Natalia bulged her eyes and jerked away from the horny demigod hovering above her. She straightened her armless top and tried to arrange her tangled hair but it only tousled it the more.
Gosh! What was she thinking?!
The naive princess had purchased the couch so it’ld be a distraction from what could’ve happened on her bed… and not work the other way around!
She mentally smacked herself and fumbled with a couch pillow, concealing a blush.
Scratch that.
Her entire face was a red hot color which spread to the rest of her slowly-corrupted body like a virus!
She almost had sex with Arian?
No, no. She would’ve given herself to him so cheaply??
‘Spoilt, rotten girl!! What in the world is wrong with you?!’ She screamed in her head and unconsciously covered her body well.
“I’m sorry.” She heard Arian whisper beside her. Natalia glanced at him and nodded, noticing that the burning look in his eyes was replaced with an apologetic one.
“It’s okay. I’m sorry too.” She muttered.
“Hey.” He cuddled her warmly. She leaned into him.
“It’s my fault for getting carried away. Excusez moi, mademoiselle.” He kissed her hair. Natalia chuckled.
“You speak French?”
“I’m French, silly.” He sniffed her lavender scented hair addictively. ”My parents are French aristocratics.”
She rested her head on his chest and wondered. “Argent is the French word for silver, right?”
“Mhm. Just like your necklace.” Natalia looked down at the pendant on her neck that used to be his. Every inch of the artistic ornament was made with pure silver.
It seemed like a family heirloom.
She smiled and touched it. “It’s really pretty.”
“You’re more pretty.” He held her fondly. Natalia flushed helplessly. Frenchmen and their natural sweet tongues.
“I really wanna go to France someday. Paris to be precise.” Arian chuckled and pulled her closer.
“Because it’s the city of love…. or because of their amazing chocolates?” He teased and she hit him.
Arian laughed but turned solemn all of a sudden. “Let’s go together someday… Just the two of us.”
“Yeah. Just the two of us.” She silently promised and entwined their fingers…
***
Tommy De’ Argent bounced back and forth between Arian and Natalia’s hands, giggling happily.
“Arian, let’s try out the kid’s store! I want a new action figure!” He squeaked and ran ahead of them.
Their first stop was at the mall, buying random stuffs they really didn’t need, but the little fox cherished.
Tommy’s idea.
They chuckled and went after him, following behind as he stuffed all the things he could carry into his arm. Arian paid and they went on.
“Let’s go to the game arcade!” He demanded and they followed like obedient puppies, laughing at his bossiness behind his back.
He made them stand and wait as he played all the play-able?…. games they had in the arcade.
Soon enough;
“Natalia, i’m hungry.” He pouted. “Let’s have some burger and fries.”
And they went off again until Arian De’ Argent could no longer feel his legs!
“Yay! Central Park!” The little blondie squealed and ran off to play at the swing with some kids his age.
“Finally! At this rate, i’m gonna grow old soon.” Arian winced as he sat down slowly on a park bench.
Natalia giggled and sat next to him.
“And I thought you work out! If you skip gym and morph into a bag of flesh someday, just know we’ve automatically broken up!”
He sexily smirked at her.
“Sugar, you’ll never get tired of me, trust me.” The princess looked confused. But the next minute, she hid a gasp and took her flushed face away.
Arian chuckled and turned to look out for Tommy when his gaze landed on a girl nearby. She was obviously on a picnic with a boy and her friends who kept whispering something to her with a coquettish smile.
What made Arian’s gaze linger was the fact that her boyfriend was right next to her but she continued to smile and make passes at him?
Suddenly, the dude pecked her and went off to receive a phonecall. Then she raised her eyes to Arian brazenly, not hiding the fact that she was flirting!
The hot French smiled at how he’ld enjoy breaking anyone’s neck if they ever influence his Natalia the way those friends did. For some reason, she blushed hotly and looked away.
“What do you think you’re doing?” Natalia’s growl snapped him back to reality.
Arian turned to her, only to get bewitched all over again by the daughter of Aphrodite.
“What do you mean, my love?” He smiled dreamily. Natalia shot him a weird look before waving it off.
“What were you doing flirting with that bi… thing!” She glared. He flipped his attention back to the previous brunnette and noticed that she was still at the seduction game.
“I did nothing. She’s the one hitting on me.” He casually shrugged, too used to the scenario.
“But you were encouraging her!” Natalia seethed still upset. Arian leaned in closer with a naughty glint in his eyes and slid an arm over her backrest.
“You’re right.” He confessed and she gasped angrily.
“I encouraged her to keep on staring because I wanted them to see just how much…. you’ve driven me crazy.” He whispered and claimed her lips. Her soft, pouty lips.
Natalia hesitated at first, still mad that he shared a smile meant for her alone with some random tramp! But his expert lips melted her aggrieved heart under five seconds.
