22

Lauren Hart
Anxious, frustrated, over the edge.
For the past one hour.
It had been an hour since the gang left after giving me the torturous-hellish experience of my life. I was left embarrassed for life. I won’t be able to look into their eyes. They would tease me to death.
I had put Ryan to sleep in my room and sat on the bed with my feet on the floor, bouncing my thighs, and biting my nails in anxiousness.
I had a truckload of questions running a marathon inside my head, frustrating me to the fullest. There were things I wanted to talk about with Sean but he didn’t want to be disturbed as he was working in his study. Why? Why did it feel like he wasn’t affected by all that happened and was working in peace? He couldn’t do that! If I wasn’t at peace then how could he?
What if he blames me for everything?
“Enough! I have to talk to him now otherwise I would go insane.” I stood up from my bed and making sure Ryan was asleep, I walked out of my room and after knocking once on his study door I barged in without his permission.
“I have something to talk to you about,” I said the second I entered, without noticing what he was doing. I only noticed him sitting on his chair rubbing his forehead after I had said.
He raised his head and huffed angrily. “What part of ‘do not disturb’ you failed to understand? And when did I permit you to enter?”
“I knew you won’t allow me to enter so I barged in and I apologize for that, but I have something important -”
“I am in no mood of having a conversation with you right now. We’ll talk in the morning. You can leave now.” He said in dismissive done.
“No, I can’t,” I said firmly. “You have to listen to me first or I won’t get sleep all night.” I knew he would again dismiss my plea so I continued without his permission.
“Listen, all I have to say is… Whatever happened wasn’t my fault. I mean, the visit of our friends and the unveiling of truth-” I was cut off in between.
“When did I blame you for anything?”
“No, you will. I know you. When things go wrong, you blame me. That’s why I’m here to clearly state that nothing was my fault, so when you wake up the next morning and think of what happened, do not come to me shouting that I disclosed the truth and help you with something else. I won’t. I have risked it enough; I have lied enough and-”
“Shut up, Lauren.” He glared at me while clenching his jaw.
“Shut up? Shut up?” I gaped at him and marching up to him I stood beside his chair. “You are asking me to shut up when I’m just trying to save myself? Well, no, Mr. Peterson, I won’t.” I too glared at him then I gasped.
I crossed my arms across my chest. “I get it now. You already know that not me but you are at fault. For lying to your family and friends, for forcing me to lie to my friends; you are the reason for whatever happened tonight. You are the reason for this mess-”
I was again cut off by a bang on the table. He stood up abruptly, standing toe to toe to me. “Enough, Lauren. Shut up or-”
I wasn’t intimidated by him, at all. I too stood on my ground, glaring at him. “Or what? Well, Sean, You can’t do anything as I wasn’t born with the ‘shut up’ function. So, no, I am not going to stop talking.”
“Then I’ll have to teach you.” He said haughtily.
“You can’t teach me what I don’t want to learn.” I snapped back. “And do not divert the topic. I am here to say-”
“That’s it.”
That was the last words I heard before my legs lost balance, my eyes turned wide, my heart skipped several beats, my body pressed against his chest- and… His. Lips. On. Mine.
What the…?
His lips moved skilfully against mine, making me shudder in response. His hands seductively moved behind my neck and gripping it, he tilted my head. My hands found their way to his arms, gripping them tightly to find balance. A sudden moan escaped his lips, making a clear path for goosebumps all over my body.
Neither demanding nor rough, the kiss was slow and full of warmth. Tingles and sparks erupted inside me, messing up with my hormones.
Everything else disappeared before my eyes, all my wide eyes could see was his closed eyes and his lips that were quenching the thirst by sucking the moisture from my lips.
I didn’t move my lips. I wanted to but I couldn’t because I was in utter shock, yet I was enjoying every bloody second of it. His hands slowly, smoothly, and sensually trailed down my back reaching down to my butt. I gasped in surprise when he all of a sudden pulled me more towards him, erasing every bit of distance from between us. He took my disadvantage as his advantage and slipped his tongue inside my mouth and that’s when I came back to my senses- but it was too late as I was already kissing him back. My eyes were closed too. I was blazing.
Our lips molded into each other, perfectly synchronizing the movement. The thumping of my heart could be heard in the quiet room but who would hear it when the focus was somewhere else?
