She really didn’t understand what this was all about…
The feelings, her hammering heart that banged against her ribcage as he softly strokes her skin, and how she flushes because she could feel his gaze on top of her head.
Not knowing whether to look at him or just stay like that and continue flushing till her cheeks are too hot to flush.
‘The things he does to me’ she said in her mind.
“Are you sleeping?” his chest vibrated as he spoke and it made her heart skip.
“Er… n-no” she squeaked out and wanted to smack her head for sounding like that.
Who could blame her? When she is this close to him and her heart is reacting badly to him more than ever. Maybe it is love, she doesn’t know but she is aware of how much he affected her.
His words, his actions, how reacts to things… all of it gets to her and some make her want to kick him in the ass while the others want her to wrap her arms around him and be close to him forever.
Will they get the contract over with when all the issues are being solved? She remembered what he told her on the plane and how they would stay together for a long time.
Did he mean it? Or was he talking out of regret of what he did to her days ago? She really wants it to be true but doesn’t want to be pushy at the same time.
Throwing herself at a man was something she didn’t see herself doing and especially a man like Dimitri’s type. They are used to women throwing themselves at them and she didn’t want to be those women.
She was different and he has to see that I want her just as she wants him to. It would be really heartbreaking for her if she gets to know that this is one-sided and he is set on being just friends with her.
On another thought, friends wouldn’t make their other flush or blush due to every little gesture they made to them, right? Just like Philip…
No, Philip is different because she had a little crush on him but didn’t see him as her boyfriend. Maybe Aiden…
Well, he could be a good example because he was the one always flirting with her and she saw him as more of a friend or brother but she knew he felt something more for her and tried not to cross his limits when they talked about it.
Aiden made her blush a few times when he tries his famous charms on her or complimented her like she was the only woman in the world, aside from that little thing he would do like looking into her eyes, brushing his skin against hers, or smiling alone didn’t make her heart skip or her cheeks go warm.
Dimitri is different then.
“You are sleeping?” he interrupted her train of thoughts and she raised her head to meet with his eyes already on her and she couldn’t help but melt at him just looking at her alone.
“N-no, I-I-I am not sleeping,” she told him and he frowned a bit then tilt his head to his side before bringing his arms to caress her cheeks.
“Why weren’t you responding to me? I was asking you something” he asked her still caressing her cheeks.
She really wanted to relax to his touch but had to keep herself from doing so and answer his questions.
“Sorry, what was that?” she asked.
“Nevermind, you are sure you like this place?”
“Yes,” she nod with a smile “I call it a ‘Small Paradise’ because it looks like one and feels like one,” she told him and he chuckled then removed her hair in the loose bun it was in.
“I like your hair down on your shoulders and locked behind your ear” he did as he said then placed his palm on her waist and she had nothing to say to that.
That explains some of the times they were closer he would always put her hair down when she packed it up.
Still looking at him, a smile formed on his lips like he remembered something so she waited for him to talk.
“I could remember when I and Cade used to come here” he started and placed his other palm on her head then stroked it till he reached the tip and curled them around his finger with his gaze there.
A small furrow could be seen on his brows now and his mouth twisted to the side with him biting back the sob that wanted to come out as he remembered them all.
She noticed that his eyes were brimming with unshed tears so she touched his right cheek and offered him a smile.
“It’s okay if you don’t want to share,” she said.
He shook his head and chuckled.
“Nah, it’s fine. I will like to say it to an annoying person like you” he flashed her a toothy grin and she ignored his comment and placed her palm back on his chest with the side of her head laying on his chest while his hand went to her shoulders and pulling her up against his chest.
She waited for him to say what he wanted to say to her. He was going to share something important to him with her and she couldn’t feel any more special.
“I and Cade were buddies, close ones and I would say we were crazy but… I am the crazy one” he told her and she smiled.
“I knew you radiated craziness from the first time I saw you” she agreed and he scoffed in return.
“He is the matured one I was the rugged one, totally opposite of each other but our parents treated us equally… they were more strict with me and when they saw that I listened mostly to my big brother they decided to let me stay with him more and allow him to take me out because they trusted that he was matured enough to look after me”
“Cade always wanted us to be different… not like all other billionaire kids we came across but different in our ‘Lorenzo’s’ way” he quoted and she couldn’t help but smile.
“He never went to clubs aside from going to pick my drunk beat up self, never drank alcohol, never smoked or did drugs… I am not saying any of the billionaire kids we met did all those but he just wanted to be different”
“But you did the opposite” she stated.
“Sadly yes. I had been following his path for a long time and thought he was just trying to separate himself by not doing what most of our mates or people of our status do but after he had talked to me about my behavior and told me how it affected mum and dad and how it painted me to the media, I realized something” he said.
She lift her head with her chin resting on his chest so she was looking at him and saw a small frown on his face. Reaching his face so the back of her hand can stroke his cheeks to encourage him to go ahead.
He was looking behind her as he kept remembering everything that happened with him and his past.
“He didn’t do all those to look different… instead he didn’t do those because he was different. He was bothered about nothing except when I do something stupid which he has to come to bail me out of, he is so carefree and free from worries. He was his own unique type”
“That was why you wanted to be like him”
“That was why I wanted to be like him” he confirmed then looked at her really beautiful face then stroked her hair while he flashed her a small toothy grin before laying back on the armrest.
“You are smart…” he said and she felt the warmness on her cheeks.
‘Stop it, he isn’t the only one to call you smart’ she scolded herself but couldn’t help the smile on her lips.
He is Dimitri Lorenzo, the man that probably has her heart as his now.
“I guess being a developer sharpened your intellect,” he remarked, and just like the smile and the warm feeling on her cheeks came, it vanished into thin air and was replaced by a scowl.
“You really have to ruin everything chance you get to swoon me?” she muttered then began to get up from resting on him but he was quick to stop her by pulling her down by her waist.
“I am sorry” he whispered and it did things she didn’t want it to do to her heart at this time, she softened and stay laying on his chest.
“Any witty comment will result in an excruciating pinch to your arms” she warned and his body vibrated from him chuckling.
“Yes, ma’am”
“Good, now go on”