“I’m still mad at you! Get me ice cream. Chocolate, vanilla and strawberry with a topping of peach.” She pouted.
Arian pouted his lips too, expecting more kisses but the upset female was in charge! He grumbled under his breath and stood up, listening to the melodious laughter of his girlfriend as he sauntered away.
Yeah… you got that right.
HIS girlfriend!
Natalia chuckled as she watched Arian walk away with a tantrum. Did he really think she’ld forgive him so easily for smiling at that tramp?
She snorted and brought out her phone to text him.
~ Make sure there’s a lot of sprinkles and the peach should be as pink as my lips! ~
Arian texted back almost immediately.
~ And then we’ll continue from where we stopped? ~
Natalia giggled evilly.
~ I’m thinking a big NO! The ice cream might change my mind if I’m impressed. Else, no lips till next week! So work hard, my love.
PS:- Must be freezing cold.
Natalia smirked and dropped her phone, ignoring the dozens of replies coming in after thirty seconds.
She looked over at Tommy who was now busy with the slide. The kids were having a race on it and she smiled.
The whole park was filled with people for a Sunday afternoon. Parents pushed their baby trolleys around, teenagers stood in their numbers by snack stalls, balloons and flower vendors were all over the place. It was windy. The sun was mild and the clouds were bright and beautiful.
Natalia smiled at the beauty of nature and leaned her head on the backrest. The shadow of the tree branches above shielded her from the sunrays. Suddenly, a light breeze blew around her dress.
Yeah.
She’d worn a cream flay gown and had matched it with a light blue denim jacket and sneakers, while Arian ‘coincidentally’ wore the same outfit. A cream hoodie under light blue denims and sneakers.
They matched like couples.
Natalia blushed as she remembered the hot make out they had at the garage right before Tommy rushed in.
“Natalia?” A voice cut into her thoughts.
Natalia sat up expecting to see Arian and her dream ice cream. But her smile faltered the next second, seeing the person standing before her..
***
“I want a couple’s size ice cream, full cup merging all your flavours with sprinkles and peach, deeply frozen.” Arian casually leaned on the counter and brought out his phone, leaving the ice cream man helplessly running around.
Natalia hadn’t replied to any of his texts. He didn’t mean to smile at the girl.
Heck! It wasn’t even for her! He sighed and pushed his hair away.
“Hey, i’ld like a cup of vanilla with a touch of mint? Thanks.” A feminine voice breezed next to him.
“Hi.” She turned to Arian. But the hot French was occupied, anxiously waiting for his girlfriend’s text.
“Hey!” She called more loudly. He impatiently looked up and saw her… The brunnette from earlier.
Arian shot her a cold look and faced his phone back. It was the nicest he could afford, being the reason his girlfriend was currently mad at him.
“So what are you doing here?” She purred. She either missed the message or was simply too brazen! He concluded.
“Same reason you’re here.” His tone was flat. She looked abstract for a moment before smiling.
“No, no. I don’t mean the ice cream. I meant the park.”
“And I repeat… the same reason you’re here, WITH your boyfriend.” He pointed in case she’d totally forgotten. She giggled coyly.
“Oh Sam? He’s not my boyfriend.”
“So you kiss boys you’re not with?” Her face flushed as she muttered something silly under her breath.
“You’re hot.” She tried again.
“I know, right? The weather’s quite hot today.”
“No, I mean you’re gorgeous…. as a compliment.”
“You don’t need to remind me. Save it for your kiss buddy.” Her face fell.
“What’s your…”
“Can you stop? I’m starting to get a headache. I have a girlfriend and I advice you to stick with yours. Enjoy your ice cream.” He slammed some cash on the counter and walked away with his cup.
Arian De’ Argent had a psychological barrier with crowded places, people in general. But it’d always been worse with girls. It was one of the reasons he’d especially disliked them… if not for their dramatic noise.
How’d she feel if it was her boyfriend flirting with another girl behind her back? Whenever Ricky and Jeffrey talked about the girls they’d dated, it was usually about the nasty little habits that broke them up. So it wasn’t exactly therapeutic to the young heir.
That is, until his Angel fell from the sky and captured his heart without even trying. He smiled like a hopeless lover at the thought, but that smile quickly faded into a frown when he saw her…. with another!
He temporarily froze.
The jerk was sitting so close to Natalia that he could probably hear her heartbeat!…. all thanks to the cozy park bench!
Arian felt anger rise within him with every step he took. It tripled in size when he saw her laugh at whatever shit he said!
He almost squashed the cup in his hands!
The dude tilted his head and Arian could see his face clearer. It looked familiar, really familiar.
And then it clicked!
The brunnette’s kiss buddy!…
Chapter 83