His hand again traveled up slowly, producing more shudders in my body. He gripped my hair and gave a slight tug and that’s when I again gained back my senses. My eyes shot open in shock.
What the hell I was doing?
I groaned and struggled to wiggle out of his hold but he didn’t move an inch. I was out of breath, I was losing it. I felt dizzy and if he didn’t leave my lips I would lose consciousness. As if he heard my mental plea and as if the desire to finally breathe overwhelmed him, he jerked his lips away but again gripped my neck, bringing his ears closer to my ear. My chest was falling up and down, rubbing against his chest as he hadn’t let me go yet. And then he whispered something that compelled my heart to skip beats at his every single word.
“If you won’t shut your mouth when asked to then… I will give you long… slow… deep… tongue teasing kisses that will leave you breathless and trembling in my arms.”
He then brought his face back to look at me. I saw a smirk forming on his lips. “This will leave you speechless and flushed like right now and my ears will be saved from your stupid, annoying blabbering.”
Did he just…?
My anger flared. He kissed me then he insulted me! How dare he!
Mustering up all the strength I had, I pushed him away, making him stumbled on his feet.
“What the hell! How did you kiss me?! I yelled at him.
“That’s the best question you have ever asked and I have no problem in showing you how-”
“Stop right there!” I raised my hand to stop him from coming near me, although he was already standing closer than he should be.
“My mistake, wrong question. Why did you kiss me? How could you kiss me?” I screeched again.
“You don’t know how to shut your mouth that’s why I had to teach you. That’s what I did. And I feel like you haven’t learned yet, let me give you another lesson.”
He again tried to come closer but I stepped back in horror. “Stop.” He did but the smirk didn’t leave his lips.
“You, you, you…You took advantage of me!” I accused him, narrowing my eyes at him, giving him a murderous glare.
“Excuse me?” He screeched, furrowing his eyebrows.
“Yes, you…you are a pervert. You took advantage of my talkative self and shut my mouth by kissing me. You just wanted to taste my lips!” I yelled.
God, what am I saying? It’s official, I have lost my mind. I flushed red.
“How smart!” He grinned. “You got my intentions correct, Miss Lauren Hart.”
What a pervert jerk he was! He wasn’t denying the allegation. And was he flirting? Sean freaking Peterson was flirting with me? Why had I never seen this flirty side of his before?
“You have no right to kiss me.” I seethed, narrowing my eyes. “How could you! I mean why? And-”
“You are going all maniac as if I kissed you for the first time-fuck!” Cursing, he abruptly turned his back to me.
“What?! What did you just say?” I asked, horrified.
“N…nothing. Leave now.” He didn’t face me.
“No, no, no…tell me what you meant by that?” I forced him to face me by spinning him to face me again. With narrowed eyes, I tilted my head and waited for him to answer, but instead of answering, he averted his eyes from me.
“Mr. Sean Peterson.” I gritted out sternly. “Explain now,” I demanded. Yes, I was extremely mad at him.
He sighed exasperatedly and ran his hands through his hair before meeting my eyes. “You are again getting on my nerves. I’ll have to kiss you again to shut you up if you don’t -”
“I won’t shut up and won’t let you kiss me ever again. And I am not leaving until you explain your statement or I’ll stand on your head all night long and will speak on and on and on and on until your ears bleed.”
“And I won’t mind kissing you again and again and-”
“Sean,” I said maddeningly, my voice rising higher than I had expected.
“Okay fine.” He held his hand in the air. “I mistakenly… may or may not have kissed the corned of your mouth at the night when we came back from the amusement park.”
“You did what?!” I screeched, my eyes went wide and my mouth agape.
I grabbed my hair and I paced back and forth then I stopped and glaring at him I pointed a finger at him. “You…You are a pervert.” A sudden gasp escaped my throat. “Oh, god! I have been living with a p-”
“Don’t you dare complete your sentence!” He raised his voice.
“Oh, you can kiss anybody without their consent and I can’t call you what you are? Do your best friends know this? You kissed me two times-mmm.”
My eyes went wide in horror when he again pressed his lips against mine. This time he left my lips too early. “And that’s how I shut your mouth. By the way, three, not two.” He smirked as he patted my head. “Wanna say something else?”
