Chapter 24
Chapter Twenty-Four
Ana?s
The next few weeks pass in a blur. I put some distance between me and Creed, but he didn’t take it easy. He’s there in my periphery, but I push him away as much as I can. My plan didn’t work. Sleeping with him to get it out of both our systems did nothing to help either of us.
I still craved him, and it was clear he still craved me, but I couldn’t cross that line again.
I keep busy, and I’m buzzing for this weekend because Rue was visiting. We have a break this week before we head to Singapore, and Nora managed to score us a suite for the three of us.
Logging off my computer, my phone buzzes, and I smile when I saw Rue’s name flash.
“Hey, you okay?” I ask as I close my office door and drag my bag onto my shoulder, glancing at the delicate gold watch that sits on my wrist. It’s quarter past four.
“Yeah, just landed.” I hear her voice shudder. “It feels a lot cooler here.” She laughs.
“Welcome to autumn.” I smirk down the phone and clock out, walking towards the station.
“Who am I looking out for again?” she murmurs, and I can hear the hustle and bustle in the distance.
“Er.” I pause, pulling my phone from my ear and scrolling through my messages. “Someone called Clive. He will have a sign for you, anyway.”
“Okay, Clive,” she repeats.
“He will bring you to mine and Nora’s apartment. Thought we could grab dinner out tonight, if that’s okay with you?”
“That’s fine with me.”
“Perfect, text me when you’re en route.”
“Will do,” she mutters and we say our goodbyes.
Walking out of the office, I see another one of Creed’s cars. A green Aston Martin DBX707 is sitting there, and my heart jackhammers in my chest. I hope to God he doesn’t come out anytime soon and I can sneak out without being caught.
Walking with my head down and my coat pulled around me, the cold air nips at my skin and I curse when I see the grey clouds rolling in.
“Not now.” I sigh just as I feel a drop of rain hit the top of my head. Within minutes, the rain is pouring down, and I dart under the roof of the building and stand there.
Soaking wet, I curse under my breath as I shrug my coat off and place it over my head.
“Ace.” His voice causes a shiver to tickle up my spine, and I try to ignore him, ducking my head and walking back into the rain.
“Ana?s!” he calls again, his voice louder as he gets closer.
I feel his hand grabbing me, pulling me back so I have no choice but to stop.
“What?” I spin, my eyes bouncing between his and his eyes flick with familiarity.
“Nothing,” he snaps, droplets of rain running off his head and down his nose.
“Go inside, you’ll catch a chill,” I say with a little more care than intended.
“I’ll be fine.” He shrugs it off and I hear his car unlock.
“I’ve got to go…” I pause, twisting on my heel, but he tugs me back.
“Get in the car, Ace.” His tone is curt and to the point.
I blink at him, mouth opening and closing. “Don’t tell me what to do.” I furrow my brow at him, scowling.
“Don’t be a brat, now.” He reaches for my wrist, curling his fingers around it before dragging me towards his car.
“Get off me,” I snarl but all he does is chuckles.
I couldn’t even get him off me if I wanted to.
“Creed, stop.” I try and pull my hand out of his, but he just tightens his grip.
Opening his door, he shoves me into the passenger side and slams the door.
“Asshole.” I growl as he climbs in next to me, closing his own door. He glares at me, and I roll my eyes.
“Why are you avoiding me?” He sounds hurt.
“Because it’s for the best, we had that one night…” I shrug.
“And?”
“Well, we got it out of our systems… at least I did.” My eyes slice to him and he shakes his head.
“You’ll never be out of my system.”
I swallow, my heart thrashing inside my chest and I hate that he affects me in this way. Hate that all I want to do right now is kiss him, to drag his lips onto mine and lose myself in him.
I was desperate, actually.
But I would never let him know.
He leans across, his eyes flicking to my lips. “This… between us…” He pauses, his breaths heavy.
“Shouldn’t have happened,” I say.
“No.” His lips are inches from mine.
My eyes drop to his lips, silently begging. “We can’t let it happen again,” I whisper, my chest rising and falling.
“We can’t.” His lip twitches and I flick my gaze onto his.
“I am being serious.” I edge back slowly. He is like a drug I can’t quit.
“So am I.’
“Okay.” I nod, sitting back into my seat as I lick my lips of a stray droplet of rain.
Tossing my coat into the back of the car, he raises a brow.
“It’s wet.” My cheeks flush crimson.
“Is it, now?” He drags his bottom lip between his teeth, his fingers tightening around the steering wheel.
“Get your mind out the gutter.” I swat him, and he laughs.
“So, where am I taking you?” he asks, his long finger tapping. His head swings to look at me and I sigh.
