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"If someone you love hurts you, cry a river, build a bridge and get over it."1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQnNWIIbkbg
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"I'm nervous, Scarlett."1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡef0uTxmqH4
In the midst of choosing the attire for his special night, after probably scandalizing his whole closet and not getting the desired piece, I stopped my ministrations, only to turn around to look at his troubled expression. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ542nhXRF1s
Very rare, indeed. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡERLwNk3Cni
"What if she doesn't like me?"1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvwjFimvUk
When I made no move to correct him, he gauged my incredulous expression, but continued nevertheless. "You know I don't have much experience with women."1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9zWKcW53r
Actually, his 'much' translates to "shaking hands with the urgent female pests and later sanitazing his whole bloodstream with the likes of Lifeboy. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSL6jeiESU
But I knew better than to peel his words, and throw the carbs back at him. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTpe9GmYyRT
"I highly doubt Kiara isn't sensible enough to see what I see in you."1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYN77667u0o
Staring right through his hidden soul, I smiled genuinly. "That you're the most handsome piece of flesh and blood, highly advanced functioning robot with the special lie detector, having characterised devotion and pride to your work, and not necessarily to say, but much better person in real than what you let all those around you see."1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsKvdagUQkp
But as expected, he didn't believe a word of mine so I continued rummaging through his clothes. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2HhYqAnMy7
"Kiara is someone I don't want to let go of, anytime soon."1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Ou9QqSz4z
I didn't turn around. "I know."1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi9o6juI1Sg
"If things turn out right, I'll propose her to be my wife."1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8bOu9JPPy
I didn't respond, knowing its alreadly clear to both of us, that if things didn't turn out right in the end, he'll break from inside and I have to be beside him to help him, recover, revive. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjOVI5X45Sl
To be back on his feet again. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPDaJxRxyy
"I'm not experienced enough, Scarlett."1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYceYsMfRmJ
Yes, wooing women had never been on the list of his achievements. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtAGTzjIZ9
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But there is always a first time for everything. He needed to know that. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqWEk3BJRJ3
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He needed to know he didn't need my help anymore. I was just his employee.1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡufskNHXgi5
His secretary. Assigned to help him in his work. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡID3hAEX3ES
Not his friend. Present here to give him love advise. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIpHRH15sdR
Taking a deep breath, I bit my lip hard, finding it hard to ignore the anticipation of his next words. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjEG1TFX0Hj
Sometimes, I wish I didn't know him that much. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbn6VnkTNT
"Hazel."1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWxrTnC6NZ
Instantly, my body stiffened, hearing my first name roll out so beautifully, lovely, sensually, from his mouth, and I gripped his robes tightly around my fingers, clutching them for life, silently shooking my head, my heart not wanting to hear his next words.1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILkGQtGltx
Grabbing all my wits, slowly I turned around, looking as casual as the moon hidden behind the clouds, tucking a lock of hair behind my ear. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpOnaRJaab
Not wanting to make it awkward, I placed the selected pair of clothes on his bed, feeling his precise eyes gauging my every movement, making my skin tingling with nervousness. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwOdpMqCfP
But when he made no move to go and change whatsoever, I sighed to myself and walked to his side, placing both of my hands on his broad shoulders, making him look at me. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1DUgYx8nlK
He would need some encouragement and a slight push, I thought.1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7bnYMGjDCS
"I think you're thinking too much, Heath. Any women in their right mind would love to be with you and any women in their wrong mind would kill to be with you."1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIRC0J5MMHN
He didn't look a bit convinced. It's okay, I didn't expect any better from him. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRxFHnfuncJ
He looked at me with blank eyes, his expression passionless, and I cursed myself for not realizing that he could be as silent as the dark, if he wanted. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDHtJK6s95Y
The more he felt, the more he hid. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTwlgxcNx6
Because he was scared of being betrayed and left behind. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvFCYcBsHah
He had his pretty good damn reasons for thinking that, I decided after remembring everything he went through. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbpcSlqJk8g
