbing against the shelf repeatedly, shaking the contents.

"Here you are grinding against my cock like a needy slut. What do you have to say for yourself, hm?" he teased.

I chewed the inside of my mouth so painfully, knowing if I didn’t, I’d be making wild noises that shouldn’t be heard in a pet store.

"I think this will look good on Puddles!"

I froze when I heard a woman’s voice over the next aisle.

I stared at Zade, hoping he would understand the situation, but he kept grinding me against his erection, completely unbothered.

This fucker doesn’t care if we get caught, does he? Judging from his reaction and that smirk on his lips I wanted to wipe off.

"Z-Zade, please!" I hissed, as the back of my head pressed into the shelf.

Oh God, I-I think I’m so close!

I felt my throat grow tight and a tingle in my tongue.

Don’t make a sound. Don’t make a sound!

"What’s the matter, kitten?"

I flashed my eyes open, not realizing I’d squeezed them shut until I heard Zade’s breathy voice in my ear.

"Does it feel so good you can’t help but wanna scream?"

My eyes welled up with tears, and I clenched his jacket so tightly my nails hurt.

"As much as I wanna hear you sing right now, keep it down a notch."

K-Keep it down a notch?

I got the answer to his words when he grinds me harder against him, my back rubbing violently against the shelf, my panties sticking more to my pussy like glue, add that to the roughness of his jeans.

I’m gonna be fucking sore after it!

"Mmm—!"

Zade locked his mouth against mine before I had the chance to finish that sound.

I came so hard the wave shook my entire body like a storm, and I froze instantly, my legs wrapped around his waist, pulling him so close until it seemed as though we merged as one.

Then my body shook when he gave one last grind that forced another release out of me.

The moment I grabbed my bearings, I found Zade on his knees, licking me through my panties.

Oh my god.

I sank my hand into his hair and clenched the roots, using that as a lifeline as this man ruined me beyond words.

My breath was hoarse and unstable as I kept my eyes on him. He had pushed my dress back down and then proceeded to fix my heels right.

The sight of him like this... knowing that I was the one who could make him this way sent something warm through me.

I never thought anyone would fall on their knees for me, let alone bring me towards a release I had never experienced before.

After Zade was done, he pushed to his full height, and he covered me up like the massive man he was, my neck hurting from trying to maintain eye contact.

I stared at him dreamily as though he had just made one of my deepest, darkest desires come through. We may be opposites, but opposites attract.

"I make a mean cupcake..."

Zade snorted amusedly, and the moment he did, I realized what I had said.

"I-I mean... I-I..." I stuttered so badly my cheeks heated.

"I’d love to try them."

My heart fluttered. "O-Okay."

"What’s your favorite flower?"

I blinked. "C-Calla lilies."

He raised an eyebrow. "Of all the flowers, you chose the toxic ones."

"They are beautiful!" I defended, and he smiled.

"I can see why. It’s a date then."

"A-A date?"

"You bring the cupcakes, I bring the flowers. Either way, it’s gonna happen."

I sank my teeth into my bottom lip. I-I’d thought that after this he wouldn’t bring up that date.

Wasn’t this about just settling our desires? A temporal fix?

"Something you wish to share, naughty kitten?" he asked the moment he discerned my mood had shifted.

I cleared my throat as I tilted my chin in defiance. "I haven’t decided to go on any dates with you."

Those green eyes darkened, the shade almost drained of color. He had such beautiful eyes, and with this vibe right now, why do they look even more beautiful?

"Is that so?" he replied, unfazed.

"I-I don’t even know anything about you, e-except your name!" I hissed to prove a point.

"Then we should make it even then. Do you really wanna know who I am?"

Do I? That question rose in my head. I could have easily just asked about him, but I haven’t because, in my own twisted thought, I still wanted him as my dirty secret.

I was scared that the moment I accepted him as more than he was right now, this would get more real, instead of a forbidden fantasy.

I-I would get to know him, and then he wouldn’t be a secret anymore, and I’d have to tell my sister about him.

What happens then?

The moment he sees her, he would know that he picked the wrong person to be attracted to. He’d be all over Annabeth just like every guy I had so much as liked.

"N-No," I replied. "I don’t wanna know who you really are."