“To mine and Nora’s.”
“Okay.” He is hesitant, his eyes facing forward at the rain covered windscreen. “I can’t stop thinking about you,” he finally says after what feels like a lifetime of silence.
“You have to…” I can’t even look at him.
“I don’t want to.”
My fingers draw circles on my bare thigh, and his eyes fall to that area. Looking over at him, I give him a soft smile.
“That one night replays over in my head,” he admits and I nibble the inside of my lip.
“Me too.” I look at the rain on the windowpane and inhale heavily.
“Then why are we fighting this?”
“Because…” I trail off and drop my head.
His fingers grip my chin, turning my face to look at him.
“Because nothing,” he whispers, lips hovering over mine.
I know I should pull away, but I don’t.
I kiss him.
I give into the temptation and all doubt that was once in my mind slowly drifts away.
Our kiss is heavy and passionate, teeth clashing, tongues entwined, and I moan into his mouth as he holds onto my face.
I needed more of him. Breaking the kiss, I climb over the centre of the car and straddle him, my hands clasped on the side of his head as I crash my lips into his. His large hands are on my thighs, squeezing my skin as he slowly pushes my skirt around my waist.
“Not going to lie, Ace,” he rasps, his hands clinging to my waist. “I have fantasised about fucking you in this uniform.” His words vibrate against my throat and I smirk, hovering over him.
“No need to fantasise about it anymore, stud.”
He growls, his hand gliding under me as he slides my thong to the side, fingers swirling in my arousal. He sinks two fingers inside of me, and I moan into his mouth as his tongue invades mine. My greedy hands unbuckle his belt and pull his trousers down, revealing his cock hard and ready.
Pushing onto my knees, I line him up at my entrance and slowly, ever so fucking slowly, I slide down him. A familiar burn courses through me as he stretches me in the best possible way. My head falls forward as I suck in a breath but his hands are lifting my eyes to his.
“Eyes on me, Ace,” he whispers, pressing his lips to mine as he fucks me hard and slow.
We could get caught, but in this moment, I don’t care.
The rain is hitting the car, the windows are steamed, and Creed is immersing me in infinite pleasure.
I don’t think I’ll ever be able to walk away. I will try. But he has me addicted. Constantly craving him until I eventually cave and get my fix, anyway I can get it.
“Here we go.” He smiles, his hand squeezing my thigh as the car rolls to a halt outside our apartment block. We live in a nice area; a perk of our job is that the apartment paid by Saint Onyx.
“Thank you for the lift,” I mutter, leaning across the centre of the car and smiling as he kisses me. “And the orgasm.” I wink, sinking back into my seat.
“You’re most welcome.” His lip twitch and matches my wink. My heart flutters in my chest.
Silence crackles between us. A glance skywards shows the clouds have now broken and dusk is starting to settle.
“I better get…” His hand grips mine and I blink at him.
“Don’t let this be the last time. We deserve to be happy, Ace. I need more than this…”
“What about…” Panic claws at my insides.
“I’ll deal with it.” He gives me a firm nod, and I swallow. “This is not a fling, Ana?s. I knew from the moment I met you two years ago that we would be something… I just had to wait for Royce to step away.”
“I didn’t even think you remembered me.”
“You, Ace?” He smirks. “Always.” He drags my wrist to his lips as he gives me a kiss against my pulse point.
I smile, the side of my head resting on the car seat, and I inhale heavily.
“Be mine,” he whispers against the back of my hand.
I am hesitant, nibbling on my bottom lip. “What if it goes terribly wrong?” My voice is quiet
“But what if it goes perfectly right?” His optimism has my heart fluttering in my chest.
I go to speak but he shakes his head.
“Just give us a chance… We’re good, Ace, you know that.”
I nod.
“Is that a yes to you being mine?”
My cheeks burn as I drop my eyes, but his hand curls around the back of my head, dragging my mouth to his as he kisses me.
“I’ll see you tomorrow,” he whispers against my lips, meeting my gaze with a slow wink.
My breaths are heavy as I slowly recoil back, opening my door and walking into my apartment block.
He waits for me to enter before he drives away and my heart drums in my chest. Inside I am squealing but outside, I feel the anxiety building at how everyone will react. Waiting for the lift, I slip my phone out and see a message from him already with a kiss emoji. I smile.
My fingers hover over the screen and I type a message back.
What will people think? X
He replies instantly.
Fuck them. Don’t lose sleep over their opinions, baby. It’s me and you. If they don’t like that, they don’t deserve to be in our lives x
I slip my phone into my back pocket and step into the lift, waiting for it to take me to the top floor.
I have no idea if Nora is home yet, but I want to be here for when Rue pulls up.