He didn't talk much, he was not arrogant like all the rich funky rude bastards, he was not conceited, baring him of any drop of narsissance, but he can be all of those, if required and nobody knew it better than me. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSYr9t1hTVB
He was wounded, but he would rather die than let anyone see and take advantage of it, he was thirsty, of love, of his parents, of his grandfather, of his love, Kiara.1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTuOBI2GHK
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But he found it easier to bury it deep inside his heart, than to let it all out. As usual, we run from the truth, only to collide with its cruelity, it's purity, one day, with such a force that it tackles us down to the past, the one place where nobody wants to wander again. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQpc06jdm7
No matter how much good or bad, it is. Nobody wants to go deep into their past. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhUqDUU0T5l
And this time, he encountered the truth, with bravery, and embraced it in his heart, to move forward, with better promises, with his loved ones. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEcFLs5hXYq
"You don't have to worry over trifle things, I know you can do better than-"1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡplFZnhfMmQ
"You're her sister, Scarlett. Nobody knows her better than you. Tell me what she likes..." He gazed at me with intensity tearing my insides. I could feel his breath honning my lips, making them part in desired anticipation. "In men."1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF5nhjm3FXT
My throat went dry, my mind blaring with his request, trying to find any suitable answers for him, but I found none. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡioVXtrQ9Yv
Except for she likes every men, as long as they behave as one. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9aKKKkpnj
But knowing him, it was better to keep it to myself.1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIAHAUB8bcj
"I... " Inching my face away from him, I tried to look at anywhere but him. "Kiara isn't picky type, you know. She likes almost everyone, instantly." 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlJ7uSB26mt
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Feeling his intense burning stare at my skin, I added in haste."As a friend, of course."1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRWPt6rNGr6
He hesitated. "But I don't want her to think of me as a friend anymore. We've had a fair three year long friendship already."1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69Z5fAygkY
I've been with you for seven years straight, I thought.1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWA3TMiDks6
"How about you tell me what does she like in men, romantically?"1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFKnTi0UO3I
Immediately, my mind flashed back to all those times I found Kiara making out with some guy in her closer, her car, outside balcony, and sometimes, even in my own room. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjd3vqNbuWE
I sighed. This was going to be a long day to convince him of his doubts.1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5Fk1iffoL
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Cautiously, I tried to pry his hand off my own shoulders, but when he didn't make any move to let go, I decided to just go ahead and get over with it. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeeljr6OK3q
"I think she likes to have.." Briefly, I glanced at his lips, gulped inwardly before moving up to look at him."a proper kiss on her first date."1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9YCMfVKWQ
I grinned forcefully, trying to look as casual as possible, but that came out rather than a frown, I realised. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCacQEBOigP
He frowned himself in response. "Proper? A kiss is a kiss, Scarlett. Whatever do you mean with a proper one?"1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8gw82BxmB
Horrified at his interrogation, I tried to swallow my own tongue. "Its just a speculation, Heath. I suppose she would rather have an entertaining date with someone she likes, such as perhaps you, than have ugly smooches-"1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVcr8FfcwcP
"Ugly smooches? You think I can't kiss her properly?" His eyes darkened in gloom, clutching my shoulders tightly around his long fingers. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnV1KezRUF2
I raised my hands in defence. "No! I didnt mean it like that. You know it! You know me-"1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTePuhkq4Ss
But then suddenly, he dropped my hands from my shoulders and inched away from me, looking guilty. Befuddled, I just looked at his enchanted form. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPffcOFPu5N
"I think you're right. How can I ever-" He stopped, took long strides, standing back in front of me, and cupped my chin with his both hands, making me look at him in more confusion. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGcX0iLsIpJ
Heath Evercrest never touched women unless unfortunately, the said women was his mother, which he never did willingly of course, or the said women happened to be his weired sister, whom he had to touch in order to shove her out of his office, his house, his room, and sometimes, even his bathroom. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZnVgZNJ3E
"Why didn't I think of it like that? Hell, yes right. Of course, Kiara would wish to have me kiss her, it's obvious, Scarlett. But how am I supposed to know if she would like it if I kiss her my way, or.." His eyes twinkled as he looked at me."If I kiss her the way she wants, which you'll show me."1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHrzCFV0nOV
