The next day
LUCIUS
I walked into the room with a tray of food in my hands. Lisa had slept soundly after last night and I was hoping I wasn’t tiring her out. I stopped by the bed, seeing her still asleep. I dropped the tray of food on the table beside the bed and sat at the edge of the bed.
Her pretty eyes were closed, her beautiful lashes still. Her face looked peaceful and I never knew that peace could be this addicting.
Right now, I wanted nothing but to stare at that face for long, so long… I don’t know. Till eternity, maybe?
“Shit” I cursed at my own thoughts and reached for her hand. Her soft skin against my own hand was comforting.
There was a reason I wasn’t going all out on Lisa, a reason I still held back despite having broken the only limitation I had placed on our relationship. And that reason was because I didn’t want to get addicted to her.
I had been with a lot of women throughout my life but none of them made me feel this way.
“Damnit” I looked away from her face, realizing that I was doing what could make me get addicted to her.
Getting up from the side of the bed, I leaned over and kissed her forehead softly.
“Good morning, Cupcake”
She grumbled sleepily, saying some words incoherently before fluttering her eyes open.
“Good morning” She mumbled in response as she sat up on the bed, the back of her hand rubbing her sleepy eyes.
“Slept well, Cupcake?” I asked, moving to the tray of food and grabbing a cup of water.
“Here” I handed it over to her and she gulped down about half of the cup before handing it back to me.
“Your mum is away, right?” I asked her.
“Yes but how did you know?”
“That’s nothing, cupcake” I replied and proceeded to sit back on the edge of the bed.
“You will be alone for two weeks” My right hand lifted on its own and went for her cheek. Did I ever mention that Lisa had beautiful chubby cheeks? And those cheeks looked not only beautiful but also sexy whenever I had my cock inside of her mouth.
Okay. Damn, she is distracting me yet again.
“Move in and stay with me for those two weeks” My gaze flickered to her lips.
“Really” She asked. She seemed to be excited by the idea and that was great. I needed her to move in so I could keep a better eye on her until I found out who exactly is after her. Protecting her and keeping her safe would be easier if she stayed under the same roof with me.
“Yes, cupcake or don’t you want to?”
“I do! I will move in later today. But what room?” She asked and a smirk appeared on my lips as my thumb found her lower lip.
“Funny of you to think that we will be staying in separate rooms” I caressed her lower lip and saw her pretty eyes flicker.
I pulled my hand away from her face and knelt on the bed, lifting her into my hands. All she was wearing was a shirt of mine and her thighs were out for me to see.
“When will you be back?” She asked as I took her into the bathroom.
“Before 7pm. But call me if you need me” I replied.
“Alright” I dropped her by the bath tub and held myself back from unbuttoning the shirt from her because if I do, I am fucking her.
“Bye” I lifted her jaw and kissed her lightly on the lips. I broke the kiss in a few seconds and had turned to leave when she called back.
“Thank you, daddy” She called out and I turned back to see her face.
“For what?”
“For everything. Taking care of I and my mum”
“I owe that to you” I cut her off and her brows arched.
“Bye. I’ve got to get to a meeting” I ended the conversation before she could ask more questions and walked out of the bathroom.
*
MONALISA
I walked towards Irene with hurried steps after being dropped by one of Lucius’ cars. Eyes were on me as I was dropped today. Being dropped in a different expensive car was definitely something people were used to seeing me at but I looked at no one.
“Hey Irene” I called first but there was a frown on her face and she looked stiff.
“Irene?” I called her name again and she shut her eyes for a few seconds before opening them with a soft sigh.
“Anything wrong?” I asked her worriedly.
“No, let’s get to class already. I was waiting for you” She replied but I remained unmoving.
“No, there is something wrong definitely. You look like something happened. Tell me, did I do anything wrong? We are friends, so let me know. I will apologize immediately” I said to her, racking my brain to find out what I could have done but I could not recall anything. We had talked over the phone about twenty minutes ago and she had sounded completely fine.
“Alright” It was more like a groan.
“Whose car was that you got out from?” She asked and I furrowed my brows, not seeming to get the question.
“The car I alighted from?” I asked to be sure that was the question I was being asked.
“Yeah” Irene replied.
“Da… Mr. Devine, the chairman, he asked for me to be dropped by one of his men” I said and saw her facials immediately relax.
“Oh, that was it?”
“Who else did you think it could be?”
“Don’t mind me” Irene shrugged and put an arm across my shoulder.
“Let’s go to class. Lectures are starting in no time” She ended the conversation but I could not shake it off me.
Was Irene being jealous? Was Irene seeking for more than a friendship? Was she having a crush on me?!
I glanced at her but she wasn’t looking at me. For a few more seconds, I stared before shaking the thoughts away with the shake of my head. Her having a crush on me could be true and it could also very much be false.