I took two steps back and sealing my lips tightly I shook my head vigorously in no.
“You are learning very quickly.” He smirked as he stuffed his hands into his pockets. “Now, you wanna leave or you still have anything left to say? If yes then, by all means, continue.”
I was well aware of his intentions. I wouldn’t let him take advantage of me again. I shot deadly glares at him and turning around I walled towards the door. I had just grabbed the doorknob when I heard him say.
“Have a good sleep, Lauren.”
Fuck with good sleep! I will be having a sleepless night.
I didn’t look back and leaving the study I banged the door shut and ran to my room and slipped in my bed and bringing the blanket over my face I hugged Ryan. My racing heart still hadn’t calmed down, it was still pumping the blood furiously.
“Lauren, what happened?” Ryan woke up abruptly. “Why are you trembling? And why do you feel hot? Do you have a fever?”
I flushed more. “No, buddy. I’m perfectly fine. Go back to sleep.” I covered his eyes and tried to calm myself down.
Who knew Sean mighty Peterson is such a flirt? I would have laughed it off if I hadn’t seen him flirting, live-with me. Damn!
His damn teasing grin! As if whatever happened a few hours ago wasn’t enough that he too started teasing me.
I frowned. Wait! Why am I thinking about him teasing me? The main concern here is THE KISS.
Sean freaking Peterson kissed me!
And I didn’t even want to think about what will happen if my friends get to know about this. No way! They can’t know!
What was he thinking? Why did he do it? And the third time! He kissed me three times. He didn’t have any right to kiss me. I was his employee for god sake! I mentally cursed him. I showered him with colorful profanities in all the languages I know.
And as of my inner self always have to go against me. It spoke up.
“Curse him all you want. The truth is, you enjoyed the kiss and you want to kiss him again. After all, your long due wish is fulfilled; Kissing your long time crush.”
Oh god, why do I have a crush on him?
Although I was mad as to why he kissed me but was it bad that I had a small smile on my face? And was it bad that my stomach became home to hundreds of butterflies that were giving me flutters?
No, I don’t think so.
After all, my inner self was right-
Sean Peterson. My boss. My crush kissed me and I was on freaking clouds of desires.
However, I was sure of one thing; nothing’s going to be normal from now on-at least from my side.
Sean Peterson
Smiling like crazy-yes crazy, I wiped my lips with my thumb as I slumped back on the chair.
Finally, I had got the taste of those soft, luscious lips.
To be honest, it was not my initial intention to kiss her; I was in my study to think about the mess that was created because of the unannounced arrival of some disturbing elements. And the main concern was Ariana and Eloise, who decided not to talk to me for a month. But her constant babbling urged me to shut her mouth.
And I did not regret it. Why would I? I had been yearning to do it for a long time now.
After the kiss- or kisses I must say, I didn’t care about my friends coming to know about the things I had been hiding from them. It was the least bothering because it was bound to happen. They would have found it anyhow as nothing can be kept hidden from them.
All I cared about the feel of her body when she shivered under my touch. Her blush. Her puzzled, beautiful eyes. Her nose- which turned red when she was mad. Her grip on my arms. All of her enticed me. Not just her body, her carefree, laid back, vivacious personality pulled me towards her. She was completely different from the women I had been with in the past.
I won’t hesitate to confess that she’s a nice woman with a pure heart. The way she took care of Ryan despite being no one to him, the way she stole grandma’s heart by just being her real self, she proved herself to be a jewel. And she succeeded to arouse my long-lost feelings. Her lips, her body ignited the desire inside me. There was no doubt that I was attracted to her.
And now, there was no turning back.
I was well aware of how her constant babbling annoyed me, but again, it was the only thing that gave me the taste of her lips. And her talkative nature was going to give me more kisses, I was sure of that because I knew she could never shut her mouth on her own. It’s kinda cute though.
Just a week ago I wouldn’t have even thought of going closer to her and here I was now, fucking thinking about kissing her again.
I knew had crossed the limit by kissing my employee; I risked it, but I didn’t care as I was known to take risks. However, what I did was going to change a lot of things between us, nonetheless, I was ready for that.
After all, it was too long since I had been with a woman.