I stared at him blankly, as if he'd just asked me to show him how my sister wants him to kiss her. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFNYL6onfkK
Realising that's exactly what he said, I toppled over in my own steps, knocking him down gently with my own disbalance, both of us landing on his soft bed, him on top of me, breathing heavily.1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsewVvpLXAV
I tried to reason with him, our close proximity suddenly making me crazy. Nudging him gently on his shoulders, I tried to push him from above me. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAoPMoyZrXc
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But when he didn't, I grew nervous. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHA6rg3gSqs
"You're drunk." I said, as a matter of fact.1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhALRRWFBLe
"I can't be. Just four cans of beer isn't enough for me to get inebriated."1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUVIhGmcwm
Four! He told me he just had two. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8uKfXNkXAC
"You know you've a low tolerance for alcohol, Heath."1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsu5tAAGxJM
He narrowed his eyes, as if I had been indignant of his muscularity. "I know my limits, Scarlett."1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmy2CE7391L
"That's not the point here-"1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvj0eH9fkyH
"You've been getting increasingly and annoyingly accusing of my behaviours lately and you know-" He started. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtXbtOLE6k9
"That's because you don't listen to a thing I say-"1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKrJ499DLoJ
"Do you think you're under any position to order me around now?"1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRpNCrTGB7
I looked at him, feeling hurt by his words. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjxCzmkrcIj
Moreover, I was angry at myself for ever letting myself carried away by his sweet words and nature sometimes. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjebyoA7WNm
He can be arrogant, rude, narissatic, and egoistic. Any time. I knew it from the start. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnR5kM4umUL
But then why it always catches me off guard when he changes his attitude so suddenly. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8GnLUZO1K
Why it hurts right in my chest, when my words mean nothing to him just as my presence does, I wondered. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡehnazSAwbI
I said nothing, just glared at him back, my eyes now shining with the cresuclent pearls of emerging tears and I cursed myself for ever letting my guard down in front of him. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qWzjZ5DUx
Suddenly deciding to have him out of my sight, I put my palm on his chest, pushing him aside roughly, only to have him catch my left hand and push it down to my side, over my head. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEei6UCg9m
What the-1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptY243szZz
I tried yet hard, raising my right hand at his shoulders now, and when this time he tried to catch it, I raised my left leg and the same time and tried to kick him but he was fast enough, pinning his left leg over my own, securing my right leg with his other one and now grabbing both of my wrists beside my head. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPfJiIRWQL
Narrowing his eyes, he looked at me, slightly stained from his activity, and I clenched my teeth in frustration. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb4ctMq6poU
Looming over my body, he moved down, his face inches from my own, and I took a deep breath to calm my nerves befoee struggling against him, fighting his strength. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJ3aSEfLvE
Managing to give him some scratches and pain, I was almost out of his grasp when he pushed all his weight on me, stumbling sllghtly on his left leg. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV802XcTBxH
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"Stop fighting." He ordered. "And squirming." 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxn1dHVLyBH
I nodded in silence, deciding to trust him, which I had been doing for past seven years now, my mind reeling with the fact that if he didn't do anything intimate with me past these years, he was most likely to not do anything now, considering he is in love with another woman. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU0rmWK6quV
"You're drunk." I repeated, once he settled in the crook of my neck, his breath ticking my senses. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZtREriaWz
"I know."1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPDQwDKpbQ
We lay there in silence for I don't know how long, the only thing in my mind right now was how good he felt against me, or how his low heaving breath mingled with my own minty one, or how I bit my lips to refrain myself from sighing or moaning out loud enough for him to hear when his hard chest pressed against my cloth clad breasts, or how his fingers would sometimes graze at my thigh, in pure intentions of putting me in place, of course, or how his lips were mere inches apart from my pulsating throat, so if he would just lean a bit, I would die and go to heaven, or how his lips would actually brush featherlight against my neck, hot breath from his open mouth, making me close my eyes in anticipation, until he decided to break this unbearable silence by shifting some of his weight from me. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmPB4kJhLZb
