MONALISA
We had been going round for a few minutes. The place had only dignitaries in it. Everyone I saw had this elegance to them. They looked expensive and classy but I was looking nothing short of that too.
I fitted in just well with the designers I was wearing and with Lucius holding my waist. I was a little bit nervous and awkward. What would people say abou him holding my waist? It betrayed the image of us we were supposed to put up in front of others, right?
But I could not say no. I kinda liked it. No, I did like this too.
But I knew I would have to pull away from him once mum got here. I could no leet her see us like this. Everything was going smoothly until this lady walked up to us. She was dressed in a lon g, black dress and she had dark red lipstick on. Her very dark hair was down to her waist and she had a glass of wine in her hand.
“Happy birthday sir” She greeted Lucius.
‘sir’.
That meant they had a professional relationship, right?
“Thanks, Bella” Lucius replied and her gaze fell on me. She gave me a smile.
“Boss, pardon my inquisitiveness but is she…” She trailed off.
“She is” Lucius replied and I looked up at him.
“Oh, she is very beautiful” She complimented, her gaze resting on me once more.
“Thank you. You look stunning too” I spoke up.
“Really? Thank you. If you think so, then this dress would work just right tonight, ma’am” She said and I was a bit puzzled by her words.
“That’s enough, Bella. Don’t disturb my woman”
My heart skipped beats. What was going on in the head of this man?
“Yes boss. My apologies ma’am” She apologized to me.
“Ma’am, though? I am just a college student. I am young and I hold no title to be called ma’am too”
Lucius turned me so I was facing him. Heck, how could one be so handsome?
“You have no idea what title you hold, Cupcake” His thumb caressed my cheek lightly and then he pulled away from me.
“I will be back. Give me a second, okay?”
“Okay” I mumbled and he gave me a small smile that vanished as soon as he looked away from my face.
He looked over at some suited men standing at the far end of the place as if telling them to keep an eye on me.
He walked away with Bella and I watched them until they were out of my sight. A small pout was on my face as I watched them leave. I didn’t feel too good about the fact that Lucius left me and went with Bella.
Even though their relationship had seemed really formal and Bella had seemed to be a nice lady who was working for him, I still could not shake it off. She was a woman and he was a man.
“Damnit, what are you thinking about, Lisa?” I questioned myself, stopping a waiter and grabbing a glass of wine. One or two glass of wine would not be bad for the night.
I busied myself by walking around the place for a few minutes and sipping wine every now and then. With every passing second, I could not stop thinking about what Lucius was still doing with Bella.
Hell! Was this jealousy? It seemed like so.
My heart thumped wildly at that realization and a blush reddened my cheek.
“Why would you be… Why would i be jealous?” I whispered the words to myself.
But Lucius was like this when Leon had approached us the other time, right? He had been jealous and so it was okay for me to be jealous also, right?
This feeling, this jealousy was increasing by the second. I wanted to go find Lucius and grab him to myself. I wanted to pull him right to the middle of everyone here and tell them that all his time and attention was for me. I wanted to yell at the women that their flirty smiles couldn’t take him away.
“Shit” I cussed and rested against a wall.
LUCIUS DEVINE
Fuck! I had wasted time already. I wasn’t worried about how my guests felt really. I was only worried about how Lisa felt about me leaving her in the hall all these while with people she isn’ t familiar with.
I hoped she wasn’t mad. Her getting mad would not be right for tonight.
Bella had had a bit of trouble with her mission tonight but I had cleared it up and after that, I had decided to check up on my plans for the night and make sure everything was in place. Even though it was already perfect, I still changed a few things. Fuck me for being this nervous inside!
As I alighted the stairs with soft music playing, everyone’s eyes were on me. I had to pick a lady to dance with just like I did for every of my birthdays.
Without thinking twice, I approached Lisa whose eyes held… anger??
Shit! She was definitely mad that I had left her for longer than I intended to. The anger in her beautiful eyes didn’t decrease as I stopped in front of her but I kind of loved the feisty look in her eyes.
“Cupcake” I whispered and I saw her resist the urge to roll her eyes.
“A dance?” I stretched a hand to her, expecting her to dance with me even in her angry mood. She would definitely calm down while we danced but I was wrong this time.
“I am sorry but I don’t want to” She forced out a smile. A very fake one.