I also made my way to sit back up when I collided with his half bent arms and fell back onto the bed with the soft eep, only to see he hadn't fully gone from above me. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMIblgv7eM
Daring to look back into his eyes, I glanced a look at him. "Heath."1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKBBev4Acty
"Hazel."1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1W5UJUS7V
"I'm-"1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYg7mwoZKu
Sorry, he meant to say but I knew better than to have his ego hurt by apologizing to me. He was far too better to hurt me anyway. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnSyDHAxOgU
"It's okay. I don't mind much." I said, trying to sit back up but when he still didn't move, I sighed. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYXq9VLEtE
"Hazel."1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYNBkcDiKq
I didn't want to look back at him. I knew I would give in to his absurd request. I knew what he wanted from me. It was clearly written on his face. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Nbmk26Owq
Sometimes I was afraid and angry, why he ever chose me to confide his secrets to, I was grateful he chose me when one day he told me why he didn't go home, or lived with his parents. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsVVUdlB7D
I was grateful the other day he told me why he hated having his sister around. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMONmP1jAGs
I was grateful the day he told me why he chose this company as his future, I was grateful when he told me why he didn't want to leave his office or why he was a workaholic. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUY2o3H2yy
Hell, I was even grateful when he told me why he didn't want me to wear heels to the office since he didn't think they suit me, or perhaps, he didn't want me limping to his conference room, sighing in pain. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcW0BgzgJMl
I was most grateful, the day, almost eight years ago, when he found me on the bench, looking all miserable and desperate and offered me, out of nowhere, the most respected position in his company. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaDtAaMltQa
As his secretary. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4fP6cfOcfN
And I embraced the job with the most grateful look on my face ever. I gave my evrything to my work, his company, his employees, his colleagues, his family. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0KJHZeuHT
To him. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPccRe1FW5y
I was utterly grateful that he bought a apartment for me, out of the bonus of my hardwork, of course, 'cause nothing comes free in this world, but still, I was grateful that he did it for me. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPXt0Gp39F
He acknowledged my potential. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv31v0pVanT
I was grateful when he would call me late at night, not saying anything for hours straight, and I knew he came from the family dinner and didn't like to put down much by his father in front of his own capable sister, but his pride wouldn't let him say it in words to me and so I understood my need to remain silent on that meaningful call as well.1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSuDvFPN9Om
I was grateful he would accompany me to my home, though he did it out of guilt of working me over office hours, but still, he would be grateful enough to drop me across bus stop to take a bus safely home. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahy7Xg2oj4
I was grateful he would come to sleep at my apartment, thought he got maybe god knows how many of them, to escape from his indulging mother, knocking at his door for day, and one look at me would tell me to keep my mouth shut and let him have a spare room for himself for night. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡanUyegXghl
Outside company, I was his friend. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD0wg7dIZv0
Inside it, I was his mere employee. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3dsmVEMcsy
I was torn between choosing what I actually want to mean to him. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScN4JJSTaU
But when I realized what I wanted from him, I knew it was impossible for me to say it aloud, much less than feel it, and so I forgot the dreadful feelings or atleast tried to the minute he opened his another secret to me. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWNnCosOv4S
Which, as expected, I was so not grateful for, when he told me he liked Kiara Scarlett, my sister. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7AfpdpZaMU
Correction: My step-sister. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh3mBIrM5WV
But he didn't have to know that. 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECSmC3UZHe
I felt his lips on my bare shoulder and stiffened at his touch. Opening my mouth to stop him, I found my tongue hinged. "You're drunk, Heath."1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqFidnZ5yKs
"I want Kiara, Hazel."1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLDNTBiMjkX
I tried not to focus on the softness of his lips against my skin as he glided them up to the corner of my lips, goosebumps appearing on my now burning skin. "And I want you to help me doing that."1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPj7kPSOySE
Just as that, I found myself crushed beneath his weight, my head hitting the soft pillow of his bed as he empowered me yet again, and I swallowed a lump in my throat. "This isn't the right way to do it, Heath. Besides, you're drunk, you don't know what you're doing-" 1312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvnAT8SvZH
"I trust you enough to know what I want, Hazel. And I know you'll not deny me anything."
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