“Cupcake?”
“There’s so many beautiful women here. You can pick one of them to dance with as I feel very tired and unable to dance. You can pick Bella. She is very beautiful and you love spending time with her clearly” She said and without waiting for a response began to walk away.
Cupcake was jealous… Fuck! She looked so adorable while being jealous. Without thinking twice, I walked after her, sending Andro a glance that told him to take care of things with the guests.
Her being jealous meant she loved me just as much as I loved her. Perfect. So fucking perfect.
MONALISA
‘Get a grip on yourself, Lisa’ I repeated those words in my head over and over again but I could not do as I was telling myself.
I was mad. I was angry and jealous. He had left me for all those minutes and came back to ask for a dance??
But my jealousy wasn’t the only reason I had said no to us dancing together, I had said no because I just could not do so in public.
We had gone far enough with him holding my waist earlier. Dancing together to that slow music. The way his gaze would be fixated on mine during the dance. The way our bodies would press into each other. The way we would move in sync.
Dancing together in front of everyone would be the same as telling everyone that we fuck. And what if my mum walked in during the dance?
I didn’t even want to imagine what mum would say if she found out that I and Lucius were involved in a sexual relationship. She would be so mad at me and she would scold me to no end. What more would she do?
I didn’t want to think about it but I knew it would be disastrous.
“Cupcake” I heard my name being called from behind me.
I glanced back even though I knew who was calling me.
“Let me be” I groaned and quickened my pace.
I was out of the main mansion and I honestly had no idea where I was off to but I continued storming off and without thinking twice, I pushed the door open to a building I had never been inside of since the day I had been visiting this place.
The place was neat, with a couch and and wooden chair on the other side of the room. There was nothing more in it.
“Cupcake” he called again, walking into the place and I hated how much I liked him calling me that.
I liked it too much.
“What do you want from me?” I grumbled, folding my arms and pouting in annoyance.
He chuckled and I turned to face him. This was funny to him?
“I had no idea you could get that jealous, Cupcake” he approached me and I quickly moved away from the wall, not wanting him to cage me to the wall.
“I… I am not jealous” I denied the very obvious fact.
“I thought I only loved the soft part of you but this feisty, jealous side of you is so adorable” he continued to approach me until he did what I was avoiding earlier. Caged me to a wall.
His right hand moved to my cheek and he caressed it softly before trailing it to my lips. It was impossible for me to resist him.
“This pout looks good on you” he smirked.
“I don’t know what you think but I am not jealous. I only said I wasn’t dancing with you because that is too much public affection for the….”
“Sssh” he placed his index finger on my lips, shutting me up.
“You don’t have to deny that you are jealous. I get jealous too, Cupcake. A whole lot more jealous so you don’t have to be shy”
That look on his face.
It was that look that made my stomach explode with butterflies.
“I said I wasn’t…”
“Dance with me” he cut me off.
“We are not in public right now so dance with me”
“But there’s no music” I countered him.
“Well, agapi mou, you would have to choose one. No audience and no music or the audience with the music” he said, giving off that dominating aura once more.
His left hand slid down to my waist and I looked over his shoulders as we began dancing slowly without the music.
Somehow, we still managed to sync. It seemed like our hearts were playing the same tune.
What shit am I saying about hearts?
“Don’t avoid my gaze, Cupcake. It’s okay to be jealous but it isn’t okay to avoid my gaze” he said but I just pouted even more.
“Your eyes on mine, Cupcake” his words were sterner this time around and I could only gulp down and look into his eyes.
His icy blue eyes seemed to relax a bit when I looked into them.
“Bella is one of my men” he suddenly said, our steps getting even slower.
“One of your men??”
“She is one of my securities. She has something to do here tonight and that’s why she’s at the party, Cupcake. You don’t have to be jealous of Bella. And I wasn’t with her for more than two minutes. I had something else to take care of. Something that had to do with you”
“With me?” I asked.
“Yes, Cupcake. I can’t deny that I love this jealous look of yours but you don’t have to be jealous, you are the only one I have my eyes on.”
Only one he has his eyes on?
“Cupcake, you are the only woman in my heart. Throughout all my life, only one woman has captured my heart. That woman is you. The only woman I have ever loved is you. I love you, Lisa.”